This is the first anime that I'm going to review that I have never watched before. Yeah, all the other animes I've reviewed I've seen at least twice, once before, and once right before the review. This was recommended to me by Priscilla and I have to say, I'm pretty happy with it. It was a great anime and much different from what I was used to.
The series Ouran High School Host Club is 26 episodes long, you know, your average length. This anime is in the comedy genre and oh boy it doesn't disappoint. It's pretty heavy on comedy, if you're into that kind of stuff. But then again, why wouldn't you be?
Now you know what time it is...
ROLL CALL:
Fujioka Haruhi - In the first episode, you see Haruhi as a nerdish looking character walking around Ouran High School trying to find everything. He finds the Host Club in the third music room and has to join the club (for reasons explained later). Then you find out that Haruhi is actually a girl. Well, how could he...I mean she...not be? With a name like Haruhi, you have to be a girl. She's a pretty average person and is what the students of Ouran call a "commoner" which is just another way of saying middle class. Oh yeah, Ouran High School is for rich people. She looks like a boy after she got her hair cut and the rest of the Host Club try to hide her gender from everyone else.
Suoh Tamaki - He is the leader of the Host Club and is classified as a "prince type." And hell yes he is. He can have control of any girl in seconds if he plays his cards right. But after he finds out that Haruhi is a girl, he's pretty much only interested in her. He provides most of the comic relief in this anime, considering that he is beat up verbally by almost every character. You either hate him or you love him.
Ootori Kyoya - I think he's the financial manager of the Host Club and is classified as a "cool type." He only does things if they benefit him. If they have no merit, as he says, he doesn't bother. Usually he will do things for other people if they are the children of some powerful business executive or something. And his character is secretly evil at some times. Haruhi picks this up immediately.
Hikaru Hitachiin/Kaoru Hitachiin - I'm putting these two together because it's unfair to have them have seperate character descrpitions. After all, they're identical twins. They're classified as the "devilish type." They follow each other everywhere, do everything together, and literally say things together. Which is kinda bizzare and freaky. Besides being identical twins, they do have their own individual personalities when they're by themselves. Hikaru is the more aggressive one and Kaoru is less harsh. There's no way to tell them apart except certain episodes, like where they dye their hair different colors. Haruhi seems like the only person who can tell them apart at any given time.
Haninozuka Mitsukuni - Also known as Honey-sempai by the other club members, this senior is the "loli type". Even though he's a senior, he looks just like a little kid. And he acts like one too. He constantly eats cakes and sweets, he carries a stuffed bunny around, and his overall attitude is like a child. But no matter how you look at him, he's cute. Even his voice is adorable. Mitsukuni is a martial arts master that comes from a family of kung-fu experts. He always hangs around the next roll call character, Morinozuka Takashi. Or rather, Takashi hangs around him. Let me explain.
Morinozuka Takashi - He is Mitsukuni's closest friend, but more like a bodyguard. He is classified as the "silent and cool type." Which is right because he rarely talks. By the way he also looks like this other character, also named Takashi. Yamamoto Takashi from Katekyo Hitman Reborn. Anyways, the Morinozuka family has always served the Haninozuka family as servant type people and bodyguards. Even though that relationship had died down several generations ago, he still tries to protect Mitsukuni.
So those are the characters of the host club. Although there are others that show up periodically, I'm not going to attempt to describe them because you can just look at them.
The story goes like this. Haruhi is accepted to Ouran High School because of her outstanding grades. However, everyone else got in because they're just rich. So she's the only middle class student there. While looking for a place to study, she comes across a room called the third music room. She enters and finds the Host Club.
Now, what is the Host Club? It's a bunch of guys that have tea with ladies and talk with them and show off their good looks. Yeah. They make money like that.
So she meets the Host Club and just decides that they're a bunch of rich bastards, as she puts it. However, she accidentally knocks over an expensive vase that costs a lot of money. I think it was 80 million yen. So she is forced into the Host Club and has to work off that money by being a servant kind of. But then they discover her potential to be a host and dress her up as a host because they think that she's a guy. She tries out being a host and the club decides that they should let her do that instead. After the day, Tamaki comes in the changing room while she is changing and finds out that Haruhi is actually a girl. And that's what this series is all about, the Host Club, their adventures, and Haruhi's secret.
What did I think about this anime? I loved it. It was way different from what I was used to and a breath of fresh air to watch. It was entertaining and creative. I liked all of the characters, who each had their unique personalities and features. The storyline was way awesome and kept me watching, and I was able to finish this series in under a week.
One thing I noticed about this anime is their use of captions. They use subscripts for a whole lot of things to enhance the mood. Sometimes it's awesome, but some other times it's annoying. Didn't bother me too much though.
Probably the only thing I didn't like about this anime was some of the characters. There are some characters that just reek of poo. Fortunately, I only saw them in 2 episodes. The main characters are absolutely loveable.
The whole atmosphere is elegant, being a rich school with classy people. And being in the perspective of Haruhi, you see everything through her eyes, which is brilliant of the creators. This anime also gets bonus points for having good opening and ending songs.
Overall, it's a great anime series if you're a casual watcher, or just looking for some entertainment. I don't think there's any other series like this, so you'd probably be interested after watching the first episode.
Storyline: 9/10
Characters: 8/10
Mood: 10/10
Uniqueness: 9/10
Overall: 9/10
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