Maison Ikkoku - My Overview

Maison Ikkoku is a romantic comedy made in Japan by Rumiko Takahashi and is a touching love story revolving around the lives of the hapless student Yusaku Godai, the beautiful manager of his apartment Kyoko Otanashi, and the crazed tenants of Maison Ikkoku.

The manga ran for 14 graphic novels and it was a up and down relationship between a manager and a tenant, an older woman and a young man (even if they are only two years apart) and the neighbors who butts in.

What stood out in the anime and manga was the story was written in a "real time" scenerio.Everything was written and shown in a modern city. The slapstick between the residents makes the story run smooth. The manga will give you the story how it was drawn and the anime will fill in all the details.