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Further Adventures into Anime or Reasons Why I Don't Like Love Hina...
On my continued journey through various animes, I've since sampled Naruto, D. Gray-man, Fullmetal Alchemist, Prince of Tennis, and Love Hina. I LOVE all of the above except Love Hina and Prince of Tennis. I found the latter ridiculously boring and the former rather offensive.
I'm fully prepared to admit that it's something of a double-standard to be annoyed by the "harem" scenario when I found the "reverse harem" in Ouran High School Host Club thoroughly enjoyable. The reasons are a mystery, I know. ^_^ Nonetheless, Keitaro, with all of his fantasies and stupidity, offends me.
Resemblances I noticed (Warning: Picture heavy and non-spoilery references to Love Hina, Bleach, D. Gray-man, Naruto, Ouran High School Host Club, Fruits Basket, and Kingdom Hearts):

Mitsune (Love Hina) and Gin (Bleach).
OMG. If I ever wanted to know what Gin would look like as a woman, Mitsune pretty much answers the question with her "fox face" and Osaka accent. These are not complaints, of course. ;) Although, I have to wonder if people from the Kansai area get offended by being portrayed in such a way. To quote Mitsune's wikipedia entry, she "speaks with an Osaka accent, which seems to imply a connection between her sly, money-minded personality and a common stereotype about people who hail from that region." Hmn.

Shinobu (Love Hina) and Hinata (Naruto).
Shinobu and Hinata. Everyone seems to compare Naruto/Sakura with Ichigo/Rukia and Ichigo/Orihime with Naruto/Hinata. I have to assume that's because it's Requited Bitch Girl vs. Unrequited Nice Girl. I gotta say that I love Rukia, but I hate Sakura. As for Love Hina, I love Shinobu, but I hate Naru. I want Shinobu and Hinata to get their respective love interests, but that's because I actually think they could be happy. Orihime would never be happy with Ichigo (he'd make her cry a lot), while I don't like Naru or Sakura enough to want to see them with the male leads. Rukia's bitchiness is hilarious, but Naru and Sakura's just strike me as unpleasant. Perhaps it's because Rukia is only harsh with people who can take it and respond in kind, while I cringe for poor Naruto and even sketchy Keitaro. Unfortunately, Rukia is the only one I like who is going to get her man. *Sigh*

Momiji (Fruits Basket), Honey-sempai (Ouran), and Kaolla (Love Hina).
Even if I enjoyed Love Hina, Kaolla would still make me uncomfortable as a seemingly racist stereotype. She's dark-skinned, jumps around like a monkey, eats bananas, and apparently comes from the jungle. And that's all just in the show's intro. -_-; Then again, maybe I'm just supposed to ignore all that and accept her as another Loli or Shota character like the above Momiji or Honey-sempai. Then again, Momiji and Honey-sempai never struck me as racist, so...

Komui (D. Gray-man) and Ishida (Bleach).
Weee! Komui is Ishida with Tamaki's personality! And somebody else's fashion sense??? O.O No further observations or analysis necessary. Just absolute SQUEE, because how could that be a bad thing??? :D :D :D

Renji (Bleach), Captain Cross Marian (D. Gray-man), and Kasanoda (Ouran).
Renji is everywhere! Yay!
Too lazy for further pictures, but Sasuke/Naruto is soooo the tragic version of Riku/Sora. Loooooves. Chibi-Naruto is sooo cute and lonely. Why? *Wibble*
Also, perhaps one of the reasons I adore Fullmetal Alchemist as much as I do is that I don't see any of these stock characters. It feels more original in comparison- not to mention awesome in every way. ^_^
All of this was more to avoid the fact that my apartment is crawling with termits than actual in-depth analysis. Just keep that in mind. ^_^
I'm fully prepared to admit that it's something of a double-standard to be annoyed by the "harem" scenario when I found the "reverse harem" in Ouran High School Host Club thoroughly enjoyable. The reasons are a mystery, I know. ^_^ Nonetheless, Keitaro, with all of his fantasies and stupidity, offends me.
Resemblances I noticed (Warning: Picture heavy and non-spoilery references to Love Hina, Bleach, D. Gray-man, Naruto, Ouran High School Host Club, Fruits Basket, and Kingdom Hearts):


Mitsune (Love Hina) and Gin (Bleach).
OMG. If I ever wanted to know what Gin would look like as a woman, Mitsune pretty much answers the question with her "fox face" and Osaka accent. These are not complaints, of course. ;) Although, I have to wonder if people from the Kansai area get offended by being portrayed in such a way. To quote Mitsune's wikipedia entry, she "speaks with an Osaka accent, which seems to imply a connection between her sly, money-minded personality and a common stereotype about people who hail from that region." Hmn.


Shinobu (Love Hina) and Hinata (Naruto).
Shinobu and Hinata. Everyone seems to compare Naruto/Sakura with Ichigo/Rukia and Ichigo/Orihime with Naruto/Hinata. I have to assume that's because it's Requited Bitch Girl vs. Unrequited Nice Girl. I gotta say that I love Rukia, but I hate Sakura. As for Love Hina, I love Shinobu, but I hate Naru. I want Shinobu and Hinata to get their respective love interests, but that's because I actually think they could be happy. Orihime would never be happy with Ichigo (he'd make her cry a lot), while I don't like Naru or Sakura enough to want to see them with the male leads. Rukia's bitchiness is hilarious, but Naru and Sakura's just strike me as unpleasant. Perhaps it's because Rukia is only harsh with people who can take it and respond in kind, while I cringe for poor Naruto and even sketchy Keitaro. Unfortunately, Rukia is the only one I like who is going to get her man. *Sigh*



Momiji (Fruits Basket), Honey-sempai (Ouran), and Kaolla (Love Hina).
Even if I enjoyed Love Hina, Kaolla would still make me uncomfortable as a seemingly racist stereotype. She's dark-skinned, jumps around like a monkey, eats bananas, and apparently comes from the jungle. And that's all just in the show's intro. -_-; Then again, maybe I'm just supposed to ignore all that and accept her as another Loli or Shota character like the above Momiji or Honey-sempai. Then again, Momiji and Honey-sempai never struck me as racist, so...


Komui (D. Gray-man) and Ishida (Bleach).
Weee! Komui is Ishida with Tamaki's personality! And somebody else's fashion sense??? O.O No further observations or analysis necessary. Just absolute SQUEE, because how could that be a bad thing??? :D :D :D



Renji (Bleach), Captain Cross Marian (D. Gray-man), and Kasanoda (Ouran).
Renji is everywhere! Yay!
Too lazy for further pictures, but Sasuke/Naruto is soooo the tragic version of Riku/Sora. Loooooves. Chibi-Naruto is sooo cute and lonely. Why? *Wibble*
Also, perhaps one of the reasons I adore Fullmetal Alchemist as much as I do is that I don't see any of these stock characters. It feels more original in comparison- not to mention awesome in every way. ^_^
All of this was more to avoid the fact that my apartment is crawling with termits than actual in-depth analysis. Just keep that in mind. ^_^