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Hyouka

★ 7.7 8K votes 2012–2012 1 season · 23 episodes Ended Chiba TV
AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10School & campusSchools and universities as the primary world.This show: 9/10Slow burnDeliberate pacing where the payoffs are earned over long stretches.This show: 8/10Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 8/10AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 8/10Visually strikingComposition and imagery worth pausing for.This show: 7/10Coming of ageGrowing up as the central arc.This show: 7/10Detective mysteryCrime-solving from the investigator's side of the table.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Yuichi NakamuraSatomi SatôMadeleine MorrisAdam GibbsDaisuke SakaguchiDallas Reid
Starring
Yuichi NakamuraSatomi SatôMadeleine MorrisAdam GibbsDaisuke SakaguchiDallas Reid
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Votes per Episode
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About

"Gentle mysteries that are really about people"

An indifferent high schooler joins his school's dying Classics Club to please his sister, only to find himself pulled into a string of small campus mysteries, some decades old, alongside three curious clubmates. There's no crime here, just curiosity: why a door was locked, why a rumor started, why a old anime screened years ago made someone cry. The show is quiet, deliberately paced, and gorgeously drawn, more interested in character psychology and mood than plot twists. It rewards patience with genuine emotional payoffs and a slow-blooming ensemble dynamic that lingers long after the mysteries are solved.

Watch it for

the way small, everyday puzzles reveal deep character truths through gorgeous, unhurried direction.

Maybe skip if

you need fast plotting or actual stakes rather than slice-of-life mystery.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12012
7.76K239h 55m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1The Esteemed Classics Club has been Restored7.6
32827 min
▶2Activities of the Esteemed Classics Club7.5
27725 min
▶3Inheritors of the Classics Club and Its Circumstances7.6
27127 min
▶4Past Days of the Classics Club and Its Glory7.7
25325 min
▶5The Truth of the Classics Club and Its Past8.5
32928 min
▶6To Commit a Deadly Sin7.0
24225 min
▶7Seeing the True Identity7.7
25025 min
▶8Let's Go to the Screening!7.2
23825 min
▶9Murder Case in the Deserted Furuoka7.5
23527 min
▶10What No One Noticed8.3
26625 min
▶11End Credits of the Fool8.1
25125 min
▶12Practically Piled to the Ceiling7.6
22827 min
▶13A Corpse by Evening7.6
22925 min
▶14Wildfire8.0
23325 min
▶15The Juumonji Incident7.5
22327 min
▶16The Last Target7.5
22125 min
▶17Kudryavka's Order8.2
23728 min
▶18Are the Mountains Sunny?7.5
22125 min
▶19Anyone Who Knows7.8
24127 min
▶20Sappy New Year7.3
22625 min
▶21The Chocolate Files8.1
23927 min
▶22Doll in the Distance7.9
25425 min
▶23What Should Be Had6.9
21425 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Yuichi Nakamura Houtarou Oreki
Satomi Satô Eru Chitanda
Madeleine Morris Eru Chitanda
Adam Gibbs Houtarou Oreki
Daisuke Sakaguchi Satoshi Fukube
Dallas Reid Satoshi Fukube
Ai Kayano Mayaka Ibara
Jill Harris Mayaka Ibara
Asuka Konno Female Student, Onodera (Manga Club Member), Ballroom Dancing Club Member
Ichitarô Ai Male Student, Akashi (Manga Club Member), Baseball Club Captain

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