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Originally Posted by Hata

Spoiler:

1. in novel #1, Chitanda visits the grave during the ceremony with the Hyouka script as offering, Houtaro did not go.
2. only in anime ep 18 did Chitanda invite Houtaro to go.
3. that ep 18 story is from an unpublished novel chapter, it is not part of the 5 published books.
4. meaning we can't check if Chitanda actually did invite Houtaro to go in the novel or not.
5. not to mention the uncle is only MISSING at India and presume dead, the fact Houtaro's sister wrote letter telling Houtaro to join the classic club from India, indicates this is a possible foreshadow for future story, if the author cares to use it.

Spoiler:

So the whole episode is an anime original? Or it's just an official side story that's not with chapter 4? Hmm my memory is a bit foggy. I thought this chapter/short story got a recognition of some sort then was included in vol. 4.

I'm getting kinda confused with the nature of vol. 4. So does this mean that there are still some materials out there that are not part of the published novels? I dunno if I was being misinformed myself or what but someone told me back then that the part where it explains Mayaka's behavior towards houtarou was not included in vol.5.

To add to that they said that the main arc for vol.5 was about some new member that was supposed to join.