What’s a girl to do when you’ve got seven (well, technically six) drop-dead gorgeous men fulfill your maidenly fantasy for a price? Be a Host Club groupie of course! Warning! Contains massive spoilers!!!
Ouran High School Host Club (Ōran Kōkō Hosuto Kurabu) is an ongoing manga by Bisco Hatori which was produced into a 26-episode anime by Bones which premiered in Japan last April 2006.
The main setting of the story is Ouran High School where all of the main characters are currently enrolled in. Ouran High is a school for the uber rich and is characterized by people with pedigree and money. Fujioka Haruhi comes into the picture as a commoner, a special scholarship lost in the world of the filthy rich. She can’t even afford the school uniform which costs 300,000 yen so she’s dressed up in a pair of slacks and slouchy polo shirt and vest like a male student and her contacts were also lost so she’s wearing oversized glasses. Because school seemed more like playtime to her schoolmates, Haruhi roamed around school in hopes of finding a quiet place to study. Little did she know that stepping into the third Music Room would change her life forever.
Because within the Music Room is the most amazing collection of male species, the hugely popular Host Club. Rattled by Tamaki’s unrestrained display of phermones, Haruhi breaks an 8 million yen vase and becomes indebted to the Host Club to work as the club’s “dog” until graduation. When Haruhi remarks that looks and money don’t matter and it’s the inside that counts, Tamaki Suoh, the Host Club “King” and President goes off on a tangent on how it’s a man’s joy to make women happy and that Haruhi only said that to console herself for her lack of good looks. The Hitachiin twins, Hikaru and Kaoru who were also Haruhi’s classmates took off Haruhi’s glasses to get a better visual of the beleguered girl’s looks.
After seeing Haruhi without glasses, Tamaki ordered a major make-over that revealed Haruhi to be a very pretty, girly looking guy. Because of this, her status as the club’s servant got lifted to a Host and she must get 1,000 designations from female students to completely repay her debt. In the process of exploring her “Host” duties, the other members discover her true gender but they still made her a member of the club.
I really, really love this anime–so much so that I am willing to spend my forture on buying it’s manga volumes which are still ongoing. One of the biggest selling points are it’s smogasboard of insane and lovable characters. It’s a gender-bending, gut-busting romance comedy that’s sure to capture that hearts of shoujo and yaoi lovers.
It’s a veritable harem with every girl’s ultimate dream guys at their pleasure. *squeals like a fan-girl* Although it would be easy to compare Ouran Host Club and Fruits Basket, both female protagonists Haruhi and Tohru having lost their mothers and being commoners with “uncommon sense” (although in completely different ways) and with Honey-senpai’s loli-shota looks like Momiji Sohma’s– viewers would be hardpressed not to fall in love with the story of a perfectly intelligent girl dressing up as a guy, surrounded by six hot and gorgeous men and being glomped on by fangirls herself.
The story goes from funny to fluffy, to sad with angst but you never really know what to expect and Haruhi’s dead-pan and oblivious take on the situation and Tamaki’s theatrics has me rolling in laughter. Here are the characters of the anime, episode summary to follow! *Their names are in Japanese format, with their last name written first*
Fujioka Haruhi- the commoner who is a special scholarship student who has a “low threshold for gender identity”. She’s extremely intelligent but can be painfully oblivious to the more romantic feelings of her admirers. It is shown that she “gentle but farseeing eyes that looks straight whenever she talks to someone”. In middle school, she was so popular that she received a proposal once a month but she never really seemed interested in boys, wishing only to excel in school and become a lawyer like her deceased mother.
All her club mates find her extremely cute but the girls are also going crazy over “Haruhi-kun” but she has yet to show her choice. She is dubbed as the “Natural or Most Promising Rookie” in the Host Club. She would often wear girly clothes and a wig during “missions” or is dragged into a make-over by the Hitachiin twins or whenever dressed by her okama (cross-dressing) father. Haruhi’s favorite expression, “Damn rich bastards.”
