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Aoi House #1
Aoi House Vol 1
Alex and Sandy are two normal guys just trying to get through college―until their troublemaking hamster, Echiboo, gets them thrown out of their dorm. With nowhere else to turn, the boys move into an anime clubhouse where five crazed yaoi fangirls call the shots! Elle's obsessively high-strung, Nina's too laid back for her own good, Jessica's a total tease, Maria's a shy and reserved bookworm, and Morgan's just plain bonkers! Toss 'em all together and you've got a harem comedy that's truly like none other!
200 pages, Paperback
First published May 31, 2006
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March 17, 2025
I’m very conflicted. This was humorous but problematic. It’s so much fan-service and sexualisation, and I think it’s borderline homophobic. But it was also very funny and I genuinely loved some of the characters. I died laughing when the girls were practicing torture-methods to turn the boys gay, and I loved Carlo and Morgan as characters. But I do not like the protagonists (Alex and Sandy) - they have no respect for women, and I hate how they reacted to Carlo (glorious genderless monarch). I understand their traits are probably part of the concept of the manga, but I still find it unnecessary for them to be actively creeps. If this manga did NOT include those two, I would give a higher rating. Hope they turn gay in the next volums hahah.
2.5
2.5
January 15, 2021
Read bits of this on Zoom Comics years ago, then I reread this for free on Bookwalker a year ago, which I didn't like. I don't even know why I wanted to read this so badly years ago. Maybe it was because I was a newbie to manga and I thought that all mangas are great.
Anyway, this series deserves to be buried in the past because it has some elements that don't age well, like at all. Ellen, one of the Aoi House members, is what I suspect to be a misogynst as she seems to hate hetero couples. Carlo, the founder of Aoi House, is played for laughs because he's a transvestite. The personalities of the girls are negative weeb stereotypes (especially Morgan), as they are over obsessive immature Yaoi fangirls in their college age. Alex and Sandy are your typical loser boys who like mainstream anime and hentai. The fanservice wasn't funny, especially on poor Maria. The only thing I sort of liked was the chapter where they referenced Revolutionary Girl Utena.
Overall: zero out of five.
Anyway, this series deserves to be buried in the past because it has some elements that don't age well, like at all. Ellen, one of the Aoi House members, is what I suspect to be a misogynst as she seems to hate hetero couples. Carlo, the founder of Aoi House, is played for laughs because he's a transvestite. The personalities of the girls are negative weeb stereotypes (especially Morgan), as they are over obsessive immature Yaoi fangirls in their college age. Alex and Sandy are your typical loser boys who like mainstream anime and hentai. The fanservice wasn't funny, especially on poor Maria. The only thing I sort of liked was the chapter where they referenced Revolutionary Girl Utena.
Overall: zero out of five.
April 18, 2020
When I saw that Seven Seas was putting this graphic novel (with manga-style art) and a couple of other series up for free... well I couldn't resist of course. I have read a couple of these pages in I believe NewType or another American anime magazine whenever I was able to get one. So having a chance to read the whole story? Sign me up.
I have to say I found it much more cringy than when I read it years ago. :P Ecchiboo was just an annoying piece of poo and I am a big hamster lover so that says a whole lot. I don't get why the guys were ever accepted. The girls were at times a bit cringy. The things they did didn't seem to fit with their age at times. But there were also enough things I liked. While I am not extreme as these girls I understand the love for yaoi. I used to watch and read it quite often.
I loved seeing the antics at school and I loved that this took place at college/university.
The art was also pretty good. It is a nice manga-esque style with tons of cute girls.
I have to say I found it much more cringy than when I read it years ago. :P Ecchiboo was just an annoying piece of poo and I am a big hamster lover so that says a whole lot. I don't get why the guys were ever accepted. The girls were at times a bit cringy. The things they did didn't seem to fit with their age at times. But there were also enough things I liked. While I am not extreme as these girls I understand the love for yaoi. I used to watch and read it quite often.
I loved seeing the antics at school and I loved that this took place at college/university.
The art was also pretty good. It is a nice manga-esque style with tons of cute girls.
September 4, 2017
Do you remember in middle school when you used to glomp people? And talk about yaoi to anyone who would listen? And add Japanese words to your everyday sentences because you thought it made you cuter? And then you turned 15 and regretted every decision you made in life?
Unfortunately, so do I. And Aoi House had the nerve to make me relive those moments. All I can say is thank god I grew out of that phase, unlike the aged 18-21 year old girls in Aoi House. This series MIGHT have worked back in 2006 to the right demographic when it was originally released, but honestly it has no staying power.
