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May 6, 2010 Episode 6: The Man • Ayazawa School

A group of five brothers, Yumeyama Brothers, claim themselves to be Ayazawa Misaki’s disciples. Soon after, they begin to follow/stalk her where ever she goes. They realize she must have a part-time job too, and beg her to let them see her at work. The three idiots, thankfully, come to her rescue, only to end in failure with all eight boys trying to follow her to work. Usui catches her in time and hides her from the loonies. “When have you become so popular?” But also questions her reasons for not allowing them to see the other side of her.

At the Café, Usui challenges Misaki to a card game after collecting enough points to play. Usui wins the game easily and requests for a picture with Misaki.

The next day in school, the stalking begins. The brothers are at the girls bathroom, lunch room and even at the Student Council catching up on Misaki. When she leaves for work once again, the beg her to let them follow. Again she is pulled to safety by Usui. She tells Usui, that even though the boys are a pain, she does like passionate boys. That gets a twinkle in his eye. This goes on for a few days, with him coming to her rescue in perfect time. She tells him that she doesn’t want to disappoint them with their idealistic view of her once they realize she works as a maid. At work, the three idiots, having collected enough points too, come to challenge Misaki to the card game in hopes of getting a picture with her. She finishes before he even begins. She realizes that Usui is the only one able to beat her and wonders what he’s doing with her picture.

The next day, after teaching the brothers Aikido, Misa goes up to the roof to catch some air. There, she bumps into Usui, who is staring fondly at the picture of them. On this windy day, Misaki and Usui begin their argument of why Misaki will not let the boys know her job as a maid. Is she doing it for their sake? Or is it to protect herself from the possible embarrassment? She tells him that it “hurts to let people down who believe in me.” As she says that, she reaches for the photo and snatches it away. Unfortunately, in the scuffle, the photo takes off with the wind, which sends it flying straight to the brothers. As Misaki freaks out, Usui calmly asks her if she wanted him to retrieve it. “I will get it,” Usui says as he readies himself for the jump from the roof of the school.

“Why would you do this?”

“Because,” Usui says as he kisses her, “I Love You.” He leaps.

“USUI!!!”  Misaki runs down the stairs thinking to himself, “What is he doing??!” As she rushes down, shaking in fear, she finally sees Usui safe.  He is sitting by the pool, drenched, with a few scratches on him and clothes torn (must have broken a few ribs in the process too), but he definitely saved the picture.

“I am too good,” Usui praises himself.

“Yes you are.”

The brothers run toward the commotion and see a drenched Usui and a shaking Misaki. They ask her what is going on.

“The truth is, my part-time job is…”

Before she even finishes, Usui stops her by covering her mouth with his hand. He tells them instead, that he “buys her services after school.” The boys illogically conclude that Misaki is Usui’s bodyguard. But then again, what does Usui do?

Usui is finally admitted into the hospital. When Misaki visits him, he asks her to nurse him with her maid uniform.

“Yappali, hentai!” “He’s definitely a pervert. A perverted alien!”  

July 15, 2010 Episode 16: Maid Latte at a Beach Party

The three idiots head to the Café only to realize that the Café will be closed for the next few days. The staff is on a trip to the Manager’s sister’s beach house. They meet Nagisa and Aoi there. Even Usui is there as well, after being invited by the manager as a bodyguard for the girls. In case Misaki drowns, he can do mouth-to-mouth on her. They girls head out for a swim, but only Misaki has her school swimsuit on. But even that has Usui making googly eyes on her. When the other girls on the beach approach him, he ignores them.

Seems like the beach house/restaurant is not doing too good. The girls decide to turn on their Maid skills at the beach house, turning on their charms in a swimsuit and an apron. Misaki hides in the back and works with Aoi only to see the customers slowly swarming in. Business is booming! And Misaki should help out too, but not in her school swimsuit. Her manager, Sagisa, gives her a hot pink number and as Misaki changes into it, Usui wakes up in shock to see Misaki standing almost naked in front of him. He’s even more alarmed to learn that she will be heading out the way she was “dressed.” He quickly grabs her and leaves a hickey on her back. Now everyone will see that mark left on her back.

Misaki changes back into her T-shirt and shorts. After a tiring day, the crew gets their just reward in the form of free tickets to a nearby hot springs. However, Honoka, the other maids, begins to tell them that the area around the hot springs is haunted. What’s more, they will all be naked as they bask in the relaxing warmth of the spring water. Naked? Oh boy! There goes Misaki’s chance of relaxation and spending time with the rest. Her back! She feigns illness and is forced to remain in the house. Usui stays with her too.

With tears in her eyes (after everyone leaves), she blames Usui for her predicament. After ranting for a bit, she realizes that she is still holding on to the tickets! Even as scared as she is of the haunting, she runs after them, into the woods. She finally gets lost and begins to freak out when a hand suddenly grabs her out of no where. She lets out a scream only to realize it is Usui. She cries in shock and relief as Usui hugs her while she shakes. She asks him to let her go, but he says not until she calms down will he let her go. And this is how Aoi finds them, in a deep embrace in the middle of the woods. Get a room already.

