Now that I notice it, you're always there next to me,
but do I actually hate you? Love you?
Or am I delusional?
When I take a look at my feelings clearly,
whether I'm a lady or a host,
it doesn't matter to me.
People fall in love for all sorts of different reasons, but...
I want to see you now,
to give your tender self cherry-blossom kisses,
and if your heart beats faster, let's let our love bloom.
Right now is more vital than the future.
The springtime of love's beauty
is the aesthetic of a damsel in bloom.
Those with the wherewithal--first, in social standing,
and second, with money--spend their time here, at the private Ouran Academy.
As such, Ouran Host Club is where handsome boys
with too much time on their hands entertain and charm the girls,
who also have too much time on their hands.
It is the school's own personal, elegant playground for the super rich.
Welcome!
"Ouran Host Club's flower-viewing reception"
Which cup would the princess like her tea in?
The Foley? The Worcester? Or perhaps the Susie Cooper Gardenia?
How pretty. These are all English antiques, right?
Tamaki-kun, which one do you like?
Why, I'd like to take my princess out, of course.
"President Tamaki Suou High School 2nd-Year, Host Club King"
Oh, Tamaki-kun...
Have you ever been to Covent Garden?
Mm-mm. Our only antiques come from Portobello.
It's quite interesting.
Most of the Victorian pieces around here are from there.
Kaoru!
"Hikaru Hitachiin High School 1st-Year"
For pity's sake, that's what you get for not watching what you're doing.
You just need to keep your eyes on me.
"Kaoru Hitachiin High School 1st-Year"
Hikaru...
I can't take anymore! It's just too fantastic!
You have to watch, or it will go to waste! This is a rare scene!
You are absolutely right, miss.
"Vice-president Kyoya Otori High School 2nd-Year"
As with these cherry blossoms, beauty is fleeting.
There isn't a single day when you will see them like this again.
And so,
I created this book, containing photo collections
that capture the beauty of the passing days.
Incidentally, I've prepared similar books for everyone else.
In the event that you were to purchase them all together,
there is a special set price.
I'll buy them!
All of them!
So this is how the club makes money.
Which raises the question...
...when did he take any pictures of us?
"Haruhi Fujioka (actually a girl) High School 1st-Year, honor student"
Should I tell him?
"Mitsukuni Haninozuka aka 'Honey' High School 3rd-Year"
"Takashi Morinozuka aka 'Mori' High School 3rd-Year"
Mitsukuni...
You've lost too much.
He said it!
Honey-kun, I'll take it! It looks so delicious!
Yes, that's exactly the amount I wanted to have!
You're amazing, Honey-kun! How ever did you know?
Really?
Haruhi, how about it? Enjoying yourself?
Tamaki-senpai...
The flower-viewing reception isn't all that bad, huh?
But then, in our case,
we're more busy being admired than doing any admiring.
Senpai, you're blooming, in more ways than one, huh?
Well said! Yes, today, I am in the full glory of my beauty.
I wonder if you'll fall for me, too.
This guy must live his life completely detached from the severity of the world.
Haruhi, have you decided on
your elective courses for this term?
How about Conversational French?
Hmm, good question...
If you're going to, let's take it together.
After all, we are in...
...the same class.
"A congenial classmate trio"
Say, Mommy...
What is it, Daddy?
This is ultimately... yes, ultimately, just my hypothesis,
but by being in the same class, Hikaru and Kaoru are able to
spend more time with Haruhi than I do,
with just our club activity time together,
and what's worse, they have a greater chance to become closer to her,
which means...
Oh, you're just now realizing that?
"Twins" "Tamaki" "Contact with Haruhi"
During the day,
those three spend the roughly nine hours of school time together,
but contact between you and Haruhi is limited
to this hour or two of club activities.
Put another way,
your involvement in Haruhi's life amounts to a mere 3%.
Aah! I don't want to hear it! I don't want to hear it!
Haruhi, you mustn't hang around with those disreputable twins any further!
Disreputable, you say!?
You're the last one we want to have call us that, sir!
Yes... that's it...
Sure enough, we can't go on hiding the fact that you're a girl from everyone!
What Daddy wants is for you to go back to being
the girl student you used to be, surrounded by your girl friends,
and living a wholesome life as a student.
Who are you calling "Daddy"?
Go back! Go back now! Go back right now!
You don't have to rush things. She'll be found out soon enough anyway.
Remember? The day after tomorrow, we have physical exams.
Physical... exams?
"Physical exams"
"Naked"
"Ha ha, well? Is this the year you try to overtake my height?""Hm hm, we'll see..."
Now that you mention it, it is the day after tomorrow.
Then...
...it will get out, for sure... that I'm a girl.
"Beware the Physical Exam!"
Haruhi!
--Been waiting long? What's wrong? You look gloomy.--Hold on, Haruhi-kun is a girl?
--Well... well, everyone is staring at me for some reason.--I'm shocked!
--Well... well, everyone is staring at me for some reason.--What's more, she's with Tamaki-sama!
Haruhi doesn't know what to do.
They're looking at you because you're cute, Haruhi.
It's all right. Whatever happens, I will protect you.
