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.
Fujioka? You okay? I'm sorry about--
Hey!
M-
Ma!!
"Ma!!"
"Tamaki's Unwitting Depression!"
M-My bad...
You saw!
"Aaaaaaaaah"
Did you see?
You saw, huh, Bossa Nova-chi?
I-I didn't look! No, I did get a glance,
but it was just for a second, so I didn't look.
No, I did see what I saw... but no, I wasn't looking!
I think that people who can't make up their minds are scum.
T-The lovely item just makes it incredibly scary somehow!
So Fujioka is really a girl?
He appears to have learned Haruhi's secret.
That's no good, huh?
What did you see?
How much of Haruhi's soft, maiden skin, unknown to us, did you see?
Well, she was changing, so I saw her in her underwear.
You saw Haruhi in her underwear?!
What do we do?
There's no two ways about it.
First thing we have to do is clobber him, and make him lose his memory.
Now, now, stop that. It's a lot of trouble to cover up a crime.
Kyoya-senpai, how can you be so calm?
Look! His highness is in such great shock, he's a mere husk of himself.
Well, now that the secret is out, we'll just have to discuss this.
Kasanoda-kun...
Haruhi is hiding the fact that she is a girl due to certain circumstances.
"Circumstances = debt"
We have no right to make you keep mum about this.
However, would you at least remember this much?
Being a son from one of those sorts of families,
you must have heard a number of rumors.
If you make enemies of the Otori family,
the Otori private police, known in Japan's financial circles
as the Black Onion Squad, will be mobilized. Such is a situation that...
...of course, we'd like to avoid, right?
T-This clearly isn't a discussion.
"It's intimidation!!"
Hold on, please stop threatening Casanova-kun.
I'm sorry to have startled you.
Fujioka...
You know, it's okay if you tell others. I'm completely fine with it.
Oh, my, Bossa Nova-chi...
...now that you know she's a girl, are you in love with Haruhi?
"Kasanoda Syndicate"
"80 Years of Chivalry"
Oh, Tetsuya! How is Little Lord?
Did he say he didn't want supper?
Yeah.
Aw, man, what's going on?
Weren't you the one who said that our feelings of support for Little Lord
were getting through to him, and who was in high spirits earlier?
He said we would all play kick the can together,
so I chugged down all those drinks,
"Celebrate"
and got so many empty cans ready for it.
And yet, what was wrong with Little Lord when he came home today?
It almost looked like he had just killed someone.
Please stop that. You're wrong.
I'm certain that the feelings of those of us who follow Little Lord
got through to him. It's just...
It's just what?
It's just that today, maybe he came home from school with a new concern.
A new concern?
It turns out, when I peeked in as I was taking Little Lord his supper...
Little Lord?
I like her... I love her... I like her... I love her...
Sure enough, I'm in love with Fujioka!
S-so what you're saying is...
"Spring has come for the young lord!"
--Love trouble! --Love trouble!
So then, this guy Fujioka is...
Yeah, I saw him together with Little Lord at school today.
Now that I think about it, he was making just the cutest face...
...for a guy, that is.
"Ehhhhhhhh?!"
So then, what does that mean?
He's in love with a guy?
Casanova-kun, I'm sorry I startled you.
"Pure Heart"
This is bad. Now that I know he's a "she,"
I just think of her as being that much cuter.
Hey! No peeking, now!
"State of memory due to delusion"
She's so cute...
You know, it's okay if you tell others. I'm perfectly fine with that.
Can I... can I let her stay unhappy despite her brave talk?!
There's no way that it'd be okay for me to do!
For her to have to pretend to be a boy, and act as a host,
obviously, she must be in a pretty tough situation!
"I will keep Fujioka's secret for life"
All right, if Fujioka wants me to keep my mouth closed,
then I will keep her secret, even if it costs me my life!
"Music Room #3"
"The Host Club is now open for business"
It's Kasanoda-san, from Class D.
I heard that he had made himself Mori-kun's apprentice.
You mean, Kasanoda-san is going to be a host, too?
I-I'd like to request Fujioka.
"Ehhhhhhhh?!"
What is this!?
What's going on?
"Powerful motor"
Has it at last arrived? The genuine article?
Renge-sama, is he really...
Is Kasanoda-san of that persuasion?
