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Differences I noticed between the ouran manga and anime* (or,  DINBTOMAA) Episode 1:

  1. In the manga, Tamaki finds out Haruhi is a woman by finding her*3. middle school ID card, while in the anime he walks in on her changing.
  2. ITM*4., They play the "which one is Hikaru" game, despite this not appearing until episode 5 in the show.
  3. Haruhi never puts on the female uniform ITM.
  4. The light bulbs are not ITM.
  5. ITA there is much more focus on the vase Haruhi breaks.
  6. "Long live the poor!" (Tamaki doesn't say this in my copy of the manga)
  7. ITM they have coffee and ramen, ITA the ramen is skipped.
  8. The twins' hair is much flatter ITM.
  9. ITM Kyoya references his family's "influence" but ITA he mentions his family's "police force"
  10. ITA Tamaki mentions the pinky glass thing while on his rant while Haruhi thinks of the word "obnoxious" while ITM he does it before.
  11. ITM Honey was happy to eat his cake while all the others performed tasks to transform Haruhi.
  12. ITM Haruhi is harassed more (she gets a cut from a sharp object placed in a book)
  13. ITM Haruhi isn't accused of attacking Princess whatsherface and doesn't fall on top of her. (13.5 the tea only hits Princess and not her ITM)

-1. I probably missed stuff. I'm just a girl*2. :P
-2. I'm not a girl (Like Haruhi)
-3. I'll be referring to Haruhi with she/her pronouns since that is what she uses in the show/manga. I think that, realistically, if this series was more modern, Haruhi would use they/them pronouns or something of that nature.
-4. I'll use ITM to mean "in the manga" and ITA for "in the anime"