“Poor girl forced to join elite boys' Host Club, posing as a male host to repay debt.”
Ouran High School Host Club
桜蘭高校ホスト部
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Synopsis
Poor girl forced to join elite boys' Host Club, posing as a male host to repay debt.
At Ouran High School, an academy where only the children of the rich and powerful attend, there exists a club consisting of the most elite of the student body: the legendary Host Club. Within the club's room, six beautiful, bored boys spend their time entertaining equally beautiful and bored girls. Haruhi Fujioka, a poor scholarship student, has no interest in the Host Club—until she breaks a valuable vase in their clubroom. After being mistaken for a boy, Haruhi is forced by Kyouya Ootori to work for the Host Club to repay her debt. Tamaki Suou, the princely leader of the club, eagerly takes her under his wing to teach her the ways of the host. Things, however, are never quite so simple with the Host Club around. Even the most mundane events can turn into huge spectacles with the likes of prankster twins Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin, stoic Takashi Morinozuka, and sweet Mitsukuni "Hunny" Haninozuka. The crazy adventures of the Host Club are just beginning, and Haruhi must learn how to survive in the glitzy world of the hosts.Note: The final volume contains a special bonus chapter where the group travels to Spain.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 35 sampled reviews
What 35 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.55 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↑ 0.80
Running avg · Jan 2008 → Feb 2025
- 10 “I think the manga is pretty good! The art is nice, and the guys are drawn outstandingly! The character developement is also very nice! It's funny, and romantic, so I'm getting a whole lot of...”
- 10 “I absolutely adored Ouran so much. Definitely worth reading; you get so into the characters and their stories and just how the plot develops. I adored the Host Club, Hikaru and Kaoru were...”
- 9 “Bisco Hatori only proves herself as a great manga writer/drawer. The way she makes the story goes on (at a point totally apart from the anime, which makes a way better story) wraps you in the drama...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 87 × 18 ch × vol
- Total read 11h 36m approx
- Published Jul 2002 – Sep 2010
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0028 catalog