Love Hina

ラブひな

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Synopsis

It is said that if a couple gets into the University of Tokyo together, they will live happily ever after. However, for Keitarou Urashima, UTokyo is a distant dream. After failing the entrance exams twice already, he decides to stay at his grandmother's inn in Tokyo in order to prepare for his third attempt. He is, therefore, surprised when he finds out that not only has his grandmother gone on a long vacation, but the inn has also become the Hinata House, an all-girls dormitory! Unfortunately for Keitarou, a series of misunderstandings during his first visit leave him with five untrusting tenants. But when Haruka Urashima, his aunt who works at the dorm, brings up that he is supposedly a UTokyo student, the girls' impressions of him quickly change, and they reluctantly allow him to stay. Feeling guilty about the lie, he slowly gets to know his new neighbors: the cute yet violent Naru Narusegawa, the cheeky and opportunistic Mitsune Konno, the soft-spoken Shinobu Maehara, the straight-laced Motoko Aoyama, and the mischievous Kaolla Su. Thus continues the unpopular Keitarou's difficult journey to get into UTokyo, all for the chance to fulfill his childhood promise to the only girl who has ever shown any interest in him and maybe, just maybe, meet her again. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Publication notes

Love Hina won the 25th Kodansha Manga Award in the Shounen category in 2001. The series was published in English by Tokyopop from May 21, 2002, to September 16, 2003. Kodansha USA republished the series in 3-in-1 omnibus volumes from October 25, 2011, to March 26, 2013. It was also released in Brazilian Portuguese by Editora JBC in 28 volumes from May 2002 to August 2003.

Published

Oct 21, 1998 to Oct 31, 2001

Authors

Akamatsu, Ken

External links

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Main characters

Naru Narusegawa673 fan favorites
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Birth Date: March 25, 1981 Age: 17 Height: 168 cm (5' 6") Naru Narusegawa is a 17-year-old student and resident of the Hinata Inn that can be described as "one fuse short of a cannon" because of her extremely fiery temper and tendency to be very physical, mainly with Keitaro whenever she feels he's acting perverted. Of all the girls in the Hinata House, she is victimized the most by Keitaro's clumsiness which often results in her being naked, exposed in some fashion, or lying in very suggestive positions. Throughout most of high school she studied hard and became Tops in the nation on the college practice exams in order to get into Tokyo University. Because of her intense study regiment she became majorly short-sighted and has to wear thick "coke-bottle glasses" when not wearing her contacts. (Source: Wikipedia)
Keitarou Urashima424 fan favorites
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Birth Date: January 5, 1979 Age: 20 Height: 171 cm (5' 7") Keitarō Urashima is a 20-year-old cram-school student(171cm) who is desperately trying to get into Tokyo University in order to fulfill a childhood promise he made to a girl 15 years ago. This proves to be very difficult since he has terrible luck, bad studying habits, and can't grasp the material as well as others leading him to fail the exam three times making him a third-year ronin. His grandmother later grants him ownership of the Hinata Inn, a girl's dorimatory. His clumsiness lands him into deep trouble with the girls at the Hinata Inn as he is prone to accidentally seeing them naked or tripping and touching them inappropriately. Despite his flaws, he is well-meaning, friendly, and very determined, traits which eventually wins all of the girls' hearts.
Motoko Aoyama348 fan favorites
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Birthday: 01 December,1983. Age: 15 Height: 175cm (5' 9") Motoko Aoyama is a 15-year-old high school girl who is very formal and into kendo, to the point that her room resembles that of a samurai's (complete with a suit of armor). She claims lineage to a school of demonslaying swordsmen and also displays a prodigious competence with her katana. She can often wreak great damage to boulders or other objects using nothing more than her wooden practice sword. Motoko is very terrified of her sister, Tsuruko, whose skill far exceeds her own, and has a phobia of turtles that is left unexplained for the majority of the series. She disapproves of Keitaro early on, on the basis of him being a letch and a weakling, but later develops a grudging respect and eventually a hidden affection for him (much to her chagrin). She is at first uncomfortable with her femininity, partially because her sister left her sword for a husband, partially because of her height: she is the tallest person in the house, 3 cm taller than Keitaro(171cm). She later becomes more open due to Keitaro's influence. Whatever her feelings for Keitaro happen to be at a given time, she still frequently threatens or attacks him with her sword. (Source: Wikipedia)
Shinobu Maehara241 fan favorites
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Birthday: November 15th Age: 12 (Chapter 1), 13 (Chapter 2), 14 (Chapter 46), 15 (Chapter 89), 19 (Chapter 123) Height: 152 cm (5' 0") Zodiac Sign: Scorpio Blood Type: O Shinobu Maehara is an extremely shy young girl, though she does develop more confidence as the story progresses. She is aged 12 at the start of the story, and has short black hair, with one strand of hair subtly sticking out. In the Anime she first appears in episode 1. She is later introduced in episode 2 where we learn that her parents are divorcing and she is expected to leave town with one of them, but she prefers to become a resident at the Hinata apartments. In the manga she is already a resident at the apartments when Keitaro arrives there. She is in seventh grade at school, but because of her shyness she does not know her fellow pupils well. In the anime even on the eve of her intended departure she hadn't told them she was leaving. Yet later on she will gain more friends from her class as seen in episode two. She has incredible culinary skills, possibly learned from her mother who had run a restaurant, or possibly she is just naturally adept. She consistently downplays her ability, but is pleased when her cooking is praised by the Hinata residents - especially when Keitaro says "My life would sure be a lot nicer if I could look forward to eating great food like this every day". She has a tendency to sometimes put clothes that were supposed to be washed in the pot, and food ingredients in the washing machine (called "wash curry"), although she has only been shown doing this twice. She develops a crush on Keitaro when he helps her with her studies, but feels betrayed by him when she learns he has misled her about being a Tokyo University student. Amends are made when Keitaro discovers her birthday is coming up, and the residents hold a surprise party. Her birthday is on November 15th. Shinobu was apparently designed not to be cute, but that failed and her incredible non-cuteness instead made her cute in her own way. She handles alcohol very badly, she once accidentally drank Keitaro's white wine and instantly got drunk on merely half a glass.
Kaolla Su172 fan favorites
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Birthday: 11 January,1984 A Polynesian immigrant and an eighth grade foreign exchange student who boards at the Hinata-Sou of Hinata Hot Springs. She is a very energetic and innovative youth that is always doing something mischievous and can manufacture the most amazing things at a whim. She has a love for turtles, a warlording sensibility, and is the Hinata resident inventor. Let's not mention her room, it's a jungle in there!! She can be found with Tama, her turtle companion (or trying to eat her!) and/or singing beneath a red moon.
Mitsune Konno91 fan favorites
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Birthday: 31 August,1979. Mitsune Konno, mostly called by her nickname "Kitsune" (which means "fox" in Japanese), is a scheming 19-year-old freelance writer (and is conspicuous in her lack of writing). A model example of a parasite single, Kitsune lives to enjoy the easy life, and frequently scams others by any means possible. She is frequently drunk, and bottles can be found hidden all over her room. Her greatest joy seems to be teasing Keitaro, even though she clearly cares for him. She is a school friend of Naru and tries her best (or worst) to make Keitaro and Naru get married. In order to maintain her finances, she often bets on horse races. In the anime, Kitsune speaks with an Osaka accent, which seems to imply a connection between her sly, money-minded personality and a common stereotype about people who hail from that region. (Source: Wikipedia)