Hyou-ka is one of the anime I'm looking forward
to this season and I sure am glad that I wasn't disappointed in any way.
The first two
episodes did made a good impression for a mystery anime. AND for some reasons,
the mysteries reminds me of PCP from Bakuman.
The first episode did a great job in introducing the three main characters:
Chitanda Eru (Satou
Satomi), Oreki Houtarou (Nakamura Yuuichi)
and Fukube Satoshi (Sakaguchi Daisuke).
It also made me really curious of what really is up with all those flowers and
Chitanda's suddenly growing hair when she says that she's curious. I re-read
the plot in MAL and it
says there: she turns into an embodiment of
curiosity once she says, "I'm interested in it (Watashi,
Kininarimasu)". I really wonder what that means. Probably some kind
of ability Chitanda has to persuade people or just some amazing imagination of
Oreki? I'm pretty sure it'll be explain soon. I hope.
Story-wise, Hyou-ka has promised us a mystery that occurred
33yrs ago and the Classic Literature Club will investigate it. The clues on
this mystery can be found on the Classic Literature Club's anthology (which was
introduced in episode2). With how episode 2 ended, looks like the mystery will
be opened up soon enough and we'll have some seemingly deeper mysteries. I
hope. HAHA. With two episodes aired, Hyou-ka
has definitely shown a lot of potential and I'm really looking forward to
further development in the story.
The characters that Hyou-ka have are definitely not something new
but typical characters are always fun to watch. My favorite as of now has got
to be Oreki. It may seem that he's boring and all but I like how he's actually
able to solve those simple mysteries, how his character gets so bored easily
and always wanting to get out of the crowd. I'm looking forward to further
development in his character. As for the others, there's Chitanda who for some
reasons has the ability to persuade Oreki with just that one look on her reallybeautiful eyes. AND for some reasons Chitanda's character design reminds me of Akiyama Mio from K-ON!.
LOL. Next up, there's Satoshi who calls himself a human database with useless
knowledge. AND there's Ibara Mayaka (Kayano Ai) who was
introduced in episode 2. She likes Satoshi and dislikes Oreki :3 Her first
appearance had been pretty good and I like how she challenges Oreki and doesn't
believe in his abilities.
What really stood
out from Hyou-ka other than the
school-style mystery and comedy is the really outstanding art. I love the
character designs and the animation is really great. One very notable thing
about the art is Chitanda's eyes. I really can't get over how beautiful her
eyes are.
For an overall first
impression of Hyou-ka, I can really see
the potential in this series and I'm really looking forward to knowing what
Chitanda was about to tell Oreki :3 I could probably say that Hyou-ka is a recommended anime for this season
most especially if you're up for some mystery though small mysteries are
presented as of episode 2 but a bigger one will surely be opened ones we reach
half of the series(:
