Ouran Koukou Host Club

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Des alternatives: Japanese: 桜蘭高校ホスト部
Auteur: Hatori, Bisco
Taper: Manga
Volumes: 2
Chapitres: 6
Statut: Finished
Publier: 2008-04-05 to 2009-09-05

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Des alternatives: Japanese: 桜蘭高校ホスト部
Auteur: Hatori, Bisco
Taper: Manga
Volumes: 2
Chapitres: 6
Statut: Finished
Publier: 2008-04-05 to 2009-09-05
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Host Club is a club of handsome boys at Ouran High School who entertain the girls glamorously. All of a sudden, the coolest person in club, Kyouya, turns 180 degrees and Tamaki is jealous of seeing Haruhi correspond with director of Ouran Academy. In the middle of the disturbance, suddenly all club members fell into underground world.
Mots clés
comedy
romance
school
harem
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Ouran Koukou Host Club review
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NotArt3mis9
Apr 02, 2021
Hmm … So, no one made a review for Ouran High School Host Club light novel which is pretty decent to read? I know it’s pretty late, but alright … let me to write the first review for this light novel. I will try to make this review spoiler-free.

Actually, I recently read this book after previously watching anime from this series. I found this book in the nearest bookstore. This book was published about two years ago in my country, but it doesn’t seem to be much sold. So, the price is discounted to attract customer. Lucky me! I can buy the book with cheap price. However, I feel sad to see these books still pilling up there. Without a doubt, that is the risk of physical book sales regardless the type. The light novel contains two volumes. The first one called ‘The Extraordinary Days’ and the second one called ‘The Treasured Days’.

The story of the light novel is still telling about Host Club at Ouran Academy, but all the stories are not in the manga. Each novel contains three chapters. The writing of the light novel involves three different authors which means there is a different style of storytelling. It’s like an official fanfiction which is approved by the original author. It can be seen in the writing of stories that still have characters and plot that are still related to the manga that have been created before. If we assume, the story in this light novel has the same timeline with the manga. The novel begins in 2008 to 2009 and the manga ends in 2010 with total 18 volumes.

On the whole, the story of this novel has the same drama and comedy aspect as the manga that can make you giggle. Because it’s a written work, then many stories are described in detail that can’t be imagined if you haven’t watched the anime and read the manga. Therefore, I recommend you to do one of those things so you can understand what's going on in the light novel.

All the characters here have their own characteristics so there are no character developments there. Nevertheless, their behavior never fails to amuse me. In my opinion, there’s nothing can be said about character developments because the traits of all characters are appropriate.

Although all stories are made by others, the illustrations for this light novel are still made by the original creator, Bisco Hatori. As usual, the arts she draws attract the readers as in manga. The illustrations depict particular events well, for instance when Tamaki imagined he was staring at Haruhi who was blushing. But as always, Takashi is still depicted as having no expression in any situation.

Moreover, on the front page of each volume there is a colored folding picture of host club members with different themes and costumes. The different costumes at certain time is characteristic of this club. The arts drawn are quite refreshing and full of color … and also reveal the other side of the club members. That is the selling point of this light novel.

Overall, I really enjoy Ouran High School Host Club light novel. Although it’s not a perfect light novel, but I give it 10 based on my enjoyment. The essence of light novel from a manga series is content exclusivity. It can be found in this novel. If you enjoy manga or anime Ouran High School Host Club, you probably will enjoy the light novel.
Ouran Koukou Host Club review
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mythicamagic8
Apr 02, 2021
A complete, interesting, and realistic romance? I didn't know those existed until now! Now, but honestly, this manga went above and beyond my expectations in every sense of the phrase.

Let's start with the art. #1: Way better than the anime's. I don't know if it's because I'm seeing it in black-and-white or if the art style is fundamentally different between the two, but I liked the style so much more with the manga. #2: The details were amazing. To replicate the extravagant lifestyle these people live in drawing is amazing.

The characters. I'd probably say that this story's characters have close to the most personality I've seen from manga OR anime in a while. All of them got a chance at development, and all of them were extremely complex in their own ways.

