![]() ![]() Of all the girls at the Hinata Inn, she is most often the unwilling and unwitting victim of Keitaro's clumsiness, which often results in her ending up naked, partially clothed, or placed in any number of compromising positions. At that stage, she does not remember staying at the Hinata Inn as a very young child. She arrived at the Hinata Inn as a result (she believes) of her friendship with Kitsune, who introduced her to Granny Hina. However, she has an extremely fiery temper and tends to inflict violent physical punishment (mostly on Keitaro). She is popular and beautiful, but constantly tries to hide this as she studies to gain entrance to Todai. She is very intelligent, having placed top in the nation in the college practice entrance exams at their cram school. ![]() Naru Narusegawa ( 成瀬川 なる, Narusegawa Naru) is a 17-year-old just about to graduate from high school, and a resident of the Hinata Inn. Keitaro's name is taken from manga artist Keitarō Arima and also a pun on Japanese myth of fisherman Urashima Tarō. In the anime television series, Keitaro is voiced by Yūji Ueda in Japanese and Derek Stephen Prince in English. When he fails to correct her and is discovered to be lying, he is forced to leave until Haruka announces that the deeds to the inn have been transferred to Keitaro by his grandmother: Keitaro is, in fact, the new landlord. To compound the confusion, Keitaro's Aunt Haruka mistakenly assumes he has passed the entrance exams and is already a Todai student consequently, the residents agree he can stay. Following a misunderstanding where the residents believe him to be a burglar and peeping tom, Keitaro discovers the hotel is now a female-only dormitory. As a result, he travels to "Hinata Inn", a hotel owned by his grandmother, to find a place to stay and study. He then receives a call from his grandmother. Later, in volume 13, it is revealed that Todai may not even refer to Tokyo University after all.Īfter failing to pass the entrance exams on his second attempt, Keitaro's parents seem either unwilling, or unable, to let him continue living at home while he studies. Keitaro is set on gaining entrance to Todai to fulfill the promise he made to his childhood friend, even though he cannot properly remember either her name or her face. As a child, the young Keitaro made a promise with a girl, based on a story the children overheard that two people who love each other will live "happily ever after" if they enter 'Todai'. Keitaro Urashima ( 浦島 景太郎, Urashima Keitarō) is a 19/20-year-old second-year ronin studying to enter Tokyo University (sometimes known as "Todai"). ![]()
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