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.
Huh? You mean, there are no afternoon classes today?
Oh, you didn't know? For these two days, today and tomorrow,
the whole school is holding an exposition for the cultural clubs.
Drama clubs and choral clubs from other schools have been invited.
It's an annual big event that we hold.
Is that right?
Eh? You've never had any?
It's the preferred drink among the whole Host Club right now.
If you call yourself a manager, then you have to drink it.
I-I've heard of instant coffee before. Ah, it's that one item, right?
You know, the stuff where you buy the beans that are already ground?
Bzzzt!
That's completely different.
Instant coffee doesn't have the slightest trace of the bean remaining.
You just mix the powder with hot water, and then drink it like that.
It's an incredible product.
You see, it's coffee, and yet there is absolutely no robustness to it.
Still, it's strangely satisfying.
Come to mention it, the club's stock has run out.
Haruhi, go buy some.
How does that work?
Well, you're the only one who knows where they sell it.
We've been serving it to the guests lately.
It's your job, it's your job.
The cultural clubs' exposition is about to start, right?
It's free participation, so if you're not interested, you don't have to go.
With that being said,
come back safely!
Damn these rich people...
Haruhi-kun, thanks for all you do.
For crying out loud, they can't even buy their own instant coffee.
Still, Hikaru-kun and Kaoru-kun both seem to be enjoying themselves.
Good for them.
It's all thanks to you, Haruhi-kun.
Enjoying themselves?
We've been in the same class as those two since middle school,
but they've never been as friendly with the rest of the class as they are now.
It's like they never let anyone get too close.
I don't think the two of them liked school very much.
I wonder if it was when they started the Host Club.
They've started to talk to us, little by little, haven't they?
Really...
"Ouran Academy"
It's been especially since you came to this school, Haruhi-kun,
that they started to talk to all the other classmates.
That's why we are so very happy now.
After all, it's important to have fun every day, right?
It would be a shame if any harm came to that cute face of yours, Miss.
"A Challenge from Lobelia Girls' Academy!"
"Music Room #3"
This looks to be the place, huh?
Yes.
Welcome!
Well, well, girls from another school, are you?
I wonder if we haven't startled our first-time guests here a little bit.
I'm glad you've come, my princesses.
Ah, even if the world were to be destroyed,
I would want to be the knight that protects you from this day forward,
even at the expense of my own life.
My, at the expense of his own life, he says?
That's quite an arrogant sentiment, is it not?
I wonder if he thinks that's what makes a woman happy.
What can you do, Sister Suzuran?
Men are lower life forms, who prize their own honor above all else.
They take their own futility in being unable to protect even
one of their kind and change it into something to suit themselves.
Isn't that condescending?
My, Hinagiku, you're such a clever girl.
That's pretty harsh, huh? Well then, what would you like me to tell you?
Good question. In my case, it would be, "I would never leave my lover alone."
"If we are to fight, it will be together.
If we prevail not, we shall meet our fate together.
Even though I perish, I swear to you, I will never leave your side."
Benibara-sama, you're late.
What are we to do with you?
And where did you find this adorable lady?
Oh, just over there.
She may be dressed as a boy, but I could tell right away. Look here.
Such clear, maidenly eyes...
Um... er...
Wow, her skin is incredibly pretty.
It sure is. Shining natural material, if polished.
Hold it! Don't go touching my Haruhi without asking first!
Hands off, you boor!
S-She hit me! That was violent!
Tama-chan, buck up!
They're even more feeble than we'd heard.
A fledgling, cobbled-together mishmash of frivolous fools.
From your uniforms, I see you're students from Lobelia Girls' Academy.
Indeed we are.
Lobelia
St. Lobelia Academy, high school 2nd-Year, Amakusa Benio.
"A.K.A. Benibara, Lady of the Crimson Rose"
Lobelia
Also, 2nd-Year, Maihara Chizuru.
"A.K.A. Suzuran, Lady of the Lily-of-the-Valley"
Lobelia
Also, 1st-Year, Tsuwabuki Hinako.
"A.K.A. Hinagiku, Lady of the Daisy"
Lobelia
We are St. Lobelia Academy's white lily league, but people call us...
The Zuka Club!
"The Zuka Club"
"The Host Club"
"The Zuka Club"
"The Host Club"
"The Zuka Club"
"The Host Club" "The Zuka Club"
T-The Zuka Club...
Nice taste in names! The Zuka Club! My stomach hurts!
The Zuka Club! That's great!
And to intentionally wear those costumes under their uniforms!