Hitachiin Twins, Hikaru and Kaoru- the Host Club’s “devil” type and classmates of Haruhi. They use their “brotherly love” act to pull in moe-fan girls and would inspire fits of burning frenzy because of strong homo feelers. They are often the main source of mischief especially when they’re bored but they’re also slowly opening their world to others (Re: Haruhi). I couldn’t help but put up this picture because they are so HOT, HOT, HOT!
Hikaru is the older twin and is temperamental, childish and as Haruhi said, one level meaner than Kaoru. Kaoru is the younger, sensible twin, who is more observant and understanding of other people than his brother. The twins and Haruhi are also called the “friendly trio”, the twins often “manhandle” Haruhi and are touchy-feely with her and honest to God, I love the idea if the triumverate would end up together! *faints at the idea*
Suoh Tamaki- half-Japanese, half-French, Tamaki founded the Host Club and became the president and later on is called “King” because he has the most designations. He’s the “Prince type” and is never without a ready rose in hand for a swooning and blush-stained female. He usually acts over the top and idiotic with bouts of overwhelming phermones for his clients but it’s his family act that pulls the club together, often referring himself to be the “otou-san” (father), Kyoya “okaa-san” (mother).
Tamaki is princely and very suave with endless one liners out to set girl’s hearts fluttering and only Haruhi seems to be immune to his charms. Sparkles or roses in the background appear whenever he speaks. Despite his dramatics (like growing mushrooms or disintegratingwhen ignored or rebuffed by Haruhi), he has this overwhelming desire to bring happiness to women. He calls Haruhi his daughter and is strangely extremely overprotective of her.
Ootori Kyoya- Kyaaa!!! I love guys with glasses!!! *swoons* The Shadow King and “Cool type” of the Host Club. He is also called “okaa-san” by Tamaki and is in charge of the finances and funds of the group. He is cool (actually, cold being a better description) in every sense of the word, preferring to be laid back and manipulate the Host Club members to his desired result. He is always seen scribbling in a notebook and is the keeper of Haruhi’s debts.
Outside his “Shadow King” persona, he describes himself as an egoist who only does things for merits and is also considered to be Tamaki’s best friend. He’s the third son of the powerful Ootori zaibatsu and he has a burning desire to succeed and is often frustrated because he will never be recognized as his father’s heir. His blood type is AB and has low blood pressure and becomes like the devil himself when woken up during mornings. Haruhi once remarked that he is so evil that he makes being cool look refreshing! *hugs a bare-chested Kyoya plushie*
Haninozuka Mitsukuni- Also known as “Honey-senpai” or “Hunny-senpai” depending on fansubs. He is a paradox, despite being the oldest member of Host Club, he sports the “Loli-shota” type and longs as old as an elementary school kid! He has has blond hair and big brown eyes. He loves sweets and can eat three whole cakes in one sitting, takes afternoon naps and lugs around Usa-chan, his stuffed rabbit made by his grandmother.
But of course, Hunny-senpai has a deeper side. He is actually a judo and karate champion, and dubbed a fierce warrior in the Haninozuka clan who is the most famous clan for karate. He has AB bloodtype and becomes a beast whenever woken up from his naps. He also has a brother named Chika.
Morinuzuka Takashi- He is called “Mori-senpai” by everybody else except Hunny-senpai who calls him Takashi. He is the “Wild type” because of his scary looks (as described by Kasanoda) and his taciturn nature. He very seldom speaks but it’s also his biggest selling point. According to the manga, he turns into a real ladies’ man when he is feeling tired. The Morinuzuka family has been serving the Haninuzuka family for generations and Mori-senpai is Hunny-senpai’s self-appointed guardian and sweets watchdog. He is also the kendo champion.
Off-hand, I really find Mori-senpai cute, actually he’s sizzling hot especially when he took his shirt off while chopping wood during the “refreshing contest at Karuizawa”. But he seems very devoted to Hunny-senpai so a paring with Haruhi seems a long shot.
More on OHSHC coming soon!!!!! *Arashijo glomps on all of them* Btw, I’m very much encouraged to write fanfics about these characters, they really caught my heart, I have a fanfic and it’s lemon *eeps* about the Hitachiin twins and Haruhi so ja matte ne!!!
