It is a beautiful ending tied together with an entire classical orchestra where each instrument shines for a moment before joining the melody for a spectacular finale. Okay, so that last sentence was a poetic lie the last still of the anime is of the whole Host Club watching the fireworks together. RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Manga Classics: Romeo and Juliet The anime’s ending was much more satisfying at the final dance, they hint heavily at an eventual Tamaki-Haruhi ending, but the final stills are of Haruhi’s eyes, lit up with the Ouran fireworks and bright with new and unexplored possibilities This ending, in the manga, kind of turns Haruhi into a prize and not a complete character, which is very sad. What she gets at the end is not quite what her character wanted at the beginning, but what Tamaki wanted his own imagine-spot. It is disappointing that Haruhi, a complex, bisexual liminal character that moves effortlessly between worlds and whose main motivation is to become a lawyer like her mother, gives that up to marry Tamaki, a very lovable rich heir.Īlso, there is no mention of her career in the author’s final words, though the job of all the male members of the Host Club are described). However, there is a big structural issue with Haruhi and Tamaki-or anyone else, for that matter-closing the series with such a cliché, because the series started out as a fourth-wall breaking parody of these clichés. The seeds were planted early, the character development makes sense, and this couple fits perfectly into the Shoujo Manga pattern of female protagonist ending up with the princely character. There is nothing wrong with Tamaki and Haruhi, as characters, ending up together. Thanks to her informal partnership with the Host Club, she becomes an amazing businesswoman in her own right. By the end of the series, she and Kyouya regularly discuss Host Club projects, and her insights as an outgoing, intelligent market expert become invaluable to him. She also takes over the Host Club magazine and most of the merchandising rallies the student body for different events and organizes Halloween. Through the series, she goes from being an otaku recluse to the charismatic leader of the Host Club clients, an enthusiastic supporter of Tamaki’s plans, a hilarious breaker of the fourth wall for our benefit and even a part-time child entertainer at a mall. Kyouya ends up breaking her camera and her heart, but she picks herself up very quickly. She’s super duper into Kyouya, because he looks just like her favorite visual novel boyfriend, and she immediately tries to fit the rest of the Host Club into the same romance sim mold with no regard for their actual personalities. ![]() Renge first appears an insane otaku obsessed with otome visual novel stereotypes. Yes, these two episodes have their funny moments, but even back in 2011 the Ouran live-action dorama wisely skipped this plotline.Īnother example of a great character arch. ![]() Unfortunately, the characterization and the very bad feminazi iconography skids from a parody of the all-girls Japanese school stories into harmful stereotyping of lesbians, sororities, and powerful women. Benibara is the most predatory character to ever appear in Ouran, and this is a series that features an ambiguous pretend rape in its fifth episode. All-girls Lobelia Academy is depicted as a frenzy of fangirls adoring of their Queen Bee, Benibara. The actual reason for their persistence is that Benibara has a crush on Haruhi and will do anything to make out with her. Lobelia Academy is Ouran’s academic rival, and also the school that Haruhi’s mom attended, which, despite her total lack of performing talent, makes her a legacy student and a very attractive recruit for the Zuka club. ![]() Over the course of two episodes, we get to meet the Zuka Club, the leaders of the Performing Arts Club of Lobelia Academy.
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