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In "The Dissociation of Haruhi Suzumiya" and the following book, can the
character Yasumi Watahashi be considered a slider? (I'm not naming her in the
title because she's not in the anime).

Since she essentially travelled between the two timelines and her purpose was,
if I remember correctly, to reunite them. I read these books a few years ago
(in a fan translation) and while I was pretty convinced she was the long-
awaited "slider," most of the fanbase seemed to think she wasn't. I couldn't
find any good reason why she should or shouldn't be or, in fact, any canon or
otherwise generally accepted definition of what a slider is - I've always
assumed it was someone who travelled between alternate timelines.

I'm rereading the beginning of Dissociation right now and Kyon reminds us that
a slider has yet to make their appearance, reminding us that we should
naturally expect one and, IMO, maybe foreshadowing the end of this arc and
implying that Yasumi, even though we learn later that she is not a real
individual, is "the" slider we've been looking for.

I'm aware that the series has been left unfinished and we will likely never
know if another slider was planned.


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Can this character be considered a slider? (Haruhi Suzumiya books 9&10 spoiler)


The only character which can be considered an actual Slider
(<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdimensional_being>), albeit temporarily,
is Kyon. He was the only character (an actual person, rather than a temporal
construct made by Haruhi as Yasumi was) who experienced first hand existing in
two different dimensions during the events of the 4th novel(the disappearance
of haruhi suzumiya).


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