Ouran High Schoo Host Club ep 25
It’s the 43rd Ouran Festival so everyone is busy preparing for the opening ceremony. After hearing Hikaru ordering workers to place table into the Salon, Haruhi tells Kyouya that in school festivals, students normally everything themselves. Kyouya, however, tells her that is for normal school but in Ouran, school festival is more about planning and leadership. That’s because most of the students here are future leaders of their respective family business. Tamaki, Mori, and Hunny then arrive with a carriage, asking her to join them in the special parade. While inside the carriage, Kaoru makes a comment about Hikaru’s ability to handle the carriage. Hikaru tells him that Kaoru should have practiced with him. Tamaki tells the not-impressed Haruhi that tomorrow’s parade will involve medieval French outfit. There is even a costume specifically made for Haruhi. Once the clock tower chimes, several supporting characters can be seen all around the school. Inside the Salon, the Host Club opens a special event for the general public. This time around, everyone is on their best behaviour so that they’ll impress the students’ parents. Tamaki manages to charm the pants off a disgruntled older lady by telling her that the purpose of the Host Club is to spend time with beautiful lady like herself. Meanwhile, some parents assume that Mori and Hunny are siblings when the former asks the later to button his shirt. The twins, on the other hand, try to attract sympathy by pretending that they’re lonely because they’ve been neglected by their parents. Kyouya, on the other hand, is busy explaining to a parent that everyday they cosplay in each country/race’s costume in order to learn the social culture of said country/race. Haruhi, however, thinks that the entire thing is an overpriced event, causing Tamaki to rush to her side, claiming that this is a campaign to appeal to a wide group of people. Kyouya, however, agrees with Haruhi, explaining that they’ve gone over budget this time around. Apparently the carriage that Tamaki wants had to be imported from France. He points out that Tamaki’ selfishness causes them a lot of problem. Tamaki protests this, asking Haruhi if wanting to make everyone happy is a selfishness. Haruhi ignores him and approaches a girl, asking her if there is something she’d like to order. The girl, however, simply asks Haruhi if she’s a Host Club member. Tamaki’s father, the Chairman, then arrives at the Salon. When Tamaki calls the Chairman, "Father", however, the Chairman asks Tamaki to call him "Chairman" while they’re at school. Tamaki’s father then apologises to Kyouya for the problem that Tamaki has caused. Kyouya denies that it was any problem and asks the Chairman if he has any order. Tamaki, who tries to listen to the conversation, falls down when he hears his father asking for Haruhi.
Haruhi is surprised to meet the Chairman, thinking that he’s not like Tamaki at all. She, however, changes her mind when he tries to charm her, asking her to call him "Oji-sama" (Uncle) instead of "Chairman". She also asks Haruhi to come to ‘Uncle’ if she encounters any problem. Tamaki is jealous to see this and asks his father to move that hand away from Haruhi. Their conversation, however, comes to abrupt end when all of a sudden they hear a loud slapping noise. It turns out Kyouya’s father has slapped his own son. He’s not happy with his son’s involvement in the Host Club, asking Kyouya if this is Kyouya’s attempt to embarass him. He then approaches Tamaki’s father, apologising for the unsightly scene. Tamaki’s father, however, tells Kyouya’s father that he’s being harsh on Kyouya even though he’s a good kid. He believes Kyouya’s father is in trouble and it’s only a matter of time before mass communication starts to make a fuss about it.
Meanwhile, the other members are concerned about Kyouya. Haruhi wonders if the reason Kyouya got hit is because of the Host Club. Kyouya, however, tells the other that he’s okay and kind of expected it. After Kyouya left, Tamaki feels bad about the incident, wondering if it’s all the Host Club’s fault. Tamaki’s father then tells his son that this is the price of his selfishness. He wants to know what Tamaki will do from now on, if he wants to become the successor to the Suoh family. The chairman then walks over and lectures him about the price of his selfishness. When he sees Tamaki looking at Haruhi talking to customers, the Chairman asks Tamaki what he plans to do now, asking Tamaki if he wants to succeed the Suou family. The Chairman believes that this is a difficult choice and even he himself still doesn’t know the answer. Because of this, he asks Tamaki if he really knows what he wants before pointing out that Tamaki’s grandmother has arrived.
Haruhi is surprised to see Tamaki’s grandmother making an appearance and even more so when Hunny tells her that he hates that old woman. Hunny doesn’t need to explain this because when Tamaki greets his grandma, the old hag asks him not to touch her, even goes as far as calling Tamaki ‘filthy’. She then calls out for Eclair, the girl that Haruhi saw before. Old hag basically wants Tamaki to escort Eclair to see the school festival today and tomorrow. Tamaki at first hesitates but eventually agree to her request. A few hours later, Tamaki has not returned to the Salon, causing everyone else to wonder where he could be. When the twins wonder who Eclair could be, Renge admits that she knows her. Eclair Tonnerre is the 3rd daughter of distinguished family with successful business in France. Kyoya confirms this, saying that the Tonnerre family have recently been buying Japanese companies. However, he has no idea why Eclair comes to see Tamaki.
