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Name:          Shinobu Maehara
Age:           13
Blood Type:    O
Sign:          Scorpio
Height:        147 (cm)
Measurements:  68B - 52W - 72H
Hinata Inn:    Room 201

A rather shy and timid girl; Shinobu is the youngest of the residents who stays at Hinata Inn. When Keitaro first arrived Shinobu didn't quite know what to make of the situation, but she, along with the rest of the girls; grew to be (somewhat) comfortable with their new manager. Shinobu had a bad experience with Keitaro not long after he arrived when she found out he had been lying about being a student at Tokyo University. However not long after this is resolved she grows to have a crush on him. Keitaro is pretty much oblivious to this, but the rest of the girls take notice right away. For the most part everyone thinks this is sort of adorable, but Motoko tends to be very protective of Shinobu, and makes it a point to punish Keitaro if he even looks like he might do something suspicious with her. It becomes a bit more complicated for Shinobu to sort out her feelings when Naru and Keitaro start to grow closer together. While she thinks them being a couple is the right thing, at the same time she can't deny her own feelings. Shinobu also tends to become very flustered whenever the topic of Keitaro and romance are brought up - even if it's just a product of her imagination!

Shinobu lives at Hinata Inn due to family problems. In the manga the in depth details are never revealed, but the anime makes a big deal out of this in the second episode. Whether or not the family problems are the same in the anime and manga is up to debate as the anime and manga story lines clash heavily. Shinobu's primary talent lies within her superb cooking ability. In fact Shinobu tends to excel at just about any household task, which makes her noticeably a very good candidate for a bride/housewife. Although the girl is somewhat young, she is fairly pretty. All this isn't completely lost on Keitaro, but obviously she's too young for him. Still, as was once pointed out; Shinobu will probably mature to a very beautiful woman one day.

In Anime Form

In the manga, she was already a resident at Hinata Inn when Keitaro arrived. In the anime, the second episode focused on introducing Shinobu who was caught amidst a divorce between her parents. That's also sort of odd since she never goes to visit her parents, nor do they come to visit her at Hinata Inn. Her exceptional cooking ability is explained through her parents owning a restaurant.


	Name: Shinobu Maehara Age: 13 Blood Type: O Sign: Scorpio Height: 147 (cm) Measurements: 68B - 52W - 72H Hinata Inn: Room 201 A rather shy and timid girl; Shinobu is the youngest of the residents who stays at Hinata Inn. When Keitaro first arrived Shinobu didn't quite know what to make of the situation, but she, along with the rest of the girls; grew to be (somewhat) comfortable with their new manager. Shinobu had a bad experience with Keitaro not long after he arrived when she found out he had been lying about being a student at Tokyo University. However not long after this is resolved she grows to have a crush on him. Keitaro is pretty much oblivious to this, but the rest of the girls take notice right away. For the most part everyone thinks this is sort of adorable, but Motoko tends to be very protective of Shinobu, and makes it a point to punish Keitaro if he even looks like he might do something suspicious with her. It becomes a bit more complicated for Shinobu to sort out her feelings when Naru and Keitaro start to grow closer together. While she thinks them being a couple is the right thing, at the same time she can't deny her own feelings. Shinobu also tends to become very flustered whenever the topic of Keitaro and romance are brought up - even if it's just a product of her imagination! Shinobu lives at Hinata Inn due to family problems. In the manga the in depth details are never revealed, but the anime makes a big deal out of this in the second episode. Whether or not the family problems are the same in the anime and manga is up to debate as the anime and manga story lines clash heavily. Shinobu's primary talent lies within her superb cooking ability. In fact Shinobu tends to excel at just about any household task, which makes her noticeably a very good candidate for a bride/housewife. Although the girl is somewhat young, she is fairly pretty. All this isn't completely lost on Keitaro, but obviously she's too young for him. Still, as was once pointed out; Shinobu will probably mature to a very beautiful woman one day. In Anime Form In the manga, she was already a resident at Hinata Inn when Keitaro arrived. In the anime, the second episode focused on introducing Shinobu who was caught amidst a divorce between her parents. That's also sort of odd since she never goes to visit her parents, nor do they come to visit her at Hinata Inn. Her exceptional cooking ability is explained through her parents owning a restaurant.