Final verdict:
Yikes. 1.5 Stars rounded down.
Unfortunately, so do I. And Aoi House had the nerve to make me relive those moments. All I can say is thank god I grew out of that phase, unlike the aged 18-21 year old girls in Aoi House. This series MIGHT have worked back in 2006 to the right demographic when it was originally released, but honestly it has no staying power.
Final verdict:
Yikes. 1.5 Stars rounded down.
August 29, 2021
Not my cup of tea
It’s not awful, just not my thing. I didn’t really care for these characters. The two guys were ok (though Sandy was too pervy and annoying for my taste) while the girls were something else. They were nuts. Particularly the one that was catgirl whenever she was SD. Their antics were funny, but man, they were really over the top. Nothing short of fan service. I guess the only good thing was the hamster. It’s actually amazing how his actions would get his owners into so much trouble.
If you like manga with fan service and gags, I think you’ll like this. If not, you can definitely skip it. Certainly not interested in the 2nd volume.
It’s not awful, just not my thing. I didn’t really care for these characters. The two guys were ok (though Sandy was too pervy and annoying for my taste) while the girls were something else. They were nuts. Particularly the one that was catgirl whenever she was SD. Their antics were funny, but man, they were really over the top. Nothing short of fan service. I guess the only good thing was the hamster. It’s actually amazing how his actions would get his owners into so much trouble.
If you like manga with fan service and gags, I think you’ll like this. If not, you can definitely skip it. Certainly not interested in the 2nd volume.
February 12, 2022
This was alright and had some funny moments but seemed to be overshadowed a lot by the cringe factor it gave me. Really the only reason I read it was because I stumbled across it being free in the Kindle store 😅
November 29, 2021
Two college boys were kicked out of their previous house because their hamster was getting way too much fun hanging out with the director's wig. So they were now hunting for a new place to live, and that's when they find AOI House, an anime clubhouse with five crazy as fuck girls.
I was not expecting anything from this manga, I got it for free on Amazon, and since this month I'm trying to finish all of the mangas and comics I have, I didn't even read the synopsis. Big Fucking Mistake. These girls can be Yaoi fans because who cares but they started to fetishize the boys and force them to "start a relationship" or "have sex" or even force them to watch hardcore yaoi when they explicitly said they didn't like I was having a problem. It's not cool or funny to fetishize a gay relationship, it's not cool or funny to want heterosexual guys to have sex or take a bath together* when they are uncomfortable doing so! It's not cool or funny to make the only transexual/transvestite person in the whole story a laughingstock and a fucking creep. The fanservice was *ugh* I don't even know what to say. They were so stereotyped, the blond one was a misogynist backward because she hates hetero couples and hetero men, Maria poor thing just want to watch her soft yaoi and her tits don't let her, I don't even know if it was xenophobic or just dumb that the only two non-white characters had big ass boobs. All girls are stereotypes of some type of personality. We have the tomboy, the shy, the mom, the crazy-childlike, and the leader. It was just a terrible experience I don't want to relive anymore.
My final score is 0,5 stars.
(*this was a fucking rule of the house!!!)
I was not expecting anything from this manga, I got it for free on Amazon, and since this month I'm trying to finish all of the mangas and comics I have, I didn't even read the synopsis. Big Fucking Mistake. These girls can be Yaoi fans because who cares but they started to fetishize the boys and force them to "start a relationship" or "have sex" or even force them to watch hardcore yaoi when they explicitly said they didn't like I was having a problem. It's not cool or funny to fetishize a gay relationship, it's not cool or funny to want heterosexual guys to have sex or take a bath together* when they are uncomfortable doing so! It's not cool or funny to make the only transexual/transvestite person in the whole story a laughingstock and a fucking creep. The fanservice was *ugh* I don't even know what to say. They were so stereotyped, the blond one was a misogynist backward because she hates hetero couples and hetero men, Maria poor thing just want to watch her soft yaoi and her tits don't let her, I don't even know if it was xenophobic or just dumb that the only two non-white characters had big ass boobs. All girls are stereotypes of some type of personality. We have the tomboy, the shy, the mom, the crazy-childlike, and the leader. It was just a terrible experience I don't want to relive anymore.
My final score is 0,5 stars.
(*this was a fucking rule of the house!!!)
June 27, 2022
Setelah lumayan lama gak baca komik lagi secara online akhirnya aku kembali membaca kembali, dan biasanya di Google Play Books aku baca yang kayak per chapter gitu, sementara untuk judul yang ini bener-bener 1 volume. Dan aku dapetin buku ini--of course!!--secara gratis (dan juga ada volume kedua dan beberapa judul lain yang gratis, like literally a whole of volume).