The story, though. The story is what highlighted all the great aspects of this manga. I feel like I could go on about it forever, but I'll talk about two of the best story points this manga has. First of all, Tamaki, one of the main characters: if you're at all interested in this manga, please read it simply to experience the development and growth that one of the main characters goes through. As I said, the story supports his character so much, and it makes reading the story OUTSIDE of the romance way more interesting. In fact, this may be the only romance manga I've read (and probably anime I've seen) so far that hasn't, at some point, made me go, "Okay, the story is cool and all, but I'm here for the romance." I was that enthralled by it, and I'd say that's a pretty nice praise for the story itself.

Speaking of romance, that would be the second story point I felt this manga did really well. It didn't have anything unnecessary, and I really enjoyed that. I think it may depend on personal taste; if you like your romances to be more angsty, maybe this will seem a little too tame for you. However, for me, I enjoyed the realism in it. It wasn't too much, it wasn't to little, but it was natural. Also, I liked the fact that the romance was able to take a backseat sometimes in favor of developing other story points or characters that were more important at the time. The romance felt ingrained into the story, like it was supposed to be there, like the events of the story and the romance developments went hand in hand.

As you can tell, this manga is probably going to be on my favorites list for a long time. I'm so happy I found something that I wasn't depending on just for the romantic aspects. I found a great story, a great set of characters, and a great set of relationships through this manga. It feels like it'll be a comfort manga to me from now on. Sort of like these characters are family now. So, yeah. I have the highest praise for this manga, and I hope you take the chance to read it someday. I'm really glad I did.
Ouran Koukou Host Club review
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hexashadow1312
Apr 02, 2021
Ouran High School Host Club was one of the most iconic shoujo series of the 2000s with cosplayers at every anime con and a huge following online at the time. For those not familiar, it is a mostly light-hearted reverse harem comedy series centered around Haruhi, a girl from a relatively poor household attending a prestigious school for rich kids as a scholarship student. Due to an unfortunate accident and the fact that the lazy way she dresses caused her to be mistaken for a boy, she ends up getting recruited to be part of the high school’s “Host Club” in order to work off a debt. She must then act as a male to entertain the (mostly) female patrons of the Host Club while also dealing with the various antics of the other Host Club members.

I was originally exposed to this series around when the US English releases where first coming out and read the first 6 or so volumes around that time. I continued to collect the series, but fell behind in reading the books as I got them. Now I’ve just recently started over and read the entire 18 volumes series from beginning to end. While it did have some genuinely amusing moments and even some touching moments with fun characters, it sadly felt like a bit of a slog to get through it all. I am glad that I read the series, but I don’t imagine myself ever having the desire to read it again.

Anyway, let’s get into the category breakouts:

-----Story - 6 out of 10-----
The story was easily the biggest sticking point for me. As mentioned above, the 18 volumes were a bit of a slog to get through. For something that’s largely light comedy content, the series is much more text-heavy than it probably needed to be and many of the storylines felt a bit empty. While the overall story has its interesting bits, I didn’t feel very invested in it until the romance aspect took more of a central focus in the last 5 or so volumes. Also, a major personal issue that I had with the series was how it treated time. Early on in my manga-reading life, one of my favorite things about the series Love Hina was its progression of time throughout the series; characters aged over the years and it actually let time pass at a rate which seemed to line up at many moments with the actual real-world time when the manga was being published! However, in Ouran an artificial passage of time was used for a lot of the series similar to US cartoon and comic series like Peanuts and The Simpsons. At times the text would literally say things like, “A new school year has started, but please ignore the fact that the characters are still in the same grade.” That just really bothered me and took me out of the story. They did eventually pass on to a real new school year, but in a way that almost made the early parts worse. Like, why couldn’t you have just done this early?! Other than that, there were a number of genuinely funny and touching moments, although it did feel at times that the series was nearly twice as long as it needed to be.

-----Art - 8 out of 10-----
There was very little to complain about in the art department. The character designs were largely distinctive and fun to look at. A lot of the clothing design was particularly interesting. While there were some occasional gaffs and some awkwardly re-used panels for flashbacks from time to time, the art overall was very good shoujo material.

