History Manga / MaisonIkkoku

** AkiraKamiya (Mitaka)

** NorioWakamoto (Master, the bartender at Cha-Cha Maru)

* {{Yandere}}: Ibuki. ----

* TeacherStudentRomance: Kyoko's deceased husband was a guest lecturer at her school. Later, when Godai works as a teacher, a schoolgirl named Ibuki Yagami pursues ''him''.

* HotForStudent: Kyoko's deceased husband was a guest lecturer at her school. Later, when Godai works as a teacher, a schoolgirl named Ibuki Yagami pursues ''him''.

* StarvingStudent: Godai works to pay for his studies, but he never has money for anything. And when he has some money, he spends it on presents for Kyoko.

* {{Yandere}}: Ibuki is a saner version of this towards Godai. While she is not a psychopath she is still a StalkerWithACrush and a good case for a restraining order. ----

* LastMinuteHookUp: Averted with Mitaka [[spoiler: Played straight with Kozue and Akemi though.]]

* {{Keigo}}: Mildly subverted. Yotsuya speaks in a very polite, formal, and proper manner at all times, in addition to always dressing in either business or traditional clothes. This is in contrast to being possibly the most ''im''polite, ''in''formal, and ''im''proper character in the series.

** BradSwaile (Godai, well ever since the 37th episode)
** JanyseJaud (Akemi)

* BigBreastsBigDeal: Kyoko is generally a Type 3 (but occasionally shows Type 5 tendencies) while Akemi is a definite Type 4 though.
* BlackComedyRape: While it maybe AccidentalInnuendo but the 2nd eye-catches of the show where Soichiro the dog jumps on Mitaka's backside have been seen as this. Though this is not the only case of it though on this show (such as the LesYay example).

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Hanae Ichinose, out of the drunkard trio she is most likely to do a PetTheDog scene. Hanae's son Kentaro is like this as well since he can go from BrattyHalfPint to CuteShotaroBoy. Mitaka can be like this as well since, despite on how he may seem like a smug, rich pretty boy, he does genuinely care for Kyoko.

* {{Accidental Pervert}}: Happens to many of Kyoko's suitors.

* {{Baseball Episode}}: In chapter 49 of the manga.

* ComedicSociopathy - If watching the entire cast make one man's life a living hell for 96 episodes is your idea of fun, this is the show for you. It doesn't help that Godai has no backbone. The tenants are so terrible that when [[spoiler: Godai and Kyoko finally get together, and the tenants congratulate them]], this simple act of kindness shocks Godai and Kyoko speechless.
* ComingOfAgeStory - Godai is very clearly a boy at the beginning of the series. As time goes on, he -- slowly but surely -- grows into a (somewhat) mature, responsible man.

* DrunkenSong - PAAARTY PAAARTY PAAARTY!

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold- Hanae Ichinose, out of the drunkard trio she is most likely to do a PetTheDog scene. Hanae's son Kentaro is like this as well since he can go from BrattyHalfPint to CuteShotaroBoy. Mitaka can be like this as well since, despite on how he may seem like a smug, rich pretty boy, he does genuinely care for Kyoko.

* LiveActionAdaptation - The live-action [[TheMovie film]] ''Apartment Fantasy'' and the television drama.

* {{Panty Shot}}: Kyoko is revealed to be wearing "pure white panties" when she's playing tennis.

* PetTheDog- Many of the characters such as Yotsuya, Mrs. Ichinose and Ibuki do this every now & then some more than others though.
* PoorCommunicationKills - The source of many misunderstanding of the series. While not as bad as ''ThreesCompany'' or anything, horrible misunderstandings are common. Though at least it's played realistically enough that sometimes things ''are'' explained -- it's just that the situations Godai ends up in are so bizarre that Kyoko disbelieves it anyways.

* PlotArmor: [[spoiler: Which is frankly the only reason Yusaku ends up with Kyoko with the amount of dumb shit and all round spinelessness he displays.]]

* TheRival - Many.

* SingleMomStripper - This trope is the reason that Godai's job at the strip joint ended up not being so bad after all. He ended up as the babysitter for the strippers' young children, gaining tons of job experience for his intended field of early childhood education.

