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Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 1 (Ouran High School Host Club #1)

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One day, Haruhi, a scholarship student at exclusive Ouran High School, breaks an $80,000 vase that belongs to the 'Host Club', a mysterious campus group consisting of six super-rich (and gorgeous) guys. To pay back the damages, she is forced to work for the club, and it's there that she discovers just how wealthy the boys are and how different they are from everybody else.

Paperback, 184 pages

Published July 5th 2005 by VIZ Media LLC (first published August 5th 2003)

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Jan 05, 2013 Vicki rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: comics-and-manga, own, shojo

After reading volume 1:

(1 star)

I couldn't stand the art (having seen the anime first), and ended up selling my only volume off at a con bring and buy without even finishing it! Glad I went back to it though...

After reading up to volume 3:

(4 stars)

I can imagine that most manga/anime fans will have probably seen or heard of the anime adaptation of Ouran before picking up the manga. Those wanting more of the same should be pretty happy with the manga, as it follows the anime almost to-the-letter s...more

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May 13, 2008 Nick rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: manga

Overall Rating: A
Synopsis: Created by Bisco Hatori, the series follows Haruhi Fujioka, a scholarship student at the prestigious Ouran High School. Haruhi is a girl, but she got gum put in her hair so she cut it short, and wears boys clothes. This wouldn't be terribly important, but one day she stumbles across the school's Host Club. The Host Club is basically a place for six idly rich pretty boys to be idly rich pretty boys, and idly rich pretty girls to come and fawn over them and pretend the b...more

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Dec 14, 2008 Sabrina rated it 5 of 5 stars

Haruhi Fujioka is a fictional school located in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Because of the superlative cost of the school uniform, Haruhi resorts to wearing long slacks, polo shirts and vests. Combined with her large glasses and tousled short hair, Haruhi's look causes her to be confused for a boy.

Looking for a quiet place to study, Haruhi stumbles upon the Third Music Room, the working place of the Ouran Host Club, a group of six extremely attractive male students (Takashi Morinozuka, called "Mori"; Mitsuk...more

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Oct 12, 2012 Amy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Guess what guys???!!!! Guess what???? I was FINALLY persuaded into giving manga a go! I used to not even bother when my friends recommended me manga, I don't know why. Maybe because I looked at these types of books as abnormal, compared to regular books these days. Well, it turns out I've been missing out on a lot these last few years! (: At first I was really slow in understanding what was going on, especially since this was my first manga chapter I've ever read(and I've been told the formattin...more

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Aug 26, 2012 Shazza Maddog rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is my second time reading Vol. One of Ouran High School Host Club, and it doesn't disappoint. Still. :D

Haruhi Fujioka is just looking for a quiet place to study when she stumbles, quite literally, upon the Ouran High School's not-so-very-well-kept secret - it's Host Club, with it's very, very pretty young men who cater to the high school girls' fantasies. The young men number six, Tamaki Suoh, the prettiest, who is also known as 'the King', a young man who thinks all women are beautiful; Ky...more This is my second time reading Vol. One of Ouran High School Host Club, and it doesn't disappoint. Still. :D

Haruhi Fujioka is just looking for a quiet place to study when she stumbles, quite literally, upon the Ouran High School's not-so-very-well-kept secret - it's Host Club, with it's very, very pretty young men who cater to the high school girls' fantasies. The young men number six, Tamaki Suoh, the prettiest, who is also known as 'the King', a young man who thinks all women are beautiful; Kyoya Ohtori, the 'banker' of the group, who is in charge of finances; the twins, Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin, who pretend to be in love or lust with each other; Mitsukuni "Hunny" Haninozuka, the eldest of the group, who appears to be about ten, and is absolutely adorable; and Hunny's "partner", the ever stoic, almost monosyllabic Takashi "Mori" Moriozuka. The young men promptly begin flirting with Haruhi - though they mistake her (at first) for another boy, congratulating "him" for being the first young man to request their services.

