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The Portrayal of Introverts in Anime
In anime, Introvert is one of the most common yet well executed personality trait where some goes as far as it turning into Social Anxiety, like in the…
AniMarch Madness 2023: Play-in Matches
Welcome, March! And hello, AniMarch Madness! The craziness begins today with our six play-in matches (plus one exclusive to Patreon) to determine the final entrants into the field…
Speed Racer, Aggretsuko, Eureka Seven, Fist of the North Star, One-Punch Man
The Traditional Catholic Weeb Speaks: Me, Myself And Manga
When it comes to the topic of manga, I quickly tap out because although I’ve been involved in the anime sphere since 2016, I haven’t bothered to deal…
5 Reasons To Skip: Hyouka
As low-stakes as the mysteries in Hyouka are, they still make unreasonable demands of the audience if they wish to participate.
Anime Series Like Gosick
Kujou Kazuya is a transfer student to the elite Saint Marguerite Academy in the Southern European country of Sauville. However, because of his Japanese
UN-GO, Ghost Hunt, Gosick, Heaven's Memo Pad, Holmes of Kyoto
Life in Colour - Haruhi, Hyouka & Clannad
Kyoto Animation believe in a beautiful world - though sometimes their heroes take some convincing. Today, I'm talking about three of my favourite shows - The Melancholy of…
25 Wealthy and Elegant Oujo-sama Characters in Anime
She is beauty and she is grace, she is sometimes laughing right in your face. The ojou-sama, or proper young lady archetype, is one widely utilized in
Boys Over Flowers, Hi Score Girl, Hyouka, Kyousougiga, Ladies Versus Butlers
What’s Your Favourite Anime Genre?
There are so many genre within anime! I know that there seems to be a consensus that people who don’t watch anime assume it’s just all the same…
The Castle Conundrum
detective fiction, 推理小説、games, mystery, murder, locked room, Japanese, translations,
The Case of the High School Mystery – Hyouka Spoiler Review
The basic premise of Hyouka is this: the main character is Houtarou Oreki, a high-school freshman who fancies himself an “Energy conversationalist”, which is to say he hates…
Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season – 22
「氷解」 (Hyoukai) "Thaw" There's a devil in us all.
Playing Dumb – 15 Anime Series Where The Main Character Pretends to be Oblivious
We all expect our main characters to be a certain level of talented and clever, but them playing coy is a common character defense. Maybe they want to…
Rurouni Kenshin, Talentless Nana, Trigun, Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor, Classroom of the Elite
5 Anime I Thought I Would Hate (but didn’t)
Sometimes there are anime you just know you're not going to like. These were 5 cases for me but it turns out, I was wrong!
30 Best Mystery Anime Series With Intrigue to Unravel
The term “mystery” tends to evoke images of hard-boiled detectives tracking down criminals, but mystery is a blanket term. A lot of situations can be mysterious, and that…
Serial Experiments Lain, Shiki, Moriarty the Patriot, When They Cry, Bungo Stray Dogs
Anime Review #67: Hyouka
Anyone who’s been to my Twitter is probably aware about how highly in regard I hold Hyouka. Indeed, I’m quite the promoter when it comes to this high…
The True Mystery of Hyouka
I finally managed to watch Hyouka and now I know what everyone was on about. But there are still some mysteries to solve.
Anime Series Like The Detective is Already Dead
Kimizuka Kimihiko is a magnet for bad events. He constantly gets caught up in everything from witnessing drug deals to getting kidnapped. This time, he was forced to…
Heaven's Memo Pad, Hyouka, UN-GO, Beyond the Boundary, Blast of Tempest
Anime Review 195 Hyouka
If you would ask me what anime studio, I respect the most, it would be Kyoto Animation or KyoAni for short. Even since the days of Air in…
The Traditional Catholic Weeb Speaks: 7 Favorite/Disliked Anime EDs
Apart from consuming hours upon hours of Stanley Cup playoff hockey action, namely those involving the upstart New York Islanders, I also find myself trawling across several other…
Hyouka Quote
Hey every one, these days I am experimenting with Canvas! I made yet another quote or famous line, so I hope you guys like it! It just a…
Episode 707: Log Hyouka: Destruction of the Kininarimasu!
This week on Anime Pulse we got curiosity that infected the Oreki, renting overweight men and woman, and the attack of the killer hay fever. Up first IRL…
Attack on Titan, Hyouka, Log Horizon, Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round Table
Recommend Me Slice of Life Anime
I’ve never quite been a fan of the slice of life genre. I’m unsure why but the pastel colour scheme, character relationships, and plot lines never quite interested…
The Cinderella Ballet Mystery
detective fiction, 推理小説、games,
Hyouka, Nichijou - My Ordinary Life: Episode 0, Nichijou - My Ordinary Life
Hyouka’s Ingenious Cinematography and Aesthetics
Expositions are boring. This was how I used to think for the longest time. I mean, who really wants to watch characters talking while sitting in a cafe…
Top 5 Anime Detectives
Since I love mysteries, I have gotten to know a lot of anime detectives. Some are better than others. These are my current 5 favouries.