* StealthHiBye: Yotsuya seems to have perfected this, especially when Godai has something to hide and is vulnerable to blackmail.
* StrawmanHasAPoint: In-universe subversion - Hanae Ichinose tries to convince Kyoko that Kyoko's mother might not be so bad, since Hanae did somewhat sympathize as she is a mother as well. However, Hanae changed her tune when it was revealed that Kyoko's mother deceived her into thinking that Kyoko's father was sick to get to get Hanae on her side.

* TheOtherDarrin: In the English dub after episode 36 Viz placed their dub of the show on Hiatus for a while until 2004 and while Viz still used TheOceanGroup for the voice work some of the cast changed namely Godai, Hanae, Yotsuya, Kentaro, Ikuko and Kozue.

* ThereAreNoTherapists - Rather, ''there is no Alcoholics Anonymous''.

* {{Tsundere}}:Tybe B: Kyoko appears nice has a much quicker temper than you'd imagine.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes - [[TheRival Shun Mitaka]] is deathly afraid of dogs, making it harder than it should be for him to make passes at dog owner Kyoko. It also makes things awkward when [[spoiler: it turns out his fiancee Asuna also has loads and loads of them. Later, when he undergoes "training" to overcome his fear, it results in some misunderstandings, and even results in him marrying Asuna, in a very roundabout sort of way.]]

* {{Tsundere}}: Kyoko, who looks like a perfect YamatoNadeshiko, but has a much quicker temper than you'd imagine.
* TwinkleSmile: Mitaka has to be the king of this trope. Seemingly hereditary, as his parents, his uncle, [[spoiler: and even his dog]] share the same trait. Godai's grandmother can pull this off as well.

* TheUnfairSex: While not as blatant as how other RumikoTakahashi shows can be, even this show does show some of it. For quite some time, both Kyoko and Godai have been rather indecisive about which love interest they want to go with -- the former is of course more sympathetically treated than the latter. (Granted the latter has some sympathy, but still)

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: And how. Much of the drama would have been avoided if the characters just had cell phones!

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes - [[TheRival Shun Mitaka]] is deathly afraid of dogs, making it harder than it should be for him to make passes at dog owner Kyoko. It also makes things pretty awkward when [[spoiler: it turns out his fiancee Asuna also has loads and loads of them. Later, when he goes "training" to overcome his fear, it results in some misunderstandings, and even results in him marrying Asuna, in a very roundabout sort of way.]]
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Subverted. Kentaro Ichinose is a perfectly normal kid who nevertheless feels like he has to play parent to his strange, heavy-drinking mother and father.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Asuna Kujo.
* YankTheDogsChain: Many, many times. Any time Godai seems to come out ahead, he's practically guaranteed to lose it all within the next five minutes. One of the most prominent examples of this would be [[spoiler: when Yagami's father writes Godai a recommendation for a job, only for the company to go bankrupt the day after he's hired.]]
* {{Yandere}}: Ibuki is a saner version of this towards Godai. (However while she is not a psychopath she is still quite a case of StalkerWithACrush and is still a good reason to have a restraining order.)
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* {{Jerkass}}: ''Many'' characters. A huge portion of the supporting cast acts this way, including Yotsuya, Mrs. Ichinose and Akemi -- the three others at ''Ikkoku'', with Kyoko and Godai being among the rare exceptions. Yotsuya tops the list, though, almost treading over the CompleteMonster line sometimes with his callousness. Most of the Jerkasses have a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold few kind moments]], however, and some of them (like Mitaka's Uncle) are genuinely cheerful.

* {{Accidental Pervert}}- Happens to many of Kyoko's suitors.

* BabiesEverAfter - [[spoiler: Haruka, Godai and Kyouko's baby daughter.]]