Haruhi, somewhat flustered by all of this, knocks over an antique vase valued at $80,000, and the idea is sprung that "he" will repay the club for the vase by working off the debt. Once "he" has a thousand customers, the debt will be repaid. Haruhi doesn't tell them she's actually a girl, she just (reluctantly) agrees to go along with it, and learns the proper etiquette to provide 'his' customers with the service they required.

The characters and shenanigans are what makes this story as charming as it is. Haruhi is not bound into stereotypes as to how men and women should behave (we find out in later stories why), and provides a bit of sanity in amongst these mostly over-the-top young men. Tamaki finds himself strangely attracted to 'Haru', as they call her (a more masculine name), while the rest of the club figures out she's a girl early on. The twins and Hunny seem particularly taken with Haruhi, but that could be my projection of what I remember of future chapters.

All in all, it's a delightfully silly story, and I can understand its popularity completely. Ms. Hatori deserves the accolades she's received for creating these characters. (less)

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Apr 24, 2012 Aimeekay rated it 5 of 5 stars

OMG! This book is a laugh riot! The artwork is first rate, and I love the background detailing!
I wasn't sure at first that I would like this one. I probably would have gotten a bigger laugh out of it if I hadn't known ahead of time that Haruhi was a girl. For the first part of the story I kept waiting for the other guys in the club to find out and it kinda made the story seem to drag out at that point for me. But after that point I really enjoyed it. It was funny. There were tons of tongue-in-c...more OMG! This book is a laugh riot! The artwork is first rate, and I love the background detailing!
I wasn't sure at first that I would like this one. I probably would have gotten a bigger laugh out of it if I hadn't known ahead of time that Haruhi was a girl. For the first part of the story I kept waiting for the other guys in the club to find out and it kinda made the story seem to drag out at that point for me. But after that point I really enjoyed it. It was funny. There were tons of tongue-in-cheek jokes. I loved how all the girls loved Haruhi and thought she was a guy. The fact that then Tamaki becomes obsessed with seeing Haruhi as a girl, but at the same time he needs to keep her looking like a guy, so that she can work off the money she owes for the vase. Tamaki himself is hysterical! He is sooo overly dramatic and self-absorbed. But since he is kind of oblivious to his own faults he just ends up being really funny. I laughed so much while reading this. All the boys were funny not just Tamaki. Hikaru and Kaoru, the twins, and how they are so close to each other and use it as their gimmick to win over their girl clients. The relationship between Hunny and Mori is adorable. Kyoya is kind of stand offish and very strict with his outlook on how the club should be run and keeping everything in order.
I loved how even though the boys are completely living in their own little rich world they still care enough that they want to help out other students find their loves. For example the way they set up Kanako and Toru.
I also found it amusing how they reacted to Haruhi's commoner coffee and Raman. It was really funny.
They authors side notes were really fun to read to, and I loved some of the extras at the end. Although I have to ask, what is up with knowing everyone's blood types? What does that have to do with anything? This isn't the first time it's been made a big deal of. I've noticed it in other Manga's I've read recently. Any info on that one would be great!.
If your looking for an amazingly well drawn, as well as funny new series to pick up, may I definitely recommend this one!
I'm eagerly waiting to get my hands on volume two!
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Mar 19, 2012 Lucy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-reads, manga, graphic-novels

A hilariously fun and entertaining evening's read. I've recently finished watching the entire Ouran High School Host Club anime series and I loved it so much that even though I'm not a fan of manga, I decided to give this one a try. The plot of Volume 1 was familiar to me, but I'm told that the manga series also develops certain storylines and characters that didn't get their chance to shine in the anime, so I'm looking forward to seeing more from Haruhi and the rest of the Host Club!

