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By Kathleen De Vere

This issue’s anime review
is dedicated to a show that
everyone seems to love pas-
sionately, Love Hina. Love
Hina has taken Japan by
storm, and most North
American Otaku are anxious-

ly awaiting its release on this

side of the ocean.

The main character is
Keitaro Urashima. He is
studying to get into Tokyo
University because of a
promise he made when he
was a small child. He and his
first love pledged to each
other that they would go to
Tokyo University together
when they grew up. The only
problem is Keitaro isn’t the
best student, and Tokyo
University is the Japanese
equivalent of Harvard. When
the show starts Keitaro has
failed the entrance exam
three times, and_ his
prospects for getting in are
rather slim. His parents force
him to get a job, and he starts
as the manager of an all-girls
dormitory.

The girls that live in the
dormitory are not pleased to
have Keitaro as their manag-
er, and all the episodes have
them beating the tar out of
him for one transgression or
another. The plot is compli-
cated because any one of the
girls could be Keitaro’s child-

hood love.

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Is it the lovely
Naru Narusegawa, or is it the
lethal Motoko Aoyama, or
even the strange Mitsune
Konno? Romantic _ hijinx
abound.

The neat thing about Love
Hina is as the season goes
on it starts to get more and
more surreal, which is nice
because it stops the show
from becoming repetitive.

As | stated before, every-
one seems to love Love Hina,
and it’s really funny... but, as
strange as this may seem it
doesn’t smack my yak. Love
Hina is alright in small doses,
but it’s not the kind of thing |
could watch for a whole 26
episodes. The story isn’t real-
ly going anywhere after
watching 10 episodes, and
the horrible treatment the
girls are giving Keitaro is just
getting on my nerves.

Love Hina is a really great
show if you just want to have
a laugh, but | find it lacking in
story. The soundtrack is pret-
ty much J-Pop, so | don’t give
it high marks there either. In
short, when you see Love
Hina, don’t believe the hype,
make your own judgement. If
you want a nice light comedy
with plenty of fanservice,
Love Hina is great, but if you
prefer a little more story with
your humour and boobies, go
rent Cowboy Bebop.

Love Hina is fun and full of fanservice. It can be lacking in
actual content however.

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