If you say so, Senpai. That's good enough for Haruhi.
Haruhi is in love-love with you, Tamaki-senpai!
Oh, you!
Tama-chan seems to be enjoying himself, huh?
He looks rather miserable to me.
Don't be so cynical, Hikaru. Everything is going according to plan.
I could see how this would turn out from the start,
without being jealous of the likes of you.
Indeed! This anime has always been a school love comedy.
Haruhi and I are clearly necessary components of the love comedy.
Then what are we?
Why, the necessary homo-homo supporting cast, of course.
So make sure you don't come past this line.
I'm kind of disgusted by this.
On the other hand...
...don't you understand, sir?
If it gets out that Haru-chan is a girl,
she wont be able to stay in the Host Club.
But if Haru-chan were to wear girls' clothes,
she'd look even more cute, huh?
She did dress like a regular girl when she was in middle school,
so she must have been popular with the boys, right?
Yeah.
According to my investigative report,
someone would declare their love to her about once a month.
Oh, then his highness wouldn't be able to get near her, huh?
Well, we're still in the same class as her, so we'd be okay.
No!
Sorry I'm late.
Don't you worry, Haruhi! We're going to make sure that we
protect the secret that you're a girl during tomorrow's physical exams!
So please, stay our own, exclusive princess!
Okay?
It's true, we'd be a little annoyed if Haruhi were courted by other men.
Then that settles it.
"Operation: Conceal Haruhi's Gender"
"also named 'Operation: I Swear Haruhi is a Boy! ' is underway!"
All right, squad members! Let's each reconfirm what our
formation A positioning is for tomorrow's physical exams!
Yes, sir!
That's right.
If I'm found out, then I won't be able to continue as a host,
and I won't be able to repay my debt, huh?
I still have a balance of 5,333,332 yen.
Well, I guess I'll have to come up with some other way.
Commander, the subject doesn't have any initiative for this!
Grr... what an uncooperative heroine!
Is that how much you hate hosting? How much you hate this club?
Well, if I had to say, then yes, I do.
Hey, if it gets out that I'm a girl, then there really is nothing I can do.
What low motivation she has.
The first thing we have to fix is Haruhi's lack of determination.
Fancy tuna.
That's right. During last episode's dance party,
you didn't get to eat any of it, did you?
Did you hear? She says she's never eaten any fancy tuna before.
What a bleak upbringing she's had.
If only she could stay in the club, then she'd have
any number of chances to eat delicious things from here on out.
W-What are you talking about? Just because I might be poor,
I'm not so much of a glutton that I'd go on fooling everyone
about what sex I am, just so I can eat fancy tuna...
Will I really be able to eat some?
"The next morning"
We will now begin conducting physical examinations.
All students, please go to the clinics in your respective school buildings.
So, what is this mission formation A thing?
Just what do they do during physical exams at Ouran?
Anywhere you get a physical exam, they usually do a physical exam, right?
It's not right to have any class-based differences
in something like this, right?
"School Infirmary Room #1"
Yeah. I guess that's right, huh?
Come on in.
W-What is this?
Like we said, a physical exam.
Just like always.
Like always?
Hitachiin Brothers, if you'll step this way to have your height measured...
Right.
Fujioka-sama, I will be accompanying you.
--Okay... --Come, this way.
Why are Honey-senpai and Mori-senpai...
--I'm sure there must be a reason for it. --Honey-senpai!
--Let's pretend not to notice and keep quiet. --Mori-senpai!
Could you be more obvious?
Those two are here to deal with things, in case something happens.
What's the point of their disguises?
To create the mood.
It makes it seem more mission-like, and builds things up, doesn't it?
Miss Shiramine, you've lost two whole kilos since last year.
Oh? I was sure I had gained weight!
Not at all. I would say you're even healthier.
I have to ask, what is it with all the excessive reception here?
That's out of the board superintendent's consideration.
This may be a school, but it's also a business.
The mood of the students is the highest priority.
After all, most of the students at the academy
have their own private doctors at home to begin with.
This sort of event is just a formality.
Damn these rich people...
I-I'm terribly sorry.
No problem.
Huh?
Hitachiin-sama, if you'll step this way now, we'll measure your chest.
Please use the area behind this curtain to undress.
Doesn't matter to me.
We don't need a curtain.
Actually, these physical exam events are incredibly popular.
The girls at this academy are such...
I won't allow it. Even if they are doctors, I won't let them touch your body.
What are you talking about? When we're at home,
you always say you're playing doctor,
and exhaustively amuse yourself with my body.
"The Host Club on traveling business"
Come on, Haru-chan, this way.
W-What?
I've been waiting for you, my princess.
Tamaki-senpai...
That look of surprise is so cute.
Fuijoka-sama, it's time to measure your chest.
Once you have gotten yourself ready, please step this way.
Next up is Haruhi-kun!
--The inevitable moment has arrived. --I've never seen him before.
Okay, Haruhi, you wait here.
What are you going to do?
It's all right.
I'll protect you.
I am going to protect you.
Fujioka-sama, are you ready yet?
Yes.
I am Fujioka Haruhi.
