Love Hina, Volume 2 [Paperback]

Ken Akamatsu (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 25, 2002

Keitaro’s dream was to attend Tokyo University with his childhood sweetheart, a girl who he hasn’t seen in years. Now he’s failed the entrance exams and is in danger of losing his dream again if he doesn’t stay focused. This is no easy task for the single twenty-year-old, especially since he’s found himself the caretaker of girls’ dorm filled with gorgeous young women. Yet, Keitaro is about to get motivated when he discovers that one of his tenants is his childhood crush! Working together, can the two finally achieve their goals, or will Keitaro be seduced by the temptations that surround him?

Product Details

• Paperback: 198 pages
• Publisher: TokyoPop (June 25, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931514976
• ISBN-13: 978-1931514972
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 4.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #293,141 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, July 30, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Love Hina, Volume 2 (Paperback)

I'm a huge fan of manga. Sailor Moon being my first series. This is my second. I just fell in love with this book and all the ones in this series. It is about a guy who is trying to get into Tokyo University to fulfill a promise to a girl he knew a long time ago. They promised eachother that they would go to Tokyo University so they could live happily ever after as the legend states. The only problem with this is that he can't remember the girl's name or anything else about her for that matter. After failing the entrance exams his parents kick him out of the house so he goes to live at his grandmother's inn. There he runs into another problem. It is no longer an inn. It's a girls dormitory! Upon arriving he runs into a lot of problems with the residents. His aunt then stops by with some surprising news! His grandmother has given him Hinata House! He then becomes the new landlord but the ladies aren't too excepting of him and give him a lot of problems. His problems continue into this volume of Love HIna but now the most violent resdent at Hinata house may very well be that girl he made a promise to so many years ago. He's developed a crush on her but does she really like him underneath all the abuse? Very funny comic! I highly reccomend!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fun, but ultimately still filler, May 28, 2003

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Simon (Brampton, ON) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Love Hina, Volume 2 (Paperback)

If you're a big Love Hina fan like I am, you'll probably end up buying every book anyway, and there's nothing wrong with that - all of them are hilariously written (translated), drawn, and feature the same great characters that you love.

However, in the grand scheme of the series, nothing of real importance happens in book 2. Naru and Keitaro take the Tokyu U exam, and Keitaro begins to believe Naru might be his promised girl, but all of this is pretty much negated at the beginning of book 3 (hey, the series lasts another 12 volumes! these things take time). What book 2 does end up being is a collection of "day in the life of" stories. If the job of book 1 was to introduce the characters, book 2 further fleshes them out and shows us a typical day, so that Ken Akamatsu can shake up the formula later (trip to Kyoto, introduction of Seta, etc). It also allows him to rehash jokes later on, after Keitaro has gotten more familiar with the Love Hina gang (the Guri-Choco). All of this is fine, but it's not very memorable - I'd have trouble telling friends what book 2 was mainly about if they asked.

Those wishing to read Love Hina in order may wish to purchase book 3 at the same time, which introduces the fan-favourite Mutsumi and is better at developing the overall plot. Those who are short on money or have seen the anime may wish to come back to book 2 after reading the later, more relevant installments.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Travel My Way, It's the Highway that's the Best, August 8, 2004

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J. W. Turner (North Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love Hina, Volume 2 (Paperback)

Certainly the scenic route is not the shortest, but if you're in such a big hurry, take the expressway. While my knowledge of Japanese culture is limited to the Iron Chef and about a score of films directed by Kurosawa, Ozu, and Itami, even such a brief acquaintence with the art of this remarkable culture reveals a persistent fascination with atmosphere and character. If you need a plot as tight as a snare drum, go elsewhere. If, on the other hand, you share my enjoyment of the details, the nuances of the location, and the wonderful quirks that make the characters so lovable, then you, like me, will be utterly enchanted with the second volume of "Love Hina."

No matter how many times I read the volumes of this series, it is never enough. I even translate as much of the katakana as I can make out, just so I don't miss a single drop of Akamatsu's intoxicating elixir. I'm sorry there are only fourteen of them, but, as with the nine symphonies of Beethoven, they improve with familiarity.

Many thanks.