In defense of our dumbass blond king, when he referred to himself as 'daddy', he genuinely meant it in a familial way. He considers the whole club a family, with him and the vice president as the parents. Before he developed a crush on Haruhi, he was wholehearted treating her as a daughter/little sister. Chalk it up to his abandonment issues.
ALSO! I'm sure someone has already said it, but none of the boys are actually queer, the twins are not actually incestuous, they are all just playing up to tropes for the titillation of the girls who come visit the club. Also, the tiny one is actually the oldest. They're just acting out scenes and themes for the girls to squeal over while enjoying tea. Think of the boy's pseudo-host club like a really niche theater group.
Tamaki is clueless, but he doesn't actually know he's being a jerk. In fairness to him, literally everyone at that school talk to Haruhi the same way. The running joke is that the whole school is made of oblivious rich brats. I'd actually say that in terms of meanness to Haruhi, Kyouya (glasses man) and the twins are worse, even if it was only because they aren't ignorant like Tamaki is. I know I'm coming off as a Tamaki apologist here, but he's actually generous, friendly, gentlemanly (outside of his friends), and enthusiastic about learning about the things he never experienced due to being rich. I totally agree with you that he earns 'asshole' though.
Oh! And Japanese schools have yearly (I think) physical examinations. It wasn't that the information from the physicals wouldn't be private, it's that the physicals have the students gather into groups of male and female, and so Haruhi would go with the girls if she were to participate normally, so the 'secret' would get out that way.
Ummmm, two of my additions have apparently vanished as far as I can tell. IDK what happened. But, um, I guess I'll just TL;DR them -- all the boys in the club are just playing up to popular BL tropes in Japan for the girls to squeal over, none of them are canonically gay, the twins aren't actually twincest-ing, and Hunny-senpai, the littlest dude, is actually the oldest of them all. The club is effectively just a really niche theater group.
PLUS the hosts each know where their "talents" are and what draws their clients in, and in this case, "forbidden love".....plus, ya, there's the whole "having to find their own identities outside of just being each others twin" arc too
a bit of context to help lighten the trauma lol: 1. this came out before the word "daddy" was forever ruined by the internet so when tamaki calls himself that he actually does mean like a father figure xD he considers the whole club to be his family and since he's the club president that makes him the daddy (the black haired one with glasses, kyoya, is the vp and therefore mommy lol) 2. you are right that he's jealous about haruhi (the girl in the host club) being popular with the girls but you're wrong about why - he's in love with her so he doesn't want the attention from *them* he wants the attention from *her* lol this is why he goes back and forth between helping her fit in with the host club and wanting her to go back to looking like a girl.. as a "guy" she can be in the club giving him an excuse to hang out with her but as a "girl" he doesn't have to worry about all the girls fawning over her (and could potentially date her) 3. the twins... have a lot of issues 🥲 though they are EXTREMELY close because of their own familial trauma the uhh more uncomfortable stuff between them is a bit they do for the host club as like a "forbidden love" fanservice to the girls who book time with them (so the real problem is why these girls are looking for that i guess alkdfdjaldf)
To your 2, I feel like he's not IMMEDIATELY in love with her, I feel like the show did "developing emotions" REALLY well, though they deff had chemistry from the start. I also feel like he didn't REALIZE his emotions and chalked it all up to familial care until the very last couple if not the very last episode.....our poor blonde beautiful hopeless himbo king.....
Matthew please I need you to understand this entire series is satire 😭😭😭 I love tf outta this series, and I always get so sad when people take it at face value. These tropes are cranked to the max for a reason, and we can 100% discuss why what was said and done when it came out was problematic, but I still desperately love this mess bc it does make fun of all the shojo and fujoshi tropes while keeping some serious moments in for humanization and understanding of their behaviors! These characters are insane and weird, and Haruhi's the straight, poor man to their stupid, rich asses, and something about her being the most normal out of them all is just. Charming to me. She doesn't care what pronouns you use for her. She's smart, and she learns that, even though they're all rich and spoiled, they do have familial issues of their own and their own traumas and uses those experiences to better approach the situations she ends up in with them. Again, it may be all rich people problems, but their friendships are all important and help them all grow into better people. (Most of the time at least.)
Kyoya (vice prez) is a calming influence but he’s also running about thirty schemes at once including selling photobooks of the club members to pay for their activities.
Ouran High School Host Club in its entirety is meant to meant to be a parody of the “reverse harem” trope, and many of the “fanservice” moments of the host club itself go deeper than being just for show by the characters- they’re direct callouts to problematic tropes that have developed within the romance genre!!! It’s a fun show with a lot of intention and heart behind it. And while ofc it too has its issues (I mean the manga started in 2002), it’s very fun to see how a romance story in itself is able to weave between using tropes and making fun of them. it’s a good watch (and read)!!!!
So each of the hosts have a sort of "specialty" or "trope" they play into that helps them draw girls. The twins' specialty is "forbidden love." They act like they're into each other because it's what attracts the most girls to them. As for why it works, their clientele are sheltered rich girls who have more time and money on their hands than they have sense, and even the ones with enough sense to realize the twins are just acting and not really into each other like that still find the antics themselves amusing enough to keep coming back.
