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>Ties into themes of how the human mind/body is capable of greater abilities than what people are led to believe. Haruhi is the embodiment of this.
>Deals with concepts such as pre-determinism, fate vs free will and time travel
>Her powers are being able to manifest concepts/beings/items into existence through sheer will.
>Considered to be the next step of human evolution because of her fully realised powers.
>Kyon starts off being a slightly disheartened but hopeful high student as everything around him feels normal and somewhat boring (living in a clown world)
>He wishes for a better, more exciting world (in a metaphysical and speculative sense, not trivial human stuff)
>He is constantly told by Nagato and Koizumi to expand on what he thought was possible in the world and to see the bigger picture. The world isn't what you're told is normal.
>Koizumi's constant philosophical musings with Kyon. In particular, how the universe may have already been reborn/reset 3 years before the start of the series (similar to theories of how CERN did that to prevent the 2012 world end)
>All the characters are playing a role for the sake of Haruhi's wellbeing and that of the entire world. It's not who they really are (false reality; puppets at work)
>Koizumi is literally part of a secret society of supernatural-powered humans (mirrors how CIA and others investigated psychic abilities and kept it super hidden from the masses)
>I probably missed out a few things
This show is about the ultimate realisation of the human body, mind and spirit.
gpt
It's very good and has a lot of food for thought. I would say it's worth /x/phile's attention. Also Darker Than Black is another good anime for /x/philes. Especially since it's a really unique take on the whole 'special powers' thing.