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Ouran High School Host Club Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 2006 - 2006
Episode 1
Kyou kara kimi wa hosuto da
Wed, Apr 5, 200623 mins
Seeking a quiet room for study at the elite Ouran High School Academy, honors student Haruhi Fujioka accidentally comes upon the school's exclusive Host Club. Composed of spoiled boys from wealthy families, they host parties to entertain and please girl classmates, utilizing their individual charms. A mishap soon indebts Haruhi to them, whereby the unfortunate "commoner" is taken in as their "dog" to work off the debt, but the group's arrogant leader, Tamaki Suoh, senses potential and soon upgrades Haruhi's status to "host." As the training begins and parties ensue, the boys don't immediately catch on to a vital difference in their newest member - she's not a boy.
Episode 2
Kôkôsei host no oshigoto
23 mins
It's early spring, and the Host Club shows off again by conducting a tropical retreat in their abandoned music room - a good excuse to bare some skin. Tamaki announces a formal dance coming up, which Haruhi would rather miss. No way. Tamaki gives her one week to become an expert waltzer or else he'll reveal her true gender to the school and degrade her back to errand boy. Meanwhile, Haruhi's new client, Kanako Kosugazaki, is a chronic host-hopper, switching from one host to another at regular intervals. As Host Club's objective is to make every girl happy, Tamaki makes Kanako their special project, which involves Haruhi wearing a dress.
Episode 3
Shintai kensa ni go-youjin
23 mins
Upperclassman Tamaki broods darkly as he realizes the Hitachiin twins get to spend far more time with Haruhi in a given day than he does, simply because they're all in the same lower grade level. Enraged, he angrily threatens to expose her true gender to the school till the other club members calmly point out that, if exposed, Haruhi will be out of the club and Tamaki won't get to spend any time with her at all. Bringing the matter to a head, school physicals loom, prompting the Host Club to rally in an all-out effort to keep her secret secret. A wrench in the plans: one of the attending doctors may be a pedophile who's slipped in.
Episode 4
Joshi manager shûrai
23 mins
Renge Hoshakuji is a Sims-obsessed Parisian girl. When she sees a photo of Kyoya, his striking resemblance to her most prized Sim has her flying out to enroll at Ouran High School and be near him - her "fiancé." She quickly proclaims herself Host Club's new manager (whether anyone else likes it or not) and her first order of business to give each of the hosts (all but Kyoya, who is "perfect") a dark side, surrounding them with a Hollywood film crew to capture it all. Tamaki goes along with this for awhile, thinking that having another girl around will bring out the feminine side of Haruhi, but eventually none of the hosts can take Renge's efforts to turn them into personalities they're not. Real people aren't, after all, Sims.
Episode 5
Futago kenka suru
23 mins
Identical twins Hikaru and Kaoru entertain girls at the Host Club with their game of many years - "Which One Is Hikaru." Haruhi finds this very droll since she can distinguish the twins quite well, which she demonstrates. This is, in fact, remarkable, something no one else has ever been able to do it. When she explains how Hikaru is the more mischievous of the two, the twins react differently, dismantling their longstanding united front against the world to turn against each other in furious and violent squabbling.
Episode 6
Shôgakusei host wa yancha-kei
23 mins
Elementary schoolboy Shiro Takahoji comes to Host Club demanding Tamaki take him on as an apprentice, but after highly disapproving of the members' behaviors - finding Tamaki too phony in his compliments, the Hitachiin twins far too gay, Honey and Mori far too connected for their age difference (not knowing there is none) and Haruhi far too girlish to be taken for anything other than a cross-dresser - Tamaki wonders why this boy has come to them at all. Renge spots that Shiro can fit in among their established and diverse types as a naughty boy, but as training turns in this direction, Shiro, overwhelmed, balks and runs. Haruhi surmises that Shiro's issue has secretly been over a singular girl all along, prompting Tamaki to lead an invasion of the elementary-school to find out.
