Love Hina

Introduction and also the Story and Plot

Love Hina (ラブ ひな, Rabu Hina) is a manga and anime series by author Ken Akamatsu. The manga won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen in 2001 and the "Best Manga, USA Release" at the 2002 Anime Expo. The manga consists of 14 volumes. The anime is 25 episodes long and is supplemented with Christmas and Spring movies and the Love Hina Again OVA. There are also two novels from Love Hina, both named Love Hina: the novel (both written by the series' anime screenwriters, volume 1 by Sho Aikawa (as Kurou Hazuki), volume 2 by Hiroyuki Kawasaki), which have been released in Japan and have been released in the US by Tokyopop, the US publisher of the manga.

The story is a comedy of the shōnen genre about a clumsy young man with an unparalleled amount of personal drive despite having horrible luck. After failing to get into Tokyo U (the college of his dreams), he visits his grandmother's onsen only to discover it has been turned into a girls' dorm. After his grandmother gives him the deed to the building, he has the tough job of being landlord, studying to get into Tokyo U, and dealing with the girls living there, who never pass up an opportunity to humiliate him.

The series falls under the harem comedy genre as well due to the familiar set up of one boy living with a group of sexy but unusual women. One distinguishing feature that sets this series apart from the average harem comedy is that, for a very large portion of the manga series, Keitaro is disliked by the girls. Whereas many of the same genre initially or very quickly place the main male character at the center of the girls' lusts, Keitaro is not only initially disliked by the girls, he suffers for a rather prolonged and extended period of time.

The series is most well known for putting humorously absurd elements into an ostensibly mundane universe, such as flying turtles, ghosts, and Su's destructive mecha.

Personal Insights and Reflections

The series taught me a lot of things. Just how loyal are we when it comes to love? Do we keep our promises to the end?And do we think about our future in times of turmoil? This manga has a lot to offer. Laughs , Romance , and the occasional panty shots . All packed into one cleverly planned manga by Ken Akamatsu. For me the manga is saying that we have to be careful in making our decisions in life , love or studies it may be. And how scarce are the opportunities that come in our lives. People take them for granted and slowly see the sun setting.....