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Love Hina by Ken Akamatsu Book: 12 (For Mature Audiences) Seems like Keitaro and Naru are finally figuring out how they truly feel about one another…no thanks to Konako, Keitaro’s creepy half-sister and inexhaustible stalker. But an old curse long embedded in the Hinata House/Inn’s annex may very well try to keep the wishy-washy lovebirds (Keitaro and Naru, for clairification) apart, as a slip-up of the ‘I-love-you’ phrase sets fate on a course to make Konako’s dream come true. The curse approach seems a little cheesy, but in a cute, serendipity kind of way. However, Konako’s shifty loyalties – does she want Naru to be with Keitaro? Does she want to be with Keitaro herself? – is annoying at best, and further emphasizes her out-of-place presence in the Hinata House. As strange as her almost constant naked encounters and incessant meddling seems, though, she seems to make Naru appreciate the face of the eternally wrong-place-wrong-time Keitaro…even if she shows it with the occasional punishing kick. Review Posted: PaperBackSwap Author Website: AILove.net (Japanese)