Things, however, are never quite so simple with the Host Club around. Tamaki Suou, the princely leader of the club, eagerly takes her under his wing to teach her the ways of the host. After being mistaken for a boy, Haruhi is forced by Kyouya Ootori to work for the Host Club to repay her debt. Haruhi Fujioka, a poor scholarship student, has no interest in the Host Club-until she breaks a valuable vase in their clubroom. Within the club's room, six beautiful, bored boys spend their time entertaining equally beautiful and bored girls. While he admits that her feelings for him back then were mutual, he warns that they can never go back to the past, as everything, including him, has changed.Īo Haru Ride follows Futaba as she searches for true love and friendship, all while trying her best to stay true to herself.Īt Ouran High School, an academy where only the children of the rich and powerful attend, there exists a club consisting of the most elite of the student body: the legendary Host Club. But she realizes that the sweet, gentle boy of the past has completely vanished, and in his place stands someone cold and pessimistic. Despite his extended absence, the fond memories they shared together still linger in her mind, and she wishes to return to those days. Little does Futaba know, her life will take another drastic turn when her first love, Kou Mabuchi, returns after his sudden disappearance years ago in middle school. Therefore, she starts acting unfeminine and indifferent to boys, allowing her to make some "friends" along the way. After attracting many admirers back in middle school which resulted in her being shunned by her female classmates, she decided that high school will be her chance to revamp her image. While most girls desire popularity among boys, Futaba Yoshioka wants the exact opposite.