Oreki tries to avoid confrontation with her at first, but he quickly comes to accept that Eru has her own ways of expression—one he perhaps envies. In Episode 3, for instance, Oreki listens while she vents about troubles with her family, both validating her feelings and accepting her unconventional theories on life. Later, Eru proves herself just as capable of solving problems as the other club members when the group meets her family in Episode 7 and she resolves a minute conflict between her siblings. Oreki is not alone in these personal struggles, as ultimately everyone’s individual flaws and “otherness” unify the Classics Club.

Towards the end of the anime, Oreki and Eru develop romantic feelings for each other, but this relationship does not come to blossom on-screen. Hinting at what might eventually be the rose-colored life he so desires, the final episode of the anime is a shot of Oreki and Eru walking off into the distance, leaving it open as to what exactly their future holds. As Houtarou heads back home with Satoshi, Houtarou starts to doubt his own findings. After preparing his newest theory, Houtarou gathers Satoshi, Eru and Mayaka and brings them to the school librarian Youko Itoigawa, a former student of Kamiyama High School and a former president of the Classics Club. Once more, Houtarou and Satoshi shoot down the possibility of violence as a possible cause of the expulsion.

hyouka

Influenced by Kaoru Kitamura’s “Princess in Rokunomiya”, an “Everyday Mystery” work, he tried writing in the direction of a light novel mystery. I believe this image corresponds with the increasing attention Yonezawa’s works have garnered in the last few years. Looking at his current works of interest, “Sayonara Yosei” is the signature piece of Yonezawa’s writing style, which combines ‘Everyday Mystery’ with ‘YA Mystery’. The English sub-titles are mostly references to mystery novels and at the same time thematically relevant. She’s also more than just a one-dimensional manic pixie dream girl.

• Chitanda quickly asks for his help about her uncle Jun Sekitani after seeing Houtarou’s talent in solving mysteries.
• Even if it’s just writing your name down, that’s enough.” The protagonists had all been moulded into distinct images, just like that of manga characters.
• 「気きが遠とおくなる」is an expression which means ‘to feel overwhelmed (because the task you are about to do seems unending or very hard)’.
• Oreki isn’t tragically miserable, but he isn’t happy either.
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  […]
  “Irusu-senpai, what you told me last time we were here… Those with talent who aren’t aware of themselves cause pain for those who have none.

However, the purpose of such episodes seems more to introduce certain sides of the characters, that the viewers were previously unaware of, than to create a puzzling story. He is trying to make a change, and he has a lot of thoughts that keep spinning through his head. Youth is when we transition from a child to an adult, the process of stepping towards independence. This phase is when we first feel that we possess our own abilities, that we can bring about a change in the rest of the world. With our countless hopes, we prefer to look at the world through rich, romantic lenses.

Hyouka’s Poetic Depictions of Normalizing Otherness

「気きが遠とおくなる」is an expression which means ‘to feel overwhelmed (because the task you are about to do seems unending or very hard)’. I didn’t prepare for today’s test, so going to school today makes me heavy-hearted. 「気きを使つかう」means ‘to pay attention to another’s needs (often not to be rude, to offend, to embarrass)’. The transliteration can also contain the pitch accent representation for the pronunciation of this word. In some cases, the same word may have different pitch accents, and sometimes the pitch accent depends on the part of speech of the word.

The web service Alexandria is granted from Memodata for the Ebay search. Lettris is a curious tetris-clone game where all the bricks have the same square shape but different content. To make squares disappear and save space for other squares you have to assemble English words (left, right, up, down) from the falling squares.

Hyouka ( Review: A Stylish Mystery that Breaks the Norms

A manga counterpart was started in January 2012 in Monthly Shonen Ace. Upon Eru’s invitation, the four members of the Classics Club present their theories in the Chitanda Residence after being given some time to research individually. As they enjoy Eru’s hospitality, Eru herself starts the meeting by presenting her theory of Jun Sekitani performing a heroic feat as a student. Here, meaning of hyouka she also assumes that he was involved in physical violence including those who wanted to extort money from the cultural festival at that time, which was grounds for Jun’s expulsion. First, cultural festivals during that era did not allow refreshment booths to be set up, and second, the political situation of the time made the possibility of violence amongst students improbable.

Her aloofness and fantastical perspectives are her own otherness. Throughout the series, Oreki clearly does have a larger range of emotions, but he hides his pride when he fears failure is possible. He’s uncomfortable stepping out of his comfort zone in order to change, and instead reverts to being withdrawn. In Episode 11, Oreki gets complimented for his “talent” but then constantly tries to backtrack on those remarks, hiding not behind an act of modesty but of clear denial. This conversation about his “talent” is revisited in Episode 13, when another club member openly expresses their jealousy of Oreki, whereas the viewer knows through internal monologue that Oreki actually undermines himself. Unfortunately though, when compared to this outstanding visual composition, the story fall short.

Thematics in Hyouka: A character study of Oreki Houtarou

The story is set in Kamiyama City, a fictional city in Gifu Prefecture that the author based on his real hometown of Takayama, also in Gifu. The fictional Kamiyama High School is based upon the real life Hida High School. They begin to solve various mysteries, both to help with their club and at Eru’s requests.

It shows Houtarou isn’t there yet, and one might take that last moment as a lesson. Episode 11, Houtarou and Irusu at a tea house
“Last time we were here, you told me I had a talent. ”
[…]
“Irusu-senpai, what you told me last time we were here… Those with talent who aren’t aware of themselves cause pain for those who have none. When you said I had talent, was that also for Hongou’s sake? Were you also lying when you said that everyone should be aware of their own talents? Whether you consider them lies or not is up to you.”
An answer to which Houtarou reluctantly, yet relieved, “That makes me feel better.” answers.

Chitanda, Eru

According to Eru, she heard of a particular story related to the Classics Club’s anthology from her uncle when she was still little, and she was brought to tears after listening to the story. Besides solving mysteries, the spotlight would sometimes shift to the characters’ personal problems and internal conflicts to promote character depth and variation. For example, Oreki sometimes doubts his character of wanting a gray life after meeting Chitanda, since deep down he knows solving mysteries gives him a sense of fulfillment. Satoshi, usually obsessed in his endeavors when in middle school, decides now to obsess over being not obsessed in anything because of a certain incident. He then meets a person he likes, who also likes him a lot, but he’s afraid to regress by obsessing over that person.

The same goes for the town, most character interaction occur in front of classic Japanese-styled buildings, low-traffic roads or the countryside – it’s a rural village after all. Since it’s a story about highschoolers doing club activities, most episodes end in the evening or during the sunset, also contributing for the lighting. As for character design, the school uniform is simple with a neutral pattern, all characters have natural hair colors (no pink-haired tsundere this time) and since Chitanda is an ojou-sama from a wealthy family, we often see traditional Japanese clothing. I will admit that it is rather difficult, and a bit of guesswork, to puzzle together Houtarou as we never got to see anything from his past or household.