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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Another most amazing episode of Hyouka. The best of this episode is for me Mayaka Ibara. She is my #2 girl in the show. I like her expressions a lot and character. Mayaka Ibara, OK time to say why I like her and it’s only due to the following,  THAT FACE! THE FACE! Oh such a nice slutty face. Sorry no offense but she makes me think like that with that faces and more so with the other one in the spoiler About Eru Chitanda, OMG and OMG at the spoiler My second favorite of Eru is the maid part in the spoiler About the mystery, it’s very intriguing in the spoiler About the ED, delicious yummy and MOEru passion of some innocent Yuri visuals of Eru x Mayaka since they are holding hands in the spoiler  A bonus to many males. They look so sexy and revealing. So much more reason to watch these girls now. Well the ED got me hooked on that. It is to say the ED is visually, Yuri and innocently incorporating the white color good. Might edit later. BTW Nice art in the spoiler FINALLY DONE! Image Stitches, modded images and Image Dump done: http://ecchiking99.blogspot.ca/2012/05/pics-and-image-stitches-of-hyouka.html There is some very nice stuff of Ibara and Eru. GIFs from the ED in the club: http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=437933 Lots of nice stuff. To see. PS: Any request For GIFs is much more preferred by me due to time. I am nice and don’t bite. So PM or MSG of anything in this episode. I will see what I can do if time is short on hand. |
Yumekichi11May 5, 2012 12:53 PM
| Enjoyed the episode. Eru's character seems a bit erratic, she isn't logical. I'm assuming it's a false persona, but I'll probably be proven wrong. I liked the ending, wasn't the annoying cutesy type of song. Was the cool type of cutesy song. I did some half-assed speculations, but they probably won't amount to anything; they're half-assed speculations. |
mdzApr 29, 2012 9:48 PM
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mdz said: IMO the ED is what will captivate males like me who are after some spice to say the least. ED will also boast male audience more. I don't like that. I really want more girls to watch this show. Oh well not much can be done about that but a more romantic ED would have gotten more girls is what I am saying. Instead it's more of what I mention about the ED already.Hopefully shit develops more in this episode; Hyouka could be a great show. |
| ED and Mayaka Ibara're gonna killing me :o |
Asclepsios-RinApr 29, 2012 10:03 AM
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| So, it's been about a month since the Classics Club has been reformed. Eru does to spice things up by doing some club activities. After all, what's a club without fun right? And here she is, our fourth main character of the series, Mayaka Ibara:  There are some various clues that are presented in this episode as well as a delusion that played in Oreki's mind. After piercing the clues together from what they know, they concluded the theory that the book was being borrowed for this reason: This was a rather easy mystery tbh. Anyways, somewhat interesting episode, especially the parts where you can use your brain to figure out the mystery before Oreki figures it out. Oreki vs YOU the viewer. Well, w/e, by the looks of things, it looks like an episodic series rather than a direct linear storyline. I'm looking forward to what happens next though. |
Stark700Apr 29, 2012 6:59 PM
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| Awww.. Eru is damn cute. |
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| Dat ED! |
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| So Kayano Ai as Ibara huh? A perfect choice there. So it's about book this time, and damn, that chitanda girl has very high level of curiosity! |
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| I'm not too sure on what to think of this series because it's sort of boring but interesting at the same time, like how there's no background music for most of the moment but It's still getting my attention to the point where I actually like the series. This series is just messing with my head, but I definitely love it for the mystery aspect of it all. |
| I don't really see how this anime is boring in any way, there is always something nice to look at and the story is intriguing! |
| Does something happen at last in this episode? |
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| Better than the first episode; the new girl is kinda annoying; but the cliffhanger at least has potential for what she seemed like she wanted to say to him ever since he solved the mystery; likely a problem of her own that she wants him to solve. Hopefully it turns out good since the show has a lot of potential; would be a shame to put it to waste. |
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Ekstah said: I'm not too sure on what to think of this series because it's sort of boring but interesting at the same time, like how there's no background music for most of the moment but It's still getting my attention to the point where I actually like the series. This series is just messing with my head, but I definitely love it for the mystery aspect of it all. I have the same opinion. But I don't want to call it boring since I really love this show. But it's kinda boring. I mean.. Well whatever, Eru is so cute <3 EYEEEEEEEESZSZSZ @Yumekichi: Any gifs/avatars for this episode? :D |
| Started laughing my butt off when they were in the library and Mayaka started asking them if they'd be interested in her mystery - Houtarou trying so hard to refuse and Eru all but possessing his body like a demon. Several times in the library and back in the club room I noticed his body language screaming "To Close!" Houtarou, sorry, but Eru already has her claws in your soul - it's to late to run, and you can never hide. |
