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Jun 30, 2009 7:48 PM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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The Halloween episode. I made this topic because I didn't find the discussion about this episode ;O






Jul 5, 2009 9:18 AM
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Oh .. it looks like Kaoru is starting to worry about losing Hikaru.

Jul 23, 2009 6:06 PM
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Loved this episode, but I thought Haruhi was only scared of thunder?
Jul 24, 2009 10:22 PM
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Jrittmayer said:
Loved this episode, but I thought Haruhi was only scared of thunder?


That's just how good Nekozawa and Belzenef are at scaring people. >=]


Fun episode. I liked it when Honey-sempai shouted "Wolf-man!" when he was just a pumpkin. And then when the the maid and servant did the epic action sequence. XD
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Aug 27, 2009 12:01 PM
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Lol The Halloween episode was funny.
Kaoru looked sad at the end :[ , but the class rep was funny. and how he was with that girl was sweet.

Cholisose said:

Fun episode. I liked it when Honey-sempai shouted "Wolf-man!" when he was just a pumpkin.


That was too Hilarious. xD!


Oct 8, 2009 6:09 AM
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Wow the ending was so sad :(


Dec 14, 2009 11:37 AM
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so sad.

how the hell does rengei get around as fast as she does.
Feb 20, 2010 7:16 AM
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Mori as Frankenstien was funny. I loved this episode. Hikaru likes Haruhi but I thought Karou did as well
Apr 9, 2010 1:10 AM
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Talk about a depressing ending. =/
Jun 26, 2010 3:03 PM

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i swear to god,if renge shows her annoying ass around,i'm going to punch the monitor xD

it was a good episode :)

5/5
Sayonara,papa!


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Jul 5, 2010 3:00 PM

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I loved this episode so much! I'm watching it again. Renge is just too much!!
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I am apart from everything and a part of everything.

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Dec 9, 2010 12:49 AM

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Boring. Getting close to the end of the series. It better start getting good right about now.
Mar 2, 2011 9:46 AM

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Kaoru is getting jealous??


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Mar 25, 2011 6:09 PM

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Ohhhh God loved this ep!!! :DDDDD I generally laughted my ass off xDDDDD Tamaki, in some kind Samara from the ring/The grudge film chara outfit and mask :DDDDDD Loved the bond between Haruhi x Hikaru again *___* And ahhhh love Twins!!! they are adorable!

(clock tower's witch curse) lmao!~





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May 19, 2011 4:45 PM

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Moonaticfairy said:
Tamaki, in some kind Samara from the ring/The grudge film chara outfit and mask :DDDDDD


Sadakko, yes :) From Ringu
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Dec 22, 2011 10:50 PM
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nice episode...I feel bad for Kaoru :( At least, we can distinguish them now based on their personalities :D
Jun 18, 2012 2:37 PM

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Am I the only one, who's hit by the 300 yen or less part, when the were discussing the budget/person?

I mean, this greatly derivates from how most of the earlier parts were played...
Jun 23, 2012 12:39 PM

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This was a really good one!!!
Jun 27, 2012 1:03 PM

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This anime has such great endings. LOL
Dec 21, 2012 5:25 AM

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Kaoru is just... oh man, I love him the most. He's always so concerned about Hikaru. I don't really like Haruhi so I don't want her to end up with any of them except Tamaki. They're a good match somehow but my OTP would always be HikaruxKaoru !
Jan 20, 2013 8:42 AM

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And that's why Karou is the best... I love it that he cares about Hikaru. This episode was a bit boring in my opinion, but the ending was sad and sweet. :D
Mar 22, 2013 10:10 PM
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Such a deep episode with the whole carriage metaphor and whatnot.. The ending always gives me goosebumps, no matter how many times I watch it. It's starting to feel painful now that most of them like Haruhi (I wouldn't know which to root for haha).
Apr 25, 2013 7:14 PM
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I was expecting a lame holiday filler, but this turned out to have some important plot development in it.
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Aug 16, 2013 5:06 PM

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Pururiru said:
Such a deep episode with the whole carriage metaphor and whatnot.. The ending always gives me goosebumps, no matter how many times I watch it. It's starting to feel painful now that most of them like Haruhi (I wouldn't know which to root for haha).


