Within a rundown Tokyo boarding house, Maison Ikkoku, is one of the best comedy romances in the genre. Here is a romance the way it was meant to be. When you are a poor college student who can barely pass his classes or make a decent living, and always have to fend off the nosiest neighbours in the shabbiest apartment ever, how are you supposed to win the woman of your dreams? Between romantic rivals, financial difficulties and hilarious misunderstandings, will it ever work out? This is the story of a poor college student, Yusaku Godai, and the building's new manager, a woman who hides a secret sadness, Kyoko Otonashi.