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Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 4

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I am so happy that I have found this series. I first found out about it by watching the TV series and I loved it! The books are hilarious and entertaining to read because of the diversity of the characters and the comical events that happen in each episode. Bisco Hatori has done a great job! I recommend this series to any manga lover! Bisco Hatori is amazing.

I've watched the anime expecting the manga to be the same, it's similar but a real laugh out loud read when in your hands. No issues with shipping or quality of the comic in shipping.

I had to keep reading. I love this series. It's always funny, with never a dull moment.

Volume 4 of Ouran High School Host Club begins with Haruhi's cross-dressing daddy catching her and Tamaki on the floor in a rather incriminating position - and of course he assumes the worst! Tamaki flails, attempting to placate the strange parental unit, and things are looking dire when the twins unexpectedly barge in. When it looks as though Tamaki is about to confess to having feelings for Haruhi, he ends up saying she is like a daughter to him! What an idiot! Hail hail, the gang's all here and, interestingly, Ranka knows who everyone is! It seems that he has an informer within the club, a regular correspondent - who turns out to be none other than Kyoya! (Which explains where he got the pictures of Haruhi previously). Ranka and the boys settle down to a nice talk about Haruhi (except for Tamaki, who is hiding in the closet), and we catch some interesting glimpses of her childhood. Haruhi has gone to the store alone, and an upset Tamaki dashes out of the house and catches up with her, so she takes him with her. He is acting just like a little boy - cute and sniffling and sad. Unbeknownst to either of them, they are being followed!

Haruhi and Tamaki shop, and he is amazed by everything (having led a sheltered rich boy life, he's never been in this sort of poor person's supermarket). Haruhi has to keep a close eye on him, he wants everything. The rest of the gang shows up, and Ranka gets a private word with Tamaki. (Apparently he's been hiding and watching Haruhi shop since she was a young girl). He lets Tamaki know that he is not ready to let his daughter go, not yet.

Valentine's Day is usually an exciting day for the Host Club, but calamity strikes when Hunny is found to have a cavity and Mori forbids him sweets - including Valentine's Day candy! Such a tragedy! He is devastated, of course, and the Host Club is shaken because they are all forbidden the same by Tamaki, as a show of solidarity with their comrade. But it's very hard on them, and on the clients as well, because by tradition Japanese girls go a bit crazy, giving chocolates to their favorite guys. Deprived of his usual sweets, Hunny grows darker and darker, revealing a side of him that no one knows - and it's not pleasant! Is there any way for the Host Club to set things to right?

The Host Club has an Alice in Wonderland episode, with not one but several Alices, as they keep changing roles, beginning with Haruhi, who is far too logical to play Alice - she would never follow the White Rabbit! So they use the twins as Alice A and Alice B. A Mysterious Merchant N inserts himself, Hunny shrinks, then Tamaki is thrust into the part of Alice! To Tamaki's dismay, Haruhi's father plays a part as well! Kyoya is the sinister Black Queen, and Renge is the Duchess who gives Alice her child to take care of. The twins reappear as Cheshire Cat doppelgangers. A fun time is had by all in this twist on the classic story!

In Episode 16, the Ouran High School Newspaper Club, having hit 10% circulation, decides it needs to do something drastic to prevent possible shutting down of the club, as well as expulsion. Luckily the Host Club "plays" into their hands, a freak accident leaving Tamaki in the Newspaper Club's debt. Learning of their plight, he becomes their crusader - determined not to see their family fall apart - and maybe endangering the very existence of the Host Club and its secrets to do so! Everyone but Tamaki thinks the Newspaper Club is up to no good - what is the real reason behind his sponsorship of them, and will he see the light of truth before it's too late for the Host Club? Haruhi learns something interesting about Tamaki in this episode, something the others aren't aware she doesn't know, as they all do.

A bonus episode is entitled Love Egoist. Sumire is the smartest and prettiest girl at her school, but unbeknownst to her fellow students, she has a secret - inside, she has a very wicked personality! Sumire has a crush on the chemistry teacher, Mr. Saginuma, who is only 25, but she is afraid to approach him, afraid he'll find out what she really is like. And he is so sweet, and good, and helpful, and everyone loves him. But one day she learns that appearances are quite deceiving, and he recognizes her for a kindred spirit, thus beginning an odd sort of relationship between them. A rather twisted sort of love/hate. Can this end well for either of them, and should it?

This volume of Ouran Host Club is awesome, particularly the Alice in Wonderland episode! I'd already heard so much about it at the 2009 BishieCon, when the staff put on a Host Club event, dressed as the members of the Club. If you enjoy the original Alice, I think you'll love this one. I love the growing relationship between Haruhi and Tamaki, and seeing other facets of their personalities. A bonus episode called Ouran Suspense Theatre has the mangaka posing some what-if scenarios, including a Hunny that gains weight in proportion to what he eats and Kyoyo and Tamaki exchanging inner parts. I have to say I don't care for Haruhi's father at the moment, but I'm not sure why. Maybe because he is so hard on Tamaki. And while he seems to be clinging in some ways, he's distant in others. Maybe he'll grow on me. This is definitely a don't miss volume if you're reading the Host Club!

very good at keeping to their word on when they will ship it. pluse the product was in good condition