| | |  | SHOJO BEAT | Home » » » Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 1 | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | In this sharp-witted romantic comedy about the clash of the classes (of all kinds), a poor girl at a rich kids' school ends up working at the school's toniest club-and gets mistaken for a boy! In this high anticipated title, a kind of cross between HANA-KIMI and BOYS OVER FLOWERS, Haruhi is a scholarship student at an exclusive private school: Ouran High School, where it turns out the bespectacled, short-haired Haruhi is the only student from a lower-middle class family in attendance! Then, to make matters worse, one day she breaks an $80,000 vase that belongs to one of the campus clubs-a mysterious outfit called the "Host Club," consisting of six superrich (and gorgeous) guys. Haruhi can't afford to pay back the cost of the vase, of course, so she's forced to work for the Host Club! And it's there that she discovers just how rich all the boys are and how different the rich are from you and me...And meanwhile, the eccentric but good-hearted rich boys are shocked to find out how life is on the other side... | | | Features: | |
• ISBN13: 9781591169154
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Bisco Hatori | | Paperback:
| 184 pages | | Publisher:
| VIZ Media LLC | | Publication Date:
| July 05, 2005 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1591169151 | | Package Length:
| 7.3 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.7 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.4 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 30 reviews |
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 Simple AmazingAug 08, 2009
i loved it from start to finsh these book is funny and has a great story line i recomend it for all Shojo lovers
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Definitely the BEST comedy manhwa i have EVER read!!!!!Sep 21, 2008
The poor scholorship student Fujioka Haruhi is forced to masquerade as a boy and work in the super rich school Ouran Academy's Host Club after breaking an 8,000,000 yen vase the club had been planning to sell later. Hilarity ensues...
When I came upon this, I almost skipped over it, but, on a whim I started watching the anime, and I was imediately hooked! I have watched and read both the anime and the manhwa innumerable times, and I still don't come close to tiring of it! All of the characters are so different and awkwardly thrust together, that in the end, it fits! I never thought it would be possible to make something like this work. This is the only manhwa/anime that I have always, never fail reccomended for anybody and everybody I know who has read this absolutely loved it!
 A review of Ouran High School Host Club, vol. 1Aug 29, 2008
When scholarship student Haruhi steps into the supposedly unused music room, hoping to get some studying done, she discovers the Ouran High School Host Club. The club entertains female students with teas, parties, conversation, and lots of drama. They also happen to think that Haruhi is a boy and, when she accidentally break an $80,000 vase, they demand that she repay them by working for the club.
I liked this manga, but it took me awhile to get into it. It's goofy, manic, and a little confusing, but I think that as the first volume goes on, the characters get nailed down and are a bit more defined. There's a great moment where a fangirl is "casting" each member of the club in their stereotype. Haruhi isn't quite what I expected... she's tough, capable of holding her own, and sees through a lot of the acts in the club. I'm not all that attached as of yet, but we'll see how I feel about the next volume.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
great!May 01, 2008
i really enjoy this series, its one of my favorites. i have seen the anime and am currently reading the manga (just starting) so i feel that i can't really talk about the series as a whole, but the elements i liked from the anime have presented themselves in the manga, so far. what i think draws me to this series is that its kind of a mockery of all shojou stories. you have all of the typical stereotypes that are played out in an over the top rendition that just makes you want to laugh and then you have the heroine which plays the part of you, she is almost detatched from the story, but fully integrated into it. there are times when it seems like she's saying 'are we really doing this right now?' but ends up doing it and having fun (like when you're fed up with the rediculousness of a story, but are happy when the couple gets together). lets just say she's the voice of reason, and for once A HEROINE WHO ISN'T STUPID!! as i feel that it is making fun of the genre, i must also say that that isn't all it does. it actually has a pretty decent story line and some good characters. i recommend!!
A Great ReadApr 24, 2008
If you're looking for a manga that's fun but not your run-of-the-mill action/adventure or love story, Ouran's the one for you. I was first introduced to this series by watching the anime online, and I loved it so much I immediately started purchasing the mangas.
Had I picked this book up off the shelf, I'm not sure I would have bought it. I typically prefer Shonen (boy-ish) manga to Shojo (girl-ish) and generally choose manga for the art rather than the plot. Ouran, however, is a spectacular combination of wit and, while not the most mind-blowing artistry, very good drawing.
The concept behind the story doesn't sound that amazing, just the typical girl-dresses-like-a-boy story, but the way the author gives such vibrant life and personality to all of her characters and manages to produce plot lines that will have you stunned at their potential realism makes this series a true gem. I highly recommend that you try this book, even if you just read it in a local bookstore. You'll be laughing in no time and hurrying off to purchase the rest.
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