W-What are they talking about? And up to now,
whenever I glared at anyone, they all became frozen with fear...
"Human blizzard"
But the atmosphere seems different today somehow.
Nobody is freezing, no matter how hard I glare at them.
On the contrary, all their eyes on me feel...
...fiery!
"Never underestimate the Flames of Moe! "
Casanova-kun, welcome.
You're our guest today, right?
Y-Yeah...
This is bad. She really is cute.
Is tea all right? You don't mind something sweet?
Here, I'll help.
That's okay, you're our guest, after all.
T-Tea that Fujioka made for me...
Sir, is this your first time in this sort of establishment?
Just kidding!
Y-You've sure got this down, don't you?
I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do at first,
but lately, I've figured out that you just have fun, and act naturally.
Come on, Kyoya-senpai, hurry up and chase that guy out of here!
If he's getting along better with his fellas,
there's no need for him to be at our club anymore, is there?!
He appears to be keeping Haruhi's secret,
and since he is here as a guest, what reason have we to refuse him?
The other guests are afraid of him!
He's okay, as far as that goes.
See?
Wow, look at his expression.
He is in love with Haruhi-kun.
Hello, Sumire-san? Come on over here at once!
Never mind today's violin lesson, come to the Host Club at once!
You're going to see something amazing!
Hello, Kurakano-san? Hurry over to the Host Club!
If you don't come right now, you're going to regret it!
See? Thanks to him, our take today might set a new record.
So that's what you're after, you moneygrubber!
Casanova-kun, would you like another?
Yeah, thank you.
What do we do? She's flashing him that adorable smile!
That naturally precocious girl!
Hika-chan, it's unlike you guys not to go in and interrupt, huh?
There was our screw-up in Karuizawa, and all.
We can't act thoughtless and get Haruhi mad at us, you know.
Not "ours," that was all "yours," right, Hikaru?
Sir, how long are you going to stay a husk of yourself?
It's in times just like this that we need our king to step up, don't we?
Go get 'em!
"Ma"
Tamaki-senpai...
Whoa, what are you doing?
If you're going to sit down, please sit over here.
Here, if you need something to do, you can have this.
I got it for free from the supermarket
where I bought the instant coffee earlier.
Haruhi, solved it! Solved the puzzle rings!
That sure was fast. Okay then, please try to attach them again.
That idiot...
Ma?
Come on, sir! How long are you going to escape from reality?
I'm warning you, sir, while you're there being a robot,
the situation is rapidly becoming more serious!
Ma...
Listen to me, and think hard about this.
If you let things go on like this,
and let Bossa Nova-chi snatch Haruhi away,
then Haruhi's future will be as a godfather's wife!
Ma?!
Don't try gettin' one over on me. Defend yourself!
"This is a godfather's wife?"
N-No way...
Daddy is against it!
S-Senpai?
Bossa Nova-kun!
What do you think you're doing here?!
Now that you've finally established a bond with your fellas,
what good does it do now not to strengthen it?!
Attaway, sir!
Go! Go!
What about kick the can?! Go on, now! Go on, right now!
Shouldn't you be enjoying your youth to your heart's content?!
However, after all of this, if you mean to tell me
that you still want to come around Haruhi...
...then as her daddy, you will have to go through me, first!
Huh? Daddy? You mean, her father?
You are Fujioka's father? As young as you are?
Not good.
Who'd have figured he'd throw him a fastball?
M-Maybe we aren't related by blood, but...
Then, you have some sort of relationship with Fujioka's mother?
No, I don't. I've never even met her.
Then, you aren't her father, are you?
Wah! Tama-chan! Keep it together!
He's right. Strictly speaking, I am not Haruhi's daddy.
Not loosely speaking, either!
Ah, he's coming around.
I need to sort this out.
Sort what out?
If, supposing... supposing that I am not Haruhi's daddy...
Like we said, there's no supposing about it.
...then why is it that I find her to be so cute and precious?
Huh? Sir, what are you talking about?
Why is it that I get so concerned that I can't stand it
when she's with someone else?
If I'm not her daddy,
then I shouldn't have any right to interfere with those two.
Uh, what exactly was with all of those delusions
of you making her your wife up to now?
Is that strange? Fathers usually don't wish to give their girls up
to other men as brides, do they?
