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Sunday, May 10, 2009

Whoever Said School is Boring?


Title: Ouran Koukou Hosuto Kurabu (Ouran High School Host Club)

Creator: Hatori Bisco

Genre: Romantic comedy/shoujo

My Rating: *****

Ouran Koukou Hosuto Kurabu revolve around Fujioka Haruhi, a 15 year old girl. She entered the prestigious high school under a scholarship but because of her family low income, she could n't afford to buy the school uniform so she wear slacks and polo shirt instead. Because of her appearance (short hair, flat chested and wardrobe malfunction) she was mistaken for a boy. She stumbled across the Third Music Room which serves as the Host Club in the school when she was looking for a place to study. There, she met six good looking ace students (all male and came from rich and influenced family) who are the club members. She accidentally knocked down an antique vase costs about 8 000 000 Yen when she was trying to get away from them. Ootori Kyouya, who acts as the manager of the host club calculated the damage and the only way she could pay them back is to serve as their servant.


Things took a turn when the guys; Suou Tamaki (the president of the host club a.k.a otoosan/father), Ootori Kyouya (the manager/financial advisor a.k.a okaasan/mother), the Hitachiin twins Hikaru and Kaoru, Haninozuka Mitsukuni a.k.a Honey and his cousin Morinozuka Takashi gave Haruhi a change of school uniform (basically its Tamaki's doing). Tamaki thought that Haruhi have a charater to be a host. Haruhi agreed to the idea in order to pay back the debt she owed the club. The first to discover about Haruhi's true gender was Kyouya, followed by the twins, Honey, Mori and lastly Tamaki. Overall, the anime shows about how their friendship grows and how Haruhi affects the boys' life and vice versa. Its obvious that the main love attraction would be between Haruhi and Tamaki, but the Hitachiin twins also discovered romantic feelings for her. However, the youngest of the twins, Kaoru gave up his feelings for Haruhi because of his brother, Hikaru. Anyway, the anime didn't end up with any confession from anybody.



From Far Left: Morinozuka Takashi, Ootori Kyouya, Suou Tamaki, Hitachiin twins, and the shortest is Haninozuka 'Honey' Mitsukuni.

Sitting Down: Fujioka Haruhi

From my point of view, this is a good anime. Its very humorous, very relaxing and the storyline is easy to understand. Most of the time, a heroine of an anime would be a cry-baby, girly or weak and somewhat a 'damsel in distress'. Haruhi does not have that kind of personality, that is why I like her character. The supporting characters also have different kinds of personality which give the anime various prospects. There's a little essence of shounen-ai and shoujo ai, but its a very subtle one for humor purpose only. I think its a very fun anime to watch and I enjoyed it very much ^^v




disclaimer: I dont own Ouran Koukou Hosuto Kurabu and any other images related to it (except for the DVD photo that I took myself. THAT really belonged to me)

p/s: All the comments are for leisure purpose and just my point of view. Thanks for reading ^^v

8 comments:

yAnKuchIki said...
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tea drops said...

to u, not me ^^v

khairil said...

haha..aku ingt ko dah tak anime2 lg...

tea drops said...

well, u know me...i can stay 'loyal' to something for a very loooong time ^^v

Anonymous said...

i've read your review! i think it's pretty good and you included the some of the things to expect in the anime, but the part where you mentioned how the anime ended without any confessions from anyone served as a spoiler, don't you think? well, it's just me. :P

P/S: This is Hitomi!!

tea drops said...

oh yeah, thanks Hitomi!!! anyway,actually i meant to do that. the spoiler i mean..i just forgot to write the spoiler warning...its ok...i'll write it next time...muahaha

green valley said...

yeah this anime is great! i just happen to watch 4 or so eps..and i love it already!...all the characters are cute..hehehe..and aya nice photo with the teddy..*cute*

tea drops said...

yup. this anime is indeed a must watch for any anime lover! i reccommend it to beginners coz the genre is very light. btw thanks, i tried to be creative with the pic. did i managed to do it?