Love Hina 11

ラブ ひな [Love Hina] #11

by Ken Akamatsu

Keytarô es el único estudiante masculino en una residencia femenina…

Genres: Manga, Romance, Graphic Novels, Comedy, Fiction, Comics, Comics Manga

192 pages, Paperback

First published April 17, 2001

About the author

Ken Akamatsu (赤松 健, Akamatsu Ken, July 5, 1968 -) is a Japanese mangaka from Tokyo.

In his teenage years, Akamatsu failed the entrance exam to Tokyo University, and applied for Film Study instead (it is speculated that this is where he got the idea for Love Hina). Eventually, he became famous as an illustrator featured in Comiket (short for Comic Market, a comic convention bi-annually held in Japan). He used the pen name Awa Mizuno (水野 亜和, MIZUNO Awa). Akamatsu, still in college, then proceeded to win the Weekly Shonen Magazine award twice. His "A Kid's Game for One Summer" was awarded the coveted 50th Shonen Magazine Newcomer's Award soon after he graduated.

After a big hit with A.I. Love You, he finally made a grand success with his new manga, Love Hina. The series appeared in Weekly Shonen Magazine and has been collected in eleven volumes (with fourteen volumes in total), which have sold over 6 million copies in Japan, and received the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen in 2001.
Akamatsu had added elements of his own life experiences to the story, and this was said to have induced a unique feeling to the manga especially for Western readers, whose lack of familiarity with Japanese culture for the most part added to the effect. The series, published in America in 2002, was especially well received in many overseas countries - Akamatsu was surprised that even foreign readers found Love Hina to be "cute" and to their liking.

He is now married to his wife 'Kanon' Akamatsu, who was previously a singer/idol. He is currently working on his latest manga series, Negima!: Magister Negi Magi, which is his longest running manga so far. Like Love Hina, has also been made into an anime series. A second independent retelling of Negima was made called Negima!?. Both series were produced by XEBEC (Negima!? was produced by SHAFT).

Reviews

[Arnis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Četru gadu vecumā Keitaro Urashima un kāda atmiņu dzīlēs pēc vārda aizmirsta meitene reiz smilšu kastē viens otram devuši solījumu, ka abi reiz iekļūs Todai universitātē vien aiz tā iemesle, ka jau tādā vecumā padzirdējuši, ka diviem mīlētājiem kopā esot Todai mīlestība garantēta uz mūžu.

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[Kristen · Rating 2 out of 5]

By far my least favorite book in the series. Keitaro's sister is more insane than the average character in the series (so...yeah...) and her attachment to her brother is downright creepy.

[Bibliothecat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review for the complete series



Keitaro just doesn't seem to be successful at anything - he failed his university entrance exam twice, was thrown out by his parents and just generally seems plagued by bad luck. Wanting to give the entrance exam another go, he decides to find accommodation in his grandmother's hotel. Upon arrival, though, it turns out that the hotel has now become a girl's dormitory where he is anything but welcome. But luck might be coming Keitaro's way after all when he learns that his grandmother has transferred the dormitory's ownership to him!

Love Hina seems to be a case of people either loving it and considering it a classic, while others think of it as a sexist work full of fanservice. I find myself in neither of these groups, though I have read other works by the author that really deserve being called out for sexism. In any case, let me start by saying that I love Akamatsu's art - especially in Love Hina. His earlier works weren't as nice to look at while I find that post-Love Hina works lost character and just look very generic.

So apart from loving the art, this was also one of the first manga I read and bought and therefore also has some nostalgia effect on me. As I was still new to reading manga and didn't know much about the different genres, because I had seen a lot of pictures of it and just generally liked the look of it, I decided to give this one a try. I didn't realise until much later that I wasn't even the target audience for this series, and even back then, it was never a huge favourite of mine, though I certainly did always enjoy reading.

I first and foremostly enjoy Love Hina as a comedy, it is one of the most hilarious manga I have read and often has me laughing out loud. A large chunk of the comedy can certainly be called 'dirty jokes', yet it's a far call from what people give it - I don't think that these jokes are sexist, indecent or demeaning towards women in any way. The girls in this manga all have very different personalities, but with the except of shy Shinobu, they're all pretty tough and know how to deal with the male characters of this series (although Keitaro is more often blamed when actually innocent than not).

