Ouran follows the misfortune of scholarship student Haruhi Fujioka. She accidentally breaks a vase that belongs to the Host Club and is coerced to work to pay it back. Mind you, Ouran High School is for the godly rich or those who have divine bloodlines. All of whom have too much time on their hands. Haruhi can pass for a cute guy so she falls easily into the Host Club. A Host Club, by the way, is a club dedicated to entertaining and making the ladies happy – “fanning the flames of moe” as they phrase it. Being shojo, there are various unrequited love elements surrounded Haruhi, who chooses to mostly stay above it.
Ouran Host Club is very Japanese. Honorifics are thrown around like the Host Club’s money. I suggest you read my brief overview of honorifics if you are confused.
Ouran Host Club pokes fun at (and at the same time offers) female fan service. There are plenty of yaoi elements that are satirized through a pair of twins in the club. Their ‘twincest’ drives the female clientele crazy. There are also many flower vignettes where one of the host club members (most often Tamaki, the president) says some romantic nothing…or attempts to.
Haruhi captured my general “meh” and irritation with the fan service and romantic vignettes. I found the most amusing scenes those involving the rich being exposed to the way of life of everyone else. Instant coffee anyone?
While the characters have some dimension, they left me feeling cold outside of Haruhi. They were too flamboyant or disconnected; it is difficult to put my finger on just what made me feel ambivalent toward them. They were also fairly stereotypical – especially when they were in host mode. Which Ouran Host Club made some pains to point out and even ridicule. Perhaps it is just because a guy my age is far from the target audience. Gotta try something new time to time right?
So I really can’t draw a conclusion on Ouran High School Host Club: other than it is very female oriented. I enjoyed how it satirized character stereotypes and fan service. It did have some funny moments too. It’s not a bad anime…just not my thing.
Rainy / In the anime Kino tends to use Boku a lot and talk in a manish way a lot if you watch the dub it’s not going to be noticeable plus the voice actress sounds more like a girl. I even want to say that her sex is questioned in the series by other characters but it’s been years since I’ve seen it so I can’t recall exactly when. I don’t think Kino is really trying to be a reverse trap but in some pics it’s really hard to tell so she’s more of a natural trap ^_^ I’m sure the artist made her that way on purpose (Kazuki from Getbackers is the same way)Ouran is awesome! It gets silly now and then but it’s a fun shojo with a bit of a reverse harem theme though of course I’m going to say that the manga is better it’s less goofy and turns into a full blooded shojo towards the end.Haha yeah I really don’t get why the guys hate Maria Holic sooo much. I don’t think Splitter really gave it a chance and who knows about the other guys I would have defended it though!Ah well Boku no Pico could scar you for life if your not careful >_< So, it's not for everyone I still think it's funny that I made Milarkie sit through it at ACen :D:D:D Yes . I do need to do a yaoi list soon .
Gender confusion is a pretty common ploy in anime and Japanese/Korean drama I’ve noticed. It does make for some hilariously awkward scenes! I enjoyed the Korean drama Coffee Prince even though I didn’t enjoy Ouran High School Host Club. But then the anime wasn’t targeted to my demographic.
I tend to avoid yaoi and yuri. They are not my type of genre.
i think you’re wrong , i love Ouran Host Club So funny So cute , I Just adore it , I adore the way tamaki loves haruhi and playing the role of her father great :p
It depends on the audience mostly. Being a guy, I am definitely not in the target demographic. I enjoyed some of the scenes. It does intentionally poke some fun at the genre.