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Yusaku Godai is a lovable, somewhat serious, but hopelessly inept ''[[ronin]]'' who is trying to study to pass college entrance exams while living at Maison Ikkoku, a somewhat run-down boarding house. His own disorganized, gormless lifestyle does not make this an easy task. Neither do the antics of his
... and in walks Kyoko Otonashi, a beautiful, sweet-tempered woman who announces herself as the new [[
In order, Godai's suitcase, jaw, and heart hit the floor, and from then on, it's a roller coaster ride of strangeness, complications, botched courting, miscommunicated feelings, and every so often, achingly sweet, poignant moments.
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It has [[Follow the Leader|inspired many similar series]], among them ''[[Love Hina]]'' and ''[[Mahoraba]]''.
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* [[Accidental Pervert]]
* [[Aspect Montage]]
* [[Babies Ever After]]
** Don't forget {{spoiler|Mitaka and Asuna's twins and other baby.}}
* [[Baseball Episode]]: In chapter 49 of the manga.
* [[Beach Episode]]: Episode 10.
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]
* [[Big Breasts, Big Deal]]
* [[Black Comedy Rape]]
* [[Broke Episode]]
* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: {{spoiler|Which makes it a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] when Godai finally learns to spit it out in the final chapters, dumping Kozue and proposing to Kyoko. Kyoko as well, when she finally tells Godai not only that she loves him but that she has for a very long time.}}
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: {{spoiler|Godai buys a brooch for Kyoko as a Christmas present in Episode 2; but, through a series of pratfalls, never manages to give to her.}} Sixteen episodes later, a year has gone by in canon and Godai, {{spoiler|broke and desperate to get Kyoko a gift, manages to find the brooch behind his desk and give it to Kyoko.}}
* [[Close
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
* [[Cock Fight]]
* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]
* [[Coming of Age Story]]
* [[Corner of Woe]]:
▲* [[Contrived Coincidence]] - Quite a few occasions.
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Kozue. By the middle of the series when Ibuki came in, Kozue pretty much disappeared for the most part only making occasional appearances with [[Baseball Episode]] being a remote exception. Kozue did start to have a bit more of a presence late in the series in which it even got [[Lampshaded]] {{spoiler|until she and Godai actually break up.}}
▲* [[Character Development]] - What makes it so enjoyable
* [[The Ditz]]
* [[Drives Like Crazy]]
▲* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Kozue. By the middle of the series when Ibuki came in, Kozue pretty much disappeared for the most part only making occasional appearances with [[Baseball Episode]] being a remote exception. Kozue did start to have a bit more of a presence late in the series in which it even got [[Lampshaded]] {{spoiler|until she and Godai actually break up.}}
▲* [[Drives Like Crazy]] - Kyoko, mostly because she only gets behind the wheel once every few years.
{{quote|'''Shun:''' Nothing would make me happier than to die at your hands.}}
* [[Drunken Song]]
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]
* [[Egg Sitting]]
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]
* [[The First Cut Is the Deepest]]: Kyoko
* [[For the Evulz]]: In the beginning, this is pretty much the reason why Akemi, Hanae and Yotsuya torment Godai on a regular basis through their frequent binge drinking. Though, later on their motives seem to be more about "If you want us to stop then man up and talk to the Manager!" (not that this justifies it)
* [[Gossipy Hens]]
* [[Grand Finale]]
* [[Hard-Drinking Party Girl]]
* [[He Is Not My Boyfriend]]: Kyoko does this all the time towards Godai.
* [[Honorifics]]
* [[Hot for Student]]
* [[Hot Springs Episode]]
* [[Idealism vs. Cynicism]]
* [[Imagine Spot]]
* [[I Want Grandkids]]: Kyoko's mother.
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Keigo]]
* [[
* [[Last-Minute Hookup]]
▲* [[Keigo]] - Mildly subverted. Yotsuya speaks in a very polite, formal, and proper manner at all times, in addition to always dressing in either business or traditional clothes. This is in contrast to being possibly the most ''im''polite, ''in''formal, and ''im''proper character in the series.
* [[Live Action Adaptation]]
* [[Look Behind You!]]: Godai pulls this on Kozue in episode 24, when she tried to kiss him.
* [[Loony Friends Improve Your Personality]]: The residents of Maison Ikkoku spend most of their time driving Yusaku Godai insane with their alcohol-induced insanity, but also end up somehow making him the man he needs to be for Kyoko, as well as get Kyoko to reflect on her feelings for him.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Not obvious in English, but the last name of every character who lives in the complex starts with the number of their apartment. Kyoko, who is the manager and thus has no number on her door, has the last name essentially meaning "No number".
