LOVE HINA AGAIN: KEITARO So, first of all, what did I think of episode 1 of Love Hina Again? I thought it was good, but it definitely could have been better... here are my reasons why: too much sexual content (for Love Hina anime, geez o_O), not enough Keitaro, and not enough clothing on the girls. However, I thought the music was incredible and the manga animation style was great.

Love Hina Kanako starts out with Keitaro at the Tokyo U Entrance Exams, quoting that popular speech he used when first trying to enter the university. In the middle of the speech, he tosses it aside, claiming that he "[doesn't] need that crappy self introduction anymore!" As Keitaro is talking in front of a crowd of people, Narusegawa and Mutsumi pass by, though Narusegawa is acting like she doesn't even know who Keitaro is. He sees the two anyway and runs towards Naru to thank her for where he is in his life right now. While thanking her, Naru punches Keitaro to the sky.

Although Keitaro is punched, since he is now a Toudai student, he claims that he will no longer fly towards the stars and instead lands on the rooftop, shockingly safe and sound. But it's not shocking that he loses his balance and tumbles off the roof just a few seconds later, ne? XD Keitaro ends up breaking his leg, only to have Narusegawa sighing in the hospital room and Mutsumi standing there, just being cute and quiet as usual. :) Hehehee, poor Keitaro and his horribly bad luck. o.@;

The episode now shows the time, starting from May, with the scene at Hinata Inn, with Keitaro's leg bandaged in a cast. He's on the phone with his parents, explaining that he got hurt but that he's serious about university, but to no avail. As Narusegawa walks through the door, Keitaro tells her he needs to go home and leaves without another word. Confused, Naru turns towards her friends, and Kitsune explains that since Keitaro hasn't gone to college in a while, his parents are skeptical of him actually passing the courses. Narusegawa turns back to see an empty road, and time shows that another month has passed and that it is now June.

Sweeping in front of Hinata Inn, Narusegawa is shown, looking rather melancholy and full of thought. And at university, she can't seem to concentrate on anything the professor is saying because Keitaro is too much on her mind. She can't even play tennis right or enjoy time with her friends. The scene is switched to her in the hot springs... upon hearing Kaolla yell "Keitaro," Narusegawa gets excited and runs in to say hello. As Keitaro looks at her, you see Seta-san come in to greet them, and it goes on to show that Keitaro's dream is to travel around the world and go on excavations like Seta.

A month later, they're at the airport, with everybody (except Narusegawa) gathering together to congratulate Keitaro and wish him a safe trip. Keitaro sees that Naru isn't there and asks Haruka where she is, getting the reply that Naru is angry, not about tutoring Keitaro, only to have her abandon her, but about something else. Narusegawa watches a plane fly by and calls herself an idiot for not telling Keitaro how she feels. Keitaro comes up and interrupts Narusegawa's thoughts, to tell her that the plane was delayed and that he has a little time to talk to her. He mentions that she came, though she lies and responds with saying she came to see Seta-san off. Keitaro says, "I see," and sits next to Naru, explaining his feelings about how he doesn't have his own dream. He stumbles with his words and then mentions how he told her he loved her during Christmas and says his feelings still haven't changed. She asks why he's leaving then, and he apologizes, gets up to leave, and says goodbye. The scene ends with Narusegawa in tears, sobbing to herself. (Gah, this scene is so emotional... it always makes me cry!)

Another month passes by, and it's now the end of August. A mysterious figure, dressed in black, walks up to Hinata Inn and says to herself, "This is... Hinata Inn..." The scene switches to inside of Hinatasou, with Sara angrily cleaning the house and Mutsumi waving a letter around for Narusegawa. In another room, Narusegawa and Shinobu talk about Keitaro and how Naru mentioned she loved Keitaro at Pararakers Island, though she denies it again. -_- Naru claims that the only reason she said she might have loved Keitaro is because she got carried away with the atmosphere of the Southern Islands. Shinobu gets worked up and blames Naru for Keitaro not coming back. Narusegawa drops her pencil, shocked, as Shinobu apologizes repeatedly for saying something like that to her. Abrupty, Narusegawa gets up and tells Shinobu she has to go grocery shopping. Narusegawa goes into Keitaro's room and asks herself why she couldn't tell Keitaro her feelings but is interrupted by a cat behind her.