Weekly Round-Up, 17-23 February 2021: Academic Fact-Checking, Signs of Affection, and The Eccentric Family
AniFem Round-Up How BL and Yuri Helped Me Face My Sexuality Cynthia Millsap shares her coming out journey and how BL and yuri helped her tackle her internalized…
ADHD as Investigation: How Hyouka’s Chitanda carves space for herself as a leader
ADHD is often maligned as strictly a lack of the willpower necessary to concentrate, or a simple inability to ignore distractions. But through her investigations, Chitanda exhibits behaviors…
11 Anime Series Where the Main Character Hates Everyone
Misanthropy – the general dislike of humankind. A sentiment even the most positive of us can get behind sometimes. In these anime series, the main character feels those…
Saiyuki, VINLAND SAGA, Death Note, GOBLIN SLAYER, Guilty Crown
Give Into The Curiosity – #The25AniCheer
The minute we need to know something, Chitanda comes into my mind instantly. ARE YOU CURIOUS? AREN’T YOU?
20 Anime Series With Incredibly Intelligent Main Characters
Crafting a strong character is easy. Slap some muscle on that bad boy and put your budget in to visual affects – Bam! However, crafting an intelligent anime…
Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Monster, No Game, No Life, Steins;Gate, Classroom of the Elite
Hyouka – Is A Season 2 Possible?
In this article, we're going to be discussing if a season 2 of Hyouka is possible and its potential release date.
What Are Your Five Favorite Non-Shonen Anime? Here are Ours!
One of our Twitch streamers, negativeprimes, recently tagged a number of our staffers on a Twitter post that’s making the rounds asking users to name their five favorite…
Fruits Basket, Interviews with Monster Girls, Library War, Monster, A Place Further Than the Universe
Anime Series That Are Good For Practicing Your Japanese At Any Level
I won’t generalize the community by saying “everyone does it,” but chances are if you enjoy a lot of anime, you’ve had a thought that maybe you should…
Love Hina, Hyouka, Fruits Basket, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, MUSHI-SHI
Q&A with Our New Staff: Josh, sleepminusminus, Joseph, and Paris!
Over the last couple of months, we’ve brought in four new staff members to join our ministry. A couple of them have been running our social media accounts…
Guest Post: Love, Christianity, and Other (True) Delusions
Today’s guest post is by sleepminusminus, who previously wrote a wonderful article on Hyouka for us. Today, he posts on another beloved anime of that era: Chuunibyou, Love,…
The Decade in Review: The Japanese Industry
I said I wouldn’t be updating this blog for a while, but I remembered that I was working on a two-post "decade in review" which I had star...
In This Corner of the World, Macross, Sailor Moon Crystal, Space Adventure Cobra, Blood Blockade Battlefront
The Top 10 Best Anime of the 2010s
The end of the list.
[One] This post is reserved for Kyoto Animation
I have no idea if I’ll do Kyoto Animation justice after all that happened this year, so here goes nothing. The moment I hear of a friend or…
#8 — Hyouka (2012)
Hyouka has always meant a lot to me for myriad personal reasons. It aired at a time when I still didn’t know who I was or what I…
We All Want To Belong And Hello Boys Love Again!
I’m doing that thing. . . Remember in my plan forward for this blog that we watch, read and write. It’s happening and completely unplanned to watch…
Notes on Hyouka as an Exploration of Detective Fiction
This is a repost of Notes on Hyouka as an Exploration of Detective Fiction as published on Altair & Vega on July 5, 2012. As the post’s original…
My Inadequate Tribute to KyoAni
This week, an angry man barricaded the exits of one of Kyoto Animation's studio buildings and started a fire. Thirty-three workers died in the attack. The rest of…
The Spring Term Special Strawberry Tart Case
米澤穂信 ( Y ONEZAWA Honobu , born 1978) is probably best known outside Japan for a series of everyday life mysteries, starting with 氷菓 (hyouk...
Fan-made Videos are Better than the Actual Anime: Top 3 Favorite AMV’s
Hey, long time no see. These last few months I was pronounced MIA. My lack of motivation to write and major events, i.e., graduating and moving out of…
Anime Singularities: Fanservice
As mentioned previously, today’s entry will be about my favourite use of fanservice in anime. Without beating around the bush, we will talking about Hyouka’s Chitanda Eru. Eru…
By Camera, a World: Inhabiting Hyouka
Putting words to that vague idea and (likely) wild claim that Hyouka might the best-directed TV anime of all time. I was recently reviewing a handful of old posts…
Anibros Podcast Episode 121 – A Metaphor for Getting It On
Jack and Laven have actually been watching anime?! They talk about what they've seen and what you should see! Plus a special announcement at the end of their…
Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles, A Place Further Than the Universe, Initial D First Stage, Otaku no Video
Anime Secret Santa 2016: Gankutsuo and Shimoneta
We’re back again with the Reverse Thieves‘ Anime Secret Santa! In 2014, I wrote about Hyouka, and in 2015, I wrote about Mawaru Penguindrum. Now, I’ve got Chris…
12 Days of Ponytails: Day 6 – Chitanda Eru
As we’re passing the halfway point, here’s Chitanda Eru from Hyouka!
Anime Secret Santa 2014: Hyouka
We’re a sports anime podcast, but that doesn’t stop us from writing about other anime. I try to keep everything as sports anime-y as possible, but there’s an…