The characters are another strong point in this series. I find Keitaro a very likeable main character - he draws bad luck like no other but is very kind and caring. He learns and recognises his weaknesses and definitely grows as the story progresses. Still, bad luck seems to stick with him all the way to the last chapter. In any case, I love the original cast of the girl's dormitory, they are such a varied but well-balanced group. They are great friends, a bit crazy together and there's at least one for every kind of reader to enjoy. My personal favourites are Naru, Mutsumi, Shinobu and Motoko - which actually surprises me as Shinobu and Motoko were among my least favourite when I read this series initially.

Another thing I love about this series and that speaks against the harem sexist accusations is the fact that not all the girls are in love him Keitaro. I am very sure that several of them are just interested in a platonic kind of relationship, e.g. I don't believe that Su sees in him anything but a big brother. Only some of them are genuinely interested in him and I think all of them have feelings that are well-developed and according to their personalities. I also think the female bodies are nicely drawn and natural-looking - there are no extremely overshaped breasts or curves as one can find in most other 'fan service' series.

Nonetheless, there are a few things that I also don't enjoy about Love Hina. At around the tenth volume, the story starts to drag. Ten volumes seems a good amount to wrap up this kind of story, instead, we get some additional characters that are utterly annoying and just unnecessary. Sara has to be among the most annoying little girl characters I've ever come across! But at least she still adds to the story while the whole Kanako arc felt like a major filler to just drag everything out. The fact that it was never mentioned that Keitaro has an adopted sister made it feel all the more as though it was an afterthought to keep the show running. I find Kanako a very unpleasant character and wish her part would have been left out. Since her appearance, the series felt more and more estranged from its original genre as there was a lot of over-the-top action going on.

But hey, annoying characters and arcs aside, Love Hina has one of the best endings, or rather epilogues, out there. It brings the whole series to a nice round conclusion and gives you a nice idea of what's become of everyone - it was really the best way this series could have ended!

[Alex Shrugged · Rating 3 out of 5]

OK. The cover art introduces a new major character front and center. This is Keitaro's sister.

The story opens up Keitaro and the crew saying their good-byes at the airport. He is leaving for 6 months of study in California. Naru desperately wants to reveal her feelings to Keitaro, but she barely knows what they are herself. (You, the reader, already know what they are.) But how will they all get along, now that Keitaro is no longer around to fix up the failing infrastructure. In comes Keitaro's sister, Kanako. She has plans to completely restructure Hinata House, and the girls are livid! It's war! But what side should Naru join? She has promised to wait for Keitaro, but there is a secret that lies between Naru and Kanako.

Any problems with this story? A few. The story line takes a radical turn. Up to this point the story has consisted of girls in the dorm longing to date Keitaro or refusing to admit that they would like to date Keitaro, chaste kisses, major slugfests, panty flashes, nude hot spring bathing etc. But now, the girl's dorm is being run by another girl and she is not taking crap from anyone. Conflict ensues without romantic interludes. It is a major cat fight throughout this whole volume.

Any modesty problems? Heck yeah! The issues are lesbian rape and incest. Although not portrayed in drawing, the subject is implied rather strongly. Just so you know. I've read ahead and Volume 12 is worse, although they do come up with an explanation that solves the incest issue from a practical point of view. From a biblical point of view, it doesn't work.

I downgraded this volume 1 star due to the issues listed above. On to volume 12.

[Amara · Rating 2 out of 5]

Incest? Seriously? Seriously? Ugh sometimes these mangakas go way too far :/ Not to mention the homophobia surrounding 2 men falling in love in Hinata Sou :/
Still giving it 2 stars though since Naru confessed and that was a nice moment, otherwise it would have been 1 star. Only finishing this series because there are just a few chapters left and I am committed to Naru+Keitarou at this point.

[Laura de Haro · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hubiera preferido más desarrollo de los personajes existentes antes que introducir nuevos. Aún desconozco la carrera que estudian Keitaro, Naru y Mutsumi en la Todai.

Acabando la serie porque le he cogido cariño a los personajes, pese a todo.

Algo a destacar es que, no es lo mismo leer la serie siendo adolescente, que de adulto.

[Chad Shamrowicz · Rating 5 out of 5]

The suspense is thril... killing me!

[Natalie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ages 16+

[Kurtis Burkhardt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty great Romance manga, really good story and love the art style 😁👌❤️

[Soobie is expired · Rating 1 out of 5]

Undici volumi e non una singola scena in cui Keitaro sia un vero e proprio studente universitario. La prendo quasi come una fregatura.