-----Characters - 8 out of 10-----
With a core cast of seven characters who you see over and over for 18 volumes, they need to be enjoyable. For the most part, the cast is successful in this. The boys of the Host Club are all largely presented as one-dimensional archetypes, but that was kind of the point. They’re essentially all parodies of different tropes as they play their roles in the Host Club to entertain the girls, but they also have a few nice layers to discover underneath as they interact with Haruhi and each other. Haruhi herself is a rather nice character. While she plays as a bit of a typical “I understand who you all are deep down and therefore you fall in love with me” kind of shoujo heroine, this is counterbalanced by her other personality quarks such as chronic apathy about most things, severe bluntness, and being totally oblivious about some key points (usually romance related). Most of the side characters in the series are also interesting.

-----Enjoyment - 7 out of 10-----
Again, while it did feel like more work to read through this than I would have liked, I did generally enjoy myself and don’t regret reading it. The series had some amusing comedy bits, the characters were fun, and there were some touching moments and interesting character building. Unfortunately the series’ length and bloated nature did hurt how enjoyable this could have been for me and it just barely skates by with a 7 here. I won’t ever care to re-read the series and I only have the slightest interest in watching the anime adaptation at this point. If it wasn’t for the fact that I already own the anime on DVD, I probably wouldn’t bother at all. But depending on your tastes and reading style, you may like this more than me.

-----Overall - 7 out of 10 (Conclusion)-----
So overall, I can’t give this series higher than a 7. I’ve said it many times, but it drags a lot for what is mostly a simple comedy series about reverse harem trope parody and gender-bending antics. While it does have a larger story under the surface, it doesn’t get enough of a spotlight through most of the series to keep you invested while reading. The chapters start to feel like long drawn-out episodic gag-comedy segments which can be rather hit-and-miss and provide only the slightest influence to the overall plot. I feel like the series’ biggest failing is not committing enough to what it wanted to be: Did it mainly want to be a silly gag comedy or a somewhat-serious romance story? It felt jarring as it tried to do both equally. But that’s not to say there aren’t things to like here as well. If the comedy really connects with you, then you might enjoy it for the long haul. If you’re a faster reader, the text-heavy nature may not be that much of an issue for you and not feel like as much of a slog. And of course, if you get into the characters and design of the series, then it could even potentially be a favorite of yours. If what I’ve said interests you, then I’d recommend at least checking out the first two volumes to see if it’s your kind of thing. But if some of the issues I’ve brought up might bother you, then I would not consider the series to be essential reading at this point, even if you’re a big shoujo manga fan.
Ouran Koukou Host Club review
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YummiYT15
Apr 02, 2021
English Version

BEST REVERSE HAREM EVER

Story: 6/10
Ouran is a parody and a subversion of the trophies of the Shojos at a general level, grabs the stereotypes and gives them a turn to the characters fresh, charismatic, strange and fantastic, the story is the day to day of all those who work in the "Host club" a club of hosts for rich women in the ouran school, every day a different dynamic but at the same time the same one where the host club tries to solve a problem of some person that comes before them, as you can appreciate the History is easy to follow, unlike other series of demographics here they explore in depth the characters with everyone playing a role, imposed by their social status and the expectations of their family and their peers that contrasts perfectly with the entry of the new life of the protagonist

Art: 7/10
In the beginning you can feel the work dense by this factor to be many things in the panels making it quite complicated to start with the story, this is the same because the author was very new at that time, after a while you do not have that problem and you accept that the art is very good and appropriate to the work ... In this section, the anime was much better

Characters: 10/10
Ouran is a story based on the interactions of the characters so vivid, each stereotyped character has a plot twist making it more enriching, there is a difference between the typical MC shojo and Haruhi, being this apathetic, without energy of anything, not interest in anda that surrounds him except to study and eat, in a few words Haruhi is any girl of lower class that reached that point for their effort, the cast is the best of the genre and more for the detail that each of those of Host club have a psychological immersion because they think so about the world that surrounds them in a fantastic way.


Enjoyment: 8/10
It was a great experience and it is one of the best things I have read in the year.