~Arashijo
Do the mangas last longer then the show????
because i really want to read them >>
All I know, regarding the manga, is in the US the manga only goes up to 8 and I haven’t the anime anywhere…I don’t know if that helps you ^^
First of all, that was really in depth and useful- thank you so much!! I bought an anime magazine in China and I searched forever for the English name. By the way, Wikipedia says that there are 10 mangas in all.
Does any1 noe how old hunny is??
O_O
Honey’s 18 – hard to believe isn’t it? xD
On a side note…
They say that he was originally the oldest one in the host club…But then Hatori-sensei has also said before that Mori is older than him; there has been some sort of a mistake through out the character development I blieve.
After all, Honey was born on February 29 (Whoa! It’s a once in four years birthday! o.O) And Mori’s is May 5…
The twins look so cute. I LOVE THEM!!!!
Really honey is 18 but I thought that he was 17 years old…. oh well does anyone think that the twins are so cute i mean look how cute and sweet they are.
Kawaii!I love the twins! I really wonder who’s better though. Because the jealous types are funny but also the mature types are nice too…..*lost in thoughts*
LOVE THE TWINS! where would i be able to find this as a video or dvd?
i think the mean ones. they would be more willing to protect you from other people and they might be nicer to you if you are close to them…like Hikaru is to Kaoru!!
I LUV THE HITACHIIN BROTHERS!!! I WILL CONVERT TO HITACHIINISM!!!!!!!!!!
ouran high school host club really is wonderful, it’s just that I’m really curious in the romance part, it’s hard to figure out who fell in love with whom.
No one fell in love with anyone. They are setting up a family.
Tamaki- Dad
Kyouya- Mom
Mori- Oldest brother
Honey- Baby
Hikaru and Kaoru- Mischevious twins
Haruhi- Daddy’s lil princess
No pairings…at all. ^-^
Anyways, I love Ouran High School Host Club! I give it an A++++++++++!!!!! ^-^ + lol anyways, sooo yeah….HARUHI FOREVER! and….. KYOUYA FOREVER! Okay that’s all. I’m good! ^-^
The clothes of the ‘Ouran High School host Club’ are N.I.C.E. !!!
The uniform ( the blue blazer with the black pants, and the white
ensemble) are stunning….
Also the free-time clothes of the charachters are b-e-a-utiful…
(Hikaru & Kaoru are the best….)
Also the clothes they were at the host club ( hawaï-theme, Louis XIV – theme, police-uniform theme,….) are very nice !!!!
And let’s not forget the beautiful location of the Ouran High School !!!
It’s a beautiful school with beautiful rooms, bathrooms, lounges, class rooms,…..
I LIKE THE OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUB !!!
Does Usa-chan have a gender? Or is it just, “it”?
MY TWINS…NOT YOURS!
SO HOT.
I LOVE THOSE TWINS! xD
I love all of them, they ‘re so cute together
honey is my bunny!!!
so cute rub rub !!!+ =]
twins are hot
morino baby hya!!
Tamaki is my prince mmmmm
oh yeah glasses guy cant remember his name but mmm boy!!!
haruhi u lucky ***** joke!!!
manga and anime is my world……
Yeah i love 2……..
I luuuuuuuuuuuvvvvvvvvvvvv this show!!!
i love ouran..!! its lyk fruits basket..XD
they said that Ouran 2 is coming April 2008. But its boring cos No honey-senpai and Mori-senpai
the twins r 2cuite and same with honey
Honey-sempia is sooooo cute I’m a moe, shota lvr, and the twins ohhh the twins yes oh yes if I went to their school I’d be honey’s and the twins main customer, such brotherly love, such kawaiiness!
takashi senpai ~droooooll~ youre really my type!!!!!
i love this show it is duper funnyand its so kawaii
really? ouran 2?…. so excited!!!!!!!
OMG! This is the first time I ever heard of ouran2 I am so excited!
I LOVE HIKARU! He is so mischievious!
I also love Mori! He is soooo hot! *drools*
Honey is waaay cute and adorable! I wonder if Usa has a gender too…..
