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Title: Love Hina (Book 5) by Ken Akamatsu, Nan Rymer ISBN: 1-59182-016-2 Publisher: TokyoPop Pub. Date: 03 September, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 14 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The fun in the sun has begun
Comment: Book 4 of the Love Hina series ended with Naru realizing that her former crush, Keitaro's boss Seta, has returned to Japan. Now in book 5, Naru struggles to sort out her feelings for Keitaro and Seta as the gang hits the beach for the summer.
The first half of this book works the best, as the gang goes to a summer festival, works at Haruka's seaside cafe, and does their own screwy rendition of Saiyuki, a famous Oriental myth/legend. Some classic bits include Motoko's martial arts battle with Seta, Naru's role as Goku the monkey, and Shinobu accidentally kicking Keitaro in his "delicate place."
While I wouldn't say the second half of the book was bad, it definitely comes off as disappointing after the gang returns from the beach. Motoko gets a good story about her kendo training, but the rest feels unusually pointless. Shinobu's story about her first kiss comes off as embarassing, while Kitsune's prank in the last story only sets back the progress of Keitaro and Naru's relationship. This is also the first time Su transforms into an adult, and it's something I wish Ken Akamatsu had never included, as it doesn't get much developement throughout the series. The anime highlights this part of Su much better, and I would've been completely lost if I hadn't watched it first. All in all, while I don't mind stand-alone, "day-in-the-life" filler stories, at this point they should be much better and maybe even have a running theme.
Speaking of the anime, there's one scene that I feel it does much better than the manga, and that is the kiss under the fireworks. Naru's misunderstanding here (which results in Keitaro being punched yet again) just doesn't work for me, and it feels like a cheap trick to prolong the series instead of letting the characters get their feelings out. While the mood is also spoiled in the anime version, it's due to a third character's interference, and even without the kiss, you know that Naru and Keitaro shared a meaningful moment. Here, the moment is completely spoiled.
Book 5 starts out with a five-star adventure on the beach, but drops to a three after the characters get back, so it ends up with four stars.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent!
Comment: In this volume it's time for the Hinata house residents to have some fun! They work at the Hinata House cafe run by Keitaro's aunt, Haruka. Soon the girls start to wonder about kissing and that's when Su breaks out her kissing invention that pretty much sucks your face off and then a play that goes terribly wrong! Not to mention the fact that Naru's old tutor and love interest comes back and this could ruin what little has built up between Naru and Keitaro! Sarah the American girl who is the daughter of the absent minded scientist Seta, who just happens to be Naru's love interest adds a little spice to the plot. But this little girl isn't sweet. Keitaro gets stuck watching her while trying to make a little cash by working for her father. Since her father can't properly care for her, just when Keitaro thinks he's rid of the brat, he sends her to live at Hinata House! Keitaro also see's Su's transformation and is quite stunned by the magic that surrounds this wild girl!
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellently excellent and brilliantly brilliant!!!!!
Comment: The perfect summer read, Love Hina #5 finds the Hinata household living in up on holiday at the beach! (Perfect to read when its July in England and rain just keeps coming down!) I LOVED: the scene at the beach when Shinobu is-(almost!)-kissed-by-Sempai!, The play of Goku and her funtastic friends, Naru and Keitaro's first kiss, (together, anyway!) Su's big secret and poor Motoko nearly having a breakdown! Find all this and more in Love Hina #5, where anything, and I mean ANYTHING could happen!
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Title: Love Hina (Book 8) by Ken Akamatsu ISBN: 1591820197 Publisher: TokyoPop Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: Love Hina (Book 2) by Ken Akamatsu ISBN: 1931514976 Publisher: TokyoPop Pub. Date: 04 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: Love Hina (Book 9) by Ken Akamatsu, Nan Rymer ISBN: 1591821037 Publisher: TokyoPop Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: Love Hina (Book 10) by Ken Akamatsu, Nan Rymer ISBN: 1591821169 Publisher: TokyoPop Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: Love Hina (Book 12) by Ken Akamatsu ISBN: 1591821185 Publisher: TokyoPop Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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