* BelligerentSexualTension - Godai and Kyoko.
* BigBreastsBigDeal - Kyoko is generally a Type 3 (but occasionally shows Type 5 tendencies) while Akemi is a definite Type 4 though.
* BlackComedyRape - While it maybe AccidentalInnuendo but the 2nd eye-catches of the show where Soichiro the dog jumps on Mitaka's backside have been seen as this. Though this is not the only case of it though on this show (such as the LesYay example).
* BrokeEpisode - Many... Godai was trying to balance study, work, and life on a regular basis.
* {{Buttmonkey}} - Godai

* CloudCuckooLander - Yotsuya, easily one of the strangest characters created by RumikoTakahashi despite being in a "real-world" setting.
* CockFight - Mitaka and Godai often engage in this when Kyoko is around.

* CornerOfWoe: the puppeteer club's president does this after scaring a child he was trying to offer candy.
* ContrivedCoincidence - Quite a few occasions.
* CharacterDevelopment - What makes it so enjoyable
* TheDitz - Nozomu, when it comes social situations. The other characters take pity on him and give him hints. He finally figures out that Godai and Otonashi have feelings for each other... after one hundred and twenty six hints from the other tenants. Godai and Otonashi then deny it, and he ''believes them''.

* DrivesLikeCrazy - Kyoko, mostly because she only gets behind the wheel once every few years.

* EarnYourHappyEnding - Godai definitely earned his.
* EggSitting - Yotsuya leaves an egg with Godai for safekeeping in a dream. Only it wasn't a dream...
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep - Master

* GossipyHens - Mrs. Ichinose and her neighbors, big time!
* GrandFinale - Reputedly the first of the long-running animes from RumikoTakahashi that had a definitive ending. (InuYasha being the sole other, to this point)
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl - Akemi and, in a way, Mrs. Ichinose.

* {{Honorifics}} - A strong element in setting the tone of relationships in the series. For example, in most of the series, Godai does not refer to Kyoko as anything but ''Kanrinin-san'', and she does not use his first name, thus keeping a certain distance between the two characters despite their closeness.
* {{Hot For Student}} - Kyoko's deceased husband was a guest lecturer at her school. Later, when Godai works as a teacher, a schoolgirl named Ibuki Yagami pursues ''him''.
* HotSpringsEpisode - Episode 41 and 62.
* IdealismVsCynicism - A good old fashioned case of a story that shows plenty of Cynicism but with Idealism winning out in the end.
* {{Imagine Spot}} - Godai often imagines himself getting intimate with Kyoko.

* {{Jerkass}} - ''Many'' characters. A huge portion of the supporting cast acts this way, including Yotsuya, Mrs. Ichinose and Akemi -- the three others at ''Ikkoku'', with Kyoko and Godai being among the rare exceptions. Yotsuya tops the list, though, almost treading over the CompleteMonster line sometimes with his callousness. Most of the Jerkasses have a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold few kind moments]], however, and some of them (like Mitaka's Uncle) are genuinely cheerful.

* TheKanrinin - Kyoko.
* LastMinuteHookUp - Averted with Mitaka [[spoiler: Played straight with Kozue and Akemi though.]]
* {{Keigo}} - Mildly subverted. Yotsuya speaks in a very polite, formal, and proper manner at all times, in addition to always dressing in either business or traditional clothes. This is in contrast to being possibly the most ''im''polite, ''in''formal, and ''im''proper character in the series.
* LicensedGame - Two visual novels / adventure games were created in the eighties for Japanese computers and consoles. The [[TurboGrafx16 PC Engine version]] of Micro Cabin's game ''Omoide no Photograph'' was translated by fans in 2008. ''Kanketsu Hen ~Sayonara, Soshite...~'' remains untranslated.

* MiniatureSeniorCitizens - Grandma Godai.
* MistakenForCheating - Akemi invokes this as she [[spoiler: uses this trope to get Kozue to dump Godai by tricking her into thinking that Godai and Akemi were at a Love Hotel.]]

* TheMovie - The [[LiveActionAdaptation live-action]] film ''Apartment Fantasy'' and the {{anime}} film ''The Final Chapter''.
* MyBelovedSmother - Kyoko's mother Ritsuko Chigusa is a definite case of this at first but she does slightly mellow out later on in the series.

* NiceGuy - Godai, where the entire concept is played with in great detail, and with great skill. The story does not shy away from the common (and often RealLife) faults of this character type, such as indecisiveness, spinelessness, and mediocrity, but it also suggests that Godai's innate kindness and decency, combined with his willingness to grow, more than compensates in the long run.

