Hyouka

High school freshman Houtarou Oreki has but one goal: to lead a gray life while conserving as much energy as he can. Unfortunately, his peaceful days come to an end when his older sister, Tomoe, forces him to save the memberless Classics Club from disbandment.

Luckily, Oreki's predicament seems to be over when he heads to the clubroom and discovers that his fellow first-year, Eru Chitanda, has already become a member. However, despite his obligation being fulfilled, Oreki finds himself entangled by Chitanda's curious and bubbly personality, soon joining the club of his own volition.

Soon enough, the club's membership grows to four, as Oreki's friends Satoshi Fukube and Mayaka Ibara join. Driven by Chitanda's insatiable curiosity, the members of the Classics Club solve the trivial yet intriguing mysteries that permeate their daily lives.

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Oreki, Houtarou Main

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Chitanda, Eru Main

Satou, Satomi Japanese

Fukube, Satoshi Main

Sakaguchi, Daisuke Japanese

Ibara, Mayaka Main

Kayano, Ai Japanese

Irisu, Fuyumi Supporting

Yukana Japanese

Oreki, Tomoe Supporting

Yukino, Satsuki Japanese

Juumonji, Kaho Supporting

Hayami, Saori Japanese

Sawakiguchi, Misaki Supporting

Ise, Mariya Japanese

Toogaito, Masashi Supporting

Okiayu, Ryoutarou Japanese

Punk Supporting

Taniyama, Kishou Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Hatta, Hideaki Producer

Saitou, Shigeru Producer

Senami, Riri Producer

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Dec 31, 2024

hxnyeol

Recommended

Hyouka is a Mystery Novel published by Honobu Yonezawa Where it's first volume was published in 2001, Directed by Kyoto Animations Company which is known to make splendid pieces of art come to life- There's an enchanting presence of the scenery that depicts the reality of the characters juxtaposed to the actions taken by one, The elegance of which is mainly depicted by regulating and holding back their emotions. There's a subtle on-the-verge feeling that keeps you inching for the next episode, followed by the High school theme that syncs with rapid yet reasonable pace of story telling. The author is extremely talented, as ... he understands human connection to such a ornamental level and is able to portray such a thing meticulously, perhaps we have a fine piece that shall last the test of time; hyouka may as well be one of those shows that may stick to your repertoire, which connects to you in such a way that it is almost a comfort show.

To me, Hyouka sticks out in the stream of shows that come by because:
1) Consistent and slow character development
2) Great lighting work and character design (pay attention to this one! it may reveal a lot about them than you may expect)
3) Exceptional Mystery elements and inspiration
4) Meaningful integration of characters


There's one more thing that I wanted to add, but perhaps that may be for you to find out :)
I hope you pick up Hyouka, and possibly the original book as well!

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Apr 20, 2024

rea

Mixed Feelings

Hyouka is an anime based on a series of novels by Yonezawa Honobu. The anime adaptation was handled by Kyoto animation. also Hyouka is a mystery series about everyday occurrences, revolving around four high school students in the Classic Literature Club that only resolving small and seemingly insignificant mysteries. Starring a highly introverted and lazy male protagonist but smart, character are initially attractive but inadequately develop, and often repeat the same key lines through almost any situation. They carry through the scene enough to make it work, but not diverse enough to create anything of significance. Hyouka is a beautifully animated anime (great opening and ... ending) unfortunately that's all it is. Some people might find this anime "boring" good mystery kinda long/slow paced? and the romance part was really "less" i dont know i can say this anime has romance genre in it because its like nothing at all. The ending kinda.. ordinary? and seems it doesn't have season 2 as well. But i really love the main character(oreki) kinda feel likable.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Dec 27, 2024

MidniteAndBeyond

Not Recommended

So... imagine you're watching The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Except you get rid of all the supernatural elements and make the characters incredibly generic. That's what this show felt like. A "mystery" show about a class club that goes to the ends of the earth to solve the world's most mundane and nearly nonexistent mysteries, all because... well... the girl "just had to know"... A lot of the mysteries involve Japanese wordplay and writing structures, so its very difficult to follow along if you don't know the language. But even then, the answers just sometimes get pulled out of nowhere, so it's never really a ... show like Conan where you can follow along and come to the conclusion before the characters do. You just sorta have to sit and watch the characters monologue for 30 minutes on how they figured it out without showing you. And like I said, the mysteries are very inconsequential, so it all sorta amounts to nothing at the end of each episode. The romance side of this show isn't that compelling either since Okeri is so aggressively determined to spend as little energy each day as possible for no explained reason to the point where he just snaps at anyone for engaging with him who wants him to... take part in the plot. It was just such a nothing sandwich with no memorable characters or interactions to speak of. The slightly longer run time for each episode only lessened my enjoyment, overall. I had no idea what to expect of this one, going into it. Kinda sad with what the end result wound up being.

4/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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