Ohran High School Host Club (General Discussion)

[MrProphet]

Originally Posted by Ori

I am surprise no one brought this up yet but is it just me or is this a more light hearted, G rated version of Hana Yori Dango?

My first post in this thread (page 1). 8)

Originally Posted by MrProphet

Haruhi (played by the amazing Maaya Sakamoto) is a very tomboyish bedraggled girl from a poor family that has enrolled in this high class prestigious school frequented seemingly only by classic ojou-sama's and bishounen.

Sounds like Hana Yori Dango? Wait, it gets better!

Oh and did I mention as stupid as Tamaki may act, he probably has some sort of dark past (I can just feel it!!) just like the main lead in Hana Yori Dango?

Yes, and there will be ANGST, and there will be COMFORTING, and there will be GENERIC TWISTS, and they WILL BRING LOVERS TOGETHER. I can almost picture it panning out in the script in those same big letters.

Oh, please, let's not go the way of "generic shoujo" here! This is supposed to be an inventive spoof of the whole "angsting semi-yaoi bishounen" character, and you are proposing that the series go in the most predictable and boring direction ever?

I vote "NAY".

[Scribble]

I don't know. I don't think it should go in the "generic shoujo" direction, but I hope it has a plot arc of SOME sort as opposed to being pure comedy. But as I said, the whole bullying and the "help haruhi pick up books in water" thing in the first episode sort of guaranteed that this won't be pure fluff all the way.

[Mangaka-chan]

Originally Posted by Ori

Oh and did I mention as stupid as Tamaki may act, he probably has some sort of dark past (I can just feel it!!) just like the main lead in Hana Yori Dango?

Sort of... (semi important spoiler ahead)

Spoiler:

not really dark though, just sort of sad. This is what I know so far from reading the manga up 'til volume 6 in Chinese.

Tamaki's mom is French and also belongs to a wealthy family. He grew up in France until his grandmother decided to bring him over to live in Japan when he was 14.

However, his mom's family at that point had lost their wealth and her health isn't very good so they needed the money for her. Unfortunately Tamaki's grandmother doesn't like him or his mother much from the begining because he is in fact an illegitimate child. Thing is he is also the only avalible heir to the Suou family fortunes. Knowing that, dear 'ol grandma decided that she will help support Tamaki's mom but he has to come to Japan and never see her again. Whether because she feels guilty or lonely, Tamaki's mom moved away to some other part of France without telling anyone, even her son, and that caused grandma to dislike her "daughter-in-law" even more because she thinks she's abandoning her son.

[Omniscient]

Episode 02 Screencaps and Summary

Spoiler:

The Ouran High School Host Club works to bring together a couple, Haruhi gets her first kiss...with another girl. Quality is as amazing as last week. It's gotta be a crime for a series to look this good.

[dxgarten]

Episode 2 is just out and it's as hilarious as the first one:

Screencaps and summary

Spoiler:

Tamaki's obsession with Haruhi reaches a new level!! When he's not busy worrying about her hair and clothing, he's worrying about how to make sure that she's not kissing/dancing/doing anything romantic with anyone else. Of course, he fails spectacularly each time. The focus of the episode, however, is actually on two guest characters of the week, Kanako and Toru

[Cal-Reflector]

Ran ahead and read the manga up to volume 7.

Spoiler for not really:

WIthout spoiling, let me just say that up until this point, Ouran contains a very low, almost negligible amount of conventional shoujo romance. I would go so far as to say at this point, the most likely couple to prevail is no couple.

I have a feeling this show will be getting its own separate thread soon.

[froinlaven]

I read the first chapter of the manga from a sampler a while back. I thought it was okay, but the anime really brings it to life. I think this is at least in the top 3 anime I've seen this season so far.

[amonrei]

Didn't really expect this show to be good so i'm quite surprised. Even more surprised to know that Haruhi is voiced by Maaya Sakamoto. I've never read the manga though.

[pathyfinder]

Originally Posted by Cal-Reflector

Ran ahead and read the manga up to volume 7.

