Love Takes Guts! Godai's Part-Time Gambit is the thirty-ninth episode of the Maison Ikkoku anime.
Synopsis[]
It’s Christmas time again, and Kyōko asks Godai to investigate an old rock she found. Meanwhile the tenants are preparing a Christmas Party at Chachamaru. Will Godai be able to give Kyōko a nice present? Why is that rock so special to her?
Plot overview[]
To be added
Characters in order of appearance[]
- Hanae Ichinose
- Kyōko Otonashi
- Kentarō Ichinose
- Yūsaku Godai
- Yotsuya
- Kozue Nanao
- Akemi Roppongi
- Sakamoto
- Sōichirō
- Ikuko
Quotes[]
- "You clean up every single day. I can't believe there's anything left to clean" (Hanae Ichinose)
- "Paleozoic. Ordovician flavor" (Yotsuya)
- "Were you here all the time? I was waiting until now at the comics section" (Kozue Nanao)
- "Christmas through New Year's costs money" (Sakamoto)
- "Sakamoto has a friend who does geologic surveys. If we take it to him, maybe we can find out" (Yūsaku Godai)
- "I did my best to knit it, but I couldn't finish. Sorry. It'll be just a little longer" (Kozue Nanao)
- "Mary had a little lamb named Christmas" (Yotsuya)
- "Right. It was a rock, about this big with odd speckles. I think it was the first and last present he ever gave to her. A rock is sure a weird gift, even from a geology teacher" (Ikuko)
Trivia[]
- This is an anime original episode.
- In a scene where Godai is waking up, there is a magazine that says "Papeye" on it. That is most likely a reference to the american comic strip "Popeye".
- In a scene where Godai is working as a cashier, Nabiki Tendo (from the Ranma 1/2 anime series) appears as a customer.
- In the scene where Godai is buying the presents for Kyōko, Kozue and Ikuko, there are several keychains with characters that have appeared in the Urusei Yatsura anime series: Dappya, Kotatsu Neko, Amefurashi, and the Mirror Demon.
- In scene where Mitaka is with some girls at the café, there is an insert song called "Try your Luck Again", by singer CINDY from her 1986 album "Love Life".
- The present Godai gives to Ikuko is a keychain resembling a Dappya (a triton-like mutant fish), originally from Rumiko Takahashi's first published comic "Katte na Yatsura" (Those Selfish Aliens).
Gallery[]
An odd rock that Kyōko found
Kozue meets Godai at the bookstore
Godai in a superhero costume
Nabiki Tendo appears as a customer
Keychains with forms of characters from Urusei Yatsura
Godai and Kyōko return from the laundry place
The tenants realize Godai is too tired to party
Hanae interrupts Godai from giving Kyōko her present
A coupon valid for 1 knitted sweater from Kozue
Ikuko receives a keychain as present from Godai
Godai and Kyōko riding the train back home
Godai leaves Kyōko with Mitaka