History YMMV / OuranHighSchoolHostClub

** Haruhi to a degree. Fans will either find her apathy and snarkiness around shoujo males whom the heroine usually blushes around 24/7 to be refreshing and serving as a better "role model" for the average teenage viewer/reader, or make her bland and contributing little to the plot other than to be a generic snarker.

* HypeBacklash: Pairing-wise, there are some fans who didn't care for Haruhi ending up with [[spoiler:Tamaki]]. Either because they preferred her with someone else, usually [[spoiler:Hikaru]], or for having liked Haruhi for the ObliviousToLove heroine she started out as and wishing she didn't end up with [[spoiler:the most predictable candidate]] or that she simply wouldn't date anyone at all.

** Considering Haruhi's complete lack of interest in boys and resistance to their charms for the majority of the series, one could easily interpet her as being asexual as well (as asexual people can still fall in love, [[spoiler:which she eventually ends up doing)]]. That, or she's demi-asexual, i.e. only sexually attracted to someone she's emotionally close to/in love with, meaning she'd only feel sexual attraction [[spoiler:to her eventual boyfriend]].[[note]]Indeed, the only time she is shown somewhat stunned/affected by male nudity is when Tamaki semi-hugs her from behind while he's shirtless.[[/note]] It's regardless not hard to view her under the umbrella term considering her otherwise indifferent behaviour to the opposite sex throughout the series.

** Considering Haruhi's complete lack of interest in boys and resistance to their charms for the majority of the series, one could easily interpet her as being asexual as well (as asexual people can still fall in love, [[spoiler:which she eventually ends up doing)]]. That, or she's demi-asexual, i.e. only sexually attracted to someone she's emotionally close to/in love with, meaning she'd only feel sexual attraction [[spoiler:to her eventual boyfriend]].[[note]]Indeed, the only time she is shown somewhat stunned/affected by male nudity is when Tamaki semi-hugs her from behind while he's shirtless[[/note]] It's regardless not hard to view her under the umbrella term considering her otherwise indifferent behaviour to the opposite sex throughout the series.

** Considering Haruhi's complete lack of interest in boys and resistance to their charms for the majority of the series, one could easily interpet her as being asexual as well (as asexual people can still fall in love, [[spoiler:which she eventually ends up doing)]]. That, or she's demi-asexual, i.e. only sexually attracted to someone she's emotionally close to/in love with, meaning she'd only feel sexual attraction [[spoiler:to her eventual boyfriend]].[[note]]Indeed, the only time she is shown somewhat flustered by male nudity is when Tamaki semi-hugs her from behind while he's shirtless[[/note]] It's regardless not hard to view her under the umbrella term considering her otherwise indifferent behaviour to the opposite sex throughout the series.

** Considering Haruhi's complete lack of interest in boys and resistance to their charms for the majority of the series, one could easily interpet her as being asexual as well (as asexual people can still fall in love, [[spoiler:which she eventually ends up doing)]]. That, or she's demi-asexual, i.e. only sexually attracted to someone she's emotionally close to/in love with, meaning she'd only feel sexual attraction [[spoiler:to her eventual boyfriend]]. It's regardless not hard to view her under the umbrella term considering her indifferent behaviour to the opposite sex throughout the series.

** Considering Haruhi's complete lack of interest in boys and resistance to their charms for the majority of the series, one could easily interpet her as being asexual as well (as asexual people can still fall in love, [[spoiler:which she eventually ends up doing)]]. That, or she's demi-asexual, i.e. only sexually attracted to someone she's emotionally close to/in love with, meaning she'd only feel sexual attraction [[spoiler:to her eventual boyfriend]]. It's regardless not hard to view her under the umbrella term considering her personality throughout the series.

** Considering Haruhi's complete lack of interest in boys and resistance to their charms for the majority of the series, one could easily interpet her as being asexual as well (as asexual people can still fall in love, [[spoiler:which she eventually ends up doing)]]. That, or she's demi-asexual, i.e. only sexually attracted to someone she's emotionally close to/in love with, meaning she'd only feel sexual attraction [[spoiler:to her eventual boyfriend]]. It's regardless not hard to view her under the umbrella term considering her behavior throughout the series.

* FriendlyFandoms: It's fairly common to find fans of this show who are also fans of "Manga/FruitsBasket". Though considering that both are shoujo series that got popular in the US during the mid to late 2000's as well both being dubbed by Funimation, this isn't too much of a surprise.

* PeripheryDemographic: There are a surprising amount of male fans. The fact that it [[AffectionateParody pokes fun at]] a genre that males might find ridiculous is a key factor. Although the guys don't swoon over most of the Host Club members, Haruhi is [[{{Moe}} so cute!]] Plus it's [[RuleOfFunny just plain funny]].

* ArcFatigue: Tamaki takes a ''really'' long time to realize his feelings for Haruhi are romantic and not familial [[spoiler:(64 chapters to be exact),]] though it's eventually explained to stem from [[spoiler:a family trauma rooted in his childhood causing him to unconsciously believe that "romantic relationships breaks up the family"]]. Still, pretty much every reader took a collective sigh of relief when Tamaki ''finally'' confesses out loud that he likes Haruhi romantically and not as a "daughter" anymore.

