Episode Nine
"The Case of the Hidden Hinata Apartment Money: A Mystery"

Episode Ten
"Who is the Beautiful Woman Wandering in the Moonlight? Transformation"

Episode Eleven
"The Idol Shooting for Tokyo U is a Prep School Student: Sing "

Episode Eight
"Changing after the Wedding? Swordsmaster Motoko's Sunday Best: Feminine"

During a tiring day of being the Hinata Apartments Manager and endless hours of studying, Keitaro Urashima collapses on the floor of his room and falls asleep. But... after he awakens the rent money for Hinata has vanished! Everyone is a suspect but who could possibly be the culprit? Everyone seems to have an alibi, but nothing gets past Dective Kitsune!

"Ahh, why is Su in my bed?!" Asked Keitaro. A rather interesting question too. Kaolla has been acting strange as of late, strange for even her. The Hinata sort of ignores this, but wait what does she mean by big brother? Is Su having flashbacks from the past? Or is she homesick? And who is this strange and mysterious woman that is attacking people at night?

For a while now Naru has seemingly been wondering about Tokyo U. Then she wins a contest and becomes a singer! She quickly creates an enormous amount of fans and loyal followers with her magnificant voice. But does that mean that she has given up on Tokyo U? Will she ever even return to the Hinata Apartments to see her friends?

Motoko has always been a brilliant swordswoman and a very strong female role-model. So what is wrong with her now? All of a sudden her sword skills have been lacking and she has not been at the same strength as she usually is. Is it because of this keen new fashion sense? Or is something else distracting her?

After Keitaro discovers the Hinata rent money has vanished he panics like there is no tommarow. But Kitsune, being the smooth gal that she is, takes it upon herself to discover who the thief is. Keitaro and Kitsune investigate all of the Hinata residents to find the culprit. But everyone seems to have an alibi. They almost give up until they realize that Naru is hiding something! Jumping to conclusions, the Hinata residents all decide to run after Naru to get the money back. All except Keitaro of course. So after several minutes of running around the Hinata residence chacing after Keitaro and Naru, Aunt Haruka interupts by revealing the culprit. The culprit is, of course, Kitsune! The good ol' theif dective trick!

For starters we see Kaolla Su after she accidentally snuck into Keitaro's bed. Before she awakens she says big brother. Curious as to what is going on, Keitaro begins to investigate Su. He even finds out that there has been numerous sitings of a mysterious woman in strange clothing attacking people with a white alligator! Keitaro, of course, thinks that it is propostrous that Kaolla is the one attacking people in the streets. That is, until he actually sees Su turn into an adult form. But before he has any time to react, he is kidnapped by Su's older sister. It turns out that Su thinks that Keitaro is her big brother, and Su's sister decides to knock a little sense into her. The have a little battle and Su returns to normal, and realizes that she doesn't have to grow up so quickly.

Naru wins a contest and becomes a pop singer. She creates a large audience of loyal fans and loves what she does. Naru finds that singing is a great way to exress her feelings and just an overall fun thing to do. But she is overbooked and is always busy. She quickly misses the Hinata Apartments and her braincramping studies. So she hides from Kintaro (her manager) and retreats to the Hinata and back to her friends. And after a talk with Keitaro she accidentally thinks that he doesn't want her to come back. Naru gets very upset and clobbers Keitaro into the stars. And a man in the bushes captures the beautiful moment on camera! After this picture hits the public, Naru is quickly rushed out of show business and back to the Hinata.

Due to some misfortunate mishaps, Motoko has to borrow some clothing from one of the Hinata residents. After trying several different outfits on, she decides to pick an old-fashioned ladies dress. After walking around town with Keitaro a bit, all of the guys go crazy over how cute she is. Soon after Motoko returns home, the Hinata realizes that some things have been missing and notices that one of Su's inventions flew away with it all! After a little investigation they find the evil robotic turtles that have been stealing their things. Soon Motoko conquers her fears of feminity and attacks the massive beast with her sword. Destroying the mechanical catastrophe and returning her capabilities back to her healthy normal.

These kinds of episodes is what Love Hina is all about. It blends humor, serious romance, and just plain wackyfun all in one episode. Although it was kind of obvious that Kitsune was the real culprit, the show still had you guessing until the very end. I liked the humor in this ep, but it is mostly the sameold sameold. Not that thats bad, because it is still funny, but it doesn't add a whole lot more to the show. What I really loved about this epsiode, however, was the mini romance inside. Naru was looking for something the entire episode which turned out to be the picture of Naru and Keitaro. The fact that she hid it from everyone really showed that she cares for Keitaro much more than what she makes him out to believe. That and it also shows that she really felt something special during the incidental vacation with Keitaro. Overall, not one of the greatest, but certainly close. 8.5/10

Another great episode just because of the variety and creativity. And it is another one of those well-rounded episodes that has mostly everything. Except that this one is rather lacking in the romance category. But, if you are a big fan of Kaolla Su then you should definatly enjoy this episode because its all about Kaolla! Plus there is a whole lot of interesting backstory about Su's past and stuff like that. Overall it is a very good episode. I liked seeing Kaolla's sister and I liked the encovering of a bit of her past. All in all, this episode had me laughin, but kept my attension to the interesting storyline, as well. 9.0/10

Of all the episodes I have seen this one is probably my least favorite. Its not bad, don't get me wrong, but it is certainly not as good as what I have come to expect from such a great show. For starters, and this is a pet-peeve of mine, is that the songs she sings are not only in japanese but also sung by the original voice of Naru. What does that mean? Well, basically it means that she sounds nothing like she really does. I suppose that is not too big a deal, but still annoying. My second spite against this episode is that I find it very hard to believe that someone could just jump into show-business like that. I know that this kind of thing is just part of the Hinata charm, but it is still rather unbelievable. (personally I find flying turtles more believable lol). My last major gripe is that this episode provides really no advancement to the story. Keitaro and Naru have yet another fight and nothing really happens further to them. Overall, I would have given this ep a 7, but this quote upped it a little, "Wow, taking a hot tub while dining on live turtle. Thats very chic." A classic indeed :). The rest, unfortunatly though, is not. 7.5/10

Even though Motoko is not really one of my favorite characters, the episodes in which she is leading are certainly excellent! For starters it is just unbelievably cute seeing Motoko all shy and girly when she has to wear a dress. Next, I found it great how she began to and doubt in her own abilities, but then she conquered her fears and realized that her true skill is not found from her physical appearence but beneath the surface. Lastly and naturally I would like to say that this episode has a lot of great humor and enough charm to fill two or three episodes! The MechaTamas were certainly a charm if I have ever seen one. Oh, I almost forgot one thing. This episode shows a bit of flashbacks between Motoko and her big sister, and possibly it is a little forshadwing of a more in-depth episode of Motoko and her sister? Overall, a wonderful episode for fans of Motoko and fans of just plain great episodes. I just can't seem to think of a single bad aspect of this episode. Its not quite perfect, but certainly close. 9.5/10