History Literature / Hyouka

''Hyouka'' (氷菓[[note]]"Ice Cream"[[/note]]) is a mystery novel written by Honobu Yonezawa, serving as the first volume in a total of six in the ''Classic Literature Club'' series. It was turned into an {{anime}} in the spring of 2012, produced by Kadokawa Shoten, animated by Creator/KyotoAnimation and directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto, with [[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Shoji Gatoh]] serving as series composer, and Futoshi Nishiya serving as character designer; the series covered the first four volumes of the novel that had been published to that date. A manga counterpart was started in January 2012 in ''Monthly Shonen Ace''.

''Hyouka'' (氷菓[[note]]"Ice Cream"[[/note]]) is a mystery novel written by Honobu Yonezawa, serving as the first volume in a total of six in the ''Classics Literature Club'' series. It was turned into an {{anime}} in the spring of 2012, produced by Kadokawa Shoten, animated by Creator/KyotoAnimation and directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto, with [[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Shoji Gatoh]] serving as series composer, and Futoshi Nishiya serving as character designer; the series covered the first four volumes of the novel that had been published to that date. A manga counterpart was started in January 2012 in ''Monthly Shonen Ace''.

* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: Episode 16; Oreki is about to talk of his thoughts on the Juumoji case, which excites Chitanda. But when he denies her curiosity by telling her it involves an "adult topic" and she can't hear him out, her reaction is nothing less of this trope. It's pretty hilarious.

''Hyouka'' (氷菓[[note]]"Ice Cream"[[/note]]) is a mystery novel written by Honobu Yonezawa, serving as the first volume in a total of six in the ''Classics Literature Club'' series. It was turned into an {{anime}} in the spring of 2012, produced by Kadokawa Shoten, animated by Creator/KyotoAnimation and directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto, with [[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Shoji Gatoh]] serving as series composer, and Futoshi Nishiya serving as character designer. A manga counterpart was started in January 2012 in ''Monthly Shonen Ace''.

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Chitanda has to ask the student council president to give the Classics Club more spa-- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=XsEiCKWjBY0 wow, look at all of the cool festival activities]]!

* CatchPhrase: Chitanda's "Watashi, ki ni narimasu!", variously translated as "I can't stop thinking about it!", "I'm curious!", etc. It's a sign to Oreki that things won't be quiet for a while.
** PuppyDogEyes: For added effect.
** SignatureSoundEffect: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN1PQVTvcK0&t=00m35s Ding]]!

* {{Hallucinations}}: Oreki frequently experiences a variety of hallucinations, often attributed by him to the level of energy he feels he is experiencing from others. Often these involve perceptions of moving or shifting kanji. At one point in episode one, he had visions of Chitanda's hair becoming vinelike with radiant flowers in it, ensnaring him as she pleaded for his assistance. At another point, he sees the kanji from a set of club posters flood around him as a black sea. He's also seen dozens of tiny red Chitanda "angels" tugging on him when she was getting him involved in another mystery. Don't worry. He's still very much sane.

* MundaneMadeAwesome: In the beginning of the novel and anime, before the actual storyline kicks in, the mysteries Houtarou solves are pretty trivial, yet most of an episode focuses on them. He solved [[LockedRoomMystery how a room becomes locked seemingly on its own]], why the same book was checked out and in from the school library for weeks, and where the unauthorized flyer for a "ghost club" was hanging [[spoiler:(this last one was actually a fake mystery he planted so he wouldn't have to waste energy walking to the other side of the high school to solve a mistery that Eru was curious about)]].

** The second ED, while a nice homage to mystery novels, is a very strong ShipTease for both main couples.

* UnusualChapterNumbers: The OVA is set to be chronologically between episode 11 and 12, and is therefore called as episode 11.5 even in the official licensed by Funimation.

** The Jun Sekitani arc episodes end with "the niece of time", a reference to the plot's similarity to ''Literature/TheDaughterOfTime'', with "daughter" changed to "niece" because Chitanda is Sekitani's niece.

** The random stories arc has "little birds can remember", which is a reference to yet another Agatha Christie mystery novel (''Elephants Can Remember''); with "little bird" possibly being Chitanda.

** The "Why Didn't She Ask Eba?" arc sees a short, clumsy student film at the center of both intrigue and personal crises for the main characters. [[spoiler:The club president tricks Oreki into writing a decent ending for the film after she judges the original writer's script too weak to run with, pretending that the film's ending is an unfinished mystery to avoid the unpleasantness of telling the club that the original ending was terrible.]] It's an unpleasant con, but the feelings of those involved are so overblown -- [[spoiler:from the Literature Club Member's harassing of Oreki when he fails to convey the "true feelings" of the original writer, to Irisu's overly complicated scheme to get a decent ending written, to Oreki's moral crisis when he discovers he's been tricked]] -- that the film's importance seems like that of an Oscar nominee, not a Cultural Festival showcase.

* PlayingCardMotifs: Point of view changes in the third volume are indicated by playing card suits, hearts for Chitanda, clubs for Fukube, diamonds for Ibara, and spades for Oreki.

* AnchoredShip: Type Four: Satoshi goes out of his way to not answer Mayaka's feelings for him.
** [[spoiler:Taken to an almost bastardly level in episode 21 where, in order to avoid giving her an answer, Satoshi destroys the Valentine's Day chocolate that Mayaka planned on giving him.]]
** Later they become a Type One, as Satoshi and Mayaka finally begin dating at the beginning of their second year.

* FaceDoodling: At the very end of the second opening. The victim's Oreki. The culprits are Ibara and Satoshi.

