I have the box set and have managed to watch them all, so here is my view on it.



The story of Love Hina is about a 20 year old boy called Keitar Urashima. He is clumsy and not very smart. When he was young he made a promise to a girl that they would meet at Tokoyo University, but now he can't remember the girls name or what she looked like! This does sound pretty stupid that he can't remember but is important to the story.

Because of the promise he made he has tried to get into Tokoyo U twice at the start of the story but has failed both times. His parents want him to give up on going there, so when his grandmother asks him to the Hinata Apartments and he is offered the apartment manager job he sees it as an opportunity to work while still trying to get into Tokoyo U

The twist is that the Hinata Apartments is an all girl dorm and Keitar being clumsy gets into a number of awkward situations which usually end up with him being beaten up by one of the girls.

There are 6 main girls at the Hinata Apartments

Naru Narusegawa is most peoples favourite, she is 17 and also trying to get into Tokoyo U. Keitar obviously fancies Naru and the on going story line through Love Hina is whether Naru fancies Keitar!

Shinobu Maehara is my favourite, she is 13 and was talked into living at Hinata Apartments by Keitar as her parents divorce was effecting her. She obviously has a major crush on Keitar and is the only girl at the apartments who doesn't beat him up. She is very shy and when awkward things happen between her and Keitar she usually runs away crying. Because of this she is by far the cutest character in the series and thats why she is my favourite.

Motoko Aoyama is a 15 year old school girl who's family has a tradition of martial arts and she is very formal and very skilled with a sword. She often beats up Keitar and is opposed to him being the new apartment manager, although she learns something very important from him as the story develops.

Kaolla Su is a very strange character. She is a 13 year old foreign exchange student. It is mentioned during the series that its not clear what country she is actually from. She loves technology and is very playful, always jumping around (hyperactive) and of course hitting Keitar.

Mitsune Konno is 19 and doesn't appear to do anything. She is often drinking and trys to take advantage of any opportunity coming her way. She throughout the series is trying to get Keitar and Naru together.

Finally there is Haruka Urashima who is legally Keitars aunt (apparently they are actually cousins), she doesn't like him calling her aunty and when he does it often causes him to get hit.

There are other regular characters and temp residents at the Hinata apartments.

Mutsumi Otohime is almost a female version of Keitar as she is very clumsy, 21 and prone to passing out.

Tama-chan is a small flying hot spring turtle. Yes a turtle....

Noriyasu Seta is a a professor at Tokoyo U and Naru's old tutor (and crush)

Sara McDougal is Seta's 9 year old adopted daughter. She stays at the Hinata apartments for a while while Seta is at a archeology dig. She also likes to beat up Keitar and becomes good friends with Su.

Love Hina is best described as a romatic story about the relationships between the various characters. As the series develops so do their relationships and I found myself growing to really like particualr characters while feeling sorry for others. There are no bad guys as its not that sort of story and the only violence in it is mostly directed at Keitar.

It does have some sexual undertones and at times can be very suggestive without being explicit. As the series progresses the sexual undertones do become even more obvious and closer to the surface, as well as the art becoming more risque. For example there are hot springs at the Hinata Apartments when the girls all bathe and in the early episodes they all wear towels in the water so when events occur they are always covered. But in the later episodes they appear to be nude in the water although nothing is ever seen.