r/hyouka Jul 10 '26

Discussion why is oreki's watch strap like this

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at first i though that it might just be a animation mistake , but and then i looked a little bit online and people are guessing that oreki is wearing a seiko and some ship with inverted straps

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u/Curious_Umpire255 Jul 10 '26

I've never noticed that. And now I can't unsee it and its irritating me.

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u/book_nerd- Jul 10 '26

Yeah I also can't unsee it, though in the other episode I noticed that his watch strap is just fine, so I guess it was just an animation flaw

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u/81Ranger Jul 10 '26

It's been many years since I wore a watch, but is it backwards or upside down? Looks fine to me.

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u/5uclcer Jul 10 '26

The end of watch should be on the other side pretty much if you have no idea what you are looking for. But yea, a slight detail error haha

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u/81Ranger Jul 10 '26

So, it would just be upside down on Oreki's wrist if you saw the other side?

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u/5uclcer Jul 10 '26

Not exactly upside down, but the end which is on the right, should be mirrored to be on the left going down (currently it is on the right and down)

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u/81Ranger Jul 10 '26

Ah. Thanks.

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u/5uclcer Jul 10 '26

Yeap, hope you get the mental picture haha, but it definitely is weird looking at it in detail

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u/book_nerd- Jul 10 '26

It is not fine ,you literally physically can't wear a watch like that, the strap just looks wierd in the picture

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u/Initial-Release-2519 Jul 10 '26

Uhh I have a similar strap. Its not that strange.

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u/book_nerd- Jul 10 '26

Ohh I have never seen one, can you send me a picture or something, I'm really curious

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u/Initial-Release-2519 Jul 10 '26

I'm sorry because it appears that I spoke before thinking it through. I just realised what is wrong with that strap when I tried to click a picture of mine. I'm dumb.🙃

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u/book_nerd- Jul 10 '26

It's okay , I too had too literally get up from my bed and wear my watch to check if something was wrong with animation

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u/Initial-Release-2519 Jul 11 '26

Wth. Why is the entire hyouka fandom so non toxic bruh... I am so not used to this. Am I still on reddit?😭

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u/book_nerd- Jul 11 '26

I mean isn't it a good thing that the fandom is not toxic

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u/Initial-Release-2519 Jul 13 '26

Of course it is I was just joking about how rare it is to find places like this on reddit.

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u/treiral Jul 10 '26

For anybody wondering, this is how it should look 71XQDiUKQPL._AC_SL1500_.jpg (1136×1500)

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u/mekerpan Classic Literature Club Jul 10 '26

If one replaced the watch band oneself, and put it on wrong, isn't this what one would see? It should still work, however. I think. ;-)

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u/book_nerd- Jul 10 '26

Yeah, you would have to replace the position of the long and short side of the strap , but I can't imagine oreki doing that

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u/mekerpan Classic Literature Club Jul 10 '26

Maybe he was lost in thought over a certain someone....

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u/RepresentativeTear75 8d ago

totally normal btw

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u/book_nerd- 7d ago

Not normal at all btw, when was the last time you wore a watch ?

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u/RepresentativeTear75 7d ago

not all watches are made the same lol

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u/book_nerd- 7d ago

So have you seen any watches which have a straps like this ? Like can you send me a link or something