Ahahaha, the idea that Tamaki (blond dude) want's to KICK OUT Haruhi becouse he is jealouse of HER might just be the funiest thing in this video xD Jokes aside, you should totaly watch this show! It's amazing, and I would love to see youe reaction to it!
Tamaki(AKA, the blond. AKA, the one you hate) is probably my favourite character in the show. He's an ignorant himbo, but he doesn't have a mean bone in his body.
@@Atia.M i think that the bed-sharing was meant to be more of environmental storytelling about their unhealthy relationship, considering their arc is all about them learning to be separate people instead of being so dependent on one another - though it could also be a moment of fanservice but i’d like to think it’s just the other thing 😭
@ that is true, I was just stating that they act that way OUTSIDE of the host club, because they’ve played up the act so long that it’s kinda like a self fulfilling prophecy
@@Atia.MConsidering the codependency was an issue since childhood, they've probably always shared a bed. It's really not that weird for family members to share a bed, especially when close.
Haruhi legit helped me accept myself as intersex as a kid, because if she can be secure in herself despite not being what everyone expects her to be as a girl, then so can I
LMAO! This and a couple other animes where girls had to 'pretend to be a boy' were what made me realize I was trans as a kid. Glad I'm not the only one who had such a strange realization lol
I knew I was pangender before watching Ouran,but after my first watch I was so overwhelmed realizing I want to steal all their gender- (Also I fall apart the moment something is dealing with mental health+found family)
Oh definitely she's just so successfully agender coded imo, twas also one of my first proper exposures to coming to terms with my own agender-adjacent enby-ness especially in anime, with Haruhi and Haruhi's father's lgbtqness also not at all being played for laughs, especially at that time (wow maybe anime just ruined me if that was that rare there?)
This show is already crazy when you watch it in original version with the subtitles, so in English Dub AND OUT OF CONTEXT... Man, this will be chaotic! 😆
I watched it dubbed for the first time recently (just a few days ago! this video coming out has weird timing!) and oh man, it was like watching a spoof of the original, absolutely hilarious!
I clicked as soon as i got off work! I knew “Daddy” and Twincest scenes would come up😂😂😂! Your reaction is priceless! We need you watch the dub bloopers now! The cast is as unhinged as their characters😂
Please react to the first episode of Ouran High School Host Club. The first episode gives you everything that you need to know about the premise of the show and introduces you to the characters. It really is a fun show.
He was originally meant to be the oldest, because the manga author thought it'd be hilarious, but they accidentally put Mori's borthday ahead. Also, Hani's birthday is February 29th, which is another joke into why he's so tiny. The manga's extra scenes and sode notes are amazing
Each member puts up an "act" of sorts to attract the girls. Twins - forbidden love. Honey - the cute youngster. Blonde idiot - the prince. big guy - the stoic heart of gold (usually paired up with Honey). Glasses - the nerd. A bit cold too iirc. Haruhi - the (girl)y boy.
Let's see: Mori: Strong silent type Honey: Loli-shota aka boy lolita Twins: Mischevious and the twincest/forbidden love Kyoya: Cool type Tamaki: Prince? He just seems to be exotic because he's from France and has Blue eyes and blond hair...
I cringed going into this knowing that the twins were going to be weird in this lmao. To explain the physical exam clips. In Japan students have physical checkups where students are expected to take off their tops, and bras for girls, which would expose Haruhi so the boys are trying to help her not be found out. (There is currently push to regulate school checkups so that students don’t have to undress but theres been pushback from some of the doctors involved)
Sorry to say even in elementary school do checkups as well. But they wear there gym clothes and only lift or remove part of the clothes when being check. Plus they do not do same gender doctor. So there be man checking girls, when woman checking boys.
I know you don’t normally react to full episodes of shows but I do think you’ll really like this one so maybe check out the first episode pretty please
the guy in the glasses is the VP of the club and handles the expenses. he sometimes gets girls that want to hang out with him, but most of the time he is in the back of the room looking over their expenses.
I'm DYING. Ouran is hilariously over the top and weird, and that's what's so entertaining about it. There's so much more gold you didn't get to see in these clips, so I would love love love to see you react to some episodes!!!!! Shit has me rolling on the floor laughing. It's been so long since I watched it for the first time, so your shock at some of these clips is a refreshing reminder of just how bonkers this show is. (Also, Tamaki, the blonde one, is a total weirdo for sure, but he's also actually really sweet and endearing. He's just repressed, and he lets it out in the absolute strangest ways.)
17:01 you are correct sir! He’s the cute short one even though he may be the oldest in the club, and he’s a weapon of mass destruction so he can act however the fuck he wants and everyone wants him happy
the way they say daddy in the dub is hysterical considering it's translated from "papa" and we,,,, have that word in english. granted daddy didn't have the mainstream double meaning it does now when this was made but like,,,, we HAVE that word and it means the thing it means in the japanese version
XD One of my favorite shows, but yeah, out of context, it can be a little weird... Justice for my boy Tamaki though. I know he often sounds like a rich asshole, but he's actually one of the kindest characters and the heart of the host club, he's just an oblivious idiot who doesn't think before he speaks. Or, almost ever actually XD Also, if it makes you feel better, the twins' act is just an act. Mostly (they are still overly fusional and it's never entirely clear where the limit is, and that's actually part of their character arc). But they only up it for the clients because it's a play on twincest fantasy.
