Love Hina (2000– )
"Rabu Hina" (original title)

When Keitaro was a child, he was friends with a little girl. When the girl had to move away, the two made a promise to meet each other at Tokyo University when they grew up. Years later, ... See full summary »

Stars:

Yûji Ueda, Yui Horie, Masayo Kurata

Cast

Series cast summary:
Yûji Ueda	...	Keitarou Urashima (9 episodes, 2000)
Yui Horie	...	Naru Narusegawa (8 episodes, 2000)
Masayo Kurata	...	Shinobu Maehara (8 episodes, 2000)
Yu Asakawa	...	Motoko Aoyama (8 episodes, 2000)
Reiko Takagi	...	Kaolla Su (8 episodes, 2000)
Junko Noda	...	Mitsune 'Kitsune' Konno (8 episodes, 2000)
Megumi Hayashibara	...	Haruka Urashima (8 episodes, 2000)
Satsuki Yukino	...	Mutsumi Otohime (7 episodes, 2000)
Hiroyuki Yoshino	...	Masayuki Haitani (7 episodes, 2000)
Michio Miyashita	...	Kimiaki Shirai (6 episodes, 2000)
Yukie Maeda	...	Onsen Tamago (6 episodes, 2000)
Yuki Hokimoto	...	Emi Ichikawa (5 episodes, 2000)
Madoka Akita	...	Kikuko Onoue (5 episodes, 2000)
Yuri Shiratori	...	Narusegawa Mei (4 episodes, 2000)
Takuma Suzuki	...	Keitaro's Father (4 episodes, 2000)
Yasunori Matsumoto	...	Seta Noriyasu (3 episodes, 2000)
Masako Nozawa	...	Hina Urashima (2 episodes, 2000)
Aya Hisakawa	...	Amalla Su (2 episodes, 2000)
Hiromi Tsuru	...	Shinobu's Mother (2 episodes, 2000)

Storyline

When Keitaro was a child, he was friends with a little girl. When the girl had to move away, the two made a promise to meet each other at Tokyo University when they grew up. Years later, Keitaro has failed his entrance exam twice, and his parents refuse to support him any longer. His grandmother gives him refuge and employment as caretaker of her inn, which just happens to serve as a female dormitory. The eclectic group of tenants tease, annoy and berate him to no end. Still, Keitaro won't ever give up his promise to meet his childhood friend again, even though he can't remember her name.

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Plot Keywords:

promise | college | tragic hero | based on comic | turtle | 

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Taglines:

Spring back into Love Hina again!

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Television Tokyo Channel 12, Ltd. [jp] (japanese)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Also Known As:

Love Hina

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min 22 min (24 episodes)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In Episode 8, "The Legend of the Hot Springs Turtle", the twin Mutsumi fairies sing to summon a giant Tama-chan. This is a parody of a scene in Mothra, in which a pair of twin fairies sing a song to summon Mothra.

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Goofs

Haruka and Keitaro both refer to the same woman as their grandmother, yet Haruka is Keitaro's aunt. This would make Haruka and Keitaro cousins, not aunt and nephew. In fact, they are cousins. Haruka's parents died in an accident and she was adopted by her grandmother; that's why Keitaro calls her aunt. (This is not explained in the series, though.) Additionally, it is common usage in Japanese to refer to an older (but not elderly) woman with whom you are familiar as "aunt" regardless of your actual blood relation to her; similarly, elderly women are respectfully referred to as "grandmother" regardless of blood relationship or lack thereof.

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Quotes

[In Keitaro's room, Kitsune places his hand on her breast]
Mitsune 'Kitsune' Konno: That's worth a month's rent.
Keitaro Urashima: Huh?
Mitsune 'Kitsune' Konno: What, weren't you listening? You cop one feel, I get one month's rent free.
Keitaro Urashima: What're you talking about?
[Naru barges in]
Naru Narusegawa: What do you think you're doing, you sleaze?
Mitsune 'Kitsune' Konno: [Fake sobbing] H-he started grabbing my breasts, going, "You like it here? How about here?"
Keitaro Urashima: It's the other way around!

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Connections

Followed by Love Hina Spring Special (2001)

User Reviews

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