Hyouka episode 20

Hello there my lovely readers! It is I the semi productive one. Of course next week if all goes well I will be not productive but having fun at Disney. Cross yo fingers that it happens. XD As it stands I have watched every anime episode that is possible at this point. So hopefully I can stay up to date and not fall behind by taking two days away from technology. I shall stay current!!! That is my plan!

Same thing he does everyday.....nothing?

So....more anime now! Hyouka episode 20 time. X___X How is this series almost over? I feel as if summer flew on on by. But anyway yes. Spoilers for freezing for no reason!

Starting off the New Year dead is bad luck.

Episode Summary: Eru and Houtarou are freezing somewhere and Houtarou wonders if this means he will have bad luck for the rest of the year. He talks about a saying but Eru is like that is nice but how do we get out of this problem today and we will worry about the rest of the year tomorrow. Rewind to the beginning of the episode then! Houtarou was spending the day doing nothing at his house when Eru calls. She says since it is New Years Eve they should go visit a temple. Mayaka is working at the nearby one and Satoshi is going to stop on by too. Houtarou looks like he might say no but when Eru mentions showing off her new kimono onward he goes. It is freezing outside but Houtarou endures as he sees Eru and her fancy self exit a car. She looks very pretty and she happily shows off her new threads. Eru suggests praying first as she has to make the rounds on behalf of her family. They pray and battle the crowd to the main office. They are greeted and seated in the waiting area with other people. They talk about what they have done today it being a holiday and all. Eru was busy with relatives and Houtarou was busy…doing nothing. A shrine maiden appears and Eru goes through the rituals of presenting the present and the maiden pretending it is too great to accept. Houtarou messes up and the girls laugh. Turns out it is Kaho…looking a little different. Not that Houtarou would remember anyway since he remembers nothing.

Mayaka has a very important job of.....wearing fake hair?

After some more formalities they are taken to see Mayaka who is also wearing different hair and running part of the shrine store. She is in charge of helping kids and lost and found too. Mayaka thinks Eru looks gorgeous and Eru and Houtarou get fortunes. Eru gets a positive one and Houtarou gets the worst one ever. Kaho walks on by nervous and it turns out a lot of food was accidentally ruined. Eru wants to help so Kaho sends them to the storage unit to get more ingredients. Houtarou leads them to the place where he thought it would be but Eru is like um this is a shed. Before they can leave someone comes by and locks the door from the outside. Freezing Houtarou and Eru think about what to do. Houtarou decides the simplest thing would be to scream for help. Eru says no, she is representing her father today and if caught in this position with him surely people will get the wrong idea. They could call for help on cellphones…but neither brought theirs outside. Houtarou suggests destroying the building but Eru insists it is part of the temple. Silly rules!

Oh snap naked Eru time?!?

Houtarou remembers that Mayaka is running the lost and found and if they throw some of their items outside Mayaka will end up getting them eventually and maybe come to help them. They start with Eru’s handkerchief which Mayaka eventually receives. Satoshi, who was at home watching the same drama that Houtarou was watching earlier in the day, arrives in time for the next time Houtarou’s empty wallet to arrive at lost and found. Mayaka starts to worry as the items start adding up but Satoshi isn’t too…worried I guess. Things start getting really cold in the shed and Eru starts thinking that they should scream for help. Houtarou realizes that Satoshi is there and if he had string he could rescue them. There was talk of using Eru’s obi string but Houtarou almost has a nose bleed and dies at that thought. He breaks more of the building to steal a sign string and puts Eru’s purse outside. When Mayaka ends up with the purse Satoshi panics and runs to the rescue. A nearly frozen Houtarou explains that in the drama that they watched earlier that day a purse or bag being tied at both ends means a rat is trapped. Factor in all the items were found near the shed and Satoshi arrives, hero to all. Satoshi teases Houtarou a bit and all is fun. THE END!

Happy New Year to all!

X____X HAPPY NEW YEAR! It is almost….err…Halloween? XD I am trying to think of a holiday to make fun of the timeframe of the episode and my first thought was AWA. Because anime conventions are holidays. But since animes don’t have the luxury of airing when each holiday comes around they must pack them all in. After all what is a slice of life anime without the basic holidays? Christmas Eve, Summer festivals, Valentine’s Day, and of course New Year’s Eve! So let it begin!

What do you mean we're stupid?!