Kyouya is cool the way he has so many different sides to him. He really is the shadow king.
Kaoru is awesome too but in my opinion Hikaru is a much more interesting character.
I’m not really a big Tamaki fan, but the Host Club definitely wouldn’t be as funny without him!
AAUUGHHH!!!!!! I am so jealous of Haruhi! Doesn’t she realize how lucky she is!!!!!!
I LOVE THE HOST CLUB!!!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!
Ehh I love the show!
I think i missed the episode where Hikaru ‘n Kaoru took their shirts off *points at pic*
Wich episode is thaaaat?? 0_0
i 100% love the twins does anyone know why they are just so hot, isnt it funny how you wish all of that was real
heh. I really prefer the anime because it has a real plot in some way. But I was reading the manga way before the anime. Also, volume 9 of the Manga just came out. In the Manga, the family is like this:
Kyoya=Mother
Tamaki=Father
Hitachiins=Brothers
Haruhi=Daughter
Mori=Neighbor’s wife
Hunny=Neighbor
It’s really cute. I love the Kyouya x Haruhi pairing the most. But if I had to choose a guy to fall in love with besides my Shadow King I think it’d be Kaoru. He’s so mature and I love trying to figure out what’s in his head when you see one thing happen or two things happen or blah blah blah, y’know? heh. This series is really awesome, but the plot is severly lacking. I like her new series Millenium snow better. Toya is my favorite in that one. Everyone should totally try it out.
I really, really do love the Hitachiin brothers…
although at first i thought they were gay now after watching the whole series it really changed my mind about them!!!
I’m not a very big fan of Tamaki-senpai I really think his an idiot (no offence to tamaki fans) because his really selfish trying to keep Haruhi all to himself and not thinking what the others feel about Haruhi…
If he’s such a father he should be able to listen to his childrens feelings…
I really want Haruhi to get together with one of the Hitachiin brothers (mostly with Hikaru)…
HONEYYY SOOO KAWAIII!!! But i looove Kyouya-san (also loves hawt anime guys with glasses) ze twins make me laugh.. soo cuute.. but poor Tamaki-san always gets so depressed when he gets rejected.. Tamaki baby i’ll have you if Haruhi doesnt want you!!! ^.~ *giggles* anyway… Takashi-san is hawt.. i almost fainted from his hawtness in the episode zat he took his shirt off to chop wood.. HAWTNESS!!!! la la la la
MINA-SAMA if yuu would like to watch Ouran High Host Club on ze interenet.. i have ze site for yuu =DD although yuu need 2 create an account…. but it also has a looootta other anime’s =DD okie dokies it ish… http://www.otakucenter.com dun dun dunnnn lol.. well hope to be of assistance Mina-sama… Sayonara
~<33 Hana-chan
KYAAA!
I really luvv Ouran high school & Tamaki our prince 😀 :$
He’s an idiot, but so sexy too 😀
In the parts when he’s alone with haruhi (lucky kid T_T)
he’s quiet, mysterious and soo sweet..
his puppy eyes are so cute XD
Daddy’s lil princess hmm.. she’s too lucky T_T
Sayonara 😉
Sakura-chan.
i absolutely ADORE this anime!! eeeeee i wish tamaki was real. i hate how no guy in the universe can measure up to anime guys T____________________T
Okay. You can find all of the ep. at crunchyroll, and in really good def too. No cost unless you don’t want to use the normal screen or have exceeded bandwitdh on your screen. Otherwise, great site to find animes.
How old are they? can somebody told that in my e-mail.. 🙂
“Does Usa-chan have a gender? Or is it just, “it”?”
usa-chan is a boy, because on the episode they switch genders, they dress him up as a girl… so origninally he’s a boy. =]
hikaru and kaoru are very cool i really love them…
next to my favorite is the price? -tamaki- he’s sooo hot…
i love them all…
i wish they were real…
i find this conversation very odd.. seeing as i dont consider myself as a fan-girl.. yet at this moment i feel like one.. o_0 I’ve seen most of the anime and read all of the manga-books that are out so far.. you can just kinda tell who’s my favorite host… >> and yes, i too wish ouran was real * sighes * but i guess that’s what fantasys are for…. >>
Kyoya-kun is so damn fricken hot, sexy and fine!!!!! OMG!!!! if i could get him in my room, we’d be banging extremely hard!!! he was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sexy in that beach episode with haruhi!!!!!!!!!!