E Kanako mi sta enormente sulle scatole.

[Maxime Facon Lisiak · Rating 2 out of 5]

L'histoire avec la sœur est nul.

[Krzysiek D. · Rating 3 out of 5]

bardzo słabe 3.

[Nicole]

I think this was the first manga I picked up and it probably wasn't the best for someone my age at that time XD

[Shannon Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

The middle part of this volume feels like filler, although I do like the concept.

[consumedshadow-mysticmc · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book does seem to mostly contain fuller plot. However do not skip the last half of the book. Although it may seem unimportant; the last few chapters same to play a large part in the next volume.

[MxMorganic · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Love Hina without Keitaro” was an interesting experiment, but not one that really worked imo.

[Eric Mesa · Rating 2 out of 5]

I started reading this series 10 years ago. For whatever reason, I stopped a couple books short from the end. Last year I started re-reading them for a series over on Comic POW! ( http://www.comicpow.com/thread/unders... ) Overall, I've enjoyed the story almost as much as I did the first time around (when I was closer in age to Keitaro). Many manga and anime are full of Fan Service and, as you'd expect from a series involving a college guy living with HS-College age girls, there's plenty here. But this entire volume was essentially just one giant fan service episode for 100 or so pages. Given that Akamatsu has actually really provided some of these characters a lot of emotional and personal growth it was just annoying and repetitive. The entire volume feels as though Akamatsu had to make, say, 100 issues and he realized his story only required 95 issues so he's stalling. Instead of one nonsensical issue within the volume, the whole thing hinges on the girls being fired or quitting over and over as they fight with Keitaro's sister, who's running things while he's in America.

[Robert Beveridge · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ken Akamatsu, Love Hina, vol. 11 (Tokyopop, 2000)

Keitaro's off to study in America for half a year with Seta. The girls couldn't handle a week without him, how are they going to handle six months? But a new problem crops up-- Keitaro's sister Kanako has been named landlord with Keitaro's departure, and she wants to get rid of the girls' dorm. Looks like everyone's going to have their hands too full to think much about Keitaro... Akamatsu goes overboard in this one. It's still fun, but it's not up to the standard of the rest of the books to date. We're getting close to the end-- I hope the series isn't going to fall off a cliff. *** ½

[Setsanata · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great twist of a sudden appearance by Kanako, and all the craziness. 5 stars!

Keitaro's half sister comes to Hinata house, saying she is the new landlord and that Keitaro is never coming back from America. She turns Hinata House back into an inn, and tortures all of the female residents in the house!!

She came back to fulfill a promise her and Keitaro made, that one day when they were older, they would run Hinata together. And get this. Kanako is in love with Keitaro!! What will this have to do with Naru and Keitaro's relationship? READ THE BOOK!!

[Onírica · Rating 2 out of 5]

Si queréis leer una obra realmente magistral de Ken Akamatsu, leed la serie "Negima!: Magister Negi Magi" Una historia bien pensada que te atrapa, con personajes que evolucionan psicológicamente, un dibujo preciosista cargado de detalles y profundidad de planos en cada página, momentos trepidantes y realmente emocionantes, y una aventura interesante que leer. Probadla, de verdad.

[Annchan Maulana · Rating 3 out of 5]

i watch the anime version :
it is about a boy name Urashima Keitaro who became girls's dorm caretaker, since he fails his ent-exams into Tokyo University for the 2nd time and officially an unemployed plus his parents kicked him out of the house ^_^"
And the story begin ..

[Megan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one made me angry. well, more Keitaro's sister made me angry. that's just wrong to "love" your BROTHER. eww...

[Lord · Rating 4 out of 5]

Things can get rough with Kanako managing Hinata inn instead of Keitaro! One of my favourite volumes.

[Bridgett · Rating 3 out of 5]

I missed Keitaro...

[Amy]

Love Hina, Vol. 11 by Ken Akamatsu (2003)

[Shane23 dotson]

very funny

[Benjamin Plume · Rating 4 out of 5]

friend got me into these, and I plowed through 'em.

[Verónica · Rating 3 out of 5]

ya solo me quedan 3 tomos :(

[Lucie Lacoste · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh oui <3 Kanako la petite sœur de Keitaro.
Que de souvenirs