![]() As he is about to move out, he is stopped at the door by the beautiful Kyoko Otonashi, who announces she will be taking over as manager. Though honest and good-natured, he is weak-willed and often taken advantage of by the offbeat and mischievous tenants who live with him: Yotsuya, Akemi Roppongi and Hanae Ichinose. ![]() The story mainly takes place at Maison Ikkoku ( 一刻館, Ikkoku-kan), a worn and aging boarding house in a fictional Tokyo ward called Tokeizaka ( 時計坂, "Clock Hill"), where 20-year-old college applicant Yusaku Godai lives. Main article: List of Maison Ikkoku characters ![]() Maison Ikkoku has been both critically and commercially successful, with over 25 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series. Both the manga and anime have been released in North America by Viz Media. A live-action TV special aired in May 2007 on TV Asahi, with a finale aired in July 2008. A Final Chapter movie, three original video animations (OVAs), and a music special were also produced, with a live-action film made by Toei in 1986. The manga was adapted into a ninety-six-episode anime television series created by Studio Deen that ran on Fuji TV from March 1986 to March 1988. The story focuses primarily on the gradually developing relationships between Yusaku Godai, a poor student down on his luck, and Kyoko Otonashi, a young, recently widowed boarding house manager. Maison Ikkoku is a romantic comedy involving a group of madcap people who live in a boarding house in 1980s Tokyo. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from November 1980 to April 1987, with the chapters collected into 15 tankōbon volumes. Maison Ikkoku ( Japanese: めぞん一刻, Hepburn: Mezon Ikkoku, "Ikkoku House") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi.
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