Mathew: says "My crumby wumby" into the mic. Me: Physically cringes. Mathew: "Let's be real. As much as you hate it, that's the content that you come to this channel for, right?" Y'know what? That's fair.
sometimes i forget that people don't know about the "forbidden love incest"-trope that anime sometimes has. it's so funny that someone is concerned about that
I love 'Daddy' Tamaki's dub voice so much. The show is such a comical ride. A mix of Reverse Harem and RomCom, plus some serious moments splashed in. Thanks for making me want to rewatch the show again for I have no clue of the number of times it's been.
Ahh, good ol Ouran high school host club This is gonna be a wild ride Mathew was not ready for the incest 💀 Also 7th day of requesting LEGO Monkie Kid out of context :3
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Pour one out for our boy Tamaki, coming across as the worst of the lot when he's really just an emotionally repressed moron desperate to belong to a family
Here's hoping there's a part 2 of this that includes clips from *Haruhi in Wonderland* because that episode in itself is low on context, so clips of it would be wacky fun.
Unapologetically, I've been to a panel at an anime convention for the Host Club. The twins are my favorite! Couldn't tell you why but they're so mischievous and hilarious, so there's that. Even got pictures of the people dressed in the cosplay!
It’s so great! And also actually a bit emotional traumatizing but in the best way possible and somehow always swings back around to wholesome. You know it’s a good show when you have trouble picking a favorite character
Omg i died of laughter HAHAHAHAHA and for any defense watching this show out of context is wilder than watching it with context lmao and the fact that it was the eng dub XD But it still is one of my fav shows ngl
The twins thing is that the girls who go to the host club like this type of incest dynamic, so they act like that for the girls, but they're otherwise just kinda codependent, and even that gets better after Haruhi joins the club.
19:34 Since you were so clearly unaffected, you should react to the whole show! (No but seriously, the show is so good i swear, watch it please i'm begging-)
The "What is it, now, Daddy?" Line was always funny in the Japanese but it's even more hilarious if you hear the outtakes of the voice actor recording the line. The outtakes of the VA recordings were the best extras included on the DVD. I'm sure they're up on youtube somewhere
You gotta watch the show it’s hilarious. As for the twins, the incest is an act they put on for the girls. Each member of the club has their own gimmick, the twins cater to the yaoi fans of the school. The anime ended before the manga did so a lot of character development got missed. But the twins have an amazing arc in the manga about learning to grow independent of each other.
also, if nobody else has said this (which i'm sure they have), ohshc is a PARODY show specifically of popular tropes in anime (overbearing gentlemen types, twincest, cross-dressing, and specific plot devices) so a lot of what happens is meant to elicit weird or amused feelings because its whole foundation is on making fun of tropes--hence why the twins act like that for the girls at the club. matthew please watch this host club is SO good except for the :/ ending
It may be confusing for you but Tamaki (the blond boy that you hate) is one of my favorite characters EVER 😂 He's just so endearing and interesting (even though it's not showing in those clips lmao)
I‘m a bit late oops. But i just finished rewatching ohshc today! It’s my comfort anime and i‘m so glad about this video! It’s such a silly, fun and cute show i swear
14:45 Kyoya (the raven) is the mommy of the group while Tamaki (the blond) is the daddy. 15:55 It's the yaoi part they're interested in, plus the 'forbidden love' act from being siblings. Kyoya is part of the Host Club but he doesn't really entertain women. His main job is of secretary and coordinator.
I just want to share that in Japan the is a legend that says that couples who really love each other but for some reason were´nt able to be together reborn as twins, so they can be together forever in a special bond. Point aside, the twins have a back story, they really need each other but in the manga both grow out it even 1 dye his hair, and not for the fight episode. They do that kind of forbbiden love show for the fans since on the host club each one has a role.
man, ouran is ROUGH when you dont know its satire 😂 ouran is a satire of the upper class and shoujo romance tropes that were popular at the time, so everything thats cringe inducing is supposed to be. if it helps, the twins arent really like that, its an act for the girls they entertain in the club. when not "on the clock" they act like any other siblings. its really a callout on stories that do that in sincerity. speaking of sincerity, tamaki comes off like a jerk, but he is actually incredibly sincere and doesnt realise he comes off like a dickhead. he really thinks hes being nice or helpful, im serious. hes just the epitome of rich kid who's disconnected from reality (and is actually very fond of haruhi and is jealous because he wants her attention). and kyoya, the one you found calming, may seem that way at a glance but hes actually tamakis biggest enabler and more like a loan shark than anything lmao. this show is a parody of shoujo tropes but is surprisingly heartfelt and lovely, and was pretty groundbreaking regarding gender queerness in mainstream anime with regards to how haruhi is written (as well as a few other side characters). but more than anything else, its a comedy about how ridiculous rich people are
Ouran is a show that parodies tropes from all sorts of media directed at girls and young women, and brings it all to a beautifully disturbing point ♡ Reverse harems, love interests that look like literal children, the whole of what yaoi and forbidden love is, the "perfect" male lead who speaks in flowery words and is somehow not supposed to be cringe, the list goes on. It's actually quite brilliant how much the series commentates on the super weird shit that media directed at women can be. Out of context a lot of it seems super unhinged, and a lot of it is in context too, but the more you watch, the more it breaks out of the stereotypes and explores the depth that a lot of the media it parodies doesn't even consider. Highly recommend watching all of it, or read the manga which goes even further with the themes. ♡
3:05 "Or are they just twins that stand that close to each other?" foreshadowing
LOL
YES
@@MathewMcKennaCan you watch the actual show, you did Tamaki dirty.
