Maison Ikkoku
age-range
T+ Rated for 16+
artist-author
Rumiko Takahashi
genre
Comedy/Romance
manufacturer
Viz
Maison Ikkoku volume 1
Travel into Japan's nuttiest apartment house and meet its volitile inhabitants: Kyoko, the beautiful and mysterious new appartment manager; Yusaku Godai, the exam-addled college student; Mrs. Ichinose, the drunken gossip; Kentaro, her bratty son; Akemi, the boozy bar hostess; and the mooching and peeping Mr. Yotsuya. Funny touching, and a tad off-kilter, Maison Ikkoku is the great Rumiko Takahashi at her very best.
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Maison Ikkoku volume 2
Kyoko and Yusaku start dating -- other people. She goes out with her handsome tennis instructor, Shun Mitaka, while he reluctantly dates Kozue, a former coworker. The two finally arrange to go on a date together, but a mix-up leads them to end up at different restaurants.
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Maison Ikkoku volume 3
Kyoko's meddling parents plot to get their daughter to give up her independence and move back home. Yusaku meets his (sort of) girlfriend's overzealous folks and then ends up on a never-ending visit to his own parents' house.
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Maison Ikkoku volume 4
Good Housekeeping: How can Yusaku and Kyoko ever be alone when the motley crew at Maison Ikkoku are always inviting themselves to every get-together and social event? When the two finally have some one-on-one time, their housemates' gossip and meddling leads them to learn the hard way that home is where the heart is!
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Maison Ikkoku volume 5
Empty Nest: Yusaku's New Year's fortune comes true, but he quickly learns he should be careful what he wishes for. When Valentine's Day arrives, Yusaku receives flowers from Kozue and then soon after from Kyoko -- each with their own meaning.
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Maison Ikkoku volume 6
Bedside Manners: Grandma Godai comes for an extended visit and manages to meddle in Yusaku's love life at every turn. Before she leavs, Grandma brokers a dream date for her wishy-washy grandson, but the night doesn't turn out exactly as she planned…
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Maison Ikkoku volume 7
Intensive Care: the hijinks surrounding the leg which fractured in "Bedside Manners" escalate toa new level with the arrival of a new (if not exactly welcome) roommate; discharged at last, a missed "Adolescent Psych" exam causes Godai and Kyoko to undergo some teenage-style angst of their own; a windfall from Grandma Godai funds a hot-springs resort holiday.
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Maison Ikkoku volume 8
Domestic Dispute: The arrival of a wife-eyed new tenant -- room #2's Nozomu Nikaido -- causes trouble for all (but especiallt Godai); Yotsuya and Nikaido square off, with Kozue providing additional ammo; insisting there's "nothing between them," both Godai and Kyoko refuse to make the first move; a ring proves just the thing to worry coach Mitaka; and a poolside afternoon finds Kyoko without her top and Godai without his skin.
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Maison Ikkoku volume 9
Learning Curves: naieve myphette Yagami gets both herself and Godai in a compromising position; Kyoko ends up hosting a Maison Ikkoku lsumber party; Yagami's long good-bye" turns into something less…well, permanent; Kuroki (puppet club, remember?) puts Godai to work.
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Maison Ikkoku volume 10
Dogged Pursuit: The not-so-simple life of the tenants of Maison Ikkoku is sent reeling (yet again) after the latest Godai-related scandal hits the fan…a hostage situation! But there's a twist -- the hostage is Ibuki Yagami, a coquettish coed smitten by Yusaku's bumbling charms, and she refuses to vacate the premesis until her outlandish demands are met. Can Godai successfully broker her freedom...as well as his own?! Plus, coach Mitaka's life goes to the dogs!
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Maison Ikkoku volume 11
Student Affairs: Yagami continues her seduction of "Mr.G." by maneuvering him into being her at-home tutor; a New Years Eve visit from Mitaka reveals the triumph of his training, while Asuna the delicate miss with her pack of yapping canine "children," sets her cap for the handsome coach; and finally, as Godai's charade reguarding the pink slip he receives from the nursery school is exposed, Mitaka's message to "that dog girl" is not at all received in the spirit with which it was intended...
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Maison Ikkoku volume 12
The Hounds of War: Coach Mitaka is dashing, athletic, financially set, an extraordinarily popular with the ladies, but there's one little aspect of his personality that has curtailed his success with the lovely Kyoko form day one -- his crippling, petrifying, and all-around embaracing fear of dogs. Mitaka has gone into seclusion to cure himself of his phobia, promising that he will return a new man...But will he emerge from his canine-chrysails in time to win Kyoko's heart? Or will his lot be forever thrown in with the shy, patrician, and multiple-dog-loving Asuna?
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Maison Ikkoku volume 13
Game, Set, Match: Godai decides to leave Ikkoku for the Bunny Club until his exams are over; news of a pregnancy spreads through the tennis club like wildfire; Mitaka's decision to do the right thing causes a bitter-sweet goodbye; upon hearing that Godai proposed to Kozue. manager Kyoko moves back home to her parents in a huff; Akemi's joking (?) decision to sleep with new manager Godai brings down an appocolypse with Kozue; and finally, Mrs. Ichinose's report to a dubious Kyoko that the two have broken up has appeased her for a while...but that was before Kozue tells her differently.
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Maison Ikkoku volume 14
Welcome Home: In the final volume of Maison Ikkoku; an interlude is thwarted; a misunderstanding cleared; a consummation made; a test passed; a party thrown; a job gained; a blessing withheld; the question popped; a gift given; the accord reached..and an apartment building becomes home.
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