As seen in the shows nineteenth episode, it’s not much of a surprise to see it in Haruhis homestead (well, her parents) – it’s the commoners storage solution, after all!

I’d rather forgot how variable the quality of Ouran becomes once you get into the series – it’s like you get a half-dozen episodes into it and the show starts to get a little too hung up on being clever, and half the time it comes across more as overdone and grating than it does amusing.

That said, the nineteenth episode in which the mikan box was spotted – the second episode featuring the girls from Lobelia Girls Academy – was actually one of the more entertaining episodes of the series. It’s also one of those episodes which forgoes any real attempt at being intelligent in exchange for perfectly timed comedic nonsense. Go figure.