@@MathewMcKennaYOU SHOULD WATCH THE BLOOPERS PLSSS
My response was literally. “They’re twins. Oh wait, oh god he doesn’t know the twins!!” *panik*
In defense of our dumbass blond king, when he referred to himself as 'daddy', he genuinely meant it in a familial way. He considers the whole club a family, with him and the vice president as the parents. Before he developed a crush on Haruhi, he was wholehearted treating her as a daughter/little sister. Chalk it up to his abandonment issues.
ALSO! I'm sure someone has already said it, but none of the boys are actually queer, the twins are not actually incestuous, they are all just playing up to tropes for the titillation of the girls who come visit the club. Also, the tiny one is actually the oldest. They're just acting out scenes and themes for the girls to squeal over while enjoying tea. Think of the boy's pseudo-host club like a really niche theater group.
Tamaki is clueless, but he doesn't actually know he's being a jerk. In fairness to him, literally everyone at that school talk to Haruhi the same way. The running joke is that the whole school is made of oblivious rich brats. I'd actually say that in terms of meanness to Haruhi, Kyouya (glasses man) and the twins are worse, even if it was only because they aren't ignorant like Tamaki is. I know I'm coming off as a Tamaki apologist here, but he's actually generous, friendly, gentlemanly (outside of his friends), and enthusiastic about learning about the things he never experienced due to being rich. I totally agree with you that he earns 'asshole' though.
Oh! And Japanese schools have yearly (I think) physical examinations. It wasn't that the information from the physicals wouldn't be private, it's that the physicals have the students gather into groups of male and female, and so Haruhi would go with the girls if she were to participate normally, so the 'secret' would get out that way.
@@MaidenThailand I absolutely love the idea of the niche theatre. I'll definitely keep it in mind when i'll rewatch it for the ?th time. 😌
Ummmm, two of my additions have apparently vanished as far as I can tell. IDK what happened. But, um, I guess I'll just TL;DR them -- all the boys in the club are just playing up to popular BL tropes in Japan for the girls to squeal over, none of them are canonically gay, the twins aren't actually twincest-ing, and Hunny-senpai, the littlest dude, is actually the oldest of them all. The club is effectively just a really niche theater group.
to be fair to the twins, they arent actually in love with each other, they are just major trolls who love messing with people
.....Are you even sure about that....Did you actually watch all episodes😂?
@@abluerainbow shhhh im trying to sheild his mind from the horrors :P
@@abluerainbow i have watch this show about 12 times and yes. I can guarantee they aren't actually in love with each other :)
Truth, I saw the title and was like "Ohhhh he is about to be traumatized lmaoooooo"
PLUS the hosts each know where their "talents" are and what draws their clients in, and in this case, "forbidden love".....plus, ya, there's the whole "having to find their own identities outside of just being each others twin" arc too
Petition for Matt to watch Ouran Highschool Host Club episodes
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Cosigned, love that idea
This is an amazing idea.
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The moment I saw the title I was just WAITING for one of the Twincest scenes to pop up, and when they did I died laughing. 😭
Me too 🤭
He definitely wasn’t ready for that😭 poor guy. I always warn people who watch it for the first time about that
PLURAL?? LOL ?
@@honeyfulhunter Oh yeah, there's MORE. 😭
Same lmao
Tamaki calls himself Daddy and I knew it would be on here, Kyoya is mommy
I was actually waiting for a clip where tamaki is calling kyoya mommy
@@princessjacquilene3187 i was too! I was like “why don’t they have the mommy clip?”
a bit of context to help lighten the trauma lol:
1. this came out before the word "daddy" was forever ruined by the internet so when tamaki calls himself that he actually does mean like a father figure xD he considers the whole club to be his family and since he's the club president that makes him the daddy (the black haired one with glasses, kyoya, is the vp and therefore mommy lol)
2. you are right that he's jealous about haruhi (the girl in the host club) being popular with the girls but you're wrong about why - he's in love with her so he doesn't want the attention from *them* he wants the attention from *her* lol this is why he goes back and forth between helping her fit in with the host club and wanting her to go back to looking like a girl.. as a "guy" she can be in the club giving him an excuse to hang out with her but as a "girl" he doesn't have to worry about all the girls fawning over her (and could potentially date her)
3. the twins... have a lot of issues 🥲 though they are EXTREMELY close because of their own familial trauma the uhh more uncomfortable stuff between them is a bit they do for the host club as like a "forbidden love" fanservice to the girls who book time with them (so the real problem is why these girls are looking for that i guess alkdfdjaldf)
To your 2, I feel like he's not IMMEDIATELY in love with her, I feel like the show did "developing emotions" REALLY well, though they deff had chemistry from the start. I also feel like he didn't REALIZE his emotions and chalked it all up to familial care until the very last couple if not the very last episode.....our poor blonde beautiful hopeless himbo king.....
