Review of Hyouka

It's going to be tough reviewing this, since I didn't exactly love the show, nor did I hate it. The reason why I'm saying that is because each episode felt pretty long, meaning it lost my interest multiple times. Oddly enough, even though each episode dragged on and felt boring I couldn't help but to click on the next episode. That being said I didn't drop the show, I didn't hate it nor did I love it. Before I get into the breakdown of the show I want to say that this show might be a hit or miss, and I feel like this showmight be for a younger audience. I'm not saying it's a kid show, but for the mystery genre, the 'cases' they solve might seem uninteresting to someone who has seen better mystery shows.

Story:
The show takes place at school, where one student is told by his sister to continue the spirit of a dying club. After excepting the role of being the potential only member of the club he meets a girl who changes the way he lives his daily school life. As a few more members join the club together they solve mysteries ranging from school events to rumors.

So the show is basically about a group of friends who get together to solve mysteries mainly involving their school. There are a few episodes where they do things out of school, but other than that it's mainly school related. So if you're a fan of anime that usually don't go outside the realm of school this might be a cool show for you.

Characters:
My main issue with this is that the characters were there, the characters were fun, but they didn't do anything that interesting.
The main character Oreki has this outlook on life that he absolutely needs to be lazy, anything involving work is a hassle to him. Although he is lazy he is actually pretty clever and can solve most mysteries easily. solving the mysteries contradicts his outlook of being absolutely lazy, so sometimes his character is a bit witty and fun.
The other main character Chitanda is the one who motivates Oreki to solve cases. She's not much other than that in the show, I mean she helps with the cases as much as the other two characters.
Like I said earlier, the characters were fun and interesting, I would have really liked to see them solving other cases besides pointless school cases.
Other than the main characters there are side characters who you actually see appear from time to time, which is something that I really like. It was a nice touch having characters who go to the same school making reappearances because you know, they do go to the same school after all.

Art:
This one is odd, cause some shots in the show are very artistic with things like a beautiful sunset, then there are other scenes where they just look like a normal show. Then the art gets a little too crazy when they start to talk about there mysteries. When they talk about their cases the show goes to a completely different style of art. These little scenes are nice, I like them a lot. Also the music was good, they reused songs too much but they weren't bad songs.

Overall:
Not the greatest mystery show, yet it wasn't exactly a waste of time. I do want to say though the second half of the show was a lot better than the first half. So if you decide to watch this one just keep in mind that it does get more interesting.

Pros: Fun characters
Cons: Boring at times