Tamaki is… The Sweetiest, Sexiest, and Funniest KING in the world!!!! I wish, someday, he will get a good luck coz till rightnow he always get bad luck everytime. My poor tamaki…
HARUHI! COME HERE AND TAKE CARE OF THIS GUY!! I LEAVE HIM ON YOU!!!!
i love this anime so much
ojala se vieran las demas foto `pero las que se ven igual esta bien
I love this series…i’ve seen all 26 episodes, man i wish they would make a second series because it’s kind off not enough, tamaki and haruhi didn’t even kiss in the last episode or in any episode….=<
i looove kyoya… and suki baby, no need for kisses, its what makes the flames of MOOOEEEE!!!!! burn stronger… sigh… i love kyouya… his impassive attitude and good judgement always saves the day…. and makes me hot. oh man… i wosh he is real. hes smart, rich, sexy hot, he pretends to be uber bad… but really hes uber uber nice inside… and he only shows it to those who are close to him. i wanna be close to him!!!!
what more can you wish for?
Omg I love the show! I was so sad when it ended!!
If I were to pair up Haruhi I think she should end up with Tamaki even though I don’t think she really deserves him. She is THE luckiest girl in just about all anime ❤
Why can’t anime guys exist in real life? Why? Why? Why? It just isn’t fair. I want to marry a hot guy like Tamaki or Kaoru. I wish I beautiful like Haruhi. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! I want to be an anime character! I want tooooooooooooooooooooo!
esa serie es mui buena sigan asi
[…] Original post by rafael […]
I like hikaru and kaoru only hahahaha.T_T i wan be anime character i wan see all people in ouran host club and i wan school at there .i wan be SUPER RICh like Tamaki.WHOA~~~~~~~all people at there is KAWAII and SUPER RICH.WHOAA!!!!!!T_T i wan be anime character.
[…] Original post by Malina […]
oh all right , this manga is perfec perfec , my love in tamaki, he is magnific king , but honey is very very charming ^-^
[…] Original post by sharity […]
rofl.
haruhi & hikaru FOREVA.
tamaki you stay beingg the daddy.
XD
haiiiiiiii, this anime is ohhhh sooooo kawaii!!
i love mori senpai, i would definitely be his number 1 customer, huhu the fact i will get dumped also because of honey senpai… huhuhu
OMG I LOVE: (IN ORDER TOP TO BOTTOM)
-HIKARU (CHU~)
-KAORU
-MORI(IN EPISODE WHERE HE CHOPS WOOD, KLUNK* I FAINTED)
-KYOUYA(SO EVIL THAT HES HOT)
-HONEY(AWWWWWWWWW SOOOO CUTE!)
NOT SO MUCH TAMAKI-SAN I DONT LIKE HIM THAT MUCH
OMG THO HARUHI IS SO LUCKY TO B IN THE SAME FRIGGIN CLASS AS THE HITACHIIN TWINS ! 0x0
OMFG! tThis is my favorite show on the planet! LUV LUV LUV~!
>_< *skweeeeeee!!!!!!* Mori’s so HOT!!!!! ^_^
Wow i can’t believe how upset i am because ive now watched all the episodes! *cries* sniffle… 😦 This and Fruits Basket are my all time favourite animes! It frustrates me so much that the producers make such a brilliant anime thats so addictive and then just stops them at 26 episodes! Evil people! *glares in their direction!*
Hitachiin twins are my favourites! Awww their so hot its unbelievable, especially when Hikaru starts to get homo on Kaoru, my heart just flutters its so brilliant! And i think that they should have had an episode where Kyouya senpai and Haruhi get close and romantic! Awww that would be the best! *Dreams wonderful dreams*….. sigh
There must be more episodes!!!
