Ouran High School Host Club

This show... Its effect on me was only compounded by the fact that one of my career choices is to be a host. There seems like few jobs that are more fun than this one.

Many shows make me smile. Slightly fewer make me laugh. Many fewer make me cry. Only one show makes me do all 3 at the same time. This show. Ouran has more than enough elements to cater to most audiences. Unless you only watch grindfest movies, then this should be something you're interested in.

It starts out ridiculous, like many good shows do, and then progressively becomes more serious, again, like many good shows do. Obviously, this upsets some of the people who like the funny and holds off some of the people who want the drama, but if you give it a chance, it can only take up 13 hours of you life. These 13 hours will be great. You will love them. You will smile. You will laugh. You will cry. You will experience conflicting emotions simultaneously. I am not one to scream "Moe!" or "Kawaii" but I found that this show even inspired this in me. Though it takes until about episode 12 in the 26 show series for anything of any lasting value to happen, the shows that do last will stick with you forever.

I just plead for you to watch the subtitled version, rather than the dubbed version. I'm not one of those fans that believes everything should be subtitled, but the dub voices in this show are just plain annoying. I'm not trying to be mean, but I really couldn't take 13 hours of English speaking Haruhi. This show is set in Japan with Japanese culture and puns and just things that wouldn't work in English. Please keep this one original.

Now, if you choose to read this and ignore my recommendation, I will not be offended. I just want you to know that you aren't skipping this because you don't think you'll like it. You're skipping this because you don't yet know how much you love it. If the first 3 episodes don't catch you immediately, then you must be the kind of person who hates yourself.

Never, I repeat, Never have you seen such an emotion inducing anime. Hell, I've never seen such an emotion inducing show. Buffy definitely came quite close, but it never did jump this hurdle. If you ever feel like you want you life to be enriched, then I implore you to jump into this pool of scrumptious cake flavored jello thickened using character development. (More kosher than horse hooves!) It will make you a better person.

Ouran High School Host Club. Do it.