Ouran High School Host Club

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Ouran High School Host Club
桜蘭高校ホスト?
(Ōran Kōkō Hosuto Kurabu)
DemographicShōjo
GenreRomantic comedy
Manga
Authored byBisco Hatori
Publisher Hakusensha
Serialized in LaLa
Original run August 5 2003 – Ongoing
No. of volumes12 (ongoing)
TV anime
Directed byTakuya Igarashi
StudioBones
Licensor VAP
FUNimation Entertainment
Tooniverse
Network Animax, NTV
Original run April 5 2006 – September 26 2006
No. of episodes26
Ouran High School Host Club (桜蘭高校ホスト部 Ōran Kōkō Hosuto Kurabu) is a manga series by Bisco Hatori, serialized in Hakusensha's LaLa magazine since August 5 2003. The series follows Haruhi Fujioka, a scholarship student at Ouran High School, and the other members of the titular host club. The screwball romantic comedy focuses on the relationships within and without the Club and satirizes the clichés and stereotypes that endure in series aimed at girls.

The manga has been adapted into a series of audio dramas, an animated television series directed by Takuya Igarashi and produced by Bones, and a visual novel by Idea Factory.

Plot

Haruhi Fujioka is a scholarship student at Ouran High School, 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 a vest. 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 attractive male students (Takashi "Mori", Mitsukuni "Hunny", Kaoru and Hikaru, Tamaki, and Kyoya) who spend their time charming and entertaining the school's girls for profit. During their first meeting, Haruhi accidentally knocks over a vase valued at ¥8,000,000.

In order to pay off the large sum, Haruhi is employed as the club's "dog" and constantly ordered to do menial tasks like serving food or cleaning up. The Club president, without knowing she is really a girl, promotes Haruhi to "host" as soon as he discovers her potential. Even after the truth comes out in the Club, Haruhi continues the charade and is allowed to pay off the rest of her debt working as a host — provided she conceals her true identity from the customers.

Characters

Main article: List of Ouran High School Host Club characters
The Ouran Private Academy encompasses kindergarten to twelfth grade. Most students come from wealthy families but, in rare ocassions, special scholarships are granted to students from a lower income bracket. The school's unofficial motto is "Lineage is first, wealth is second," meaning students with stellar family backgrounds are given top priority over those from rich families but low social status.

Host Club
Tamaki thought up the Host Club while in ninth grade and started it upon entering the Ouran High School. Customers have the freedom to choose which host will entertain them, playing to their specific needs and interests.

The Third Music Room has been outfitted by the Club to accommodate their business and, sometimes, it has a specific theme, ranging from a tropical paradise to a traditional picnic, to heighten the customers' pleasure and keep things interesting.

Dark Magic Club
The Dark Magic Club is led by Umehito Nekozawa, a third year student. The club members seem to spend most of their time in a dimly-lit room poring over witchcraft paraphernalia, but the Club President insists they are performing a Black Mass. Each member wears a black coat and is provided their own free Beelzenef cat-puppet.

In the television series, Nekozawa is the only member shown and it is unknown if he managed to recruit anyone into his club.

Newspaper Club
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The Newspaper Club
The Newspaper Club is made up by its Chairman Akira Komatsuzawa, Chikage Ukyo and Tomochika Sakyo. The Club strives to be more popular than the Host Club, but their newsletter is a sensational, gossip-filled tabloid no one bothers to read.

Zuka Club
The White Lily Group, otherwise known as the Zuka Club (ヅカ部 Zukabu) in honor of the Takarazuka Revue, is Ouran Host Club's counterpart at St. Lobelia's Girls Academy. The leading body, composed of third-year student Benio Amakusa, second-year student Chizuru Maihara and first-year student Hinako Tsuwabuki, have gained idol status at St. Lobelia; Benio, particularly, is the subject of extreme affection from her fellow students, requiring her own student security agents. The group is a strong advocate of female superiority. Besides theatric performances, the club hosts a wide range of activities, such as tea ceremonies and discussion groups.

American Football Club
The American Football Club consists of Captain Takeshi Kuze, Vice-captain Makoto Togoin and Hayato Tarumi. Kuze's family controls the largest domestic share of fruit and vegetable imports. The team is called the Ouran Orage, which rhymes with "orange" and is French for "storm." The Captain holds a grudge against Kyoya because he embarrassed him in kindergarten. The American Football Club is not featured on the television series.

Karate Club
Little is known about the Karate Club, besides that Hunny was its Captain before joining the Host Club in his second year of high school. As Captain, Hunny was strict and hard on the students in an attempt to purge the cuteness from him. The current captain is Hunny's stricter, younger brother Yatsuchika.

Media

Manga

Main article: List of Ouran High School Host Club manga chapters
The Ouran High School Host Club manga started its run on August 5 2003 in Japan in LaLa. So far, the individual chapters have been collected into ten tankōbon and continues to run in Japan. As of 2007 it is being released in North America under the license of VIZ Media under their Shojo Beat line, and also in Indonesia in the monthly manga magazine hanalala. It is published in Singapore (in both simplified Chinese and English) by Chuang Yi. Included in some of the volumes is the series Romantic Egoist.

Audio dramas

The audio dramas were released from 2003. There are three drama CD releases, as well as two tracks included in LaLa magazine's twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth anniversary CDs. No English translation is available.

Anime

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Ouran Private Academy
The animated television series premiered April 5 2006 on Japan's NTV network. The series was directed by Takuya Igarashi and written by Yōji Enokido (Revolutionary Girl Utena, The Melody of Oblivion) , while the character designer and chief animation director for the series was Kumiko Takahashi (famed for Cardcaptor Sakura). It also features a different cast from the audio dramas, with Maaya Sakamoto starring as Haruhi Fujioka and Mamoru Miyano portraying Tamaki Suou. Ouran High School Host Club finished its run on September 26 2006, totaling to twenty-six episodes. The series is licensed for distribution in North America by FUNimation Entertainment, set for release across the region in 2008.

Visual novel

The Ouran Host Club visual novel was released for PlayStation 2 on April 19 2007 by Idea Factory. Based on the television series, the player makes decisions as Haruhi that affect the other hosts feelings toward her. The game features the characters of Jean-Pierre Léo, a long-time French friend of Tamaki, and Himemiya Sayuri, a childhood friend of Haruhi, designed by the series creator. The game has been released exclusively in Japan.

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