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Old 2012-05-30, 00:16   Link #21
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I would really love it the show gave some backstory as to how Hotarou came to practice his "energy conservation" lifestyle. If not, a nice soliloquy would work just fine.

It would do wonders for his character's credibility, I believe.
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Old 2012-05-30, 16:15   Link #22
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I would really love it the show gave some backstory as to how Hotarou came to practice his "energy conservation" lifestyle. If not, a nice soliloquy would work just fine.

It would do wonders for his character's credibility, I believe.
I don't know about that. At least for me, I didn't really raise an eyebrow when he was introduced as an "energy conservation" person. In fact, I still don't see the issue, but really the only thing I can see a backstory doing is setting him up as a dishonest narrator. If people think his current actions go against the whole "energy conservation" thing, I really wonder what a backstory will do.

Considering how active his sister seems to be, you could maybe look at that as an explanation if you want to guess at why he tries to conserve energy .
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Old 2012-05-30, 18:41   Link #23
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I don't know about that. At least for me, I didn't really raise an eyebrow when he was introduced as an "energy conservation" person. In fact, I still don't see the issue, but really the only thing I can see a backstory doing is setting him up as a dishonest narrator. If people think his current actions go against the whole "energy conservation" thing, I really wonder what a backstory will do.

Considering how active his sister seems to be, you could maybe look at that as an explanation if you want to guess at why he tries to conserve energy .
Or y'know, some short monologue as to why he came to prefer his current lifestyle would do. It doesn't have to be a backstory, and it doesn't have to be dramatic. An internal realization would work just fine for me. I mean, he seems so attached to that way of thinking of his, so I thought it would be nice to have some justification for that.

He's not exactly a normal person after all.
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Old 2012-06-04, 03:05   Link #24
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I think someone purpose this theory before. From his comment about his sister in episode 7, I think his energy conservation lifestyle and his insistence on "I'm average" may come from the fact that he was constantly overshadowed by his sister when he was younger. Because there is nothing he can do better than his sister, he think he's average and give up trying.
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Old 2012-06-04, 03:49   Link #25
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Have to say the latest episodes have certainly ramped things up in terms of showing Houtarou's interest in Chitanda. That impressive ability to visualize things burned him in the hot springs. Can debate on romantic interest, but at the very least have a necessary attraction there .
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I think someone purpose this theory before. From his comment about his sister in episode 7, I think his energy conservation lifestyle and his insistence on "I'm average" may come from the fact that he was constantly overshadowed by his sister when he was younger. Because there is nothing he can do better than his sister, he think he's average and give up trying.
Think that could be possible. He's clearly shown some impressive talents, but usually just discounts them. His life policy could definitely be related to his sister just being too amazing. Even without his sister around the experiences he had in the past would still influence how he is living now.
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Well well, Houtarou certainly is crushing on Chitanda, not that I blame him or anything...

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Old 2012-06-04, 18:21   Link #27
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At the moment, Houtarou holding romantic feelings towards Eru is debatable, but it certainly seems to be headed in that direction. With a 24-episode long anime, I'd be disappointed if this issue isn't addressed sooner or later.

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I think someone purpose this theory before. From his comment about his sister in episode 7, I think his energy conservation lifestyle and his insistence on "I'm average" may come from the fact that he was constantly overshadowed by his sister when he was younger. Because there is nothing he can do better than his sister, he think he's average and give up trying.
Oh, this is a good one. If it actually turns out this way, I wouldn't have any qualms about it. I really would love it if the relationship between Houtarou and his sister were to be elaborated on sometime in the future.
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So basically Houtarou is Kuudere for Eru.
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Old 2012-06-04, 22:11   Link #29
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I think it's more attraction than romantic feelings.
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Old 2012-06-04, 23:49   Link #30
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I personally take the position that Oreki belongs to a very rare character archetype.

He is a Male Kuudere, and Hyou-ka is one of those rare shows where we take a look into the thought processes and plausible motivations of a Kuudere.
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Old 2012-06-05, 01:53   Link #31
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I personally take the position that Oreki belongs to a very rare character archetype.

He is a Male Kuudere, and Hyou-ka is one of those rare shows where we take a look into the thought processes and plausible motivations of a Kuudere.
Male Kuudere isn't all that rare; in shoujo that is. But yes, it's not very often that the we are able to view the story from their perspective.
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Old 2012-06-05, 03:10   Link #32
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Male Kuudere isn't all that rare; in shoujo that is. But yes, it's not very often that the we are able to view the story from their perspective.
I don't think we've seen a story from a Female Kuudere's perspective though, yet.

Seriously, if Hotarou was of the other gender, there'll be people calling him/her a Rei Clone.
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Seriously, if Hotarou was of the other gender, there'll be people calling him/her a Rei Clone.
Even though we have seen him with emotions and expressions?
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Old 2012-06-05, 04:48   Link #34
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Even though we have seen him with emotions and expressions?
Because we are seeing the story from his perspective. Alot of those "emotions and expressions" come from his monologues and internal thought processes.
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Because we are seeing the story from his perspective. Alot of those "emotions and expressions" come from his monologues and internal thought processes.
And don't forget Chitanda hallucination as well. I think Houtarou is actually more imaginative than what most people given credit to.
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Because we are seeing the story from his perspective. Alot of those "emotions and expressions" come from his monologues and internal thought processes.
Doesn't matter, the point is it's shown and the Audience are aware of it- hence it's quite forced to call him/her a Rei-clone.
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Old 2012-06-05, 10:00   Link #37
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Doesn't matter, the point is it's shown and the Audience are aware of it- hence it's quite forced to call him/her a Rei-clone.
Yes, if you watched 3 or so episode of Hyou-ka. Below that point, I'd imagine some haters will still level that charge.

I make the remark of Rei-Clone, because early on, quite a few leveled the charge of Generic Harem Protagonist at Oreki. Which he is not. Far from that in fact. Nor am I calling Oreki a generbent version of one. But he is a male Kuudere (outwardly of course, not in his internal monologues) - or rather, his internal thought processes are a plausible one for a Kuudere.
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Male Kuudere... fascinating idea. Outside of a handful of bishis, I haven't seen a lot of that. And it's very rare to see a narrative from a Kuudere character-perspective, be it a male Kuudere or a female one.

Yes, I have to agree, Oreki is like a male version of a Kuudere.
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Old 2012-06-06, 21:24   Link #39
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He's a kuudere for now, but Chitanda's deredere ways are going to rub off on him eventually... >.>
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Old 2012-07-03, 22:03   Link #40
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He's gaining popularity as one of the most liked male characters - enough to spark crossover pairings with him.

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