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Nostalgic anime favorites shouldn't escape the standards of today, and this scene from Ouran handles the topic of sexual assault in an alarming way.
WARNING: The following article contains discussion of sexual assault.
For the most part, Ouran High School Host Club is a lighthearted, goofy anime about boys with far too much time -- and money -- on their hands . The show occasionally dips into deeper territory, such as heroine Haruhi Fujioka's ever-present longing for her dead mother and host club leader Tamaki Suoh's incredibly lonely childhood, but there's nothing that makes Ouran stand out as being particularly sad .
However, a moment in Episode 8 is not only incredibly alarming, but seems rarely talked about altogether: when Haruhi is threatened with sexual assault by another club member.
Kyoya Ootori is the straight man of the wild bunch of hosts, in charge of finances and generally keeping things from getting too out of hand. Yet his behavior in Episode 8 goes too far when he attempts to teach Haruhi 'a lesson.' Earlier in the beach-themed episode, Haruhi had put herself in danger trying to help out a group of girls, an action that led to her being pushed into the ocean. Tamaki dove in after her and carried her out, scolding her for being reckless. The gesture is not appreciated. Haruhi is not the type to call for a white knight, and she makes her irritability well known to everyone in the club.
Once in a room alone with Haruhi, Kyoya decides this is the chance to prove she is the one in the wrong. The entire scene is dreadful. First, Kyoya laments the cost of bouquets that went wasted being sent to the girls Haruhi saved. Haruhi offers to pay for them, and Kyoya calculates the cost before saying Haruhi can pay with her body as he turns the lights down. He then grabs her wrist and throws her on the bed, hovering on hands and knees on top of her, stripped of his shirt. "You've made a mistake leaving yourself so open," he tells her as the camera pans up over their bodies.
However, when Haruhi says she knows he won't go through with his threat since he has nothing to gain, Kyoya agrees and gets off of her. She then praises him for being kind and trying to back up Tamaki's point that she shouldn't be so reckless. Through his actions, Haruhi has learned to rely on others more and Kyoya gets to listen to someone talk about how kind his action of 'playing the bad guy' truly was. The fiasco ends with Tamaki entering the room, seeing the two, starting to get angry and then getting sunscreen shoved in his face so Kyoya can exit on a comedic note and Tamaki and Haruhi can have their scene together. The incident is over.
As awful as the entire scene is, the audience is largely forgiving of Kyoya's actions. Part of it is knowing he wouldn't have gone through with his threat, but if the same thing happened in a modern anime, there would likely be a very different reaction. The power of nostalgia keeps Kyoya safe from being properly called out for threatening a woman with sexual assault in order to prove a point -- as well as the fact that audiences want to like Kyoya. There is nothing else in his behavior that makes him unlikable, and his straight man routine with the host club and Tamaki in particular is a source of much of Ouran 's comedy.
However, that only shows an overall societal problem when it comes to such serious matters. Kyoya is forgiven because the audience wants to like him and because they know he wouldn't have actually done it. In real-life cases, however, people will often swear their friends are innocent and completely believe it because they desperately want to continue liking the person they thought they knew. In this way, the reaction to Kyoya's intimidation tactic is a mirror of our society that reflects back some pretty awful truths.
Ouran High School Host Club does remain a lighthearted comedy that in no way attempts to take on societal problems like sexual assault. However, the way this scene between Kyoya and Haruhi is handled shows just how little the anime cared when it came to such a serious topic. Kyoya's mindset that threatening sexual assault would be a good way to prove how powerless Haruhi is as a girl is incredibly troubling. That it's never brought up again is troubling still, meaning it's time for the fanbase to acknowledge the problem.
It's understandable to want to love nostalgic favorites , but it's also time to admit that shows like Ouran High School Host Club have their issues -- and it's better to air those issues out than pretend they never existed.
Ouran High School Host Club can be streamed now on Netflix.
Lara is a writer for CBR. She received a Bachelor's of English from Millersville University in 2015.
