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Plot Synopsis

Keitaro and his childhood sweetheart make a promise to be accepted at and to meet each other at the prestigous Toudai University before she moved out of his life.

10 years later, Keitaro has become an artist and a daydreamer, having ranked 27th from the last in the national practice exam. He was moving to Tokyo to keep pursuing his promised, and live with his grandmother who owns a hotel, that turns out to be all girls dormitory named Hinata House.

When his grandmother leaves the all-girls dormitory, he becomes the residential manager and soon meets up with two Todai applicants who may have been that sweetheart, since he's forgotten her name.

Then there the other tenants like young Shinobu who was in despair until Keitaro helped her, Motoko the swordsmaster who sees men as evil distractions, Su Kaoru the genius child inventor and the sneaky Kitsune.

This story follows the daily life of the Hinata House s well as Keitaro's attempt to once again enter Tokyo University.

Synopsis by niomea.

Story & Characters

Urushima Keitaro made a promise with a childhood friend to make it into Tokyo University together. The childhood friend was apparently the only female friend he ever had as a child making the promise extra special to him. He has just been kicked out of his home for failing to pass the Tokyo University enterance exam fot the second time. With no where to go he turns to his last hope, the only family member whom he knows will help him, his grandmother, Urashima Hinata. He journeys all the way to the township of Hinata intending on asking his grandmother to let him stay at her inn since he has no money to rent a place for himself in the city. Upon reaching the inn, he goes to the hot springs. But then a girl climbs in with him... Needless to say, chaos ensues. Keitaro finds out that the inn has been turned into a girls' dormitory. Hopes dashed, Keitaro goes about finding someplace else to stay until his aunt, Urashima Haruka announces that Keitaro has been made owner and landlord of the Hinata Girls Dormitory by his grandmother. So begins Keitaro's days of being surrounded and abused by the 5 beautiful girls staying at the dormitory; Narusegawa Naru, Maehara Shinobu, Aoyama Motoko, Kaolla Suu and Konno Mitsune.

Rating

8 (good)

Art

The art for this anime is great. The characters all look unique and each have thier own styles. The art really fits the character's personalities too. With Naru being the main love interest and Motoko being the aloof beauty for example. As for the action of the characters, everything is smootly done and captures the sprit of the moment. For example, the comedic moments when Keitaro get punched for peeping on the girls bathing yet again. The backgrounds are also beautifully drawn and colored. Especially the scenery of the locations in the anime. The sfx are good. Nothing special here that you won't see anywhere else.

Rating

7 (above average)

Sound

All of the voices for the characters suit them perfectly. Shinobu sounds like the innocent schoolgirl that shi is supposed to be while Kaolla has the voice that accurately reflects her high-stung, hyperactive personality. The dubbed version of the anime is whats stopping me from giving this a 10. The voices in the dubbed version are completely wrong and totally ruin the whole experience of watching this anime. On a lighter note, the background music and Original Sound Track of this anime is one of the best ones out there. The background music always matches the situation in the anime and its timing is impeccable. The songs are also great and all have a nice tune to them.

Rating

9 (very good)

Presentation

The originality of this anime is good. With a unique storyline and lots and lots of humor invovled. Though most of the humor comes at the expense of Keitaro. The girls always find new ways to send him into next week. The antics of the different residents of Hinata Dormitory are not to ignored either and will make you laugh out loud. From Mitsune's drunken antics to Kaolla's inventions. All these give Love Hina a certain charm to it. All of the characters are unique, from their looks to thier personalites, you will definitely learn to love all of them in thier own way. Every day is different at Hinata Dormitory, from parties to studying for exams, the characters still manage to make all this interesting. It is also especially funny to watch Keitaro's slipups as he gets caught time and time again peeking in the girls' outdoor bath. You will also find humor in all of Mitsune's crazy moneymaking schemes which she manages to drag the other residents of Hinato Dormitory into, all of which seem to fail spactacularly in some way or other. At the end of every episode, Love Hina will definitely leave you wanting more as you keep wondering what is going to happen the next day at Hinata Dormitory.

Rating

8 (good)

Final Verdict

8.00 (good)

Reviewed by Shukufuku, 2y 47wk ago