Technically “daddy” was still ruined cuz theres a blooper where J michael tatum (kyouya’s voice actor) cringed when he said the line
Daddy’s been used in a sexual way years before the internet was made so…
Show came out in 2006, "daddy" was ruined *long* before that. Probably before the internet even existed.
@@Painocus you right you right! From what I saw it was used since around 80’s not the 1980’s but the 1680’s
Matthew please I need you to understand this entire series is satire 😭😭😭
I love tf outta this series, and I always get so sad when people take it at face value. These tropes are cranked to the max for a reason, and we can 100% discuss why what was said and done when it came out was problematic, but I still desperately love this mess bc it does make fun of all the shojo and fujoshi tropes while keeping some serious moments in for humanization and understanding of their behaviors!
These characters are insane and weird, and Haruhi's the straight, poor man to their stupid, rich asses, and something about her being the most normal out of them all is just. Charming to me. She doesn't care what pronouns you use for her. She's smart, and she learns that, even though they're all rich and spoiled, they do have familial issues of their own and their own traumas and uses those experiences to better approach the situations she ends up in with them.
Again, it may be all rich people problems, but their friendships are all important and help them all grow into better people. (Most of the time at least.)
Yes!! Honestly I feel like you can only truly appreciate this show if you’ve seen a handful of other harem/reverse harem animes.
See. You get it
All of this!
To balance out, someone needs to show him the emotional moments from Ouran
This!! He needs to see that Tamaki isn't actually scum 😂 Just a wholesome dumbass
I'd watch it
Kyoya (vice prez) is a calming influence but he’s also running about thirty schemes at once including selling photobooks of the club members to pay for their activities.
Not to mention Haruhi's stuff (and possibly others)
Man is there to make money 😂😂😂
Not to mention the out of pocket shit like "you can pay me back with your body..." like BRO
Kyoya is my favorite boy.
@@medearene6822 tbf that was to prove a point he wasn't actually going to do anything
I'm betting the "what is it now, daddy" line will be here
14:37 THERE IT IS
I was expecting the “You can always pay with your body” line
Nah the twins out of context is scary lollll!!!! (I do feel the need to at least make them seem a bit less terrifying by saying that it's an act 💀😭)
To be fair the twins in context is also scary 😂
Ouran High School Host Club in its entirety is meant to meant to be a parody of the “reverse harem” trope, and many of the “fanservice” moments of the host club itself go deeper than being just for show by the characters- they’re direct callouts to problematic tropes that have developed within the romance genre!!! It’s a fun show with a lot of intention and heart behind it. And while ofc it too has its issues (I mean the manga started in 2002), it’s very fun to see how a romance story in itself is able to weave between using tropes and making fun of them. it’s a good watch (and read)!!!!
So each of the hosts have a sort of "specialty" or "trope" they play into that helps them draw girls. The twins' specialty is "forbidden love." They act like they're into each other because it's what attracts the most girls to them. As for why it works, their clientele are sheltered rich girls who have more time and money on their hands than they have sense, and even the ones with enough sense to realize the twins are just acting and not really into each other like that still find the antics themselves amusing enough to keep coming back.
KISS KISS FALL IN LOVE
This is gonna be a trainwreck let's go
Ahahaha, the idea that Tamaki (blond dude) want's to KICK OUT Haruhi becouse he is jealouse of HER might just be the funiest thing in this video xD
Jokes aside, you should totaly watch this show! It's amazing, and I would love to see youe reaction to it!
Tamaki(AKA, the blond. AKA, the one you hate) is probably my favourite character in the show.
He's an ignorant himbo, but he doesn't have a mean bone in his body.
Exactly! I was screaming at Matthew the whole video that no, he isn't a spoiled rich kid asshole, he's actually just a himbo with trauma!
@@sonnie_cosplay Like, Tamaki might say something that sounds rude, but he genuinely thinks he's being nice 😭
@@DivaQuinzelExcept for when it comes to the twins lol
I love love the way he says "Sorry I just don't think I'm supporting cast, homosexual or otherwise." An icon ✨️
Love that Honey-senpai gets the "must protecc" reaction from Matt, Honey is succeeding at his goal.
The twins arent actually in a relasionship, they just do it for the yaoi fans
So much so that they canonically share a bed. That was not a fun episode for me.
@@Atia.M i think that the bed-sharing was meant to be more of environmental storytelling about their unhealthy relationship, considering their arc is all about them learning to be separate people instead of being so dependent on one another - though it could also be a moment of fanservice but i’d like to think it’s just the other thing 😭
@ that is true, I was just stating that they act that way OUTSIDE of the host club, because they’ve played up the act so long that it’s kinda like a self fulfilling prophecy
@@Atia.MConsidering the codependency was an issue since childhood, they've probably always shared a bed. It's really not that weird for family members to share a bed, especially when close.
