Ouran High School Host Club

(It contains spoilers!!!)

"Ouran High School Host Club" is one of the first animes, I've ever watched. Later, I read the manga (manga is a Japanese comix) by Bisco Hatori. And I just love it !!! I've watched the drama as well.
The action takes place in a fancy school for rich kids. The main characters are six wealthy boys and  a commoner girl, who dresses herself as a boy. They are members of their own host club and all they do is to entertain ladies. The characters are very funny but they also have a deeper surprising side.

The Prince

Tamaki Suou is called the host club's King and he is the founder of the club. He is half-French and his family owns a successful business and even Ouran. Tamaki is narcissistic and a bit stupid but he is a gentleman and very kind. The club members are like family to him and he is the father of that family. I guess he is a parody of the typical prince-like characters in animes. And it's hilarious that he doesn't realize his love for Haruhi at first.

 The Natural Rookie

Haruhi Fujioka is a girl but she is disguising herself as a boy (I think this is one of the most favourite types of characters in Asia). She is a scholarship student, the only one in Ouran who isn't rich.

Haruhi becomes a host club member by accident. She looks for a quiet place to study and gets into 3rd Music Room. She is wearing her father's clothes (because she can't afford buying the expensive Ouran uniform) and that's why the host club members think she is a boy. Later, they find out that Haruhi is a girl (I love those light bulbs!!!). Haruhi breaks an expensive vase, worth 8 000 000 yen, and to pay off her dept she agrees to work at the host club. 

Haruhi is a good intelligent girl who studies hard to become lawyer like her late mother. Because of that she is one of my favourite female anime characters. I hate when the leading female character is a stupid girl. I also like her I-don't-care attitude.
However, she doesn't know how to have fun so the host club members teach her that. 

The Mom

The Shadow King - Kyoya Ootori, is the host club's Vice-President. He is the third son in a powerful family, which owns hospital and even police. He is cool, ambitious, smart and very greedy. Kyoya always wants to make a profit out of everyone and everything. He tries to show his father that he is capable of inheriting the family business like his older brothers. He is a very interesting character and develops a lot throughout the anime.
By the way, Tamaki calls him "Mom".

The Naughty Twins

Kaoru and Hikaru Hitachiin are very mischievous and they like making fun of Tamaki. They are the funniest characters in this anime/manga.

The host club customers' reactions of their "forbidden brotherly love" act are insane. The twins think that everyone exist in this world to be their toys and their favourite toy is Haruhi. They are always joking around but they live in their own world before they meet Tamaki. Haruhi is the only one who can make difference between them.
There is also shown a vulnerable side of them in the anime and some very dramatic moments from their childhood.

The Loli-shota type

Mitsukuni Haninozuka, more famous as Honey-sempai, is the cutest thing ever. He is actually the oldest host club member, but looks like a little boy. He likes his stuffed toy, called Usa(Bunny)-chan and eating cakes. But he isn't always so adorable. Honey-sempai has a dark side and is a very skilful karate fighter. He sometimes acts very sensible and gives a lot of advises to the other host club members. He has a really epic battles with his brother.

  

The Strong Silent Type

Takashi Morinozuka (Mori-sempai) likes kendo (martial art of sword-fighting). He doesn't speak much but he is very nice. Mori is Honey-sempai's cousin and he takes care of him. His family has served the Haninozuka family for many generations.
I'm a bit disappointed that the anime doesn't show the other side of him. In the manga, when  Mori is tired he becomes very out-going and flirtatious. Very funny!

My Favourite Secondary Characters

The Otaku Girl

Renge Houshakuji is the representative of all girls screaming "Kya!!!" (that includes me). She comes from France after seeing a photo of Kyoya, who looks like her favourite video game character. She flies right out of her home, literally. Renge is kind of crazy.

Renge intrudes the host club and declares herself as manager of it and as a fiancee of Kyoya. The host club members leave her to do what she wants because she is the daughter of an important business partner of Kyoya's father. She likes cosplay and produces the "Moe Moe Ouran Journal".
When she is disappointed by Kyoya, she starts having a crush on Haruhi (she doesn't know that Haruhi is a girl).

The Dark Side

Umehito Nekozawa is the president of the Black Magic Club. His hobbies include making curses. He has a strange illness, called photophobia, so he prefers dark places. He has a voodoo doll - Belzeneff. 

Nekozawa-sempai has an younger sister - Kirimi, who likes shojo mangas and is affraid of the dark. She wants her brother to be a prince. The host club members help him to get along with his sister, even though he can't show his prince-like appearance. 

Nekozawa is one of my favourite characters in both anime and manga. 

The Kind Yakuza

Ritsu Kasanoda rarely appears in the anime but he gets into some very funny situations. He is the son of a yakusa boss and has a scary face, so he is called "Human Blizzard". But he is very nice, takes care of animals and likes gardening. He wants to have friends to kick cans with (his hobby) and the host club members try to help him. Of course, they make it worse. He actually finds out that he already has friends.

Kasanoda finds out by accident that Haruhi is a girl and has a crush on her. When he admits his feelings to her, she doesn't even noticed that he likes her and tells him that they are just friends. All girl customers sympathize him after seeing that and are more friendly to him. 

Hikaru, Kaoru and Tamaki call him Bossa Nova-kun and Haruhi calls him Casanova-kun. I burst into laughter every time I read, hear or think of it (even now!).

 Something Funny 

Tamaki's jealousy

The twins' Fight

Host club members as girls

What the host club members think of this

Tamaki growing mushrooms

Tamaki is scared out of Nekozawa

Tamaki's corner

Twins taking revenge

Romantic Moments

Music

The opening song "Sakura Kiss" is nice ... I guess, but I don't really like it. But there are few tracks that I enjoy much. Check them out below!

What do you think about the classical music? I'm not an expert but I like some pieces and I definitely like this one.

Renge's theme song


Warning! It's so sweet! You'll get a cavity!


If you haven't watched "Ouran High School Host Club" yet, I recommend it to you. Even if you aren't an anime fan.