I love Hikaru&Kaoru
Unfortunately, they only planned to animate that 1 season of Ouran. It wasn’t dropped, it is considered complete. Go pick up the manga, its so utterly worth it. Possible pairings are really starting to make themselves known.
Kisses and blushes, oh my!
But I’m waiting for the moment when they finally show that Nekozawa knows Haruhi is a girl. He saw her in the dress at his mansion by the beach, after all.(Mangaverse)
>…>;
Nekozawa is cute too *-* ^^ I see him being paired with Kaoru alot in fanfics lol.. I’ve currently been trying to find a new anime to watch! I can’t believe there is hardly any fanfiction on Ouron High School Host Club it’s heart breaking..
>…>;
OMG i love all of the characters in their respective types,they are great!!!!
i go to an all girls school , it makes me think of the Zuka Club *shudder* but that means we can’t have a host club type thing:(
does anyone have a host club type thing at their school? (if you go to school)
i think that it is so sweet in the last episode of the anime with tamaki and haruhi!!! awwww, it’s so sweet!!
sorry, could someone tell me who Nekozawa is by any chance? i must of seemed to miss it!!
Nekozawa is head of the black magic club! So hot, bezelnof the puppet is cute.
lol,
I’ll try to watch this anime though it’s a shojo (for girls)
The story seems nice…^^
hi my name is Jack and my twin is Zack we’re sooooooo happy couse there is story about twins life ..
..we both like hitachan brother they like us
however if someone want to be our frind just email us here;
warthed76@yahoo.com
by: JO & ZO
You know most women have searched for a tall sexy dark haired man… HELLO ITS MORI SENPAI!!!!!! He can even fight away evil or stalkers with his amazing kendo moves and can even sexually chop wood without his shirt on. ALSO you could aways EAT CAKE with HUNNY!!!!!!! yayayayay MORI SENPAI is my perfect man and hes a cartoon. JUST MY LUCK
I am from Lithuania and i like this Ouron High School Host Club. Why they don’t do more Episode? :< And why Haruhi don’t kiss that Tamaki? :<
Ohh my gosh!! Today I finish the anime and it made me cry! T_T I love this show and I love Tamaki-kun as well!!!!!!!!! <33
There is seriously not enough Kyoya-love in the world [in my opinion]. He’s so evil and yet he wakes up in a bad mood and eats a LOT, and to me that just makes him adorable. [Yes I have a backwards brain, any problems?]
And all this stuff about Ouran2 I’m pretty sure isn’t true. I’ve checked other sites and they say it’s just a rumour; even though that’s a bummer. At least the manga still going.
[One more time] Kyoyaaaa~~~~~~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
❤
I just wanted to say that the first time I heard Kaoru’s name, I thought about Kaoru from Rurouni Kenshin. I couldn’t help myself – then I decided that the author probably wanted some sort of rhyming names for the twins. I guess its just me.
Have they put Ouran2 into English yet? I have only seen the first season – the episode about Hikaru going on bout Cinderella as weird. I was totally confused about that.
I tried reading the manga online, and I figure that since Ouran is more comedy than anything, that they don’t fixate on plot like Naruto, Rurouni Kenshin and Fullmetal Alchemist. It’s mostly cute with a plot that’s taken care of in thirty minutes. I do want to see what they do with Tamaki and his Grandmother, and if Kyuyo’s fathr and Tamaki’s get into a big fuss over who gets to marry Harui and what not.
The first season was great! only watched it because Vic, who does the voice of Edward Elric from Fullmeal Alchemist, played one of the main characters. So that’s how I got into it in the first pace. Needless to say, I LOVE Tamaki!!!!!!
His corner of woe bits are so amuing. I know that when I am in a depressed mood, all I gotta do is watch OHSHC and I am good!
I absolutely LOVE Ouran!! Kaoru is so definetly mine, so no one try to even think about stealing my man!!! Even though I love the Hitachiin twins, Kaoru is my personal favorite! Even though if Kaoru’s gay, this would be the order in which I would date them.
Kaoru, Kyouya, Mori, Honey, Hikaru (cause he’s a bit of a d-bag), Tamaki, then maybe go on a girl’s date with Haruhi.