Hyouka

[Buffalobiian]

That was the end?!

I didn't watch this show with episode counts in mind, but right at the end of this episode I had thought that we'd vet another 2 to progress things a little bit further. Damn it.

Hope we get another season of this, but good watch overall.

I never did like the division in Asian countries that separated streams into Humanities and Sciences. I got to mix & match my senior courses and I wouldn't have it any other way.

[shinta|hikari]

Stupid Oreki, not having the guts to go for it.

Still, this leaves a 2nd season possible (and likely, because this is KyoAni and will probably rake in cash) so I am all for it.

I can't help but think that Oreki would do much more good in law enforcement or something that makes use of his deductive skills. Business accounting isn't really going to maximize that, but having Eru as his wife will make sure that hole is covered.

[Buffalobiian]

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I can't help but think that Oreki would do much more good in law enforcement or something that makes use of his deductive skills. Business accounting isn't really going to maximize that, but having Eru as his wife will make sure that hole is covered.

Seeing the cause and effect of his surroundings, then maximising the amount of gain he can achieve with minimal investment seems to fit right in though. He demonstrated some of that when he forced the hand of the newspaper group fellow who was smoking.

He'll probably need a business partner like Fukube to be his database again though, since Oreki would be too lazy to read widely enough to make such deductions (though I also see Fukube as the wandering type). Mayaka will be there just because Fukube is.

[shinta|hikari]

Chitanda can provide the information. She is incredibly smart with an unbelievable memory after all. The only reason Fukube was given the role of DB was because the story needed another male to prevent a harem from developing.

[Buffalobiian]

Chitanda might provide adequate amounts of information when she's around, but I wouldn't say she's a replacement for Fukube. If Oreki is taking care of the business side while Chitanda's doing the actual growing/research, I can't see them making time to turn up to a business-deal-talk too often.

Chitanda would be focussing her energy and attention onto her own job, while Fukube would be the one Oreki needs to just read widely in general, or research/pull up knowledge about his clients during meetings on demand.

This is all according to the hypothetical scenario in my head though..

[shinta|hikari]

Chitanda is extremely under used in the show. Given the scenario you are imagining, she should be able to handle both tasks. She remembers anything she hears (and I assume sees) once after all, and word for word without even intending to at that.

[David75]

Watched the whole show over the week-end and got that last ep tonight.
I was not convinced by the show, was mildly interrested in the movie arc. Funny thing is I liked side characters better than the quatuor! Irisu piqued my interrest. I liked the manga prez and her friend and many more. But I felt Chitanda lacked depth and was used only for her catch phrase and eyes. Did not like how she's drawn too.

Oreki is portrayed as an energy preserving gray character, meaning boring. Well he's just that almost all of the show.

Mayaka and Fukube are good supporting characters, I guess they made it passable and were the reason I did not drop the show.
There's probably the atmosphere, how places and surrondings are rendered. Somehow I liked that and also watched the show for that reason.

[shinta|hikari]

I watched this more for the mysteries than the characters.

[Kraco]

Episode 11.5 - Mazui

A non-eye cancer inducing version of the Chitanda's boobs special.

[Buffalobiian]

Episode 11.5 - Mazui

A non-eye cancer inducing version

Ah, so that's what this was. I was wondering why I recognised it as something I've (not so) clearly watched before, but didn't mind seeing again either.

Maybe it was something white.