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I found this show was overrated but I still too early to say so.

Spoiler for My first impression on Ouran High School Host Club:

To tell the truth I always avoiding myself watching this series. Not because I hate it but to wait its hype to cools down. I also currently avoid watching Lucky Star and Mobile Suit Gundam 00 for same reason. After nearly two years passed, the hype that surrounds Ouran High School Host Club still not yet cooled down but instead its getting hotter and hotter. Even some of friends convince me to watch it and finally I gave up. I bet my luck on the first episode. The actual review begins after this....

I did not find it impressive as the hype says. Maybe because I'm not the target audience of this show. The first episode starts as Haruhi accidentally entered the "host club" room. In there she saw some handsome students that girls can dreamed. She actually tried to leave but in the process, she accidentally break the vase that is worth more than herself. The only way for her to repay the debt is be one of them, as the lowest-ranking member. And then their usual busisness starts...

While the premise sounds convincing but the only biggest problem with this show is none of its "jokes" are funny. I tried to laugh to the jokes but I just couldn't. Maybe I tried too hard. The only thing I can do is smiled sarcastically and thinking "why so many people find these scenes funny?". And then I asked God why I couldn't laugh seeing this show. Then I felt that God wants me to try couple more episodes before I can make further judgement.

About the characters, I did not find them to be likeable. First we got Haruhi. I don't know how to describe her but she was bullied twice just in single episode. First she was treated slightly better than a dog then her bag was thrown into a fountain that located just outside of her room. The good thing about her that she is a forgiving person and dubbed entire situation as 'accident'. Second, the 'king' of the club, Tamaki. I'm not sure that he is the president or not but he certainly have the most fans if compared to the other members. There are 'cool' one and 'quite' one which will be introduced later. Two identical twins that I have no clue theri existence in this show but as fanservice. Finally a shouta kid that doesn't belongs there but also for fanservice. In my opinion, he will be the boy that Michael Jackson and Orochimaru could love to have. Surprisingly my favorite character is the red haired girl who bullied Haruhi. Of course I hate what she did to Haruhi but I felt sorry to her after she was heartbroken by Tamaki. She may get what she deserves but for me that was too much. If I were that girl or any other nameless female character there, I will form a club that exclusively for the girls who have been heartbroken by Tamaki or any other guys in that host club. Eventually my own club will overwhelms them for good. The worst character for me is Tamaki. He makes a girl who idolize him like god cry and proud for doing so. And what is worse, other girls impressed with his action like a hero. For me Tamaki is the biggest bully ever that I want to see him dead but unfortunately he is the main protagonist except Haruhi herself.

What about the best points for this show? Actually I do like its animation quality. It is something that director and producer of this show worked for so long. Voice acting also pretty decent.

On the final thoughts, this is a shoujo anime that aimed towards teenage girls, which I'm not one of them. Of course most men and feminists will not going to like this show. In my opinion, the feminists will hate this even worse than the men because of what happened to that red haired girl.

I hope someone else will disagree with me.