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Image Credit: koba from Pixiv I realize that I may be beating a dead horse, but I’m still (after all of these years) baffled at KyoAni’s business practices. They’re just so bizarre and simply do not match what your typical business-minded person would think of when you say “making a profit from popularity.” This is […]
Read More“Hey beautiful, whatcha’ doin’?” Sakura and Kero get into a fight, leading to Kero wandering off on his own little adventure, under somewhat involuntary circumstances (a.k.a. getting crazy drunk off of alcoholic chocolates). Remind you of any particular recent anime series? 😛
Read MoreWell, Hyouka’s finally ended, and as I expected from an anime based on a novel, it leaves the series open for a continuation. Now all that’s left is for KyoAni to take one up along with tons of other series they need to continue.
Read MoreEpisodes centering around Valentine’s Day usually tend to be all flowers and sunshine, maybe even comical. Surprisingly, Hyouka managed to make its Valentine’s Day episode a spiral of emotions. It was particularly jarring to see Chitanda act angry or depressed about anything, at least. Or seeing Satoshi going about something in an extremely dickish and […]
Read MoreMe on Sundays. Man, Houtarou. It’s pretty obvious that you and Chitanda want it both ways. And it’s especially obvious in this episode, where Chitanda was willing to remove her obi in front of you. Too bad Kyoto Animation didn’t try to top the situation that happened in CLANNAD, where instead of an awkward and […]
Read MoreNot only was episode 19 a haven for Houtarou/Chitanda hints, it also supports my theory that Houtarou is simply not an ordinary human being, even by anime standards. The connoisseur of strangeness, Haruhi, may even agree with me. Seriously, this kid makes a completely out-of-there guess about a mundane-sounding announcement at school being related to […]
Read MoreThe conclusion of this “School Festival arc” caught me by surprise. I didn’t expect Hyouka to pull off something rather this complex. It took three subplots of the previous episodes that were seemingly unrelated and managed to weave them together to into a conclusion which focused on one central theme, expectations. And it did it […]
Read MoreAfter a few episodes of festival fun, the mystery hovering below the noses of our beloved Classics Club finally shows itself (well, it already did, but now they actually give a damn about it lol). This is really the type of episode of Hyouka that I enjoy watching and I’d say this was one of […]
Read MoreToday’s secret ingredient is… MOEEEEHHHHH No mysteries today, folks. Instead, we bring you Iron Chef, guest starring Eru Chitanda! And those other people.
Read MoreThe new opening sequence is a TOTAL SHIP TEASE. Chitanda, Houtarou: JUST PROPOSE ALREADY.
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