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Love Hina was my first manga (the anime was terrible!), I think I read it for the first time when I was 14-15. And I've made a habit of reading it once a year to feel the bittersweet nostalgia.
2 months ago, my friend (who's a 6'2'' tall martial artist, he looks like someone who would start a fight with you in broad daylight without provocation) asked me out of the blue what was the deal with Love Hina (I often refer to a great nostalgia as a "Love Hina-feeling") and what it was (he has never read manga before). I explained what it was and offered to lend him my manga volumes. To make a long story short, he was very touched by the manga. And hunted down all the manga volumes and paid quite much for a whole set (he read it in swedish, our native language. And wanted the set in swedish as well. And a whole set is quite rare nowadays here). And I want to believe that he has become a more affectionate person because of that very manga.
So I learned that Love Hina doesn't only appeal to 14 year old boys, but also 22 year old men.
