Showing posts with label Host Club. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Host Club. Show all posts

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

Ouran High School Host Club 桜蘭高校ホスト部 (Ōran Kōkō Hosuto Kurabu)



Alternative Name: 樱兰高校男公关部 (Yīng Lán Gāo Xiào Nán Gōng Guān Bù)


Genre: Romance, Comedy, Slice of Life, Bishounen, Cross-Dressing, 
              Host Club, Reverse Harem, Parody, School, Twins, Moe

Description: 

Haruhi Fujioka is a scholarship student at the prestigious Ouran Academy, a fictional high school located in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Looking for a quiet place to study, Haruhi stumbles upon the Third Music Room, a place where the Ouran Academy Host Club, a group of six male students, gathers to entertain female "clients". During their first meeting, Haruhi accidentally knocks over and breaks an antique vase valued at ¥8,000,000 and is told to repay the cost in service to the club. Haruhi's short hair, slouching attire and gender-ambiguous look cause her to be mistaken by the hosts for a male student. The hosts all agree that Haruhi would be a good host, thus making her join the host club. Ultimately she agrees to join the Club as a host herself (dressed as a male) in order to pay off her debt. She agrees to join since she does not mind hosting as long as she can pay the debt off faster.


The hosts do later find out that she is, in fact, a girl. They keep this a secret, so no one will be able to tell. The Ouran Private Academy encompasses kindergarten to twelfth grade (along with a university). Most students come from wealthy families, but in special cases, merit scholarships are granted to exceptional students from a lower income bracket. The school's unofficial motto is "Lineage counts first, wealth a close second," meaning students with stellar family backgrounds but low socioeconomic status may be given top priority over those from rich families with lesser pedigrees.

Episode: 26 

Original Run: April 4, 2006 – September 26, 2006

Studio: Bones

Television Drama: July 22, 2011 – September 30, 2011 (11 episodes)

Live-Action Film: March 17, 2012