Maison Ikkoku is a romantic story in a modern Tokyo, the two main protagonist are Godai Yusaku, the classic student with many life problems and Otonashi Kyoko, a young widow called as a new administrator of Ikkoku Mansion. Other protagonist are the guest of Ikkoku kan (house) that are some of the weird but still realistic characters ever seen in an Anime, people likte Yotsuya, a man with a mistery aura around him and Akemi, a young girl with the tendency of walking around the house semi-naked. The story play around the difficult developing of love between Yusaku and Kyoko but with theyrs life too that will meet many troubles.

The animation was quite original with the female lead character starting the animation as a young widow with a tragic past and the male lead character as a retainee living in an Inn with a bunch of crazy alcoholics who party everynight IN HIS ROOM. The anime gives a very warm and family feel and I really enjoyed watching the main character, Godai try to chase his alcoholic Inn mates out of his room in his pursuit to win the woman of his dreams. The humor is very good too since his Inn mates always use him as a scapegoat and ‘torture’ him whenever they have the opportunity and the fact that there are so many misunderstandings give the humor and romance a very friendly but yet fresh touch to the story.