You must not take the Zuka Club lightly!
"Powerful motor"
I may not know about instant coffee,
but I can tell you about infatuation with girls' schools.
St. Lobelia Academy--truly, a woman's world.
The Zuka Club is a gathering of damsels that consider females
to be especially superior, even for there.
It prides itself on 30 years since its founding
as a society of maidens, by maidens, for maidens.
The Zuka Club's activities include "Maidens' Tea Parties,"
"Maidens' Debate Forum,"
"Become a Maiden"
and most importantly, singing and theatrical routines
performed by the top members.
Renge-kun, you sure cover a wide field.
Still, ultimately, it is but a fond fantasy.
Not actually having any boys around makes it no good for me.
A maiden's beauty...
It is to have a spirit pure enough not to give in
to superficial beauty, influence, or lust.
"As a girl, you..." "For a girl, you..."
We're fed up with all the oppressive male contempt for women.
Our pride...
It comes from having soulful relationships based on equality,
as a result of being of the same sex.
Including, yes...
...even relationships of love.
Oh, there you go, Benio...
Benibara-sama...
Ahh, I've gotten tired of laughing.
Yeah, seriously, go away.
Oh, my, does this mean you have nothing to say about our sublime love?
What is she talking about?
Oh, I haven't had this before. It's a new one.
You have to feel sorry for them, Hinagiku.
Their patented host skills did not work on us,
and they don't know how to handle it.
Hmph. Even so, it was worth it,
while we were here for our theatrical performance,
to come and see the notorious Ouran Host Club for ourselves.
Are we notorious?
Maybe.
To think that they dragged this sweet girl down along with them, though...
I don't know if their president is supposed to be a halfer or not,
but spreading around false love with impressive appearances,
and toying with the pure hearts of young maidens
is positively demeaning towards women!
It is outrageous how you claim to be carrying out club activities,
while satisfying your own appetites.
I swear that I will bring down Ouran Host Club at once!
Heil Zuka Club!
"Maiden"
Indeed, I understand what you're saying.
However, could we continue this at another time?
Are you saying you cannot take us on?
No.
Our president is still bedridden from the culture shock.
--The Zuka Club is scaring me... --You see, Tama-chan ishaving nappy time right now.
Get him up!
Um, I made some coffee. Would you like some?
Thank you. How kind of you.
You're a real treasure in this trash heap.
Coffee made by a maiden possesses such a fragrant aroma.
This is instant.
Well then, why don't the four of us have a tea party?
You girls are wrong!
Where is the fruitfulness in a girl being in love with another girl?!
Why else would God have created Adam and Eve?!
Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot!
Geez, please be more careful.
Thank you. Do you always carry first-aid tape around with you?
The supermarket was giving them away when I bought the instant coffee.
The store always has giveaways.
Giveaway?
This doesn't even seem to be worth discussing.
Now that we know the situation,
we cannot allow this maiden to remain in this club.
We must prepare the paperwork for a transfer to Lobelia at once,
and welcome her into the Zuka Club!
J-Just a minute, please! There seems to be some misunderstanding here.
You've labeled Tamaki-senpai a halfer, for one.
Tama-chan is a halfer. A French and Japanese half-chan!
Ah. But still, I'm not so sure about calling the Host Club fledgling,
and picking on them on other pretexts, as well.
No, we are pretty new. We were only founded two years ago.
His highness created it when he reached high school, after all.
Well, be that as it may,
if anything, saying that their club activities are only held
to satisfy their own appetites is going too far.
It's not as though they're charging their guests anything.
I wouldn't call it a charge, but we do have a point system.
We do offer priority service,
depending on the price of items won in net auctions on the club's homepage.
Ah, you see here, Haruhi?
Your used mechanical pencil just sold
Good for you.
"Mechanical Pencil Used by Haruhi Fujioka" "Final Bid 30,000 yen"
That's the one I thought I'd lost!
This is the first I'm hearing about any of this, you know!
I never heard we were taking money for this!
You thought we were providing this service as volunteers?
Well, if you subtract the expenses we have for throwing events,
costumes, and refreshments for our guests, we do make a slight profit.
Then please don't go selling other people's things without permission!
That's thievery!
"Main culprits" It's not thievery. It fell on the floor.
Waah! I'm sorry, Haruhi!
It's not like we were hiding it from you! Here, you can have my pencil!
See? It has a teddy bear.
I don't want that thing.
Then if you like, I'll tell you all the secrets of my success,
together with the grand memories of my 17 years.