This episode was dumb. A lot to do about nothing. Freezing for no reason. Happy New Year indeed. THE END!

Well that would be a rather short post right? XD While I do understand Eru and her concerns it was a lot of effort at something that could have been solved quickly. I am very anti cold so I would have been um no time to scream and get rescued.

Houtarou is a very cute lazy person though yes?

Starting at the beginning of the episode…I think my husband likes Houtarou’s thinking. It was a day off why should I make elaborate plans to do anything? I would have been like MOG a day off together we need to do this this and this. But my husband is like vacations can be planned or…days of doing nothing. So Houtarou the lazy crab or turtle….my husband understands you. Also it was cold outside so I understand you too.

You are pretty cute though Eru.

Eru surprised me a bit. She doesn’t seem to be the kind of person to want to be the center of attention. Like oh I am from a good family but pay no attention to me. But for her to want to go out and show off her kimono? And to state that is what she wanted to do? It sounded weird coming from her. X__X Unless it was a calculated move to make Houtarou do what she wants him to do. If that is the case…well that is smart. But I doubt that is what happened. Eru is human after all and girls do dress up to be noticed so more power to her for being honest. And she was very pretty.

Happy New Year, now where is my present?

We got to see behind the scene shrine stuff in this episode. We usually see the food stalls and the fireworks and what not. Briefly Houtarou and Eru prayed but then it was inside the main building where Eru must perform her duties as a person from an important family. A little bit of eyerolling here but it was weird to Houtarou as well so it must not be a common Japanese thing. Or maybe it is and there are things here in the United States that are dramatic too. XD Accept my wine Kaho and allow us to tease Houtarou all year together.

Eru LIES!

I didn’t recognize Kaho but the hair piece looked good on her. Or maybe I haven’t seen Kaho enough to care. Mayaka on the other hand…girl that hair did not look good. Eru lied to you. Do you have to have long hair to be a shrine maiden? I guess thinking back they do have a uniformed braid most of the time. But I thought that was just because they had naturally long hair. It looked…special to say the least.

Houtarou is using way too much energy. X___X

Since Eru is a helpful she had to spring to action when food was involved. Time to take a walk to the shed/storage area/whatever. I am not sure I would have volunteered to go outside in the cold in a building that might not be that clean in my kimono. I might have braved putting on an apron or something. Or maybe serving and greeting guests while Kaho is busy. XD Just don’t go outside.

People will talk! Lets just freeze in here instead!

But they had to go to the shed so they could get locked in and have a romantic not encounter. Eru got a little dramatic at this point. What would people THINK?! Well…it is freezing so if people are off having sex in sheds I am going to question their sanity and not their purity! Most people don’t look well put together after sexy times so if Houtarou and Eru called for help a bit sooner maybe no one would have assumed things. Just…Houtarou realized that things could have been solved a lot sooner had they just screamed he also realizes that Eru comes from a super rich family and he can’t begin to understand everything. So entire the drama!

Err...that all sounds bad.

Houtarou had some pretty crappy ideas to save the day. Bust down the building? Wouldn’t that cause more attention their way? Oh look that building is being torn down we see NOTHING?! XD What a crazy idea. Maybe the cold was getting to Houtarou’s brain because that was a series of super bad ideas. And what kind of teenager leaves a room without their cellphone? FAILURE?!??

Good job Mayaka....

Eventually Houtarou came up with a complicated plan to get them rescued. Throw items outside the wall I sorta broke and hope for the best. Mayaka…poor Mayaka. They were expecting a lot from her weren’t they? But really if you find three items of your friends outside a shed and you can’t find said friends wouldn’t you at least GO TO THE SHED to see if you can find some clues or something? Poor Mayaka.

Satoshi is finally able to solve a mystery weeee!

But Houtarou was determined! Determined…and relied on the fact that he and Satoshi were lazy turtle crabs earlier in the day. See how important it is that he and Satoshi were relaxing at not working? Satoshi would remember the bag tying event from the movie and since he is junior detective he would be more on alert than Mayaka. Sorry Mayaka…you just don’t think like a crazy person and consider all angles. Be thankful you are normal?

Houtarou gets picked on a lot. It is amusing.

In the end Eru got to show off her kimono, Mayaka got stuck working/not being involved, and Satoshi saved the day! Let’s celebrate! Bring on the chocolates! Until next week. XD