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Love Hina is a manga (and anime) series by author Ken Akamatsu. The manga won the "Best Manga, USA Release" in 2002 Anime Expo. The manga consists of 14 books. The anime is 25 episodes long and is supplemented with Christmas and Spring movies and the Love Hina Again OVA.
The manga is published in Japan by Kodansha in Shonen Magazine, in English in North America and the United Kingdom by TOKYOPOP, in French in France and Québec by Pika Edition, in Spanish in Spain by Glénat, in Singapore in English and Chinese by Chuang Yi, in Brazil by Editora JBC, in Mexico by Grupo Editorial Vid, in Poland by Waneko, and in several other countries. The anime is produced in North America by Bandai, in Spain by Jonu Media, and in Singapore by Odex.
There are also two novels from "Love Hina" which have been released in Japan and have been released in the U.S. by TOKYOPOP, the US publisher of the manga.
The story is a comedy of the shōnen genre about a clumsy young man with an unparalleled amount of personal drive despite having horrible luck. After failing to get into Tokyo U (the college of his dreams) He visits his grandmothers "Hotel" only to discover it has been turned into a girls dorm. After his grandmother gives him the deed to the building he has the tough job of being landlord, studying to get into Tokyo U, and dealing with the sneaky girls living there, who never pass up an opportunity to humiliate him.
The series falls under the harem anime genre as well due to the familiar set up of one boy living with a group of sexy but unusual women. One distinguishing feature that sets this series apart from the average harem anime is that, for a very large portion of the manga series, Keitaro is disliked by the girls. Whereas many harem animes initially or very quickly place the main male character at the center of the girls' lusts, Keitaro is not only initially disliked by the girls, he suffers for a rather prolonged and extended period of time. Keitaro often experiences falls or is simply beaten to a point that would probably kill a normal person, so it is a running joke throughout the series that Keitaro is immortal (thus, everyone is surprised when Keitaro manages to sprain his ankle in the Christmas special, and then to break his leg in the first episode of Love Hina Again.
The series is most well known for putting humorously absurd elements into an ostensibly mundane universe, such as Su's destructive mecha, ghosts, and flying turtles.
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