Naru NarusegawaLove Hina characterCreated byVoiced byJapaneseEnglishProfileRelatives(step-sister)(husband)(sister-in-law)Naru Narusegawa ( 成瀬川 なる, Narusegawa Naru) is a in the series by and one of the central characters in the franchise. Known for her fiery temper and tendency to use physical violence to punish central character, she is the first female introduced in the series who is trying to pass the entrance exams. Her studies along with her developing relationship with Keitaro is one of the focal points in the series. Her Japanese voice actress is and her English voice actor is. Contents.Character design initially designed a character named Midori who would later become the basis for Naru. Her appearance was identical to Naru with the exception of the signature hair antenna.

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Midori was to be the complete opposite of Naru in character, acting very kind and nice like in personality. Upon first encountering the main character she was to fall naked from the ceiling on top of him, losing her memory in the process. Because of her amnesia, not much is known about her past. She stays with the main character who instantly falls in love with her, and gets a part-time job as a waitress yet due to her clumsiness she's prone to tripping and falling while carrying food.Some of the sketches of Midori's facial expressions and outfits were still used for Naru in the anime. Before finalizing her design and description, her character was renamed multiple times before the start of the series.

In particular, her eyes were worked on the most to match her personality. Appearances Manga. Manga illustration of Naru at her weddingAt the start of the story, Naru is a 17-year-old student and resident of Hinata Inn. She came to live there when she was just in junior high.

Naru is characterized by her signature hair antenna (which is only shared by one other character in the series, Mutsumi), short and hot temper, immense strength and agility despite her size, and physically aggressive nature when it comes to Keitaro. Because of this, Naru is described as being 'one fuse short of a cannon'.

This side of her is usually reserved for Keitaro. The other residents of Hinata Inn, of whom she is protective, care for Naru like a sister. She is reliable and responsible. They all cheer her on and support her during her studies.

As the story progresses, the girls become envious of Naru, because of her beauty and most importantly because of her relationship with Keitaro. Some are driven to the point where they start to dress and act like her. Despite attempts to break them apart, the girls eventually see Naru as a role model to follow and be like in the future.Of all the girls in the Hinata House, she is victimized the most by Keitaro's clumsiness which often results in her being naked or exposed in some fashion, touched or grabbed inappropriately, or lying in very suggestive positions, she is also the one who usually hits him when he is in this situation with other girls (despite the fact that half the time it wasn't even his fault). This is further tempered by the fact that his room is directly underneath hers, a hole in the ceiling connects the two making for easy access, and they study together most of the time. Once, she beat Keitaro up because she entered his room while he was changing and later explained that hitting him had become an involuntary reaction. These situations along with her quick retribution thereafter are a recurring element in the series. Her attacks become increasingly more volatile as the story progresses.

Despite her reactions towards him, Naru finds her day to feel highly off-center without any of Keitaro's unintentional perversions. She develops strong feelings for Keitaro, though initially has great difficulty in coming to terms with them. Naru's conflicting emotions causes her to become extremely jealous of his closeness with the other girls while at the same time stay in a state of denial and emotional unsteadiness.

Because of her aggressive yet caring personality, Naru is a best known example of the character archetype.Naru owns a doll that Keitaro gave her when she was two years old; it was originally Mutsumi's but she gave it to him to give it to 'Na-chan' as a love gift. She is also given a flying turtle, Tama-chan, and a kiss as a sign of forgiveness and thanks for helping her get back home after the entrance exams.Her character follows along with the beautiful-nerd disposition with the exception that she is actually very spontaneous and sometimes quite clumsy. Like Keitaro, she strove to get into because of a promise she had made to someone in the past. She is very intelligent, having placed Tops in the nation on the college practice entrance exams at the same that Keitaro was enrolled in. However, this was not always so as was shown that several years before the beginning of the story Naru was like Keitaro, having horrible grades and little hope of passing. She was able to overcome this by constantly studying under the guidance of, whom she had a crush on at the time.