@Atia.M I always assumed they have just shared a bed since they were children and that's what they were used to because they are so codependent.
Haruhi legit helped me accept myself as intersex as a kid, because if she can be secure in herself despite not being what everyone expects her to be as a girl, then so can I
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LMAO! This and a couple other animes where girls had to 'pretend to be a boy' were what made me realize I was trans as a kid. Glad I'm not the only one who had such a strange realization lol
I knew I was pangender before watching Ouran,but after my first watch I was so overwhelmed realizing I want to steal all their gender-
(Also I fall apart the moment something is dealing with mental health+found family)
@@arisuvocals7556same omg!! I would willingly look for this kind of trope only to realize I was trans 😭
Oh definitely she's just so successfully agender coded imo, twas also one of my first proper exposures to coming to terms with my own agender-adjacent enby-ness especially in anime, with Haruhi and Haruhi's father's lgbtqness also not at all being played for laughs, especially at that time (wow maybe anime just ruined me if that was that rare there?)
10:10 it was only a matter of time before the twins scarred Mathew for life
This show is already crazy when you watch it in original version with the subtitles, so in English Dub AND OUT OF CONTEXT... Man, this will be chaotic! 😆
Watching it in English DUB is way more funnier then just out of context.
I watched it dubbed for the first time recently (just a few days ago! this video coming out has weird timing!) and oh man, it was like watching a spoof of the original, absolutely hilarious!
The dub is even more unhinged then the sub😂
I clicked as soon as i got off work! I knew “Daddy” and Twincest scenes would come up😂😂😂! Your reaction is priceless! We need you watch the dub bloopers now! The cast is as unhinged as their characters😂
Please react to the first episode of Ouran High School Host Club. The first episode gives you everything that you need to know about the premise of the show and introduces you to the characters. It really is a fun show.
this show makes the most sense for your channel. absolutely nothing surprising about this one
just by reading the title, this is sure gonna be something!
you betcha 😭
@@MathewMcKenna and yet the worst/scariest thing of the show is Tamaki's English VA and his sordid horrible past. *shudders*
Matthew NEEDS to watch the show.
13:40 His name is Honey. He is a senior. He is older than most of the other characters in the show lmaooooo
edit corrected timestamp :p
Why am I not surprised? Lol
Actually it's Haninozuka, Hani for short
He was originally meant to be the oldest, because the manga author thought it'd be hilarious, but they accidentally put Mori's borthday ahead. Also, Hani's birthday is February 29th, which is another joke into why he's so tiny. The manga's extra scenes and sode notes are amazing
Love that throughout this vid he fell hook line and sinker for Honey's schtick
Honey-senpai ftw XD
"He's clearly going through a crisis" ...uh, who's gonna explain Tamaki? 😂 I'm at work, definitely don't have time 😂😂😂
I dont think much explanation is needed, just saying "he is, in fact, a walking crisis." should be enough 💀
The fact that Kyoya saying daddy is the most replayed part is amazing and relatable 😂 You have good taste, he is the best character
A shame that the compilation didn’t have anything from Haruhi’s dad or Nekozawa. Those two are perfect for out-of-context scenes.
Nekozawa is my favourite character
Each member puts up an "act" of sorts to attract the girls.
Twins - forbidden love.
Honey - the cute youngster.
Blonde idiot - the prince.
big guy - the stoic heart of gold (usually paired up with Honey).
Glasses - the nerd. A bit cold too iirc.
Haruhi - the (girl)y boy.
Let's see:
Mori: Strong silent type
Honey: Loli-shota aka boy lolita
Twins: Mischevious and the twincest/forbidden love
Kyoya: Cool type
Tamaki: Prince? He just seems to be exotic because he's from France and has Blue eyes and blond hair...
@enkeli19 Yeah, that also adds to Tamaki's allure. But iirc he usually plays a sort of royal part for the themed outfits.
I cringed going into this knowing that the twins were going to be weird in this lmao. To explain the physical exam clips. In Japan students have physical checkups where students are expected to take off their tops, and bras for girls, which would expose Haruhi so the boys are trying to help her not be found out. (There is currently push to regulate school checkups so that students don’t have to undress but theres been pushback from some of the doctors involved)
Sorry to say even in elementary school do checkups as well. But they wear there gym clothes and only lift or remove part of the clothes when being check. Plus they do not do same gender doctor. So there be man checking girls, when woman checking boys.
um ew why has their been push blacks from doctors? Sounds like a red flag if i’ve ever heard one
It's a popular episode type in 2000s-2010s anime.
hikaru and kaoru terrifying you that much was hilarious
y'know, out of context, you're right, Tamaki comes off as a total prick, that being said, he grows on you in the show if you actually watch it lmao.
you gotta watch the bloopers. they're amazing.
YES
J. Michael Tatum losing his shit trying to say the "Daddy" line alone makes all the bloopers worth it.
I know you don’t normally react to full episodes of shows but I do think you’ll really like this one so maybe check out the first episode pretty please
I'd love that 😭
Mitsukuni being the nicest one and yet him being the most dangerous one of them all also being the most deadliest.