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Jan 01, 2012 Christina (A Reader of Fictions) rated it 4 of 5 stars

As that summary probably tells you, Ouran High School Host Club is completely over the top ridiculous. It's a reverse harem with an uninterested heroin, which is definitely the best kind. Haruhi finds being surrounded by the most attractive guys at school boring, often frustrating.

This absurdness and crazy comedy is what Ouran does best. Hatori embraces that this story has nothing to do with the real world. After a while, she writes in, for example, that for narrative purposes, years will pass w...more

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Nov 03, 2011 Theresa ♫ rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Fellow humans in search for a hilarious harem story

Shelves: anime, manga, the-comedy-shelf, the-harem-manga-shelf, the-love-triangle-shelf, the-original-shelf, the-romantic-manga-shelf, the-smiley-shelf

I've always watched the anime for Ouran High School Host Club, but when I saw that my high school library had a shelf for this series, I decided to see what reading the manga would be like.

I LOVE OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUB!!!!! The idea is original, cute, and I love reading harem manga. Plus, this series made me laugh AND the plot line is really worth reading.

The series is about Haruhi Fujioka, a student admitted into the rich, exclusive Ouran Academy. Since she is in the high school on a schol...more I've always watched the anime for Ouran High School Host Club, but when I saw that my high school library had a shelf for this series, I decided to see what reading the manga would be like.

I LOVE OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUB!!!!! The idea is original, cute, and I love reading harem manga. Plus, this series made me laugh AND the plot line is really worth reading.

The series is about Haruhi Fujioka, a student admitted into the rich, exclusive Ouran Academy. Since she is in the high school on a scholarship, she doesn't necessarilly have to be as rich and wealthy as her fellow classmates.
Basically, Haruhi dressed up in guy-like clothes and her hair was short, so she looked a lot like a dude.
But anyway, one day, while on the search for a quiet place to study, she stumbles into Music Room #3. When she realizes there are a bunch of boys standing before her, they announce that they are the Ouran High School Host Club: A club made up of handsome high school boys that work to entertain as hosts.
Frightened, Haruhi stumbles backward into an $80,000 vase. When the vase breaks, the club informs her that in order to pay back the host club for the broken vase, she must cosplay as a boy and become part of the Ouran High School Host Club.

That's basically the basics of the plot. A whole bunch of dramatic stuff happens from there but basically, she's just forced to work in the Host Club.

I totally recommend this series, mostly because I LOVE THIS SERIES!!!!! I always try finding stories about wealth and rich people, but I can never find any stories like this!!!! Ouran High School Host Club is the only harem manga I know that consists of a plot with a wealthy setting and the types of romances and comedies that are in the story.

This story does indeed teach life lessons, especially the lesson about the Hitachinn brothers (which is my favorite segment of the Ouran HSHC series). So I seriously recommend that any shoujo, comedy, romance, and harem lovers should try this series! IT'S EXCELLENT!!!!!

Four-stars from ze ultimate ninja master!! :D(less)

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Sep 14, 2011 Eleonore Rigby rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: manga

"Doch hinter der Tür wartete eine Überraschung... der Host Club."

In Ouran High School Host Club lernen wir die jungenhafte Haruhi Fujioka, einer Schülerin welche ein Stipendium für eine besondere Schule bekommt, kennen. Durch ein Missgeschick - sie zerstört versehentlich eine sündhaft teure Vase - wird sie vom sogenannten "Host Club" gezwungen, beizutreten und rund ein Dutzend "Kundinnen" anzuheuern, damit sie die Vase abbezahlen kann. Hinzu kommen noch allerlei andere chaotische Umstände, die H...more

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Aug 12, 2011 Niccole Paytosh rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: manga, own

The premise of the story is that Haruhi Fujioka is a scholarship student at a very elite private school. One day Haruhi is looking for a quiet place to sit and read and accidentally stumbles upon the "Host Club". While trying to make a hasty retreat, Haruhi accidentally knocks over a 8 million yen vase. To pay back the debt Haru-chan agrees to a variety of punishments- from being the host club's dog to becoming a host and getting 1,000 customers. The first volume follows the adventures of the ho...more

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Jul 22, 2011 Heather rated it 4 of 5 stars

'Ouran High School Host Club' is one of those manga that I had previously avoided on the basis of its being too flamboyantly shojo--that is, intensely fascinated with lovely bishuonen and the charming sparkles that seem to swirl about them when they're at their most heart-meltingly beautiful. I lost interest in all that when I was, like, 14 after realizing that many shojo comics focused on bishounen seemed to take themselves too seriously.

