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Summary: Ugh! Summary & Review.
Review: Keitaro is a Ronin, someone who has failed the entrance exams to Tokyo University. Keitaro considers himself a loser. All of the photographs he's ever taken in a photo booth are of him alone. There was only one girl who ever liked him, and that was when he was a child. She told him that when two people loved each other, they went to Tokyo U together. For this reason, it is Keitaro's dream to get into Tokyo U, where he will hopefully reunite with his dream girl. But Keitaro is a hopeless student. He failed the Tokyo U exams twice, and his family is very upset with him. Keitaro leaves his home, declaring that he won't come back until he's made it into Tokyo U. Unfortunately, after doing badly in the exam again, he finds that he has no money. Keitaro journeys to the hotel his Grandmother owns, where he hopes to stay and be fed until he finally makes it into Tokyo U. Keitaro finds the hotel empty, so he makes himself comfortable, going into a hot tub naked to relax. A girl gets in and is very friendly until suddenly she realizes that she is nude in a hot tub with a man. She screams, and other girls appear. It turns out that Keitaro's grandmother wanted to take time off and go on a world tour. She changed her hotel into a girl's dorm. There are numerous misunderstandings, resulting in Keitaro scaring and making various girls cry. But they believe that he is a Tokyo U student and therefore welcome him graciously. Then Keitaro's grandmother, upon having found out that Keitaro was in the former hotel, named him landlord of the dorm. Although he is quite awkward and unattractive, Keitaro ends up making most of the girls fall in love with him despite their troubled pasts and his reputation at the dorm as a pervert and a liar. This was arguably the worst thing I have ever read. It didn't really have much of a plot, the most oft-used words being "naked," "panties," "boobs," and "pervert." It's also kind of painful to read-one gets frustrated with Keitaro's absolute awkwardness and lack of luck. The humor is juvenile and all sexual references are immature and have nothing to do with love or sensuality at all. Not only that, but the book is, well, backwards. It opens to the right, and one has to read from right to left-the bubbles on the right are meant to be read before the ones on the left, which gets a bit confusing and is initially hard to adjust to. Some may think this is cute, as it was translated from Japanese, but if they're going to translate something they ought to take on the correct format as well. I would not recommend this to anyone.
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Summary: Get ready for the manga experiance of your life!
Review: Keitaro Urashima has been a Ronin (someone who has failed his university exams) for two years. Looking at his life he relizes he has nothing. He has no job, little intelligence, no athletic abilities, and no girlfriend, ever. His only memory he still holds close is a promise he made 15 years prior, that he and young girl would go to Tokyo University together and fall in love.
When Keitaro thinks he can't sink any lower he scores a manager job at his Grandma's dorm for girls, Hinata House. Then the antics of Love Hina begin.
Love Hina's story is truely extrordinary. The comedy-romance combo is delivered perfectly. Never does the comedy outway the romance and make it too silly or does the romance get too drawn out. This is great. But where the heart of Love Hina lies is in the lovable characters. Their development throughout the series creates a depth that isn't commonly found. You'll be quickly choosing your favorite character and hoping the best for their progression in the story or be terribly upset when a possibly great momment turns sour.
Love Hina is the deepest most involving story in manga. If you can read a manga without needing thousands of magic spells or exploding mechs, your sure to love it. And trust me, buying the first volume will secure your buying the rest of the series.
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Summary: The beginning of a much-loved manga series
Review: Love Hina centers around the hapless Keitaro, who is trying to get into Tokyo University to reunite with his childhood sweetheart. There's only one problem - he's a ronin (a student who didn't get into college), and hence not much on the academic front. In desperation, he goes to throw himself on his grandmother's mercy and stay at her hotel. But when the "hotel" turns out to be a girls' dorm, and Keitaro becomes the landlord, things start to get interesting... A very funny and sweet romantic comedy, in the vein of Maison Ikkoku or Oh My Goddess (sans supernatural events). Keitaro is a lovable dweeb, and the residents of Hinata House are all beautiful and feisty, and have no qualms about giving poor Keitaro a very hard time. I haven't yet seen the anime series yet (though I'm betting it will be good), but I can certainly vouch for the manga series' quality.
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Summary: Stupid humor and no plot
Review: Love Hina has no plot/storyline and lame humor. If you are looking for a real manga with a storyline, I suggest something like Ceres: Celestial Legend or Vampire Princess Miyu. Trust me, you don't want to waste your time or money on a booko like this!
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Summary: Great Manga, Definetly a must read
Review: Love Hina is definetely a great manga for everyone. It follows the antics of 19 year old ronin (student who fails his college exams) as caretaker of a womans dorm. I own both the Tokyopop version and the existing Kodansha bilinguals, but I think that the Tokyopop version is a bit more of an ejoyable read than the bilingual. For one, the Japanese cultural references are made easier for a Western reader to comprehend, and the dialogue comes across as being much more fluid. However, the bilinguals tend to translate some things that the tokyopop version skips, like sound effects and dramatic asides from characters. If you're looking for an exact translation at the expense of the plot, stick with the bilinguals. But the bilinguals are much shorter than the Tokopop version, so really, #6,7,8 of the bilinguals are just #4-5 on the tokyopop, so don't think you can buy the bilingual to get a jump on Tokyopops stupid release schedule. (One book a month!? don't they know how long that is to wait??) I haven't seen the anime yet, but I hear it compresses a lot of the plot and downplays the character depth, which is by far the best part of the series. No matter who you are, you'll love the eccentric cast of characters and the way the interact with each other. I've read some of the as yet un-published manga online, and it just keeps getting better (and weirder.) Hope this review helped you a lot. All that said, this is the coolest manga ever, and is a great buy for anyone who likes manga or just Japanese culture in general.
