"Next up is the inter-club relay!" "On your marks!" "Get set!" "Let's do this!" "Headband:" "Billionaire" "Headband:" "Indian Summer" "{I get the feeling these are supposed to be puns on their names. 長 = Naga from Nagato (長門). 春日 = Haruhi." "But I can't exactly figure them out. –Southrop}" "Here." "I thought I'd have to overtake everyone in the last leg but thanks to Yuki we ended up crushing them." "That was quite a spectacular run." "I just hope the track team won't lose all of their confidence..." "Don't say that with a grin on your face." "our notoriety has gone up again." "there's no point worrying about that now." "I don't think I need to point out that these outfits and these four-character headbands of ours were both Haruhi's idea." "What's the meaning behind these?" "So..." "Can I take this off now?" "Haruhi and her merry friends managed to display an amazing lack of common sense." "Cut it out." "I believe in leading a humble life." "I'm amazed you were able to run in that outfit." "It was indeed difficult." "That's not the point." "Looks like this'll be going in the yearbook for sure." "Look forward to it." "Give me a break." "What?" "gross!" "Did you see her?" "The way she had her hair was pretty cute." "the second term began." "Today's already the sports festival. {" "K} there's no way you'd see Haruhi sit still. {" "K}" "It's obvious just from seeing those of us that've been dragged into this." "you can put "love" in italics to emphasize it if you want" "Nazo}" "And that's roughly how the crazy sports festival ended. {day-festival for consistency" "Nazo}" "there was something called the culture festival waiting for me this time." "this particular prefectural high school is in the middle of preparations for it. {Added "Right" to make it sound better" "Nazo} and if you're curious as to what year 1 class 5 - the class Haruhi and I are in - is doing..." "Nazo} and they're just going to use whatever the results are.} {added comma after "survey" and added "then"" "Nazo}" "Board:" "For the Cultural Festival" "Board:" "Survey Announcement" "no high school student crazy enough to take up leadership of the class has appeared. {dropped the "who was" after "student"" "Nazo}" "Kyon." "now I'm heading blithely towards the clubroom with about as much energy as someone with apathy syndrome." "Why?" "keeps ranting on about:" "A survey and announcement is so stupid." "What in the world is fun about that?" "I don't understand at all." "shouldn't you have said something?" "You saw Mr. Okabe's face when the class was acting like it was holding a wake." "Whatever." "I wasn't planning on taking part in the class activities anyway." "I get the feeling that you contributed to the overall victory of our class at the sports festival." "Weren't you the one who signed up for almost every track event and won every single one of them?" "{Added "the one"" "Nazo}" "Or was that someone else?" "This and that are different!" "This is the culture festival!" "{cultural-culture}" "It's the most important super-event of the year!" "Is it?" "It is!" "are going to do something much more interesting!" "{Capitalised "Brigade" and is-are" "Nazo}" "Suzumiya Haruhi's face lit up like Hannibal's did after he crossed the Alps during the 2nd Punic War. {Added "like" and removed the "that of"." "Nazo}" "It shone with the radiance of an unshakable confidence!" "500)}The Sigh of Suzumiya Haruhi I" "It's the culture festival!" "The culture festival!" "Why don't you put some enthusiasm into it too?" "We only get to experience our high school freshman culture festival once!" "but... is it?" "It is too!" "There's no point if we don't start a commotion!" "The culture festivals I know are always like that." "Did you always do such flashy things in middle school?" "Not at all." "It wasn't any fun at all." "That's why I need our high school culture festival to be more fun. {cultural-culture}" "What is it exactly that you mean by "fun?" "tell me in words that I can understand." "Fine." "I'll explain it to you in full when we get to the clubroom." "The smell of lavender!" "hello!" "I thought flowers were blooming!" "I'll get you some tea right away." "Don't worry about me!" "I could blind you with a piece of string right now." "where's Koizumi-kun?" "He's not here yet." "he's