| | |  | STUDIO GHIBLI LIBRARY | Home » » » Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 9 | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Hunny's little brother, Chika, pays a visit to the Host Club--and immediately starts attacking Hunny, using all his martial-arts prowess against his older brother! Chika seems to be the absolute opposite of his sweets-loving, Bun-Bun-toting sibling, but why is he so angry with Hunny? The Host Club is determined to find out the cause... | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Bisco Hatori | | Paperback:
| 184 pages | | Publisher:
| VIZ Media LLC | | Publication Date:
| July 03, 2007 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1421514044 | | Product Length:
| 7.48 inches | | Product Width:
| 6.64 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.64 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.42 pounds | | Package Length:
| 7.4 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.8 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.4 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 5 reviews |
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Still the funniest series out there.Jun 18, 2007
By Delamaine
"Formerly Belacane"
Tamaki and friends are up to their usual antics in this ninth volume of the series. Note that Amazon's "Book Description" is inaccurate; this is not about Hunny and Chika. It starts out with a flashback to when Tamaki was recruiting the twins for the club, followed by the arrival at Ouran of a European princess who gets Host Club emotions boiling! Then Tamaki takes ill. There is a short piece about the Host Club with Haruhi at her home, and a short issue of Love Egoist which is much less creepy than previous Love Egoists were.
I still love this series best of all the manga I've ever read, and can't wait to get my hands on future volumes.
Love itJan 09, 2012
By lookitsatree
As expected, Hatori Bisco-sensei delivers the good stuff! I love the humor--so many running jokes that just snowball as you go along. Lots of fun! Host Club definitely makes it on my top manga/manwa list, right up there with Fruit's Basket. Genius. The only con of the series is the timeline of release: what agony to wait half a year to read the next installation... I have to go back and reread the previous three or four manga before advancing to the new release each time they come out so I can make sure I'm following all the nuances (and running gags). Five stars sensei! Thank you for creating such an awesome story. Yay!
Fun with twins, a spoiled princess and helping the poor - but in a sneaky fashion!Oct 12, 2011
By Julie L. Hayes
"bibliophile"
Volume 9 of Bisco Hatori's Ouran High School Host Club begins with an examination of the dichotomy that is Hikaru and Kaoru. The twins are a perplexing pair--torn between wanting to be seen as individuals and being seen as a whole. They manage to confuse most of the people around them with their attitude and they go out of their way to make fools of everyone by childishly switching places whenever it pleases them. They are easily bored and prone to tossing aside their latest toy or pursuit when it no longer holds their joint attention, people included. They believe that people only want to get close to them because of their family name. They haven't reckoned on Tamaki Suoh. When he asks them to join a club he wishes to start, they force him to play the "Which One is Hikaru" game for a month, sure he cannot succeed. They don't count on Tamaki's tenacity. Of course, the outcome is a foregone conclusion.
As the second story begins, the Host Club are playing pirates--buckling swashes and shivering timbers and slashing their way into their ladies' hearts! An unexpected visitor to the club, who is a newcomer to the school--a visiting princess from the kingdom of Monar--sets Tamaki into a tailspin that none can understand, although many try to psychoanalyze his reactions to the pampered, spoiled, selfish young woman. Does he know her? Does she remind him of someone? And why does he agree to her petulant demands? Including wanting to have one of the little people taste her food in case of poison! The others are determined to get to the bottom of his bizarre behavior--the sooner the better!
After the princess' departure, Tamaki takes to his bed with a cold, not appearing at school. Gadzooks! Tamaki sick? Unheard of! What's going on? The Host Club goes to see! They find him being spoiled by the staff at the manor, but there's evidence that Tamaki has been acting strangely lately, including questioning Mori as to whether he ever wishes to kiss Hunny. Truth be told, Tamaki has had ideas of kissing Haruhi. But he's her father! Wherein lies the conflict. This calls for some parental guidance, in the worst possible way. But will he receive it?
In the extra episode, Haruhi's hosting a yami-nabe party at her house. Literally it means dark pot. Guests bring different foods that aren't normally used in nabe and add them to the pot. Whatever you pick up with your chopsticks, you eat. When the members of the Host Club run out of their expensive additions, they persuade Haruhi to run to the store for more--at their expense, of course. She grumbles, but she acquiesces. Once she's out of the house, they are free to put their diabolically clever--and inherently ridiculous--scheme into effect, whereby they secretly replace every bit of the Fujioka's poor, cheap home with expensive duplicates of high quality. Will they succeed? And if they do, will anybody notice?
A bonus story after the Host Club episodes is called The Love Egoist in which a college student is warned not to take a certain path, but he ends up taking it anyway. Has he found the love of his life? Or will he lose her by going down his already chosen road?
On the cover of this volume we see Haruhi and Hunny is grass skirts--completely adorable! I loved all the stories, but especially those with Tamaki. Although the spoiled princess trope is a familiar one, this one serves a different purpose, and I have hopes of seeing a furtherance in the relationship between Tamaki and Haruhi. I've enjoyed getting to know the members of the Host Club and look forward to a lot more of their adventures. The fun never stops, and the writing maintains a high quality in each story. I hope it continues for a long time to come!
Fun story lineSep 11, 2011
By Chucks Daughter
Ouran High School Host Club has a great story line. In this episoid you learn more about the twines and a spoiled Prinsess shows up from Europe. With a Secret. Can the Host club help this troubled Princess? Join Haruhi as she gets caught up in the whirl wind that is Tamaki's world in the Ouran High School Host Club.
Great set for anyone who loves MangaNov 08, 2010
By Woogaloo
My wife and I actually purchased all of the Ouran High School Host Club volumes available on Amazon for our niece. They are a great read for anyone who loves manga. The price on Amazon was great too. We saved around $3 a book buying from them!
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