LOVE
HINA CHARACTERS
The Residents of Hinata Inn and The Whole Hinata
GRANDMA HINA
Keitaro's
grandma and Haruka's mother who owns the Hinata Sou. She appears only in several
seconds... a very short time, yet enough to tell us that without her, the love
story between Keitaro and Narusegawa would never happen. As she decided to leave
Hinata to go somewhere on earth, Keitaro's called to substitute her role as
the kanrinin (manager) of Hinata Sou.
SAKATA KENTARO
Keitaro's
rival to get Narusegawa (after Seta Noriyasu). This guy is cool and handsome,
but sometimes he's misscalled "Sakata Keitaro". He first appeared
as a rich young boy who's keen on getting Narusegawa, but later ended up as
Haruka-san's assistant. What a poor man, huh? Anyway, maybe he's really an expert
in love. Keitaro may get one or two lessons from him...
SHIRAI & HAITANI
One
is a fatty short guy... the other's a thin tall guy... that's how I describe
these goofy couple. Shirai and Haitani are Keitaro's best friends since high
school. They also failed the entrance exam just like Keitaro. Although they
try to be helpful to Keitaro (especially to get him closer to Naru's heart),
but in fact they just make things worse.
TAMA-CHAN
This
cute hot spring turtle is Mutsumi's beloved "pet". She gave Tama-chan
to Keitaro and Naru after their long trip to Okinawa. It seems to be a female
one, and "she" always join the girls enjoying the hot spring in Hinata
Sou. Surprisingly, Motoko fears this little one very much. How could a kendo
master be afraid of a powerless turtle?
AMARA SU
Like
Kaolla, her younger sister, Amara Su comes from somewhere in Africa (just my
opinion). Accompanied with a big white crocodile named "Whity", she
took Keitaro away and wanted to make love wit him (gosh!) just because Keitaro
resembles her brother. Amara lives in an apartement and her room is next to
Mutsumi's room. You know, they united their bathrooms there, I don't know the
reason... could it be... ugh...
MEI NARUSEGAWA
Mei-chan
is Narusegawa's step sister, different father but same mother. In the anime,
Mei-chan appears in late episodes trying to take Narusegawa back home. Ever
since Mei's arrival, many sad moments take place... sigh...
HINATA COUNCILS
The
Hinata councils are very mysterious. They always show up and then disappear
in the right place at the right time, even in a mysterious way. Their roles
in Love Hina seem like human's conscience. You just can't easily catch the meaning
of their words, but not because you don't understand Japanese...