Love Hina

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I love this manga. It was my first read and is still at the top of my list. The artwork lent itself well to anime translation and the writing is outstanding. I really found myself wanting to learn more and more about each of the characters all the way down to the bit-players.

Despite the violence inherent in their relationship, you can see very early on just how much Keitaro and Naru care for one another. Oh, come on...don't tell me you couldn't tell just looking at the covers! I could tell you the end and it'd still be worth reading. Don't worry, I won't...just sayin'.

I ... love Akamatsu-san's attention to detail. He really takes the time to delve deeper into the supporting characters. Everyone gets a chance to tell their story and give you a glimpse into who they really are.

Loser or not, you gotta love Keitaro. Lady luck just had it in for him from day one it seems...he just can't get a break! Despite all that, he's a decent guy with strong morals and the biggest heart. Of all his shortcomings, he still comes through when it really counts and that's what matters.

I think what gets me is just how well Akamatsu-san conveys the emotions of the characters. Although first impressions give a good deal of information about each of them, they all grow and change over the course of the series and in the end...well, you'll just have to read it to find out.

I know plenty of people who would laugh at a nearly-30 straight male reading something like that, but I don't care. It's a great story, funny as hell, and it really connected with me. I even shed a few tears when...LOL...don't worry. I know better. Just read it, ok?

"NARU PUNCH!"

When I think of Love Hina, I think of, "repetitive", but in a somewhat good way.

I read Love Hina about 2 years ago. Main reason why I read it because many people say Love Hina is a "Classic", "Great", "Wonderful","fantastic" harem manga series; plus I wanted to read something fun. I read it and..."Meh". Its not bad, but its no where near good.

Story:
Basic plot:
Two kids, in love, promise each other they will both go to Tokyo U, get married and live happily ever after. Simple right?

Here's my problem: Why make a BIG deal like that? I mean, both of them are kids, and most likely ... they're appearance will change over time, so even if they both get in Tokyo U, they need to look for each other. Plus making a deal to get married, as kids, like that sounds a bit...Dumb. Like Twilight level dumb. Egh, whatever, its a manga. :P

Even though that plot device sounds a bit lazy, but it does keep the story going. As well the story does try to throw a curveball, keeping you guessing who the main character lover might be, but that little twist comes off a little weak, and you probably know who the true lover might be. As well the plot has this repetitive device in it. About everytime something big happens to the characters, they all start running away. Few time in the series are understandable, but later on, it feel like the creator has no idea how to deal with his characters situation. That, or get one character to point A to point B. Plus the series humor is pretty weak too. I did luagh at some joke here and there. But thats kinda rare.

Even with all these complaints I'm giving, its not all bad. Oddly enough, the story has well pacing for its characters development, as well calm moments. There's not whole lot of character development (Well, just a few do), but nearly every character have their moment to shine; some more than once. As well with all the hectic moments the series has, there are many moments the series slow down a little, give the reader a breather. One big example of this is the valentine chapter. Nothing to crazy is happening in that chapter, but there's some development for the main character, as well some funny moments.
And, at time, rare time for me I mean, there's some touching moments in the series that really work.

Speaking of characters....

Characters:
Typical. Not too typical, but typical. You got:
-The hot head
-The shy one
-The energetic one
-The trouble maker
-The party girl
-The absentminded one
-The goof ball one
-The "Don't judge a book by its cover" one
-The weird lover one
-The "guy" friend one

Really, those characters are in this series. Though, like I said before, each character, the side one, does get their moment to shine. Some do development the plot a little, as well have some character development too, while sometime, they are put on the side for other MAIN characters.

Art:
It ok. Though its nothing new. Its kind of stander manga art style, but there are few cute moments here and there....AND FANSERVICE! I could of add this much sooner while I was talking about the plot. But about 85% of the time, its really pontless and doesn't effect the plot at all.
And yes, there are "some" loli fanservice. NOTHING OVER THE TOP THOUGH. If I can remember, the fanservice is up to PG-13 level. A lot of T.N.A but nothing too detal about it. Try to imagin those store mannequins, by nudity, is like that. If you can handle it, great. If you can't well, don't read the first chapter.