Episode 7
Janguru puuru SOS
23 mins
Given special permission, the Host Club lounge out at the Otori Tropical Aqua Garden, a new theme park soon to open. For awhile, the club members' biggest concerns mount over whether or not Haruhi gets to wear a bathing suit (with Tamaki all hot and bothered over how much skin she'll expose). An accidental collision with a masked control tower throws off computer controls, creating tidal waves and releasing alligators from the wildlife exhibit. With Honey swept away, his close connection to Mori is revealed as the boys look for him. Things only get worse when the search and rescue team Kyoya summons is the Otori family's overly aggressive private police force, with orders to rescue a small boy and eliminate all suspicious characters around him.
Episode 8
Taiyô to umi to host bu
23 mins
Host Club hits the beach, but it's a working holiday with lots of girls around to entertain. That means Haruhi can't wear a bathing suit and join in, since she must keep up her male-gender pretense. When Haruhi remains calm over handling a bug, the boys begin wondering what would frighten her and make a game of finding out.
Episode 9
Roberia jogakuin no chôsen
23 mins
Ouran High's annual invitation to the cultural clubs of other schools brings members of the Zuka Club from St. Lobelia Girls' Academy into its prestigious walls. Its leader immediately recognizes Haruhi's true but disguised gender and makes it her club's foremost duty to get Haruhi transfered away from the mendacity of Ouran's Host Club and into Lobelia. The boys, of course, want to keep her, but it doesn't help their cause for Haruhi to discover they've been selling her things on the Internet to support the club's finances. Haruhi has much to consider in the day given her to make a choice.
Episode 10
Fujioka ke no nichijou
24 mins
Wondering how bad Haruhi's Commoner Life can be drives Tamaki nuts. He simple must know, and with him tag along all the other Host Club boys in support (and to satisfy their curiosities, too). Though still a cramped and shabby hovel in their eyes, it's not as bad as some thought it might be. Even so, they tread carefully knowing that the rules of normalcy don't apply in "Commoner World." Still, for Haruhi, it's an anticipated weekend day of rest from the boys she's not going to get. Then, at a very awkward moment, her father returns home, bringing about a few startling revelations.
Episode 11
Onii-chama wa ouji-sama
23 mins
Tamaki acquires a little sister when Kirimi Nekozawa comes to Host Club looking for her older brother. Her true brother, however, is Umehito Nekozawa, president of The Black Magic Club. Sadly, while these siblings long to know each other, Umehito is light-sensitive and must forever live enwrapped in darkness while Kirimi is deathly afraid of both darkness and cats (but loves erotic literature). Tamaki makes it Host Club's duty to bring these siblings together - and who better to pull off a transformation to bring Umehito out of the darkness than Renge (even though Haruhi warns that their over-the-top efforts are only making things worse).
Episode 12
Honey senpai no amaku nai mikkakan
23 mins
Tamaki, Hikaru and Kaoru fret over what Honey's reaction will be to their spilling tea on his stuffed bunny, but Mori, knowing Honey better than any, smoothes it over in an instant. A bigger problem soon develops over Honey's steady diet of sweets when he develops a cavity. Not for an instant thinking to take him to a dentist, Tamaki puts Host Club on a sweets restriction till the matter clears up, which only makes Honey cranky on top of being in pain.
Episode 13
Fushigi no kuni no haruhi
23 mins
As her father and the headmaster finish registering Haruhi at Ouran High School Academy, Haruhi finds herself drawn to Music Room #3. She soon falls down a rabbit hole and into an Alice in Wonderland world where the people she meets are all strangely familiar. Winding her way through weird settings, she eventually comes to a trial where a king and queen charge a mother with the crime of abandonment, to which Haruhi steps in as the accused woman's lawyer.
Episode 14
Uwasa no host bu wo shuzai se yo
23 mins
While the Host Club's photo collections sell out instantly, the Newspaper Club's student papers don't sell at all. A stray ball (from Tamaki's foot to editor/president Akira Komatsuzawa's head) brings the two clubs together, where Akira proposes a series of articles on the Host Club to help sell their papers and keep their club alive. All but Tamaki want no part of it, since the paper's been nothing but tabloid junk for a long time, but all give in when Tamaki puts his begging "puppy-eyes" on them. In time, Akira's true motives, far from kind and clean, surface, but the savvy host members are ready to defend both their club and their loyal friendship with the blithesome Tamaki.