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InfiniteDestiny said: That's the way I see it - Eru is the driver here and she has an agenda. The first two episodes were just setting the stage.but the cliffhanger at least has potential for what she seemed like she wanted to say to him ever since he solved the mystery; likely a problem of her own that she wants him to solve. Hopefully it turns out good since the show has a lot of potential; would be a shame to put it to waste. |
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| why oh why doesnt the librarian have the books, does that mean they stayed in the library for no reason at all? (yes i realize that it leads up to certain events, but it felt like a waste of time for me) anyway i almost fell asleep, and i like mystery anime/manga, so its surprising |
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| Hahaha I find Eru a funny character, she made me laugh when she was trying to make Houtarou solve the mistery, and she's also very cute. I wonder what is she going to tell him? Cute ED, I loved the colours and the song. |
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Cratex said: InfiniteDestiny said: That's the way I see it - Eru is the driver here and she has an agenda. The first two episodes were just setting the stage.but the cliffhanger at least has potential for what she seemed like she wanted to say to him ever since he solved the mystery; likely a problem of her own that she wants him to solve. Hopefully it turns out good since the show has a lot of potential; would be a shame to put it to waste. Yeah, Eru is WAY too pushy to be considered normal. Pushy to the point of being extremely annoying. I mean, try continuously sticking a book in front of someone's face.... I personally find Eru disturbing, not cute. Shame. |
bla bla bla The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.Niko-kun said: On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard? |
| HNGHHHHHH MOE BLOB POWAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! |
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| Wow, I'm in love with the series; even if it's only the second episode of this series. Definitely one of my favorites this season! Not sure if it's possible to solve this sort of case as fast as Houtarou did though, still quite interesting to watch. Yumekichi11 said: ^dat Hair & Clothing. Having a really hard time to look away from Chitanda... Why are you so god damn cute? ..she do indeed seem to be an airhead though... but that's just another trait of her :3 Can't wait to see how the relationship between them develops. Hopefully, it won't develop too quickly... since I like the current Houtarou, and it'd be sad to see him lovestruck :< Not sure about Mayaka though, except for the naughty faces she had at the beginning of the series; which Yumekuichi mentioned as well... in another way though. Hopefully, she could improve the Houtarou x Eru relationship from Eru's side... or Houtarou's. Work either way imo. Too bad that Commie failed with their first version of the episode. Left me and my pizza slice without anything decent to watch.. Mazui to the rescue! |
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| Man I'm really loving this show. The art style and animation is still stunning, characters are likable, and really like the music. And while the little mysteries we have now are pretty trivial the plot is obviously going to lead into something bigger so I find it silly to drop this show so early. At least wait until the main plot starts up and see what that's about before dropping it. |
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PikachuXD said: I guess the plot will begin next episode. Hopefully mysteries will get more interesting. This also. The mystery of the classic club itself should be the main plot. Also the my eyes burned at the sight of the ED. I feel offended by it. I hoped that this series won't resort to fanservice but omg what was that? |
bla bla bla The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.Niko-kun said: On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard? |
| I can see why some may find this anime boring, but that's simply because you're a passive viewer and not an active watcher. Those little small brain teasers are quite fun to follow along with. I didn't predict everything perfectly in the end, but the Art room was one of my ideas and it was definitely fun arriving to that simple conclusion. Then again, that moe blob is enough for me to deem this watchable. The ending did throw me off slightly though - it felt a bit out of context. |
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wakka9ca said: Yeah, Eru is WAY too pushy to be considered normal. Pushy to the point of being extremely annoying. I mean, try continuously sticking a book in front of someone's face.... I personally find Eru disturbing, not cute. Shame. welp, atleast someone else thinks so too |
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| I love Eru's stubbornness on Oreki. She is just so cute and adorable! I never loved an airhead like this. Ibara is an interesting character as well... Oreki is too smart. Hahaha.. The ending is so cute. So moe. Cannot wait for Eru's confession. I wonder what it is? |
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Kurogashi said: I will freely admit I didn't see that one. The "pickling" suggestion took me off on a strange tangent probably best not to discuss here.Those little small brain teasers are quite fun to follow along with. I didn't predict everything perfectly in the end, but the Art room was one of my ideas and it was definitely fun arriving to that simple conclusion. |
