From: keithd@pnet01.cts.com (Keith Davey)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Maison Ikkoku #1
Date: 6 Apr 92 07:16:21 GMT
Article-I.D.: crash.1992Apr06.071621.14085
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            The San Diego Anime Trading Association
 
                    in conjunction with
 
             Summer Side Anime (Orange County, CA)
 
                          Present
 
 
                        MAISON IKKOKU
 
Character Guide & Synopsis all written by Dan Durkin of Summer Side Anime, and
edited by Keith Davey.  Presented on a "As I receave them basis" for fans of
Rumiko Takahashi's classic Maison Ikkoku.
 
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Maison Ikkoku #1
"Sorry to keep you waiting!"
"I'm Kyoko Otonashi."
Synopsis By: Dd
Edited by: Keith Davey
Originally Appeared in: F.S.T.S (Feb 1991)
 
Air Date: March 26, 1986
 
        "My name is Yusaku Godai.  I'm a third year college  applicant (a 
'ronin').  I've been up all night studying for a mock  college exam.  I 
should be able to concentrate on a rainy night like  this, but...no  matter
who you ask, that should be the case."
        
        The fact is that Godai cannot concentrate because of his  noisy,  nosy
neighbors - Yotsuya, Ichinose, and Akemi - have picked  his room,  again, in
which to hold their nightly gathering.  All night  they have partied, danced,
sang, drank, and generally kept Godai  from getting anything done.
        
        As the morning breakes and the neighborhood begins to come  back to
life, Godai has finally reached his limit.  He yells at his  neighbors to
leave him alone so he can complete his studying.  His  yells only bring
complaints from the neighbors, who have been  awakened by them.   After
chastising Godai for his actions, Ichinose  decides that they have all had
enough and says it is time to call it  quits, leaving Godai alone in his now
devastated room.
        
        Nearby in town, a young lady asks a merchant for  directions to the
Ikkoku Apartments.  A man and several friends try  and dissuade her from
going, but she has reason to be there - she is  going to be the new manager.
        
        Back at Ikkoku-kan, Godai has apparently made a decision.   He is
headed out of the building for good because "This is a  horrible studying
enviroment!".  This isn't the first time he has  threatened, but Yotsuya seems
to think it's for real this time, and  so they are  doing there best to make
leaving difficult.
        
        Godai finally seems to be resolved until a young lady  arrives.  She
introduces herself as Kyoko Otonashi, the new building  manager.  While Godai
remains frozen in his tracks, the other  tenants ask what happened to the old
manager.  Kyoko tells them that all the man said before moving home was, "I'm
tired."
        
        Yotsuya finally snaps Godai out of his daze by reminding him  that he
had something to tell the manager - something about leaving.   Apparently
having a change of heart, Godai tells her not to mind  them and that he has no
intention of leaving.  That settled, Kyoko  goes to move into her room while
Ichinose and Akemi wonder if she'll  last and Godai repeats her name and
thinks it (and she) as nice.
        
        Later, the last of the moving is being completed and Kyoko  is
begining to spruce things up.  Godai asks if he can be of any  help, but Kyoko
tells him he should concentrate on his studies so he  can get accepted into
college this time. (Note: Kyoko does not call  Godai by his name, but as
'ronin-san' - a definite cut into someone  trying to gain a lady's respect) 
Unable to disagree, Godai makes  preperations to work by trying to plug up the
tunnel that Yotsuya  has made through his room to peek at Akemi.
        
        Barreling home from school, Kentaro, Ichinose's bratty son,  runs into
a couple of new faces he's never seen.  Ichinose introduces  him to Kyoko, and
Kyoko introduces him to her dog, Soichiro-san.  All  that Kentaro can say is
that the dog certainly has a strange name.
        
        Just as Godai is ready to begin studying, Yotsuya makes a  new, larger
entrance through Godai's wall.  He continues on to peek  at Akemi through
another hole in the far wall.  At first  uninterested, Yotsuya manages to draw
Godai for a peek.  When Godai  tells him that it isn't any different from what
they saw this  morning, Yotsuya tells him that it is more appealing when you
are  sneaking around.  Seeing Akemi waken and leave, Yotsuya beats a hasty 
retreat.
        
        Akemi has gone downstairs to register a complaint to Kyoko  about the
hole in her wall.  The two arrive, and Godai makes a quick  attempt to improve
the condition of his room.  Akemi pushes him out  of the way and gets to the
heart of the matter.  Kyoko is aghast,  but Godai is defensive.  He points to
the hole in his other wall.   Kyoko asks "Do you mean that you like to look at
men too?"  Godai  is flattened by her question.
        
        Direct efforts are made to cover both holes by Kyoko.  Godai is
helping himself (with the view) as much as Kyoko as she does the work.  When
she is done, Akemi approves of the work and all of the tenants settle down for
a welcoming party for Kyoko to be held in Godai's room.  Kyoko worries that
they will disturb his studying, but Akemi tells her that they need to be there
so he will have someone to blame for the failure on his test tomorrow.
        
        Kyoko seems sympathetic when Godai storms off into the closet to
sleep.  However, Akemi and Yotsuya have a plan to show off some of the worse
side of Godai's nature.  Akemi starts yelling that the manager has had too
much to drink and is taking off her clothing.  Both her and Yotsuya glush over
how beautiful a body she has.  When Yotsuya claims she has taken off the last
piece, Godai peeps his head out of the door and is quickly caught.  Proven
right, Yotsuya and Akemi gloat while Kyoko is shocked.
        
        The next morning, Kyoko talks with Soichiro (the dog) and wonders
wether or not she will be able to deal with these people.  There is a crash
and Kyoko can hear Godai claiming he is going to kill himself because he
missed his mock exam.  Ichinose can be heard telling him to do it right by
jumping off a real building instead of trying for sympathy here.
        
        Godai sees Kyoko and we hear him think, "One winter day, a beautiful
woman cam to Ikkoku-kan.  Kyoko, I..."


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