Huh? Tamaki-sama?
Any way you look at it, that's Tamaki-sama.
Is this Haruhi-kun cosplay?
What does Tamaki-sama mean by this?
"Haruhi"
He actually went through with it!
They saw through it! I told you they'd see through it!
You guys! You guys said there was no way they'd see through it!
Just a little payback for calling us the homo-homo supporting cast!
I'm sorry. They found out.
He does just live in his own carefree world after all, huh?
Okay, Haruhi, I've set up a special boys' clinic in a separate room,
where I have a doctor sworn to secrecy standing by.
All of the doctors assembled here today
are from Kyoya-senpai's family's hospital.
Kyoya-senpai, you could have said something sooner.
It's the same as what you did. This is just a little of my own payback
for having been called the homo-homo supporting cast.
Is something the matter?
Tamaki-sama is eroding away.
Fantastic!
Haruhi is... angry...
"Special Boys' Clinic"
Yes?
Fujioka-san? I'm aware of your situation.
Please take off your clothes over there.
Okay.
It's the truth!
One of the doctors grabbed my shoulder,
and tried to pull something funny on me!
I was so very terrified!
Wow, how scary.
I wonder if he was a pervert.
It's early spring, so we have to watch out.
I knew it.
Knew what?
That man I saw earlier. He was wearing a white coat,
but he was clearly not one of our hospital's doctors,
so I thought it was a little strange.
Then you should have said something sooner!
Well, the security guards will catch him soon enough.
So then, did you see which way this pervert doctor went?
Yes, he ran off toward the special boys' clinic.
--Haruhi! --Haruhi!
Um...
I-It's not what you think! Please don't scream!
Haruhi!
Teddy-bear kick! !
One...
Looks that attract the public eye.
Two...
Undaunted wealth.
Three, chivalry that cannot overlook...
...the hideous wickedness of the world.
We, the Ouran Host Club...
...will see you now!
Please, at least spare my life!
I run a small internal medicine clinic in the next town over.
"Suddenly, it's his life story"
My name is Yabu.
Yabu, he says, Yabu!
Incredible! There really is a doctor out there...
...named Dr. Yabu. [Yabu: quack doctor]
Yes. The truth is, I wanted to see my daughter,
who left home with my wife last month,
and ended up coming to school here.
Why did your wife and daughter leave you?
"Yabu Internal Medicine Clinic"
Well, you see...
"Spirit"
"I'm sick of this! You guaranteed someone's loan yet again!?
You just promised us you wouldn't do that anymore, didn't you!?"
"No, this time, the guy will be fine. We can trust him. It'll be all right."
"I can't take this anymore! Dad, you never think about the family!"
"I'm going home to Mother!"
"W-Wait!"
So you see, not only am I terribly inept at management,
I can't say no to anyone,
and so they refused to put up with living in debt all the time.
If nothing else, I wanted to see my daughter one more time,
and so, pelted by rain, and wandering the streets,
I finally arrived at this school,
where, for some reason, I was mistaken for a doctor giving physical exams.
That's because you're wearing a white coat.
Anyone would mistake you.
And after all that...
I'm looking for... I'm looking for my daughter...
When I tried to ask her about my daughter, she screamed,
and before I knew it, I had people chasing after me!
How tragic!
By any chance, is the school you're looking for Ourin Public High School?
That's right.
Then you have the wrong school. This is Ouran Academy.
This is not your daughter's school.
You don't even know the location of the school where your daughter goes?
I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't just the debt,
but things such as this which they got fed up with you over.
Kyo-chan, I'm impressed that you knew he had the wrong school.
There's no way a girl supported by such a small clinic as his
could have gotten into Ouran here, right?
Kyoya, provide this man a map to the public school in the next town over.
All right.
You're sure about this?
After all, even if they do see each other,
I'm sure his daughter will still have given up on him.
That is something that he will have to find out for himself.
Excuse me, everyone, but could I ask you to leave?
Haruhi, are you still angry?
You're not thinking of quitting the Host Club, are you?
I still have to undergo the rest of my physical exam, right?
As a male student?
Oh, but not because you're plying me with food.
It's to pay back my debt.
Haruhi, you're so cute!
The truth is, for someone who just wants to have some fancy tuna,
there's something great about you pretending to be someone you're not!
Please, don't do that! Ah, don't touch me there!
Red card!
This man...
...is the real pervert!
Whatever, just get out of here!
I can run for 5000 miles, until I'm out of breath.
100 liters of adrenaline keeps the body working at full strength.
Having come this far, is it enough? How far until it's okay?
The trees that imbue the streets of this town
keep repeatedly changing their appearance.
In completely washed-out pallor, and unchanging frailty,
I want to believe in myself, as I am here and now.
With my right hand, and my left hand, held over my head,
I tear through the darkness and go!
There is no deceit!
I've made my resolve!
From the moment I make my start, the world expands.
Senpai, is it true that there's a new girl joining the Host Club?
Don't be so surprised.
What's more, I hear that she's Kyoya's fiancee.
Next time, "Attack of the Lady Manager!"
Ouran High School Host Club will be waiting for you, next week!