* {{OVA}} - There are three: ''Through the Passing Seasons'', ''Shipwrecked on Ikkoku Island'', and ''Prelude: When the Cherry Blossoms Return in the Spring.''
* {{Panty Shot}} - Kyoko is revealed to be wearing "pure white panties" when she's playing tennis.

* RomancingTheWidow - Pretty much the driving force of the whole plot.
* RomanticFalseLead - [[spoiler: Mitaka]] for Kyoko and [[spoiler: Kozue]] for Godai, both designed as appealing alternatives to the OfficialCouple (and for some, the attempt to make them appealing worked [[RelationshipWritingFumble a little]] [[FanPreferredCouple too well]]). [[spoiler: Ibuki]] is a less-appealing one, both to the audience and to Godai himself.
* RomanticRunnerUp - [[spoiler: Kozue]] is a definite and occasionally {{Lampshaded}} case while [[spoiler: Mitaka]] can be a case of this (but not always).

* RugbyIsSlaughter - Godai plays rugby with his old high school team- he ends up with two black eyes.
* ShrinkingViolet - Asuna

* StalkerWithACrush - Ibuki Yagami.
* StarvingStudent - Godai works to pay for his studies, but he never has money for anything. And when he has some money, he spends it on presents for Kyoko.
* StealthHiBye - Yotsuya seems to have perfected this, especially when Godai has something to hide and is vulnerable to blackmail.
* StrawmanHasAPoint - In-universe subversion - Hanae Ichinose tries to convince Kyoko that Kyoko's mother might not be so bad, since Hanae did somewhat sympathize as she is a mother as well. However, Hanae changed her tune when it was revealed that Kyoko's mother deceived her into thinking that Kyoko's father was sick to get to get Hanae on her side.
* SuggestiveCollision - Yusaku accidentally kisses Kyoko when she falls from a ladder trying to replace a lightbulb.
* SurrogateSoliloquy - The graveyard version is used extensively.
* TheOtherDarrin - In the English dub after episode 36 Viz placed their dub of the show on Hiatus for a while until 2004 and while Viz still used TheOceanGroup for the voice work some of the cast changed namely Godai, Hanae, Yotsuya, Kentaro, Ikuko and Kozue.

* ThemeNaming - Most of the characters have [[YouAreNumberSix numbers in their names]]; the residents have numbers corresponding to their room numbers.

* ThereWasADoor - Yotsuya. Log.
* TheThingThatGoesDoink - Asuna's family has one of these, as befits their traditional, aristocratic status.
* TheyDo - Not only the main couple but also many side ships [[TyingUpRomanticLooseEnds end up being resolved]].
* TricksterMentor - While Yotsuya, Akemi and Mrs. Ichinose all indulge in borderline (and in some cases way beyond borderline) cruelty mostly ForTheEvulz, some of their antics are meant to make Godai stronger or more honest about his feelings toward Kyoko.
* {{Tsundere}} - Kyoko, who looks like a perfect YamatoNadeshiko, but has a much quicker temper than you'd imagine.
* TwinkleSmile - Mitaka has to be the king of this trope. Seemingly hereditary, as his parents, his uncle, [[spoiler: and even his dog]] share the same trait. Godai's grandmother can pull this off as well.

* TheUnfairSex- While not as blatant as how other RumikoTakahashi shows can be, even this show does show some of it. For quite some time, both Kyoko and Godai have been rather indecisive about which love interest they want to go with -- the former is of course more sympathetically treated than the latter. (Granted the latter has some sympathy, but still)

* UnluckyEverydude - Godai
* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack - Mr. Soichiro, Kyoko's dog, named for the other Soichiro.

* WiseBeyondTheirYears - Subverted. Kentaro Ichinose is a perfectly normal kid who nevertheless feels like he has to play parent to his strange, heavy-drinking mother and father.
* YamatoNadeshiko - Asuna Kujo.
* YankTheDogsChain - Many, many times. Any time Godai seems to come out ahead, he's practically guaranteed to lose it all within the next five minutes. One of the most prominent examples of this would be [[spoiler: when Yagami's father writes Godai a recommendation for a job, only for the company to go bankrupt the day after he's hired.]]
* {{Yandere}} - Ibuki is a saner version of this towards Godai. (However while she is not a psychopath she is still quite a case of StalkerWithACrush and is still a good reason to have a restraining order.)