What about keeping Haruhi from kissing anyone?
Is it wrong to protect a daughter's cute lips?
"Bad feeling about this"
You know, sir...
You don't want our relationships as they are now to fall apart, do you?
Wasn't our family setting your line of defense against that?
Kaoru?
I don't know what you mean.
"Idiot!"
He's an idiot!
"He's oblivious to it"
He's oblivious to it!
I get it. Indeed. I did think that your lovey-dovey delusions
lacked any sense of reality, on a daily basis, but...
"To think that he was this stupid"
Tama-chan is out of it when it comes to matters about himself, after all.
Kaoru, what did you mean about a line of defense earlier?
Nothing.
It was just a hypothesis of mine.
But if I'm wrong, never mind.
A-Are things all right over there?
Did I say something I shouldn't have to Suou-senpai?
I don't know. But Senpai is a lot like my dad in some areas.
Did you hear that, gentlemen?
Haruhi just said that I was a lot like a father!
Well, to be more precise, in the sense that Haruhi's father
and you share a few similar personality traits, you being her father--
That's it! That's it! I may not be her daddy, but I am like a daddy!
"Like a daddy!"
Looks like you aren't listening.
F-Fujioka...
Listen, would it be okay for me to come here again?
I mean, I was just thinking, rather than entertaining nothing but girls,
maybe it would be a relief to have someone come in once in a while,
who knew about your secret.
Uh, I mean, if I'm not bothering you...
I'd be thrilled. It would let us become closer, Casanova-kun.
There it is, there it is, there it is, there it is!
Fujioka...
Oh, no... I can't hold back my feelings anymore...
Fujioka, I...
It's nice to have a friend who shares the same values, huh?
I haven't had anyone that I could talk to like this, so it's nice, you know?
Having a friend like that.
Well, he got shot down.
He got shot down, huh?
He got cut off, before he could even confess his love.
And got told that they were just friends twice, there!
That's just like being told "let's just be good friends."
That poor guy.
That poor guy...
Yeah, I guess she's right.
She's got to live her life as a boy, so accepting feelings
of love from another boy would cause nothing but trouble, huh?
In that case, the least I can do for Fujioka's sake is...
W-We'll be friends forever! You and me, right?
Mm-hmm.
--Bossa Nova-chi... --Bossa Nova-chi...
--Kasanoda-kun... --Kasanoda-kun...
Casanova-kun...
...that was beautiful! Thank you for moving me!
--Thank you for moving us! --Thank you for moving us!
We'll be your friends, too!
That was magnificent!
Thanks for the moe!
We'll be your friends, too, Bossa Nova-chi!
Let's play kick the can together!
I'm your senpai, but I'll be your friend! You can borrow Usa-chan!
I will include a big special on you in "Moe Moe Ouran Diaries, Vol. 1 1 ! "
Take care, now!
What's the matter, Tamaki?
When I think about the way Bossa Nova-kun was feeling,
my heart aches a little.
That's strange. You are her "daddy," right?
There shouldn't be any reason for you, as a man,
to have your heart ache with sympathy toward him.
Hyper starlight kick! !
1 ... 2... 3... 4...
In here, Haruhi.
What are you guys doing?
This hiding place is for Haruhi and me alone!
You can't go deciding that all on your own.
For that matter, sir, why do you and Haruhi have to hide together?
You fool! It's only natural for a father to hide together with his daughter!
I don't see any necessity.
Shh! Quiet, everyone!
Hika-chan may just be oblivious, yet still developing,
but is it okay for Tama-chan to be so super-dense,
since he clearly likes Haru-chan, but isn't aware of it himself?
Yeah.
The problem is Kao-chan and Kyo-chan, huh?
I think there's someone who's actually as oblivious as Tama-chan is
hidden between the two of them.
At this rate, I wonder if there will be any developments before we graduate.
Who can say?
For one thing, why kick the can?
Please don't push so hard.
Hands off my Haruhi!
She's not yours, sir.
Then, whose is she?
I'm not anyone's!
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.
Kyoya-senpai, why would someone as cool as you are
go in for something as crazy as the Host Club?
The secret of the birth of the Host Club is about to be revealed!
You keep quiet.
Next time, "And so Kyoya Met Him!"
Ouran High School Host Club will be waiting for you, next week!