* [[Miniature Senior Citizens]]
* [[Mistaken for Cheating]]
** Happens earlier in this series when Kyoko once saw Mitaka with another woman, however this was just another misunderstanding.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]
* [[The Movie]]
* [[My Beloved Smother]]
* [[Names to Know in Anime]]:
** [[Sumi Shimamoto]] (Kyouko)
** [[Akira Kamiya]] (Mitaka)
** Issei Futamata (Godai)
** [[Shigeru Chiba]] (Yotsuya)
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** [[Nicole Bouma]] (Ikuko Otonashi, after the 37th episode)
** [[Anna Cummer]] (Kozue, after the 37th episode)
* [[Nice Guy]]
* [[Not What It Looks Like]]: Many, many, many of these.
* [[Numerical Theme Naming]]: The case has various Japanese numbers in their names for which room they live in. Even the characters who don't live in Ikkoku-kan get a different number, though:
{| border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"
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!Num!!Kanji!!Kanji of family name and meaning
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|0||無||Kyoko Otonashi (née Chigusa)||音無 (soundless)
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|1||一||The Ichinose Family||一の瀬 (first ford)
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|2||二||Nozomu Nikaido||二階堂 (two-story temple)
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|3||三||Shun Mitaka *||三鷹 (three hawks)
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|4||四||Mr. Yotsuya||四谷 (four valleys)
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|5||五||Yusaku Godai||五代 (five generations)
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|6||六||Akemi Roppongi||六本木 (six trees)
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|7||七||Kozue Nanao *||七尾 (seven ridges;<ref> the second character is "tail" but "Nanao" itself is a name from [[wikipedia:Ishikawa Prefecture]]</ref>)
|-
|8||八||Ibuki Yagami *||八神 (eight gods)
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|9||九||Asuna Kujo *||九条 (ninth avenue; the name is an old [[wikipedia:Kuge|Japanese aristocratic name]])
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|1,000||千||Mr. & Mrs. Chigusa *||千草 (thousand grasses)
|}
(* Not residents of Maison Ikkoku.)
* [[Once Per Episode]]: Godai daydreaming of Kyoko, and ending up in embarrassing and painful situations while distracted, at least the first 20 or so episodes.
* [[OVA]]
* [[Panty Shot]]
* [[Passive-Aggressive Kombat]]: Pretty much how Mikata and Godai communicate. Especially visible in episode 10.
* [[Pet the Dog]]
* [[Poor Communication Kills]] - The source of many misunderstanding of the series. While not as bad as ''[[Three's Company]]'' or anything, horrible misunderstandings are common. Though at least it's played realistically enough that sometimes things ''are'' explained -- it's just that the situations Godai ends up in are so bizarre that Kyoko disbelieves it anyways.▼
* [[Plot Armor]]: {{spoiler|Which is frankly the only reason Yusaku ends up with Kyoko with the amount of dumb shit and all round spinelessness he displays.}}
▲* [[Poor Communication Kills]]
* [[Rich Suitor, Poor Suitor]]:
** Mitaka has enough to go to an expensive resort for the weekend on a whim, whereas Godai barely manages to keep himself stocked with ramen, let alone buy gifts for Kyoko. {{spoiler|By the time Godai and Kyoko actually get together, though, he has a steady job as a preschool teacher.}}
** Grandma Godai had two of these many years ago and chose the poor one. Which is why she tells Kyoko to take the rich guy.
* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]: McEnroe, the tiny little fluffy dog that Mitaka adopts to overcome his fear of dogs. Just try looking at it without [[Squee|Squeeing]].
* [[The Rival]]
* [[Romancing the Widow]]
* [[Romantic False Lead]]
* [[Romantic Runner-Up]]
* [[Ronin]]
* [[Rugby Is Slaughter]]
* [[Shrinking Violet]]
* [[Sick Episode]]: Episode 16 has Kyoko spraining her ankle. Godai is terribly worried, but, as happens so often in this series, constantly gets blocked by circumstances,
** Episode 42 has Godai breaking his leg, and Kyoko taking care of him in the hospital. {{spoiler|At the end of the episode, Mitaka managed to break his leg as well, and would share a room with Godai.}}
* [[Silk Hiding Steel]]: Though she's not as [[Yamato Nadeshiko|traditionally Japanese]] about it, Kyoko is much more independent-minded and
* [[Single Mom Stripper]]
* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]]
* [[Sitting on the Roof]]
* [[Slow-Motion Pass-By]]
* [[Stalker with a Crush]]
* [[Starving Student]]
* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]
* [[Straw Man Has a Point]]
* [[Suggestive Collision]]
* [[Surrogate Soliloquy]]
* [[The Tell]]: You can tell Kyoko's angry because she becomes VERY enthusiastic while cleaning (
* [[Theme Naming]]
▲* [[The Tell]]: You can tell Kyoko's angry because she becomes VERY enthusiastic while cleaning (moreso than usual). That, and her tendency to break broomhandles by squeezing them.
