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Hyouka (Anime) add (All reviews)
Feb 16, 2015
Mixed Feelings
Hyouka is a mistery anime made by KyoAni and consequently being the best show they ever made.
Now dont get me wrong when I say its the best show of KyoAni it doesnt mean its a good show, however KyoAni is so full of crap that even a show like Hyouka manages to mark their place as the best one.. And yes I consider
it to be better than CLANNAD the first season and its probably on the same level has the 2nd one

Story:

Based of a very famous light novel by Yonezawa,Honobu called Koten-bu stories, Hyouka is basically a spin off with the same characters and story, the original material is known for their said engrossing writting and complex themes wich can be higly regarded by other people has a "masterpiece" wich in this person opinion is far from it.

The pace of the story is incredebly slow, it doesnt do much in the 22 eps that its composed off, most of the events are overshadowed by the constant use of filler scenes or just minor-fanservice however the themes in the show are
still decently handled. The thought of turning a mistery theme into classroom shenenigans was not a bad idea however since you´re posi-
-tive and you already predict that nothing major will happen the tension is very lacking and there isnt much excitement since most of the proposed misteries are like "who put a rat on that kid´s schoolbag".. It comes of has a show about a bunch of teens playing detective, I did like the misteries, despite having no tension whatsover it still managed to make me care, the atmosphere in the show is astonishing and very subtle wich is basically 2 major tropes I enjoy in anime. The 2nd cour of the anime was basically filler since the over arking mistery had already been solved, so the 2nd cour is just filler with some minor misteries just to feed the fans something.

Art\Animation:

The animation was mind blowing, both backgrounds, details and other related stuff, those moments wich took place in oreki´s mind where his emotion were being expressed trough art were actually quite ingenious.. Being probably the most high budget show of KyoAni it definetly helped enchacing the experience wich blended with the tone and the subtletly of the show.


Soundtrack:

Most of the sountrack are from other artists such has bach wich while not being original in the very least it fits the show like a glove and generally the soundtrack has a great coreography has it gives off a great aura wich contributes to the atmosphere

Characters:

I consider the characters to be the most important factor of an anime, and in Hyouka´s case they are either plot devices or are there for the sake of it.. Focusing on Oreki who is a minimalistic relate-to-me character who is strangely fresh comparing to the other characters of the its kind due to his internal monologues and unexplained sharp and wise mind, he doesnt have a backbone has he is easily influenced by people, then theres CHitanda who is a plot device whose only purpose is to give motivations to the motivationless main character, Satoshi was a good character has he actually had a good characterization and development wich made me happy I have nothing to say about Mayaka other than being a sexually confused teenage girl who hates Oreki for some reason. The side characters are there just to take part in the mistery and then again they´re just plot devices.


Conclusion:

Now your question is.. Is Hyouka worth watching ?? Well I guess so? If you like slow atmospheric slice of lifes with romance sprinkles and mistery,

then you´ll love it otherwise it will be really boring.

Thanks for watching and tell me your opinion in the comments below

Good Things:

- Great Art\Animation
- Amazing Atmosphere
- Voice Acting is fitting and good
- Despite being School themed misteries they are still thrilling to say the least
- Satoshi

Bad Things:

- 2nd half is pratically filler
- Pace might turn some people off
- There is no tension in the dilemmas whatsoever despite being interesting
- Characters are forgetablle for most part.
- Slow pace is slow
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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