List of Maison Ikkoku episodes

Kyoko visits her parents, the Chigusas, who want her to quit being manager of Maison Ikkoku and come back home. However, she tells them she won't and begins to think of all the positive things about the house she likes. Attempting to fix the balcony, she nearly falls to her death; however, Godai saves her with a loving embrace. Annoyed that the tenants aren't nice and have trouble paying their rent on time, Kyoko discovers termites have begun infesting the building. Calling in an exterminator and contractors, Kyoko watches as Ikkoku is fixed up. At the same time, Godai wants the hole, which Yotsuya uses to invade his privacy, sealed. Yutsuya threatens to reveal he's heard Godai call out Kyoko's name at night while doing "something"; Godai lets him call it out, thinking that Kyoko is outside and can't hear due to a passing plane. However, Kyoko was at the foot of the stairs and asks Godai to clean his room so the hole can be repaired and Yotsuya can't reveal anymore secrets.

Godai and Sakamoto are out of school for a week. They get a part time job at a local Izakaya and Sakamoto will be staying with Godai at the Ikkoku. When the two friends arrive at Maison Ikkoku, Kyoko invites Sakamoto to have dinner with her and tells Godai he can come too causing Godai to get jealous. Sakamoto then invites her to come visit them at the tavern.

Her mother has been sick lately so Kyoko goes home to help out for few days. When her stay is longer than expected, Godai starts to worry. When he is taking Soichiro for a walk he meets Mr. Ichinose. The two eat at a food stall and Mr. Ichinose tells Godai how he met his wife.

A kind older-looking man shows up on the front porch of Maison Ikkoku and says that he is the new tenant, Zenzaburo Mitsukoshi. During the welcoming party everyone seems to take to him instantly, especially Kyoko, after he reveals he is a widower. A rumor is floating around town that Maison Ikkoku is to be torn down. Everyone rushes back to Maison Ikkoku and shares their news. Kyoko decides to find Mitsukoshi and tell him.

Kyoko tries to contact her father-in-law, the owner of Maison Ikkoku, but he's away on a business trip. The tenants decide to track these rumors to the source, and get to the bottom of this. Godai meets with Kozue. She tells him that she's seen Mitsukoshi going into a realtors office every morning on her way to school. Godai and Mitaka stake out the office building and watch as Mitsukoshi enters. Kyoko confronts Mitsukoshi, he tells her that the realtors office used to be a building he grew up in, and he continually visits it for nostalgia's sake. Godai doesn't believe him but Kyoko refuses to press the issue. Overnight, Mitsukoshi disappears. The next morning a telegram arrives for him from the realtors office telling him to report to work and the tenants discover he has moved all of his things out. Days later, everyone gathers at Maison Ikkoku and learns that Mitaka was able to piece together the story. Mitsukoshi worked for a company that investigated old properties where new buildings could be built. Apparently, after getting to know everyone at Maison Ikkoku, he felt so terrible about what he was doing he called his office and quit, causing them to send the telegram. Kyoko is especially saddened by the fact that he felt he had to leave but is relieved that Maison Ikkoku is not in danger.

Kyoko walks up Clock Hill back to Maison Ikkoku remembering that Akemi told her that she was going to seduce Godai. Instead of going to Ikkoku she goes to Chachamaru to confront Akemi. As she builds up her nerve Akemi calls the other tenants to let them know that Kyoko is there with her. By the time they get there Akemi has already told Kyoko that its true that she and Godai were seen by Kozue at a love hotel. Kyoko is on the verge of tears and can't take anymore pain. She gets up to leave but Akemi stops her and tells her how childish she's been, how she never lets Godai even hold her hand yet she thinks she can be so tough with him. As she runs out, Akemi tells Godai to go after her. He does and the two of them walk and talk for a while, Kyoko tells him that she doesn't feel like she can trust him anymore when he finally tells her that she is missing the most important part, that he loves her, and that he's loved her since he first met her. Kyoko is shocked after hearing this. The two separate with Kyoko going back to Maison Ikkoku, remembering about Godai telling her about being the only woman in his life, implying how tired she is being the way she is, that she should be more trustful with herself while Godai goes to work. On a train in the city, Kozue runs into Yotsuya. He tells her that the whole thing with Akemi was a misunderstanding. Kozue feels awful about how things have ended with Godai and so she goes to see him at the Bunny Cabaret. There they begin to talk before Iioka reminds Godai of how unprofessional he's being. As Godai walks Kozue home she begins to cry and asks him not to hate her, Godai gets down on his knees and begins to beg her not to hate him either. Godai finally confesses that he's in love with someone else and that he should have told Kozue much sooner. Kozue smiles and sits on the ground with him, showing Yusaku her engagement ring. After the incident with Akemi she accepted her co-worker's proposal. Kozue and Godai spend then next few minutes talking about the man she will marry before Kozue gets in a cab. Right before she leaves she asks about the woman Godai loves, but decides its best not to know. The two leave each other forever, with Godai thinking how Kyoko is and how she makes him feel.

