Yagami's Back! Just When You Least Expect Her! is the sixty-third episode of the Maison Ikkoku anime.
Synopsis[]
Ibuki Yagami tries one more time to get Godai to like her. And when Godai offers his services as school tutor for hire, she sees it as a great opportunity to get closer to Godai. How is Yagami going to approach to him without being rejected? Is she gonna exploit that tutoring chance in her favor?
Plot overview[]
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Characters in order of appearance[]
- Ibuki Yagami
- Yūsaku Godai
- Sōichirō
- Kyōko Otonashi
- Hanae Ichinose
- Yotsuya
- Akemi Roppongi
- Kentarō Ichinose
- Master
Quotes[]
- "I just wanted to see your face... So I... I'm sorry!" (Ibuki Yagami)
- "No. I don't think we should meet anymore. Forget about me and concentrate on your studies to get into college" (Yūsaku Godai)
- "You seem to be unstable in many areas as well, so please take care of what you need to take care of" (Kyōko Otonashi)
- "The instant I saw his smile for the first time in two months... my tiny chest almost burst with emotion" (Ibuki Yagami)
- "You have quite an intelligent nose" (Yotsuya)
- "I'm sorry. I don't have much cash" (Kyōko Otonashi)
- "If you insist on cancelling, will you please return the tuition I've paid in advance?... In'm depending on you. Let's go Godai. I'll work really hard. I won't cause you any trouble" (Ibuki Yagami)
Trivia[]
- In the scene where Godai and Yagami are talking at the café, there is a song in the background: it is called "You and I" by singer CINDY from her 1986 album "Love Life".
- In the scene where Yagami is bored on her room at night there is a song in her stereo. It is called "Tokoton I love you" ("I love you to the end") by Michiko Kawai.
- According to a wall calendar next to the pink payphone, this episode takes place on a month that has 30 days, and starts on a Monday the 1st.
- This episode aired on June 1987, but the Tankobon manga counterpart was published around July 1986.
- That being said, June 1987 complies with those requirements.
- In the scene Godai is cleaning his room, on one of the walls there is a poster with the American pop singer Madonna.
- In the scene where Hanae Ichinose steals the tutoring money from Godai, he crashes with a bookcase and several books fall. One of them is called "Paradox" and seems to be written by "Cyndy Laupr". That is a reference to the American pop singer Cyndi Lauper.