Naru Narusegawa

Naru Narusegawa is the deuteragonist of Love Hina, with most of the story centering around her and/or Keitaro Urashima. A studious high school graduate, she desires to enter Tokyo University to fulfill a promise she made in the past. The unofficial "leader" of the girls living at the Hinata House, Naru possesses both physical beauty and intellectual brains. She is the most reliable and compassionate member of the household, and will stick her neck out for anybody that needs help, even people that would initially dislike her. Naru is a kind, caring, and responsible girl. In contrast, Naru is characterized by her short temper and physically aggressive nature when irritated. Naru's hair antenna has since become a signature appearance that is synonymous with her character, as well as Mutsumi Otohime. On the flip side, she has a very short fuse and is quick to judge (particularly when Keitaro is involved). Naru is the first and most insistent to protest the idea of having a "pervert" as landlord of an all-girls dormitory. Her frequent and eventually predictable response to anything Keitaro may do to irritate her is to physically beat him senseless, usually sending him flying into the stratosphere with what the dormitory residents dub "the Naru Punch". She often wears thick glasses, sweaters, and braids when going to cram school to deter attention from guys, whom she classifies as pointless distractions. Her school clothes makes her almost indistinguishable to what she normally looks like. However, her studies resulted in a decline in her social activities as well as damaging her eyesight to such a degree that, when not using contacts, she has to wear glasses with thick lenses in order to see clearly.