Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 11

桜蘭高校ホスト部 [Ōran Kōkō Host Club] #11

by Bisco Hatori, Nancy Thistlethwaite (Editor)

In this screwball romantic comedy, Haruhi, a poor girl at a rich kids' school, is forced to repay an $80,000 debt by working for the school's swankiest, all-male club--as a boy! There, she discovers just how wealthy the six members are and how different the rich are from everybody else...

With the host club members on opposite sides, the sports festival at Ouran High School has become an all-out war! Can the bonds of friendship withstand the strain of competition?

Genres: Manga, Romance, Graphic Novels, Young Adult, Comedy, Shojo, Fiction

190 pages, Paperback

First published November 4, 2007

About the author

Name (in native language): 葉鳥ビスコ

Bisco Hatori is a Japanese manga artist. Bisco Hatori is a pseudonym; she states that the name has special meaning to her. She has worked for such magazines as LaLa. Her manga debut was A Moment of Romance in LaLa DX. Her first series was Millennium Snow. However, the comedy Ouran High School Host Club is her breakout hit.

Reviews

[Victoria ✮⋆˙ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ahh so much drama between the twins!!

[vin .ᐟ (hiatus)]

PLEASE CAN WE JUST GO BACK TO BEING A HAPPY FAMILY

[Amber J (Thereadingwitch) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would say that I didn't so much read this one and devoured it. So many things that I have been waiting forever to happen are finally starting to take form. I'm trying to pace myself as I don't want this series to end too soon, but it is really hard. I'm just pulled in.


How I choose my rating:
1* Didn't like it at all. These are rare as I usually just don't finish any book I dislike this much.
2** Didn't like it. Again usually DNF if I dislike it this much, but occasionally I feel it still has potential and I try to stick with it to the end.
3*** I liked it. It wasn't great but it was enjoyable enough. It is unlikely I'll ever reread it but I'll probably finish the series if it is a part of one.
4**** I really liked this book. Maybe not a work of genius, but highly entertaining. I might reread this at some point, and I will finish the series if part of one.
5***** I loved this book. I found little to no issues with it at all. I will probably reread this and possibly more than once. I will finish the series if it's part of one.

[Natalie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am plowing through this series now, I can hardly hold myself back. I just absolutely adore this series. It's one of my favorite finds of 2020. I'm also glad that I splurged and bought the whole set all at once in the beginning. It's like Christmas every time I pull the next one out. They're all so pretty.



The sports festival has arrived and it's Kyoya vs. Tamaki! Tamaki is leading the Red Team and Kyoya leads the White Team. Red Team gets off to a bad start with the Bread-Eating contest. Tamaki was trying to make Haruhi happy, but accidentally sabotaged his team with giant tuna. (One of my favorite gags - Haruhi and her love for giant tuna!)

Tamaki pulls his team back during the Shakespearean Cheerleading contest.



One of my favorite things about this series are the real human relationships and feelings that Hatori brilliantly captures. They're funny as all get out, but it's the sweet moments that makes this series so special.

Turns out Tamaki had an ulterior motive for the sports festival. He wanted Kyoya to have fun. How sweet is that?! Tamaki is always looking out for others.



Mori is always quietly being adorable and with Piyo and the Tanuki he reached peak cuteness level. I adored this little anecdote about the Tanuki bringing gifts to the Host Club.



Things are getting serious with the twins. The whole series has been showing us, without telling, that the twins definitely have a thing for Haruhi. Now it's all coming out! I loved when Kaoru went running to Hunny and Hikaru went running to Mori. Their friendships are so sweet.



Thank you Bisco Hatori for bringing all this happiness into the world!

[veloci.reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another really good volume with lots of drama between the Hitachiin brothers.

[Saraí Elvir · Rating 4 out of 5]

La competencia en el festival deportivo resultó ser más sobre la amistad que otra cosa y me gustó mucho!