late. {Added "that"" "Nazo}" "the tea isn't ready yet?" "It is!" "Coming!" "Mikuru-chan." "Yes?" "do you remember?" "Huh?" "About what?" "you need to trip once every three times and flip something over!" "You're not a clumsy maid at all!" "I'm sorry." "Does she actually think that maids should be clumsy?" "Mikuru-chan." "Practice on Kyon." "Do it so the cup lands upside-down on his head!" "Haruhi's jokes are only funny to people like her." "Please keep that in mind." "you." "The idiot over there." "I didn't say I was joking." "I'm always serious!" "we have an even bigger problem." "I'll show you how to do it." "Mikuru-chan." "Hey..." "Wait." "don't interfere!" "Is there a single person anywhere who would just sit here and let themselves get showered in hot tea?" "Here you go." "you should be a bit happier!" "he'd take three days to drink it all." "I'm sorry." "Homeroom dragged on." "I apologize if you weren't able to start the meeting because of me." "Meeting?" "What meeting?" "I forgot to tell you." "{added "else" since she pretty much refers to everyone but him" "Nazo} so... added "else" for a similar reason" "Nazo} and not even tell the guy sitting in front of you in your own class?" "It's not like it's a problem." "but what you're going to do now!" "{" "K}" "Was that an attempt to say something profound?" "{" "K} we have to think of what we're going to do now!" "Please make it clear whether you're talking in present or future tense." "adding in "in" and "form"" "Nazo}" "I'm talking about all of us!" "This is an SOS Brigade event!" "{Capitalise "Brigade" since it is the club title" "Nazo}" "What do you mean by "event?" {added quotes" "Nazo}" "I told you earlier." "There aren't any events besides the culture festival around this time of year!" "it's not a brigade event." "It's a school-wide event." "you should have submitted your ideas to the planning committee." "They're probably up to their eyes in bureaucratic stuff." "There's no meaning to it then!" "We have to do something befitting of the SOS Brigade!" "{Capitalise "Brigade" since it is the title of the club" "Nazo}" "We've come this far already!" "There isn't a student in the school who doesn't know who we are!" "Got it?" "so that's easy for you to say." "But what about all the work Asahina-san and I put in?" "Koizumi just sits there smiling all the time." "Nagato doesn't help at all with brainstorming." "I wish you'd show some consideration for normal people like me." "We've got to do something good enough to satisfy everyone's expectations." "Exactly where and who are these people with expectations for the SOS Brigade?" "{Capitalise "Brigade"" "Nazo}" "That's what we should be doing the survey on." "Mikuru-chan?" "My class?" "A yakisoba café." "I bet you're a waitress then." "How did you know?" "so I..." "Koizumi-kun?" "We've decided to do a play." "But we still haven't decided if we'll be doing a classic or an original." "It's good to have a lively class...  though." "Yuki?" "Fortune telling." "Fortune telling?" "Yes." "Nagato doing fortune telling?" "You sure they're not supposed to be prophecies?" "How about we combine them all and do a staged fortune telling survey café?" "Huh?" "Stop being an idiot." "We're starting the meeting now." "so where should we be looking exactly?" "I'm going to start writing." "you're the secretary so make sure you write down what I say." "Okay." "I don't know when Asahina-san became the secretary." "since she probably came up with that just now." "will be holding a movie screening!" "Huh?" "I don't know exactly what was going on in Haruhi's head." "But that's fine." "That's normal." "However..." "How is this a meeting exactly?" "Aren't you just telling us what you want to do?" "right?" "Too close!" "It seems like Suzumiya-san has decided what she wanted to do from the start." "There won't be any room for discussion." "I wonder why she chose a movie?" "She probably saw some stupid C-movie last night and got into the mood to make one on her own." "though. {I think "I've" makes more sense than "I'm"" "Nazo}" "I'm worried about your head." "You always see someone die in the last episode of TV dramas but don't you think that's really unnatural?" "Why do their deaths come at such a convenient time?" "It's weird." "That's why I really