▲* [[Theme Naming]] - Most of the characters have [[You Are Number Six|numbers in their names]]; the residents have numbers corresponding to their room numbers.
** Most to all of the number names are also train stations/districts in Tokyo, which sometimes adds another meaning.
** There's also the [[Edible Theme Naming]] of Asuna Kujo's dogs: Salad, Pot-au-feu, Foie Gras, Terrine, and Stroganoff.
* [[There Are No Therapists]]
** On a more traditional note, Mitaka could probably have used some professional help in getting over his fear of dogs, {{spoiler|although he eventually manages well enough on his own}}.
* [[There Was a Door]]
* [[The Thing That Goes Doink]]
* [[They Do]]
* [[The Unfair Sex]]- While not as blatant as how other [[Rumiko Takahashi]] shows can be, even this show does show some of it. For quite some time, both Kyoko and Godai have been rather indecisive about which love interest they want to go with -- the former is of course more sympathetically treated than the latter. (Granted the latter has some sympathy, but still)▼
* [[Trickster Mentor]]
* [[Tsundere]]
* [[Twinkle Smile]]
* [[Umbrella of Togetherness]]: featured prominently though episode 17.▼
▲* [[The Unfair Sex]]
** Becomes more apparent in episode 12 where Godai and Kozue go on their first date, when Kyoko learns of this as she runs into Godai and Kozue in the middle of their date she gradually fumes in jealously at Godai for dating a cute girl that is younger than her. Keep in mind that is occurring while Kyoko was already having a date with Mitaka before she saw Godai with Kozue (and Kyoko's date with Mitaka is largely the reason why Godai was dating Kozue at the time.)
** Pretty much spelled out in story the first time Mitaka and Godai get drunk together (things repeat in the this story, a LOT). They lay into Kyoko for her jealousy and stringing along and much else, in total agreement with each other. Then she comes to pick them up, and they shut up and take it (and give each other dirty looks for being spineless).
▲* [[They Do]] - Not only the main couple but also many side ships [[Tying Up Romantic Loose Ends|end up being resolved]].
▲* [[Trickster Mentor]] - While Yotsuya, Akemi and Mrs. Ichinose all indulge in borderline (and in some cases way beyond borderline) cruelty mostly [[For the Evulz]], some of their antics are meant to make Godai stronger or more honest about his feelings toward Kyoko.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]
▲* [[Tsundere]] - Kyoko, who looks like a perfect [[Yamato Nadeshiko]], but has a much quicker temper than you'd imagine.
* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]
▲* [[Twinkle Smile]] - Mitaka has to be the king of this trope. Seemingly hereditary, as his parents, his uncle, {{spoiler|and even his dog}} share the same trait. Godai's grandmother can pull this off as well.
▲* [[Umbrella of Togetherness]]: featured prominently though episode 17.
* [[Yandere]]
▲* [[Unlucky Everydude]] - Godai
* [[Yank the Dog's Chain]]
▲* [[We Named the Monkey "Jack"]] - Mr. Soichiro, Kyoko's dog, named for the other Soichiro.
▲* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]] - [[The Rival|Shun Mitaka]] is deathly afraid of dogs, making it harder than it should be for him to make passes at dog owner Kyoko. It also makes things pretty awkward when {{spoiler|it turns out his fiancee Asuna also has loads and loads of them. Later, when he goes "training" to overcome his fear, it results in some misunderstandings, and even results in him marrying Asuna, in a very roundabout sort of way.}}
▲* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]] - Subverted. Kentaro Ichinose is a perfectly normal kid who nevertheless feels like he has to play parent to his strange, heavy-drinking mother and father.
▲* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] - Asuna Kujo.
▲* [[Yank the Dog's Chain]] - Many, many times. Any time Godai seems to come out ahead, he's practically guaranteed to lose it all within the next five minutes. One of the most prominent examples of this would be {{spoiler|when Yagami's father writes Godai a recommendation for a job, only for the company to go bankrupt the day after he's hired.}}
▲* [[Yandere]] - Ibuki is a saner version of this towards Godai. (However while she is not a psychopath she is still quite a case of [[Stalker with a Crush]] and is still a good reason to have a restraining order.)
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Manga]]
[[Category:Maison Ikkoku]]
[[Category:Essential Anime]]
[[Category:Anime of the 1980s]]
[[Category:Anime]]
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