However, this resulted in a decline in her social activities as well as damaging her eyesight. When not using contacts, she has to wear glasses with thick lenses. Despite her dedication to her studies she failed to pass the Tokyo University entrance exam the first time but was able to pass the second time around. One of her goals is to become a teacher.Towards the end of the series she finally confesses her love for Keitaro. In the anime, she does this several times in the specials but eventually culminates in one moment when she screams it out and kisses Keitaro passionately. Over-exaggerated physical confrontations between the main characters is a recurring theme in the series.In the anime, Naru is less often placed by the writers in compromising or revealing situations than in the manga, and is also less aggressive towards Keitaro. In the manga, for example, her first encounter with Keitaro in the hot springs is more revealing than the manga, when she mistakes him for due to her not wearing her glasses or contacts at the time.

She then proceeds to follow him relentlessly, after several embarrassing run-ins around the house, so as to protect the other girls. She is also more prone to being exposed, grabbed, or depicted in very provocative positions in the manga, which are heavily played on in the Love Hina series.Naru is much more tolerant of Keitaro when he first arrived in the anime than the manga, and halfway through Volume 1 in the manga, she participates in the 'Get Rid of Keitaro Plan' devised by the other girls and becomes the coldest of the group towards him.In the manga, Naru made promises with three people that she would get into Tokyo University. At first, she did it because of her crush for Seta. However, it started when Naru was only two years old and living in Hinata when she and Keitaro promised to go to Tokyo University together. Because she was too young, Naru could not remember that promise.

She had also promised Mutsumi Otohime to go to Tokyo University in an effort to be reminded of her promise with Keitaro. In the anime she talks at length about her promise to Seta, and the promise to Keitaro is revealed in a flashback in the beginning of the first episode, but the promise to Mutsumi is left out.The manga also follows Naru's relationship with Keitaro longer and more closely after they both pass their entrance exams. The main focus of the story switches to their feelings, commitment mishaps and problems, and insecurities—all of which are often depicted in comical manner.

Rather surprisingly, Naru is initially the one to ask Keitaro if he wanted to take their relationship to another level. The series ends with them having developed a more mature and committed relationship.In the epilogue set four years later, Naru marries Keitaro fulfilling their childhood dreams. The anime ends before this happens., who voiced Naru in the Japanese version, is also noted for singing the opening theme song Kirari Takaramono (lit. Glittering Treasures) and ending song Be for me, be for you for the Love Hina Again OVA.Reception Around the halfway point of the Manga run, a character popularity poll was run to find the most popular female character in the series, and the results were printed in Love Hina 0, an official fan reference book. In the poll Naru ranked first, with 3831 votes in comparison to 1500 votes for. At the end of the series, another poll was run, with Naru coming third with 20935 votes. Naru was beaten by Shinobu with 22517 votes and by with 21161 votes.

Another poll appeared in volume 7 of the manga, with Naru coming first with 784 votes followed by Shinobu with 406 votes. There were 2506 votes in total. She was ranked 67th out of 100 in a 2002 poll on the favorite heroine of the year in the Japanese edition of.Naru has been the subject of a large range of merchandise, such as figures, posters, postcards and other goods, both by herself and with other characters from the series. Merchandise is available in both her manga character design and her anime character design. Produced several cold-cast statues of the Love Hina cast in 1/8th scale that were released worldwide.

Three of these statues were of Naru. The first statue featured Naru in a pink and was released in December 2002 in a production run limited to 600 pieces. The statue was a complete sell out. The second Naru statue was released in August 2003, again limited to 600 pieces. The final Naru statue, again limited to 600 pieces but in a new 1/6 size, featured Naru in a typical outfit of a yellow top and a red skirt. References.

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Synopsis Keitaro has finally passed the entrance exams, and is officially a Toudai student. But after breaking his leg in an accident in the entrance ceremony, he thought and re-evaluated himself. Having new goals, Keitaro follows Seta on an overseas archeology trip. Lord of ultima play. During his absence, however, all was not well in Hinata Lodge. Urashima Kanako, Keitaro's sister, arrives on the scene.

She claims to be the new manager of Hinata Lodge starts to go against all the tenants. Things become even more complicated when they recieve a letter from Keitaro.

The tenants and Kanako made a big mess trying to get the letter, but Seta's car crashes in before anyone could read the letter. Overall8Story8Animation8Sound8Character8Enjoyment8So there's the sequel to the Love Hina + Love Hina specials. I'd like to justify this anime with better score than so far I saw other people to give it.

