From the creator of RANMA 1/2 and INUYASHA comes one of Rumiko Takahashi's most beloved series, the romantic (sort of) comedy MAISON IKKOKU, re-presented in a second edition in its original episodic order, with a "missing" episode! Take a trip down memory lane back into Japan's nuttiest apartment house and meet its volatile inhabitants: Kyoko, the beautiful and mysterious new apartment manager; Yusaku, the exam-addled college student; Mrs. Ichinose, the drunken gossip; Kentaro, her bratty son; Akemi, the boozy bar hostess who runs around the house in flimsy lingerie; and the mooching and peeping Mr. Yotsuya.
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A new character joins the cast of this funny and popular comic book series: a young man named Nozomu Nikaido, who expects to move into a fancy new apartment, but ends up at Maison Ikkoku. He must deal with not only the dilapidated state of the building but also the drunken party animals he now lives with. As for the main characters: A ring makes Coach Mitaka, Kyoko's boyfriend, start to worry. Meanwhile, Godai heads home to think about his future. When he returns to Maison Ikkoku, he begins an ill-fated teaching stint at Kyoko's old high school, which happens to be where she first met her now deceased husband, Mr. Soichiro. --Jim Pascoe
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About the Author
Author and artist Rumiko Takahashi, the world's most popular and prolific female manga creator, has a large, devoted international fan base. Over 100 million copies of her work, such as URUSEI YATSURA, MAISON IKKOKU, RANMA 1/2 and MERMAID SCAR, have been sold worldwide. Takahashi's works have been the basis for four long-running animated series and over eight animated movies.
Other Rumiko Takahashi series available from VIZ
· Inuyasha - anime, manga and ani-manga
· Maison Ikkoku - anime and manga
· Mermaid Scar - manga
· Ranma 1/2 - anime and manga --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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The spotlight on Rumiko Takahashi's career began in 1978 when she won an honorable mention in Shogakukan's annual New Comic Artist Contest for Those Selfish Aliens. Later that same year, her boy-meets-alien comedy series, Urusei Yatsura, was serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday. This phenomenally successful manga series was adapted into anime format and spawned a TV series and half a dozen theatrical-release movies, all incredibly popular in their own right. Takahashi followed up the success of her debut series with one blockbuster hit after another--Maison Ikkoku ran from 1980 to 1987, Ranma 1/2 from 1987 to 1996, and Inuyasha from 1996 to 2008. Other notable works include Mermaid Saga, Rumic Theater, and One-Pound Gospel.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A new player,
This review is from: Maison Ikkoku, Vol. 8 (Paperback)
Rumiko Takahashi is always good at giving things a little shake-up. And in the eighth chapter of her romantic dramedy "Maison Ikkoku," things get shaken up quite a bit, with the inclusion of a new character, an important talk, a near-breakup and a diamond ring.
After a disastrous trip to a spa and more conflicts with Kyoko's obnoxious parents, Yusaku finds himself presented with a unique opportunity -- a chance to find out what Kyoko's mysterious late husband looked like. And Kyoko has a talk with her late husband at his gravesite, unaware that Yusaku is listening. But then a new person enters the mix: Nozomu Nikaido, a wealthy teenager who has just entered college, and whose bubble-brained mom accidently sent him to the wrong apartment building. Like Yusaku, Nikaido immediately becomes a target for the crazier tenants: the dignified pervert Mr. Yotsuya, sexy waitress Akemi, and drunken housewife Mrs. Ichinose. But unlike Yusaku, he isn't going to take it lying down -- he's going to fight back. And when Nikaido encounters Yusaku's platonic girlfriend Kozue, he throws a few more monkey wrenches into the might-be relationship between Kyoko and Yusaku. With any series like "Maison Ikkoku," there's always the chance of things getting stale. So in this volume, Takahashi gives us some new characters, complications, attractions and problems. And, fortunately, it gives this funny little comic drama a bit more of both. Takahashi doesn't take her gaze off the interlocking love triangles for long, although it is fun to see Yotsuya and Nikaido trying to one-up each other in the revenge game. And there's a new source of comedy as Nikaido naively sabotages poor Yusaku's love life, as Yusaku silently rages against the younger man's incredible denseness. Nikaido's a fun addition to the cast -- he's a weird mix of craftiness and naivete, trying to cut the apron strings from his rather annoying mom. Kyoko and Yusaku hit new snags in their possible relationship, as Kyoko remembers her late husband, and Yusaku tries to find a way to disentangle himself from Kozue without breaking her heart. His rival Shun Mitaka only makes a brief appearance, but it's a funny one -- which involves Yusaku giving Kyoko a diamond ring. New blood enters the mix in the eighth "Maison Ikkoku" volume, but things have more or less stayed the same. A fun and romantic read, with plenty more hijinks to come.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Funny and addicting, a must read for Takahashi fans.,
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This review is from: Maison Ikkoku, Vol. 8: Domestic Dispute (Paperback)
This is the first graphic novel of Maison Ikkoku I've read in a while and it reminded me of why I love this series. Takahashi has a very special way of looking at life's different situations and poking fun at them while at the same time being realistic. These graphic novels are more enjoyable than many of the "word only" novel I've read. I'm hooked and I must complete my collection of this series so far. A hard task for any poor, melancholic college student (ring any bells?).
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Two new characters,
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This review is from: Maison Ikkoku, Vol. 8: Domestic Dispute (Paperback)
Yep. That is the main attraction to this graphic novel. The Love triangle of Godai, Mitaka, and Kyoko is not the main focus of this book. The main focus falls on two new characters: Nozomu Nikaido and Ibuki Yagami. Nozomu moves into room 2 of Maison Ikkoku, by pure accident his mother had someone else sign the lease and instead of living at the expensize Rikkoku, Nikaido ends up living in Maison Ikkoku. He is not really a bad guy, but just seems to be at the wrong place at the wrong time, and nearly drives Godai, and everyone else nuts. He and Yotsuya end up having a minor war between each other also. The other character Ibuki Yagami is a high school student at the school where Godai gets a student-teaching job. The school just happens to be the high school where Kyoko met Soichiro, so the obvious happens Ibuki falls in love with Godai, and now Godai has another pretty, young girl interested in him. Although his affections are for Kyoko only.
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