Shoushimin Series Episode 4 Discussion

@VMPL this is more so because Shoushimin has more of open plot than Hyouka and is less confined in terms of setting compared to Hyouka.
Hyouka was centered mostly at the school and the literature club and the things they do outside the school is still something related to the school or their club.

Shoushimin is more builds the characters and set what the story is about by more so random things that can happen that will cause the characters to act.
it is more so the author trying his stuff on settings he couldn't explore with Hyouka's premise.

@Sonson7 I mean, it's still centered around high school kids and the open plot is practically no plot, none of it really ties to anything.

Like what does ep 5 tie to or does it flesh out any character? None of the new characters introduced feel like they will become recurring or parts of the main cast either.

In Hyouka, even the 1-off mystery ep still has some character development or romance development, e.g Chitanda & Hotarou solving the Hiking Accident mystery.

@VMPL it flesh out how the "characters interact more", this is still "something" since unlike Hyouka the characters are more "transparent" to easily show what there character is really like.
In shoshimin the characters aren't like that. also what I mean by "one-off mystery" is that the cases in "Shoushimin" are isolated cases that don't lead to something about the main plot or to tackle a specific character or build a relationship.
There are character developments, its just not as big of a chunk and beefy than a regular episode of Hyouka.
also if you noticed I keep telling how different this is to "Hyouka". So I advice you to not expect this one to be a "full on Hyouka". It has similarities on stuff due to it being done by the same author but as I mentioned from my previous reply, the author is doing something different here than hyouka.

You literally keep mentioning things about this show that is so different to hyouka. and that is my very point that this one is doing something different than hyouka.
Like dude read what you wrote
"first you said why this and that is not so like something in Hyouka"
So I explained this one is made to be different to hyouka that is why things aren't lining up for it to be EQUIVALENT in HYOUKA.

Then you Reply back "BUt its about High School Kids Like Hyouka" then you proceed to mentioning stuff not "being the same as Hyouka"

Like your replies implies you are noticing the difference so don't ecpect those aspects to be the same as Hyoka since they are meant to be done different.
Whether you end up not liking this show due to that is "subjectively" up to you.

It's like don't expect HunterxHunter to be exactly like Yu Yu Hakusho just because they were done by the same author.
Heck just take Fairy Tail and Edens Zero, the charccter designs are basically just reskinned but still the charcters and story is still fundamentally different and the similarities end with just it having similar looking artstyle and that it is a shonen done by the same author.