Ouran High School Host Club 10
Posted: February 17, 2008 Filed under: Ouran High School Host Club 14 Comments »I have a serious girly addiction to this series. I was grinning like an idiot at the laundry mat the entire time I was reading this volume. There are still a lot of funny moments, but most of this volume was packed full of cute little romantic scenes, and I kind of liked that.
Most important in this volume is that a new character is introduced. She’s right there on the cover. Her name is Mei, and she’s Misuzu (the drag queen who owns the “refreshing” hotel) daughter. She’s also a ganguro girl of some sort, and the funniest part of this volume was when Haruhi and her dad had an identical reaction to the Host Club when first seeing Mei, which was left untranslated as “keba!”, or too much makeup.
Much of the romance in this volume hinges on the fact Mei develops a crush on Tamaki. Through her, there are lot of moments for both Tamaki and Haruhi to talk to her about the other. Tamaki gets the best ones, of course, but maybe Haruhi will have her time later.
Tamaki gets a lot of cute romantic moments in this volume. At one point, the characters go to karaoke and Mei wonders why Tamaki, a foreigner, is singing a bunch of really old Japanese songs and staring directly at Haruhi, as if he wants her to approve. There’s also a cute moment where Tamaki asks Haruhi if they can get together sometime over summer break, and again when he admits his “fatherly” feelings to Mei later.
Really, Tamaki is just the cutest.
Others get cute romantic moments, too. Hunny has a love story at the beginning with a girl in the Occult Club who keeps trying to curse him. I promise this winds up being a lot cuter and less stupid than it sounds. The twins get a lot of time to sort out their feelings for each other and Haruhi, which is also always, ALWAYS cute. Even though most of their time their brotherly love is silly, when it’s genuine it’s the absolute best.
The last chapter is about Tamaki organizing a sports festival for Ouran. Kyoya breaks Tamaki’s heart when he refuses. This plot will carry over into the next volume, but I gotta say, I’m not really looking forward to it. After all, how many opportunities are there to be romantic in a sports festival?
[...] Princess. At Slightly Biased Manga, Connie comments on vol. 1 of Manga Sutra, vol. 7 of Loveless, vol. 10 of Ouran High School Host Club, vol. 28 of Oh My Goddess, vol. 13 of Boys Be…, vol. 3 of Berserk, vol. 2 of Tarot Cafe, and [...]
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Actually, I think the next volume will be just fine. One of the things I like about Ouran is it’s not just romance – it’s about the relationships of all sorts between the club members (and also their families, in the case of Haruhi and her dad, and the twins – and now Mei and *her* dad). With the club split up between the two teams for the sports competition, there should be lots of intresting feelings coming out in the wash, so to speak!
True, true. I usually get bored with the sports sections of shoujo manga (I cringe whenever one comes up in Hana-Kimi), but I love pretty much all the main characters in this series, so I have a feeling I’ll really get into the contest regardless of what happens.
I just read this, and the owner of the hotel/Mei’s father is called Misuzu. Ranka is the name of Haruhi’s dad’s persona, I believe.
Ah, you’re right! I fixed it, thanks.
Hey when are the volumes for 11 and 12 coming out hmmmm? will there be a 13?
Well, volume 11 came out in… October, I think, in Japan, and usually volumes run about 9-12 months behind in English translation. Volume 12 hasn’t yet come out in Japan, and the manga is still being serialized with no signs of stopping, so I think there will eventually be a volume 13 and beyond. It looks like 2-3 volumes a year come out in Japan, which is probably about what we’ll get in the US from now on.
You know, it took me ages to pick up Ouran. Somehow, I got the impression it was this weird series. And I was right. But I love it anyways. Haruhi and Kyoya make me laugh so hard with their blunt practicality that I can’t put the books down.
The beginning is especially out there… it kind of put me off. But I settled into the rhythm after around 5-6 volumes, the characters are just too good to hate after awhile.
Did you read the part where Bisco Hatori says that from 11+ it’s going to get more romantic? That little author bit section? GAHHHHHHHHHH. She was like I’m ten volumes in I’m going to develop some romance now and I WAS SO HAPPY. but anyways, yes, Ouran does induce some girly spasms xD; I can’t wait for 11, esp. with the competition coming up! O_O!
Aw, unfortunately I skip the author talks in this series. I usually give them a pass if there’s a lot of them and it’s a shoujo series I don’t particularly like, which this was at first, and then I just couldn’t get myself out of the habit.
Actually, I’ve started skipping them a lot more frequently lately. I hardly ever read them, even in… well, Skip Beat, which is one of my favorites right now. I should probably get myself back in the habit of reading them, because not everyone is Arina Tanemura, and some people actually talk about the stories or characters in them.
I’m not sure how old this is, but I found volume 11 in ENGLISH In case you’re looking to read it before it comes out. I’m sure it may be on other sights but this is the only one I found it on. I was in the process of looking for Vol 12 when I stumbled across this. If I find a vol 12 in English I’ll post where. =3
Eh, I can wait, much as I love it. I think volume 11 is coming out in English within the next couple months. I always find myself bummed out when I read ahead in a series, because then I’m spoiled for the licensed version, which has a better translation and I can tell easier what is going on. I appreciate your comment, though.