Thoughts on Ouran Chp 81

First of all that was an extremely long wait!  And 52-pages was a lot of translating for me.  Fortunately, the print quality of that section of the magazine was excellent, so the pages were easy to clean.  Speaking of the quality, one thing I did notice is that a lot more care than usual was given to the drawings themselves.  There were some nice shadows:

And some all-around fine drawing:

It was a real treat to prepare the images for this chapter.

Onto the story itself.  Taken on the whole, I liked it, though, I thought it was a little long.  Finally, both Haruhi and Tamaki confess to one another and as expected, in the end, Haruhi is the rational one who screws Tamaki's head on.

I didn't like the early on thrash in which Haruhi tries to take back her confession after Tamaki goes stupid.  Before continuing on, let me say I called the cliche of Tamaki not being able to hear Haruhi initially over the jet engine noise.  I was hoping that wouldn't happen, but it did.  I was also hoping at that moment Tamaki would go stupid in a different way.

Ouran High School Host Chp 81

Here it is!

Link to Ouran Chp 81 (07/27/2010 -- updated to include chp 82 previews and minor edits from Kuma-chan. Edits do not impact the story.)
Link to Ouran Chp 81 in PDF Reader Format -- RETIRED

I will be retiring Ouran one month after the release of the last chapter.

Also, please support the author and the publisher by purchasing the manga.  Volume 14 is currently available from Viz. Here's a link to purchase Volumes 1 - 14.

Chapter Notes
Here are some notes that will help you with some of the references within the chapter.

Aphrodite and Adonis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite

Apollo and Hyacinthus
http://www.online-mythology.com/apollo_hyacinthus/

Castor and Pollus - Gemini, the Twin Stars
http://www.online-mythology.com/castor_pollux/

Uranus and Kronos - (rather brutal of Kyouya wanting to castrate his own father)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronus

Gokenin Zankurou
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1320213/
images: 
http://www.jidaigeki.com/thanks/2009/img/photo_gokenin.jpg
http://www.baijaku.com/images/cd/cdshop/zankuro.jpg

Ouran Chp 81 Teaser #2 -- Baka Tamaki

Here's another teaser from Ouran chp 81.  This is from the first of many scenes where Tamaki is acting like an idiot.  He acts like an idiot through most of this chapter.  Personally, I think he's far better when he gets his head screwed on right.  Anyhow, don't look if you don't want any of the chapter to be spoiled.

Teaser #2

Judging from my progress and pace, the entire chapter should be ready before the 31st.  For the latest updates, check the schedule page.