Hyouka


Hyouka is a 2001 Japanese mystery novel written by Honobu Yonezawa. It is the first volume of the Classic Literature Club series. Five additional volumes have been published between 2002 and 2016. A manga adaptation drawn by Taskohna began serialization in the March 2012 issue of Kadokawa Shoten's Shōnen Ace. A 22-episode anime adaptation produced by Kyoto Animation and directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto aired from April 22 to September 16, 2012. A live-action film, Hyouka: Forbidden Secrets, directed by Mari Asato and starring Kento Yamazaki and Alice Hirose was released on November 3, 2017.

Plot

At the request of his older sister, student Hotaro Oreki joins Kamiyama High School's Classic Literature Club to prevent it from being abolished, joined by fellow members Eru Chitanda, Satoshi Fukube and Mayaka Ibara. The story is set in Kamiyama City, a fictional city in Gifu Prefecture that the author based on his real hometown of Takayama, also in Gifu. The fictional Kamiyama High School is based upon the real life Hida High School. They begin to solve various mysteries, both to help with their club and at Eru's requests.

Characters

Main characters

;Hotaro Oreki
;Eru Chitanda
;Satoshi Fukube
;Mayaka Ibara

Class 2-F students

;Fuyumi Irisu
;Kurako Eba
;Junya Nakajo
;Tomohiro Haba
;Misaki Sawakiguchi
;Takeo Kaito
;Jiro Sugimura
;Midori Yamanishi
;Mamiko Senoue
;Takeo Katsuta
;Yuri Konosu

Other characters

;Tomoe Oreki
;Yoko Itoigawa
;Jun Sekitani
;Masashi Togaito
;Kazuya Tayama
;Omichi
;Koreyuki Tani
;Shoko Yuasa
;Ayako Kochi
;Haruna Anjo
;Kaho Jumonji
;Jiro Tanabe
;Muneyoshi Kugayama
;Rie Zenna
;Kayo Zenna

Media

Novels

Hyouka is the first novel in the Classic Literature Club series, written by Honobu Yonezawa and published by Kadokawa Shoten on October 31, 2001. As of November 30, 2016, six volumes have been published in the series. A seventh novel has been confirmed by the author on Twitter. Short stories are published in Kadokawa Shoten's Yasei Jidai magazine. Each of the novels has an English subtitle, most of which reference other detective novels. A book titled Honobu Yonezawa and the Classic Literature Club, featuring interviews with Yonezawa and others involved in the series, a new short story, and other reference material was released on October 13, 2017.

Manga

A manga adaptation, titled Hyouka and illustrated by Taskohna, started serialization in the March 2012 issue of Kadokawa Shoten's Shōnen Ace. Kadokawa Shoten published 16 tankōbon volumes from April 26, 2012 to October 25, 2024. The manga's first twelve volumes adapted the first four novels, same as the anime series. A sequel series started in the August 2019 issue of Shōnen Ace.

Anime

In 2012, a television anime series based on the Classic Literature Club series novels aired in Japan. It was produced by Kyoto Animation, covering four volumes of the novel.

Reception

In October 2017, it was reported that the novels have 2.05 million copies in print.