Bookshelf #36

This week's bookshelf is a small one, and thus a relatively simple one. Here we move to a new wall, and start a new shelving unit, this one being one I found in my mom's house and turned into a place to hold books; I'm pretty sure it was another old entertainment center (The top two shelves have glass doors that close over them, and there's a huge, spacious shelf below, which I assume was meant to hold a television set, but now hold some art books). This top shelf belongs almost exclusively to the work of manga-ka Ken Akamatsu. Let's start in the middle, with the series which introduced me to his work: Love Hina. I believe this is what is known as a "harem comedy."Aspiring college student Keitaro is trying to get into Tokyo University, mostly in order to fulfil a childhood promise made to a little girl on a playground...whose name he has forgotten. Nevertheless, he endeavors to make it into the prestigious school, in the hopes of meeting her there.With his parents no longer willing to…