Hyouka (2012–2012)

1. S01E01The Revival of the Time-Honored Classic Lit ClubApril 23, 2012 8.0"Energy conservationist" Hotaro Oreki joins the Classic Lit Club at his high school at his sister's behest, to keep it from being shut down.
2. S01E02Season's bestThe Prestigious Classic Lit Club's ActivitiesApril 30, 2012 8.2Eru grows bored of the club's lack of activities, and suggests that they prepare an anthology to submit for the school's culture festival in
3. S01E03The Circumstances of the Classic Lit Club's ScionMay 7, 2012 7.8Over coffee, Eru opens up to Oreki to explain why she joined the club, and asks him for his help with a personal matter. Still unable to loc
4. S01E04The Classic Lit Club's Glorious Days of YoreMay 14, 2012 7.8Eru decides to solicit Satoshi and Mayaka's help hypothesizing what happened to her uncle. The club members meet at the Chitanda estate, whe
5. S01E05The Truth About the Historic Classic Lit ClubMay 21, 2012 7.8Hotaro is torn between continuing with his "gray" life and the "rosy" life that the others live. A phone call from Hotaro's sister leads him
6. S01E06Committing a Cardinal SinMay 28, 2012 7.0Hotaro's history class is interrupted by an outburst coming from Eru's math class, prompting a discussion in the Classic Lit Club about the
7. S01E07Upon Seeing the True NatureJune 4, 2012 7.8During summer vacation, the Classic Lit Club members take a trip into the mountains to stay at a hot springs resort inn run by Mayaka's rela
8. S01E08Let's Go to the Screening!June 11, 2012 7.8One of Eru's acquaintances invites the Classic Lit Club to a screening of a student film made by the members of Class 2-F so they can offer
9. S01E09The Case of the Furuoka Deserted Village MurderJune 18, 2012 7.4In search of a conclusion to their movie, the assistant director, the prop master, and the publicist meet with the Classic Lit Club members
10. S01E10Blind Spot to AllJune 25, 2012 7.4After meeting with Irisu, Hotaro has a change of heart, and sets his mind to solving the murder mystery. Hotaro and Satoshi discuss the natu
11. S01E11Credit Roll of FoolsJuly 2, 2012 7.2When the others ask Hotaro about his solution to the murder mystery, he begins to have doubts about it himself. Hotaro confronts Irisu regar
12. S01E12Those Things Piled Up EndlesslyJuly 9, 2012 7.2It is the first day of the school culture festival, and the club members look forward to it with both longing and dread. They must come up w
13. S01E13A Corpse by EveningJuly 16, 2012 7.2Satoshi tries to use the Quiz Club's quiz show event to promote the Classic Lit Club. Eru goes around beating the bushes for ways to help se
14. S01E14Wild FireJuly 23, 2012 7.2The Classic Lit Club cooking team competes against three other teams in the Cooking Club's timed "Wild Fire" competition. However, Mayaka is
15. S01E15The Jumonji AffairJuly 30, 2012 7.6Eru's curiosity is drawn by the rash of thefts from the various clubs, and when Hotaro discovers a pattern to the crimes, Satoshi comes up w
16. S01E16The Final TargetAugust 6, 2012 7.6Satoshi is ready for Jumoji to strike, but when the anticipated target is passed over, he must reconsider his strategy. Tomoe gives Hotaro a
17. S01E17The Kudryavka SequenceAugust 13, 2012 7.6Eru appears on a school radio show, asking all the other students to stand with the Classic Lit Club against the phantom thief. Hotaro confr
18. S01E18Is the Mountain Range Clear?August 20, 2012 7.8While chatting in the club room after school, Hotaro remembers how one of his teachers in middle school famously liked helicopters. But when
19. S01E19Does Anyone Have Any Idea?August 27, 2012 8.2Hotaro tells Eru that he can come up with a plausible explanation for any situation she can think of, so when a seemingly mundane schoolwide
20. S01E20Mishap-py New YearSeptember 3, 2012 8.2At New Year's, Eru invites Hotaro to join her in paying her family's respects at the town shrine. When Eru agrees to run a quick errand, how
21. S01E21The Case of the Homemade ChocolatesSeptember 10, 2012 8.0While in middle school, Satoshi rejected Mayaka's Valentine chocolate, so this year, she works even harder to present him with a Valentine's
22. S01E22The Doll That Took the Long Way AroundSeptember 17, 2012 8.2Hotaro is enlisted by Eru to appear in a Dolls' Festival parade that her local shrine holds every year. When construction work unexpectedly

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