Then one day I happened to flip through the first volume...more 'Ouran High School Host Club' is one of those manga that I had previously avoided on the basis of its being too flamboyantly shojo--that is, intensely fascinated with lovely bishuonen and the charming sparkles that seem to swirl about them when they're at their most heart-meltingly beautiful. I lost interest in all that when I was, like, 14 after realizing that many shojo comics focused on bishounen seemed to take themselves too seriously.

Then one day I happened to flip through the first volume of this series and discovered this: Here was finally a shojo manga that realized the absurdities of all other bishie-centric manga! And how does it address the problem? By throwing more sparkly bishies at us.

'Ouran Host Club' is a first-rate example of genre parody, impressive because it lampoons everything that is associated with flamboyant bishieness while still showing the origin subgenre some respect AND containing a storyline that is stable enough to stand on its own when the mangaka doesn't feel like writing straight parody.

The Host Club of the title refers to an organization that exists solely to bring the pleasure of bishounen interaction to the girls of a high school for the obscenely rich. Every kind of bishie is present in this host club, from the traditional charming princely type, to the stoic, protective type, to the adorable little brother type who is always protected by aforementioned stoic type. Also present in this group, though, is an accidental member--Haruhi, the main character, who takes a bit of transforming to become a bishie...before the other characters realize that she's actually a girl. (For the uninitiated, it is not hard in manga for a character to effortlessly appear to be a member of the opposite sex, even when it's not intended.)

Haruhi is the voice of reason amidst all the outrageous absurdity that goes on within the host club, the person that all the anti-bishies like me can relate to when the host club's hijinks reach epic levels of stupid. It can be reasonably argued that this series' success hinges on Haruhi's presence, as even lovers of the absurd in manga still need something familiar to hang onto. Haruhi and this series will not make pro-bishie converts of all anti-bishies, but it is a commendable work, which I intend to continue reading until I can take the absurdity no longer.(less)

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Mar 13, 2011 Michelle. Tsunami. rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: loved, gotta-love-those-guys

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So this is a review for the overall series. Let me just sy that it was soooo amazing! It was funny, violent and romantic at times. It had everything a good manga needs!!

So I knew from the beginning that Tamaki love Haruhi. His depression whenever someone touched her was so hilarious and cute! He would sit in a corner some where and just mourn in his sorrows. LOL

I have to say that the twins were my favourite characters. They are so michievious and sneaky it made me laugh so hard at times. Like wh...more

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Aug 30, 2010 Wendy White rated it 4 of 5 stars

Ahahahahah!

I was recommended this series due to my love of the bizarre, and a love of satire. Good call, unnamed friend. Good call.

I laughed so hard reading this first book that tears _actually_ streamed down my face. This first book has done a great job at setting the tone for the series - a massive satire of glamour and glitz that plays the associated tropes straight most of the time - but to extremes.

One defining moment for me is when the protagonist is retrieving their lost items from a pond...more

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Jul 30, 2010 Silver rated it 5 of 5 stars

Very good series. First off, this is a parody of all the cliches in the realm of shoujo, so there of course, will be a lot of cliches (and cliches getting made fun of). Despite the overuse of dialogue, I think Ouran is without a doubt one of the best, funnest, and interesting shoujo series out there. Haruhi is a breath of fresh air (I would rate her as the best shoujo heroine I've come across and there have been a lot) with her sharp wit and honest, down-to-earth nature. Tamaki is also one of my...more

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Jan 14, 2013 Penny rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: manga

Let me start out by saying that i will be writing one review for this manga. At first i had watched the anime that was adapted from this manga and i fell in love with the characters. It is a funny, cheesy kinda gender-bender romantic plot.

