Differences between manga and anime: (by Wei-Hwa Huang, whuang@cco.caltech.edu) Yes, some of the manga stories got rehashed, but exactly where? While writing this, I was waffling between writing every possible detail and writing just the important/interesting changes. What I got was the hybrid monster shown here. A blank means I don't remember the anime episode well enough to compare the two, and that no one had made a synopsis (in English) yet. This document is organized into several sections: (1) Timing: Techniques anime writers used to fill the 25-minute restriction. (2) General: Other techniques writers use to change the story. (3) Characters: Who's different, and why? (4) Miscellaneous: General changes that are not character-based, nor specific to particular episodes. (5) Chronology: An approximately chronological listing of specific changes, sometimes citing the abbreaviations defined in the first two parts. (6) Lost Manga: Takahashi drew them, but the anime creators didn't. What are the ramifications of dropping these scenes? (7) Discussion: Theories about why certain episodes were changed. TIMING ------ (SA) Scene addition: In order to fill out the time, extra scenes are added to embellish the story. This is done in almost all cases where one manga episode is expanded to one TV episode. (SR) Scene removal: Sometimes two manga episodes get compressed to one anime episode. This happens more often near the end of the TV series, where not only is the manga slower in the storytelling, but also the TV series was probably waning slightly in popularity. In these cases, scenes often get cut. (SH) Scene hashing: Often it's a shame to have to remove a good scene in the manga, or to have to drop a story because it would be a winter story broadcast in July. So, the anime writers will resort to changing the entire background, or moving a scene very far away from its original episode, creating a different intent. In other cases, sometimes there will be a very large change in the order of scenes. This is a lot like Scene Moving (see below), but is done for different purposes. GENERAL ------- (SI) Scene insertion: For the most part, scenes are moved around. Takahashi uses the manga convention of instantaneous transition, where one panel change may represent a job that takes much longer in real time. For translating to the anime, this can be made by a comedic accelerated effect. However, it cuts down on realism, which is what the anime creators would prefer. Hence, another scene that actually occurs at a different time in the manga is spliced in to represent the extra time. Let's take an example. In the first manga chapter, Godai decides to patch up the hole between his room and Yotsuya's. In the next frame, he's already putting the finishing touches on the nailed boards. In the anime, the scene of Kyoko moving in and introducing Souichirou-san to the Ichinoses is placed in between these panels, so that it doesn't seem like Godai is finding boards and nailing them to the wall in superhuman time. Although the time still isn't really enough for his feat, it seems more plausible in the viewer's eyes. (SM) Scene Movement: Scenes are moved around, but for other reasons, like trying to fit something for commercial breaks, etc. (GI) Getting Involved: Takahashi doesn't really care how much "air time" her characters get. The anime creators, on the other hand, would rather every supporting character have some role in the show. So, often extra scenes will be added that utilize the seiyuu who would otherwise have a day off. (PF) Predicting the future: Unlike the anime writers, Takahashi didn't really have the advantage of knowing where the story was going. Sure, she probably had a good idea of the characters, but she probably let the story "write itself." The animators knew very clearly that the story was going to be "The Romantic Adventures as Godai Tries to Woo Kyoko," and they wrote the scripts accordingly. The contrast is seen easily in the early episodes, where Godai's attraction for Kyoko is budding. In the manga, we can't really tell from the first few installments that it's not the case that Godai is just a lech. This technique isn't as clear-cut detectable as the others, so take my guesses with a grain of salt. (SC) Scene Change: Can be for a variety of reasons, including timimg. This is just a "catch-all" category for differences I couldn't categorize. CHARACTERS ---------- Kobayashi: Godai's classmate, who has dark hair and glasses. He's named only once or twice in the manga, and is never named in the anime. For some of the early episodes, he was replaced by Sakamoto. Later on he gets dropped entirely. Souichirou-san (dog): The manga Souichirou-san is mostly just a dumb dog. In the anime, Souichirou is often used as symbolic of Souichirou the man, as the dog tends to act "telepathically" with Kyoko. Akemi Roppongi: Akemi is extremely infatuated with Mitaka in the anime. In the manga, this attraction is much more mild. Yotsuya: The manga Yotsuya appears much less, and is less weirder. However, the manga Yotsuya is more mysterious since we see less of him, and he is also much more tightlipped and less of a gossiper. Although Ichinose gossips to Yotsuya much more in the anime. Also, see the comment on Nikaido below. In the anime, Yotsuya is often seen as extra addition. Personally, I think