Komik ini bercerita tentang dua orang lelaki yang terpaksa mencari tempat tinggal baru setelah diusir dari asrama mereka. Dan akhirnya mereka menemukan sebuah tempat yang mengklaim sebagai tempat berkumpulnya para anime lovers.
Pikiran kedua lelaki ini yang hanya untuk mencari tempat tinggal harus dihadapkan ketika mereka tiba di sana karena mereka harus menghadapi lima gadis dan lima karakter yang berbeda-beda yang bikin dua lelaki ini kewalahan.
Dan juga ada satu taruhan yang bersangkutan dengan kelangsungan mereka berdua ini untuk tetap berada di rumah tersebut.
Ceritanya nggak terlalu yang gimana banget sih, dan mungkin ini memang untuk 17 tahun ke atas. You can read it by yourself untuk tahu alasannya kenapa, hahaha.
3,5 stars.
Komik ini bercerita tentang dua orang lelaki yang terpaksa mencari tempat tinggal baru setelah diusir dari asrama mereka. Dan akhirnya mereka menemukan sebuah tempat yang mengklaim sebagai tempat berkumpulnya para anime lovers.
Pikiran kedua lelaki ini yang hanya untuk mencari tempat tinggal harus dihadapkan ketika mereka tiba di sana karena mereka harus menghadapi lima gadis dan lima karakter yang berbeda-beda yang bikin dua lelaki ini kewalahan.
Dan juga ada satu taruhan yang bersangkutan dengan kelangsungan mereka berdua ini untuk tetap berada di rumah tersebut.
Ceritanya nggak terlalu yang gimana banget sih, dan mungkin ini memang untuk 17 tahun ke atas. You can read it by yourself untuk tahu alasannya kenapa, hahaha.
3,5 stars.
April 21, 2022
Mid-2000s anime club at your high school type of cringe. Characters and tone is Invader Zim, pocky, and inappropriate volume levels in your math class. Theres some level of nostalgia you can get out of this - it captures that middle period where JP media was About to become mainstream, but wasnt there quite yet - but god damn was that an embarrassing period. Ive recently become obsessed with "mid-2000s white people getting into manga and attempting to make their own", and this ones by and far away the one that captures the moment in time the best. Profoundly cringe. Explicitely homophobic. Generally loathesome and weird. Cant wait to read the next one.
June 2, 2021
Some
funny stuff here, and then there’s the stuff that depends on whether you can read the author’s character description- and treatment of- the transvestite character, or the joke that thinks a two-person shower is hilarious (if it’s two male heterosexuals), without being put off the comic at least. Yeah, not for me.
funny stuff here, and then there’s the stuff that depends on whether you can read the author’s character description- and treatment of- the transvestite character, or the joke that thinks a two-person shower is hilarious (if it’s two male heterosexuals), without being put off the comic at least. Yeah, not for me.
September 6, 2024
Funny as f***!
Funny as hell! Great escape from hectic reality. I can't stop laughing at the antics among the characters in this manga. My favorite characters are Morgan and Jessica. Definitely a fan from this one edition. Love all club members in the Aoi House balance each other.
Funny as hell! Great escape from hectic reality. I can't stop laughing at the antics among the characters in this manga. My favorite characters are Morgan and Jessica. Definitely a fan from this one edition. Love all club members in the Aoi House balance each other.
May 25, 2020
I read volumes 1 and 2 of Aoi House and volume 1 of Aoi House in Love. I enjoyed all 3. The characters are likeable and there is plenty of humor. The fan service is in good taste and I learned some things about Japanese culture.
April 30, 2019
Meh. It was okay. Not my favorite.
July 2, 2023
Would I recommend this? Absolutely not. Was there SO much wrong with it? Yes. Will I be reading the next one? Probably.
July 12, 2023
Cringe harem plot and double cringe "creepy transvestite" trope. Will I be reading the other volumes anyway? Yes.
January 6, 2025
This was pure chaos, and I'm here for it. 😆
October 26, 2025
A premise that didn’t age well, but that’s why I read manga
March 14, 2020
Aoi House Story By Adam Arnold & Art By Shiei
Official Synopsis: Alex and Sandy were two normal guys just trying to get through college. That is until their troublemaking hamster, Echiboo, gets them thrown out of their dorm rooms. With nowhere else to turn, the boys move into an anime clubhouse where five crazed yaoi fangirls call the shots! Elle's obsessively high-strung, Nina's too laid back for her own good, Jessica's a total tease, Maria's a shy and reserved bookworm, and Morgan's just plain bonkers! Toss 'em all together with more fandom references than you can shake a stick at, off-the-wall panty hijinks, a whole heaping full of fan service (male and female) that all culminates in a no-holds-barred Dance Dance Revolution showdown... and you've got a harem comedy that's truly like none other! P.S. You'll never guess what the girl's keep in their bathtub.
