Kentaro Goes Pale! Yotsuya's Frightening Aspect is the forty-forth episode of the Maison Ikkoku anime.
Synopsis[]
Kentarō finds in the attic an old photo album that apparently shows photos of a never aging Yotsuya throughout the century. So the rest of the inhabitants of Maison Ikkoku try to investigate who is Yotsuya for real, and what he does every day when he leaves home. What is the mistery behind Yotsuya's activities and that old photo album?
Plot overview[]
To be added
Characters in order of appearance[]
- Hanae Ichinose
- Yūsaku Godai
- Ikuko
- Kentarō Ichinose
- Yotsuya
- Kyōko Otonashi
- Sōichirō
- Shun Mitaka
- Master
- Akemi Roppongi
Quotes[]
- "I... I have a secret" (Kentarō Ichinose)
- "He hasn't changed at all. How many years ago was the Tokyo Olympics?" (Ikuko)
- "You know, he could be a vampire or a time traveler, or an inmortal being" (Ikuko)
- "Come to think of it, we really don't know anything at all about Mr. Yotsuya" (Kyōko Otonashi)
- "People are not always what they seem" (Yotsuya)
- "But we have the grand opening photos at our house too. Grandpa said he knows nothing about Mr. Yotsuya" (Ikuko)
- "Yeah. He told me it's a long lost family album" (Kentarō Ichinose)
Trivia[]
- This is an anime original episode.
- In the scene where Kentarō and Ikuko are watching the photo album while eating ice cream, those photos take place during real events regarding Japan history:
- There is a photo of "Yotsuya" running in front of Maison Ikkoku at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics.
- There is a photo of "Yotsuya" as a soldier wearing what seems to be a World War II era japanese military uniform.
- There is a photo of the Maison Ikkoku Grand Opening Ceremony, with "Yotsuya" on it.
- In the scene where Kentarō dreams about finding Yotusya on the hall, he tries to defend from Yotsuya by doing the "Specium Beam Pose" from the Ultraman series of japanese shows.
- In the scene where Kentarō explains the truth of the photo album, Godai points at some photos that also take place during real events regarding Japan history:
- One photo takes place at the Asakusa International Theater (a 3,860-seat theater located in Asakusa, Tokyo) which was used for concerts and theatrical performances. It opened in 1937 and was closed in 1982. It was demolished and replaced by the Asakusa View Hotel in 1985.
- Other photo has "Yotsuya" in the grand opening ceremony of the Tokyo subway. This photo is likely referring to the Ginza line which first opened on December 30, 1927.
- Another photo has "Yotsuya" holding a picture of Hitler while wearing a toothpaste moustache on the day Japan joined the Axis Powers. This would set the date to September 27th 1940, when Saburō Kurusu (representing Japan) signed the Tripartite Pact.
- Godai mentions a photo referring to an exhibition of "Norakuro", a black and white anthropomorphic dog created by Suiho Tagawa. That character starred on a manga series that ran from 1931 to 1981, and that had several anime films and TV shows.
Gallery[]
Kentarō finds a photo album at the attic
Ikuko meets Kentarō at the street
A photo with "Yotsuya" in the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics
A photo with "Yotsuya" wearing a japanese military uniform
A photo of the Maison Ikkoku Grand Opening with "Yotsuya" on it
Kentarō doing the "Specium Beam Pose" from Ultraman
Kentarō imagines Yotsuya wearing weird clothes
Kyōko dressed as a lady with a child
Yotsuya and Mitaka talking in a café
The contents of Yotsuya's briefcase
The crossword puzzle that Yotsuya was doing in the newspaper
A photo of "Yotsuya" at the Asakusa International Theater
A photo of "Yotsuya" at the grand opening ceremony of the Tokyo subway
A photo of "Yotsuya" holding a picture while wearing a toothpaste moustache
Yotsuya tells Kentarō the truth about the photo album