When asked about the Boy Love suggested in the series, she stated that Ouran has always been meant to be a parody of shōjo manga, but doesn't feel there is a thematic gap between shōjo and BL themes.
And Hikaru is the younger one. In the manga, Kaoru is acknowledged as gay by Bisco Hatori.
Haruhi identifies herself as a biological female, but agrees to portray herself as a boy in order to repay her debt to the club. She carries on, keeping her sex secret from the club's clientele, by wearing a male uniform and using masculine pronouns. At first, Haruhi dislikes being forced to work for the host club.
Sexism is thinly veiled, and despite Haruhi's progressiveness as a character, none of the other characters respect their autonomy and androgyny, with the other host club members constantly directing attention to and obsessing over Haruhi's biological sex.
KaoruOn one of the talk pages, a visitor mentions that Kaoru is noted to be homosexual in the manga.
The series features sexual innuendo that will go over the heads of young viewers, as well as lots of LGBTQ+ subtexts throughout, some of which feels dated by today's standards. The word "crap" is used from time to time, and there's some bullying and classist comments. Smoking is occasionally visible, too.
Reiko KanazukiTrivia. Honey is the first one out of the host club members to get married to Reiko Kanazuki from the Black Magic Club.
But in Chapter 81, Haruhi confesses her love to Tamaki. It is then revealed in an omake (extra) that they eventually get married.
Haruhi (はるひ, ハルヒ) is a feminine Japanese given name that can be written with various kanji. Spring day and has other meanings depending on the kanji.
one of the first things is that the zuka club is funny because it's a parody of the takarazuka revue, a popular all-female theatre group in japan who puts on theatre shows with plenty of crossdressing and glitter and feathers and lighted steps and sometimes ridiculous stage makeup (but nowhere as ghastly as the stuff ...
While introducing Haruhi to the Host Club's inner-workings, Club President Tamaki Suoh informs Haruhi that Honey is a 3rd-year student. The 12th episode of the anime then confirms that Honey is 17 years old.
Since Haruhi was born on February 4th, this puts her in the youngest group of first-years students at Ouran High. In the manga however, she's 16-years-old which suggests that she joined the Host Club towards the end of the school year.