Sure it's still with same people, who have same behaviour, but doesn't that feel like happily coming back to something you know?Let's get to the details of anime now =)Story 8/10 = Well, it's just 3 episodes after all so the story ain't long and that detailed, but it's well considered a sequel and hey, it finaly has what we were waiting for in the Love Hina! That specific thing really shined up myopinion about the ending in overall.Art 8/10, Sound 8/10 = The art remains the same and it's a quite good one for sure.

As about sound, it's pretty alright.Character 8/10 = Well, there's finaly a bit of change in the two main protagonists ( Naru and Keitaro ), Keitaro's pretty much more useful now and Naru finaly gets herself to do what's needed to do.Enjoyment 8/10 = It's not one of the brilliant animes you've got to watch, but it's definitely worth watching after you finished Love Hina!. This anime still made me laugh a lot with all the tricks put in, like samurai with chi, a girl constructing killing toys ( where the hell she got the materials?:D ) and a new kind of dilemma between the two main protagonists. If you're the person that likes cheerful shining endings that make you smile and laugh ( well, there just happens something quite funny before the complete ending ), don't hesitate and give this a try! It's worth it =). Overall2Story2Animation6Sound5Character3Enjoyment1Welp, I’m back in this god awful anime franchise.I get that comedy is a subjective art form and there are many different ways to make people laugh, from the most high-brow comedy to the lowest of the low (and people tend to see/watch that the most; don’t believe it?

Two and a Half Men lasted this long. There’s your proof) but it all depends on what you thought as funny because many people have different tastes and all that. I know that can tolerate Love Hina and all its.ahem. glory and I question them why and wonder what people see in this show.Keitaro needs sometime to evaluate himself and his goals, so he goes onto a trip with Seta to attempt the life of an archaeologist.

However, not all is safe at the Hinata Inn while he is gone. A woman claiming to be Keitaros sister comes and claims right to be the manager of the inn. Life gets complicated when Keitaro returns, and attempts to deal with his sister of yesteryear.I’ve read some reviews saying that this is here the franchise has fallen from grace and how this might be one of the worst entries of the Love Hina franchise. But then again, if you really thought Love Hina was good or poignant or touching in the first place, then you really needed to re-think your thoughts on the show.

Yeah, they’re right on this OVA being absolute shit because it is. Most of the time, they have these ridiculous plotline of Keitaro’s younger sister Kanako staying in the Hinata Inn in order to be closer.vomits a little.to her brother.

Yep, it’s another one of those stories and of course, it drives a wedge between the “ever so progressing” relationship between Keitaro and Naru because it’s not like it wasn’t much boring or annoying than before. Oh wait.Yeah, there is a bunch of fan service thrown in there, but in the wrong and mostly turned-off way as possible but then again, it wasn’t the fan service that annoyed me (even though it was one of the factors), they just have a clumsy way of doing comedy along with transitioning to the serious and “touching” moments this show has. Overall6Story0Animation0Sound0Character0Enjoyment0Let's get down with the review.-We got a loli, highschool girl, samurai, jew and a tsundere in the harem but Love Hina Again provides us with the last addition of the harem, one that is very important in any Harem anime: Imouto.-That fan-service. These OVAs especially the first episode is pretty heavy on the fan-service than the rest of the anime.

My dick couldn't take much more of this.-Naru's confession at the end of the OVA's is the moment fans have been waiting for. It's a pretty precious moment in the harem anime history. Satisfying.-Keitaro has a surprisingly good singing voice in the ED. HisVA should've picked a better career for his voice.

Overall4Story3Animation5Sound8Character5Enjoyment6Love Hina Again disappointed me. After watching the beginning five minutes of the first episode, I did not feel this sequel lived up to the name of the series.The first noticeable difference in the show is the character art, which resembles manga more than anime. A minute difference yes, but it did take some getting used to. The tempo speeds up too suddenly at times, causing scenes to jump or end without much believable transition. Coupled with a predictable storyline, I felt this gave Love Hina Again a very rushed feel.Audio is probably the only redeeming factor of the show. Characters are appropriately voiced bytheir respective actors in sync, sound effects create depth and music set mood.