Maison Ikkoku — Season 1, Episode 22: Godai Gets a shock! Kyoko Calls It Quits

Episode synopsis

Godai walks home from the laundromat, wondering how he's going to dry his clothes on the dangerous clothesline at home when he notices a strange man walking behind him. As he gets closer to Maison Ikkoku he notices the man is still following him. Godai goes inside and sees the man peeking over the wall. He quickly tells Kyoko, and they both go outside to investigate. They find the man hiding behind a telephone pole and Godai yells at him, causing him to run away. After a few verbal insults from Godai, Kyoko nervously tells him that the man was her father. Back his apartment, Kyoko's father, Mr. Chigusa and his wife Ritsuko argue about how stupid he must be to get caught at Maison Ikkoku. Kyoko calls and argues with her mother, but agrees to visit them the following Sunday. When Kyoko arrives at their apartment, she and her parents get into a knock-down, drag-out fight, and they tell her they want her to leave the slum that she's working at, and change her name back to Otonashi. Kyoko l

About Maison Ikkoku

Godai is a ronin (someone who has failed university entrance exams) living in a run down apartment house called Maison Ikkoku. Among the other residents are the nosy Ichinose, the sexy Akemi Roppongi, and the mysterious Yotsuya. The others are given to having wild parties which makes it difficult for Godai to study. Into this mayhem comes the recently widowed Kyoko as the new live-in manager. Godai falls for her, but doesn't have the nerve to tell her. As time passes, their relationship slowly develops amid life at Maison Ikkoku, despite all sorts of romantic hurdles.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Sorry To Keep You Waiting! I'm Kyoko Otonashi!
• E2Love is in the Air? Which one Does Kyoko Love Best?
• E3Hearts on Fire in the Dark! All Alone with Kyoko
• E4Kyoko's Heart Goes Pitty-Pat! Godai is put to the Test
• E5Kyoko's Climbing the Walls! Godai's Headed For the Hills
• E6Shocking Springtime! Kyoko's Secret
• E7Godai's Agony! The One Kyoko Loves
• E8Godai's Unspeakable Declaration! If You're Going to Do It,Do It!
• E9The Mysterious Tennis Coach is the Rival of Love
• E10Love Panic on the Beach!
• E11Kentaro's First Love! What Age Got to Do,with It?
• E12One Entangled Evening! I Thought You Said You Loved Me!?