Shirai and Haitani are together in the streets, complaining about how uneventful their summer has been and claims that they need something good to happen to them. Motoko walks by as they're talking, and they run after her to hit on her, but Motoko sticks a pencil near his throat and threatens him. They both agree that Motoko has become more feminine, and better yet, she remembered their names! XD Motoko runs around the corner and sees Narusegawa, who starts feeling her up and asking her why she's wearing a skirt. o_O Motoko gets uncomfortable, and then runs out after noticing a crowd has gathered to watch. (These are scenes that I didn't particularly enjoy, due to the graphic nature... it's Love Hina, for goodness sakes!) Now, at Hinatasou, Narusegawa is pretty much fondling Kitsune's breasts, asking her who touches them, pointing out that they're huge. (UHH.) Kitsune tells her it's none of her business, and then Naru tells her she needs to pay her rent. Immediately after, Kaolla and Sara run in and are upset because their toys have been thrown away. Naru calls them useless and leaves, being called mean. Up on the roof, Shinobu is hanging the laundry, and Narusegawa comes in, only to throw up her skirt. She starts commenting on how childish her underwear is and makes Shinobu cry. She tells her that in order to be an adult, she needs to wear 'adult' under garments. o_O;; LOL, then Shinobu runs out crying. Yes, aren't you wondering what the point of those scenes were? If you ask me, the perverted animators got kinda... bored... hehe. :P (They could've easily done these scenes without the feeling and the lack of clothes, etc... yup, 'twas my main gripe about this episode.)

Now in Narusegawa's room, Naru kicks Liddo-kun against the bookshelf and looks through the hole in the ground. Mutsumi then walks in from spending too much time in the hot springs. Naru asks about the letter, but Mutsumi can't remember since she's so out of it. A noise is heard, and you see Naru (in a pink dress) being chased by Motoko, Sara, Kitsune, Kaolla, and Shinobu, with them yelling that she's been possessed by an evil spirit. XD Confused, Narusegawa runs and finds shelter with... Narusegawa? :O Once she's in her room, she sees someone identical to her, holding a shirt of Keitaro's. "Narusegawa" tells her that she likes Keitaro and believes anyone gets in the way of that. The real Narusegawa falls over, and "Naru" tells her to hide in a porcelain raccoon. At this point, "Narusegawa" reveals to Naru that she is the one Keitaro made the promise with.

"Narusegawa" runs out and tells all the Hinatasou girls that she's sick of living with them. They're confused because she's not moving the way Narusegawa really moves, etc. Then the real Narusegawa hops out in the raccoon suit, and they try to figure out who the real Naru is. Mutsumi then comes out with the letter and "Narusegawa" jumps over to grab the letter from Naru. Haruka then asks if "Narusegawa" could possibly be Kanako... she then states she took the form of Narusegawa and reveals her true form. She tells them all that she, Kanako Urashima, is the new Hinata Inn manager. They refuse to accept her as the new manager, but Narusegawa manages to convince them that they should at least try since she's Keitaro's sister. Kanako is surprised that Narusegawa is sticking up for her but doesn't say anything and walks out.

Kanako enforces crazy strict rules on all of Hinata Inn, so everybody gets a little... upset, I guess. o_O While Naru is in the hot springs, thinking, Kanako comes in and turns off the hot spring, telling Naru that the hot springs won't be available after 8pm. Narusegawa comes down later to see that the rest of them are planning on beating up Kanako, basically, lol. They try to figure out her weak spot and notice that she forbids entering the hill behind the inn, so they plan on exploring the area. After finding out their plans, Narusegawa tells Kanako about it, and she thanks her for telling her, at which point Naru says she just wants them to all get along. Kanako asks Naru why she's being kind to her, and she says it's because she's Keitaro's little sister. Kanako then tells Naru that she and Keitaro aren't related and since she made that promise... *cough* She then gets into a turtle outfit. :) Then a scene change, to the others... While they're exploring, they run into "Haruka" but Kaolla uses an x-ray gun to reveal that she's indeed Kanako in disguise.

Motoko basically threatens Kanako to leave, and Kanako unleashes the mecha-tamas on them. Kaolla gets happy and thinks Kanako is playing with them, and then Naru runs in, telling Kanako to stop. They ask Naru whose side she's on, and Mutsumi changes the subject, asking what Keitaro said in the letter. They all ask Kanako what the letter says, and she says that she forgot to read it, hehehe. All of a sudden, guess whose van comes driving in? Seta-san's, wee! ^_^ Kitsune and Kaolla run towards the van and hear a familiar voice talking... who is it? None other than Keitaro... he looks soooo cute! :D He gets confused at everyone's response because they don't seem very happy, and he asks if they all got his letter. They all scream Keitaro and run towards him and then the episode ends. ^^ It wasn't the greatest episode in the world, but still, very good! Just not enough Keitaro, hehehe. ^_-