Instead, it incorporates School elements into the mix. The mystery in Hyouka is restricted because there are no dead bodies, there are no ingenious methods to killing a person and it lacks that ever so exciting process of elimination. From a different point of view though, the brilliance of Hyouka is the perfect marriage of the Mystery genre with the School genre. From a purist standard then I agree that it is missing major elements. Who is the killer? Why did the kill the victim? How did he kill the victim? The mystery in Hyouka is very restricted not really answering the questions. From my experience, the appeal of a mystery anime is answering three major questions. I’ve been around the block a few times though and I always hear complains about Mystery anime mostly because there seems to be specific trend a mystery anime should follow. The general complaint is the use of the “mystery” element. I’ve heard the response to this anime while it was being aired and it’s mostly mixed.
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The third, fourth and fifth is the first major arc involving a mystery. The first two is the introduction of characters, setting up the status quo and introducing the anime’s appeal.
You can see Hyouka’s potential in the first five episodes. I’m just merely speculating but I am glad KyoAni went back to basics while still incorporating the elements that make their anime famous. Hyouka is mystery too? That’s purely coincidence, right? It’s not like PA Works is known for their visual presentation as well. I’m just guessing but PA Works is on the heels of KyoAni at the moment and they recently did a mystery anime. I can’t help but wonder if PA Works had anything to do with it though. Hyouka meets the same standards but it seems the studio has decided to break out of adapting four panel manga now and started putting some story in their anime. The key animation of every anime they release is always top notch and the visual appeal is outstanding. I’m not really a KyoAni fan but I do get the appeal. It’s not really surprising because KyoAni is pretty famous because they do what they do best. Hyouka is the anime that Kyoto Animation released this year and obviously, there is much fanfare over this. He just wants to be alone but it looks like this club will give him what he doesn’t want. Houtarou doesn’t want a “rose colored” school life that most people want. The four of them spends time in the club solving everyday mysteries. His best friend, Satoshi Fukube and a middle school classmate, Mayaka Ibara soon joins as well. To his surprise though, a girl named Eru Chitanda is waiting in the clubroom asking to join the club. Houtarou agreed with the simple fact that he’ll be the only person in the club. The club will be abolished if there is no member in it. One day, his sister sends him a letter asking him to join the school’s “Classics Club” she once was in. He’s a laid back guy who prefers to be alone and not be bothered.
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Hyouka is about Houtarou Oreki who believes that nothing is really worth doing. After writing this review, I feel my brain overheating so no long introductions. This review is number eighty three and it’s very long.