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[Asura (#90556)]

 Love Hina Episode/OVA/Specials order

[Clifford C. (#119165)]

There was a movie? Since when??? Please tell more.

[Mike (#43833)]

[Styledatol (#113447)]

Man the OVAs were horrible.
If you really like the anime, don't watch Love Hina again: its stupid, short, and adds nothing new (nothing interesting anyway).

Love Hina Again = Marketing trick to appeal to the hormone controlled Japanese (not only) teenage boys.

[Mike (#43833)]

[Kieraganion (#120125)]

The Love Hine "collection" was certainly enjoyable, but I agree it wasn't anything groundbreaking. And I was content leaving it like that... Until I read the Manga.

10 times better.


I have now idea why they decided to jack the series around like that so much from it's original source.

SPOLIER!:

[Mike (#43833)]

I know this thread is 4 months old, but hey, I can do whatever I want, jk. The real reason for this revival is that I just finished reading the Manga, and spent some time putting the episodes and events into correct order. So, here you go!

Vol..Subject............Related Episode or OVA
1 1st Meeting ....... 1
Shinobu, Mokoto's 1st Love...... 2,3
2 Prep Tests, Runaway from Failure...... 4
1st Xmas, Valentine's Day
3 Runaways ........... 5,6
Turtle Girl ........... 6
4 Tunnels, Feminine Motoko? ..........9,12
Seta-san and archeology job! .......... 14,15
5 Beach Teahouse ........ 16
1st Kisses? Kaolla Transforms! .........13,10
6 Fantasy Land! ........ 7
1st Date!? Mutsumi comes to Town ......11,21
7 X-mas! .......... X-mas Special
Date with Mutsumi, Runaway to Island
8 Para-something Island ......... Spring Special

9 Shinobu Date? Motoko's Sister! .......18,25
Haruka and Seta?
10 Mutsumi's family
Halloween - Study Abroad
11 Kanako, Hinata Changes! ........Love Hina Again

12 Old Annex .........Love Hina Again

13 Grandma's Fax
Toudai - The City
14 Promise Girl
Finale

So, basically the Manga covers much more, as expected, than the anime does. The anime is almost exactly the same, aside from the order of lesser events. Basically, there are key points in the manga, and the anime follows those. The side stories and things going on in between are shuffled around a bit, and the anime even has some things different and a few stories of it's own (hence some episodes weren't placed above).
Overall, I think if you should watch the first 6 episodes in order, then 7-17 in just about any order you like, X-mas Special, Spring Special, then 18-25 in order, and then finally Love Hina Again.

I think that's the best possible chronology I can come up with after reading the manga.
It was released in the order I have from the post from months ago, so it could be watched that way anyway, but to follow the manga I've posted the new list for anyone interested.

MIKE

[M (#118794)]

Well if you've watched the anime and you really can't be bothered to read the entire manga, would it be recommended to start reading from volume 13, or even volume 7?

Also, if it's not too much trouble, is there anyway you can make that list a bit easier on the eyes?

[Veleon (#124559)]

If you have watched the series and want to know what happens, then read from volume 12 or 13 on. If you havent seen it in awhile then i would suggest reading 12 first because it is basically Love Hina Again, with some different scenes. But at the end of 12 is the

[Mike (#43833)]

Here you go, easier on the eyes I hope:



MIKE

[Shinka (#128364)]

CRAP! there are 26 episodes??? I thought there were only 25! whats that 26th about???

[Mike (#43833)]

[Shinka (#128364)]

LOL! its cool, no worries, you just really freak me out, I thought I missed an episode and was, like I said, freaked out XD
Anyway, regarding episode 25, I think it was a good move not releasing it on TV, since it really doesnt add anything more to the series, and although its a fun episode, they should have included it much earlier in the anime, since really, episode 24 wraps it up, and the specials and OVAs complet it : P

[cranston (#84421)]

yoink!

Depends. which country are you in?

[Stick (#5576)]

his post was removed, along with the quoted post. He tried hiding a spam link in his question in the smallest possible sized lettering.