Episode 15
Karuizawa sawayaka batoru
23 mins
It's summer vacation and the boys are distressed that Haruhi's left them, but she's only gone to help out for the summer at the bed-and-breakfast of her father's friend, Misuzu (a fellow cross-dresser). The boys follow and decide to stay but there's only one room available, so the twins make a contest of their situation, calling it The Guest Relations Odd Jobs Contest at Penchant Misuzu's: The boy who's the most "refreshing" in the eyes of Misuzu for an entire day wins and gets to stay in the room.
Episode 16
Haruhi to hikaru no hatsu date dai sakusen
23 mins
Haruhi chances across Arai, a former classmate and friend from her middle school days. This puts Hikaru's knickers in a twist, and sends Tamaki sulking after Haruhi introduces him as an acquaintance (forgetting he once told her never to introduce him as her senpai). Hikaru eventually apologizes to Arai for his rude behavior, but only Haruhi recognizes that it's Kaoru standing in for his twin. Concerned for his brother's emotional growth, Kaoru sets himself up a date with Haruhi, then has Hikaru substitute for him, feigning a sudden illness. Kaoru recognizes that unless Hikaru can learn for himself to be less self-centered, he'll always be ruled by his emotions.
Episode 17
Kyoya no fuhoni na kyujitsu
24 mins
On the last day of summer vacation, Tamaki decides the privileged members of Host Club should make a field trip to a shopping mall expo to observe commoners (all but Haruhi, of course). Since Kyoya was up till 5:00AM, they literally drag him along, then promptly lose him. Waking up sometime thereafter to find himself alone and stranded, with neither cell phone nor wallet, does little to dispel Kyoya's already foul mood. Who should happen by but Haruhi, but her appearance, though effectively his salvation, is not met with gratitude, and she winds up spending the day observing a side of Kyoya that's less than charming, but a little insightful.
Episode 18
Chika-kun no Honey datou sengen
23 mins
Honey's younger brother, Yasuchika, visits Ouran High School, and the two immediately come to blows. It's a Haninozuka family dictate that whenever any two of its members meet they must fight, thereby sharpening and improving their unique family-developed martial art style. The two siblings used to get along until Honey's late night behavior gave 'Chika' reason to believe his brother was no longer of this earth.
Episode 19
Roberia jogakuin no gyakushû
23 mins
The Host Club pulls another surprise visit on Haruhi's home only to find she's already gone out - with Zuka Club members from Lobelia Girls' Academy (arch-rivals of the Host Club). Benio Amakusa, president of the Zuka Club (and unquestionably the most adored girl at Lobelia), has never forgiven how things turned out at their previous school year's visit to Ouran High School. Seemingly set to once again persuade Haruhi to transfer to Lobelia, she and her cohorts abduct Haruhi only to merely ask the simple favor of her filling in a vacated role in their annual theatrical presentation honoring Benio's deceased mother, a former alumni, which, after a time, Haruhi accepts. Meanwhile, Tamaki leads the other Host Club boys and Ranka (Haruhi's transvestite father) to Lobelia on a rescue mission - not knowing this is all part of Benio's ultimate plan for revenge.
Episode 20
Futago ga aketa tobira
23 mins
Kaoru narrates how he and Hikaru longed for someone who could tell them apart. No one could, so they formed a psychological barrier that kept others away, hurting before they themselves could be hurt, becoming twisted and cruel in playing their "Which One is Hikaru" game which no one could win. Tamaki approached them about joining a new club he was forming, which they wouldn't do unless he would play and win their Which One is Hikaru game (within a one-month time limit). He agreed to play under the one condition that, if he won, they would both join his club.
