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.
There might be a monster that comes out.
So I have to try to find Big Brother quickly.
Big Brother is a handsome prince,
so he'll be sure to defeat the monster for me.
"Music Room #3"
Welcome!
My, what an unusual guest we have here, huh?
Welcome, my little lost kitty cat.
When I opened the door, there were the police.
"Big Brother is a Prince!"
Kitty cat, where did you come from?
Reverse harem!
This is a reverse harem!
This can't be right. Apparently, there's still some water
left in my ear from when I was swimming at the pool.
That must be it, Commissioner.
The reason why it sounded like this little girl said "reverse harem"
must be because there's something funny going on with our ears.
Debauchery.
"Debauchery"
Yay! There's debauchery here!
"Glasses character"...
"Boy Lolita"... "stoic type"...
"Twincest"...
"Studyhound"...
Big Brother...
You're blond, so you're Big Brother!
We've never heard about this.
You have a younger sister?
No, I am definitely an only child. At least I think I'm an only child...
Now that you mention it, maybe you do kind of look alike.
You are both blond, and all.
For that matter, are "glasses character" and "Big Brother" on the same level?
It doesn't matter, does it? She called me a "studyhound."
Um... Miss, what's your name?
Kirimi.
Kirimi?
[kirimi: fillet] " kirimi"
Kirimi-chan, you've made some kind of mistake, haven't you?
I don't think that I have a younger sister.
You're not my Big Brother, even though you're blond?
M-Me?
"Whimper"
"Easily touched"
All right. As of today, I will be your Big Brother, your Big Brother!
You're so cute, you're so cute...
No matter how easily carried away by your feelings you may be,
do you really think you should make such irresponsible declarations
to a child that young?
I'm not irresponsible! I'll make sure I look after you!
So come on home with me!
What should we do, Kyoya-senpai?
It's just possible that she actually does have
a blond older brother in high school, isn't it?
Kirimi... Kirimi...
Um, who are you?
He's a foreigner!
And for that matter, doesn't the door look different?
Kirimi...
Master...
...you've forgotten your attire.
"Black Magic Club President, Nekozawa Umehito"
Nekozawa-senpai?
"What was that!?"
Master Umehito is terribly vulnerable to bright lights.
"Nekozawa family maid, Kuretake"
As such, if he doesn't shroud himself in black attire,
he cannot endure the brightness, and will collapse.
He even has to cover the lightness of the color of his hair with a dark wig!
On the other hand, his sister, Mistress Kirimi, hates dimly lit places.
"Nekozawa family secretary, Kadomatsu"
Then, she's Nekozawa-senpai's younger sister?
To tell the truth, that is correct.
"Nekozawa Kirimi"
K-K-Kirimi...
...so this is where you are...
"Monster!"
Waah! A monster!
It's all right.
The cursed puppet Belzenef here is not the least bit scary.
The Nekozawa family has worshipped cat-shaped objects for generations.
No, it's not the puppet that she's afraid of,
Nekozawa-senpai, it's you, yourself.
It's because of the way you're dressed, isn't it?
"Trying to help"
Don't do that! It's so bright, I'll die!
Well, we could just darken the room!
Waah! I hate the dark!
Oh, there, there.
So now, she can't take it.
The tragedy that gave rise to these two opposite personalities
is the reason why these two are called the Nekozawa Family's Romeo & Juliet.
Romeo and Juliet weren't brother and sister,
and the situation is greatly different.
I am aware of that.
It was just a snappy catch quote that I came up with just now.
I thought it would make it more dramatic.
"The Nekozawa family's Romeo & Juliet"
Oh, I see.
Incidentally, we have been sent to pick up Kirimi-sama.
Is the whole Nekozawa family...
...as strange as all this?
What are you talking about?! The Nekozawas are a distinguished,
proper family, descended from the Tokarev dynasty of Russia!
Tokarev?
"Tokarev"
D-Don't you mean the Romanov dynasty?
But there's a legend that says that, for whatever reason,
"Ignored?"
once every few hundred years, a person in the Nekozawa family is born,
who, like Umehito-sama, is fated to be possessed by darkness...
...which may or may not be true.
It may or may not be true?
So which is it?
