Haruhi was looking for a quiet place to study when she stumbled upon the Ouran High School Host Club. Due to her androgynous appearance, she was initially mistaken as a boy by the club members with the exception of Kyouya, who seemed to already know her real gender from the start.
The members who formed the club are of rich and powerful descendants so they expressed interest in commoners such as Haruhi, especially Tamaki. Because of commoner status, all the members already knew her by name, a fact that surprised her. As Tamaki persisted on questioning her, Haruhi accidentally broke an expensive vase. Since she could not afford to pay, she was ordered to become the host club’s servant.
On her first task, she bought a bottle of instant coffee, Hescafé (looks like a rip off of Nescafé!). Apparently, rich kids do not drink instant coffee but freshly grinded coffee beans. Instant coffee, to them, is a commoner food. So, much to the surprise of all the members and their customers, Tamaki ordered Haruhi to make cups of coffee for their customers. While everyone enjoyed their first taste of instant coffee, Tamaki’s extra attention to Haruhi had sparked jealousy in one of his frequent clients.
Soon after Hunny and Mouri arrived, Kyouya explained to Haruhi each of the host club’s members. At the same time, Hunny-senpai offered to lend her his soft toy bunny. Her reaction prompted him to believe that she is a girl.
finding words to describe
discovery!
When he proceeded to educate her ethics of the host club, Haruhi searched to find the correct word to describe Tamaki. The word she found was “annoying”. However, the twins felt that Tamaki’s effort was a waste of time, causing one of them to take off Haruhi’s glasses in attempt to stress her ugliness. The twins were instead greeted by an adorable face of Haruhi, impressing all of the club members.
cake...:'(
Tamaki then quickly instructed each of the members a task to transform Haruhi into a host. All members except Hunny, whom he instructed to eat more cakes!
At the dressing room, the twins were quick to realize that Haruhi is actually a girl when she kicked them out of the room. It was also here that Tamaki appointed Haruhi to become a host, with the condition of serving 100 clients for her to be fully pay her debt.
Almost immediately, Haruhi experienced her first taste as a host by entertaining three clients. While she was entertaining her clients, Tamaki and other members were nearby, watching closely. Tamaki always thought of himself as a father figure of the club, feeling protective of the members, especially Haruhi. Around this time, Takashi had also realized that Haruhi is a girl.
1000 customers!
Earlier in the episode, it was shown that there was a girl who was jealous over Tamaki’s affection for Haruhi. Later, she tried to frame Haruhi for misconduct but all to no avail because by now, all the members believed Haruhi’s true personality. As a result of causing troubles for the host club, Tamaki punished Haruhi by increasing the total number client to serve from 100 to 1000.
Soaked in water from the earlier commotion, Haruhi was ordered to change her clothes. As she was changing, Tamaki walked into the room to give her towel. He was the last person to realize that Haruhi is a girl...
process of discovery
the new host club begins
Why do we have host club? It’s simply because there is a bunch of overly free rich boys who entertains a bunch of equally overly free rich girls. =)
Writer's Thoughts
This episode serves as an introductory to those who are new to Ouran High School Host Club. An episode one cannot afford to miss since it provides more information about the school, club and the characters. Even so, there are still a lot of funny moments here. One of the most funny moments in this episode is perhaps the time when Haruhi was trying to find words to describe Tamaki. I find it hilarious.
Personally, I am satisfied with the first episode given the amount of laughters I had. It included just the right amount of cuteness for my taste and gave me a whole understanding of the club. The girls are just suckers for the guys. You can see them scream with pleasure whenever one of the guys said something sweet or do something silly in front of them. If you can picture how fans react in some rock star concerts, you're right on track. =)
When I saw Hunny-senpai at first, I was thinking why in the world they want a little boy as host. Haha. So I quite shock to learn that he was actually one of the two oldest member in the club. I was thinking it could've been easily either Tamaki or Kyouya but not Hunny-senpai! I have to call him Hunny-senpai here because I just couldn't shake off that he's actually quite old. Haha. And Hunny sound so girlish! I would never name any boy a boy Hunny, however cute he may be!
However, there is one thing I find annoying. The roses. Everytime Tamaki explained something or when it's about the host club, the roses will dance around the screen. It's just too much. Warning: There are going to be a lot more roses as the series continue. Oddly, I'm fine with the little flowers dancing around Hunny-senpai. I think the flowers are meant to signifies his cuteness?
Basically, to cut the long story short, the first episode did a good job to give viewers an all round understanding of what Ouran High School Host Club is and how Haruhi ended up as a host.
Interesting Fact
In Japanese, Tamaki and Death Note's Yagami Light are voiced by the same voice actor.
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