Genres: Comedy, Harem, OEL (Original English Language/American Manga), & Slice of Life
Book Style: Manga (Japanese Comics - Read Right to Left)
Note: This book includes Aoi Notes (About how this story was made), Student Records (Character Profiles), Fun Zone (Word Search/Coloring Page/[Y]AOI HOUSE Membership Card cutout), & Special Omake (Original Rough Draft Story/Artwork to Aoi House).
I decide to read Aoi House By Adam Arnold & Shiei Vol.1 because I bot both volume 1 & 2 of this series at a Flea Market near my town and the seller was selling like new condition Manga for a $1.00 each. Once I started reading this book I realized this is one of the craziest Manga's I've read but it wasn't bad though. This book/story follows Alex & Sandy which are to anime fans who get kicked out of their on campus dorms so the boys have to find an off campus dorm to stay at for college. They find an add for an Anime Clubhouse dorm which welcomed any anime fan for a good price to live and it's called AOI HOUSE. Once the boys get there they realized the dorm only has girls and it's an (Y)AOI HOUSE which meaning yaoi anime/manga clubhouse dorm, so it only takes in girls or Gay/LGBTQ+ boys who are into that stuff but they let Alex & Sandy stay anyways plus the "Y" fell off the house which is why it's called Aoi House. This book has the most crazy yaoi fangirls you'll meet who are each different in their own way, a bunch of anime/manga series references (For Example: Chobits, Fruits Basket, Ah! My Goddess & more), a bunch of American Stores references (For Example: Hot Topic, Victoria Secret & More), two Otaku boys who end up in harem situations with all of the girls, an panty snatching hamster named Echiboo and a drag queen who created the (Y)AOI HOUSE dorm! This was a crazy read and it was enjoyable but the storyline was kind of all over the place but they keep you reading with each situation the boys got into next and the fanservice in this book isn't graphic which is good for younger readers. I would recommend this book to Anime/Manga fans, Harem Manga/Anime fans, and anyone who wants a good laugh.
Official Synopsis: Alex and Sandy were two normal guys just trying to get through college. That is until their troublemaking hamster, Echiboo, gets them thrown out of their dorm rooms. With nowhere else to turn, the boys move into an anime clubhouse where five crazed yaoi fangirls call the shots! Elle's obsessively high-strung, Nina's too laid back for her own good, Jessica's a total tease, Maria's a shy and reserved bookworm, and Morgan's just plain bonkers! Toss 'em all together with more fandom references than you can shake a stick at, off-the-wall panty hijinks, a whole heaping full of fan service (male and female) that all culminates in a no-holds-barred Dance Dance Revolution showdown... and you've got a harem comedy that's truly like none other! P.S. You'll never guess what the girl's keep in their bathtub.
Genres: Comedy, Harem, OEL (Original English Language/American Manga), & Slice of Life
Book Style: Manga (Japanese Comics - Read Right to Left)
Note: This book includes Aoi Notes (About how this story was made), Student Records (Character Profiles), Fun Zone (Word Search/Coloring Page/[Y]AOI HOUSE Membership Card cutout), & Special Omake (Original Rough Draft Story/Artwork to Aoi House).
I decide to read Aoi House By Adam Arnold & Shiei Vol.1 because I bot both volume 1 & 2 of this series at a Flea Market near my town and the seller was selling like new condition Manga for a $1.00 each. Once I started reading this book I realized this is one of the craziest Manga's I've read but it wasn't bad though. This book/story follows Alex & Sandy which are to anime fans who get kicked out of their on campus dorms so the boys have to find an off campus dorm to stay at for college. They find an add for an Anime Clubhouse dorm which welcomed any anime fan for a good price to live and it's called AOI HOUSE. Once the boys get there they realized the dorm only has girls and it's an (Y)AOI HOUSE which meaning yaoi anime/manga clubhouse dorm, so it only takes in girls or Gay/LGBTQ+ boys who are into that stuff but they let Alex & Sandy stay anyways plus the "Y" fell off the house which is why it's called Aoi House. This book has the most crazy yaoi fangirls you'll meet who are each different in their own way, a bunch of anime/manga series references (For Example: Chobits, Fruits Basket, Ah! My Goddess & more), a bunch of American Stores references (For Example: Hot Topic, Victoria Secret & More), two Otaku boys who end up in harem situations with all of the girls, an panty snatching hamster named Echiboo and a drag queen who created the (Y)AOI HOUSE dorm! This was a crazy read and it was enjoyable but the storyline was kind of all over the place but they keep you reading with each situation the boys got into next and the fanservice in this book isn't graphic which is good for younger readers. I would recommend this book to Anime/Manga fans, Harem Manga/Anime fans, and anyone who wants a good laugh.
