Love Hina

- Season 1

(2000)

Keitaro Urashima, a young man who has failed the college exams three times, agrees to take over the Hinata Apartments from his grandmother Hina. He finds out the hard way that it is a women's-only dorm when the residents descend on him like angry hornets.

The residents of Hinata Apartments meet Shinobu Maehara, a shy junior-high school student who is despondent over her parents' bitter divorce.

When man-hating Motoko returns home from kendo camp, all heck breaks loose at Hinata Apartments when she learns that Keitaro is the apartment manager.

Keitaro stumbles across Naru's diary, which mentions a promise she made with someone 15 years ago to attend Tokyo University.

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Shinobu is desperate for her first kiss after her friend Akiko tells Shinobu of her first kiss.

Hinata Apartments is in the red, forcing everyone to find jobs in order to pay the bills. Keitaro and Naru find work at Tokyo U, but Keitaro's employer Seta happens to be Naru's old tutor, and old crush. Kisune arrives in a desperate attempt to keep Naru and Seta from meeting again.

Seta falls into an underground cave during a dig. Keitaro brings Seta's American daughter Sarah to Hinata Apartments. Sara's shenanigans led Keitaro & Co. to the same cave where Seta is, reigniting Naru old feelings for him.

Haruka invites Keitaro and the Hinata Apartments residents to the Hinata Seaside Tea House. Much to their dismay, Keitao & Co. realize they are there not to enjoy the sea, but to be put to work. First, they must repair the dilapidated tea house. Second, they must rehearse for the Urashima family's annual production of the Chinese epic "The Journey West" for the local kids.

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Crown Prince Lamba Lu, who is Kaolla's cousin, arrives at Hinata Apartments to wed her and take her back to their country.

Keitaro stumbles upon a forgotten room deep in the basements of Hinata Apartments. There he finds an old doll that seems to possess a will of its own.

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Motoko's older sister Tsuruko makes a surprise visit, and tries to take Motoko home to become their clan's successor. In a panic, Motoko avoids leaving Hinata Apartments by announcing that she is engaged to marry Keitaro, which is news to him.