Misaki finally gets to the hot springs only to be told by her manager that those tickets were extras. It wasn’t something that they needed.

Sept. 23, 2010 Episode 26: That’s so Unfair Ayuzawa…Usui You Idiot!

Still worrying about Sakura, Usui manages to convince Misaki to enjoy herself for a change. Misaki pushes her way out of the stiffling crowd but Usui manages to be showered with food and gifts as he leaves his throng of admirers behind. When he finds her, he feeds her his dango, which she comments is “sweet” after taking a bite from him. This feels so much like a …

“Date,” Usui completes her thoughts aloud.

Step 1: foreplay

He plops his ill-gotten cat ears on her as it occurs to him that they are both thinking the same thing. They end up walking into a contest called “Love Trial.” The only rule to the game is to never let the partner’s hand go while clearing all the challenges. The prize is a premium ticket to a post-festival event. As Misaki grumbles about the participation fee of 500¥, Usui puts on the “participation verification item” in the form of a heart-shaped necklace on her nestled on her chest. It’s not a waste if she gets a memento from it. Both have a whale of a time, even though neither openly say it. After successfully completing many arduous challenges: #1 eating ramen in 10 minutes with one person eating, the other feeding, #2 card game, #3 table tennis and #4 balloon quiz, they win over the crowd and the prized ticket.

The boy band

At the concert stand, Sakura and Shizuko waits for more than 2 hours before Yumemishi finally gets on stage. Watching Kuuga take the stage, Sakura realizes is in love with him. The band performs three insert songs (performed by Nojima Kenji): “Natsukoi Monogatari,” “Yume no Hana,” and “Akane.”

Hearing the concert starting, Misaki and Usui are almost separated again by the rushing crowd. He teases her when he sees that she may have wanted to hold his hand again, as they were during the competition.

The concert finally ends and Misaki is told to meet up with Kuuga. Instead, she bumps into a him in disguise at the bathroom. She warns him not to use Sakura, but realizes that he is truly serious about Sakura, and even has her believing it too (even though she still has a tinge of mistrust in him). Sakura not only nursed him back to health, but she’s the only one who sees him for who he is. Then again, Misaki should worry about her own boyfriend instead of other’s. When she tells him Usui is not her boyfriend, Kuuga laughs. The poor man is still waiting for her and taking the punches?

Step 2: dazzle

Not wanting the day to end after the fest, Usui and Misaki decide to use their ticket. Turns out, it’s a special cosplay service as a one day Romeo and Juliet. They enter a classroom to watch the fireworks. With Kuuga’s words haunting her, Misaki begins to feel guilty for stringing Usui along. She confesses that she is hopelessly confused by him. What’s more, after the contest, she has been wanting to hold his hands. Although she doesn’t directly confess her feelings, it throws Usui off guard.

“Are you suppressing yourself?”

“You are really cruel, Ayazawa,” he replies. “Do you really want me to answer that?” he asks while inching closer to her. He corners her and asks if she cares for him. She’s always lying, blushing and nervous around him. He knows. He sees it. Is she is also denying herself from him?

Unable to answer, he lets her off the hook. Just as he is about to leave the room, she grabs his hand and openly admits that she was denying herself (too).

Step 3: seal the deal

He finally kisses her in the empty classroom, as the fireworks go off.

“I love you, Ayuzawa.”

“I hate you,” she replies, not entirely honest. “Usui, you idiot!”

They leave, finally, with their hands adjoined.

OURAN HIGHT SCHOOL HOST CLUB



Here's one for the ladies, but it's just as much fun for guys!! This shoujo anime reverses the usual "harem" stereotype in that this time, it's one girl surrounded by many good-looking guys and has been a big hit with both the ladies and the gentlemen for both its zany humor and it's relatively subtle drama. 

Haruhi Fujioka is the lone impoverished scholarship student at Ouran High School, a school for kids so rich that a group of boys started a Host Club to entertain their female schoolmates in. 

One day Haruhi stumbles upon the Host Club while seeking a quiet place to study and instead accidentally breaks an expensive vase — and she becomes the club's newest toy in order to pay for it. At first a mere gopher, Haruhi eventually is given a makeover and becomes a host... then, and only then, do the guys realize that Haruhi is actually a girl... 

The real genius of Host Club, though, isn't the switcheroo it plays on classic gender roles (although they get a substantial amount of slapstick mileage via this gimmick), the true brilliance is that while the comedy stems from poking fun at traditional shoujo romance archetypes, the drama comes almost entirely from watching the characters grow up and learn who they are, a refreshing change of pace from the usual soap opera anime. 

There's nothing like a gaggle of bishonen to make the ladies scream with delight. If you enjoyed "The Wallflower" then you'll adore Ouran High School Host Club. 

Reviewed by Brian Cirulnick, December 2008 

Below: Scenes from Ouran High School Host Club.