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I’ve always been drawn to stories that use gender and gender performance as a plot device. From Mulan to Twelfth Night, the concept of someone taking on a different identity in order to achieve their goals fascinated me while I was growing up. I encountered dozens of these stories before I had ever heard of being transgender, and in most of them, the character in question returned to their assigned gender presentation after achieving the goal at hand. Mulan won the war and got the guy and then went back home to live as a woman. In Twelfth Night and it’s retellings, Viola reveals her true identity as a woman as soon as her male persona is compromised by the return of her twin brother. In these stories, the reason for presenting as male comes from external pressures and sexist standards- despite the cosmetic similarities to accounts of trans life. However, one of these stories that I encountered in childhood had a different ring to it.
Ouran High School Host Club, an anime television show, presented itself as a satire of the Japanese shojo genre (or girls’ comics). Like a lot of other anime’s, it wasn’t afraid to explore gender. Crossdressing, gender-bending, and queer relationships seemed more common in the world of anime and it’s on-paper counterpart, manga; as opposed to American animation and comics. Some aspects of this are even apparent in the anime that has made its way to American television stations, where it was available for consumption by children and teens, like myself. For example, despite censorship by American broadcasters, Sailor Moon’ s infamous female “kissing cousins,” and Pokémon ’s cross-dressing Team Rocket still made appearances on Cartoon Network.
Ouran tells the story of a group of wealthy, pampered, and ignorant teenage boys, who have organized themselves into the titular Ouran High School Host Club. Bored with excess free time at a wildly expensive private school, the group leader, Tamaki, rounded up his friends into a host club. Traditionally, Japanese host and hostess clubs are establishments were an all male or all female staff will serve alcoholic drinks and provide entertainment in the form of singing, flirtatious conversation, and other performances. Likened to a strip club, minus the nudity and dancing, host clubs profit from the lonely and desperate and often uphold gender roles.
Ouran’s host club is a bit different from those that appear on Japanese streets. The boys invite their female classmates to spend their afternoons flirting with their favorite hosts, but there is no alcohol involved, and interactions are usually limited to conversation and romantic strolls. The hosts each perform gender differently, in order to ensure that every girl has her pick of a variety of “types”. For example, Tamaki is chivalrous and romantic. The other host’s “types” include strong and silent, cute and boyish, and refined and intelligent. A pair of twins in the club flirt with each other, which the host club’s clients fawn over, representing the commonality of straight women who find yaoi , or boy’s love comics, adorable and sexy.
Haruhi, a non-wealthy student who attends Ouran High School on a merit scholarship, finds their way into the club by accident. Dressed androgynously, with a short, masculine haircut, and glasses that obscure their large, feminine eyes, Haruhi wanders into the host club’s meeting room in a desperate search for a quiet area to study. In the process of trying to excuse themself and continue their search, they accidentally knock over a valuable vase intended for auction and find themself in a massive debt to the club. An agreement is made, and Haruhi, who was perceived as male by the club members, becomes the “host club’s dog”.
Haruhi eventually becomes a host themself, after charming several of the host club’s clients, and undergoing a makeover by the other hosts, that renders them “as pretty as a girl-” but still masculine enough to pass as male to their classmates.
During this process, the various members of the club figure out that Haruhi is biologically female. This concludes when Tamaki, who has taken Haruhi under his wing and who has assumed that Haruhi is both gay and into him, makes the same discovery. “Haruhi…” he inquires, “So, you’re a girl?”
“In my opinion, it’s more important for a person to be recognized for who they are rather than for what sex they are.”
Haruhi’s response was unlike anything I had heard before “Biologically speaking, yeah… Listen Senpai, I don’t really care whether you guys recognize me as a boy or a girl. In my opinion, it’s more important for a person to be recognized for who they are rather than for what sex they are.”
And that declaration made all the difference. Unlike Mulan and Viola, Haruhi’s personal identity lined up, to a degree, with their presentation. They weren’t disguising themselves as male in order to be a host; rather, they were presenting in a way that felt natural, and in a way that happened to align with the host club’s goal of charming classmates. After this exchange, Haruhi agrees to continue to present as male at school and at the host club, to keep working to pay off their debt. But their presentation is only changed marginally by the host club’s makeover. Haruhi is widely adored by the club’s patrons, quickly becoming second only to Tamaki in terms of popularity.
Just like the host club patrons, I was charmed by Haruhi. They seemed so comfortable in the in between, and I admired how they floated easily up and down the gender spectrum. Haruhi’s unique view on gender is uncommon, even in anime. Though unusual treatment of gender isn’t unheard of within the genre, it still isn’t prevalent, and occasional cross-dressing is definitely very different from Haruhi presenting as male daily, and being thoroughly indifferent to gender. According to an analysis of the shown on the website Bitch Flicks , Haruhi refers to themself with gender-neutral pronouns in the original Japanese, but this doesn’t translate into the English versions, likely because this was before the singular they began to gain popularity.
