I am quite new to all this "making a post and writing your opinions on" whatchamacallit
but here goes

I initially came across the show when I saw this reel about an anime called "the girl downstairs" its a dongua
cute lil show that needs a totally different post to rant about

After finishing the series after 12 hours I believe
I came across a post on twitter regarding "similar classic romcoms to watch"
and maison ikkoku was labelled
so I hopped on bakabt and found a crisp bluray for the show and started binge watching it on 2024-08-07

As expected of the large episode count
I was at first fascinated at how well the plot progresses regardless of its "large" run time
the plot was intriguing, the jokes were actually hilarious and made me chuckle out loud
the side characters didn't actually feel like they were side characters
they were family to be bluntl

the hassle to win the competition for the love of their lovely shoko san
the animation being from the 90s was actually aight
as a weeb I've come across worse animation
and maison ikkoku had decent animation
great animation for it's time to be honest
the character designs made the characters look "alive" if you know what I mean

and I had a favourite song of mine which I listen to on a regular basis

https://youtu.be/65VN58rVCsQ the very first ed of the anime it's just felt peaceful the shape morph for the animation the music everything just felt right

lemme elaborate on a bit more cause anilist doesn't let me post yet hehe

the very sequence where godai lifts shoko and declares his love for her
That was ballsy and I loved it
it had me laugh my arse so bad about how madly he's in love with her but alcohol was the medium to establish further confusions between the main romantic couple
cause shoko san assumed whether godai's love is truly genuine for her or not
This further evolves into a competition between another character who ends up being our rival till the final stretch of the anime
his character arc was butchered at the end but he was a side character after all
trust me it had the tension it was supposed to
but the establishment of the plot was done so nicely that the show just flowed perfectly till the end

I did feel like we needed a bit more of a stretch of the characters after confessing their love
maybe that's just the result of modern romance which gives us a LOT of unnecessary fan service

maison ikkoku true to its cause gave me a satisfying end to which I chose not to watch the movie
and I'd recommend not to
cause apparently it butchers the adaptation of the anime as it skipped a couple of characters and they are in the movie but weren't in the anime?
and besides the anime as a standalone is great

thank you for reading!