Hyouka Episode 2 Discussion

Eru has such a nice personality. Again she was fired up about the mystery of that book. I can't wait to her "confession" next week.

Oh very cute ED. I like it!

I called this bland and boring last week and I stand by that for that episode, but I enjoyed this episode a lot more. The mysteries are pretty shitty, but the characters and their interactions are fueling my desire to continue with this show atm. A definite improvement, I was dreading watching this show today but I found myself wanting more at the end.

Honestly though, let people drop the damn show if they want to. Sometimes shows just aren't to people's taste, no need to start name-calling and other bullshit here.

Not as good as the first, but still really good, and the animation is of course awesome. I really like the sense of everyday mystery the show has.

God damn it. I want it to be next week already!

And from that cliffhanger, its either going to be a love confession or a really big personal mystery she wants solved from him.
But that ED.. caught me EXTREMELY off-guard. Didn't expect it at all!

Chitanda's eyes are kind of mesmerizing.

Something must be wrong if I'm actually finding the forum thread more entertaining than the actual episode.

Glad they're finally getting some kind of plot in this show, but seeing how the past two episodes already went and this is a 21 episode series, I'm definitely expecting more episodes of high school students solving extremely mundane "mysteries" before they get to dealing with a mystery that's probably not very mysterious at all. Eru came off as an even more annoying character this episode too, but pushy moeblob will be pushy moeblob, just the way the otaku like it. As for the ED, it was just laughably silly.

I wish KyoAni would actually branch out from the constant slice of life shows they keep churning and put their budget for another FMP season. Just imagine what Hyouka's budget could do with FMP.

Chitanda, she is just too much. :D

I can't solve or create mysteries for my life.

I guess this is why I can't usually judge mystery series.

Even still I'm still liking this one.

While the whole book thing wasn't in particular a "ZOMG! WTF IS GOING ON?!?!" case, as was the last, but this was much more interesting in regard I had no idea what could have been going on. I really liked the resolution of this case, but do hope fr bigger mysteries later.

this new girl, I have to say I like her. a perfect contrast to Eru and fits pretty nicley with the group dynamic. now that I offically don't hate any of the characters, my already sold viewership is reassured!

I swear Eru's like a SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUPER toned down version of Haruhi in regards to once she gets curious, they guy (seriously need to work on these names) gets indefinetly stuck. which, since I enjoy that series is a good thing!

I have to say I share the MC's reaction when Eru came to the cafe in casual clothes, back in 5th grade I had a party and seeing the girl I used to like dressed so casually made my eyes widen abit. its a very true and nicely played out feeling. ku.... cliffhanger, now I have to wait for 7 painful days...AUGH!!!

Well I'm still havin fun! :D

This series is not actually classified as slice of life on MAL. Mind-blowing, isn't it? Also, FMP Fumoffu is in fact a slice of life. And FMP in general does have some minor slice-of-life tendencies.

I'm more disturbed by Chitanda's behavior than I am of Urabe's from Nazo X. Why? Chitanda... Why?

I love Mayaka's voice. She just appeared and she's already my favourite character.

This episode went by fast. I can't wait to see what kind of confession Chitanda wil have.

^Agreed. Seriously, they haven't even got to the part mentioned in the synopsis: "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.'"
At least watch until that before you decide to ditch.>>

(I admit I put Steins; Gate on hold after the first episode for 6 months. I really should've got to it early, because it was quite nice.)


Though, I would never drop an anime with such gorgeous animation. Even if the story sucks, I'll just rate it low. I don't drop shows unless... well, they're just ridiculous (rare).
Plus, I am loving the characters. Houtarou's awesome, and the opening and ending are really nice.
It's reminding me of UN-GO. (Story-pace wise?)

Nakamura Yuuichi <3

I'll admit that when I say "slice of life", I secretly mean "moeblobs doing moe things", which I still see a lot in this show even though the MC is a guy. While FMP does have its slice of life moments, it's also complimented with great comedy (which is why I actually enjoyed Nichijou to a certain degree) and an engaging action-y plot.

Good episode.... better than the 1st ep by far. Not boring at all either... I enjoy the pacing... and those visuals! :drool:

I have to ask, whats disturbing about it to you? not trying to argue, I'm just curious.

Strike 2.

No matter how much KyoAni does to make it interesting, it can't escape the banality of the source material.
Once again, the mystery itself is not much of a mystery to begin with. And once again, the reason behind it just as banal. The short time where he was actually trying to figure it out was interesting, but it was resolved so quickly. At this point, I have basically written off the mystery aspect of this show and am now looking at whether the characters are interesting enough to pull me through. Chitanda is your typical airhead and Oreki is your typical "I want a normal life" person with a cold atittude. So far, the only interesting characters are Mayaka and to a lesser extent, Satoshi, as they injects some dynamism into their conversations. But once again, I started to drift off 2/3 way through and started skipping ahead.

But yes, Chitanda is quite adorable.

I guess I have to re-organize my expectations for this anime. Doesn't look like I will have to think much while watching this anime. At least the visuals are top notch.

Can't believe it ends there. What a cliffhanger.