February 22, 2013
Essentially, imagine Love Hina if all of the girls were anime fans. It's a fun read, but I'm not sure the harem genre works as well when everyone is self-aware about anime tropes.
Alex and Sandy are kicked out of their dorm, and need a new place to stay, fast. Enter Aoi house, a dorm full of five anime-loving girls. There's Elle, the rich, often angry head of the place, Morgan, the childlike genki girl, Nina, the shorthaired tomboy with an addiction, Jessica, the long, black haired Asian girl, and maria, the shy wallflower.
So Elle/Naru, Morgan/Kaolla Su, Nina/Kitsune, Jessica/Motoko+Mutsumi, Maria/Shinobu. Especially with Elle, as the resemblance is strong. There's even a mascot in Echiboo the Hamster/Tama-chan the turtle.
So typical hi-jinks ensue. The girls are all yaoi fans, and they assume that sandy and alex are gay. They aren't, so they get pummeled. Panty-cams on the hamster, etc.
Apart from the derivative feeling, there's not that many problems. Morgan isn't particularly believable since this is a college setting; Kaolla Su is actually around 12/13, and having Morgan act like Kaolla tends to not work as well considering she has to be eighteen at the very least.
I would give it three stars if not for the excellent Kindle translation and value. For under four dollars, you get a wonderful ebook with crystal clear art, plenty of extras, and excellent formatting. The art isn't bad at all for american manga either.
So if you can get over the similarities, and don't mind a lot of self-awareness about anime culture, it's not a bad series at all.
Alex and Sandy are kicked out of their dorm, and need a new place to stay, fast. Enter Aoi house, a dorm full of five anime-loving girls. There's Elle, the rich, often angry head of the place, Morgan, the childlike genki girl, Nina, the shorthaired tomboy with an addiction, Jessica, the long, black haired Asian girl, and maria, the shy wallflower.
So Elle/Naru, Morgan/Kaolla Su, Nina/Kitsune, Jessica/Motoko+Mutsumi, Maria/Shinobu. Especially with Elle, as the resemblance is strong. There's even a mascot in Echiboo the Hamster/Tama-chan the turtle.
So typical hi-jinks ensue. The girls are all yaoi fans, and they assume that sandy and alex are gay. They aren't, so they get pummeled. Panty-cams on the hamster, etc.
Apart from the derivative feeling, there's not that many problems. Morgan isn't particularly believable since this is a college setting; Kaolla Su is actually around 12/13, and having Morgan act like Kaolla tends to not work as well considering she has to be eighteen at the very least.
I would give it three stars if not for the excellent Kindle translation and value. For under four dollars, you get a wonderful ebook with crystal clear art, plenty of extras, and excellent formatting. The art isn't bad at all for american manga either.
So if you can get over the similarities, and don't mind a lot of self-awareness about anime culture, it's not a bad series at all.
October 11, 2012
This volume was hilarious. So hilarious that I might have to go read the rest via the webmanga.
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Two college guys get in trouble with the principal, and have to move out of their dorm room. With nowhere else to go, the guys run across a flyer for Aoi House that states that you can move in immediately and start to "LIVE THE ANIME DREAM!". So, without knowing that Aoi House is actually Yaoi House, they decide to move in right away.
And, that's where the adventures start! Echiboo, a play on the famous Ebichu, is a panty-raiding hamster. And, all his escapades are blamed on his owner, Sandy, even though the camera is actually the girls' idea.
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Can 2 straight guys make it at (Y)Aoi House?!?
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Two college guys get in trouble with the principal, and have to move out of their dorm room. With nowhere else to go, the guys run across a flyer for Aoi House that states that you can move in immediately and start to "LIVE THE ANIME DREAM!". So, without knowing that Aoi House is actually Yaoi House, they decide to move in right away.
And, that's where the adventures start! Echiboo, a play on the famous Ebichu, is a panty-raiding hamster. And, all his escapades are blamed on his owner, Sandy, even though the camera is actually the girls' idea.
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Can 2 straight guys make it at (Y)Aoi House?!?
July 4, 2012
Made me die laughing till I came back to life for more :)
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