Sums up my thoughts pretty much, I feel bad for Kaoru worrying about being left alone. Although I'm sure that won't ever happen, as even if the twins "split" they'll still have a good relationship.
Jan 20, 2014 10:35 AM

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I liked this episode :)
the fact that Honey stepped out in front of Tamaki's dialogue bubble (around the 7 min mark) made me laugh so hard lol this anime is great!

Feb 17, 2014 10:08 PM

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great episode :D

finally a daily dose of Renge!!!

she even paid the game company in order to have some new and unannounced content about her new game :D

i feel sorry for the president of the class, where not only he's a scaredy cat, but Haruhi didn't even opposed the event at the start, even though he gave all the signals to her XD

i knew Tamaki was the clock tower girl ghost :P

Hanin senpai as a pumpkin wolf!!

lol why did Haruhi had to cut the rope towards Haikaru instead of cutting it by the sides XD

i feel sorry for Tamaki!!

i do wonder if Hikaru did take the next step and ask Haruhi out, what would Kaoru feel? same with Tamaki-san.

still it's pretty too early for it, but Hikaru sure is getting close to Haruhi every new episode that comes out ^^

still Haruhi X Tamaki all the way!

can't wait for the next episode!!
Mar 29, 2014 4:04 PM

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Ouch...

Kaoru was extremely cynical this episode...
Did he admitted at the end having feeling for Haruhi?

So the way he see, Tamaki keep treating Haruhi as a daughter so their group doesn't collapse. That's probably the truth, we already know that Tamaki and Hikaru have feeling for her, but Kaoru and even Kyouya could also have feelings for her.

Belzenef! The true mastermind behind the Halloween :O
«Time is passing so quickly. Right now, I feel like complaining to Einstein. Whether time is slow or fast depends on perception. Relativity theory is so romantic. And so sad.»
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May 4, 2014 3:15 PM

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awww poor kaoru!!
Jun 12, 2014 5:42 PM

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Pretty nice halloween themed episode, that ending was interesting!
Sep 24, 2014 1:54 PM
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Hikaru x Haruhi <3
Nov 4, 2014 5:56 PM

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Tsunami said:
Oh .. it looks like Kaoru is starting to worry about losing Hikaru.
Yeah...and that ironically makes me wanna ship him with Haruhi. I mean, I might be okay with Hikaru in a while with the way he's developing, but I'm good with Kaoru now.

In case anyone wonders, AFAIC Tamaki blew it permanently back in the beach ep. Made me wanna punch him out. In fact, may write that sometime. :P

Kyōya would make an amazing vampire if he acted the part. X3 And +1 to the comment about Mori as the Frankenstein monster, bahahaha!
"Ō-sama...kindly shut up. I wouldn't normally do this, but we are working with them whether you like it or not, because otherwise our chances of success approach zero." - Stern the Destructor (maybe not a direct translation, but it gets the point across)
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Nov 5, 2014 1:01 PM

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Is it me, or is there something between Haruhi and twins???
I'm starting to like this anime even more ^^
Dec 3, 2014 1:22 AM

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Loved this episode!

Nekozawa is the fucking MVP!

Seeing Mori and Honey dressed up scaring the shit out of Soga was fucking hilarious.

What was Kaoru musing about? I was confused about the carriage in his imagination what it was supposed to symbolize.

4.5/5 would have been 5/5 if bitchy Renge didn't make an appearance.
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Mar 17, 2015 9:07 AM
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Really good episode!!
Soga was priceless xD
Mar 29, 2015 2:15 AM

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Nekozawa tricked them all, lol.

Kaoru's speech is very deep. He's so sweet. He's letting Hikaru and Haruhi to bond more time together.

LOL @ Tamaki with his Sadako outfit. He cried when he saw Haruhi and Hikaru together in a trap.
May 4, 2015 12:19 AM

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I don't even know who to ship Haruhi with anymore T_T

I love the twins so much. However, even though I love Todd Haberkorn's voice, I prefer Kaoru's character. He's so much nicer.

