Godai Gets a Shock! Kyoko Calls It Quits is the twenty-second episode of the Maison Ikkoku anime.
Synopsis[]
Kyōko visits her parents who are pressing her into quitting her job as manager of Maison Ikkoku, and returning home with them, but Kyōko has developed an attachment to the old house and its tenants. Will she be able to resist her parents' insistence for it?
Plot overview[]
To be added
Characters in order of appearance[]
- Yūsaku Godai
- Mr. Chigusa
- Kyōko Otonashi
- Soichiro
- Kozue Nanao
- Mr. Nanao (mentioned)
- Ritsuko Chigusa
- Sōichirō Otonashi (mentioned)
- Hanae Ichinose
- Akemi Roppongi
- Yotsuya
Quotes[]
- "My father would approve of you" (Kozue Nanao)
- "A broken down apartment is no place for a young girl" (Mr. Chigusa)
- "Maybe, but it's home" (Kyōko Otonashi)
- "I'll call the plasterer. You make your room presentable" (Kyōko Otonashi)
Trivia[]
- According to a wall calendar on Kyōko's room, this episode takes place on a month that has 30 days, and starts on a Monday the 1st.
- This episode aired on August 1986, but the Tankobon manga counterpart was published around May 1983.
- That being said, the closest months that comply with these requirements are: June 1981, November 1982, and April 1985.
- In the scene where Godai and Kozue are at the café, there is a song in the background: it is called "You and I" by singer CINDY from her 1986 album "Love Life".
- In the scene where Kyōko is returning from her parents' house, a McDonald's banner can clearly be seen on the street.
Gallery[]
Godai feels he is being followed
A wall calendar on Kyōko's room
Kyōko receives a phone call
Kyōko talking to her parents
A McDonalds banner on the street
Godai saves Kyōko from falling from the second floor
Kyōko wanders about how to talk to her parents
Kyōko's mother talks to the tenants