History YMMV / OuranHighSchoolHostClub

* ValuesResonance: Though imperfect (see FanonDiscontinuity above), the manga's depiction of gender and sexuality was ahead of its time when it was first published and a lot of it still holds up today. Haruhi's egalatarian views towards gender and lax attitude regarding how others choose to define her is astonishingly modern. And then there's everything having to do with Ranka, Haruhi's DragQueen bisexual father. His love for Haruhi's mother is never undermined since he is so vocal about it and the manga doesn't shy away from the fact that he is attracted to men. He even calls out Haruhi's mother for not assuming he had any romantic interest in her just because he also was attracted to men. The manga does at times poke fun at some tropes, but more often it does so without mocking.

** Tamaki being falsely accused of sexually harassing Haruhi when he was helping her overcome her fear of thunder becomes more uncomfortable to watch when you realize his English voice actor had RoleEndingMisdemeanor from a decade's worth of sexually inappropriate behavior.
*** In one episode, Renge Hoshakuji delivers a painful ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Tamaki's character. And that was before Tamaki's English voice actor sued Renge's English voice actress for defamation of character during the former's Role Ending Misdemeanor.

** Tamaki being falsely accused of sexually harassing Haruhi when he was helping her overcome her fear of thunder becomes more uncomfortable to watch when you realize his English voice actor has been accused of sexual assault.

** In the English dub, Luci Christian plays Honey while Aaron Dismuke plays Honey's brother and rival, Chika. Luci would later play Hiro Sohma in the 2019 ''Anime/FruitsBasket'' remake, a role originally dubbed by Aaron in the 2001 version.

** In the English dub, Luci Christian plays Honey while Aaron Dismuke plays Honey's brother and rival, Chika. Luci would later play Hiro Sohma in ''Anime/FruitsBasket2019'', a role originally dubbed by Aaron in the [[Anime/FruitsBasket2001 2001 version]].

** "KISS KISS FALL IN LOVE!"[[note]]The first line of the anime's opening theme, "Sakura Kiss", which is very memorable among most people who have watched it. It's frequently used in reference to the series overall, such as a character breaking something valuable (like how ''Ouran'''s plot is kicked off by Haruhi accidentally breaking an expensive vase.[[/note]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The very first episode demonstrates that the Host Club doesn't mind flirting with boys as well as girls (when they first believe Haruhi is one), though this is never brought up again as the Host Club is never visited by homosexual boys, which could have made for some fun moments. That is, apart from Episode 23 which plays with this as the customers believes Kasanoda to be gay for requesting Haruhi.

* {{Applicability}}: As mentioned above, it can be easy for gender fluid, aromantic or demiromatic people to relate themselves to Haruhi. Her indifferent attitude revolving romance and "hot people" also has some asexual people relating themselves to her.

** Western fans have a harder time swallowing the obsession with characters like Honey or Shiro, whose admirers specifically like that they appear to be, or actually are, a pre-pubescent child and act like one. On top of this, Honey is referred to in the dub as "The Boy Lolita". While "Lolitas" can refer to a [[UsefulNotes/LolitaFashion fashion aesthetic]] emphasizing innocence and dolls, it also evokes [[UsefulNotes/LoliconAndShotacon Lolicon]], which is not so innocent.

** Western fans have a harder time swallowing the obsession with characters like Honey or Shiro, whose admirers specifically like that they appear to be, or actually are, a pre-pubescent child and act like one.

** Every time someone in a book/tv show/movie breaks a vase or something of the like, at least one person in the fandom will cry "KISS KISS FALL IN LOVE!"

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The opening theme has an underlying guitar melody taken note-for-note from the bridge synth of "Kiss Me Deadly" by Music/LitaFord, and "[=Sk8ter=] Boi" by Music/AvrilLavigne.

* NoYay: Despite the popular jokes with it, there ''are'' still some viewers who will find Hikaru and Kaoru's "twincest" act to be this. While Hikaru and Kaoru at least acknowledge it as an act themselves, the girls who request them seem perfectly fine with shipping and squeeing over two brothers. Same goes for the girls apparently shipping Honey and Mori who are cousins.

* {{Applicability}}: As mentioned above, it can be easy for gender fluid, aromantic or demiromatic people to relate themselves to Haruhi. Her indifferent attitude revolving the opposite gender also has some asexual people relating themselves to her.

** Haruhi's lackadaisical attitude towards gender and sexuality creates a very different picture of her character to western audiences. She's intended to come across as a self-assured woman who subverts the strict gender roles that are enforced by Japanese society, but to modern audiences in North America where gender roles are different and where LGBT issues are more prominent in people's minds, her requests to be seen as her own person first and a girl second have led to people frequently mistaking her as genderfluid or non-binary. Over the years, the author has frequently reiterated that Haruhi identifies as a girl. Likewise, the interpretation of her being asexual can come from the different tropes present in Japanese media compared to those in the west; a ChasteHeroine with comedically exaggerated ObliviousToLove tendencies are extremely common in comedic-bent shoujo manga, but you're unlikely to see such a heroine in a western work, where it's more common to have a heroine who is actively seeking romance and open about her sexuality.

** In-universe: when Haruhi [[spoiler:finds out about Tamaki's past]] she's impressed with how one wouldn't be able to tell by his attitude. This gets further delved into in the manga as Haruhi eventually learns, through Tamaki telling her about his backstory, that the very reason he remains so cheerful and upbeat every day is because it was his mother's wish for him to remain that way despite their tragic parting.

* {{Applicability}}: As mentioned above, it can be easy for gender fluid or asexual people to relate themselves to Haruhi.

** In-universe: when Haruhi [[spoiler:finds out about Tamaki's past]] she's impressed with how one wouldn't be able to tell by his attitude.