If it makes you feel better, the twins are 100% pretending and putting on a show LOL
the guy in the glasses is the VP of the club and handles the expenses. he sometimes gets girls that want to hang out with him, but most of the time he is in the back of the room looking over their expenses.
PLEASE. WATCH THE WHOLE SHOW IN ORDER. PLEASE MATTHEW PLEASE. ITS MY FAVORITE. 😭😭😭
Petition to get Mathew to watch the English va bloopers 😂
I'm DYING. Ouran is hilariously over the top and weird, and that's what's so entertaining about it. There's so much more gold you didn't get to see in these clips, so I would love love love to see you react to some episodes!!!!! Shit has me rolling on the floor laughing. It's been so long since I watched it for the first time, so your shock at some of these clips is a refreshing reminder of just how bonkers this show is.
(Also, Tamaki, the blonde one, is a total weirdo for sure, but he's also actually really sweet and endearing. He's just repressed, and he lets it out in the absolute strangest ways.)
17:01 you are correct sir! He’s the cute short one even though he may be the oldest in the club, and he’s a weapon of mass destruction so he can act however the fuck he wants and everyone wants him happy
the way they say daddy in the dub is hysterical considering it's translated from "papa" and we,,,, have that word in english. granted daddy didn't have the mainstream double meaning it does now when this was made but like,,,, we HAVE that word and it means the thing it means in the japanese version
the funny thing is that tamaki (aka daddy) is genuinely a lovely person lmao
XD One of my favorite shows, but yeah, out of context, it can be a little weird...
Justice for my boy Tamaki though. I know he often sounds like a rich asshole, but he's actually one of the kindest characters and the heart of the host club, he's just an oblivious idiot who doesn't think before he speaks. Or, almost ever actually XD
Also, if it makes you feel better, the twins' act is just an act. Mostly (they are still overly fusional and it's never entirely clear where the limit is, and that's actually part of their character arc). But they only up it for the clients because it's a play on twincest fantasy.
10:07 IM HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS WHY DID I VOTE FOR THIS I'M SO SORRY 😭😭
Mathew: says "My crumby wumby" into the mic.
Me: Physically cringes.
Mathew: "Let's be real. As much as you hate it, that's the content that you come to this channel for, right?"
Y'know what? That's fair.
Without context Honey does seem like the nicest one... But there is a darkness in him, lol
sometimes i forget that people don't know about the "forbidden love incest"-trope that anime sometimes has. it's so funny that someone is concerned about that
Dude I LOVE how you react to the most random stuff lol. But all of these are my favourites!!!!! Keep on making vids bro!🎉
thank you! that’s so lovely 😭
I love 'Daddy' Tamaki's dub voice so much.
The show is such a comical ride. A mix of Reverse Harem and RomCom, plus some serious moments splashed in.
Thanks for making me want to rewatch the show again for I have no clue of the number of times it's been.
Ahh, good ol Ouran high school host club
This is gonna be a wild ride
Mathew was not ready for the incest 💀
Also 7th day of requesting LEGO Monkie Kid out of context :3
oh yay 😀
Do more please
yay
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Yay 😀
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I already know he’s going to misunderstand Tamaki, EVERYONE MISCHARACHTERIZES MY BOY IM TIRED OF IT HES NOT A CREEP I SWEARRR
KISS KISS FALL IN LOVE!!
god this is gonna be an experience and I’m excited
HELL YEAHH‼️🔥 I voted this on the poll and I am so glad I got to contribute to putting you through this
Pour one out for our boy Tamaki, coming across as the worst of the lot when he's really just an emotionally repressed moron desperate to belong to a family
Here's hoping there's a part 2 of this that includes clips from *Haruhi in Wonderland* because that episode in itself is low on context, so clips of it would be wacky fun.
“That doesn’t look like a mentally sane person.” Like yeah no no one in this show is 😅
I really hope he does Monthly Girl Nozoki-kun, one of of the funniest shows I ever seen
Trying to eat and drink while watching this is impossible. Also I think he should watch the full anime
4:12 DANNY MOTTA MENTIONED
Dont worry btw the twins are just doing a bit, they arnt actually in love with each other haha
18:54 "I feel like he could say some out of pocket shit." Beach episode flashbacks
Here we go! Kiss kiss fall in love, indeed HAHAHAHA
You definitely need to watch this show XD, it's one of the few shows that I don't mind the dub cause it's funny as well
Unapologetically, I've been to a panel at an anime convention for the Host Club. The twins are my favorite! Couldn't tell you why but they're so mischievous and hilarious, so there's that. Even got pictures of the people dressed in the cosplay!
This show is so hilarious! 😂 It deserved more seasons, the manga is SO good!
It’s so great! And also actually a bit emotional traumatizing but in the best way possible and somehow always swings back around to wholesome.
You know it’s a good show when you have trouble picking a favorite character
Ok, it looks worse than it is (aside from the few times it's worse than it looks). I NEED, not want, NEED Mathew to react to more of Ouran
"I think I want my biscuits buttere-"
Oh god. We are certainly in for one with this video
We love coming early, and the twins were by far my favorite 🤣
Omg i died of laughter HAHAHAHAHA
and for any defense watching this show out of context is wilder than watching it with context lmao
and the fact that it was the eng dub XD
But it still is one of my fav shows ngl
you've convinced me. i have subscribed. puppy dog eyes and whimpering are the key to world domination.