Over all:
I won't say Love Hina is a bad series, but with all the love and prase it has, don't believe all the hype around it.
If your looking for a fun series to relax, enjoy its very basic plot and stander characters, Love Hinda is your series.
Though, personally, for a harem series, I'll take Teachi Muyo any time.

-The King has spoken

Classicly shit that is. Actually it's completely fucking awful.

Love Hina is the story about a Ronin who wants to get into Todai the no.1 university in Japan. So he joins the Hinata Inn which is now a girls only dormitory. His grandmother own's the dormitory but now gave the ownership to her grandson the MMC, The Ronin. Now he has to live with like 6 girls including the FMC. And since the author is such a master writing character personalities she has the absolute unique personality of being a Violent tsundere. I know never been done before. I think this is the first series ... to even try something as bold as this. Guess what else. The main character has no redeeming value whatsoever except he's kind of a hard worker and incredibly debatably nice. Both very unique and never been done before.

Lets talk about what i liked about the series first.

Now lets talk about the garbage aspect of this series which is everything. The side characters are complete trash. Every single of them are the most generic boring pieces of garbage ever. The main heroine however, get this, Is actually the worst one. Amazing i know. It's not just the violent tsundere problem or the fact that the main character is used as a punching bag. They are literally 2 dimensional garbage tier heroines. You can usually forgive the side character in other romance series because they don't have the spotlight often but in here the main heroine is garbage. Tsundere's are really the most garbage tier laziest heroine's in existence this really solidified by feeling that violent tsundere are trash. The only decent character was the 12 year old shy girl who had a crush on the MMC in the series but she's basically just a pointless side character.

The main character isn't better either. Now about 60% of the time i'd say he doesn't deserve to get his ass beaten. But this character is borderline retarded. This man has no understanding of personal space. Constantly he is entering the woman's bathroom or going inside woman's room. This guy is beyond dumb no wonder he was a ronin for 2 years holy shit. Their are other series out there like sora no otoshimono where the main character deserved the ass beaten he got but that made the relationship more equal. It felt sexy to see the naked girls and satisfying to see his ass get beaten. Here he's just a punching for an ecchi manga that doesn't even deserve called an ecchi manga.

Another thing this series has no understanding for serious moments. I laughed 7 times throughout this series. btw im counting a snigger as a laugh which happened 6 times of the 7. The comedy in this series is dog shit repetitive and ruins any serious moment this series had. Last time i read a romcom which a crapton of jokes was Jitsu wa watashi wa and that series sucked massive balls too. Not everything, every moment needs to be a fucking joke. Pace yourself for fucks sake.

Don't worry though their are moments where you are like oh they are going a step forward. But don't worry any sort of attempt of actually making this series interesting is thrown directly into the garbage can for more garbage tier slapstick comedy. What the fuck is wrong with this series.

I do like the fact that the author really did the show don't tell really well tbh. I liked that part. Like the author show'd how the main heroine fell for the MMC. The answer was obvious the entire time.

**She's fucking retarded.**

After that her personality made more sense. Why she acts like she does. Why she falls in love with a guy who constantly falls into her boobs and ass and has no sense of personal space. Like i'm tearing into her character but Honestly the main character is also just complete ass. This is like the tv series friends. 2 of the most incompatible people on the fucking planet end up together. What a shit show of series, What a shit show of character development.

Another thing i enjoyed was so many people stating that they loved the ecchi-ness of this series. Now imagine my surprise when i saw the abhorrent amount of 5-13 year old naked in the series. I'm glad the pedophiles find themselves comfortable in expressing themselves especially the author.

This is an ecchi series without any of the fun. This is a harem series without a proper ending. This is a romance series without any of the romantic interactions. Almost every single time it is a complete shit show. This is one of the most pathetic excuses of a series i have read. Their are 7 panels, 4 pages ,and half a chapter of decent moments. I know because i counted thats how fucking bad it was. This series was awful from chapter 1 and got worse. I guess i can include another *masterpiece* that belong in the fucking trashcan.

TLDR: Domekano was better. 2/10