Hyouka
One series that I rewatch around this time of the year is Hyouka, which follows the story of Oreki, a energy conserving high school student and his adventures in the Classics Club. This isn't a review, but that is the very small synopsis.
I didn't watch this when it aired and no one else seems to enjoy this series as much as I did. People seem to think that the series ended at a bad place. Personally, the ending was fantastic. Instead of just copy pasting from another post, I'll give why I think so.
At the beginning we see Oreki try to ignore the tasks that Chi is asking of him. The first mystery they solve involving the secret club, he plans ahead of time to make his walk shorter. As more and more mysteries appear, we see him change his stance on most things. He instead takes the time to do certain tasks, noticing how much effort Chi put in finding the truth behind her Uncles past at the fair.
Towards the end we notice a lot more about Oreki and how much character development that is actually unseen.
>Oreki is agreeing to more and more tasks
>Doesn't seem to care about saving energy as much as he used to
>Started to show feelings for Chi
>Actually considered the colorful life instead of a energy saving one
>Offered to run Chi's farm on a business standpoint
>Notices he actually fell for her
Small implication that I thoroughly enjoyed is when they're first walking together, Chi is walking instead of on her bike with Oreki on her side. At the very last episode, we see the exact opposite of Oreki walking instead of being on his bike, and Chi on his side.
Even with the small showings of relationships between the two, I think everyone can agree that they end up getting together(I didn't read the LNs, yet) and its already confirmed that Satoshi and Mayaka do end up together.
Between the story and the KyoAni art style, amazing OST, and the best character development I've ever seen, I think this is the first series to truly land a fantastic rating from me.
I didn't watch this when it aired and no one else seems to enjoy this series as much as I did. People seem to think that the series ended at a bad place. Personally, the ending was fantastic. Instead of just copy pasting from another post, I'll give why I think so.
At the beginning we see Oreki try to ignore the tasks that Chi is asking of him. The first mystery they solve involving the secret club, he plans ahead of time to make his walk shorter. As more and more mysteries appear, we see him change his stance on most things. He instead takes the time to do certain tasks, noticing how much effort Chi put in finding the truth behind her Uncles past at the fair.
Towards the end we notice a lot more about Oreki and how much character development that is actually unseen.
>Oreki is agreeing to more and more tasks
>Doesn't seem to care about saving energy as much as he used to
>Started to show feelings for Chi
>Actually considered the colorful life instead of a energy saving one
>Offered to run Chi's farm on a business standpoint
>Notices he actually fell for her
Small implication that I thoroughly enjoyed is when they're first walking together, Chi is walking instead of on her bike with Oreki on her side. At the very last episode, we see the exact opposite of Oreki walking instead of being on his bike, and Chi on his side.
Even with the small showings of relationships between the two, I think everyone can agree that they end up getting together(I didn't read the LNs, yet) and its already confirmed that Satoshi and Mayaka do end up together.
Between the story and the KyoAni art style, amazing OST, and the best character development I've ever seen, I think this is the first series to truly land a fantastic rating from me.
Originally Posted by Empire