* WhatTheHellHero?: Godai very often has fantasies of giving Kyoko a verbal beatdown for her blatant hypocrisy in condemning his relationship with Kozue while ''she'' dates Mitaka, but he never gathers the courage to do it. The closest thing is a very subtle reaction to Kyoko's violent verbal outburst [[spoiler: after she hears about Godai and Akemi leaving a Love Hotel together. This, being after several weeks that Godai goes to her parents apartment pleading to see her and speak with her and getting rebuffed each time. Not to mention Godai takes up ''her'' responsibilities as the manager of Maison Ikkoku in her absence. After all this, despite returning to ''finally'' listen to Godai's side of the story, Kyoko ''again'' assumes the worst of him. She violently insults both Godai and Akemi to the point that Godai temporarily loses his anger and raises a hand to slap her. He stops himself before swinging, but Kyoko continues to verbal abuse him and goads him to smack her. His final response to her insults? He ''lightly taps her on the cheek'', and says in a calm voice, "Please just listen to me."]]

** Mitaka runs into a bit of this which spearheads his relationship with Azuna [[spoiler: upon realizing he had no chance with Kyoko, Mitaka utterly drowns his sorrows and winds up at Azuna's apartment. He wakes up the following morning not remembering a thing, but ''assuming'' the worst because he's sleeping in Azuna's bed and she's incredibly embarrassed. While he tries to mentally sort this all out, Azuna shows up at the tennis court with her beloved dog salad with the revelation, "We're having a baby!!". Believing their apparent one-night stand produced a child and wanting to man-up, Mitaka immediately proposes to Azuna. However, it's at their engagement--after their engagement was ''completely officialized in front of their families''--that Azuna clarifies the "pregnancy" by revealing that it's ''Salad'' who's pregnant! And by the dog that ''Mitaka'' had adopted to help him get use to dogs!!]]

* TheUnfairSex- While not as blatant as how other RumikoTakahashi shows can be, even this show does show some of it. For quite some time, both Kyoko and Godai have been rather indecisive about which love interest they want to go with -- the former is of course more sympathetically treated than the latter. (Granted the latter has some sympathy, but still)
** Becomes more apparent in episode 12 where Godai and Kozue go on their first date, when Kyoko learns of this as she runs into Godai and Kozue in the middle of their date she gradually fumes in jealously at Godai for dating a cute girl that is younger than her. Keep in mind that is occurring while Kyoko was already having a date with Mitaka before she saw Godai with Kozue (and Kyoko's date with Mitaka is largely the reason why Godai was dating Kozue at the time.)
** Pretty much spelled out in story the first time Mitaka and Godai get drunk together (things repeat in the this story, a LOT). They lay into Kyoko for her jealousy and stringing along and much else, in total agreement with each other. Then she comes to pick them up, and they shut up and take it (and give each other dirty looks for being spineless).

* RomanticFalseLead - [[spoiler: Mitaka]] for Kyoko and [[spoiler: Kozue]] for Godai, both designed as appealing alternatives to the OfficialCouple, though YourMileageMayVary (and for some, the attempt to make them appealing worked [[RelationshipWritingFumble a little]] [[FanPreferredCouple too well]]). [[spoiler: Ibuki]] is a less-appealing one, both to the audience and to Godai himself.

* BottleFairy - Akemi and, in a way, Mrs. Ichinose.

* FoeYay: Godai and Mitaka lightly played around with in episode 37 where they end up wrestling each-other as payback for the dirty tricks that both have used against each other earlier. While it is a ItMakesSenseInContext moment it does slightly go into HoYay territory here.

* RapeAsComedy - While it maybe AccidentalInnuendo but the 2nd eye-catches of the show where Soichiro the dog jumps on Mitaka's backside have been seen as this. Though this is not the only case of it though on this show (such as the LesYay example above).