"Nekozawa Family Album"
The Master, as a result of his condition, is unable
to go near his sister without his black attire,
and Mistress Kirimi fell in love with the fairy-tale prince
of an older brother that she only knew from his portrait.
After she learned that her older brother was enrolled in high school,
she's gotten so that she will come looking for Umehito-sama like this.
Of course, we have repeatedly tried to comfort the Mistress
with bedtime stories of princely characters,
and having run out of stories to tell, we have lately added
shojo manga having prince characters that appear in them to her repertoire,
and she has gotten utterly absorbed in them.
Shojo manga?
Reverse harem!
Debauchery.
Yay! There's debauchery here!
This maid was the source of that?
Debauchery in shojo manga? So then, Sashimi-chan doesn't...
"Sashimi"
--That's kirimi. --It's Kirimi!
"kirimi" [fillet]
"Kirimi"
...Kirimi-chan doesn't know that you're her older brother,
Nekozawa-senpai?
Yes. We have told her many times, but she just will not believe us.
Neko-chan must feel sad about that.
Yes.
Which is why...
...I offer prayers like this, every night,
that Kirimi will come to love darkness.
No, you've got it backwards.
You should get accustomed to bright places.
What are you trying to do to your sister?
Come, Kirimi-sama.
Let's go home.
No! !
I'm staying with Big Brother! I'd rather stay with Big Brother!
Nekozawa-senpai...
That's okay, Suou-kun.
It doesn't matter what happens to me.
Please, please, give Kirimi the love that she needs!
Nekozawa-senpai!
Siblings are such that they are the source of problems, in any family.
I'm jealous of them.
I've been an only child my whole life.
Yet, actually having a brother,
but not getting along with him, is kind of sad, huh?
What's the matter, Big Brother?
I'm sorry, Kirimi-chan. I'm really not your big brother.
But don't you worry.
Kirimi-chan, you have a prince that's even more handsome than me,
and he's your real Big Brother.
Senpai...
Once she came here, Kirimi-chan became a guest of the Host Club.
Ouran Host Club exists in order to bring happiness to girls.
Having a brother and sister that don't care for each other,
and who can't be with each other, is a serious problem that should not be!
As of now, "Operation Reform Nekozawa-senpai Into the Bright,
Princely Character that Kirimi-chan Prefers" is underway!
"Or for short,"
"Operation Character Reformation"
- Again? - Again?
B-But...
...reforming Umehito-sama's dark-possessed character?
Is that even possible?
Like I said, no matter how easily carried away by feelings you may be,
these irresponsible declarations are...
Have you forgotten?
We have someone on our side who is more heartening than anyone else
when it comes to altering a person's character, do we not?
By any chance...
...does he mean?
"Powerful motor"
Sure enough.
"Science Room #3"
"with darkroom capabilities"
Your golden hair, as it flickers in the candlelight...
Your shining, ivory skin...
Your smile, more mysterious than a flower, illuminated by moonlight...
Yes, almost as if...
...as if you were a cursed wax statue, with your malevolence--
Wrong!
You numbskull!
Who told you to say that line?!
How many times do I have to tell you using occult terms is off-limits?!
B-But, my vocabulary is limited to these sorts of words.
"Spartan education!"
Talking back to me is off-limits, too!
A princely character doesn't come up with such a sissy excuse so easily!
Remember, it's good to have a dark side.
"Hmph!" "Throb!"
"So you're all alone too?" "Throb!"
Solitary characters work pretty well with young girls, too.
"*cough cough*"
But these days, the occult, horror, and the like are out of the question!
Mori-senpai, add another no-good word!
Wax statue, right?
Renge-kun is really ripping it up, huh?
She's on a roll.
I'm not sure if those lines will be practical for his sister, though.
Sir, are you just going to watch?
Well, I don't want to end up cursed later.
Okay, you seem to have learned most of the character-altering lines.
I think it's about time we moved on to it.
Hold on! It's still far too soon for me to attempt it!
Evil beam!!
"Ordinary flashlight"
Don't you let a mere flashlight upset you!
Pluck up your nerve! It's not a physical problem for you,
which means it's a problem of guts!
Edgar was able to deal with a cross with his nerve and guts, right?!
I thought you rejected the occult.
Fiction is all right. Fashion is not.
Is that right?
And you're the one...
