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Love Hina is a romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu. Serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1998 to 2001, it follows Keitaro Urashima, a young man attempting to gain admission to the University of Tokyo to fulfill a childhood promise. He becomes the manager of the Hinata Inn, an all-girls dormitory, where he lives with several aggressive and distinct female tenants. The series was highly influential in popularizing and defining the tropes of the modern harem genre in manga.
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Why does Keitaro move into the Hinata Inn?
Keitaro initially believes the property is still an inn owned by his grandmother, but it has become a women-only dormitory. He eventually remains as its manager while studying for the University of Tokyo entrance examinations.
Who did Keitaro make his childhood promise with?
The promise was to enter the University of Tokyo together with a girl he knew as a child. Much of the manga's mystery involves Keitaro, Naru Narusegawa, and Mutsumi Otohime trying to reconstruct those childhood memories.
How many volumes of the Love Hina manga are there?
Ken Akamatsu's original manga was collected in 14 Japanese tankobon volumes. It ran in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine from 1998 to 2001.
Does the Love Hina anime finish the manga's story?
The 2000 television series adapts only part of the manga and changes or compresses several events. Later specials and the Love Hina Again OVA continue the anime storyline, but readers need the manga for Akamatsu's complete ending.
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