Compared to the anime, the manga had far more details and other stories involved.
Ok enough with the anime.

As i mentioned before the plot is a comedy, cheesy romantic, gender-bender...
Haruhi is a scholarship student at an exclusive rich high school called Ouran...more

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Apr 07, 2010 Ben rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 11th-grade

I really enjoyed this first volume of Ouran High School Host Club. The story is about Haruhi, a scholarship student at an elite private school. Besides being on scholarship at this very rich school, Haruhi is a girl who dresses in boy's clothing and has a boy's haircut. One day upon stumbling into a music room, Haruhi accidentally breaks a very expensive vase. It turns out that the room and the vase belonged to the host club, a private gathering of six handsome and wealthy male students. The hos...more

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Feb 26, 2013 Molly rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Manga fans, teens, adults

Recommended to Molly by: Anime fans

Shelves: manga

"Welcome to the Host Club!" Ouran High School Club is a hilarious high school gender bender set at one of the oddest places I have seen in anime/manga in a long time. A Host Club is basically where (usually rich) girls go to have men fuss over and romance them. So needless to say, Haruhi, a poor girl who has just entered this school on a scholarship, has never even heard of such a thing. While looking for a quiet place to study, Haruhi opened the doors to what looked like an unused music room an...more

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Jul 19, 2011 Angel rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: manga-manhwa-etc

I did not particularly like this. I am sure part of it may be that I am not the right demographic for this; the book is part of the Shojo Beat series, which is meant for teen girls. But for me, the main issue is that this light school comedy is a bit difficult to read and follow. The panels are extremely cluttered with text for one. Two, the plot is light, and to be honest, not handled the best way. The premise is a girl on scholarship in a very high fancy high school. She has to work a debt for...more

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Jan 22, 2013 Georgia rated it 5 of 5 stars

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!
'Omg I'm FANGIRLING!' say most of the comments on the popular anime of THE OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUB.

I really enjoyed the anime on YouTube (those of you reading this that have not seen the anime should go check it out. Go!.....you're still here, aren't you?) I mean I REALLY enjoyed it!(and so began my little obsession) I couldn't resist giving it a go when I saw it on my local library's shelf. At first when I started it, it was slightly hard accumulating to the back-to-...more

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Aug 25, 2011 Sophie rated it 4 of 5 stars

I love Ouran, I really do. All the characters are just wonderful.
I laughed a lot too. The Commoner's Coffee scene? I'm just going to quote it here for my own sake:
Tamaki: Eh, what's this?
Haruhi: Coffee. It was on your list.
Tamaki: But ... Ground coffee? And a strange brand...
Haruhi: Not ground - instant.
Tamaki: Instant ... WHOA! The one you just POUR HOT WATER IN? How PROLETARIAN!
Kyouya: Hmm... I've heard of it, but never SEEN it.
Hitatchiin: So it's TRUE! Poor people have NO TIME to GRIND THEIR...more

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Jul 19, 2010 Julie Hayes rated it 5 of 5 stars