[Aishah Humaira' (Mermaird ♡) · Rating 5 out of 5]

THIS VOLUME BREAKS MY HEART 😭💔💔💗

It was heartwarming at first when Tamaki shared his view of the friendship between him and Kyoya. He cares so much about Kyoya, and it was nice seeing Kyoya showing more of his childish side when bickering with Tamaki. I love them 💗🥹

But then everything started becoming more sad 💔 Tamaki staying silent about his feelings about going to France, Hikaru realising his feelings and being confused about it, and Kaoru arguing with Hikaru because he too was tired about keeping things to himself 😭😭😭 I can’t handle this I can’t believe I’ll be shedding real tears for Ouran but here we are 😭😭💔💔💔

But the extra chapter with Chika’s (I missed this boi 💗) enthusiasm about baby chicks warmed my heart a little bit 🥺💗 he’s too adorable!!

[Morgan ♓︎ · Rating 5 out of 5]

the friendship between the host club is so precious 🥹🥹🥹

[Davina Herondale · Rating 5 out of 5]

This went from being my least favorite volume to my favorite volume in the series oh my God



Both Hikaru and Kaoru admitting to each other that they like Haruhi?? Incredible. I am obsessed with the twins I love them so much and they both deserve THE WORLD

The fact that this wasn’t in the anime? I’m infuriated.

What I wouldn’t give for this book to be animated oh my god now I understand why so many people have been advocating for a season 2

[Chelsea 🏳️‍🌈 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty cute volume! Especially the stories with the tanuki and the baby chick!

Also, Kasanda appearance! He's so funny.

There were some good moments between Kyoya and Tamaki here. Kaoru and Hikaru deal with their feelings and go to Hunny ofr advice. It's interesting the most seemingly immature member is the one seems the most mature when it comes to feelings. We get some more Mori, but not enough, in my opinion. The tanuki story was so funny! I enjoyed the mini story at the end with Hunny's little brother, too.

[Blake the Book Eater · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really liked the “sports” festival and that the characters are seeming to finally deal with some of their emotions! It’s getting complicated and it’s only making the story better.

[Maud · Rating 5 out of 5]

Aaaaaaah, I loved this one sooooo much! The sports festival was so much fun but the last two episodes (the one with the Tanuki + the one with all the feelings and realisations) just made me smile and laugh and giggle and go aaaaaw at least every two pages. The romantic plot is slowly moving forward and I can't wait to see how things go though I also really hope that the host club is having fun again soon, all 7 of them together. I love this series so much!

[Romi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Creo que ha sido el volumen más sentimental de todos y el que más amé. A través de los capítulos sucedieron muchas cosas. Ha sido, sin duda, el avance más grande para los integrantes del Host Club.

[Magical_Bookworm · Rating 3 out of 5]

This volume is a high 3 star read for me. I did enjoy it more than the last volume, but it wasn't quite a 4 star read. I will be continuing on with this series soon.

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

did i jump back into this series with a random volume after not reading/watching any of it in years? yeah. i guess so. missed my comfort homophobic gays. the twins carried as per usual

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Things are getting dramatic! Loved the baby chick & tanuki, so stinkin cute.

[Meli Agüero · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ha decir verdad, me aburrió un poco el arco del festival deportivo. Yo quería que pasaran a lo picante xD. Pero es lindo ver un desarrollo de Kyoya.
Ahora, ESA ESCENA BAJO LA LLUVIA. Grité en 20 idiomas. Amo esta trama de los gemelos. Normalmente no soy partidaria de los triángulos amorosos (menos de los cuadrados o pentágono o lo que sea que es esto XD) pero esta historia me puede.

[Rita · Rating 3 out of 5]

Needed to read something light and fluffy.

[Katie❄️ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m really sad to see Hikaru and Kaoru fighting. I’m glad they are growing but it is painful to witness.

[nicky · Rating 5 out of 5]

angst!!!!!!!! my god!!!!!!

[Seez · Rating 5 out of 5]

☹️☹️☹️

[catherine ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Any twin-centric arc is automatically up there as one of my favorites.

[Rosalie Guerra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love when Kaoru put Hikaru in his place 🤣

[ash · Rating 5 out of 5]

(4.5 stars) omg so much emotional development! i loved the sports day arc and things are getting rlly juicy lol :0

[pauline · Rating 5 out of 5]

MAIS OMGGGG LE CLIFFHANGER DE FOU

[Chelsea Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

高校ホスト部 (Book #11 of ‘Ouran High School Host Club’) by Bisco Hatori: ★★★.5
→ ‘I wanted to become true friends with him - the kind of friends who compete against each other without pretense.’

