Maison Ikkoku -Final Chapter- is set in the middle of the last episode of the anime, in 1987, precisely between Kyoko's adieu to Soichiro and her marriage to Yusaku Godai.
Maison Ikkoku -Final Chapter- is set in the middle of the last episode of the anime, in 1987, precisely between Kyoko's adieu to Soichiro and her marriage to Yusaku Godai.
It was a silent raining day when the postman delivered a letter at the Ikkoku kan. It was only two days before the marriage. Godai was wearing a shirt that read "victory", and his co-tenants were up to drinking and laughing at him as usual. But Ibuki Yagami suddenly came to visit him without knowing he was going to marry and Kyoko, who was waiting for a mysterious letter, was still to come back home.
Until now we are far from imaging all troubles and misunderstandings which would mine Godai's self-confidence, a thing he gained with a lot of difficulties in the course of the whole tv series.
In the film there are also sub-stories which involve secondary characters such as Mr Chigusa, who is the father of Kyoko and the owner of Chachamaru.
The film draws its inspiration from the anime but also from the manga itself. In fact the character Nozumu Nikaido appears in it, and he is a character only of the manga. There are also Sayoko Kuroki and Buchou which we met in the manga when Godai was up to prepare a puppet shown and they talked about the marriage.
Overall it's very nice and funny. At the beginning the viewer will miss the wonderful character design of Akemi Takada because of the angular style of Yuji Moriyama, who is the new director of the animation. But little by little, viewers will find that this make the film quite an independent work. The colours are less vivid and the characters appear more mature because of the new style of drawing but also because actually some years has passed from when Yagami was in high school. In fact now is 20!
The Music, of Hideharu Mori is little but very beautiful. I would say one of the best thing of the film is the final song, the wonderful "Garasu no kiss" (kiss of the glass) sang by Rika Himenogi. In the final song all the characters appear in their daily poses and Kyoko is depicted in the moment of four years when before she found...well i'm not going to say it, I don't want to spoil your surprise if you have not watched it yet. ^__^
The direction of Tomomitsu Mochizuki is very good and keeps on focusing on the faces of the characters.
Conclusion: if you like Maison Ikkoku you can't miss this film, because it's a beautiful independent story and more important it's the final chapter which complete the whole work of Rumiko Takahashi.
Review by Samantha "Usagi"
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