Ouran High School Host Club
| Ouran High School Host Club | |
|---|---|
 The cast of the Ouran Host club. From bottom going counterclockwise: Takashi, Mitsukuni, Haruhi, Kyouya, Hikaru, Kaoru, Tamaki | |
| Original Manga | Bisco Hatori |
| Director/Artist | Takuya Igarashi |
| Format | Anime (TV) |
| Made By | Bones |
| Episode Length | 24 minutes |
| # of Episodes | 26 |
Contents
Genre
Comedy, Reverse-harem, Drama, Shoujo
Sum it up in a Sentence
A relatively normal girl earns a scholarship to enter a super-elite high school for the rich situated in Japan, only to accidentally destroy a vase worth ¥8,000,000 and joins the school's Host Club to pay off the debt...much to her chagrin.
Main Description
Ouran High School is grounds to children of the extremely-wealthy and influential members of society, and therefore only allows students outside their society class in under special occasions. Haruhi Fujioka is one such case, as she is very intelligent and earns a scholarship to attend Ouran High. However, problems begin when she meets the Host Club; a group of handsome male students who profit from playing host to and entertaining the girls of the school. She accidentally destroys an expensive vase, and is forced to work off her debt first as the "dog" of the club, but later as a full-fledged Host Club member despite the ordeal involving her gender. Concealing Haruhi's gender is then cause for concern, drama, and much comedy as her now-upside-down life continues into the rest of her school year.
Main Characters
- Haruhi Fujioka (voiced by Maaya Sakamoto): The protagonist of the series. She comes from a lower-middle income family and joins the Host Club under the guise of a male. Nicknamed the "Natural type."
- Tamaki Suoh (voiced by Mamoru Miyano): The creator and self-proclaimed "king" of the Host Club. He is very egotistical but very selfless to the needs of others. Nicknamed the "Prince type."
- Kyouya Ootori (voiced by Masaya Matsukaze): Deemed "mother" and "Shadow King" of the Host Club. Very calculating and runs the business end of things for the Host Club. Nicknamed the "Cool type."
- Hikaru Hitachiin (voiced by Kenichi Suzumura): The older brother of the twins. Has an innate devious nature and is sometimes tactless. Nicknamed the "Little Devil type."
- Kaoru Hitachiin (voiced by Yoshinori Fujita): The younger brother of the twins. Is accurate in mimicking his brother and is very caring towards him. Nicknamed the "Little Devil type" in conjunction with his brother.
- Mitsukuni Haninozuka (voiced by Ayaka Saito): A very short but extremely cute senior. Loves cake and his stuffed bunny doll. Nicknamed the "Loli-shota type."
- Takashi Morinozuka (voiced by Daisuke Kirii): Tall, taciturn and quiet, "Mori" rarely speaks unless he needs to. He often stays with Mitsukuni and vice versa. Nicknamed the "Wild type."
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Personal Opinions
Willsun
A series that at first, required a lot of effort and spurring on from friends to watch mainly because I thought this was going to be something dripping heavy with yaoi (not saying there's anything wrong with it, but it's not my thing). However, once you get past the "pink" of its appearance, I found the humor of Ouran to die for. The director kept well in line with the humor style of the manga (of which I later found out on my own because I can't get enough of Ouran) and all the visual cues and attitude was perfect. Even the characters poked fun at the whole yaoi matter themselves, of which yaoi is barely even present throughout the whole series. Hell, I even grew to love the pseudo-homo-incest humor the Hitachiin twins take when they're doing business in the Host Club.
Despite humor being a central part of Ouran, there's quite a lot of character development that happens later and sometimes unexpectedly. The characters all deal with problems that are real, and often of societal expectations that many people don't like to deal with. It never gets "dark" by any means, but they can take it to a level of seriousness that really stands out amidst all the comedy.
You'll laugh, you'll cry, and there's good drama. Please take my recommendation and check out Ouran. I urge you to get past the girly appearance because even though it is considered "shoujo," normal guys like you and me can appreciate it. Just remember that it never sinks to any queasy level of bitching and moaning, and that comedy is its main schtick. In fact, all the other genre tags aside from "comedy" is just a formality. If you're still scared of checking it out, just open up a manly webpage you can alt-tab to in case someone walks in or something. --Willsun 09:36, 11 February 2008 (CET)
