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Summary: The best manga there is
Review: I've been watching anime and reading manga for well over a year now, and I have to say that Maison Ikkoku is the best by far! The day to day trials and tribulations of MI's bizarre yet endearing tenants reminds us of our own hectic lives, and the tremendously well-developed love story between Godai and the beautiful Kyoko makes your heart just ache!
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Summary: Manga Enthusiast
Review: I've read and collected manga for most of my life, in both English and Japanese. This ranks amongst the very best, and is Rumiko Takahashi's most mature work. The story fixates on that period of time when most young people first experience true independence, and live out both the embarassment and excitement of infatuation. If you feel that you've outgrown giant robots and ongoing science fiction epics, and would like a dose of light hearted romantic comedy, this is the manga to read!
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Summary: great
Review: If you've ever read the interviews of the author on her rare trips to the states, there are two things that stand out. One, she had trouble understanding why Americans would like something like Maison Ikkoku, based so much on the typical Japanese life style. Two, she (Rumiko Takahashi) created this to be a comedy, that about the life of a bunch of weird characters in a rooming house. Her normal actions (based on what she did with LUM: Urusei Yatsura) would be to continually introduce dozens of new characters and probably tenants to build the story around. This didn't happen, as the story developed an unexpected focal point, an unusual romance between two of the original characters.As for the first observation, while it is true that the culture depicted here is Japanese, and some things may be confusing to an American audience, a part of that originality is what makes it interesting. Romance and comedy are universal concepts to nearly all cultures. We may eat differently, may have a different educational system, and do many other things in a different manner, but our actions and reactions are basically the same. The second observation is what makes Takahshi such a great author. It would have been easy to ignore fan reactions, and just make another episodic, sitcom. She instead must have listened, and presented her audience with an epic romance, comedic, thriller, that encompasses possibly the most complete story ever presented in serialized manga. There are fourteen volumes of the Viz compilations of this work. One more important point is worth considering. I'd advise buying the volumes soon as possible; Viz is going to the smaller size on almost all their series. Since these are already shrunken down art frames from the original manga. Shrinking them more is just wrong, but Viz has determined they can't sell most graphic novels at the higher price mark, and they are heavily discounted. I've gotten some of the new size, and they just are not as good.
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Summary: You really just can't buy one of these.
Review: If you've ever read the interviews of the author on her rare trips to the states, there are two things that stand out. One, she had trouble understanding why Americans would like something like Maison Ikkoku, based so much on the typical Japanese life style. Two, she (Rumiko Takahashi) created this to be a comedy, that about the life of a bunch of weird characters in a rooming house. Her normal actions (based on what she did with LUM: Urusei Yatsura) would be to continually introduce dozens of new characters and probably tenants to build the story around. This didn't happen, as the story developed an unexpected focal point, an unusual romance between two of the original characters. As for the first observation, while it is true that the culture depicted here is Japanese, and some things may be confusing to an American audience, a part of that originality is what makes it interesting. Romance and comedy are universal concepts to nearly all cultures. We may eat differently, may have a different educational system, and do many other things in a different manner, but our actions and reactions are basically the same. The second observation is what makes Takahshi such a great author. It would have been easy to ignore fan reactions, and just make another episodic, sitcom. She instead must have listened, and presented her audience with an epic romance, comedic, thriller, that encompasses possibly the most complete story ever presented in serialized manga. There are fourteen volumes of the Viz compilations of this work. One more important point is worth considering. I'd advise buying the volumes soon as possible; Viz is going to the smaller size on almost all their series. Since these are already shrunken down art frames from the original manga. Shrinking them more is just wrong, but Viz has determined they can't sell most graphic novels at the higher price mark, and they are heavily discounted. I've gotten some of the new size, and they just are not as good.
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Summary: Maison Ikkoku is my fave manga!
Review: It was great! Yusaku, a bumbling (but hot!) flunk-out college kid, is a tennant in an apartment, Maison Ikkoku. The tennants (Mrs. Ichinose,a hard drinking woman, Mr. Yotsua, a mysterious bachelor, Akemi, a night-shift waitress of Chachamari who spends her mornings in a see through nightie <AAA!>,Yusaku, and more) find themselves with a new apartment manager! Yusaku instantly falls in love with her (Kyoko is her name) and she well, I hope she likes him too. Join the fun! Read them all! BWA HA HA HA(as Mrs. Ichinose would say)! I'm hooked on it! It is the BEST manga I've ever read!
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Summary: great
Review: Maison Ikkoku by Rumiko Takahashi is one of the greatest series ever made.
Chapter Summary: WHAT ARE ALL THE NEIGHBORS DOING?
Yusaku Godai is a depressed, flunking college student, who is constantly bothered by fellow tenants in the apartment building he lives in, Maison Ikkoku. As he's about to leave out of frustration, he comes face to face with the new manager of Maison Ikkoku, Kyoko Otonashi, who he immediately falls in love with.
MY NOTES
First chapter. Establishes all of the tenants (besides Mr. Ichinose in graphic novel 6, and Nozomu Nikaido in number 9). MR. SOICHIRO
Yusaku realizes Kyoko has a boyfriend named Soichiro, when she mutters it in her sleep. He then finds out her dog is named Mr. Soichiro.
MY NOTES
Learn Kyoko's dog's name. SPRING WASABI
Godai accompanies Kyoko's family to the anniversary of someone's death. That someone: Kyoko's dead husband, Soichiro!