Haruhi performs gender at school by wearing a boy’s uniform and by working as a male host. In their free time, Haruhi dresses in a truly androgynous fashion, wearing combinations of masculine and feminine clothing. When they are alone with friends from the host club, Haruhi’s mannerisms are slightly more feminine then they are when other schoolmates are present. Their voice is a bit higher, and they are more likely to grin and giggle when in a good mood. Though Haruhi seems to behave androgynously by default, they definitely become an active curator of their gender presentation when those who aren’t wise to their identity are nearby. In the presence of host club patrons, for example, Haruhi’s voice is slightly lower and slower paced, and they show less emotion in their facial expressions. Guides for transgender men on how to “pass” as male often include these behavioral changes as a key element to being perceived as the correct gender. Additionally, Haruhi, with the help of the other host club members, goes to great lengths to avoid being “outed” as biologically female. For example, in the third episode of the series, “Beware the Physical Exam!”, one of the other hosts has to bring in a specific doctor to do Haruhi’s annual medical exam- one who promises not to reveal their secret.
As a young, closeted nonbinary person, Haruhi really spoke to me and gave me a positive example of what I could be- secure in an identity that didn’t conform to binary gender. But just because Haruhi was such a beacon to me, doesn’t mean the show didn’t have its problems.
Granted, the show was touted as satire, and as such usually presented misogyny with a degree of self-awareness. But that doesn’t and shouldn’t protect the story from scrutiny.
Throughout the series, Haruhi is often forced to don feminine apparel by the host-club when there are no clients around, and the members of the group never let Haruhi forget that they are biologically female. When I watched the show originally, this didn’t bother me much. It was funny, even, to see the rest of the club members giggle and fawn whenever Haruhi would don a sundress or other feminine attire. Now, though, after identifying as nonbinary for several years, these scenes make me squirm. They remind me of how some parents get excited when their trans kids dress in ways that match their assigned gender. But if I wear a dress around my parents, that isn’t them getting a victory in the battle for my gender; it's me being comfortable enough in my identity to wear something more “binary”- and it’s a reflection of my belief that clothes don’t have a gender. Haruhi wearing a sundress is fine- I take no issue with that- but when they were pressured into dressing femininely, or when it is celebrated like some sort of accomplishment, it feels uncomfortable and problematic.
In Foucault, Femininity, and the Modernization of Patriarchal Power , Sandra Lee Bartky indicates that “Parents and teachers” (and bossy host club cohorts) “have extensive influence admonishing girls to be demure and ladylike, to “smile pretty,” to sit with their legs together. The influence of the media is pervasive, too, constructing as it does an image of the female body as spectacle .” Likewise, the host club treats Haruhi’s body as spectacle, and their behavior as malleable, to a point. Bitch Flicks picks up on this too, stating:
“The show’s frequent displays of Haruhi being pressured into wearing dresses and the male characters stating how cute and adorable they are plays into the American stereotype of the Asian girl/woman as an object, a “China Doll,” to be looked at, admired, and eroticized.”
When I was introduced to Haruhi throughout the show, the character instantly made sense to me, even though I had never before seen a character that androgynous before. However, it is clear throughout the series that Haruhi’s host club cohorts do not share this understanding.
The members of the host club continually try to understand Haruhi’s femininity, in one episode struggling to find something that scares them, partially in the hopes that Haruhi’s fear will drive them to seek comfort in another member of the club.
Haruhi’s assigned gender leads the host club members to treat them differently, even though it is pretty clear that Haruhi doesn’t identify strongly with that assigned gender.
In the same episode, which is widely regarded as by far the worst episode of the series, the Host Club becomes upset with Haruhi after they attempt to fight off a pair of men who assault some of the host club’s clients on a private beach. Afterward, the group confronts Haruhi, repetitively stating that because Haruhi is a girl, they shouldn’t have tried to fight off two men. The group continues to harass Haruhi over the incident, with one boy going as far as “pretending” to threaten to rape Haruhi, as to demonstrate how truly helpless they, as a girl, are. This particular epi
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