Overall: 7/10
Unlike other reverse harem, Ouran host club NEVER loses its way, from start to finish the story will feel so natural that you will not feel when it's over, it's a very rewarding experience if you want to start reading Shojo



Version en Español:

EL MEJOR REVERSE HAREM

Story: 6/10
Ouran es una parodia y una subversión de los tropos de los Shojos a nivel general, agarra los esteriotipos y les da un giro volviendo a los personajes frescos, carismáticos, extrañables y fantásticos, la historia es el dia a dia de todos los que trabajan en el “Host club” un club de anfitriones para mujeres ricas en la escuela ouran, cada dia una diferente dinámica pero a la vez la misma donde el Host club trata de resolver un problema de alguna persona que viene ante ellos, como se puede apreciar la historia es fácil de seguir, a diferencia de otras series de la demografía aquí exploran a profundidad los personajes con todo el mundo jugando un papel, impuesto por su estatus social y las expectativas de su familia y sus compañeros que contrasta perfectamente con la entrada de la nueva vida de la protagonista

Art: 7/10
En inicios puedes sentir densa la obra por este factor al ser muchísimas cosas en los paneles haciendo bastante complicado iniciarte con la historia, esto es igual gracias a que la autora era muy novata en esos momentos, luego de un buen rato ya no tienes ese problema y aceptas que el arte es muy bueno y adecuado a la obra… En esta sección, el anime fue muchísimo mejor

Characters: 10/10
Ouran es una historia basado en las interacciones de los personajes tan vividos que tiene, cada personaje esteriotipado tiene un plot twist haciéndolo mas enriquecedor, hay un diferencia entre la típica MC shojo y Haruhi, al ser esta apática, sin energía de nada, no interés en anda que le rodea a excepción de estudiar y comer, en pocas palabras Haruhi es una chica cualquiera de clase baja que llego a ese punto por su esfuerzo, el cast es de lo mejor del genero y mas por el detalle de que cada uno de los de Host club tienen una inmersión psicológica del porque piensan asi sobre el mundo que los rodea de forma fantástica.

Enjoyment: 8/10
Fue una gran experiencia y es de las mejores cosas que he leído en el año.

Overall: 7/10
A diferencia de otros reverse harem, Ouran host club JAMAS pierde su rumbo, de principio a fin la historia se sentirá de forma tan natural que no sentiras cuando acabe, es una experiencia bastante gratificante si quieres empezar a leer Shojo


Ouran Koukou Host Club review
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KyasutoNaito2
Apr 02, 2021
How do I even put into words my feelings towards this manga. How.

Story 10/10: It has a very interesting structure, wherein it sets up a basic plot, and then it spends quite a lot of time being 'episodic' so to say, just introducing the main characters and the relationships between them and some relevant side-characters. Due to this, it might be called slow because of how long it takes to get to the serious parts, but personally I didn't mind it at all because this way the reader has a lot of time to grow to care about the characters, and the 'episodic' parts are done so well it's hard to find any fault in them.

Art 10/10: This manga is worth reading just for the art, and that is probably the biggest reason why I prefer the manga over the anime. The art is so wonderfully detailed and beautiful in every single panel, the backgrounds and especially the building shots are exquisite, so much so that I often found myself just staring at a given panel, wondering how much time and effort must've gone into it. However, my words cannot describe it accurately enough, so the best way to comprehend what I'm talking about is by reading it for yourself.

Character 10/10: Ultimately, no matter how great the story or the art are, the characters are the most important part of this manga, and honestly, they're definitely some of the best characters I've ever encountered in fiction. In the beginning all the main characters are introduced as simple stereotypes, but we slowly find out more and more about their personalities and their backgrounds through their interactions with the side characters. Though there are chapters that are mostly focused on one particular character, they get developed even beyond those chapters, and it's wonderful.

And then there's the side characters, who initially might seem like one-off characters we won't see ever again, but then they pop up later in the story and become integral to whatever the main characters are doing. It's incredible just how many characters there are in this manga, but what I love most is the various relationships the main characters have with one another and with the side characters, the conflicts that arise from those relationships, and the different ways these conflicts are resolved. Because honestly, the best thing about the characters in this manga is that they get things done. Instead of just sitting around and waiting for things to get fixed by someone else, they make foolish decisions and throw themselves into stupid situations just because they can't stand to see their friends struggling.

Enjoyment 10/10: I didn't think I would find the manga as funny or as enthralling as I found the anime, but obviously, I was extremely wrong, and somehow the manga managed to make me laugh harder than the anime, even though it has no sound effects, no crazy animation, and it really tones down the humour in the second half. It also made me cry a fair few times, which was extremely unexpected considering how light-hearted it often is. I don't know when I will ever find another manga that balances comedy with drama this well.

