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Love Hina Volume 6 
Details
Director: Yoshiaki Iwasaki
Catalogue Number: MVD2043
Certificate: 12
Date Released: March 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
True Love and turtles
Keitaro's survived explosive misunderstandings, being marooned on deserted
islands (several times), Kaolla's inventions and meddling relatives and
friends, but he is no closer to finding out who the girl he made the infamous
"Tokyo U" promise to when he was younger. And ime is running
out, because its the last volume of the series! But a clue has been found!
It's a photograph of Keitaro, Naru and Mitsumi when they were young. Could
one of these two girls be the one? The suspense is driving everyone crazy!
Of course nothing is ever siple at the Hinata Apartments, and just as things start to calm down a little, Grandma Hina comes back from her trip and suddenly starts renovating the complex. Everyone has to move out for a day or two.
Unrequited love! Martial Arts! Mecha Turtles! Granny Hina! This volume has it all!!!
Episodes:
21. Jealous Outburst? two Lovebirds on a Boat
22. Little Sister Mei's Devious Plan
23. Naru Narusegawa - Her Wavering Heart and Keitaro
24. Celebrate! Are the Blooming Flowers Tokyo U? Love?
Cover
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To view the whole cover... click here
Review
With my levels of expectation at an all time high for this show, I approached this concluding (sixth) volume of Love Hina full of enthusiasm. I was looking for closure; a satisfying end to the on/off repetition of Keitarou and Naru's inevitable relationship. I didn't get that from these episodes, yet still, I feel happy with the way this show has ended. We are at least given enough ammunition to assume certain things will fall into place for our beloved Keitarou. Naru at least finally admits to herself that she likes him and while their relationship is hardly rubber stamped, we leave the Hina apartments with them having made considerable strides towards each other.
Thinking about it, I found a lot to like about Love Hina;
from a supporting cast that is littered with sparkling personalities like
Shinobu to the compelling, often amusing drama surrounding Keitarou. I
just had some real fun watching this show; Love Hina won't win many plaudits
for it’s admittedly slapstick style, yet this simplistic approach
to teenage life is undeniably addictive and endearing. It's not complicated,
boring or unlikable, it's familiar, sentimental and just a whole lot of
fun.
Many of these comedic, breast-filled shows live or die of the strength
of their characters and Love Hina is full of likable, quick witted personalities.
Such feelings are only re-enforced by a fantastic, varied soundtrack (from the up-beat opening theme to the quirky (occasionally classical) background music- it all fits perfectly) and a group of marvellous performances from the Japanese voice actors who are all spot on with their respective portrayals. Anime like Love Hina rely on their voice talent to deliver exaggerated, larger than life performances and the likes of Yuji Ueda (Keitarou) and Masayo Kurata (Shinobu) do themselves (and the show) proud.
Provided you can drag yourself through the disappointing, rather generic mid-section of filler episodes, Love Hina is a very watchable 'romantic-comedy'.
8/10
Paul Bates (Anime UK News)