Spoiler for not really:

WIthout spoiling, let me just say that up until this point, Ouran contains a very low, almost negligible amount of conventional shoujo romance. I would go so far as to say at this point, the most likely couple to prevail is no couple.

I have a feeling this show will be getting its own separate thread soon.

Ok, if I had read about this and done my "normal" research before d/l this, end result would of been; not to download it at all.

I was bored one day, down loaded it because it said "1" on it and thought, "well let's see what this new anime's about"

Good thing I did, as I loved the "light bulb" thing, plus the laughs just kept me loving it

However Cal-Ref's sort of spoiler breaks my heart!

I SO would want a decent couple out of this, and I become bored with the random-wishy-washy romance couples that or the "Norm" from these teenage angst animes

I loved the quality, va's, art, and I was even thinking about breaking the bank on the manga, but I have other anime to watch if this is going nowhere

[Demonish]

the only problem with a new outcoming anime being so entertaining is... yes..the wait till the next episode

[Omniscient]

Originally Posted by pathyfinder

I loved the quality, va's, art, and I was even thinking about breaking the bank on the manga, but I have other anime to watch if this is going nowhere

Very rarely do anime series not try for some sort of ultimate plot at all (i.e. the story going somewhere), though I'll admit that some series do it rather poorly. I've got high hopes that the production team will do a good job with whatever story path they end up choosing.

Originally Posted by Demonish

the only problem with a new outcoming anime being so entertaining is... yes..the wait till the next episode

From the preview, it looks like next week will be the physical exam. That manga chapter had me in stitches, so I'm looking forward to next week's episode having a lot of funny moments

[Cal-Reflector]

Originally Posted by pathyfinder

Ok, if I had read about this and done my "normal" research before d/l this, end result would of been; not to download it at all.

I was bored one day, down loaded it because it said "1" on it and thought, "well let's see what this new anime's about"

Good thing I did, as I loved the "light bulb" thing, plus the laughs just kept me loving it

However Cal-Ref's sort of spoiler breaks my heart!

I SO would want a decent couple out of this, and I become bored with the random-wishy-washy romance couples that or the "Norm" from these teenage angst animes

I loved the quality, va's, art, and I was even thinking about breaking the bank on the manga, but I have other anime to watch if this is going nowhere

Didn't wish to disappoint you. What would be a good way to put this... I mean, there ARE fanlistings for couples in Ouran Host Club, and they ARE based upon some "moments" in the manga. Nevertheless, let's see... ok, compared to the Fruits Basket anime, hopefully a popular enough title that you've seen; if Furuba TV's level of focus on romance was... 4, compared to regular shoujo's (Hana Yori Dango... which I haven't seen, Hot Gimmick) being around 9-10, then Ouran's (the mangas) level of focus on romance stands at about... 2.

It really is more 1)Slice-of-life and 2)Comedy. But hey, the anime very well be different.

[Ori]

Originally Posted by Mangaka-chan

Sort of... (semi important spoiler ahead)

Spoiler:

not really dark though, just sort of sad. This is what I know so far from reading the manga up 'til volume 6 in Chinese.

Tamaki's mom is French and also belongs to a wealthy family. He grew up in France until his grandmother decided to bring him over to live in Japan when he was 14.

However, his mom's family at that point had lost their wealth and her health isn't very good so they needed the money for her. Unfortunately Tamaki's grandmother doesn't like him or his mother much from the begining because he is in fact an illegitimate child. Thing is he is also the only avalible heir to the Suou family fortunes. Knowing that, dear 'ol grandma decided that she will help support Tamaki's mom but he has to come to Japan and never see her again. Whether because she feels guilty or lonely, Tamaki's mom moved away to some other part of France without telling anyone, even her son, and that caused grandma to dislike her "daughter-in-law" even more because she thinks she's abandoning her son.

Looks good.

I checked out some of the manga (not a lot though). I saw the normal shoujo elements that goes heavy on humour (thinking xxxHolic... in which the romance element is low but definately still there if you want to see it and not there if you don't). I think these two series is similar in that aspect (though nothing else of course).

I wouldn't go as far as say it's 2 in romance though. I don't know how to rate it, but the romantic scenes are there even if they are very brief and the focus quickly change to something else.