One of the best comedy anime. English dub is the best
The twins thing is that the girls who go to the host club like this type of incest dynamic, so they act like that for the girls, but they're otherwise just kinda codependent, and even that gets better after Haruhi joins the club.
Matthew, for the love of your devoted fans, please... WATCH THE SHOW AND REACT!! Please?! xD This was beautiful xD
19:34 Since you were so clearly unaffected, you should react to the whole show!
(No but seriously, the show is so good i swear, watch it please i'm begging-)
I want him to react to the sk8 dub out of context now XD
Yes!! I'd love that haha
That would be hilarious.
YESSSSS
Im so glad u mentioned that because none of my friends even know what Sk8 is. Thank you
Also yes FRRR
Matthew’s reaction to Honey is honestly pretty accurate to how the fandom views him LMAO
Lol the twincest reaction made me laugh and I wasn't even looking at the screen properly. It was the prolonged absolute silence
it’s so funny having someone watch this out of context because tamaki is one of the easiest characters to like 😂
The "What is it, now, Daddy?" Line was always funny in the Japanese but it's even more hilarious if you hear the outtakes of the voice actor recording the line. The outtakes of the VA recordings were the best extras included on the DVD. I'm sure they're up on youtube somewhere
1, I like your hair
2, you should find a video that explains their roles in the Host Club😂😂😂😂😂😂
You gotta watch the show it’s hilarious.
As for the twins, the incest is an act they put on for the girls. Each member of the club has their own gimmick, the twins cater to the yaoi fans of the school.
The anime ended before the manga did so a lot of character development got missed. But the twins have an amazing arc in the manga about learning to grow independent of each other.
Sooo off topic but
I’m loving your hair Mathew, it looks so bouncy today ^ ^
aww thank you sm!!
also, if nobody else has said this (which i'm sure they have), ohshc is a PARODY show specifically of popular tropes in anime (overbearing gentlemen types, twincest, cross-dressing, and specific plot devices) so a lot of what happens is meant to elicit weird or amused feelings because its whole foundation is on making fun of tropes--hence why the twins act like that for the girls at the club. matthew please watch this host club is SO good except for the :/ ending
It may be confusing for you but Tamaki (the blond boy that you hate) is one of my favorite characters EVER 😂 He's just so endearing and interesting (even though it's not showing in those clips lmao)
2:28 WAIT you sound so much like tamaki here omg
wait he actually does 😳 omg
How did he do that?
I‘m a bit late oops. But i just finished rewatching ohshc today! It’s my comfort anime and i‘m so glad about this video! It’s such a silly, fun and cute show i swear
14:45 Kyoya (the raven) is the mommy of the group while Tamaki (the blond) is the daddy.
15:55 It's the yaoi part they're interested in, plus the 'forbidden love' act from being siblings.
Kyoya is part of the Host Club but he doesn't really entertain women. His main job is of secretary and coordinator.
10:02 now THAT is a face lol
Omg I forgot about ouran!! It was so great!! Keep reacting! Its even better with the context hahah
I just want to share that in Japan the is a legend that says that couples who really love each other but for some reason were´nt able to be together reborn as twins, so they can be together forever in a special bond. Point aside, the twins have a back story, they really need each other but in the manga both grow out it even 1 dye his hair, and not for the fight episode. They do that kind of forbbiden love show for the fans since on the host club each one has a role.
man, ouran is ROUGH when you dont know its satire 😂 ouran is a satire of the upper class and shoujo romance tropes that were popular at the time, so everything thats cringe inducing is supposed to be. if it helps, the twins arent really like that, its an act for the girls they entertain in the club. when not "on the clock" they act like any other siblings. its really a callout on stories that do that in sincerity. speaking of sincerity, tamaki comes off like a jerk, but he is actually incredibly sincere and doesnt realise he comes off like a dickhead. he really thinks hes being nice or helpful, im serious. hes just the epitome of rich kid who's disconnected from reality (and is actually very fond of haruhi and is jealous because he wants her attention). and kyoya, the one you found calming, may seem that way at a glance but hes actually tamakis biggest enabler and more like a loan shark than anything lmao.
this show is a parody of shoujo tropes but is surprisingly heartfelt and lovely, and was pretty groundbreaking regarding gender queerness in mainstream anime with regards to how haruhi is written (as well as a few other side characters). but more than anything else, its a comedy about how ridiculous rich people are
Ouran is a show that parodies tropes from all sorts of media directed at girls and young women, and brings it all to a beautifully disturbing point ♡ Reverse harems, love interests that look like literal children, the whole of what yaoi and forbidden love is, the "perfect" male lead who speaks in flowery words and is somehow not supposed to be cringe, the list goes on. It's actually quite brilliant how much the series commentates on the super weird shit that media directed at women can be. Out of context a lot of it seems super unhinged, and a lot of it is in context too, but the more you watch, the more it breaks out of the stereotypes and explores the depth that a lot of the media it parodies doesn't even consider. Highly recommend watching all of it, or read the manga which goes even further with the themes. ♡