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Love Hina, Vol. 01 by Ken Akamatsu
2.0

LOVE HINA caught my eye because of the women on the cover (female friendships for the win!) and a vague niggling that it was an influential series. During my read, I thought the premise was interesting: we have the manga female harem trope paired with a manic pixie boy who blatantly doesn't have his life together. It's a mix full of conflict, and the author uses it well with lots of hijinks and crazy antics thrown in. Also: SO. MUCH. NAKEDNESS. And walking in on nakedness. Like...jeez. It seems like Akamatsu thinks readers won't pay attention unless there's breasts every ten pages. The girls' personalities and conflicts were nicely varied, so, since Akamatsu didn't shirk on character, I'll pick up the next one.