Poll Results: Will Haruhi Study Abroad?

A total of 180 votes were cast.

People who predict Haruhi will study abroad: 133 votes (74%)
People who predict Haruhi will not study abroad:  47 votes (26%)

Hopefully we'll find out the answer in chapter 82.

Thank you to everyone who participated.

Merit in "Ouran" and "The Scarecrow of Oz," Plus, Other Fun Stuff

Here's some bits from an e-mail discussion I had with Corgi about "Ouran" and "The Scarecrow of Oz."  This might, also, give you some insight into the thought that goes into translation.

Black Text = Corgi
Red Text = Kuroneko003

Please feel free to add to the conversation or make you own comments.  I really like "The Scarecrow of Oz" and found a lot of meaning in it.  Furthering the discussion about "Ouran" is welcomed too :).
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Page 6: 'Merit' - heh.  Reminds me of Haruhi's discussion with Kyoya during his fake assault.  I keep thinking there's implications to the word-as-translated that I'm missing ever so slightly.

Indeed, there is more packed into the words than can come through in English.   But I think the discrepancy is cultural and I feel bad that I can’t get it across in English without writing an essay.  In this case there seems to be two themes about merit – what’s useful to a person and what’s useful in the competition.  Silvy Rose in her choice of a familiar wanted a companion and in her experimentation to heal the humans.  Whereas, Lillian Berry is wholly focused on the competition to become the next chief witch.  Interestingly enough, Lillian is so conceited that she thinks Silvy too thinks of nothing but the competition.  This is classic wisdom vs. vanity ;p.  It seems that Lillian will always continue to lose to Silvy, even though Silvy isn’t actively competing.  I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS ASPECT OF THE STORY :)  This is why I think it a good story for children.  I wonder, though, about the other witch who sought power…maybe there will be a sequel???

Oh, it's not just here - it's how Haruhi uses it too.  It's clear, but it also seems deeper than just 'merit' suggests, if that makes sense.

Ouran High School Host Club Chp 80

Update 7/22/2010:  I just noticed a brain fart on page 18  -- it should be "living" instead of "leaving"...I updated the page and reposted the file under the same name.

Update 4/29/2010:  A few minor bug-a-boos have been cleaned up.  The file has the same name and should now be the latest.
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All right!  It's finished!  This chapter of Ouran is action packed, humorous, and sweet.

Link to Ouran High School Host Club Chapter 80 -- RETIRED

And now the long wait until July to find out what happens next and maybe to find out how many chapters are left.

Next up is "Orange Chocolate" chapter 10.  It should be out in 4 to 5-days

Ouran High School Host Club Chapter 78 Final Version

There were a lot more errors in my translation than I expected :(.  Fortunately, though, Natirein did a complete translation too.  This final translation is a my original translation cleaned up using Natirein's translation as a reference.  All hail the greatness of Natirein!!!  I really am grateful she joined the team!  Anyhow...here's Ouran 78.

Link to Ouran High School Host Club Chp 78 Final Version (retired)

"Orange Chocolate" Chapter 1 is up next.  The Japanese in that series is no where near as complicated as Ouran fortunately, though, I did get some help with some of the slang :)  ETA Friday or Saturday.

Ouran Chp 77 Previews

Here are the previews from Lala 1/2010 for Ouran High School Host Club Chapter 77.  Lala 2/2010 will be released in Japan on 12/24/2009.

Look forward to it!

Ouran Chp 76 Translation

Update (11/29/2009):  Prompted by a comment on Mangafox, I took another look at the original Japanese on pg 27.   I originally translated Tamaki's intent as him wanting to understand his grandmother.  However, after consulting a grammar reference, I see it's the other way around.  He wants to be acknowledged by his grandmother so she can understand his point of view.  Consequently, I have re-translated page 27 and updated the file to version 1.  Sorry for the error, but I'm grateful to have had it pointed out :).  It helps a lot to improves my skills.
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I'm sorry to report the thunderstorm romance was not meant to be.  But it's all right because this chapter shows just how wonderful Haruhi is.  Anyhow, this was a very difficult chapter to translate, and I'm sure I got a thing or two wrong, but I hope I captured the spirit of events.  Here's version 0.  If the proofreaders find any errors, there will be a version 1 tomorrow or Tuesday.

