Ouran High
School Host Club, Volume 16
Author: Bisco
Hatori
Publisher: Viz
Media
American release date: June 7, 2011
Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Shonen/192 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Teen
Overall Personal Rating: ★★★★★
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The time
is rapidly approaching for Hunny and Mori’s graduation, hard as that is to
believe. Even more unbelievable is that Mori has challenged Hunny to a duel!
What’s up with that?
Synopsis:
Ouran High
School is abuzz with the news of the impending duel, and bets have even been
placed. But no one can predict how the duel indeed ends.
April
arrives, and time for the new school year, but the door to Music Room 3 remains
locked…
So much is
changing, more than friends graduating and moving on. Tamaki has been asked to
move into Mansion #1, his longtime dream come true. Or is it a nightmare?
Suddenly
Tamaki has no time for club activities. Or anything else that includes the Host
Club. Determined to find out what’s going on, the Club approaches Tamaki’s
father, to Tamaki’s dismay. Is he lost to them forever?
As a bonus
story, we’re given a glimpse into the courtship of Haruhi’s parents.
Commentary:
This
volume of Host Club is both wonderful and infuriating. Wonderful because we’re
getting closer and closer to everything we’ve waited and hoped for. Infuriating
because sometimes you just want to shake someone and tell them to see what’s
really going on around them.
Only two
more volumes left. I have no doubt that Haruhi and Tamaki will overcome
everything and end up together. I hope. Okay, maybe I have a little doubt. And
a lot of worry. And what will they have to suffer in the meantime? Let’s just
say I’ll be disappointed with anything less than them being together.
Bisco
Hatori has made the Host Club very real. I feel like I know the members very
well. I love her artwork and her writing style. This series is definitely a
classic.
I suspect
that in the next two volumes we’ll be able to tie up everything, answer
questions, and weave it all together into one soul-satisfying cohesive
whole. After the series is finished, I
guess I’ll have to satisfy my desires to visit with the members of the club by
writing fanfiction about them.
Can’t wait
for Volume 17!
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