[Lorena Jaqueline · Rating 5 out of 5]

Los gemelos TToTT

[Beckyjmcc · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ashfidoewndosjdoa *WHEEZES*

So much is happening!!!

ALSO:
Mori vs Hunny
Mori eating cake
Mori and Piyo
Mori and Pome
MORI AND PIYO AND POME!

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's finally time for Ouran Academy's first annual Sports Festival! Kyoya has officially declared war on the Red Team and is using any and all information he can find about the members of the Red Team to their advantage. The Red Team isn't as clever as the White Team, their main plan to win is teamwork and passion, while hoping that everyone has fun in the process. It's pretty fun to see Hikaru, Haruhi and Tamaki paired together, especially considering the events of the next volume, but Hikaru is still trying to figure out what's going on with Kaoru. We also get to see how Kyoya is treating Tamaki due to all of this. I don't particularly understand why Kyoya is acting so cold toward Tamaki. I know that he doesn't care for doing anything that doesn't benefit him, but he's being a bit unreasonable toward Tamaki. He even states as much when confronted by Kaoru. The entire school is enthralled by the feud between Tamaki and Kyoya and the latter is milking it as much as he can, but during his talk with Kaoru, we start to see Kyoya's mask slip and we see that he seems quite hurt by Tamaki's insistence for him to participate in the Sports Festival, telling Kaoru that he thought Tamaki understood him and it resonates with Kaoru. While training their respective teams, Hunny and Mori meet. It's clear that they understand a lot more than they let on in the happenings of their underclassmen. Hikaru finally seems excited to play in the Sports Festival, but even though Kaoru was hoping for this, there's something that's bothering him about his brother's change of heart. The day has finally come! Mei, Ranka and Misuzu have come to support Haruhi, but are completely shocked at how different Ouran's Sports Festival from their Commoner's Sports Festivals. The first event is a very prim and proper. Instead of a normal bout of competitive eating, the Ouran Sports Festival Committee decided that it would be too crass to have the normal competition and decided to make it a 'Bread Tasting Contest' where the contestants have to guess the type of bread and where it was made. Unfortunately, this contest was only for the girls and forgetting that Haruhi is posing as a boy in the Sports Festival, Tamaki sneaks a piece of giant tuna into the Red Teams bread for Haruhi, but during the competition, his 'kind' gesture backfires and makes it so the Red Team's bread is inedible. This losing streak continues for the entire first half of the Festival due to their own folly. Due to the Red Teams squabbling over the Bread Tasting disaster, the Red runners for the next competition get distracted and lose the race. Then in the Bean Bag toss, Ouran has made each bean bag from rare and expensive materials to which Mei scolds Haruhi from the crowd not to throw a single one and to give them to her after the Festival, but everyone on the Red Team starts giving all of their bean bags to Haruhi, thinking she's gonna get in trouble if they don't, and they lose the game before they even realize. Kuze, the Red Teams true Captain, enters the fold and begins to scold Tamaki and says that this is all because of Kyoya's dirty tricks, but Tamaki defends Kyoya, saying that their loss is due to their own failures and asks that Kuze stop picking fights since Kyoya is competing so valiantly. In the next race, though, Kyoya uses a trick to beat the competition. He has one of his runners use mental games to throw the Red Teams runners off of their game and incapacitates Nekozawa using the stadiums bright lights. In Kyoya's perch, Kaoru notices that Tamaki's father is watching the event, along with a ton of other parents, but Kyoya mentions that his family would never come to an event like this and if they did, he would have used a different strategy that glorified Tamaki. Kaoru realizes that this may have something to do with the plan that Tamaki, Haruhi and Hikaru have for Kyoya at the Festival. After another unfortunate loss for the Red Team, it's finally time for the Cheer Event. Kyoya has assumed that the Red Team would put too much effort into their cheer and wouldn't focus on the main events as much, but with the Red Team already feeling defeated, they don't seem to have much interest in watching the cheer. But Tamaki