Ouran High School Host Club

[Ryllharu]

If you look over their previous works, Lunar really doesn't do that many "mega series." Their most popular projects were Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien, Bleach and Suzuka, and Suzuka's popularity was most likely tied into the number of people that were watching Bleach and tried it out. To me, Lunar has always been a group that has picked up series that other groups do not (at least initially). That trend has fallen somewhat. Other groups that pick up these series usually seem to because Lunar was forced to drop it, or fell very far behind on the subbing.

Anyhow, a "host club" comes off related to a section of the "water trade" typically. This comprises of the people in Japan that essentially shmooze customers for money using sexual means. ("water trade" also includes Fuuzoku establishments, I'm not explaining that one in a forum) At a hostess club, one would be seated between to women who would rub against you constantly. Not lap dances, but grabbing your arm tightly between their breasts, etc. They giggle and keep the customer happy and drunk the whole time. A "host club" is the male version of this for women. (There are also transvestite clubs for homosexuals, fair is fair). There is nothing overtly sexual about these clubs, they serve a similar function to what geisha's do today in Kyoto.

It's got Maaya Sakamoto as the main character. I'd watch it no matter what.

The first eps was pretty funny though. I'll probably stick with this for a while. They're so over the top about the bishonen scenes that you can't help but laugh at them. The great "monetary divide" references and insults Haruhi gets all the time a funny too.

[Munsu]

Watched the first episode, it wasn't too bad... The bishounen side puts me off, so I don't know if' I'll continue watching it...

Episode 2:

http://a.scarywater.net/lunar/%5BLun...5D.avi.torrent

[IFHTT]

Saw both eps today. After watching the first I told myself there's no way in hell I'll be watching this series. However the second episode sort of redeemed the series in my perspective. There is some actual outcome to this whole Hosting thing other than them looking like rich morons and sitting around listening to the girls squeal the whole time.

I'll check out the next ep, and if its not satisfactory, then this series is gone. I agree though all the bishounen crap is what almost turned me away completely, that and the ambiguous homosexuality between the two twins... Don't have a clue what that's all about, but its all got it's own little humor to it, I guess... I can't say that this series looks very promising though.

[Munsu]

Saw the second episode... this isn't so bad. I'll keep watching it, but only when I don't have anything else to watch. I wish they would kill the twin brothers though. The lesbianism at the end made up for the rest of the episode.

[Roxy]

i think this series isn't bad so far. but then again, lots of series start out decent and burn.

as for the twins, i don't mind, but it's unexpected i suppose. that and i also assume all the people who posted above anti-twins were probably guys

a bit off topic, but this series sort of reminds me of a drama i watched (meteor garden) just b/c there's this school of rich, snobby kids who don't all turn out to be snobby, and the sole poor kid who gets in with them.

[Kraco]

This seems pretty funny thus far. Whilst much of the first episode presented humour from a bit too easy and obvious category: emphasizing differences between poor and rich, not even all of that was bad as such. The second episode was a bit different due to the revelation at the end of the first, and in my opinion was made better because of that.

Well, the graphics are good and technical aspects nice also otherwise. If this level of quality is maintained, I'll probably keep watching this.

[saman]

episode 3 subbed is out

http://a.scarywater.net/lunar/[Lunar...2].avi.torrent