Overall 10/10: Of course it has its issues, but they're not things that would ruin my overall impression of this manga. It is certainly one of the best within this medium, and I would wholeheartedly recommend it to just about everyone, especially if you're a fan of shoujo or comedy, but even if you're not, just read it. And.... this is probably my favourite manga ever, so I expect I will reread it quite often in the future.
Ouran Koukou Host Club review
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BlazeFireball1
Apr 02, 2021

Warning this review may contain spoilers.

First impressions, so after watching the anime version of this I decided to check out the manga to see where this story goes and what happens over all.



Story, 7/10

So the story of ouran highschool host club is about the main character haruhi who has gotten a scholarship to the exclusive private institution known as ouran highschool where you will find the upper crust of society go for there learning.
While looking for a place to study she comes across the host club.
A group of very handsome male students who entertain the young maidens of ouran.
So after meeting all the members haruhi by accident brakes a vary expensive vase that was worth $80000. She Realizes that she don't have enough money to pay for it
So the host club cuts her a deal that she will work for the host club intil she has worked of the dent and also I forgot to mention that they thought she was actually a boy. So while beginning her time at the host club they find at that she is actually a girl and now they must hide the fact that she is actually a girl from the school body in order for her to continue working for the club.
And so begins the wacky adventures of the host club.

The plot it self is pretty basic and episodic at the start and pretty much though out the rest of the story itself.
It's pretty much the adventures that the host club gets up to.
Which include, getting involved in some pretty funny situations that involve some of the students of oruan,help organize school events and just doing regular slice of life things.
Which sounds pretty bare bones when I think about it.
But I think what made it work is that it took the most mundane things which was school life and made it entertaining to read.
And I didn't find that a problem because
this is a comedy series by nature even thought it has drama and a reverse harem elements.

So the episodic nature of the story is pretty justified by default.
The episodic parts are generally used for comedy and getting to know the characters and makes good set up the more serious parts in the story.

Which are mostly about this kind of love triangle that popping up.
which was never mallow dramatic or over blown to the point of me face palming.
Which dose happen quite a bit in these kind of story's from my experience And some things about tamaki and kyoya famliy life which kind of shows that even though someone comes from a well off family there are still problems that even they have.
Which had a pretty nice build up and pay off.
The ending for ouran was probably a bit to anticlimactic .
But they do rap every thing up.

Another thing I must say about this story is that it took the basic shojo reverse harem formula And decided to say Fuck the cliche shit I am going to do this myself.
And for that reason it actually stands out from the rest of its kind.
The comedy was pretty funny for me.
They did really well with the kind of comedy that they where gong for
So for that I would give it a pat on the back for trying to stand out.


Characters, 6/10

The main character haruhi was pretty interesting for the most part.
Especially when you compare her to most shojo protagonists.
Her personality she kind of a tom boy who stands to her guns and has a reason for doing what he doing. She is never submissive and she was treated with respect.

The host club members.
Where at the start the very basic pretty boy stereotypes like for example.
the prince, the glasses guy, quiet guy.that would make fan girls go dokie dokie.
But as the story continued they stop feeling cardboard cutouts and actually felt like actual characters.
Which was helped by the fact that all have very eccentric personality which help add tones and tones of humor.
They where also very endearing and had a lot of energy to them.

The side characters where also a bit eccentric but not to the level that the host club.
But where different from the usual crap you generally get.

Art, 7/10

The artwork looked very nice and clean.
The backgrounds where well done as well.

The art style is very shojo and dated by today's stands.
But has some pretty interesting things added in like flowers and stars and lots of other things added into the back ground. Which breeds life into it.

The character design.
Are basically the basic designs you would find in any shojo manga.

Enjoyment, 7/10

Well I think one thing I quite liked about this manga is even though it for girls and I could kind of tell it was for girls.
It never actually felt like that because it was such a fun story.
The humor was funny and never felt repetitive
And this was the story that got me into shojo manga.
So I look at this manga with fondness.


Overall, 7/10

If you like shojo then this is definitely a must read.
You rad going to have a good time.

But you find its character design and plot beat off putting them probably stay away.
Because it probably no going to be your cup of tea.

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