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Summary: Another Great Series!
Review: Love Hina, another one of those series where a guy has trouble with girls! ^_^ This one in particular has Keitaro appearing at all the wrong times. I have read this series online and finished it, also read it in Korean with my cousin's Korean versions and it's great! I'm glad they published it in English so I can have a set of my own! Love Hina is a romantic/comedy in which Keitaro is studying for a chance to go to Tokyo University to find his first love. (problem is, Keitaro isn't at all that bright, he failed the entrance exam already twice!) But trouble's ahead when he has to stay at his grandma's inn, Hinatasou. Oh, but little did Keitaro know that it turned into an all girls dormitory! When he arrived in Hinatasou, things just got worse and worse... I really recommend it to everyone who can stand a bit of nudity and likes comedies!
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Summary: Stunning Series, a Masterpiece
Review: Manga in Asia is treated as novels are treated in North America. Its readers are either light treaders who want to pass the time, occasional treaders, loving fans, or seriously anaylying scholars. I fall in that final category, having read manga series since I was a child. And Love Hina struck me deep. I'm not the only one. It took Japan by storm, had sensational critic acclaims in Korea, and sparked interest in China. And now, America witnesses this cornerstone in manga history. Written and drawn by a man whose talent hadn't really been realized yet, Love Hina grew to be a popular animation and manga. Of course, it is one of those fabled series that started off really just as an oppurtunity thing, but the publishers are glad that they gave our friend Ken a chance. Love Hina portrays the life of Keitaro, who lives with five girls in a girls' dorm that he manages. As he struggles to get into Tokyo University, he also has to figure out just how to get along with his unlikey lodgers. Love Hina falls into the popular genre of romance comedies. This genre has many mangas styled after it, but many fail because of loss of stylistic mechanics or linear storylines. However, like Ah My Goddess, Love Hina presents a unique drawing mechanic, plot twists and turns, as well as staying true to the genre with humour, fan service and character development. It succeeds all those requirements naturally required by this genre. Moreever, this series is enhoyable by a wide range of readers. Boys will appeal to the fan service, and live the experience of the main character as they read along. Girls can relate to their five lovely companions and see how they deal with and get to know Keitaro. All in all, it is a wonderful series. Although the translation isn't perfect, or even near perfect, like the Korean translations, Tokyopop has done the best job possible. PS My final statement is that Love Hina is suitable for everyone. Just because it is rated 13+ doesn't mean that your personal judgment and wishes are impaired. After you've read my review, I'm sure you want to read it. :) If little girls in Kyoto or Osaka can enjoy it, don't be intimidated by the rating. I can guarantee you won't be disappointed
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Summary: Why should you get the manga?
Review: Most of the reviews have already given you a run down of the plot. Many of you either do not have the manga or want to get it but already have the anime series and movies, so why double up? That was my worry, so I asked around. Sure, I have the Tenchi Muyo anime and manga, but the manga starts after the anime. And sure I have the Oh My Goddess anime. movies and manga, but the manga has a lot more detail. But if the Love Hina manga and anime are the same I didn't want to waste my time. And money.
Everybody I asked said the manga was better, the manga was better, the anime was great but the manga was better. So I got the first three volumes.
The story in the manga goes fast, really fast. All the main characters are already at the dorm, even Shinobu, and the plot gets started in the very first few pages. There is lots of humor, fanservice, poor Keitaro getting abused and great artwork, so the rating of ages 16 and older is a good rule.
Unless the standards of the manga go down I will most likely end up trying to collect them all.
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Summary: Just one look and it looks pretty idiotic...
Review: Same, same old formula in almost 90% of all manga ever made in Japan: a nerdy student finds himself surrounded by a whole bunch of young bimbos trying to play teen pregnancy roulette with him. Also, lots of monkeyish slapstick and rather unfunny physical abuse (usually dished out on the poor innocent kid by those psycho females hotly accusing him of sexual harassment) thrown in to pad it up. Nothing new. Guess it's just a "self-serving" guy thing. (Shrug) Nice art, though.
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Summary: Love Hina- romance, comedy, and a bit of ecchi for the guys
Review: There are two ways to look at the main character (Keitaro Urashima) of this series and his situation:
1. This is a pretty dumb [guy]. He's failed the entrance exam for Toudai (Tokyo U, the most difficult school in Japan) twice already, going for the third. He's unemployed and is about to be kicked out of his house by his parents. Suddenly, he gets the opportunity to stay in Hinatasou, an all-girls dorm. With 5 cute girls and a hot springs on-site, he is the luckiest guy ever!
2. "Is he dead?"
"Don't think so"
Keitaro is beaten senseless. Almost everyday. Specialties? Naru Punch and Motoko's Zangen Ken and Raimeken. Poor guy is just unlucky with girls, thats all. Everytime he trips (happens a lot by the way), he ends up grabbing or falling on someone, then BAM, its off to the stars for Kei-kun. Just looking at those two, you can see the makings of a great series. Shoujo, ecchi and mystical swordswomen (check out Motoko's Shinmeiryuu Ougi- Zan Ma Ken Ni no Tachi), the only thing this series doesnt have is mecha. And that's no big loss, let me tell you. Be sure to watch the anime series as well (25 episodes, spring and winter specials, plus the 3 episode OVA Love Hina Again). Its great fun and has quite a few catchy songs thrown in.
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