No, of all the things I'm hearing for the first time,
I care about that information the least.
You don't care?
You poor thing. It must be a shock to be so deceived.
Come on, dump this bunch, and come over to us.
Now, hold on, Hinagiku. This maiden is all shaken up today.
Let's ask again tomorrow. We'll be expecting a favorable answer.
Well...
...adieu.
"Gulp!"
I'll be excusing myself now, too.
What good does it do to tell the truth, and just pour more fuel on the fire?!
The facts are the facts.
Maybe we shouldn't have sold her pencil after all.
Hmm, it might have been a keepsake from her mother.
Nah, it was just a freebie from an electronics store.
"B's Electronics"
Gentlemen, think about it.
Haruhi may be basically indifferent, but if she had to decide,
she does tend to favor men's clothing.
Besides, when she first joined the Host Club, didn't she say...
You know, being a host, and getting fussed over by girls
might not be all that bad.
Why did I never realize it before?
It's just possible that the Zuka Club is a better match for her
than the Host Club could ever be, isn't it?
"He has a point!"
What's more, she's far more suited to go to a girls' school.
Waah! Haru-chan is going to transfer away!
What do we do?
With Haruhi's smarts, she'll easily pass Lobelia's scholarship tests.
At Lobelia, she'd probably be able to pay back her 8 million yen debt.
Calm down! Calm down, gentlemen. Listen to what I have to say.
I have a secret plan.
"Ouran Academy presents Cultural Club Exposition Day 2"
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Today's performance was a great success, huh?
Our singing and acting comes across well, wherever we go.
But today's main event is about to begin.
Hey there, maiden.
As promised yesterday, we've come to ask you again.
We are really going to set things straight
with those Host Club people today.
Set what straight?
That a maiden like you should be in a place more appropriate for her!
Ouran
Host Club
Welcome!
Oh, Haruhi, welcome.
Haru-chan! Haru-chan! I'm a princess! Do I look good?
What kind of stunt is this?! Are you trying to make fun of our culture?!
Make fun? No, certainly not. I have taken everything into account.
This is a surefire technique,
guaranteed among commoners to make even a crying child happy,
the Freebie Campaign!
"Freebie Campaign"
You ladies who have lived sheltered lives at Lobelia might not know this,
but commoners are apt to have a weakness for free things.
It's true that Haruhi may now be distracted,
and sensing the appeal of joining the Zuka Club.
However, if you choose our club, your brothers and sisters come with it!
"Sister Tamaki"
"Sister Hikaru"
"Sister Kaoru"
"Sister Honey"
"Brother (only) Takashi"
"Sister (Mother?) Kyoya"
Yes, the plan is to experience the feeling of being in the Zuka Club,
while still staying in the Host Club.
"The plan"
You see, Haruhi? Aren't I pretty?
We're the Hitachiin Sisters! Which one is prettier?
Just teasing!
Haru-chan! Haru-chan!
You can call me Big Sister!
Y-You think a maiden can be taken in by this?!
We've had enough of your fooling around!
Too much! I don't even know what this means!
I thought you guys were goofballs, but geez...
Are we really that funny?
Call me Big Sister!
--Big Sister! Big Sister! --Stop! Stop!
Really, stop it, already.
What were you thinking, really?
Well, we want to run the Host Club with you, Haruhi.
Maiden, are you...
I'm sorry. There are all sorts of people in the world,
and I do think that your way of thinking is unique and interesting,
but I'm studying at this school because I have a goal for my future,
so I never intended to quit Ouran here to begin with.
Haruhi!
Hold on! If you weren't planning to quit, why did you act so angry yesterday?
When you sell people's things without asking them, they usually get mad!
That mechanical pencil was easy to write with, and I liked it!
Sorry about that.
Still, I offered you this complimentary teddy-bear pencil, didn't I?
I told you, I don't want it.
Benio...
Yeah, I know.
We're not giving up on you, maiden.
We swear to you,
someday, we will come and rescue you from this place,
and bring down this Host Club!
Zai jian.
"Until we meet again."
And so, a new rival, the Zuka Club, appears,
and the story becomes even more exciting.
What fate awaits them from here on?
Hang in there, Host Club! Don't give in, Host Club!
Hey! Don't go livening things up on your own!
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.
If Haruhi really is suffering under a life of poverty--
Ah, this has me worried! I have to go check this out!
You'll make nothing but trouble. You don't have to come.
Are you Haruhi's father?
Next time, "A Day in the Life of the Fujioka Family!"
Ouran High School Host Club will be waiting for you, next week!