Was Kyon in love with Haruhi?


It was not directly stated in [The Melancholy of Haruhi
Suzumiya](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruhi_Suzumiya) that Haruhi has
feelings for Kyon but it can be assumed that she had because of her attitude
towards him (like trying to fix her hair in pony-tail since Kyon told her
before that it suits her, or having Kyon the only person with her when she
subconsciously wanted to change the world).

And it wasn't also directly stated that Kyon had feelings for Haruhi. More
frequently, Kyon is shown to have feelings for Asahina instead. Though, there
are times that it can be seen that Kyon cared for Haruhi.

My question is, was Kyon in love with (or did he developed some affectionate
feelings for) Haruhi? If so, is it possible that _that_ feeling was caused by
Haruhi's power and not Kyon's real feelings (since Haruhi can just think of
having an esper, time traveler and alien would be great, and it will exist)?
If he is not really in love with Haruhi or if he is in love with Asahina,
then, why isn't he affected of Haruhi's power (assuming that Haruhi thought
that having Kyon in love with her would be great)? Or is it that Haruhi didn't
think of something like that (this seems to be impossible since she even
dragged Kyon when she was about to change the world) or she's not really in
love with Kyon (seems not the case as well)? Or Haruhi's power doesn't affect
people's feelings? If Kyon is really in love with her (from the bottom of his
heart and not from Haruhi's powers), then how can it be? Was Kyon the
exception to Haruhi's rule or Kyon can somehow nullify Haruhi's power?




There's not going to be a definitive answer to this question, and that's
probably intentional on the part of the franchise creator. That said, there is
one school of thought that says that it is Kyon in fact who subconsciously
controls the world, and that Haruhi's powers and the strange visitors and
Kyon's involvement with them are all actually to satisfy Kyon's suppressed
desire for a more interesting life.

Consider that things generally go Kyon's way and that it is Kyon, not Haruhi,
who gets to enjoy the fruits of being surrounded by aliens, time travelers,
and espers. And of course Kyon gets to show affection for, and for the most
part have it returned by, all of the female characters, and Koizumi does not
compete with him at all in that department.

So ultimately, does the world really exist to satisfy Haruhi, or to satisfy
Kyon? And if everyone is who they are simply because Kyon wills it to be so,
can he really love any of them?

