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If you’ve been on anime TikTok recently, you might have scrolled through some users who are recreating outfits from their favorite shojo anime and manga heroines from the 2000s. Shojo refers to the genre that typically targets adolescent girls and young adult women with its common tropes and narrative themes of romance, cute aesthetics, school life and coming-of-age challenges. One outfit and character in particular is making the rounds in this trend: a casual weekend look from main character Haruhi Fujioka in Ouran High School Host Club .

In episode 10, titled “A Day in the Life of the Fujioka Family,” Haruhi’s fellow clubmates visit her suburban home. She wears gray pants, a plain white T-shirt and a pink flowy dress layered on top. Since most shojo stories take place in a high school setting to be relatable to their young demographic, it’s a special “Cinderella-like” moment as the heroine steps out of her confining school uniform and into a more expressive and colorful outfit for an episode-long date, weekend or beach special.



It’s a chance for the audience to get a more casual and intimate look at the heroine outside of her personality as a student. Various creators on TikTok have been replicating this look and putting their own spin on the dresses-over-pants concept, layering dresses and lace tops with jeans. Fashion in Pop Culture As Ouran High School Host Club came out in 2006, Haruhi’s style appropriately matches the era.

It’s very common for shojo.

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