Meanwhile, Tamaki and Eclair are in the middle of riding a Gondola in the middle of a Venice imitation created by the Art club. Eclair doesn’t seem to enjoy this and instead wants Tamaki to play piano for her. The two goes to the music room and Tamaki starts to play for her. Haruhi, who’s in the middle of changing her clothes hear this and presses her back against the door, alarming Eclair to her presence. While Tamaki plays the piano, Eclair asks him if this is the room that Tamaki and the Host Club normally use and points out how everyone seems to get along well with each other. Tamaki points out how they, the Host Club, are like family. In response, Eclair points out that Tamaki’s real family is not in Japan and that he’s just playing ‘house’ with the Host Club members. She then starts to guilt-trip Tamaki, claiming that his selfishness causes everyone to be miserable. She points out that Kyouya got hit by his father because of this.
This statement stops Tamaki and makes him remembers what Kyouya said beforehand. Tamaki starts to wonder if all Host Club members sacrifice their own life to be in the Host Club. For example, he wonders if Haruhi sacrifices her study time to become lawyer to come to the Club. Haruhi then barges in and explains that she just changed her clothes. She also points out that everyone else is unhappy that Tamaki left the Salon. Eclair apologises but Tamaki right now belongs to her and wonders why Haruhi looks jealous. Tamaki becomes excited to hear this, setting off the lightbulb inside Eclair’s head (she realises that Haruhi is a girl). Haruhi denies that she’s jealous and excuses herself for interfering. Tamaki wants to chase Haruhi but Eclair stops him, asking him if he likes that Mamedanuki (Dilligent Racoon). Tamaki is offended that Eclair calls his ‘daughter’ that way but Eclair pushes him off to a couch and tells him that she can give what he wants the most.
A dejected Haruhi returns to the Salon to the cheer of everyone. When they wonder where Tamaki could be, however, Haruhi tells them that Tamaki is in the 3rd music room with Eclair. Her acid tone makes everyone thinks that she’s jealous. Haruhi denies this and simply tells them that Tamaki is being irresponsible. Kyouya believes that this is because of the order from Tamaki’s grandma, causing Haruhi to remember the way the old hag gave Tamaki the cold shoulder. Because of this, she asks the other members why she behaves like this. Everyone looks around and eventually decides to tell Haruhi the background of Tamaki’s family. Apparently around 20 years ago, the head of the Suoh family died young. Because of this, Tamaki’s grandma married her son (Tamaki’s father) off to a girl for business purpose, turning him into the Suoh successor. However, a few years later, Tamaki’s father fell in love with another woman when he was in France.
From their union, Tamaki was born. Tamaki’s father wanted to divorce his legal wife and married the woman he met in France. However, his mother opposed the idea. Since Tamaki’s mother’s health was poor and could not live in Japan, Tamaki was raised in France until he was 14. Unfortunately, Tamaki’s mother’s family experienced a business failure and accumulated large debt. At the same time, the Suoh has no heir in the family. Tamaki’s grandma offered to give money to Tamaki’s mother so she can live comfortably. In exchange, Tamaki must come to Japan. Moreover, he and his mother are not allowed to see each other again. Kyouya explains that although the Chairman is the head of the Suoh family, the one who’s really in charge is old hag. Since Tamaki’s mother had a weak body, she wouldn’t be able to survive without the aid of the Suoh family. Because of this, Tamaki told his devastated mother that he’d go to Japan alone.
After the incident, either because she was sad or because she regretted accepting money in exchange for Tamaki, Tamaki’s mother moved away and disappeared. Even now, her whereabouts is still not known. Upon hearing the story, haruhi remembers how during cremation, she once asked his father if she would never see her mother again. Haruhi is surprised about the whole thing because Tamaki is always happy so she didn’t expect that his past is that harrowing. She wonders if she’d be able not to hold a grudge against the grandma if she were Tamaki. Kyouya tells Haruhi that although it’s easy to feel sorry for Tamaki, he’s glad that Tamaki is the way he is now. He thinks Tamaki will be okay. All of a sudden, however, Tamaki appears in the Salon with Eclair. He tells them that he has an important news to tell everyone: he’s getting engaged to Eclair Tonerru. In addition to this, he will dismantle the Host Club after the Ouran Festival is over.