hasn't given up yet. To raise their morale, Tamaki performs a famous scene from Henry V where King Henry addresses the English Army after facing overwhelming loss. This brings back the Red Teams fighting spirit with renewed vigor. After this, the Red Team starts to make a comeback, so much so that Kyoya enters the final relay race against Tamaki. Kaoru asks if Kyoya plans on forfeiting, so Tamaki can win, but Kyoya reveals that this whole thing wasn't about how it would benefit him, but about his pride. We get a sweet scene showing Kyoya and Tamaki fighting like children, which shows just how much they care about one another. As the final race begins, we learn that this whole time, Tamaki wanted to see Kyoya competing passionately for himself, with no other benefits in mind. Tamaki wanted to compete against Kyoya without any other pretense. Kyoya wins for the White Team, while finally considering Tamaki and the rest of the Host Club, his true friends. After the events of the Sports Festival, it's time for the Second Years Class Trip, but there's only one problem. All of the Second Years voted on a trip to France. After learning of this, the Hosts try as hard as they can to distract Tamaki from this fact, due to his history, but after an incident with a bouncy ball, the Hosts discover a Tanuki living on campus. Apparently, Mori has befriended this Tanuki after he helped it while it was injured, but now the Tanuki is trying to return the favor in all the wrong ways. It's a pretty cute deviation from the more serious plot lines. Tamaki decides to help Mori return the Tanuki back to his home, which is pretty similar to how Tamaki must feel toward the class trip and his mother. While trying to find the Tanuki, Haruhi reveals this to the Twins which makes Hikaru jealous. He storms off in the rain and asks Kaoru why he feels like this, to which Kaoru tells him that Hikaru has feelings for her. They end up finding the Tanuki and Mori takes him as his pet. Tamaki tells Kyoya that he won't be going on the trip to France. In the next chapter, Kyoya is on his way to France where he plans on finding Tamaki's mother, but back at Ouran, Hikaru and Kaoru are still reeling from the revalation of Hikaru's feelings. Kaoru goes to Hunny to ask for help since Hikaru hasn't spoken to him since the revalation. Hunny tells Kaoru to stop thinking about what's best for Hikaru and start thinking about what's best for him. Hikaru does the same with Mori, but is more-so upset by realizing how similar he is to Tamaki. The next day Hikaru and Kaoru seem completely different. Kaoru is happy and bubbly, while Hikaru is solemn and awkward. The breaking point happens when Hunny and Mori tried to reunite the brothers. While walking back from the library, Kaoru sees Haruhi outside in the garden, he's laughing about how cute she is when Hikaru appears. Seeing the look on his brother's face as he watches Haruhi, Hikaru realizes that Kaoru has been hiding his feelings for her. Hikaru confronts Kaoru about his feelings and he suggests that they adopt Haruhi to solve their problem, but Kaoru snaps at Hikaru. He says that if Hikaru is so willing to give Haruhi up, then he'll never step aside for Hikaru. After all of the dramatics with the Hitachiin brothers, we get a refreshing bonus chapter with the Haninozuka brothers. Chika is trying to hide his love for small animals from his brother, while desperately wanting to see Mori's Tanuki and Bird.

[Jessica Nieto · Rating 4 out of 5]

Que puedo decir , el tomo 11 que trata primero del arco de la amistad fue un buen arco, a pesar de que los eventos deportivos no son mis favoritos este fue mejor que el cultural jajaja
El uso del Tanuki como transferencia de Tamaki fue mi parte favorita, al final de cuentas no puedo negar mi propia profesión 🤭
La autora usando a Mori y a Honey como mentores me encanta, porque siento que le dan un sentido maduro y filosófico aparte de que brillan.
Por las chanclitas del niño jesus, Hikaru dijo las palabras mágicas, este enfrentamiento intentando superar la dependencia de los gemelos es el drama que necesitaba en este punto de mi vida, aparte de que Kaoru ya se hizo mi gemelo favorito espero no me decepcione y en cierta parte agradezco que no se de por vencido, creo que lo mejor es una "guerra" sana intentando tener amor en sus vidas, a pesar de que casi que puedo apostar que no será correspondido y cederá.
Por último, pero no menos importante, te amo mucho Mori, eres el tipo de hombre que busco en mi vida ...esos que tienen animalitos y los adoran❤️.