| abstract | - The Data Overmind, called the Data Integration Thought Entity in the anime (情報統合思念体 Johō Tōgō Shinen-Tai) is a conglomerate of the sentient data organisms which supervise the part of the galaxy in which Earth is in. It is divided into five or more factions—Moderates, the Innovative, the Compromise, the Thinking party and the radical faction—which do not necessarily agree or even cooperate with each other on basic goals. In The Surprise, Ryoko Asakura said the entity was controlled by a consensus of conservatives "always trying to preserve the status quo". It seeks to auto-evolve itself, and holds humanity in general, and Haruhi Suzumiya in particular, as the key to this. It became aware of Haruhi when she unleashed a massive data flare on Tanabata, year 0. However, it is incapable of communicating directly with humans. It created a variety of Humanoid Interfaces, referred to as TFEIs, in order to facilitate communication with humans. There are "many" on Earth, and the currently-seen examples have different personality profiles. TFEIs can only relay information from their own faction. It looks forward to seeing changes in their observation subject, but different factions have different ideas about whether such changes should be provoked. Ryouko Asakura of the radical faction wants (or wanted) to kill Kyon to get a reaction from Haruhi. Kyon is not fond of the Data Overmind, partly because of its indifference to Yuki Nagato's condition (it threatened to delete Yuki following The Disappearance, and showed indifference to her illness in The Surprise). During The Disappearance, when Yuki altered the world, the Data Overmind did not exist during that timeframe.
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