[musouka]

As far as romance goes, the anime is a lot nicer to Tamaki than the manga is. But really, it's anyone's guess, from what I've read.

Spoiler for the author's preference:

The author says her fave couple is Mori/Haruhi, but that doesn't really show up unless you're really looking.

I kinda like Tamaki/Haruhi, myself. Guess i'm boring...

[Ori]

Originally Posted by musouka

As far as romance goes, the anime is a lot nicer to Tamaki than the manga is. But really, it's anyone's guess, from what I've read.

Spoiler for the author's preference:

The author says her fave couple is Mori/Haruhi, but that doesn't really show up unless you're really looking.

I kinda like Tamaki/Haruhi, myself. Guess i'm boring...

I am boring with you, Musouka, and I have to agree on how much nicer the anime is to Tamaki so far.

Spoiler:

Wow she said that?! It really doesn't show... in the first few books which I read.

[hi no ken Jebus]

Spoiler for ep 2:

Absolutely loved this ep. Tamaki was rather cute with his antics especially the framing of Haruhi's ID picture. Haruhi's first kiss scene had me rolling Tamaki's overprotectiveness failed that time Those damn twins are quickly becoming my favorite characters. From the preview alone next week is going to be awesome.

[Miacis]

Originally Posted by Burner of Anime

On this...

Spoiler:

You do realise that Haruhi is a cross dressing girl?. >_<

Hey, maybe Sakamoto Maaya is unconciously mirroring Julie Andrew's own life Can sing [not sure about the 7 octave wonder part ], does stage work and now voicing Victor, Victoria

Spoiler:

I realize that. XD I just referred to her as a him for some reason, even though I was posting that in a spoiler tag. The whole lightbulb thing kept bugging me, so I was intent on figuring out it's symbolism before they revealed it, and kind of got it when Mori rescued Harhu from Tamaki. Actually, back when Haruhi was still wearing his make-shift school uniform and was crawling around, scrambling to escape the host room I was thinking to myself, "He doesn't look THAT pathetic..."

On an off-topic note. I'm 99% sure Sakamoto Maaya doesn't have a 7 octave vocal range. It's debated that Mariah Carey doesn't even have a 7 octave vocal range, and that it's just an urban myth. However, she is overly qualified to voice 99% of any anime characters in whatever octave range she possesses.

Spoiler:

Am I the only person who immediately thought of MySpace when Tamaki was teaching Haruhi about 'techniques'? When the lines, "Finally, at the best moment. A look for the lower angle is very effective." came up, I thought "MySpace slogan!"

[Mangaka-chan]

Originally Posted by musouka

As far as romance goes, the anime is a lot nicer to Tamaki than the manga is. But really, it's anyone's guess, from what I've read.

Spoiler for the author's preference:

The author says her fave couple is Mori/Haruhi, but that doesn't really show up unless you're really looking.

I kinda like Tamaki/Haruhi, myself. Guess i'm boring...

No way! @#&^$%#@! *spaz and falls to the floor*

Spoiler:

Even with the low romantic tone I'd always thought it'd be Haruhi/Tamaki since they get the most screen time together not to mention what Kyoya said at the end of episode one and what was implied at the end of chapter 1 in the manga.

[Burner of Anime]

Originally Posted by musouka

Spoiler for the author's preference:

The author says her fave couple is Mori/Haruhi, but that doesn't really show up unless you're really looking.

Now I wonder how this pairing is ever going to occur. Oddly enough, these 2 are probably very much alike in that they keep their thoughts to themselves. Doesn't help that the male in this pairing is literally a brick wall, has almost no speaking lines- just exclaimation marks Maybe he hides an aggressive split personality

[musouka]

Keep in mind, that's just what the author likes, not the couple that's going to end up happening. Tamaki/Haruhi has the lion's share of time devoted to it, and BONES seems to be going out of their way to make it even more romantic than the manga.

As an aside, I'm a little annoyed that they seem to have flipped the episode order.

Spoiler:

I wasn't big on the physical examination chapter, though there is some funny stuff in it. I'm more excited over the appearance of Renge! and now I have to wait another week...