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Haruhis Fan Club. Haruhi is the main character of the story, a lower-middle class first-year student who is able to attend Ouran High School through a scholarship provided by the school. Her outward appearance is like a boy due to her short hair and cute face, she had longer hair but had to cut some of it due to a neighborhood child putting gum in her hair. Shortly after arriving at Ouran, Haruhi accidentally breaks a vase worth ¥8,000,000 (~$69,000 in the manga's North American English version) while in the third music room while she was looking for a quiet place to study, and since then has been forced to work for them to pay for it. Mistaking her for a male, the club initially has her working as their servant, but they made her a lub host once they discover that, beneath her glasses and rumpled clothing, she had a cute face. Her natural charm and relaxed demeanour instantly made her a favourite with some of the club's customers. By the end of episode 1, the entire club discovers that Haruhi is female, however, due to her large debt, she must continue to work for the club. Extravagant adventures follow as she tries to pay them off, and they consistently follow Haruhi around and generally annoy the poor girl while trying to keep her gender a secret. Although, Tamaki, the leader of the host club, protests occasionally to see Haruhi in girl's clothing. She introduced the instant coffee to the club who in turn made such a big fuss and was left in awe. After they tasted it, they often drink it during club hours amongst themselves. In episode 2, she lost her first kiss accidentally to a girl when Tamaki, who slipped onto a banana peel the Hitachiin twins threw away, bumped onto her. Her father, a great okama (transvestite) at an Okama bar, was not too pleased with this. Haruhi allows the club members to involve her in their antics, but doesn't like it when people comments on how amazingly "feminine" she is. She involves herself and enjoys some of the games. She even became frightened of ghosts in episode 21 during their class's fright fest. Haruhi does not realize the boundaries of being "close", she doesn't realize how people get shy and shocked from being close. Haruhi doesn't get shy or embarrassed from being in nerve racking-situations, and like Kyoya has a calm presence. Haruhi was a popular girl back at her middle school. She had confessions of love at least once a month but all she cared about was her studies so she didn't pay attention to the boys. Haruhi is also ignorant at the time when a boy is trying to confess. Haruhi seemed to have created a bond with each of the Host club members. In the story, this was stressed in her relationships with Tamaki Suou, Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin who have developed romantic feelings for her, however, they are not aware of these themselves. She had even gone on a date with Hikaru Hitachiin in episode 16 who were both tricked by Hikaru's twin brother Kaoru Hitachiin. In manga volume 10, chapter 45, Kaoru admitted to Honey that he does have feelings for Haruhi but is willing to stay back for the sake of his brother who also have feelings for her. Despite the three having stressed relations with Haruhi, only Kaoru has openly admitted his feelings. There are also hints made about the relationship Haruhi has with Kyouya since in episode 17, it was shown how they interacted while they were together at the exposition. Despite Kyouya stressing that he was an egoist, Haruhi believes there is more to Kyouya than a self-centered guy he proclaims himself to be. She is a very sensitive, intelligent, and straight-forward individual. However, her lack of hesitation in expressing her opinions or observations can sometimes lead her to say, without any intended malice, comments which others find hurtful. Her stubborn independence has also gotten her into trouble, as it typically doesn't occur to her to ask others for help even when she is in over her head, and has trouble understanding why people like her father and Tamaki worry about her. She is often bemused and sometimes irritated by the antics of the Host Club, but in spite of that, she has developed increasingly strong friendships with her fellow club members. She seems to be a bit dense where it comes to interpreting the subtle signals from people around her, especially when it concerns romantic interest, but is perceptive enough to tell the twins apart, when no one else is able. It appears that Haruhi has chosen to attend Ouran with the intention of following in her late mother's footsteps and becoming a lawyer. She has stated on more than one occasion that she is at Ouran in order to pursue her dream, and wants to see how far it can take her. Haruhi admits that she has a low threshold for gender awareness; she was not actually trying to pass as male, but didn't feel the need to correct the others' assumptions. She even goes as far to say that when Tamaki asks if she is indeed female, she responds "Biologically, yes," she doesn't see her gender as much of her identity. Her lack of awareness of the differences between male and female gender roles was most likely influenced by her father, who was originally and, saying that he could never love another woman, who became a transvestite after the death of his wife. Whatever the reason, she is a fairly androgynous person who does not care much about the clothing she wears and has little interest in romance. She enjoys taking care of household chores, particularly cooking, and is not easily frightened by things such as bugs or ghost stories; her only weakness is a paralysing fear of thunderstorms also known as astraphobia. She has a soft spot for expensive food, which she is usually unable to partake in, such as Otoro, otherwise referred to as "Giant Tuna"; to her, they are a luxury. She enjoys tasty food in general, but gets especially excited over seafood. In some cases, the promise of such food can be used to bribe Haruhi into going along with the less soundly plans of the host club. Apart from her studies, Haruhi seems to be weak in almost any other field. She is a very monotonous actress and vocalist ( based on volume 7, and episode 19),unusually clumsy with arts and crafts ( the twins make fun of her jack-o-lantern in volume 3) and is a weak athelete (based on volume 6), despite these, she does happen to be a very good chef in the kitchen teaching Renge how to correctly make cookies.