Maison Ikkoku, Volume 1

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Summary: A warm and charming pulse of a phenomenon known as life
Review: Rumiko (the author) understands the delicate pulse of life. She takes advantage of the slowly passing seasons (real-time) and weaves a tale that gently pokes fun at the difficult period of maturing. Love-pains, growing-pains, belly aching laugh-pains, frustrating job-pains, heart-breaking sorrow-pains ... it's all delivered in this excellent presentation of a growing-up life

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Summary: A wistful romance tale with some saucy humor thrown in!
Review: Rumiko Takahashi is a true genius and thus should be an inspirational to all female cartoonists, including myself. Here she spins out a lively drama in a slightly shabby little Tokyo residence shared by a whole cast of the most colorful personalities ever to clash with each other. Right in the very midst is a lonely young college student who suddenly falls for the gorgeous new manager who had just assumed responsiblities in this bizarre domestic circus. However, her tearful yearning for her late husband of so few months prevents her from getting romantically involved with anyone male. As for the young hero of this tale, it seems to me that he is more inclined to "spill his seeds" on the innocently sexy young widow than truly hoping for her to love him back. But overall, Maison Ikkoku provides a very realistic picture of everyday life in faroff Japan.

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Summary: A romantic comedy based on college life in Japan.
Review: Rumiko Takahashi is one of the most popular manga (comic) artists in the world and she is also one of Japan's richest women. Maison Ikkoku is about Yusaku Godai, a ronin (failing college student) who falls in love with the apartment manager of Maison Ikkoku, the widowed Kyoko Otonashi. But fellow student Kozue Nanao falls in love with Yusaku, and rich tennis coach Shun Mitaka falls in love with Kyoko! When Yusaku isn't trying to figure out a way to break up with Kozue or tell Kyoko how much he loves her, his roomates, Yotsuya, Akemi, and Mrs. Ichinose, are having a party in his room--while he's studying! You'll fall instantly in love with the residents of Maison Ikkoku

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Summary: A Book full of Heartwarming smiles!
Review: Rumiko Takahashi proves yet again why she is the queen of Manga. I am hooked on her graphic novels. They read like a comic book version of Haruki Murakami's books. Both authors demonstrate that it matters not your culture when it comes to sexual frustration! I have never seen an author deal with relationships quite the way that Rumiko does, and truth told, this woman is funny!I insist you buy this book!

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Summary: Amazing!!!!
Review: This is an amazing manga written by the best (not to mention most hilarious) artist I have ever read, Rumiko Takahashi. Some of the things I liked most about this series was that: 1) It's about real people (or, rather, possibly real people), 2) It has an ending (after a mere 14 volumes), and 3) It concentrates on the humor and romance, which have always been two of my favorite aspects of all manga. For those magic-manga-maniacs out there, it may seem a little boring, but some of the characters are so annoying...er, cool, that you'll be hooked.

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Summary: The beginning of a wonderful journey of love
Review: This is the beginning of the Maison Ikkoku saga, an absolutely wonderful romance story by Rumiko Takahasi. This book will let you know all about the characters and how the love relationship between the main characters develops in the beginning. This is a must buy book for the fans of Maison Ikkoku.

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Summary: Addictive.
Review: This was the first manga I ever read, and I was hooked. Rumiko Takahashi's stuff is not for the impatient, however. If you want instant gratification, you'll have to look elsewhere. But hey, good things are worth the wait, or so they say.

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Summary: One of the rare manga that made me cry...
Review: Though it is one of the less known series of Rumiko Takahashi, in my opinion, it is the best. Even better than Ranma 1/2. The characters and their stories made me laugh, angry, weary, worried, warm inside, happy; and at the top it left me crying... You will be addicted, too...