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 I thought this last episode and I think this episode reaffirmed my thoughts, Chitanda is pretty annoying. I can't see anything in her at all, apart from the eye affect. Oreki is handling her pretty well though and manages to keep scenes with just him and her to be interesting. I think Satoshi does a better job of sparking life in the group and keeping Oreki moving forward. It's pretty funny how he manages to get Oreki to do all these things. Still baffled and enjoy how Style and animation effects during the scenes was nice and OP looks great. |
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| I love it but I find myself rewinding many scenes and I don't see that changing. You've got to love the "ki ni naru" scenes, I'm always grinning in those and it's just fun to watch how Oreki reacts to her. Heck, even the book scene was fun. I really like the new girl Mayaka, she doesn't like Oreki and she shows it without hesitation, good girl. Eru @café was so cute, I've waited for the pony tail. Do we really learn in the next episode what she wants Oreki to do, seems a bit soon? And those eyes are enough reason for me to watch it. |
| Another great episode, love watching the OP every time a new episode comes. Looks like the plots gonna start next episode can't wait. Also at Ibara, I wonder why her attitude towards him is like that? Maybe cause of the way he acts I could see it happening. |
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Getsuga_TenshoZ said: Zzzzzzzzzz Boring as hell, dropped. People like you piss me off to no end. A slow episode means you drop an entire experience, only after seeing 10% of it. It makes no sense to do that. If you've watched it for 2 episodes, you can watch it for one more. I always watch 25% of any anime I'm "on-the-fence" on, before deciding what to do. If you drop it before even 10% has gone by, I really don't think you should be watching anime in the first place - or be talking on a site where people spend A LOT of time on anime. ANYWAY. Once again - loving the chemistry between the characters. It seems that both Ibara and Eru are playing big roles in the story - I think that they will end up with their respective interests in the end. Eru with Houtarou, and Satoshi with Ibara. That would be so cute~! Anyway, Ibara is a nice addition to the mix, and I wonder why she doesn't like Houratou so much - it seems like it's something from their past... Eru was once again ridicu-cute, but it seems she has something big on her mind - and it seems like all the little things being dropped here and there will pile up for the final mystery - the one in the synopsis. synopsis said: They begin to investigate a case that occurred 33 years ago. Hints of the mystery are buried in an old collection of works of the former members of Classics Club. The collection is titled "Hyouka." The animation kept up to the first episode for the most part, so I am glad to see that - it really adds to the characterization of each of them, and makes them more believable. KyoAni has to be my second favorite animation studio, right before White Fox, and right after Bones. Talking about the story again, the smaller mysteries are also entertaining, and while they're nothing amazing, they're not something easy either. If you were given this kind of problem in real life, you wouldn't be able to solve it so easily. I think that's the point. They have these smaller mysteries to flesh out the characters and relationships, all while dropping the hints and links to the main mystery hinted at in the synopsis. This is my first KyoAni anime I've watched from the beginning, and I like what I'm seeing . I can't understand why others are disliking it so much - the score itself is also baffling me. I can see this having an 8.5 - anything else is yet another horrible rating conceived by haters and MAL. Once again, this is my first KyoAni anime that I have watched while airing. I have only now actually watched K-OM. |
| "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 |
Ozaki said: why oh why doesnt the librarian have the books, does that mean they stayed in the library for no reason at all? (yes i realize that it leads up to certain events, but it felt like a waste of time for me) Why is something that's a waste of time for the characters necessarily a waste of time for the viewers? ...I guess I'm in the minority here, because I love "boring" slice-of-life (life is boring, so it follows that any given slice of it should also be). Alaine said: The commi sub is broken after 6min! Wait for v2 :) lol, that was hilarious. And it happened halfway through the scene, too; I was confounded until I finally picked up on what was going on. An entire sentence being translated as "oh" was a big tip-off, though... |
BRSxIgnition said: Getsuga_TenshoZ said: Zzzzzzzzzz Boring as hell, dropped. People like you piss me off to no end. A slow episode means you drop an entire experience, only after seeing 10% of it. It makes no sense to do that. If you've watched it for 2 episodes, you can watch it for one more. I always watch 25% of any anime I'm "on-the-fence" on, before deciding what to do. If you drop it before even 10% has gone by, I really don't think you should be watching anime in the first place - or be talking on a site where people spend A LOT of time on anime. ANYWAY. Once again - loving the chemistry between the characters. It seems that both Ibara and Eru are playing big roles in the story - I think that they will end up with their respective interests in the end. Eru with Houtarou, and Satoshi with Ibara. That would be so cute~! Anyway, Ibara is a nice addition to the mix, and I wonder why she doesn't like Houratou so much - it seems like it's something from their past... Eru was once again ridicu-cute, but it seems she has something big on her mind - and it seems like all the little things being dropped here and there will pile up for the final mystery - the one in the synopsis. synopsisThey begin to investigate a case that occurred 33 years ago. Hints of the mystery are buried in an old collection of works of the former members of Classics Club. The collection is titled "Hyouka."