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In trying to be ordinary, it begets more questions than answers, leaving a curious sensation

webm(https://v.animethemes.moe/ShoushiminSeries-OP1.webm) *Shoshimin: How to Become Ordinary* is quite a curious title. With it being a mystery anime, even just its title leads me to question things. “Shoshimin”, is translated as the [petite bourgeoisie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petite_bourgeo…

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New gen Hyouka (Caution: You shall crave parfaits and menacing women)

_This review contains __SPOILERS__ for Shoushimin Series_ ✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦ . ⁺ 　 . ✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦ . 　⁺ webm(https://v.animethemes.moe/ShoushiminSeries-OP1.webm) Shoushimin Series is a slice-of-life anime with mystery aspects, much like the beloved s…

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Zeichen100/100

How to Create the Extraordinary Out of the Ordinary: Limited Edition

<a> DISCLAIMER: Review in-fact always constains spoilers, regardless the way of whether you prefer to euphemize it into meta terms which are implicit or not, it still remains to include spoilers. img(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2FhNDFjMjgtMjAxZi00NTRmLWJhNmMtYjg2YjViNjc5ZjRhXkEyXkFqcG…

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shatterdance100/100

Shoushimin is a show that reminds me why I love art.

There's a moment in the first episode of Shoushimin that I think about a lot. Osanai and Kobato are walking together, then they decide to share Osanai's bike because otherwise they might not make it to their destination in time. And, while they're sharing the bike and talking, the show begins cuttin…

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CosmicCuune40/100

Good looking show with a train wreck in writing and message

>Chūnibyō (中二病; lit.'middle-school second-year syndrome') is a Japanese colloquial term typically used to describe adolescents with delusions of grandeur. Protagonist Kobato Jougorou is a character with a serious case of Chunibyou, he believes he is high school detective Kudou Shinichi, in fact h…

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Scheveningen90/100

An excellently constructed mystery series paired with a complicated and compelling examination of its characters

Shoushimin is an excellently constructed series on both the technical level with its mysteries and on the character front with how complex and compelling its leads are. As another early work of Yonezawa Honobu, the comparisons to Hyouka were almost inevitable given the latter’s acclaim. But despite…

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Niijishima70/100

A good mystery Anime but it does not know what it wants to be

I have mixed feelings about this anime. (Spoilers ahead!) The plot revolves around high school students Jogorou Kobatou and Yuuki Osanai who for reasons from their middle school years, now wish to have a "normal" high school life. However things don’t go as they planed. Kobatou repeatedly gets invo…

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A Refreshing Yet Uneven Exploration of Adolescence and Identity

Shoshimin: How to Become Ordinary does not start with fanfare and a display of splendor but with restraint a story which draws you into the minds of two teens looking into oblivion to become ordinary. Based on a novel by Honobu Yonezawa (who wrote Hyouka), the series is a slice-of-life-mystery with…

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Daemonplay90/100

Hyouka's weird cousin

Hyouka has been my favorite anime, ever since I first watched it quite a number of years ago now (it should be around 7). Obviously I was quite ecstatic upon hearing that another one of the author's novels would receive an adaptation. I had never engaged with the source material before, so I went in…

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A Worthy Spiritual Successor to Hyouka's Mundane yet Captivating Mysteries

*** <p align="justify">Mystery shows are the type of genre for a specific niche of people who enjoy turning the cogs in their brains and witnessing characters discover and solve the mysteries of the show. Shows like these mainly provide a mystery that needs to be solved, along with thrilling moments…

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Tentopanga100/100

Uno de los mejores animes de detectives que he visto.

Este es uno de los mejores animes de detectives que he visto, y aquí te enumero los motivos: 1- El hilo de pensamiento del protagonista para razonar es lento y no ocurre tras resolver el misterio. ¿Qué quiere esto decir? Pues que la serie invita a pensar con el protagonista mientras deduce. Piénsal…

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ShiaDeLaDoge85/100

A visually intriguing experience told through the lens of two ordinary lives

The first anime I finished this season (Summer 2024) and it was one of, if not the most interesting anime to follow weekly. From the same author as Hyouka (whose story didn't convince me when I saw it), it tells the journey of the two protagonists, Kobato and Osanai, to become “ordinary”, or at leas…

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