Ouran High School Host Club

Warning this review may contain spoilers.

First impressions, so after watching the anime version of this I decided to check out the manga to see where this story goes and what happens over all.

Story, 7/10

So the story of ouran highschool host club is about the main character haruhi who has gotten a scholarship to the exclusive private institution known as ouran highschool where you will find the upper crust of society go for there learning.
While looking for a place to study she comes across the host club.
A group of very handsome male students who entertain the young maidens of ouran.
So after meeting all the members haruhi by accident brakes a vary expensive vase that was worth $80000. She Realizes that she don't have enough money to pay for it
So the host club cuts her a deal that she will work for the host club intil she has worked of the dent and also I forgot to mention that they thought she was actually a boy. So while beginning her time at the host club they find at that she is actually a girl and now they must hide the fact that she is actually a girl from the school body in order for her to continue working for the club.
And so begins the wacky adventures of the host club.

The plot it self is pretty basic and episodic at the start and pretty much though out the rest of the story itself.
It's pretty much the adventures that the host club gets up to.
Which include, getting involved in some pretty funny situations that involve some of the students of oruan,help organize school events and just doing regular slice of life things.
Which sounds pretty bare bones when I think about it.
But I think what made it work is that it took the most mundane things which was school life and made it entertaining to read.
And I didn't find that a problem because
this is a comedy series by nature even thought it has drama and a reverse harem elements.

So the episodic nature of the story is pretty justified by default.
The episodic parts are generally used for comedy and getting to know the characters and makes good set up the more serious parts in the story.

Which are mostly about this kind of love triangle that popping up.
which was never mallow dramatic or over blown to the point of me face palming.
Which dose happen quite a bit in these kind of story's from my experience And some things about tamaki and kyoya famliy life which kind of shows that even though someone comes from a well off family there are still problems that even they have.
Which had a pretty nice build up and pay off.
The ending for ouran was probably a bit to anticlimactic .
But they do rap every thing up.

Another thing I must say about this story is that it took the basic shojo reverse harem formula And decided to say Fuck the cliche shit I am going to do this myself.
And for that reason it actually stands out from the rest of its kind.
The comedy was pretty funny for me.
They did really well with the kind of comedy that they where gong for
So for that I would give it a pat on the back for trying to stand out.

Characters, 6/10

The main character haruhi was pretty interesting for the most part.
Especially when you compare her to most shojo protagonists.
Her personality she kind of a tom boy who stands to her guns and has a reason for doing what he doing. She is never submissive and she was treated with respect.

The host club members.
Where at the start the very basic pretty boy stereotypes like for example.
the prince, the glasses guy, quiet guy.that would make fan girls go dokie dokie.
But as the story continued they stop feeling cardboard cutouts and actually felt like actual characters.
Which was helped by the fact that all have very eccentric personality which help add tones and tones of humor.
They where also very endearing and had a lot of energy to them.

The side characters where also a bit eccentric but not to the level that the host club.
But where different from the usual crap you generally get.

Art, 7/10

The artwork looked very nice and clean.
The backgrounds where well done as well.

The art style is very shojo and dated by today's stands.
But has some pretty interesting things added in like flowers and stars and lots of other things added into the back ground. Which breeds life into it.

The character design.
Are basically the basic designs you would find in any shojo manga.

Enjoyment, 7/10

Well I think one thing I quite liked about this manga is even though it for girls and I could kind of tell it was for girls.
It never actually felt like that because it was such a fun story.
The humor was funny and never felt repetitive
And this was the story that got me into shojo manga.
So I look at this manga with fondness.

Overall, 7/10

If you like shojo then this is definitely a must read.
You rad going to have a good time.

But you find its character design and plot beat off putting them probably stay away.
Because it probably no going to be your cup of tea.