Anime Review: Ouran High School Host Club
This was origionally posted and written for my University Anime group, but I'm re-posing this here becuase... well... I can.
BTW, though under an LJ cut, this review contains as few spoilers as I could feasably put in it. I don't think much is stated or spoilt here. If you think so, please say otherwise.
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BTW, though under an LJ cut, this review contains as few spoilers as I could feasably put in it. I don't think much is stated or spoilt here. If you think so, please say otherwise.
( Read more... )
Well, it is, but I remain unsure why anime ever decided it needed such a thing! Many series get along perfectly well without one, so why do others bore us to tears with what we already know?
I agree that Ouran didn't need huge piles of angst, and it would have been unrealistic to do it in that setting. The only way mega-angst for everyone works is in a non-ordinary-world anime where it fits the premise. School's never going to be that place, especially not for the rich and privileged!
The self-referential thing was fun, and probably the best aspect of the series - its knowledge of its predecessors and the cliches was highly entertaining.
I agree with you, I could never engage with Tohru either. She was too far from anything I could admire, yes, and I had some problems with Yuki too because of the same things (though he had enough justification for being that way, it's kind of hard to blame him!) But FB had such a large and interesting cast, with so many backstories to investigate, that my total lack of interest in Tohru didn't stop me enjoying it at all.
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FB was very cool, and I enjoyed it a lot as an anime. I'm not sure whether I prefer it to Ouran or not. I think they're about equal, though I prefer Ouran's animation style. I love the prettyness of it. Which is very shallow but, alas, true.
BTW, sent those Icons off to you. I hope you get them.
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