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Love Hina Volume 5 
Details
Director: Yoshiaki Iwasaki
Catalogue Number: MVD2042
Certificate: 12
Date Released: February 7th 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
Summertime Stress
The gang winds up on an island. Sounds like a fun vacation, right? Well,
it would be, except that the island happens to be HAUNTED! Naru has become
possessed by the spirit that haunts the island. And the spirit is out
for vengeance. And guess who's the target? Keitaro!
Meanwhile, Naru, still mad at Keitaro, hangs out with Seta at the summer festival. And when a prank backfires, Kaolla, Sarah and Kitsune wind up stranded on another island!
Another of Kaolla's relatives visits. This time, its her brother, and he's come to take her come. But does she wanna go?Noooooooooooo...
Then, deep in the dark recesses of the Hinata Apartments, a mechanical doll is discovered. The doll has memories and thinks that Keita is his grandfather, the one who was taking care of her over 50 years ago!
Episodes:
17. Mesmerised by Naru on the Haunted Island!
18. Girls Dressed in Yukata for the Summer Festival
19. Marry into Money? A Prince from Across the Sea
20. A Sepia coloured Promise with a Sleeping Girl
Cover
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To view the whole cover... click here
Review
Over the last two volumes (or 8 episodes) of this series, something has subtly clicked into place for me and I now find myself enjoying (even relishing) almost every episode of Love Hina (yes, even those focused on Su!). The strange thing is, nothing in the plot has noticeably changed over this same period- we're still being treated to the same random little stories, still being bombarded with the same slapstick jokes and yes, Keitaro is still tip-toeing around Naru- and yet, I some how find myself more engrossed in this anime than ever before.
It goes without saying, the Keitaro and Naru relationship is as stop/start as ever but it doesn't feel as blatantly staggered as before. The introduction of a rival has really helped keep Naru on her toes and added a new dynamic to her behaviour- and with the Tokyo University entrance exams rapidly approaching; the climax to their constant fretting over each other is drawing tantalizingly close. I expect nothing but a happy ending, but you never know- especially with the rather blunt precursor to their 'promised relationship’ this volume concludes with.
So, basically, Love Hina Vol. 5 shows us a series coming into form just at the right time. The fawning, shy Shinobu and dead-pan Haruka are still as fun to watch as ever but I'm now finding myself warming up to the other girls too.
On this evidence, I'm lamenting the fact there are only four more episodes left to go. It's strange to think, the next time I'll be writing a Love Hina review; Keitaro and Naru could have finally got it together?! What an epic thought!
8/10
Paul Bates (Anime UK News)