''Hyouka'' (氷菓[[note]]"Ice Cream"[[/note]]) is a mystery novel written by Honobu Yonezawa, serving as the first volume in a total of six in the ''Classics Literature Club'' series. It was turned into an {{Anime}} in the spring of 2012, produced by Kadokawa Shoten, animated by Creator/KyotoAnimation and directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto, with [[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Shoji Gatoh]] serving as series composer, and Futoshi Nishiya serving as character designer. A manga counterpart was started in January 2012 in ''Monthly Shonen Ace''.

After five years, the anime series was finally licensed for an English language release by Website/{{FUNimation}}, who released the series in two parts as Blu-ray/DVD combo packs in July and September of 2017. The English dub is also available for viewing [[https://www.funimation.com/shows/hyouka/ here]].

** [[spoiler:This trope is actually the whole reason behind both Kouchi's {{Jerkass}} attitude and the Juumoji Incident. Kouchi is deliberately avoiding reading ''A Corpse by Evening'' so she won't have to acknowledge that something so good was drawn by someone who just did it as a lark. Tanabe (who is playing the part of Juumoji), likewise, is frustrated that said artist refuses to go back to drawing--it's a disservice to the whole world to not express his talent, especially since Tanabe will never have such raw skill of his own.]]

''Hyouka'' (氷菓[[note]]"Ice Cream"[[/note]]) is a mystery novel written by Honobu Yonezawa, serving as the first volume in a total of five in the ''Classics Literature Club'' series. It was turned into an {{Anime}} in the spring of 2012, produced by Kadokawa Shoten, animated by Creator/KyotoAnimation and directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto, with [[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Shoji Gatoh]] serving as series composer, and Futoshi Nishiya serving as character designer. A manga counterpart was started in January 2012 in ''Monthly Shonen Ace''.

* GenreSavvy:
** Oreki, more and more as time goes by. He's developed a habit of wincing ''before'' Chitanda delivers her signature "I'm curious!".
** Satoshi. He realizes that his lack of talent or motivation prevents him from having "main character" capability, [[spoiler:which results in him being a StepfordSmiler]].

After 5 years, the anime series has finally been licensed! Website/{{FUNimation}} is releasing the series in two parts, in Blu-Ray/DVD combo packs, and the first part was released on July 4th, 2017. The English Dub of those episodes are available to watch [[https://www.funimation.com/shows/hyouka/ here]]. The next 11 episodes will be released on the website and on Blu-Ray/DVD on September 26, 2017.

** The "Why Didn't She Ask Eru?" arc sees a short, clumsy student film at the center of both intrigue and personal crises for the main characters. [[spoiler:The club president tricks Oreki into writing a decent ending for the film after she judges the original writer's script too weak to run with, pretending that the film's ending is an unfinished mystery to avoid the unpleasantness of telling the club that the original ending was terrible.]] It's an unpleasant con, but the feelings of those involved are so overblown -- [[spoiler:from the Literature Club Member's harassing of Oreki when he fails to convey the "true feelings" of the original writer, to Irisu's overly complicated scheme to get a decent ending written, to Oreki's moral crisis when he discovers he's been tricked]] -- that the film's importance seems like that of an Oscar nominee, not a Cultural Festival showcase.

* CampStraight: Satoshi seems to have this going for him a little. For example: while Houtarou describes the ideal high school life as being "rose-colored", Satoshi claims that his is "shocking pink".

* CharacterTic: Oreki has a habit of playing with his forelock when he's thinking particularly hard about a case.

''Hyouka'' (氷菓[[note]]"Ice Cream"[[/note]]) is a mystery novel written by Honobu Yonezawa, serving as the first volume in a total of five in the ''Classics Literature Club'' series. It was turned into an {{Anime}} in the spring of 2012, produced by Kadokawa Shoten, animated by Creator/KyotoAnimation and directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto, with [[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Shoji Gatoh]] as series composer and Futoshi Nishiya as character designer. A manga counterpart was started in January 2012 in ''Monthly Shonen Ace''.

[[caption-width-right:350: Your average classic literature club. [[TheyFightCrime They solve mysteries.]] [[note]] From left to right: [[PhotographicMemory Satoshi Fukube,]] [[BrilliantButLazy Houtarou Oreki,]] [[SuperSenses Eru Chitanda,]] and [[{{Tsundere}} Mayaka Ibara]] [[/note]]]]

* {{Hallucinations}}: Oreki frequently experiences a variety of hallucinations, often attributed by him to the level of energy he feels he is experiencing from others. Often these involve perceptions of moving or shifting kanji. At one point in episode one, he had visions of Chitanda's hair becoming vinelike with radiant flowers in it, ensnaring him as she pleaded for his assistance. At another point, he sees the kanji from a set of club posters flood around him as a black sea. He's also seen dozens of tiny red Chitanda "angels" tugging on him when she was getting him involved in another mystery.
** Don't worry. He's still very much sane.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Houtarou]] goes through a particularly nasty one in episode 11 [[spoiler:once he realizes that he was totally wrong and that Irisu was lying to him in order to manipulate him into writing the script]]. Also, judging from his actions in episodes 10 and 11, [[spoiler:Satoshi]] is veering ''dangerously'' close to one as well.
** [[spoiler:Aaaaaaaaand as of episode 17, Satoshi is most DEFINITELY in the midst of one.]]
* HimeCut: Chitanda.

''Hyouka'' (氷菓[[note]]"Ice Cream"[[/note]]) is a mystery novel written by Honobu Yonezawa, serving as the first volume in a total of five in the ''Classics Literature Club'' series. It was turned into an {{Anime}} in the spring of 2012, produced by Kadokawa Shoten, animated by Creator/KyotoAnimation and directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto, with [[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Shoji Gatoh]] serving as series composer and Futoshi Nishiya serving as character designer and chief animation director. A manga counterpart was started in January 2012 in ''Monthly Shonen Ace''.