NDK 2010: The NDK Host Club!

[Isheian]

Here is a valid question: How do y'all think the Host Club would be funded?

[Katie]

Ususally when people want to run panels/games/other things the people who run the them fund everything themselves. I spent a pretty penny this past year to put on the cosplay chess.

[rini]

i'm going to open a hueg kettle of worms here, greg, so be forewarned.

host clubs are very popular at other conventions. they frequently are put in panel rooms, and are like the goth-loli tea parties. no money is charged, and snacks are donated by the ppl who run the host club. in fact, i've never heard of a host club charging anything at any convention i've been to. that way, it avoids all the legal, sticky issues that surrounds food sales.

HOWEVER

if something like this were go to through, i would suggest a counter-panel on what host clubs actually _are_ in japan. while i realise that host clubs and maids and the like are very much a part of anime culture now, the way they're portrayed, like in ouran, isn't what the reality is. all the kids see are funny stories, and girls in pretty maid costumes, or pretty boys in tuxes, being charming and funny. the reality couldn't be more shockingly different. i think the kids should be educated on the topic, and might look at that segment of japanese culture a lot differently.

[Teca]

if something like this were go to through, i would suggest a counter-panel on what host clubs actually _are_ in japan. while i realise that host clubs and maids and the like are very much a part of anime culture now, the way they're portrayed, like in ouran, isn't what the reality is. all the kids see are funny stories, and girls in pretty maid costumes, or pretty boys in tuxes, being charming and funny. the reality couldn't be more shockingly different. i think the kids should be educated on the topic, and might look at that segment of japanese culture a lot differently.

There was a panel at NDK like that this year, I ran it in fact. And you are very right that Ouran is not really accurate to what host clubs are like. Ouran is to actual host clubs as Pretty Woman is to prostitution.

[rini]

There was a panel at NDK like that this year, I ran it in fact. And you are very right that Ouran is not really accurate to what host clubs are like. Ouran is to actual host clubs as Pretty Woman is to prostitution.

heh. true, very true, which was my point. you said it much better than i could have. thank you.

[Isheian]

Sorry im working on a well written reply but work keeps sending me to the other side of the continent.

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