Love Hina

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Development: 10</B></div> <div> The Tokyo U promise is the largest part of the character development, and confessions/acceptance of various characters' feelings add to it.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Sexuality: 8</B></div> <div> With all the fanservice and nudity, it's as far as you can get without actually showing details or being hentai.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Romance: 9</B></div> <div> The word "Love" is in the title for a reason.  Fortunately, it avoids the 10 for Romance because it isn't sickeningly lovey-dovey.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Drama: 4</B></div> <div> Once again it's the Tokyo U promise that accounts for the drama, but there are also other factors that include the words "love" and "Keitaro."</div> <bR> <div> <B>Action: 4</B></div> <div> Motoko is there to add some swordfighting action, and it shows up big time during my favorite mini-saga, Burn Up Blade!</div> <bR> <div> <B>Comedy: 10</B></div> <div> If there's one thing Love Hina is about, it's comedy, but calling the series Comedy Hina just wouldn't be right, now would it?  Explosions, power-punches, lechery, and two, count 'em, two ultra-unlucky, klutzy characters that just won't stay dead (uh, that would be Keitaro, who is seemingly immortal, and Mutsumi, who is almost always on the verge of dying) add to the fun.  Not to mention crazy sword techniques and insane inventions.  There's almost too much here.</div> <bR> <div> What can I say? I'm addicted to Love Hina.  The whole Tokyo U promise is there to complicate matters when Keitaro tries to go after Naru, while everyone else in the dorm gradually accept and maybe even fall in love with him!  Jealousies flares and Keitaro is launched into the air almost every episode, often because he keeps walking into the hot springs, accidentally spots one of the tenants changing, or gets his face into places its just plain deadly to get your face into.  Finally, it should be obvious that the ultimately quirky attitudes of the different characters is the main factor that hooks you into the series, and everyone that reads it is bound to have picked out their favorite character.  Frankly, I don't think there are enough Mutsumi fans out there, though I am glad at the abundance of Motoko fans.</div> <bR> <div> I reccomend that you read only if you have the money to commit.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Call it a comic one more time and we know what's for dinner!</B></I></div> </td> </tr></table></body>