Link to Ouran High School Host Club Chp 76 (Retired)(11/29/2009: version 1 -- I re-translated pg 27.   No edits from Pyro.
Update -12/25/2009: Corrected the spelling of one of the dogs Bunshichi --> Punshichi

Enjoy! I will finish up Arakure Chp 55 hopefully by the end of the day tomorrow or Tuesday.

Ouran Chp 75 Translation

Hooray for Sapphire Pyro and Narmeen!  They did the proofreading while I was asleep last night, so the scanlation is ready :)!

Link to Ouran Chp 75 (Retired)(version 2.1 11/25/2009 -- updated for continuity with chp 76 flashbacks)


This chapter is very important, but at the same time, it's a bummer because it ends on such a low note.  However, I believe the situation is set for a hug or a kiss in the next chapter...heheheh...I'll write more about what clues I see in few days after enough people read the chapter.

FYI:  Chp 76 will be out in Japanese around November 24th.

Ouran 74 Translation

Here it is, Ouran High School Host Club chp 74. This time I worked really hard to smooth out the English, so hopefully it's less confusing than chp 73.

Link to Ouran Chp 74 (Retired)


As usual please do not upload this to any of the manga aggregator sites without my permission. Those sites that have my permission (and you know who you are), may upload at your convenience. Otherwise, feel free to share the link to this blog entry. Also as usual, if you find any errors in the translation or the scanlation, please send a kind little e-mail or leave a comment and I will address it.

I will wait a couple of days for people to read the chapter and then I will say my peace/piece about the recent events in a blog entry.

Ouran High School Host Club Chp 72 Translation

Here's my scanlation for Ouran Koukou Host Club chp 72. Again, I don't guarentee this translation is 100% so please don't get upset with me. Again, I hope I captured the spirit of the events. If you find any translations errors, as always, I ask that you leave a nice comment or send me a nice e-mail. Please do not re-distribute this, but you may link to this post.

Link to Chp 72 (Retired)


Please enjoy!

Ouran High School Host Club Chp 71 Translation

I finished scanlating Ouran chp 71 this morning. I apologize now for any mistakes I made in the translation. I think I'm ~80% there and I hope I was able to capture the spirit of events.

Link to Chp 71 (Retired)


Please enjoy! And if you catch a translation errors, please leave a comment or send me a little e-mail :).

Still working on Ouran 71, But what's going on so Far

I'm getting slowed down by a class project, sorry. I translated 2 more pages last night. The story is set around Mori and Hani's last host club day before they graduate. Basically Tamaki is taking Mori and Hani's graduation badly and is a blubbering crying mess. Haruhi isn't affected by their graduation because she knows she can still stay in connection with them. (Kyouya isn't showing any emotion either and coolly accepts that the club isn't going to make any $$$ this day.) Haruhi is, though, affected by Tamaki's tears and she tries to touch him to console him. So far her attempts have been unwittingly thwarted by various minor characters. After each attempt Haruhi looks at her hand like it's out of control.

More to come ...

Zettai Heiwa Daisakusen to Ouran Comparisons

I been browsing the ZHD forums lately and I got a couple of comments about the ZHD Kiss fan art I did and apparently there are some that think ZHD is like "Ouran". I've felt this way too while translating the manga. Obviously, Yuda and Haruhi look almost identical and have very similar reactions to the realization of their feelings. In many ways I feel that Yuda and Haruhi are the same character, but cast in a different universe. With respect to the Johanne and Tamaki, they too share looks and they both have delusional thoughts about their desired women wearing a cute sundress and a hat. I think, though, that is as far as it goes. Johanne is straight forward with his feelings and is a shrewd, kick-ass battle hardened killer whereas Tamaki is 100% "lover" and 0% "fighter", as well as a buffoon (well ... given that kidnapping episode, it's possible that Tamaki could go ape-sh** crazy if anything were to happen to Haruhi or any of his friends (BTW: that would be AWESOME) -- still, it doesn't seem to take much to make Johanne tear through some baddies). Clearly, Johanne is more mature than Tamaki, but strangely, I think I like both Johanne and Tamaki about the same. They are both great characters and I care very much about what happens to them.

What do you all think? Leave a comment.