She asked her uncle the meaning of Hyouka and her uncle answered by telling her to become stronger because if she's too weak, there will be a time when she want to scream but she can't and when that happened, she'll live but dead at the same time. Tomoe has long brown hair and seems to be a bit shorter than her brother Houtarou. For example, Houtarou once played a seemingly random "game" with Eru to prove that theories can be created out of anything, and Houtarou ended up accurately predicting an event based on his theory. It seems that she has a connection with Houtarou is Tomoe's younger brother whom she has a warm family love for him, even though Houtarou himself is not fond of it and normally acts more bored, in a possible attempt to ignore her. He likes to keep things simple. As a martial arts expert in From the letters she wrote and the interactions she has with Based on her interactions with Houtarou again, she can be a rather flaky and/or irresponsible individual at times, as shown when Houtarou asks for a good luck charm, she gives him a broken fountain pen. Houtarou, in particular, is invited by Eru to attend, especially because he was responsible for the resolution of her uncle's case. Satoshi admitted to the deed, and also revealed his change of heart from a competitive person to someone who longs for mediocrity. He later realises that he does indeed have feelings for Eru, describing it as "how Satoshi was feeling" while talking about Mayaka. Despite being overall brilliant, Houtarou gets very average grades.

Houtarou lives with his older sister Tomoe and his father in a detached house, although due to Tomoe's constant travels Houtarou is often alone at home. Following this, the club members head to the Wall Newspaper Club, whose room was previously used by the Classics Club. Also, Oreki doesn't seem the jealous or resentful type.After a while, I thought it was because the sister represents the anonymous barrier in skill, the upper echelon of humanity that is mysteriously phenomenal at their work. Oneshot. And him, your little brother. Houtarou Oreki is the protagonist ofthe Hyouka anime and light novels. Eru sheds tears upon realizing the reason why she cried at her uncle's story as a young girl. He eventually confirmed this from Tomoko herself, who admitted that her remarks against Eru (i.e., calling her a "Bodhisattva on the outside", which is later connected to being a "yaksa on the inside") were out of fear that Eru's connections would expose the wrongdoings committed by Tomoko's Houtarou's eccentric older sister who requested Houtarou join the Classics Club; doing so both to change Houtarou's lifestyle and to preserve the Classics Club.

Houtarou quickly managed to find the connection between the thefts and the As the culprit remains at large, Houtarou by accident received a copy of Eru was also able to help advertise with her speech at a school's radio show hosted by the Broadcasting Club draw attention to the Classics Club, allowing not only the successful sales of the anthology, but also bringing the Juumonji Incident to a close with the culprit victorious. Energy-conservative high school student Houtarou Oreki ends up with more than he bargained for when he signs up for the Classics Club at his sister's behest—especially when he realizes how deep-rooted the club's history really is. This ties into Hyouka's main dramatic question: whether Houtarou has the talent he thinks he needs for a 'rose-colored life'.To explain better I'd need to write a whole essay but hopefully most people get what I'm saying. The theory made by Houtarou impresses the three so much that they prepared to use it for the next anthology. Oreki Houtarou is a minimalistic high school boy. Chitanda quickly asks for his help about her uncle Jun Sekitani after seeing Houtarou's talent in solving mysteries.

They have a close relationship, with the latter calling Houtarou by his first name. However, later Mayaka pointed out that a length of rope prepared by film's prop master, Tomohiro Haba, was crucial to the story.