Summary

• Ouran High School Host Club parodies common romance anime tropes with humor and charm.
• The show breaks the fourth wall, features a dense main couple, and explores gender.

Ouran High School Host Club is an iconic anime that was released in the early 2000s. This anime is only one season, but it is truly an incredible season. Over the years, Ouran has become 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:almost a cult classic among anime fans, partic෴ularly for the way it leans into parody.

Every single episode of Ouran High School Host Club has some form of parody. It’s meant to make fun of (in the most loving way) the most absurd tropes out there. For the most part, this parody still works when compared with modern day anime. Here are the best ways Ouran mimics other romance m♊anga and anime.

9 🃏 ꧂ Commoner Culture

Commoner’s Coffee!

Often in anime, there are characters p💝oorer than others who happen to end up in situations where they are surrounded byℱ rich people. Ouran parodies this often in the show. There is the most obvious example: when Haruhi, the only commoner in the host club, buys commoner’s instant coffee, they take turns being brave enough to try it.

But there are more moments too, such as Tamaki dreaming about how Haruhi lives and picturing the worst, or the club whispering and making sure they ar♏en’t "insulting the commoner." There’s even some bullying. Some examples of this trope are Princess Lover and Hayate no Gotoku.

8 Host Club

And Maid Cafes

The entire premise of the show surrounds a host club. A host club is 🍬when a group of guys host women for tea and snacks. There is the opposite version too, which is a maid cafe. This is when women dress like maids and serve people in a cafe. In both circumstances, the idea is mostly entertainment.

One main example of this would be🍬 Maid Sama, but often host clubs and maid cafés are formed and shown within one episode of anime. This usually happens during school festival episodes.

7 Harems

And Reverse Harems

Harems are so common in anime they're considered t꧙heir own genre. In this show, there is one girl, Haruhi, and a ton of guys who all have feelings for her or love her deeply. This is actually considered a 'reverse harem,' because the original harem is a man surrounded by girls.

Some examples of this in anime are Romantic Killer, Brothers Conflict, and Yona of the Dawn. Not all of these are great. Yona is a great example of a lot of people who love the main character, but Brother’s Conflict shows just how messy (and honestly kind of awful) these harems 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:can be in the end.

6 Bᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ🌠⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚreaking The Fourth Wall

Narration

Within this show,🐼 there are so many moments where the fourth wall is broken. One of the most famous examples is when Tamaki says, “Me and Haruhi are the main characters, which means we are love interests. And you boys are the homosexual supporting cast!”

On top of that, they often refer to past events as “past episodes,” will talk about how they are in an anime, and refer to themselves as part of a cast. Fruits Basket 𓃲does this when Haru makes a comment to the audience, and Kaguya-sama: Love Is War does this with its narrator.

5 𒉰 Beach Episode

Iconic And Typical

The beac♚h episode is a staple in the anime community. It appears in so many romance anime, particularly ones that are 12 episodes long. The idea of it is to ha🌸ve a reprieve of the plot, and to bring the main couple closer together.

If you’re looking for other beach episodes, check out Fruits Basket, Toradora, Maid Sama, Tomo-chan is a girl… the list goes on and on. It's really up there as one of the most 𝐆popular romance anime tropes. In Ouran’s beach episode, Haruhi opens up to Tamaki and admits that she’s terrified of thunder.

4 ဣ ⛄ Homosexuality

“Homosexual Supporting Cast!”

Having hints of homosexuality is popular in anime. Some are more outright, like Kiss him, not me, while others are 🌃more subtle, such as the Vampire Dormitory. Of course, there are beautiful anime that actually surround gay couples, but that’s not what Ouran is making fun of.

Ouran is making fun of characters that aren’t gay but are often put in positions where it seems like they are. There are so many moments in the show where two of the male characters get ﷽close to each other in an intimate way. There’s even awkwardness around people thinking characters are gay because they like Haruhi, such as Kasanoda.

𒆙If you’re looking for some anime that are actually about LGBTQIA+ relationships, check out: Sasaki and Miyano, Welcome Home, Kase-san and Morning Glories and Adachi And Shimamura.

3 Dense Mai🐼n Couple

Haruhi and Tamaki

Haruhi and Tamaki are both incredibly dense in their feelings for each other up u🌱ntil the very end of the show. In fact, many of the other characters talk a lot about how they don’t even seem to know that they love each other, especially in Tamaki’s case.

One great example of this trope is Inyasha, where there are multiple seasons of will-they, won’t-they. Another is 🌺Apothecary Diaries, where Maomao has seemingly no idea that Jinshi is into her. This trope can actually be a lot of fun because it keeps the tension going throughout the show.

2 💜 Romance 🦩Tropes

Each Character

168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Each and every character in this show is a romance trope. Honey is the little lolita type; Mori is the strong, quiet type. The twins are little devils who protect only each other: K🃏yoka is the smart and slightly arrogant type, and Tamaki is the blonde,⛄ princely type.

You see these characters everywhere, in too many anime to count. The Bibliophile Princess is the perfect example of the princely type, and My Happy Marriage is a beautiful example of the str🍌ong, quiet type. Usually, we don’t see them all in the s𓂃ame show, but it’s easy to recognize these tropes once you know them.

1 Gender

Exploring Gender

Gender is explored a lot in this show. The main character, Haruhi is the besꩲt example of this. She often says she doesn’t care at all about how she’s seen, and doesn’t mind being mistaken for a boy. But she’s not the only example. Girls dress like boys, and the🌜 host club dresses like girls.

It’s awesome to see gender challenged in Ouran and other anime. A few other shows that tackle this topic꧟ are Fruits Basket, Vampire Dormitory, and Ranma ½. Some do it better than others, but it’s often explored in romance anime.