Audience reviews
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Ruisumaru
I’M REALLY GLAD THAT ANIME ADAPTATIONS THESE DAYS ARE LARGELY FAITHFUL TO THEIR MANGA. I was so excited about this special, but unfortunately, it was disappointing.
I knew the TV series deviated from the original harem manga, but I hoped for something different here since this is a standalone Christmas story. Instead, it feels just like the TV series.
If you only know the Love Hina anime, this might be a dream come true thanks to its animation quality, cozy moments, and glimpses of character development. But as someone who fell in love with the manga (even after struggling through a boring first volume), I can’t help feeling let down.
What’s funny, yet sad, is that Ken Akamatsu himself drew a mini Christmas arc (chapters 48-52) that would have made an amazing OVA. That part of the story…
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A lot better than the series proper, this holiday movie manages to draw a lot more emotional depth than any of the series episodes tend to. With some real emotional investment, the way it becomes a big throwdown about gifts and affirming love at the end reminded me of the final two episodes of the 'Oh My Goddess!' OVAs which also involves a Yuletide confession of love and gift-giving that had a lot of emotional gravity. Naru become almost likeable in the course of the film, but sadly shows little growth despite the meaningful lessons she received in the Christmas Special, as evidenced in the following animation.
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Let's get down with the review.
-This is probably the most well animated episode by Love Hina standard. You can see the excessive frames around the beginning of the episode. But then it stagnates a little bit around the middle but still good.
-This time it's Keitaro who do the sulking when he taught Naru was cheating on him. He also don't get beat around too much.
-Naru confessed her affection to Keitaro on national TV in the end but moments later she's back with her normal abusive attitude towards Keitaro. Okay.
The drama feels better in this episode. If only they kept the drama this good throughout the series.
Read at the sourcekevinswnd
I must say, Love Hina Chirstmas Special: Silent Eve is an enjoyment to watch! Still as same as Love Hina, but let me tell you, you won't be disappointed by watching this special.
Story: 7/10
The special concentrates more on the relationship between Naru and Keitaro. It is still as same as Love Hina's "stupidity", but slightly the story is better than the TV series although the special is given a short period of time.
Animation: 7/10
Same as the TV series, the animation is executed pretty good since it's 2000! Also the artwork is good, too, although it's not that special. But overall, the animation and the artwork are executed well.
Sound: 8/10
Nothing's special with the music and song, but also nothing's wrong with them, too. The seiyuu are doing a well-done job. They really define thei…
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The characters of Love Hina celebrate the season to the fullest in this special, which features elements from the main series as well as new ones brought in with the season.
The story centers around, as the premise of the series itself, on a rumor that states that if you make a wish on this 'special christmas eve' at midnight it will come true. It zeros in on the romance between Keitaro and Naru, yet features each of the characters, a fact which cannot be forgotten. You see the truer sides of all the characters and see them interact more in one episode then is really seen in any normal episode of the series: between Matsume and Keitaro, Shinobu and Keitaro, the girls towards eachother, and even a glimpse at Kitsunes past love towards Seta.
The story ends in what some may call tear jerking,…
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"I loved Love Hina because it was one of the first anime i watched.
I think that what makes it great is that it doesnt take place at school for once and even if the characters could have been improved (especially Keitaro), it remains awesome.
A special place in my heart for this one :)" - benjee
"Well, Love Hina was pretty unique for it's time.. wasn't it? I'm sure it was many people's first or one of their first Anime. It wasn't my first Anime but it was defiinitely something I watched in my earlier years of enjoying Anime. Around that innocent age. :]" - kissbang
"It was pretty good i must say. An prime example of a series when the echii doesn't ruin/degrade it." - thestatement
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8 months and countless shows since watching Love Hina, I've gotten hold of the specials, and it's review time.
Story
It's Love Hina, and it's christmas time, so we have to have some holiday romance.
The story is nice, especially the end, though I found too much of it to be predictable. Relationships move a bit, but I didn't really gain any new perspective on any of the characters.
Animation/sound Not really anything noticably different from the series.
Character
If you've watched the original, then there aren't going to be any surprises here. They're all given an appropriate part in the story, but as I said above, I didn't feel any new depth to the characters.
Enjoyment
Well, personally, I watched the original Love Hina for the comedy, and the romantic comedy, rather than straight…
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STORY
8/10
The Christmas special is by far better than any of the Love Hina television episodes. It concentrates more on the characters and their interactions with one another, rather than overdone slapstick comedy, though that also finds its way into the release. It can easily be said that this one release has more emotion in it than all of the episodes combined, making it a very worthwhile view for Love Hina fans everywhere. Within its one hour run time, it manages to focus on Naru and Keitaro, while still exploring the feelings and thoughts of the other characters. Interestingly, while it has, by far, the most emotion of all the episodes, as well as a plot line that is stronger than the entire series combined, it also has the most fanservice shots. These shots occur often and plentiful…
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