Talk:Maison Ikkoku
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[edit] Names of Yotsuya and Ichinose
If anybody knows the first names of Yotsuya and Mrs. Ichinose go ahead and add them. I got these names directly from the manga. --Eelozano 2004-12-18 18:46:22
Yotsuya's first name (and occupation) remain a mystery throughout the series. Although they are sometimes the topic of conversation between the other tenants of Maison Ikkoku, nobody has been able to definitively determine what Yotsuya's job or name really is. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 198.103.53.5 (talk • contribs) .
- I put in the first name for Yotsuya that he had written on a business card in anime episode #50 (covering an event that didn't occur in the manga). I'm still waiting for my copy of Viz' boxed set 4 (episodes 37-48), so I don't know if he tries to use any other first names (I wouldn't put it beyond him), but it's something other than "mister." Guppy313 21:32, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Some changes
I changed some of the phrasing and punuctuation here and there, but the big change I made was removin the reference to Soichiro Otonashi physically resembling Yusaku Godai. At the end of the episode where Mr. Soichiro (dog) ran off and was missing, when Kyoko saw Yusaku and Mr. Soichiro climbing the hill to Maison Ikkoku in the sunset, she was startled by the similarity to her memories of her husband, but commented to herself that the two men looked nothing alike.
It's insinuated that the two men have similar character traits (seemingly unable to take care of themselves without Kyoko's help, etc.), but it's never stated clearly what, if anything, Kyoko sees in common between Soichiro and Yusaku.
At any rate, I'm tempted to go through this and do more editing; some of it seems a little wordy, but it could just be me. Also, there seems to be an inordinate amount of attention to relatively unimportant characters (Kyoko's niece) and no attention to others (owner of Cha-Cha Maru, Akemi's boss). Any objections? David Iwancio 01:02, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
- I've no issue with you doing so. I don't know enough about the series to do much other than rephrase information found via Google. -Fuzzy 07:00, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] My changes
I mostly just tried to change the wording of character descriptions. Some of it I thought was extraneous; spoilers are one thing, but detailing the situation the characters are in at the end of the story seems a bit much, especially when there's no sequel (and likely never will be).
I split the characters between "major" and "minor" based mostly on when they were introduced to the story or how many episodes they were involved in, generally trying to focus on how much they contributed to the story. I decided not to mention the puppeteering club at Yusaku's school, as they were mostly incidental: they went away after the school festival, cropping up pretty much only to get Yusaku a job at the day care center and finally offered as a quick comparison of marriage proposals. I also left out Yusaku's roomates for the brief period he lived over the pachinko parlor, and his workmates in the cabaret (though now that I think about it, a case can be made for the cabaret's owner as "voice of reason" in the same way as the owner of Cha-Cha Maru).
I trimmed off Ikuko's last name; it's never specified, and I get the impression she's related to the Otonashi clan more on her mother's side than her father's (at the very least I don't recall ever seeing her father).
I know with Shun, Kozue and Ibuki I get rather close to crossing the line and putting in my own interpretation of the characters (such as Shun's and Ibuki's motivations), but I feel that these are all but explicitly stated by the characters themselves.
(At least I didn't go into my own personal theory that Sakamoto is the source of all grief in the story :) )
I can't for the life of me remember Kyoko's parents' names. I remember at least her mother being named, but I can't seem to find it skimming over my collection of Viz' first edition of the manga. Same deal with Sakamoto. I'm in the mood to reread the whole thing (or at least as much as I have of Viz' second edition of the manga), and if I come acros them I'll add them later.
I tossed in a note on the use of names between the major characters where the original author mentioned the ordering of the names in the article. It seemed important in describing the relationships between the characters. I personally find it odd that I had more to say about the people who didn't live in Maison Ikkoku than those who did; I imagine that's just part of the nature of the story that to explain more about the characters would require actually retelling much of the story.
Finally, I am sorely, sorely tempted to remove the comment about Love Hina. My judgment is likely clouded by how much I love Maison Ikkoku and how much I dislike Love Hina, but it seems that Love Hina is more of a contrast to Ikkoku, full of situations and even some characters that lose all touch with reality, while Ikkoku never seriously challenges one's suspension of disbelief. I suppose a case could be made that Maison Ikkoku was an early "innovator" in the whole "loser ronin in boarding house beset by beautiful women" genre, but lumping them together just feels so wrong to me.
Oh, and I just remembered I forgot Yusaku's grandmother. Off to fix that. David Iwancio 22:41, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] stuff that's missing
This article is missing some essential data. How many TP volumes in Japan are there? How many english volumes are there, or is it the same? Anime air dates, the movie, etc. — Adam Di Carlo 18:45, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Review
I'm wondering if the review should be removed. Reviews generally aren't found on Wikipedia. I'm fine with incorporating what we can in the rest of the article, as long as it remains NPOV. --nihon 00:28, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Expansion
Okay, all done. (^_^) --nihon 06:13, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
- I guess I was wrong. I just added all the manga someone asked for. --nihon 07:02, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sayako Kurogi history/Episode guide
I added more detail to the entry on Sayako Kurogi. I felt that not enough was said about her seeing as how she is pretty important to the story in that she inadvertantly sets Yusaku on the path to his future career in child care. Feel free to edit my sentence structure on the new entry, as I know that my writing can get a little garbled.
Also, I began an episode guide as someone else suggested. So far I have up the first season, titles and original air dates. I will continue to put up the remaining seasons over the next few days. I was unsure about how exactly to format it, so I used the bullet system that every other entry on the Maison Ikkoku page seems to be using...
Billgoode 06:04, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- Added season 2 guide
- Billgoode 19:22, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- Completed episode guide
- Billgoode 02:19, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