* IncestYayShipping: Hikaru/Kaoru of course, being a heavily invoked in-universe example and probably among the most famous anime examples out there. Pretty much every fan accepts their particular example as it's mainly PlayedForLaughs.

* IncestYayShipping: Hikaru/Kaoru of course, being a heavily invoked in-universe example and probably among the most famous anime examples out there. Even people who don't care for incest shipping often give them a pass as it's mainly PlayedForLaughs.

* LGBTFanbase: Non-binary people are fond of Haruhi, and with how she/they often say gender doesn't matter, and even early on expresses "Biologically speaking, yeah." about being female, Haruhi is considered so as well. Also many gay man are drawn into the Bishounen filled cast.

** or y'know Tamaki's fan who didn't like how she treated him for most of time.

** Haruhi. Fans will either find her apathy and snarkiness around shoujo males whom the heroine usually blushes around 24/7 to be refreshing and serving as a better "role model" for the average teenage viewer/reader, or make her bland and contributing little to the plot other than to be a generic snarker.

** Haruhi. Fans will either find her apathy and snarkiness around shoujo males whom the heroine usually blushes around 24/7 to be refreshing and serving as a better "role model" for the average teenage viewer/reader, or make her bland and contributing little to the plot other than to be a generic snarker, and find her being an oblivious DudeMagnet for no other apparent reason but that she's [[InformedAttractiveness "cute!!!"]] to be obnoxious. It also got turned around later in the manga when she realized that [[spoiler:she'd fallen for Tamaki: fans who didn't find her smitten attitude around him to be hilarious believed that she had turned into exactly the stereotypical heroine they had loved her for not being. Even as she more or less returned to her old self after calming down from her initial reaction, it still didn't keep the fans who had expected her to be a unique heroine who didn't have to end up with the male protagonist from leaving and never coming back.]]
*** If not that, it's people who like that sort of thing (or Tamaki stans) don't like how she treats him(they'll also get tired of whenever he is used as a ButtMonkey).

** Any variation of the statement "''Ouran High School Host Club'' deserved a second season.

** Any variation of the statement "''Ouran High School Host Club'' deserved a second season."
* {{OT3}}:
** Try [=OT=]''7''. It's like a fangirl's dream come true.
** Haruhi paired up with the twins is a fairly popular OT3 among fans of this series.
** Those who can't decide whether Tamaki should be with Haruhi or Kyoya often combine the two ships.

*** If not that, it's people who like that sort of thing (or just Tamaki stans) don't like how she treats him once in a while (they'll also get tired of whenever he is used as a ButtMonkey).

** Tamaki's scolding of Haruhi for trying to protect customers from a pair of drunkards, which seemed to boil down to "Girls are too weak to fight boys!" rather than "A small person shouldn't take on two brutes." Although, the Host Club points out that their main concern was her attempt at taking them on alone when she could have called for help, which needlessly put her in danger, and she really had no fighting skills to begin with anyway.
** There's Kyoya's famous threat of rape of Haruhi later the same episode, which is quickly shrugged off by the characters and narrative in whole, being treated as acceptable because he was "pretending in order to teach her a lesson" and Haruhi, at the very least, doesn't believe he has any intention of following through.

* {{Woolseyism}}: Shortly after being outed as a girl, Haruhi once ponders whether she should use [[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns "ore"]] to refer to herself, much to Tamaki's dismay. In the localization of the manga, she uses SymbolSwearing to approximate a rougher and more masculine style of speech, and in the dub, she speaks somewhat more casually, using "dude."

** Tamaki being at odds with Beni(o) over Haruhi gets funnier with the knowledge that the Theatre/TakarazukaRevue had ''Tamaki'' Ryou (also nicknamed Tama) and Kurenai Yuzuru (nicknamed ''Beni'') as top stars [[note]]For non-Zuka fans: Benibara is an over-the-top parody of the ideal of a very very popular Takarazuka top star[[/note]] at the same time. Both actresses were in adaptations of ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' - Oscar and André for Tama, Fersen and Marie ''Antoinette'' (Tamaki's dog's name) for Beni.

** [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-02-09/rosario-vampire-dub-va-jamie-marchi-alleges-mignogna-grabbed-pulled-her-hair/.143203 Due to the]] [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-01-30/far-from-perfect-fans-recount-unwanted-affection-from-voice-actor-vic-mignogna/.142212 numerous sexual harassment allegations]] against Vic Mignogna, [[https://www.facebook.com/jessie.pridemore/posts/10156852278447159 as well as learning about Todd Haberkorn]] [[https://twitter.com/neumaverick/status/1091106085006524416 allegedly raping a woman as a result of the Mignogna accusations coming to light]], seeing Tamaki and Hikaru interacting with Haruhi and the other teen girls can leave some feeling uncomfortable.
*** Another controversy about Vic Mignogna are allegations of him being homophobic, which makes the scene where he makes a gay joke at the twins' expense a little uncomfortable.

* EarWorm: The title theme, "Sakura Kiss". Just try getting "Kiss, kiss, fall in love!" Out of your head.