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Love Hina S1E3 — Kendo Girl in Love?: Swordplay

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Love Hina•Season 1•Episode 3

Kendo Girl in Love?: Swordplay

7.1/10 · 44 votesMay 3, 200022 min

Ranked #18 of 24 in Season 1•−0.2 vs season avg

The master of the sword, Motoko, returns from a training retreat only to find that Keitaro has been named the manager of the inn. She's outraged and is completely against a male being the manager but becomes confused by weird feelings that consume her body.

Directed byOsamu Sato

Written byAkihiko Inari

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Kendo Girl in Love?: Swordplay

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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)

Crew5

M

Masami Nagata

Animation Director

Toshinori Watanabe

Toshinori Watanabe

Key Animation

Hiroshi Nishikiori

Hiroshi Nishikiori

Storyboard Artist

O

Osamu Sato

Director

A

Akihiko Inari

Writer

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Episode Summary

"Kendo Girl in Love?: Swordplay" is episode 3 of Love Hina season 1. It scored 7.1/10 from 44 votes, ranking #18 of 24 episodes this season (season average 7.3). Directed by Osamu Sato and written by Akihiko Inari, it aired on May 3, 2000.

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