If your favorite host club character is Hikaru, what are your feelings on Kaoru?
Are you asking me to simply tell everyone how I rank Kaoru? Or are you allowing me to RANT about Kaoru? Cause I’ll do both actually
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Kaoru is such a complex character, much more so than Hikaru, so he is definitely a close second favorite host for me, (Third favorite being Kyoya). Kaoru absorbed more trauma as a child than his brother did. While Hikaru is hotheaded and described as the more angry and tempered one, he has less of an identity crisis than Kaoru does and I guess that’s what makes Kaoru special to me. He’s the one more intoned with his emotions but he’s more afraid of being left alone. And he’s afraid of things changing. Hikaru is actually way more “fine” being away from Kaoru than vise-verse, and I definitely think Kaoru holds him back (especially as they get older).
Any time Hikaru needs to get to Kaoru (for an example: when he’s caught in a net with Haruhi on Halloween) he’s more afraid of Kaoru being alone without him, than the other way around. Kaoru is honestly fine by himself, but Hikaru is worried about him being alone, most likely from his own thoughts. Hikaru knows Kaoru is afraid of change, and growth and being left behind. I honestly think Hikaru is afraid of him feeling that way and wants to protect him from himself as best/long as possible.
Hikaru is dense though, so he doesn’t know he is unintentionally hurting Kaoru by feeding into their antics for so long.
HOWEVER, Kaoru knows Hikaru is holding himself back for him, that’s obvious. That’s why he is always pushing him to do things and separate from him, and that’s SO SAD.
They were both no doubt hurt by their childhood and it affected them differently. That’s why they’re so awesome. And I always find it hard to pick which one is my favorite character.
But yes, I definitely love Kaoru. I just want to date Hikaru so I guess that’s why he’s my favorite I dunno