hate shows that have someone die right at the end!" "I'd never make a movie like that!" "Board:" "SOS Brigade Movie Screening" "And that's what it's going to be." "Got it?" "What's going to be what?" "All I know is that we're showing a movie." "Where's the location?" "you're dumb as a brick." "We're going to make the movie." "And then we'll show it at the culture festival." "it'll say "Presented by the SOS Brigade" in the credits!" "Since when did we become a film club?" "What're you talking about?" "This'll be the SOS Brigade for all eternity." "I don't remember it becoming a film club." "I see." "I understand now." "then showing it at a public screening. {in-at" "Nazo}" "Am I right?" "That's right!" "But why are we doing a movie?" "Last night" "I had a hard time falling asleep." "So I turned on the TV and they were showing some weird movie." "I knew it!" "It was one hell of a crappy movie." "It was so bad I wanted to make an international call to the director to complain about it." "So then I thought:" "then I can do way better!" "And that's when I decided to do it!" "I don't care if you want to take the role of director or producer." "so I change it to "as well"" "Nazo}" "What do you mean?" "What would you do if we said we didn't want to do it?" "You can't make a movie with just a director." "Don't worry." "I've already thought up most of the script." "No." "That's not what I'm trying to say." "Don't worry about anything." "Just follow me like you always do." "You don't need to worry about anything at all!" "I'm worried." "Leave all the arrangements to me." "I'll get them all taken care of!" "Now I'm even more worried." "don't you?" "we're doing it." "We're going after the title of "Best Event!" {Added "of"" "Nazo}" "And then that pathetic student council might recognize the SOS Brigade as a club!" "No." "They'll recognize us for sure!" "we need to get public opinion on our side." "What about the production costs?" "We have funds." "Where?" "right?" "not you." "But Yuki said it's okay." "Indeed." "So everyone agrees!" "Make it a priority over your stuff for class!" "I'll listen to your objections after the culture festival is over." "Got it?" "The director's orders are absolute!" "brigade chief." "Now a director?" "What are you planning to be in the end?" "Please don't say it's going to be "God."" "let's call it a day then." "I'll think about a bunch of things since I'm the producer." "I'll explain all the details tomorrow!" "Isn't it fine like this?" "It's better than hunting aliens for a freak circus show or shooting down a UFO and making an exhibit out of the interior." "I'm satisfied." "And I'm actually interested in what kind of movie Suzumiya-san wants to make." "It looks like it'll be a fun culture festival." "doesn't it?" "I-Is something the matter?" "nothing." "I was just wondering what kind of costume Haruhi will bring next." "seriously." "A movie?" "huh?"" "I don't know} {I'll take that over "A movie indeed."" "Nazo}" "I was also a bit interested." "but it might be okay if I look forward to it a bit." "nobody else will be expecting anything from it. {of-from" "Nazo}" "I take back everything I said." "I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up." "I already had a bitter taste in my mouth." "if it doesnt i can redo this text part} 65)}Supreme Commander/General Manager/Director/Script" "65)}Suzumiya Haruhi 83)}Female Lead" "127)\frz10}Asahina Mikuru 180)}Male Lead" "240)}Koizumi Itsuki 315)}Supporting role" " Nagato Yuki" "Assistant director/Filming/Compilation/Grunt/Slave/Gofer/Order-taker/Other Menial Tasks" " Kyon" "So what exactly am I doing?" "Exactly what's written there." "Am I playing the lead?" "I think a more minor role would be more..." "No!" "I'm going to make you super famous!" "after all." "You should start practicing your autograph." "I bet everyone'll be lining up to get it!" "Where do you intend to hold something like that?" "But I can't act." "No problem!" "I'll teach you." "though." "they're off working on activities for their own classes." "I should give them a stern warning." "we're the weird ones for being here right now." "is it okay for you to skip your class meeting?" "Yes." "fine time between this line and next." "I already rough-timed it" "Nazo} but I'm sort of looking forward