Reviews

I come from the perspective of not needing to love all of the characters in Love Hina, and that is generally where most criticism comes from on this show. To be fair everyone would probably also agree that the plot is vapid and a thin plastic covering for the harem setup, but I usually hear the character criticism first. So basically my weak defence is that characters such as Naru Narusagawa are supposed to be awful, unreasonable, and mean. Some of the comedy for me is the fact that Keitarou likes in ether a romantic or friendly way the majority of the female cast. So in that sense the show sort of saves itself from being a standard harem anime, and deflects the criticism if you take my lopsided view.

I must be reaching for an excuse to find the show sort of funny and entertaining, but the mindset sort of helps coming into a show with such a low reputations with veteran otaku.