[/quote said: The animation kept up to the first episode for the most part, so I am glad to see that - it really adds to the characterization of each of them, and makes them more believable. KyoAni has to be my second favorite animation studio, right before White Fox, and right after Bones. Talking about the story again, the smaller mysteries are also entertaining, and while they're nothing amazing, they're not something easy either. If you were given this kind of problem in real life, you wouldn't be able to solve it so easily. I think that's the point. They have these smaller mysteries to flesh out the characters and relationships, all while dropping the hints and links to the main mystery hinted at in the synopsis. This is my first KyoAni anime I've watched from the beginning, and I like what I'm seeing . I can't understand why others are disliking it so much - the score itself is also baffling me. I can see this having an 8.5 - anything else is yet another horrible rating conceived by haters and MAL. Once again, this is my first KyoAni anime that I have watched while airing. I have only now actually watched K-OM. Agreed, I hate people who watch a few episodes just to stay its horrible even though the seasons just started, do they expect to develop the plot at the first two episodes.. |
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| I really like Oreki! He's way too adorable and he got Nakamura Yuuichi's voice! The animation is too good, my eyes won't ever get tired of this! Looking forward to the confession, it's probably about the mysterious case behing the classic club :O And I found the scene showing the no-head girl borrowing the book (x5) really creepy! XD |
KuriniApr 29, 2012 7:01 PM
| One of the interesting things I found about this episode and the previous is that YOU (the viewer) could get the chance to solve the mystery with the clues BEFORE Oreki or any of the other characters can solve it. Write down clues or w/e on a note and see if you're right ^_^ |
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| Earthquake reports, Fuku-chan and HNGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I approve |
| Less boring than the first episode. The new character helped. :3 Seems like something is about to develop so looking forward to it. Also dat ED (｀・ω・´)” |
BRSxIgnition said: I can see this having an 8.5 - anything else is yet another horrible rating conceived by haters and MAL. Once again, this is my first KyoAni anime that I have watched while airing. I have only now actually watched K-OM. Can I insert my comment here on how putting your own rating as the one that should be rated on a public site is... quite aggravating, I would say. I mean sure, I often complain about how a series is overrated or underrated. However, how did you come up with detailed numbers... like 8.5? Alxlight said: I'm pretty disappointed in how fetishistic the ED is. Guess there's just going to be fan service in every show Japan puts out nowadays, no matter the content. I'm glad I'm not the only one felt offended by the ED. I mean, occasional fanservice is ok, but what are half naked girls in garter doing in a series with mystery and classic clubs? Okaaaay.... /rant |
bla bla bla The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.Niko-kun said: On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard? |
| Loved This Ep.Eru is just to damn cute! And Them eyes!!!Them Eyes!!! The ED got me hooked too.Perfect. |
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| It has a lot of potential and chitanda eru is indeed cute! |
wakka9ca said: Can I insert my comment here on how putting your own rating as the one that should be rated on a public site is... quite aggravating, I would say. I mean sure, I often complain about how a series is overrated or underrated. However, how did you come up with detailed numbers... like 8.5? I cannot rate it an 8.5 myself - but it's better than an 8, and not quite good enough for a 9. Hence an 8.5. Like I said at the bottom, these are my opinions "I can see this..", and this is my first KyoAni anime - so no bias. You're free to disagree with me, but I love this anime. What score do you believe it should get? |
| "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 |
| A slow-paced episode but somewhat interesting regardless. I'm upset, some people in this forum are treating Houtarou as just a mere love interest for Chitanda. This guy has potential too! |
| "Reality is a story the minds tells itself. An artificial structure conjured into being by the calcium ion exchange of a million synaptic fringes" |
| Great ep. Building up to the main plot. It's a 21 ep series so if you're that impatient for it to get going, just leave and never post here again. No need to read one-line posts of people dropping it because they have the attention span of a 5 year old. Aside from that, Mayaka was great. Love her personality, and I can see many great moments with her and Satoshi. Lastly, the art and overall quality of this series is just amazing. KyoAni shows they can pretty much do any kind of art style. Alxlight said: So wait. If there's "fan service" in the ep, people complain. If there's no fan service in the ep but there's one in a 1.5m ED, people still complain.I'm pretty disappointed in how fetishistic the ED is. Guess there's just going to be fan service in every show Japan puts out nowadays, no matter the content. How about this. The next time you see two girls walking down the street talking to each other, just complain. That's the message I'm getting from people with issues on fan service. Be glad it's just the ED which you can skip. |
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| Well,for me i'm not entirely just focused on chitanda but the mysteries and humor are interesting for my taste.So i'm guessing i'll follow this anime until the end. |
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