...who's always engaging in weird cosplay.
You're not putting your whole heart into saying these lines, either.
Think of your practice partner as Kirimi-chan a bit more.
T-That's easy for you to say, but Kirimi's face isn't as ashen as this.
"It's actually more of a brown..."
I don't want to hear it!
Look with the eyes of your heart. The eyes of your heart!
Yes! This is all for Kirimi-chan's sake!
If you can put your mind's eye to work,
I'm sure that doll will look like the actual Kirimi-chan!
Here, sir!
We got this one ready, too.
"Just a mannequin"
Go ahead and try speaking words of love to this Haruhi doll, please.
"Expressionless"
T-This is Haruhi?
You should always show by example first.
H-Haruhi...I...
"Mind's eye activating"
Senpai...
Ahem...
H-Haruhi?! T-The real one? W-When did you get here?
Kirimi-chan came to the club room again today.
If you've got time to goof around, doing repulsive stuff like this,
then could you please hang out with Kirimi-chan for a little while?
"Repulsive"
R-repulsive?
--Repulsive... repulsive... repulsive... --What's wrong, Haruhi?
--Repulsive...repulsive...repulsive... --Aren't you any good with children?
--Repulsive...repulsive...repulsive... --No, I don't dislike children or anything,
but...
"Flashback"
Studyhound, more!
"Throb! Throb! Throb!" "Flashback"
"They are all my love slaves now.
"Throb! Throb! Throb!" "Music Room #3"
Now, who shall I have entertain me tonight?"
She's had me read around 50 volumes
of shojo manga to her these last three days.
And of all things, this stuff is really full of reverse harems, and debauchery.
Big Brother?
This room is too dark!
Ah, Kirimi-chan! I told you to wait in the other room.
Oh, what's wrong, what's wrong?
There, there, you see?
Nothing to be afraid of.
Senpai?
I am a handsome, princely big brother...
I'm not afraid of the light!
Self evil beam!!
He did it!
Nekozawa-senpai has finally become able to shine a flashlight on himself!
Bravo, bravo.
Nekozawa-senpai...
You've done it! I'm sure that Kirimi-chan will be thrilled, too!
Look, Kirimi-chan. This is your real Big Brother.
"That"
Big Brother!
Kirimi!
Um, you're just complicating matters, so could you stop that?
Huh? Did you say something?
It was nothing.
Kirimi...
"Unspeakable terror"
Kirimi!
That evil beam just now...
...must have been pretty scary, huh?
Kirimi...
Nekozawa-senpai...
Enough.
Even if I go through any more special training,
there's no guarantee that Kirimi will accept me...
Rather than Kirimi having me for an older brother,
Suou-kun, you should be her substitute older brother, instead.
You're the one that girl really wants to see, aren't you?
If you hold your sister dear, then show more guts, even if it kills you!
Huh? Your sister is still in the courtyard.
There's something down there with her...
Oh, it's a cat.
Your family sure does love cats.
You warm right up even to stray cats.
That's not true!
Regardless of how the Nekozawa family may revere cats,
there's no way that something as occult
as her being chummy with a stray cat could happen, is there?
Kirimi is afraid of animals!
And live cats are what she's most afraid of!
Kirimi! !
Nekozawa-senpai!
Oh, no! He's not even wearing his hood!
Help!
Kirimi!
Kirimi! !
Big Brother!
He did it!
This is the result of my special training.
You see, Kirimi? No need to be afraid of that bad kitty anymore.
With the power of this curse puppet, Belzenef... I'll curse... curse...
"Music Room #3" "Several days later"
Nekozawa-senpai...
He probably took in a whole life's worth of sunlight that day.
And he's reacted by reverting back to his condition before the training.
Well, well,
that explains why he's wearing those gloomy black clothes again.
But still...
Now, even if monsters do appear, I'll be all right.
After all, Kirimi has a princely Big Brother now,
who will fight to protect her,
even if it means dashing out under the sun that he fears so much.
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.
I love sweets!
Honey-senpai, you're bound to get cavities.
Ow!
What did I just get done saying?
I'm responsible.
Next time, "Honey's Three Bitter Days!"
"Inside-Tamaki's-brain theater"
Ouran High School Host Club will be waiting for you, next week!