Ouran Koukou Vol.4 & 5

Synopsis:

To continue from the previous volume, Ranka caught Tamaki & Haruhi in a very “weird” position. Naturally poor Tamaki have to suffer for the entire chapter! We learn more on why Haruhi became so independent, even as a 9 year old kid. Tamaki & Ranka did have a little Father-to-Father talk, although that didn’t last long (hehehe).

The 2^nd chapter was about Honey-senpai having a cavity (around Valentine’s day, no less!) and the entire Host Club was banned from sweets. Chapter 3 was a parody of Alice in Wonderland, whereas Chapter 4 told of how the Newspaper Club tried to sabotage the Host Club. In this chapter, Haruhi also found out about how powerful the Suou’s (Tamaki’s family) is – and that Ouran High was actually owned by Suou’s family.

The start of volume 5 details on how Haruhi’s exam ranking fell to the 3^rd. Therefore, she might be expelled (since scholarship’s students have to be a the top of their class). Kyouya invited the top female student of his year – Ayame to teach Haruhi for her make-up test. Turns out that Ayame has some kind of grades complex against Tamaki (he’s always the 2^nd in the class whereas she’s 3^rd). But she also has some sort of crush for him (so cute!!!). All ends well though, and Haruhi manage to clear the make-up test.

The next 3 chapters were set in Karuizawa where Haruhi was working for summer vacation. The Host Club followed her there. And old junior high classmate of Haruhi turned up, which made Hikaru & Kaoru extremely jealous.

In the last chapter of volume 5, a little girl – Kirimi – appeared and thought that Tamaki was her “heroic” older brother. Turns out that her brother was actually Nekozawa (remember the dark, scary guy who always wear a robe & had a cat puppet on his hand always?), the president of the black magic club. This chapter regales about how the host club tried to bring the siblings together again (Kirimi hates her brother because she can’t stand dark scary things)

Reviews:

This summary comprises of both volume 4 & 5. In both of these volumes, I notice that the drawings are extremely messy – as in there’s just too much to see.
However, the stories are interesting. We get to see how Haruhi was when she was a child. Kyouya was extremely scary when he got woken up “too early”, and other little things. Tamaki did a lot of sulking here – I can see why so many readers find him annoying, but I think him more as endearing and yes – very idiotic as well.

I find that the chapter 3 in volume 4 – the parody on Alice in Wonderland – quite a waste of space. I would rather that the mangaka continues with the story. Maybe she fresh out of ideas or something.

Looking forward to the next volume!

Labels: Ouran

Posted at 12:51 PM