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 9, 2024

MrSlamboni

Recommended

The first time I watched Hyouka I was half asleep in the middle of the night, binging it until the next morning. However, that severely diminished my viewer experience. I was taking everything at face value. I assumed Oreki meant everything he said. I did not understand a lot of the sentences. I did not appreciate the animation because I was so focused on getting through it. In the end I thought it was an okay show and I moved on.

However, rewatching it now, it is much better than I thought. Oreki doesn't actually mean what he says. When he monologues about other people's rosy ... high school lives compared to his "gray" life, it is not him being edgy. It is his acceptance of where he is. He prefers his simple, low energy life because he hasn't really found anything to enjoy or dedicate himself to.

When he joins the Classic Literature club, he is nervous about this change in his life. In a way, I kind of relate to this position. I am assuming he was worried about being disappointed. He didn't want to get into activities that expend energy and might not be fulfilling for him. At the same time, if it is possible to bring color to his life, he doesn't mind it. He is unsure whether it will eventually be a good or bad thing, but he secretly hopes that it is a good thing.

Hyouka is not only a story of Oreki bringing color to his life, but also the development of his 3 other clubmates. I cannot tell you their stories because that would be a spoiler, but I just wanted you to know that the drama does not revolve around only Oreki. Oreki and clubmates solve low-stake mysteries together. This is the first time I've been invested in mysteries that, in the grand scheme of things, don't really change anything.

Although I have no attachment to any of the characters (maybe Oreki a tiny bit), I cannot deny that they are well written. They are not as well written as Skip and Loafer, but that's a really high bar for anime. Hyouka still has better characters than most anime. Chitanda's energy and persistence gives plausible reason for Oreki to be solving puzzles. Fukube is an interesting character by himself, but he also acts as a counterweight to Oreki. When Oreki disagrees with Fukube, it's as if Oreki is having an internal dialogue with his self doubts. It also works the other way around. Ibara doesn't play too large of a role in the story, usually just being the straight man, but she is an okay character either.

The animation is great, the drama is great, the mysteries are great. I am keeping it at an 8 now because I'm still rewatching the start.

EDIT: It's slow at some points so remember that.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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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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Apr 6, 2024

WolfgunbloodD

Not Recommended

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Hyouka is one of the best Anime of all time but statistically, most of the people are dumb and by dumb I imply many factors (its not something about IQ, it's about point of view of the people in general). Even though many of you can disagree with me, there is no doubt that most of the people are NOT self-conscious, they just live their life without thinking about it much and that is why they can find Hyouka a very boring and tedious.
I see no sense of describing the main plot of this anime, as many of you already know that as "very boring ... slice of life highschool anime with boring characters and very tedious mysteries".
Let me start with this at first, if you see a mysteries about some highscool stuff, something that can happen in you every day life as boring, then I have a bad news for you. You can't decide which mystery is better by just looking at their scale. For example, tell me which of the mysteries is better, where you need to find a reason for why most of the people in the world turned into a zombies or why some robber stole the useless frying pan at the summer festival? You'll definitely say it is the first one that is so intriguing, but you can't tell by just looking at the scale of this mysteries, it's writing-wise by that you can tell which one is better. If the writing is bad, there are many flaws and holes in the story and their pieces are not really connected to each other, than it's the bad mystery.
You'll not see that in Hyouka, and that is why it is so good, because it's well-written. It is the first advantage of the story but if you like a slice of life setting, than it is the best choice for you and the second advantage of the story.
It's not just mysteries that are good here it's also a meaningful conversations and characters-development. The one who watches only seinen anime or something like this will not see a big development in the main characters at first, because they get used to big and loud speeches, which they will not see in this anime. You need to think to figure out the subtle changes in the main cast, just like in real life. That is why i love this anime so much, because it is the nearest to real life setting.
That is why i do not recommend this anime to most of the people as most of them do not like think very much and just like to watch some action with demons, blood, murders and other fiction and unrealistic staff. I don't blame them though, when I tired I don't really want to think much and just want to relax watching some bullshit staff.
P.s: It's impossible to notice all the details in the Hyouka when you watch it for the first time, so you need to watch it at least 2 or 3 times. If you just don't like the slice of life genre it's okay, everyone has a different taste, but if you are going to say how much this anime sucks just because you find it boring, you officially considered as a non self-conscious person. All you need to say to be a self-conscious person is that it's your opinion, and with that there is no point arguing with you.
(by the way, sorry for my english)

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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