Episode 21
Itsuka kabocha ni naru hi made
23 mins
With Halloween coming up, Haruhi's class gets an entire day to run a special school event of their choosing. The Hitachiin twins quickly propose a Halloween After Dark Test of Courage Tournament, where students in groups of four roam the hallways at night, trying to scare the bejesus out of each other. First one to run from the school gets his/her picture in the school paper with the title "Captain of All Cowards." Everybody's excited but one: Class Rep Kazukiyo Soga, harborer of many phobias, secretly abhors the idea but goes along for the sake of Vice-Rep Momoka Kurakano, for whom he has feelings, even though he knows nothing can come of them against her attraction to Haruhi (whom most still believe is a boy). When the twins catch wind of their class rep's fearful afflictions, it fans their malicious fires; they simply must have him (and Haruhi) on their team where they torture him incessantly all evening long. (In the midst of all this, Kaoru reflects upon the "enchanted carriage" Tamaki has built them with his Host Club, providing Kaoru, twin brother Hikaru and Tamaki himself with friends, which they did not have before - and will not have again once the carriage changes back to the "old grubby pumpkin" it once was.)
Episode 22
Mori senpai ni deshi iri shigan
23 mins
A desperate Ouran Academy first-year named Ritsu Kasanoda visits Host Club to beg Mori to take him on as an apprentice. Born with a fearsome face that has always frightened people away, he's sick of the life-long lack of friends and playmates. Being heir to the feared Kasanoda syndicate hasn't helped, either. He figures Mori must know something he doesn't, since he, too, has somewhat scary features yet has friends. Tamaki quickly sees Ritsu as a social beast who must have a beauty about him, something equivalent to what Mori gets from his close association with Honey, but as the hosts determine what kind of beauty to put with Ritsu, Ritsu comes under attack from a rival gang holding him responsible for a kidnapping.
Episode 23
Tamaki no mujikaku na yûutsu
23 mins
Having stumbled upon Haruhi's true gender in the previous episode, Ritsu Kasanoda, while agreeing to keep it secret, comes to Host Club to court Haruhi, causing gang members and classmates alike to believe he's into "dudes." Strangely enough, this makes him no longer the terrifying threat he once was, an unfamiliar condition which Ritsu finds unsettling. Host Club dares not object to him for fear of publicly revealing the secret, but having this new rival to their affections toward Haruhi in their midst alternately enrages and emotionally drains Tamaki and the twins, watching in almost helpless agitation as Ritsu awkwardly prepares to openly profess his affections toward her.
Episode 24
Soshite kyôya wa deatta
23 mins
Kyoya recalls for Haruhi how he and his polar opposite, Tamaki, became associated. As the third son of the Otori family, Kyoya will inherit nothing of the Otori family business or fortune but is still expected to achieve highest marks and behave dutifully. Tamaki is the only heir to the wealthy Suou family with whom the Otoris do business. Since the two boys are classmates, Kyoya is ordered to become Tamaki's friend. He obeys, but Tamaki easily gets under his skin and puts his teeth on edge. He's undisciplined, ego-centric, frequently taken over by whims of extraordinary fancy, and unbound by duty, leaving Kyoya both uncharacteristically frustrated and frequently seething. Nevertheless, Tamaki does have one surprising talent - keen and sudden insight.
Episode 25
Host bu kaisan sengen
23 mins
Whereas most school fairs display student art and crafts, Ouran's fair displays student leadership and organizational skills (they all being future leaders of tomorrow). While Yoshio Otori finds his son Kyoya's involvement in the Host Club an affront to the family, Chairman Yuzuru Suou remains cold, distant and reproachful toward son Tamaki (with Grandma Suou even less accepting of him). They command Tamaki to escort Lady Éclair through the two days of the fair. It is obvious she's there to lock down a family-arranged romantic entanglement with Tamaki, but Tamaki is consumed more by recent thoughts over what futures the other hosts have sacrificed to be members of his club, which leads him to make a startling announcement.
Episode 26
Kore ga oretachi no ouran sai
24 mins
After the surprise announcement of his engagement to Lady Éclair and the dissolution of Host Club, Tamaki disappears, a virtual prisoner held by the promise of seeing his mother. The remaining Host Club members can stand his absence no longer and rally to reach him but find their way blocked by the corporate machinations of Grand Tonnerre, now in control of the Otori private police.
