Reviews - Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 1

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Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 1

Bisco Hatori

4.24 AVERAGE

marissasa's review against another edition

4.0

funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Ouran was a childhood staple anime for me, so I was eager to see how the manga compared. After just one volume, I do feel like the anime is better. Even just covering the first few chapters, it expanded on the characters and their dynamics a lot more than the manga had time to. Details like how the club members first discovered Haruhi's gender were rewritten with so much more dedicated time, scenes, and dialogue in the anime compared to just having a 3-4 panel reveal in the manga. I still had a fun time reading this, especially getting to see the gorgeous shojo-style illustrations full of shiny eyes and roses, as well as seeing Haruhi's personality come through and her positive impact on everyone around her.

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nightshade_novels's review against another edition

4.0

2022: Rereading this one showed me that there are actually a few differences between it and the anime adaptation and it is the anime that I remember better. This makes sense as I watched the anime first, bought the dvd, and then re-watched it a lot.

I love all of these characters and the mix of fun jokey scenes and serious topics is really well done. Considering this manga is primarily about a host club of men to cater for women, there's a surprising amount of diversity and representation, which I've not noticed before so that was fun.

Of course now I want to reread the rest of the series and watch the anime again...

alekchris08's review against another edition

4.75

funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

brinastewart's review against another edition

4.0

I picked this up after watching the anime. I am obsessed with it and found that the manga ends differently... naturally I have to read it. I found that it follows almost exactly so far with minor differences.

abby_can_read's review against another edition

3.0

funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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It's cute. I think the characters are fun.

oyasum1's review against another edition

4.25

funny relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

taleisin's review against another edition

3.0

funny lighthearted fast-paced

gabieowleyess's review against another edition

2.0

*sigh* I just don't think that manga is for me.

book_otter's review against another edition

I'm not rating this because it's one of my first mangas and I was really confused by the style and what was going on, and that would lower my rating. From what I understood, though, it's really good. I think I would prefer the anime, though, just because those are easier to understand. I'm going to keep reading the series.

fuyukuaye's review against another edition

3.5

funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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