Kyoko walks Soichiro and remembers Godai telling her that he's been in love with her. Back at Ikkoku the tenants tell Godai that they'll have a consolation party for him if he doesn't end up graduating. Kyoko arrives just in time to ask Godai to let her know how he did. At school Godai quickly learns that he's graduated! The rest of the day is spent trying to call Maison Ikkoku to let Kyoko know how he did. Everyone is planning a "better luck next time" party and keep missing his phone calls. Everyone at the cabaret is happy to learn that Yusaku passed, and later that night he finally gets back to Maison Ikkoku to share the good news. During the party Akemi begins to argue with Kyoko again and brings up how Godai will never be able to overcome Soichiro in Kyoko's eyes. Kyoko begins to cry and leaves and Godai tries to follow but she locks herself in her room. The next day Godai goes out job hunting and meets a single father whose wife has recently left he and his son. While Godai doesn't get that job (as it was given to that father, who needed the income), he does tell Kyoko how well it went for him and she seems proud. The two discuss her memories of Soichiro and they finally have an honest discussion of how Godai has felt all these years trying to live in Soichiro's shadow. As the snow begins to fall outside of Maison Ikkoku, Kyoko tells Godai that she'll never be able to forget her husband but that she wants to make her own way together with Yusaku. They begin to kiss and turn out the lights, spending their first night together. The next morning all the tenants noticed that Kyoko is in a particularly good mood, and is even happier when Godai calls to tell her he's gotten a job at his old workplace, the Acorn Daycare. Just as he's about to propose, his pay phone runs out of money.

With their wedding fast approaching Kyoko and Godai are both cleaning out their rooms in preparation for moving in together; Godai is moving into the manager's room with Kyoko (so he's tossing out things he doesn't need, while Kyoko is making room for his belongings). Kyoko finds an old box of Soichiro's personal items and Akemi and Mrs. Ichinose share it with Godai. Kyoko is embarrassed but Godai smiles politely and admits he has never seen a picture of Kyoko's late husband before and that he looks like a very kind man. That night both Kyoko and he are thinking about Soichiro. Kyoko decides that she is going to return Soichiro's belongings to his father, and Godai begins to wonder if he can measure up to the memory of her beloved first husband. The next day, Kyoko visits Soichiro's grave to pay her final respects and finds Godai there, praying. Yusaku tells Soichiro that he hopes to have his blessing for their marriage. Kyoko is moved to tears, and the couple stand before Soichiro's graves holding hands, ready to move ahead with their new life together. No one can contain their excitement as Yusaku and Kyoko's wedding day has arrived. Everyone comes to pay their respects and to get a look at the happy couple. Kyoko is beautiful in her wedding dress, and both Mr. Chigusa and Mr. Otonashi are in tears just from looking at her. Ikuko and Kentaro meet again after not seeing each other for a long time, and Sakamoto even cuts out of work to attend. Later at the reception Mitaka and Asuna arrive after a visit to the hospital. Asuna is very pregnant, and she and Shun are extremely happy together. Godai gives a speech thanking everyone for taking care of him all these years and asks for their continued support. The story flashes forward as Yusaku reveals the fates of Kozue; she is seen at the end living in Nagoya with her husband, Ibuki; she is attending an all women's college still hanging into the dream that she can be with Yusaku; Shun, who is married to Asuna Kujo. They have twin girls, Moe and Mie Mitaka, and an unborn child on the way, Akemi ends up marrying her boss, known only as "Master", and lives with him on the second floor of the Cha-Cha Maru.