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Love Hina S1E20 — A Sepia-colored Promise with a Sleeping Girl: A Trick?

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Love Hina•Season 1•Episode 20

A Sepia-colored Promise with a Sleeping Girl: A Trick?

7.6/10 · 30 votesAug 30, 200022 min

Ranked #5 of 24 in Season 1•+0.3 vs season avg

Keitaro discovers a doll that can move on its own. Everyone is amazed by it but Keitaro seems to be able to hear it talk also. He finds out from the doll that his great grandfather promised to fix its legs but never did and

Directed byKiyoshi Murayama

Written byHidefumi Kimura

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Seasons1

Season 1 Episodes24

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A Sepia-colored Promise with a Sleeping Girl: A Trick?

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Cast7

Yuji Ueda

Yuji Ueda

Keitarō Urashima (voice)

Yui Horie

Yui Horie

Naru Narusegawa (voice)

Masayo Kurata

Masayo Kurata

Shinobu Maehara (voice)

Yuu Asakawa

Yuu Asakawa

Motoko Aoyama (voice)

Reiko Takagi

Reiko Takagi

Kaolla Suu (voice)

Junko Noda

Junko Noda

Mitsune Konno (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara

Megumi Hayashibara

Haruka Urashima (voice)

Crew6

K

Kiyoshi Murayama

Director

M

Masahide Yanagisawa

Animation Director

T

Toshihiro Nakajima

Animation Director

H

Hidefumi Kimura

Writer

K

Kiyoshi Murayama

Storyboard Artist

M

Minoru Ueta

Animation Director

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Episode Summary

"A Sepia-colored Promise with a Sleeping Girl: A Trick?" is episode 20 of Love Hina season 1. It scored 7.6/10 from 30 votes, ranking #5 of 24 episodes this season (season average 7.3). Directed by Kiyoshi Murayama and written by Hidefumi Kimura, it aired on August 30, 2000.

Next: E21 · Jealous Outburst? Two Lovebirds on a Boat: Tremble Best of Season 1