to it." "she seems to have completely gotten used to cosplaying." "{" "K} wouldn't it be better for her to have something more appropriate to put on for the occasion?" "{" "K}" "Mikuru-chan?" "I'll prepare a costume for you!" "That's fine." "do you know what we need to make a movie?" "An innovative idea and earnest passion among the staff?" "I'm talking about a camera." "How are we going to make a movie without any equipment?" "I don't need such an abstract answer." "but I wasn't planning on talking about anything that practical. {Changed "to talk" to "on talking"" "Nazo}" "Whatever." "So that's that." "Let's go get a video camera!" "Um..." "S-Suzumiya-san..." "I just remembered I have something..." "I need to go back to class immediately..." "Silence." "Don't worry!" "There hasn't been a single time when you said "Don't worry!" that we haven't been worried." "I don't plan to use Mikuru-chan's body this time." "I just need her help for a bit. {added "for"" "Nazo}" "Tell us what kind of "help" you need!" "neither I nor Asahina-san will move an inch from this room!" "We're going to find a sponsor right?" "You're coming too." "You'll be carrying everything." "but the weather isn't any cooler at all." "forgetting to bring a season called "autumn" over to Japan or something. {Capitalising "Earth" and adding quotes" "Nazo}" "we got on the local line and traveled about 3 stations down. {" "K}" "We passed by the area lined with cherry trees where Asahina-san and I had enjoyed a stroll that one time. {" "K}" "if you want to use that –Southrop}" "Here." "40)}Sign:" "Oomori Electronics" "I see." "Looks like she's going to swindle equipment for the movie from this store." "But how's she going to do it?" "Wait here a bit." "I'm going to go negotiate." "Hold this." "Okay..." "I'm going run away with Asahina-san in my arms." "Should I be warning that kind-hearted store owner not to take anything that girl says at face value?" "What could she be doing?" "Who knows?" "She's probably telling him something along the lines of: "Give me your best portable digital video camera for free!" "She's the kind of person who'd have no qualms about doing that." "How troublesome." "Haruhi firmly believes that her values and decisions are absolute." "they're always different from hers." "But there's no doubt that she doesn't understand that at all." "they should just put Haruhi on a spaceship." "She'd probably just ignore the theory of relativity." "It looks like they're done talking." "Ta da!" "we've taken the first step!" "This is going well!" "How did you manage to get a hold of something so expensive-looking?" "Did you blackmail the guy or something?" "Yeah right!" "{This sounds feels weird to me... although I guess it's ok" "Nazo} he willingly handed it over." "then I want one too." "Tell me what you said to him." "Nothing really." "and he gave it to me." "It wasn't a problem at all." "I get the feeling it won't end so happily." "Stop worrying about every little thing." "and things will be fine." "Come on!" "Let's go to the next store!" "I slowly began to understand." "her finger was directed at Asahina-san." "I feel like Asahina-san will end up footing the bill in one way or another." "I wonder if I should tell her?" "Ta da!" "What is it this time?" "Weapons!" "Here!" "What're you doing with these?" "They're for the action scenes!" "Gunfights!" "Flashy gunfights are one of the basics of entertainment." "I'd like to blow up a building." "Do you know a place that sells dynamite?" "Maybe at the hardware store?" "How would I know?" "you can probably order it on the internet." "So what do you want to do with all this?" "Take them home for now and bring them to the clubroom tomorrow." "Going back to school now would be too much of a hassle." "I am?" "You are." "This is the exclusive smile reserved for the SOS Brigade that's rarely seen in class. {Capitalise "Brigade"" "Nazo}" "I end up having to run around as the disaster clean-up guy." "It's like I'm the opposite of the Straw Millionaire. {TL Note: わらしべ長者 is a Japanese folk tale about a man who managed to trade a straw for a mansion.} {SOMEONE PLEASE TIME THE TL-NOTE!" "KY ( I DID NOW -k )}" "TL Note:" "Warashibe Chouja is a Japanese folk tale about a man who managed to trade a straw for a mansion." "Um..."