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| does anybody else find this /so/ shallow?? "omg i cried in front of my uncle but he didn't even bother to comfort me SOMEONE PLS TELL ME WHY /I NEED TO KNOW/" good god, eru i liked the mystery this week though... i like mystery shows the best when they start making me feel like a dumbass ahahaha. |
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| The mystery that she requested Oreki to solve... doesn't seem all that important. Makes the story feel like am exaggeration... But I still love the art and Oreki. I like the mystery with the Newspaper sempai. I knew he was hiding something. For some reason though, I assumed drugs, but it was tobacco. I wonder why the guy was so panicked though. He looked like he was on the verge of going crazy and attacking Oreki. o_o (Loved his hair~) I hope the mystery turns out to be significant. |
u2blah said: Still not exactly sure about the whole premise of the show. Why is what her uncle said years ago so damn important, and how could she have just "forgotten" it? I can't tell if this show is trying to be more a mystery or slice of life... or how serious this secret from the past is. I understand that things will unravel as the show progresses and I do like shows where the beginning episodes are confusing, but I just don't know what to make of this anime. And hopefully the mysteries will get a little less obvious :P. Cause what her uncle said years ago is very important and somehow really bother Chitanda? She forgot because it was something very shocking. It can happen in the real life you know. When shocked, people consciously or unconsciously tends to make their brain forget what they want to forget |
| I wonder what happened with her uncle 45 yrs ago...? o_0 Hahah I thought the dude was smoking weed.... but it was just cigarettes. |
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| Hmm i hope the uncle mystery is worth it. |
| The tabacco thing was kinda predictable, good episode though, development about Chitanda's "personal" reasons. And Houtaro is as lazy as always :P |
| A bit better. At least we have a long term mystery to solve now. Houtaro's ability to solve and manipulate people was good, but still his character still grates me. The whole "saving energy" thing really is a terrible reason for his lack of overt emotion. He's not even sarcastic like Tomoya. As a result, character interactions suffer and are kind of a chore to watch through, especially since we're missing Satoshi. The mystery this time around also had an extremely predictable and boring conclusion, but at least it was fun watching Houtaro make his sempai squirm. The classical music feels oddly out of place. The show's own original soundtrack is far better. The classical music chosen lulls you into relaxation, something I really shouldn't be doing in a good mystery. After three episodes, it seems that mysteries are just simple questions to everyday occurrences and are certainly not the highlight of this anime. Will keep watching for Chitanda and beautiful animation/art. |
OmniknightMay 6, 2012 9:43 PM
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| So far this series isn't really grabbing me with it's plot. I couldn't figure out what the mystery was supposed to be, but now that I know a little more it isn't that interesting. I'll still watch it regardless, just to see where it goes. |
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| this week's doesnt feel as dazzling as the other's. slightly disappointed |
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| Well it was the best episode so far, but it wasn't enough. I'm not interested enough in the uncles past to care. I tried. I hope you guys enjoy the rest of the series. dropped |
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| Guess more people are getting too impatient waiting the real plot to unveil |
| Oh joy, we finally get some semblance of the main plot... only to find the mystery be Chitanda wanting to remember what her uncle said to her? ಠ_ಠ Couldn't it have been, I dunno... something a bit more substantial than a couple of words said in the past? Lol at the first volume of the book being so coincidentally gone. |
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ididthefopp said: Hyouka definitely is the best ongoing out there, seriously.  Koizumi, lol. You say that while you're watching Kids on the Slope? |
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| It's getting interesting now,for me at least. |
InfiniteDestiny said: lol a bit with Oreki's reaction to searching the whole school Same here, I couldn't help but laugh a little. This show is getting more and more interesting with each new mystery and I really like Oreki's personality. Not mention the show's visual artwork, KyoAni will never cease to amaze me. |
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| Satoshi Really Killed the show at the ending!! That was so Loling awesome! |
| The Art of Shipping is no mere game. It can be small skirmishes to huge nation size wars. Of course some will claim their ship is the BATTLESHIP but they all do. This is why battles occur because of factions fighting each other to justify their favourite ship. And thus SHIP to SHIP combat occurs almost anytime even now. Beware, Threading into the Shipping battlefield will be bloody.... What are you waiting for? |
| For those wondering why it was 'just smoking' - of course that's a bad thing for him. His family is famous for secondary education. If he was caught, underage, smoking, in school, in japan - of course it would become a large scandal and effect his family. This explains his reasons for panicking. Anyway - liked this episode, I have a feeling there's more to Eru's story than meets the eyes, but I'll do a full post tomorrow. |
| "Evidently... There's no such thing as 'meaning' in this world. But that in itself is wonderful... isn't it? Since if there isn't a set meaning, then you can just find one on your own." - Filicia Heideman, So Ra No Wo To |
| lol i love eru's red nose, couldnt stop laughing at her also love the character and plot development in the beginning damn, houtaro is a devilshly sly genius. i already had a hunch the senpai was doing drugs or something, but the way houtaro analyzed and figured it out and implicitly blackmailed him was pure genius. and of course, getting closer to solving one of their mysteries leads to an even bigger one :S the first issue missing, very big key to their mystery. cant wait for next week! also LOL at satoshi's outfit |
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| I was thinking about the sempai doing other stuff, if you know what I mean :D BTW, I'm interested what happen to the first issue of the anthology. |
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ididthefopp said: Koizumi, lol. I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought this. |
