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 Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 4:17 am
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Plot ;
Ouran High School Host Club is a story that takes place primarily at Ouran High School, an exclusive institution for students from incredibly wealthy and affluent families. One exception is scholarship student Haruhi Fujioka, a young student from a lower-middle class family. Because of the superlative cost of the school uniform, Haruhi resorts to wearing long slacks, polo shirts and a vest that resembles the male student's uniform with large glasses and tousled short hair. Therefore, upon entering school, Haruhi was assumed to be, by most, a male student.
Because the Ouran High School libraries are filled with gossiping students, Haruhi seeks out the Third Music Room, supposedly unused, as a quiet place to study. But Haruhi finds that this room has been taken over by the Host Club - a group of six attractive male students who spend their time charming and entertaining the school's girls for profit. During their first meeting, Haruhi is shocked at their behavior which causes her to accidently knock over a very expensive vase valued at ¥8,000,000 ($80,000 in the English manga). This causes Haruhi to contract a massive debt with the Host Club. In order to pay off the large sum, Haruhi is employed as the club's "dog" and is constantly ordered to do menial tasks for the members such as serving food or cleaning up.
Once the club president, Tamaki Suou, sees how good Haruhi looks without glasses, Haruhi is promoted to be one of the hosts of the club as a way to pay off the huge debt. One by one, the other club members take notice, until even the club president finally discovers that Haruhi is, in fact, a female, with a self-proclaimed 'low threshold for gender identity'. However, since she has already been accepted by the club's customers and has become one of the main attractions, Haruhi is allowed to continue being a host provided she conceals the fact that she is a female. She is forced to stay until she has accumulated a total of 100 (later, 1000) customers, at which time her debt would be considered paid in full.
Later, Haruhi develops close personal relationships with the members of the host club, managing to capture most of their hearts. In Volume 10 of the manga, Kaoru is the first to openly say that he likes Haruhi. |
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:48 pm
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Main Characters ;
 Haruhi Fujioka
Haruhi is the main character of the story, a lower-middle class first-year student who is able to attend Ouran High School through a scholarship provided by the school for her grades. She looks like a boy due to her short hair and cute face, apparently she had longer hair but had to cut some of it due to a kid placing gum in her hair. Shortly after arriving at Ouran (looking like a boy), Haruhi accidentally breaks a vase worth ¥8,000,000 ($80,000 in the manga's North American English version) while in the Host Club clubroom and since then has been forced to work for them to pay for it. Mistaking her for a male, the club initially has her working as their slave, but they make her a club host once they discover that, beneath her glasses and rumpled clothing, she actually has a good looking face. Her natural charm and relaxed demeanour makes her a favourite with the club's customers.
By the end of episode 1, the entire club knows she is a female, but due to her debt, she must continue to work for the club. Wacky adventures follow as she tries to pay them off, and they consistently follow Haruhi around and generally annoy the poor girl while trying to keep her gender a secret. Although, Tamaki, the leader of the host club, protests a little for he wishes to see Haruhi in her feminity.
* Birthday: February 4
* Alias: Haru-chan, Daughter
* Hair: Brown
* Eyes: Brown
* Age: 16
* Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
* Height: 155cm (5'1")
* Blood Type: O
* Strong subjects: Classical Japanese, English
* Favourite Foods: Sushi, ramen, strawberries, ootoro, many high-class foods
* Disliked Food: Sweet things in general
* Type: Natural
* Mid-term Exam Ranking: 1st Year, 3rd Place (1st place after taking a makeup exam)
* Fear: Thunder
* Ranking in Dai Hin Min: 6th (last)
* Sentai colour : Red
 Tamaki Suou
Tamaki is a half-Japanese, half-French Ouran High School second-year student and the president of the Host Club, the founding of which was his idea. He is sometimes referred to as the "King" of the Host Club and is by far the most popular host, with a 70% request rate. The usual instigator of all of the Host Club's antics, Tamaki is prone to dramatics and often acts without thinking or overreacts to trivial things; the other members of the club, particularly Hikaru and Kaoru, often take amusement at his expense. At the same time, they almost always follow his lead, and staunchly support him when it's needed. He is the heart and soul of the Host Club -- he is the one responsible for its creation and formation, and without him, it would fall apart.
