MercenaryRaiden
Great Teacher
Arbalest said:MercenaryRaiden said:Hyouka eps 10-11
Uwah~ I thought that ten was a really good episode...And then eleven happend. This was another excellent end to an arc and again I really hope that's not the last we see of Irisu as she was becoming more and more interesting as we went along. It was really weird to see Houtarou really out of sorts and not actually himself. I was kind of surprised at the flak that he was taking from Mayaka and Satoshi. It seemed...Harsher then it needed to be, although maybe that's what he needed to be broken away from Irisu's spell. His anger was also very surprising considering how calm and energy-less we've seen him in the past.
It was such a fantastic arc to watch i found. Seeing a new side to Houtarou in it was pretty nice, and i found that this arc pretty much defined what Hyouka was about properly, and why i watch it.
ilmaestro said:Yes, I didn't hate that we had to wait between arcs, but the anime-original episode in particular stood out like a sore thumb.
Agreed with you both, the anime only episode felt like a leap out of Hyouka's normal vein, whilst the interactions between Houtarou and Irisu felt like a step forward, especially character development wise. I must admit as well that I didn't take much notice of the words "Why didn't she ask EBA?" at the end of each episode, but how differently would it have gone had they asked her.
Hyouka ep 12
And this episode, despite not having a mystery, was entertaining in a lot of ways. We actually get a look (Kind of) at Houtarou's sister right at the very beginning, whilst clearly we're getting the start of some problems for Mayaka.
I think in a situation like that though I'd very much be like Chitanda and getting completely caught up in the spectacle of it all
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