Honey as a pumpkin was funny
Aug 1, 2015 11:29 PM
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4/5 since i never really like when renge shows up. i think it's sad to look at the future, especially when you know things are going to change, and it really hit me deep when they incorporated that with kaoru's internal dialogue. overall, the episode was very excellent.
Jun 6, 2016 12:16 PM

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Haunted houses aren't scary, these guys are pussies.

4/5
Apr 6, 2017 5:32 AM

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I love Kaoru and Nekozawa so much in this episode lol








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Jul 20, 2017 2:20 AM
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I'm so sorry for how long this review is T.T I first watched this anime when I was in sixth or seventh grade, and absolutely loved it. Its just one of those shows I could keep rewatching and never grow tired of it! However, I'm really fond of this episode and it's most likely my favorite.
I really enjoyed this episode, not only because of the Halloween theme, but Kaoru's metaphorical pumpkin theory. It goes back to the notable fairytale "Cinderella" where a fairy godmother would place a spell on poor Cinderella and make her happy... or at least till midnight. Cinderella would escape her wretched reality where she would become "the bell of the ball." She would have that beautiful gown that makes her drop dead gorgeous, a pumpkin that would turn into an extravagant carriage, and so on. She doesn't want that to change, but it's inevitable since godmother only put the spell to midnight.
If we look in the episode, we see the host club members inside this carriage being driven by Tamaki. Of course Tamaki is driving the carriage since he is the lead "father" character looking after and wanting to protect his family. I think though in the anime(please correct me if I'm wrong), Kaoru states that there isn't a godmother. I kinda viewed Tamaki as a godmother, because he was the one in the first place to have gathered up the host club members and had an impact in each of their lives, such as "opening the twin's world," or allowing Honey-senpai to be himself. He set up this spell (them being a host club, but also this family setting). I liked this family setting that Tamaki bestowed onto the host club. *SPOILER: Tamaki's real family life isn't a great one and he seemed lonely growing up (seen later in the series.)* He sees the host club as his ideal family where he can seek refuge in and he is accepted by them. Everyone is happy in the host club, but of course, the "Ouran Highschool Host Club" isn't going to last forever. Kaoru becomes worried about this and I feel that he doesn't want this spell to be broken. He doesn't want change to occur, especially since Tamaki helped the twins open their world and now they have friends. There are several ways for this spell to broken (like someone outside the family interfering or changing/realization of feelings). One way for this family to be broken is that if Tamaki and/or Hikaru realize their feelings for Haruhi, which would then mess up the family balance. There's also the fact that they all will graduate high school and continue forward with their lives(most likely way for this spell to be broken.) Kaoru's personal worry is acknowledged where he and Hikaru will eventually take their own step, basically symbolizing becoming more separate individuals. Yes, all of this change is inevitable and I believe Kaoru is the first to see this. We can see a fear of Kaoru where he even responds (to Hikaru going on his own) that he'll be unsure what he would do. (anyways, sorry this Is so long but I really love this episode so hope u enjoyed this)
Mar 28, 2019 7:18 PM
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i would ship those 2 and would be graetly there for kaoru


Dec 31, 2020 1:50 PM
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i just want the twins and Haruihi to be in a throuple ;-;
Feb 18, 2021 9:45 PM
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The twins are growing up.
May 1, 2021 3:31 PM

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Poor Hikaru, having to bear with... such close proximity. Kaoru's introspection was neat, although his metaphor could use some more broad strokes. A-1 Steak Sauce Chairman seemed too normal to be one of these damn rich people.
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Wow, what are the chances that I get to this episode right around Halloween lmao. It honestly made my experience better.

Honey senpai's "wolf" was pretty adorable lmao




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Nov 28, 2021 7:08 PM
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the halloween special was really spooky i say.

Nov 8, 2022 12:04 AM

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I liked it. Really fine hallowen event.
Jun 17, 2023 6:24 PM

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Man Kaoru was feeling sad at the end there, he knows something’s up with Hikaru but the latter doesn’t know that he has feelings with Haruhi. Liked his introspection in the vast majority of this episode, it’s easy to overlook that this is a halloween episode and yes of course Nekozawa and Belzenef are in their element. 
I wouldn’t think I’d get development in this fun episode but my god we did.

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