Ouran High School Host Club - Recommendations

Alt title: Ouran Koukou Host-bu

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Snow White with the Red Hair

Snow White with the Red Hair

Shirayuki is a spunky pharmacist with bright, apple-red hair unlike anything anyone has ever seen. Even the prince of the kingdom she lives in is entranced by her locks, and demands that she become his concubine. Not wanting to be viewed as an object prized purely for its novelty, Shirayuki flees civilization and heads towards the forest. Here, the girl meets the charming Zen, who rescues her from Prince Raji's clutches and reveals that he is a prince as well. The two become close friends, and Shirayuki decides to return to Zen's castle with him, to pursue her dreams. But becoming a palace pharmacist isn't easy, especially since her unusual hair color and close relationship with the prince tend to draw unwanted attention...

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heyitssofi heyitssofi says...

I loved both of these anime's because they both have strong female charactors, which is a must for me, and has romance but not too much. I loved Ouran High School Host Club so much that I started reading the manga and even bought some of the books, I get all my manga at Barns & Noble btw.

PixelKitty PixelKitty says...

Similar art style and feel. Both have very good dubs also. Snow White is more serious and mature. Ouran has more humor. Both are beautifully done, if you like one you should give the other a chance. 

Shomin Sample

Shomin Sample

Kimito Kagurazaka is a extraordinarily average. Average grades, average abilities, average looks, average love life (nonexistent). That is, until one day he's abducted by a mysterious organization and forced to enroll a super secret, super elite academy for the richest, classiest, elitest of the elite young ladies. Turns out Kimito has been chosen as a “commoner sample” to better help the isolated and naïve girls cope with entering into normal society. But there's a catch—Kimito isn't allowed to show any romantic or sexual interest in the girls, lest he face gruesome repercussions. Can this commoner enter the secret world of high society?

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xxrgh123xx xxrgh123xx says...

These two shows are basically the same story reversed and taken to the extreme.  Sorry I'm not very good at this.   This is my first recommendation.  

PurplePeopleEater PurplePeopleEater says...

Both have the theme of rich vs. poor which is what creates the comedy. The reactions of the rich to the commoners life style and the reactions of the poor to the rich lifestyle, although less of the latter. Both also take place in an elite school and involve a club.

Shounen Maid

Shounen Maid

After the loss of his mother, Chihiro is left alone. With no known family left, he has to find a way to move on. Things aren’t looking good until a chance encounter with the young and handsome Madoka—who turns out to be his wealthy uncle! Madoka offers him his home and all Chihiro has to do is clean up after the messy, irresponsible man. The problem? This job requires a uniform—a maid outfit!

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h0pew0r1d h0pew0r1d says...

These two shows don't seem like they're on the same page but they're acutally super similar.

Similarities: 

  • Madoka and Tamaki are both rich, flamboyant blonds with violet eyes who seek the love of apathetic brown eyed brunettes (Tamaki's love is romantic while Madoka's is family love).
  • Madoka and Tamaki also have family issues. Madoka with his mother and Tamaki with his grandmother.
  • Both stories involve the main character's deceased mother.
  • Chihiro and Haruhi are both responsible, serious characters who take on the household chores even though they weren't asked.
  • The comedy in both shows is very similar, and both shows bring in more serious subjects as the stories progress.
  • Both stories (kind of) involve a little cross-dressing. Haruhi dresses as a boy to be a host and Chihiro wears the frilly maid apron that Madoka makes for him, which makes him look like a girl.
  • Both stories have a strong emphasis on families, and they both define family beyond biological relationships.

The main difference between the two is that Ouran is a very obnoxious and hilarious throughout most of the season while Shounen Maid is a little more serious. If you like one you'll like the other.

moonstruckhistoria moonstruckhistoria says...

Both have the premise of working to pay someone back, dead moms, and bonding. They also have the same kind of vibes, character-wise, especially between Madoka and Tamaki. 

Kaguya-sama: Love Is War

Kaguya-sama: Love Is War

As leaders of their prestigious academy’s student council, Kaguya and Miyuki are the elite of the elite! But it’s lonely at the top… Luckily for them, they’ve fallen in love! There’s just one problem—they both have too much pride to admit it. And so begins the daily scheming to get the object of their affection to confess their romantic feelings first…Love is a war you win by losing.

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dinosavr dinosavr says...

Both series utilise a similar sense of comedy; the dramatic way that the characters react to crazy scenarios is similar in both shows. Both anime take place in a rich upper class school setting, as well as both having romantic elements (Kaguya-sama more so than Ouran). Both of these shows see the main plot being driven by the shenanigans of the club/group the characters are in (the student council in Kaguya-sama and the host club in Ouran). If you liked one, I suggest checking out the other! 

Singingholly Singingholly says...

Such an amazing anime to anyone who likes romance animes. It is my favorite anime. It's about a girl having to pay off her debt but by being apart of a host club, but one of the members started to have feelings for her, how will all of it turn out?