Some Like It Hot meets Twelfth Night meets high school? Haruhi has no intention of disguising her sex, she is simply looking for a quiet place to study, and the libraries are full as she stumbles into what she assumes to be an unused music room - and directly into the arms of the Ouran High School Host Club! This host club is comprised of six wealthy young men with too much time on their hands who cater to the female elements of the school in order to amuse themselves. They are outside of Haruhi...more Some Like It Hot meets Twelfth Night meets high school? Haruhi has no intention of disguising her sex, she is simply looking for a quiet place to study, and the libraries are full as she stumbles into what she assumes to be an unused music room - and directly into the arms of the Ouran High School Host Club! This host club is comprised of six wealthy young men with too much time on their hands who cater to the female elements of the school in order to amuse themselves. They are outside of Haruhi's usual purview - being a scholarship student, she is not of their social class. Thus their unawareness of her actual gender, as they welcome her to the club, led by club president Tamaki. Haruhi is flustered at finding herself among these six lovelies and, in the course of flailing about, accidentally smashes a valuable vase into smithereens! Replacement cost - $80,000! Opportunity gained for Haruhi - priceless! Now the question is, will she appreciate it, and will they?

As payment for this costly trinket, Haruhi finds herself impressed into service at the Host Club as their dogsbody, and she becomes acquainted with each of the members: Tamaki is the president/king - arrogant, self-centered, incredibly vain and incredibly good looking; Kyoyo, the vice-president, is bespectacled and studious; Kaoru and Hikaru are twins and very devoted to one another; and Hunny and Mori complete the group - Hunny, although 18 looks like a young child, and is often treated as such, with his naps and his bun-bun, and Mori is his long time friend/companion of the heart. The spoiled rich boys seem fascinated by Haruhi's poverty, and in an act of kindness, Tamaki declares that Haruhi's debt to the club will be wave if "he" comes up with 100 customer requests (not yet realizing that Haruhi is indeed a she). To that end, Tamaki gives Haruhi instructions on such important techniques as looking up from below, and the elegant way to place a glass upon the table. They send Haruhi shopping, and are amazed that he brings back instant coffee! They have no experience with it, so everyone has to try it, naturally - to appreciate how poor people live. Which leads, naturally, to experimentation with ramen, which they refer to as prole noodles (and Tamaki becomes addicted to).

They shine and polish Haruhi and set her into position as a host - and the girls that frequent the club are drawn to her, unaware of her true gender, especially when she reveals her tragic story of her mother's death, and the way she knows her way around a kitchen. This includes one of Tamaki's regulars, Miss Miss Ayanokoji. But when mean things begin to happen to Haruhi, she has to wonder how benevolent that interest is. But perhaps it is a fortuitous thing, for it draws Haruhi closer to the members of the club, and the truth is finally revealed. Not that she lied about being a girl - they never asked, simply assumed otherwise. Once it is known, though, they agree to keep her secret, for the sake of the host club.

This is a delightful gender-bender romp which will satisfy both the shojo lover as well as the yaoi lover. Even before he realizes she is female, Tamaki is drawn to Haruhi, and it's obvious to me that they must become a couple at some point - if she can get past his massive ego. Hikaru and Kaoru are closer than mere brothers (shades of Fred and George Weasley!) and their remarks to one another are filled with a great deal of innuendo and insinuation. The child-like Hunny can be considered a filip of shota, at least he gives the semblance of such, because the actuality is that he is 18, despite his waif-like appearance and behavior, and he and Mori are obviously a couple. There is a lot of humor, as well as romantic potential in this manga. The mangaka jabs at the idle rich as they learn what life is like for the less privileged - there is a lot to be learned on both sides. I like the art a great deal (Tamaki is certainly easy on the eyes), and the writing is good. One of my favorite lines is this: December...when hints of holy night tinge the northern winds.

I know I am slow in getting to this manga, but I don't tend to read what is popular when it first becomes popular. That being said, I really liked this one, and can't wait to read more, then watch the anime. I highly recommend Ouran Host Club, it's a fun read, and well worth the while to get into the series.
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May 27, 2011 Kereesa rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, friendship, manga, manga-english, manga-shojo, teenage-romance, young-adult

Ouran High School Host Club is simply a reverse harem with lots of seemingly stereotypical characters. The story starts out when Haruhi stumbles into the infamous Host Club at her elite high school, a club dedicated to making women happy through the various roles the boys in the club play. After breaking a vase worth 8 million yen, Haruhi is coerced into joining the club to work off her debt. Most of the manga series, much like the anime, is very episodic and is basically fun cute moments typica...more