Despite his foolish and arrogant behaviour, Tamaki is kind and generous, and is easily moved by the distress of others, even strangers. Once aware of others peoples' problems, he will do all he can to help them and "ascertain justice". He often makes elaborate plans or "strategies" to help them, and will drag the rest of the Host Club into his altruistic schemes despite their protests or indifference. He is curious and genuinely smitten by the habits and lifestyles of "commoners", or people not as well-off as he and his classmates at Ouran, and goes about experiencing them with enthusiasm (sometimes for Haruhi's benefit, and sometimes for his own).
* Birthday: April 8
* Age: 17
* Hair: Blond
* Eyes: Violet
* Alias: King, Father, Tama-chan, 'Tono' (translation: 'My Lord')
* Zodiac Sign: Aries
* Height: 183cm (6'0")
* Blood Type: A
* Strong subjects: English, French, World History
* Favourite Foods: Commoner's ramen, commoner's candy (Baby Star)
* Type: Prince
* Mid-term Exam Ranking: 2nd Year, 2nd Place
* Sentai colour: White
* Ranking in Dai Hin Min: 5th
 Kyouya Ootori
Kyouya is a second-year student at Ouran High School, and vice-president of the host club. The "cool type" of the club, he is extremely intelligent and quite calculating, capable of manipulating events to serve any number of purposes. His family is primarily involved in hospital management and the medical industry with various other business interests as well, and supplies the school's medical staff and security (via its 100-member private police force). As the third son, Kyouya is unlikely to inherit leadership of the family's business unless he can surpass his older brothers' achievements to his father's satisfaction. This puts a lot of pressure on Kyouya, but he claims that he cannot think of a more interesting challenge. His family and the Suou family are rivals, so Kyouya initially befriended Tamaki because his father ordered him to for business reasons. However, as time passed, their friendship became genuine. Also, in the manga, he's shown to be sympathetic to his elder sister, Fuyumi, who was married; when their father saw her back in the house, he commented that married women shouldn't return home so readily. Both Kyouya's and Tamaki's father have an interest in Haruhi, considering Haruhi to be an excellent future wife for their sons. This, they claim, is the only impediment to their being friends like their sons are.
* Birthday: November 22
* Age: 17
* Hair: Black
* Eyes: Dark Gray
* Alias: Shadow King, Mother, Devil, Kyou-chan
* Zodiac Sign: Scorpio (his profile in volume 1 of the manga states that he is a Cancer)
* Height: 181cm (5'11")
* Blood Type: AB
* Strong Subjects: English, German, Physics
* Favorite Foods: Spicy things
* Disliked Food: Sweet things
* Type: Cool
* Mid-term Exam Ranking: 2nd Year, 1st Place
* Sentai colour: Purple
* Ranking in Dai Hin Min: 1st
 Hikaru Hitachiin (right)
Hikaru and his younger identical twin, Kaoru, are first-year students in the same class as Haruhi. The twins tend to imply an incestuous relationship, making a show of it for the benefit of the "boys love" fans among the Host Club's customers. Unlike Tamaki, their interaction with the club's customers is entirely an excuse to satisfy themselves; the "little devil" types of the club, they enjoy making a game of manipulating others for their own amusement, and are easily bored by most things. Both have a habit on calling Tamaki "my lord" (tono in Japanese) instead of Tamaki's preferred nickname, "king." When Tamaki first asked them to join the Host Club, they referred to Tamaki's speech as that of "an idiot lord."
The two of them are extremely close and dependent upon one another, seeing the world primarily in terms of "us" and "those apart from us," thus having little concern for anyone else. Prior to joining the Host Club, they had very little interaction with other people. After Haruhi joins the Host Club, Hikaru and Kaoru's world really begins to expand. Haruhi proves to naturally distinguish between the two of them and sees them as two individuals rather than interchangeable; she can easily tell them apart with her natural intuition. This is something new for Hikaru and Kaoru, as previously nobody was able to tell them apart, and they develop a fondness for Haruhi since she recognizes them as individuals. Since they also enjoy poking fun at Tamaki, they often rub their relationship with Haruhi in Tamaki's face and flirt with her just to make him jealous.
