Ken Akamatsu
Two novels have been written by the anime screenwriters and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu as side stories of the main series. "Love Hina: Mystery Guests at Hinata Hotel" was written by Shō Aikawa under the pen name "Kurō Hazuki", was published in Japan by Kodansha on May 17, 2001. It was later rereleased in a bilingual edition (English and Japanese) in December 2001. The second novel, "Love Hina: Secrets at Hinata Hotel" was written by Hiroyuki Kawasaki and released in Japan on February 15, 2002, with a bilingual edition released the same month. Tokyopop licensed both novels for an English-language distribution in North America, releasing the first novel under the title "Love Hina: The Novel, Volume 1" on April 11, 2006, and the second novel under the title "Love Hina: The Novel, Volume 2" on August 8, 2006.