All Info
Genres
Comedy, Romance, Seinen, Drama, Slice of Life
Description
The boarding house Maison Ikkoku is home to a strange medley of weird characters, including the young student Yuusaku and the beautiful (and widowed) manager, Kyouko. We follow the efforts of Yuusaku to win Kyouko's affections, with interference from the rest of the tenants.
Authors
Characters
YG
Yuusaku Godai
main
KI
HI
Hanae Ichinose
main
KO
Kyoko Otonashi
main
AR
Akemi Roppongi
main
Y
Yotsuya
main
A
Ayako
support
MC
Mr. Chigusa
support
RC
Ritsuko Chigusa
support
MG
Mother Godai
support
YG
Yukari Godai
support
FG
Father Godai
support
K
Kamiogi
support
K
Kasumi
support
K
Kobayashi
support
FI
Father Ichinose
support
I
Iioka
support
MK
Mother Kujou
support
AK
Asuna Kujou
support
SK
Sayoko Kuroki
support
FK
Father Kujou
support
M
Master
support
UM
Uncle Mitaka
support
M
Midori
support
MM
Mother Mitaka
support
SM
Shun Mitaka
support
M
Mitsuo
support
FN
Father Nanao
support
FM
Father Mitaka
support
YN
Yousuke Nanao
support
KN
Kozue Nanao
support
NN
Nozomu Nikaido
support
SO
Soichiro Otonashi
support
FO
Father-in-Law Otonashi
support
MN
Mother Nanao
support
IO
Ikuko Otonashi
support
S
Sakamoto
support
T
Taro
support
S
Souichirou
support
MO
Mother Otonashi
support
MY
Mother Yagami
support
IY
Ibuki Yagami
support
FY
Father Yagami
support
Other Facts
Published
Oct 14, 1980 to Apr 6, 1987
Serialization
Big Comic Spirits
Where to read
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