THIS REVIEW HAS SPOILERS Ouran Highschool Host Club is a great series with loveable characters a fun story and pretty art and even prettier boys this shojo manga succeeded my expectations but the ending fell a little short for me. STORY 8/10 Ourans story is a unique one to say the least. it all starts when Haruhi Fujioka a scholarship student at Ouran highschool loses her way and stumbles into music room three where Ourans Host club resides. Out of shock and embarrassment at entering the wrong classroom Haru bumps a vase and it shatters. She is told that that vase cost 80000 dollars and shell have to pay it off by being a host herself. While at first the members of the host club mistake Haru as a boy they soon to their shock find out the truth. At first only a comedy Ouran High School Host Club focuses on the shenanigans of this silly club but in the last 4 volumes focuses hard on the romantic aspect of the tag romcom. CHARACTERS 9/10 Whether you are a hardcore Kaoru or Tamaki stan or are here for Hunny and Mori Ouran has a loveable cast of characters even if I did get quite tired of Tamakis narcissism towards the end of the series. Oh and we cant forget about Haru the main character in this wacky high school. Haru or Haruhi has such a loveable charm around her and her little flaws like not being able to sing at all just make her even better. I couldnt really care for who Haru ends up with as long as shes happy Im happy. Hunny and Mori all make appearances throughout the series these third years are polar opposites but best friends. Hunny with his threeyearold mind and even smaller body charms all the ladies but thankfully Im not a lady. I enjoyed seeing Hunnys dark side when hes tired but other than that there were few moments that made me enjoy Hunny much. Mori on the other hand while having few lines is one of my favorites in the series. Tall and quiet Mori gets the girl charm from his constant care of Hunny. It was also really funny to see Mori talkative when hes tired that was so fun. Another great character is Kyouya With his capitalist mindset and head always in the game my favorite moments with him were his heartfelt ones though far and in between. And last but certainly not least the twins Kaoru and Hikaru are staples of the series and their constant tricks and nagging at Tamaki always put a smile on my face. While the romance aspect of this manga wasnt my favorite Kaoru as a love interest for Haru was much more interesting for me than Tamaki where I felt he lacked and there were too many blushing scenes. ART 9/10 The art in this series is really refreshing even though the amount of closeup flower scenes was excessive Hatori knew it was and used it as a joke. sorry for the bad quality 2005https://pm1.narvii.com/6561/4d9390f10f9a088cffc67a3b65a34b3c39c8620ehq.jpg 2005https://exploringanimeandmanga.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/screenshot20180208214806.png?w=730 I cant find the zip zip goes the lips scene but that scene is just so good.. ENJOYMENT 7.5/10 The first half of this series is so fun with so many moments that made me laugh out loud. The second half however was still funny but focuses on the shojo of the shojo manga. Still enjoyable but it just didnt have the same charm as the first 10 books. OVERALL 8.5/10 Id recommend this to fans of romcoms or of shojo manga. This series is really really good and while the romance of it will turn some people away from it id recommend everyone give it a chance. This is a special series and i hope the anime has as much charm as the manga was able to pull off. It wasnt Tamaki and Haru together that disappointed me but how their relationship felt rushed and left me wanting more of the good ol days where people werent fighting for Haru.
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