MY NOTES
Yes, we find out Kyoko's deep, dark secret. SOICHIRO'S SHADOW
Yusaku gets a job tutoring Kyoko's niece, Ikuko. And he learns Ikuko isn't the model student.
MY NOTES
I believe this has the first of anyone's visions of Soichiro. ALCHOL LOVE CALL
Godai gets drunk one night and shouts to the whole neighborhood that he's in love with Kyoko.
MY NOTES
Yes, Godai admits his love, however, thinking he begged Kyoko to look at him naked when he was drunk, he tells her it was a joke. So Kyoko gets mad at him for lying. DON'T FENCE ME OUT
Kyoko and Mrs. Ichinose start taking tennis lessons under the local housewives tennis coach, Shun Mitaka.
MY NOTES
First appearance of Shun Mitaka, the handsome tennis coach. And yes, he falls in love with Kyoko too, however he's much more mature than Godai. "LOVE" MEANS NO SCORE GODAI!
The Ikkoku tenants and Mitaka go out for lunch, and something so simple proves to be a hazardous event.
MY NOTES
Godai tells Kyoko that he wasn't lying when he told her he loved her. DOG DAZE
Godai offers to take Kentaro to the beach. Mrs. Ichinose, not feeling safe with Godai looking after her child, invites Kyoko to go with them. Kyoko accidentally mentions it to Ikuko and she insists on coming, then Mrs. Ichinose invites Mitaka to drive them. However the kids sneak Mr. Soichiro into the car...
MY NOTES
Godai and us find out Mitaka's fear... of dogs! A SALTY DOG
Mitaka doesn't go in the ocean because of Mr. Soichiro, and eventually the adults all take a canoe ride.
MY NOTES
None. MEMORIAL COOKING
Kyoko cooks dinner for Yusaku.
MY NOTES
Kentaro has a crush on Ikuko. ONE ENTANGLED EVENING
Much to Godai's dismay, he gets a full time girlfriend named Kozue Nanao.
MY NOTES
Kyoko's whole date with Mitaka is spent with her thinking angry thoughts at Yusaku. Poor Mitaka! Also, the first appearance of Kozue Nanao. 1-900-TROUBLE
Godai gets calls from lots of different woman, aggravating Kyoko.
MY NOTES
Godai joins the Puppet Club Theater. WITH A LITTLE NONCHALANCE
It's Kyoko's anniversary of working as manager of Maison Ikkoku and Godai gets enough courage to ask her out on a date.
MY NOTES
A year goes by EXTREMELY quickly, however the other years do not go by as fast. CAMPUS DOLL
Kyoko accidentally gets dragged into being the princess in a puppet play, while Yusaku's already assigned to play the prince!
MY NOTES
A really funny chapter.
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Summary: My Favorite Manga
Review: Maison Ikkoku is my favorite manga series, hands down. It is very character driven, with lots of laughs and some very touching moments. The personalities of Maison Ikkoku change over the course of the series, and are very well rounded. This is a nice change from "one-joke" characters and plots. The full story is a very rewarding read. Godai and Kyoko 's feelings are true and deep. This is by far the most honestly romantic manga I have read. This first volume introduces all of the main characters and sets up some of the running jokes. A house full of happy drunks keeps the comic from becoming too sappy, and their are plenty of romantic rivals for everyone's affections. The book takes off in full soap opera swing with wacky hijinks and misunderstood intentions. Is bumbling ronin Godai and challenge for the glinting teeth of wealthy Coach Mitaka? I sure hope so.
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Summary: Hilarious, Sweet Romantic Comedy
Review: Maison Ikkoku is not your average boarding house. Oh, on the surface it is, but the tenants are the most insane people you'll ever meet. There's Mr. Yotsuya, who constantly breaks holes in walls to peep on other tenants; Mrs. Icinose, a constantly drunk housewife; her young (and kawaii!) son Kentaro; Akemi, a flirtatious barmaid who runs around in a see-through nightie; and Yusaku Godai, a struggling college student. When Maison Ikkoku gets a beautiful new manager, the widowed Kyoko Otonashi, Yusaku falls for her, and chaos, romantic comedy, and love triangles ensue! This is a wonderful story that no one should miss, by everyone's favorite female comic artist, Rumiko Takahashi.
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Summary: How does Takahashi do it?!
Review: Maison ikkou is [in my oppinion] in rivalry with ranma 1/2 for the best series ever. It's so realistic to how people act, how things look and I think you get more envolved in Maison Ikkoku than any regular book you'd read. in each frame you just see it happening, instead of a bunch of lines on a peice of paper describing an action. It's more of a feeling, of course I wouldnt expect anything less from Takahashi. This is a completely wonderful series and I recommend it to anyone, I also reccomend any other comic series from Rumiko Takahashi.
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Summary: Maison Ikkoku saved my marriage!
Review: Okay, not really!, but I love this series. Starting with this volume, you get to meet the wacky inhabitants of Maison Ikkoku, a shabby boarding house in Japan. The romance between Kyoko and Yusaku are featured, but there are other stories happening all the time--like how Kentaro deals with his alcholic/workaholic parents. Better than Ranma 1/2, and with more in-depth stories than magical girl series or Dragonball, I'd recommend this to anyone looking for a good, sweet, or thought-provoking read.
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