Koten-bu Series Volume 4 Discussion

GiantQAACSleier said:
In spite of being a volume to fill content, I did enjoy the stories presented. The ghost story was the most interesting and struck out to me the most. It really depicted Oreki's growth as a character because of the contrast in his actions taken during the onsen trip. If it was the old Oreki, he would be lazing around the entire time and he also would not admit to enjoying more actions that he has to indulge in.

The narrative was interesting. I really enjoyed the sudden twist in the first chapter where Satoshi and Oreki naturally flowed the conversation astray toward another mystery and manipulated Chitanda's personality. From the anime, the Valentine's, festival and "doll" episodes remain clear to me. I enjoyed the minor details presented in the novels to give more insight. Chintanda's and Oreki's final conversation in the volume was osentibly more detailed here.

On the flip side, the anime cleared a certain matter on the Valentine's episode and experiencing Chitanda dressed up had more of an impact on me in the anime. Overall a solid volume despite being a filler!

SgtBateMan said:


I have to disagree. They are the fragmentary, progressive reflection of Oreki Houtarou after speding a year within the Classics Club. Also, the 21th episode missed what is the greatest of the story, and 7th is by far the best with the answer at the end.

The Case of The Handmade Chocolate is the finest, despite the fact that The Doll that Took a Detour deserves it spot as the leading theme. The case is the summary of what had happened so far, and the thing came afterwards is just something natural.