* Birthday: June 9
* Age: 16
* Hair: Red
* Eyes: Gold
* Alias: Hika-chan
* Zodiac Sign: Gemini
* Status: Older twin
* Height: 178cm (5'10")
* Blood Type: B
* Strong Subjects: Math, Physics, Chemistry, Art
* Type: Little Devil
* Mid-term Exam Ranking: 1st Year, 5th Place
* Ranking in Dai Hin Min: joint 2nd, together with his brother
* Sentai colour: Blue
Kaoru Hitachiin (left)
Kaoru is the younger twin brother of Hikaru Hitachiin, by one minute. He and Hikaru are both in their first year at Ouran and are classmates of Haruhi Fujioka. They tend to imply an incestuous (or "brotherly love") relationship for their "forbidden love" fans. Both twins address Tamaki as "my/our lord" instead of king, due to the fact they first thought of Tamaki as "the idiot of lords."
Initially, Kaoru and Hikaru felt Haruhi's presence in the Host Club was questionable. A main contributing factor to this was that she could tell both twins apart with ease. To them, it was one of the first times that anyone had ever stepped into their world. Before Haruhi and the Host Club, the twins thought of themselves as "our world" or outsiders as "everything outside our world" because they never had any personal relationships with anyone else.
As Haruhi points out, Kaoru is not as "mean" as Hikaru. Kaoru is more thoughtful and considerate of the feelings of others. Otherwise, Kaoru is similar in many ways, and likes the same things as Hikaru, such as maple syrup, Italian and spicy foods.
* Birthday: June 9
* Age: 16
* Hair: Red
* Eyes: Gold
* Alias: Kao-chan
* Zodiac Sign: Gemini
* Status: Younger twin
* Height: 178cm (5'10")
* Blood Type: B
* Strong Subjects: English, Modern Japanese, Art
* Type: Little Devil
* Mid-term Exam Ranking: 1st Year, 4th Place
* Ranking in Dai Hin Min: joint 2nd, together with his brother
* Sentai colour: Orange
 Mitsukuni "Honey" Haninozuka
Mitsukuni is the Host Club's "Loli-shōta" host and always goes by the nickname "Honey"; In the Japanese versions his nickname is romanized as "Honey" (ハニー Hanī). Despite the fact that he looks like a child and always carries a stuffed toy bunny named "Bun-Bun" ("Usa-chan" in Japanese) with him, Honey is a senior in Ouran High School and one of the club's oldest, and most "experienced" member. His customers love his adorable and charming behaviour. Indeed, he often calls everyone by affectionate nicknames like "Haru-chan" for Haruhi and "Tama-chan" for Tamaki. The only exception is Takashi Morinozuka, who Honey calls by his first name of "Takashi", and vice-versa. As cute and defenseless as Honey looks, he comes from a prestigious, martial arts family who trains most of Japan and other nations' elite guards. He is, however, not without weakness. Other than an obsession for candy, he also appears to be claustrophobic as seen by his panic when attempting to use Haruhi's 'small' bathroom in volume three of the manga and his failed attempt to scare Haruhi in the dark transport container in episode 8 of the anime.
* Birthday: February 29
* Age: 18
* Hair: Blond
* Eyes: Brown
* Alias: Honey
* Zodiac Sign: Pisces
* Height: 145cm (4'9")
* Blood Type: AB
* Strong Subjects: Mathematics
* Favorite Food: Cake, strawberries, spicy things
* Disliked Food: Carrot
* Type: Loli-shota
* Mid-term Exam Ranking: 3rd Year, 1st Place
* Ranking in Dai Hin Min: 3rd
* Sentai colour: Pink
 Takashi "Mori" Morinozuka
Mori is also a third-year student of the school and is the tallest, most silent member of the club. Despite the fact that he rarely speaks or smiles, his tall, tanned, and handsome figure earns him many customers. According to Kyoya, "his taciturnity is his selling point," and many of his admirers are the more introverted and serious girls at Ouran. He is labelled the "wild type" host. Because Mori acts largely on his instincts, this label fits him rather well. Additionally, Mori is the Japanese national champion in kendo.
* Birthday: May 5
* Age: 18
* Hair: Black
* Eyes: Dark Gray
* Alias: Mori
* Zodiac Sign: Taurus
* Height: 190cm (6'3")
* Blood Type: O
* Strong Subjects: Geography, Japanese History, Physics
* Favorite Food: Oriental (such as natto)
* Type: Wild
* Mid-term Exam Ranking: 3rd Year, 2nd Place
* Ranking in Dai Hin Min: 4th
* Sentai colour: Dark Blue |
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:49 pm
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:50 pm
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:51 pm
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:38 pm
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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:01 am
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 4:32 pm
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 5:30 pm
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:57 am
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:16 pm
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:16 pm
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:13 pm
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