Cheeky Angel

Cheeky Angel

Megumi was a normal kid. He enjoyed getting into fights and mixing it up, and one day he did so in defense of a wizard who was being attacked by bullies. His reward was a magical book that was supposed to grant his wish. The mischievous demon inside the book decided to play a prank on Megumi, though, and instead of turning him into "a man among men," he became a girl. Fast forward to five years later, and Megumi is now entering high school, a tumultuous time for even normal teenagers, let alone a girl who is trying to figure out how become a guy again...

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Reimius Reimius says...

Tenshi na Konamaiki and Ouran High School Host Club are alike because of the general topic that the animes are about. Tenshi na Konamaiki is about a guy who gets turned into a girl, while Ouran High School Host Club is about a girl who has to pose as a guy.

His and Her Circumstances

His and Her Circumstances

Yukino had it all. Brilliant, athletic, popular and pretty, she was the perfect school girl with many friends and admirers. But then one fateful day she met her match: a handsome young man named Arima. Now, not only is he beating her at her own game, she's becoming more and more dismayed to learn that she's developing her first real feelings of romance. Can Yukino maintain her model student appearance, or will love ruin all her plans?

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kleeful kleeful says...

Kare Kano is another high-school comedy that is both hilariously over-the-top and touching in dealing with characters' histories. Like Ouran, it affectionately mocks conventions, often has dozens of things happening simultaneously on screen, and is as much about friendship as love. Yukino is as unconventional a female lead as Haruhi and the male lead, Arima, gives us a darker version of the poor little rich boy. While all the characters are wonderful, fans of Ouran's Tamaki will definitely love Asapin (of 'Asaba Hideaki Dinner Show' / calenders / other merchandise fame...).

Suzuka

Suzuka

Yamato Akitsuki has recently moved to Tokyo, and in order to maintain his less than wealthy lifestyle, he currently works at his aunt's bathhouse. While walking by the school one evening he sees a girl by the name of Suzuka practicing the high jump, and is instantly in love. Even better is the realization that Suzuka lives next door! Determined to prove himself worthy of her affections, Yamato decides to join the school's track team and show her what he’s got, but things won’t be so easy; for Suzuka has a love interest of her own, and it isn’t Yamato...

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teeny teeny says...

Both Suzuka and Ouran have a great mixture of love and comedy and are sure to get you hooked. Once you watch one episode, you wont be able to stop.

Chobits

Chobits

Having failed to earn admission to a university, Hideki Motosuwa has moved to the big city, determined to study his hardest for next year's exams. However, an unusual distraction presents itself one unsuspecting day in the form of Chii, a robotic young girl that has been discarded in the trash. In a world where an increasing number of people turn to these 'persocoms' for company, the bonds and limits of human relationships are tested as flesh manages to fall in love with the machine itself...

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chaoslink chaoslink says...

Both Ouran and Chobits are seriously funny tales of love among other things, are interesting and intriguing, and are bound to get you hooked.

Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo!

Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo!

Takasu Ayako can handle anything; duels with foreign powers and assassination attempts don’t faze her. But can she handle falling in love? Fellow students at the prestigious school for Beatrice users are shocked to hear that their "Angel of Death" Ayako, who has never even shown a smile before, has fallen in love at first sight with the diminutive freshman Yoshimura Mamoru. Mamoru must decide how to respond to the sudden confession of love, the resulting fascination of his fellow students, and the dangers of being near Ayako. Will his own powers ever measure up?

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jholovacs jholovacs says...

Ouran and Mamoru are comedies centered on school life that can have you in tears from laughing so hard. Mamoru is more of a romance story continuously interrupted, while Ouran High is more over-the-top and strictly comedic; but the characters in both lend themselves well to outrageously funny situations.

Both of these stories have a happy ending that could go further, but doesn't have to (there are no ridiculous cliffhangers or final last words that make you look for the rewind button to see if you missed something). All in all, for pure humorous enjoyment, both of these will keep you laughing.

Sexy Commando Gaiden Sugoiyo!! Masaru-san

Sexy Commando Gaiden Sugoiyo!! Masaru-san

Wakame High School has its fair share of weirdos, and transfer student Fumiya "Fuumin" Okometsubu is about to meet the strangest one of all. Planning to make one hundred new friends, the first to step up to the plate is Masaru Hananakajima. Becoming an unwilling student in Masaru's secret martial arts style, the two embark on enrolling more unsuspecting victims to learn the "Sexy Commando" way of fighting. Recruiting Kyasharin, the feeblest strong man in the world; and Kondo, the aspiring manly man; the group embark on a voyage of moronic triviality. From an outrageous sleepover to playing the baseball Game of Honour, the team must finally pull together and remove their pants for the National Sexy Commando Tournament!

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kenikki kenikki says...

While they don't really share the same comical topics, they express the comedy in very similiar ways. They both use immediate, ridiculous and extreme ways to display their "feelings". Especially Tamaki and Masaru. Fuumin and Haruhi are also similiar since they are both "ordinary" people surrounded by weirdos