| I'd rather think the mysterious disappearance of Chitanda's uncle more important. But who knows, maybe the words from the uncle was important also. |
| LOL |
| Is smoking that much of a problem for a High school-er? |
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Great episode again. I enjoy the mystery solving a lot. Can't wait to see how the plot evolves. |
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| Finished watching Commie subs last night!! Now time to watch Mazui subs yey! |
| So this anime does have an interesting plot after all !!! ^^ |
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Gilver said: It's getting interesting now,for me at least. |
| Looking at the MC makes me felt boring. His voice makes me zZZ , I can't even focus on the story. I am thinking of dropping both AchiKochi and this .I don't think I am suited in watching boring looking MC ~.~" |
| The mystery is very good, expected pot over tobacco though Story's getting interesting Little Eru kawaii~ |
| It was pretty good but i wasn't hyped the slightest for it since i predicted the request part last week, but it was still a good ep and the ending was godlike. |
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zZJoennZz said: I'd rather think the mysterious disappearance of Chitanda's uncle more important. But who knows, maybe the words from the uncle was important also. Maybe both are related? |
| Little Eru was sooooo cute! I hope that Eru remembers what her Uncle told her. Love the Ending song so much! |
| YEAH BOY!! This show is just getting better and better, as I freaking expected. Favorite ongoing show! |
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choyos said: it would have been more fun with pot rather than tobacco... like honestly who flips out because only for tobacco... Agreed. Honestly, who puts up sensors because of smoking? The whole episode felt kind of awkward. I'm really getting tired of characters talking about nothing for 10 minutes while we are shown all the different angles, including under the table and from the floor next to the table. Most of these don't work anyways. It happened last week in Accel World and now in Hyouka. The reason Fate/Zero conversations aren't a bore is because they at least talk about something, but half of this talk was basically Eru clenching her fists and blushing. I'm getting slightly bored of this. The mysteries aren't very well constructed either. I mean, Houtarou just assumes about 50% of his 'discoveries'. Like honestly, what were the clues leading who KNOW absolutely for sure, that the medical box was in the paper box table, along with the guy's smokes. I did appreciate the sunflower moment though. BRSxIgnition said: For those wondering why it was 'just smoking' - of course that's a bad thing for him. His family is famous for secondary education. If he was caught, underage, smoking, in school, in japan - of course it would become a large scandal and effect his family. This explains his reasons for panicking. Who's dumb enough to smoke in school when you're in that situation? It was still very unrealistic, nobody would go through that much trouble to have a smoke. |
merurinMay 7, 2012 8:36 AM
| I dont know about you guys, but i am falling in LOVE with Chitanda, she is rivaling mio at this point >_> |
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yokaii said: BRSxIgnition said: For those wondering why it was 'just smoking' - of course that's a bad thing for him. His family is famous for secondary education. If he was caught, underage, smoking, in school, in japan - of course it would become a large scandal and effect his family. This explains his reasons for panicking. Who's dumb enough to smoke in school when you're in that situation? It was still very unrealistic, nobody would go through that much trouble to have a smoke. The same dumbasses that try to beat up teachers, sell drugs on school grounds, try to have quickie in a toilet with his b/gf's, try to steal money from "Class saving" box, try to break into another room, try to peek at girl's changing room, try to steal exam paper, try to steal a fucking monitor from school, smash car windows etc etc. If you never seen any of those at your school... I'll be surprise. (Kid happen to be from well off parents) Also... It is a not too uncommon for a kid from well off parents caught doing fishy stuff in Japan, and usually, the media do a lot of work on it. (You'll know if you grow up in Asia). Dude, if your kids a bad bully, expect the whole neighborhood to hate your family when they found out, it is just that extreme over at anime land. Heck, if you drink and drive then injure someone, expect people to paint your house with "murderers" "Monster" "Dog" all over your wall and maybe even smash your windows and such (And no, I am not exaggerating this) Not every country is like your own. |
AirStylesMay 7, 2012 8:48 AM
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Gigarit said: I dont know about you guys, but i am falling in LOVE with Chitanda, she is rivaling mio at this point >_> Even though she's more similar to Mugi than Mio? |
Blue_Monday said: ididthefopp said: Koizumi, lol. I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought this. How does he not look like Koizumi?! I thought it was a cameo. I'm kinda surprised that not many people think this. |
| Great! Improves every episode, the highlight of my Mondays. Love the way that Oreki sloved this problem and gave a detailed breakdown afterwards. He was so composed (when isn't he?) as he was challenging the smoker. Shame the OP was missing this time. |
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| Let's start getting some other facts I came across: First of 13th of October was a Sunday so the letter was written on a Holy Day. Wonder if it means something. Source: http://www.dayoftheweek.org/?m=October&d=13&y=1968&go=Go 1968 + 45 years ago = 2013 so that correlates with time frames. Here are some assumptions: -A meeting with a supernatural creature created a fear and paranoia beyond anything. Eru freaked out at it. -The cover of the anthologies always looks to feature supernatural monster or supernatural smaller creatures. -The way Eru acts around wanting to now the truth gets me to think "Curiosity kills the cat and that cat is Eru" in other words Eru knowing the truth might not make it out mentally. In thinking and assuming that I am not sure she might want to find out. -If the the truth is a supernatural monster of immense proportions and be being in contact you are cursed to live off from seeing it then I would not be surprised Eru is cursed in fear. Just it's not complete the curse. -Why did the family lose contact with the family of the uncle? Could it be bad relations? Fear? Or plain simply the curse was known and they cut ties to not be cursed. These are all interesting thoughts and assumptions that came up to me. This is also another good reason to take the time to take a 2nd looks at Hyouka and each of its episodes. |
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