Ouran HighSchool Host Club is actually one of my favorite animes/manga of all time. I'ts a perfect blend of humor and slice of life, and plays a funny spin on the silver spoon life. I feel like this book calls to japans modern culture and themes. I know a lot of anime and gaming, or even more spesific things like yaoi are sensationalised and intigrated into bars and cafes around japan. Women and men go to these places to get courted and wooed into a very unique experience. Similarly Ouran host club is aimed at that type of audience, where these guys are playing spesific "types" of people. In this manga however, its very saterised and played up in a commediac way playing all the troupes, like the quiet smart cool guy, or the seductive twins, or just the outright handsome dream guy with too much confidence. Thats where I feel like the protagonist, Haruhi plays a very unique role, Shes a woman. It takes untill the end of the first episode for them to realise this and I find it intresting that this show kinda thins the line of looks and presentation which then creates this weird yet charming dynamic of the group. I feel like she fits right into the club, but the people shes courting as a host are completely oblivious of the fact that shes a girl. Similalry in most of the real host clubs in japan, guys take up a very femanin aesthetic and have more of a soft spot personality.
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