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Apr 26, 2009 Angela added it

Shelves: q4-2009

This comic is one that I learned about after watching the show and I decided to read the series as well.
Haruhi is an average teenage girl who, after studying very hard, gets into a prestigious private school full of rich people. She is shocked by their laziness in class and free lifestyles and in her search for a quiet room, she stumbles into a music room that seems to be unused but is in fact the room for a host club, which she ends up being forced into after she breaks an overly expensive v...more

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Jun 21, 2012 Christina rated it 5 of 5 stars

Hubs fired up Netflix's Anime Machine and found this, and got me hooked. It's been years since I've been into any anime, and this was so much fun, and like any good anime, had emotional depth to it.

The manga is just as fun and the characters have a bit more range on the pages, and their personalities really shine through. I especially enjoy that there's nothing supernatural about this one, it's just people being put into interesting situations, and seeing how to deal with them. Everything about...more

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Jun 11, 2012 Wednesday rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: reviewed, shoujo-manga, romance-manga, comedy-manga, classic-manga

I know that this is a fairly popular series. At first, I wasn't too impressed with Ouran High School Host Club. I didn't like how all of the characters portrayed just about every stereotypical manga character out there. There was the overly-confident, egotistical character, the perverted characters, the super cute character, the silent, somewhat scary looking character, and the in charge, somewhat cold character. All manga seems to always feature at least one of these characters. However, this s...more

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Jan 14, 2009 Cera rated it 3 of 5 stars

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this; it is a comedic shoujo manga about a high school that's so super-rich it has its very own Host Club... at which the protagonist, of course, ends up working. Unlike many shoujo protagonists, Haruhi is a delight, seeing the humour inherent in the situation and making the best of it rather than whining.

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Feb 01, 2013 Rabia rated it 5 of 5 stars

Haruhi, a scholarship student is given the opportunity to attend an elite school where mostly rich students pay their way in. She enters the school looking like a guy and enters a fascinating room. Unfortunately, when she enters this room that sparkles of handsome guys from the club, she is bewildered and accidentally knocks down a very expensive vase. They demand her to pay the cost and since she is too poor, they force her to work as a host in the club and earn money like that. Eventually thou...more

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May 09, 2012 Angélica marked it as i-don-t-know-maybe-never

Shelves: humor, young-adult, romance, manga, gender-bender, hype-aversion

Hype Aversion yet again. Although I may watch this. I mean, the gender-bender element calls to me, as well as the Rom Com. And Haruhi Fujioka, as far as I know, isn't a Tsundere! As I said in my profile, I'm very, very, very picky when it comes to animé (manga). I think maybe it's because the character design and the art style are big factors for me in considering which titles to read or watch. And I am very much averse to the "spaghettified" type of character design. You know, like this one, On...more

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Jun 29, 2009 Snoobles Mcgee rated it 5 of 5 stars

THIS! IS! AMAZING! One of my brand-new favorite gender-bending manga, Bisco Hatori's Ouran High School Host Club (on a completely random note) takes the cake on the twincest and drag queen front! Huzzah! Haruhi is one of the most level-headed and likable main characters that I have seen in a long time. My one problem is that they boys of the Host Club force her to wear women's clothing at every possible opportunity! How rude! Especially since she makes such a cute boy :) Tamaki has to be my favo...more

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Japanese: 葉鳥ビスコ

Bisco Hatori born August 30 is a Japanese manga artist. Bisco Hatori is a pseudonym; she states that the name has special meaning to her. She has worked for such magazines as LaLa. Her manga debut was A Moment of Romance in LaLa DX. Her first series was Millennium Snow. However, the comedy Ouran High School Host Club is her breakout hit.

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Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 3 (Ouran High School Host Club, #3)

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Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 4 (Ouran High School Host Club, #4)

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