The failing Newspaper Club has become a gossip rap and needs a legitimate article to prevent dissolution. Editor-in-Chief, Akira Komatsuzawa, is especially interested in finding something with which to Blackmail Tamaki because he believes Tamaki is using his family's power to control the popular students and he wants to exploit that information for his own benefit. Hard as they try as they observe the Host Club playing outdoor children's games, they are unable to "scoop" evidence about Tamaki's non-existent dark side. Akira decides to fabricate gossip, but is thwarted by the Host Club. When Haruhi inquires about Tamaki's parents, she learns that Tamaki's father is the Chairman of Ouran Academy, the benefactor of her scholarship.