Then you missed out on the PV where it clearly showed a monster, although it's debatable as to when they should include it. I bang on episode 6 as intuition to as far as going around episode 10/11 half point. Remains to see but there was a monster and there was action, I hope no one gets hurt in all this remember that Kanon 2006 had a slice of life until shit hits the fan with that haunting in the school if you remember. Then this series might do something like that. A mystery that threatens lives to the point that solving it might get the characters hurt.

100% agree. These "mysteries" are a joke. I'll preface this by saying that I gave this ep a 4, just like the first one. I like this show, but probably only due to my similarity to the main character - I can relate to him, and I feel for him. I also want some romance - anything to spice this damn show up. I'm gonna keep watching no matter what, but I was under the impression that the mystery aspect was actually significant. Nope, it's just the theme for this slice of life anime. Now that I'm done expecting anything from the mysteries, I can look at this show the way I looked at Clannad, which I felt almost the exact same way about after the first few episodes. That at least gives me hope that this show will pick up a bit.

I kinda wish they would just drop the mysteries if they're going to be this mundane. Who cares what the book is used for? Poor MC - I don't know anyone who would ever even care about such a trivial thing, and he's stuck with this annoying girl who can't leave anything alone. Either way, aside from the mystery, this wasn't bad; again, I liked it, but even if there's a 'big' mystery that develops, I can only imagine what it will be (probably something insignificant).

That being said, Chitanda was teasing the viewer the whole episode. What does she want with Oreki? Why is she so damn annoying? Is this a confession or isn't it? That's enough to get me excited for the next episode, which I'm hoping will have more drama and less mystery. This show is about the characters, not big mysteries like Conan. Stick to what works.

so much win in ep. so chillex and calm

If it brings money and eventual Clannad and Angel Beats, should you not be happy about it? If you have a better way to make $$$ off anime in general then by all means but TBH I bitch too at fan service but in thee end it's really venting because there is nothing you can do about it. My BLOG is the best example of fan service going rather adult extreme. So yeah be happy that $$$ is coming cause that is what it takes to make anime. Does that make sense.

I just feel bad for female audience in going down since some girls fan service in anime is a no to watch right away.

Not bad though it's boring. I was bored while watching the whole thing but as what the people are saying, they're just setting off the stage so i'mma give it a shot to 10 more episodes this time. TBH, Chitanda Eru's the only one dragging me to watch it 'cause she's so hnnnngggghhhhhhh. I like the new main character though. I'm wishing for a love triangle sooon. LOL like ano natsu de matteru.

I give up on expecting anything of the MAL users for this anime.

It's all about them whining about how the characters and story are boring and how the mysteries aren't massive.

The story will build as all good stories do.
The characters have chemistry and quirks, and do not fit into stupid stereotypes - like other anime this season.
The mysteries are slowly becoming larger - and the main premise is going to be unveiled next episode with Eru's confession.

I do not know what to say when the haters of this anime are giving it a comparable score to something like "Upotte!" or "Strike Witches" - I'm really getting sick from the thought.

It's fine to not like a studio - but leave it at that. When you go around 'watching + dropping' their anime, as well as giving them scores like 3 and lower for that reason alone, it just makes me so angry...

/le sigh.... I give up. From now on, I'll be writing my impressions alone, and only responding to those who actually back up their claims/opinions with reasons.

Coming in, and saying:
Is completely retarded, and will henceforth be ignored by me - and should be ignored by other people who take any anime seriously.

Come on people - grow up.

Boring...I'm sorry no offense to fans, but this episode was boring. :(

The fact that the mysteries at this point are lacking suspense is making this hard to finish, hope it gets better.

Though on the plus side, I like the relationship with Satoshi and the new girl, It's probably what interest me most out of everything in the series.

Nice way of showing the content of the letter.

OP is nice.

The girl wanting to have some activities for the club, but the guy doesn't want to do anything... another girl, who is librarian, is (Kayano Ai again?) appears. Her voice when having some trickiness is different.

lol~ so it's like there's a mystery to the classic book, the girl sparkling with "I wanna know", then the guy is getting involved in using his brain to solve the prob.

lol~ even the short hair girl has that eyes after him solving the case!!

The girl sensing something about the guy and she was about to tell him about it??

Cute ED by the two girls. "Madoromi no Yakusoku (まどろみの約束)" by Satomi Satou and Ai Kayano.

Wow!! This episode forced me to change my rating from 8 to 9/10! What a cliffhanger!

Now I really want to know about her "personal matter."

Can't wait for next week!!!



Bravo!! I agree with you. If people don't like it, they should drop it from the beginning and stop posting that they don't like it!

Episode's good as always. Not "great", but good in its own right.

Also, I love how it's semi-realistic. These mysteries could be stuff happening IRL, lol.

love the eding and the show lets hope for some more good stuff ^^

Could someone please message me a good link to a stream for this episode? All the sites I know of seem to have the same subber... who's timing SUCKS so badly in this episode that it's almost unwatchable.
I know we're getting the episodes around the same time as it is airred and usually the subbers do a really great job but this episode... might be the most uncomprehensable sub I have watched. And I've seen some doozies!

Please help!

Ahhhh... annoying subtitles, WTF... I'll be back after it's release by a group that pays attention.

Not a bad show so far. This episode byfar is much better than the first as well so it gives me hope as things go on. We'll see how things turn out.