Ouran Koukou Host-bu (桜蘭高校ホスト部),
also known as Ouran High School Host Club in English, started off
being a manga serialized in LaLa magazine by a mangaka by the name of
Hatori Bisuko (also the mangaka for A Thousand Years Of Snow). In
2006, it was aired in animation by BONES.
The series follows the journey of Fujioka Haruhi, a freshman of Ouran
High School which is a private institution where pedigree comes first
and money second. Haruhi is a scholarship student admitted to Ouran High
School and has neither pedigree nor money (she is classified as a
commoner, and is the only one in the entire school). One day when
searching for a quiet place to study, she
stumbles upon the Third Music Room where the school's Host Club is held.
The Host Club is a group of six attractive male students and spend time
charming and entertaining female students.
The club consists of: Suou Tamaki, President and the King of the
club; Ootori Kyouya, Vice-president and Shadow King; Haninozuka Mitsukuni,
3rd year student; Morinozuka Takashi, also a 3rd year student; Hitachiin Hikaru and Hitachiin Kaoru,
a pair of mischievous twins whose actions hint on an incestuous
relationship..
Shocked after the Host Club's greeting, Haruhi accidentally breaks a
rune vase worth ¥8,000,000 and is then assigned as the club's dog to do
trivial chores. However, upon discovering that Haruhi does have looks
and charms, they eventually promoted her to be a host in order to pay
off her debts.
Ps. Oh, by the way, Haruhi is a girl. The students of the school
actually thought she was a boy because of her disheveled haircut,
slacks, vest and T-shirt similar to the boy's uniform when she first
entered the school as she was unable to purchase the uniform as it was
too expensive. The Host Club had actually mistook her as a boy at first,
and made her the male student's uniform. She didn't complain however,
and feels that there is nothing wrong about it (since she has such low
gender-threshold identity) as long as it pays off her debts.
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