I've just had a sudden thought about Naru, which might explain, but not excuse, her violent reaction to Keitaro. This is mostly stream of concious writing, be aware.
We all know that Naru idolised Seta when he was her tutor, and that his leaving, without so much as a note, hurt her.
But what if, his leaving damaged her at a deeper level? Maybe she began to think she didn't deserve anyone, didn't deserve to be happy? Maybe her violent outbursts were actually a defence mechanism, designed to make sure no one could get into her heart and then break it again? It worked for quite a while, I would hazard, and that would explain her presence at the Hinata; not only to study, but to keep away from the risk of any guy breaking her heart again.
And then Keitaro Urashima arrives to take over the apartments from Granny.
We all know what happens in the first few days, about how the charge is led to get him out of the place. But Keitaro soon fits in like a glove, and falls for Naru.
We all know that Keitaro, aside from being comically indestructable, also has a heart as big as a mountain, and almost never takes anything the girls say to heart. No matter what anyone does, Keitaro just plugs on.
Naru panics. She understands, at some unconcious level, that Keitaro is different to Seta, and all those other perverted jerks who've tried to go out with her; his innocent feelings of love for her are true, and it scares her badly. So, she rachets up the violence to try and push Keitaro away, subconciously trying to give Keitaro the message that he could do better than her. But Keitaro stubbornly refuses to stop loving her.
The rest, as they say, is history.
We all know that Naru idolised Seta when he was her tutor, and that his leaving, without so much as a note, hurt her.
But what if, his leaving damaged her at a deeper level? Maybe she began to think she didn't deserve anyone, didn't deserve to be happy? Maybe her violent outbursts were actually a defence mechanism, designed to make sure no one could get into her heart and then break it again? It worked for quite a while, I would hazard, and that would explain her presence at the Hinata; not only to study, but to keep away from the risk of any guy breaking her heart again.
And then Keitaro Urashima arrives to take over the apartments from Granny.
We all know what happens in the first few days, about how the charge is led to get him out of the place. But Keitaro soon fits in like a glove, and falls for Naru.
We all know that Keitaro, aside from being comically indestructable, also has a heart as big as a mountain, and almost never takes anything the girls say to heart. No matter what anyone does, Keitaro just plugs on.
Naru panics. She understands, at some unconcious level, that Keitaro is different to Seta, and all those other perverted jerks who've tried to go out with her; his innocent feelings of love for her are true, and it scares her badly. So, she rachets up the violence to try and push Keitaro away, subconciously trying to give Keitaro the message that he could do better than her. But Keitaro stubbornly refuses to stop loving her.
The rest, as they say, is history.
