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Love Hina Volume 4 
Details
Director: Yoshiaki Iwasaki
Catalogue Number: MVD2041
Certificate: PG
Date Released: January 10th 2005
Screen: Fullscreen 4:3
Languages: Japanese ; English - Dolby Digital (2.0)
Stereo
Subtitles: English
Duration: 100 minutes
Special Features
- Character photo gallery
- The Making Of Love Hina
- Trailers
Synopsis
Romance Goes Awry
The younger residents of the Hinata apartments, wanting to see what all the fuss is about, decide to try their hand at kissing, but with Kaolla involved, its anything but normal.
Meanwhile, a crisis has hit the apartments! They all need to get part-time jobs to come up with the rent money. After a round of serious bickering, they all agree to do what they have to, and Keitaro winds up getting a job with a man from Naru's past... A man for whom she once had very strong feelings.
Their reunion is interrupted by the discovery of an ancient turtle civilisation underneath the town. How dangerous could an ancient turtle civilisation be?
And finally, after all this, the group puts on a play of the famous "Journey to the West", the legend of Son Goku. Martial Arts, puppets, treachery, tanks and talking horses - this play has it all.
Contains episodes 13-16:
13. The First Kiss Tastes Like lemon Marshmallow?
14. Naru's Crush Is Now A Tokyo Professor?
15. I Love You! Romantic Confession Inside A Cave
16. Monkey Performance at the Seaside Teahouse Hinata
Cover
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To view the whole cover... click here
Review
Not many series have had me hooked as quickly as Love Hina, within the first half of the first episode I was really interested in the characters and fining out who they are and where they were going.
I don’t know exactly what it is that draws you into the series and keeps you glued. Maybe it’s the slow release of story lines; this show gives you a really good amount of time to enjoy what’s happening rather than moving you on too quickly. There’s also some really intriguing story line twists, and some brilliant use of story telling that often builds upon itself to create an amazing broader story.
The diversity of the characters in this series are probably one of the best examples you will find, not only are the characters varied in looks and actions but each one has its own story and you become really attached to each one. Sometimes having too many main characters can spoil the focus of the series, but Love Hina really pulls it off, again it doesn’t give you too much too quickly, often and introduction to a new character will take a full episode. I think a lot of thought has gone into the overall planning of the show as a whole and it has really paid off.
Visually the show looks really nice, not as cutting edge as a lot of shows but its way above average with nice character detail and movement. The visuals are all quite bold which in tern creates a lighter show and adds the overall enjoyment.
The music soundtrack is very good, there’s often music in the background which I like, because some show are too quite with only the voices being herd at one time. The tempo of the music is correct for what’s happening on screen, if a moment is funny the tempo builds up and if it’s emotional it slows down.
Overall this is a really solid series and after watching it I understand why it has such a huge fan-base. The plot is fantastic, the characters are bold and entertaining and the whole show stays very focused.
(AZ:UK)