Excellent love story.

도레미 하우스 11
다카하시 루미코 지음 / 서울미디어코믹스(서울문화사) / 2000년 6월

Ever wondered what Takahashi Rumiko would produce minus sentient cherry trees, bizarre magic, martial arts combats, aliens, eternal high school, resurrecting houses, instantly healing broken limbs --- in other words, minus all the weird stuff? What's left would be the story of people. Maison Ikkoku is such a Takahashi production, an adult romance ... with classic Takahashi humor, of course.
Our story opens in 1980 with Godai, a struggling would-be college student who is currently struggling to get out of his one-room apartment.

His fellow apartment dwellers at the Ikkoku apartments aren't quite what you'd call ideal. His next door neighbor, a peeping tom of unknown employment, has claimed a giant hole in the wall, through which he slithers in to steal food, watch Godai, and get drunk. Another neighbor, a local waitress, likes to hang out in Godai's futon, wearing see-through nighties and getting drunk. Another neighbor is a plump mother of a young boy; she loves to dance around and sing in Godai's room while getting drunk. (Do you see a trend?) Only one thing keeps Godai from leaving --- the arrival of a beautiful young landlady, Otonashi ('No Sound') Kyoko (Kyoko being the first name that means something vaguely approximating 'noise child' or 'ring' (as in sound)). Godai naturally falls instantly in love with her.