The one key difference is that Monogatari was all theatricality all the time, taking place in a perpetually surreal story space to better drive home its off-kilter energy. Even the protagonists’ motivations- Oreki wants to micromanage his life to expend as little energy as possible, Chitanda wants to remember something she’s mysteriously forgotten before a symbolic day of reckoning- would feel right at home amidst the likes of Araragi and Senjougahara. It’s got Monogatari’s use of mysteries and misdirection to drive its plot forward, often with results you never expect. It’s got Monogatari’s penchant for expressing ideas and emotional spikes with abstract, surreal imagery that seems to take over the natural world. It’s got Monogatari’s penchant for dryly eccentric dialogue that feels like the characters and writer are just a little too impressed with how cleverly they approach seemingly mundane conversations. So much of the way this show carries itself is reminiscent of that other quasi-mystery show that was mega-popular around the same time frame. The best way I can sum up my thoughts on the first three episodes of Hyouka is this: Real World Monogatari.
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