this is a good thing; Shigeru Chiba is a really good voice actor who should get a larger part. Another side thing: You NEVER see Yotsuya with his mouth open in the manga. (Well, once.) Obviously not doable in the anime, but it has an interesting effect. Kentarou Ichinose: Kentarou plays a much smaller role in the manga. In the anime, he often gets extra scenes where he interacts with Godai, but he sort of gets forgotten in the anime. Many of Nikaido's lines go to Kentaro (see below). Kyoko Otonashi: In the manga, we see more into her psyche and know what she's thinking. The anime writers decided to make her more mysterious and tried to hold on for longer as to letting the viewers know what her true emotions were. Yusaku Godai: Godai is a loser, but it is much more exaggerated in the anime. For instance, the manga Godai can cook decently, but the anime Godai can't. Another example is the college, see the Miscellaneous section below. Yukari Godai: (or, "BAACHAN IN TOKIO" ^_^) Yukari-baachan only comes to Tokyo twice in the manga: the first time to see if Godai managed to get into college, and the second time a 9-chapter duration that started with her reunion and ended with her leaving at the train station. (The desert island xtra was inserted in this sequence, but we'll ignore that.) However, the anime never adapted 2 of these chapters, removed Yukari from the script from 1 other chapters that got adapted (29), and spread the rest over four episodes (34, 35, 69, and 70). This basically allowed Yukari to come back and forth to Tokyo as she pleased, and she appears in Tokyo in other episodes, such as 67 and 81. This is a bit unrealistic considering how old she is and how much money the Godais probably make, but it allows for the anime writers to play with more character interactions. Yukari sometimes takes the place of Nikado; see his section. MISCELLANEOUS ------------- The Rent and other money: Of course the tenants at Ikkoku-kan pay rent. In many of the early manga installments (up to at least volume 3), the rent would often play a small part in the subplot. Soon, however, the story shifted away from Ikkoku-kan and to the relationship between Godai and Kyoko, and the rent gets rarely mentioned at all. The anime reflects this change, and many manga scenes that involve rent are dropped. A similar case occured with all other forms of money later on... Godai's College: In the anime, Godai's college is listed as "Sanryuu Daigaku," which literally translates as "Third-Rate University." In the manga, Godai's college is never named, although one of the Universities he tested at (the one where Kyoko accompanies him) is "Second-Rate University." The manga probably assumes that Godai goes to a typical university. Sometimes this creates apparent mistakes in the story, such as in episode 48, when Godai thinks to himself, "It's not like it's embarrasing to say what college I go to." That statement would only make sense if Godai is NOT going to a bad university. Godai's Jobs: There are two major changes from how Godai gets his jobs that affect the storyline. The first one deals with Yagami, and the second one deals with Shiinomi daycare and the Cabaret Bunny. In the manga, the sequence of events is: (0) [4] Godai goes job hunting. (1) [0] Godai gets a temporary teaching job (enter Yagami) (2) [6] Godai and Mr. Yagami confront (3) [7] Godai graduates (4) [1] Godai gets day-care job (5) [2] Mitaka omiais with Asuna (6) [3] Godai gets stuck in Yagami's house. (7) [5] Mitaka cures his dog phobia (8) [9] Godai loses day-care job (9) [8] Godai gets Cabaret job In the anime, the sequence of events is: (1) [0] Godai gets a temporary teaching job (enter Yagami) (4) [1] Godai gets day-care job (5) [2] Mitaka omiais with Asuna (6) [3] Godai gets stuck in Yagami's house. (0) [4] Godai goes job hunting. (7) [5] Mitaka cures his dog phobia (2) [6] Godai and Mr. Yagami confront (3) [7] Godai graduates (9) [8] Godai gets Cabaret job (8) [9] Godai loses day-care job A few important consequences of the change are: (a) Yagami has three story arcs in the story. The last two (Godai's tutoring and Godai's job) are switched. I actually prefer the anime on this point, because the way the manga ordered it seems quite anticlimatic. However, I must admit that the manga gave her a better exit scene. (b) Godai gets his Cabaret job before he loses his day-care job in the anime, so for a while he's holding two jobs. This greatly lessens the impact of the "bento" ("boxed lunch") subplot, since in the manga Kyoko started making the box lunches when he had already lost the day-care job. In this case, I consider the manga superior, especially in the unorthodox method by which Kyoko finds out. (c) It seems like Mitaka is waiting on Kyoko's decision much longer in the manga. CHRONOLOGY ---------- Note: not all the changes are noted. I've skipped lots of little nuances and lines that didn't affect the story much. The comments are based on anime chronology; however, there are cross-references for the manga order. "Lost" manga chapters are noted, but are placed in a later section. Most anime I had to recall from memory, and so the details are sketchy. Some I had access to a detailed summary, and so there's more "trivia." ep1 <-- v1,1 SA: The neighbors and the shipping truck. SI: The story takes place over 1 day instead of 2. ep2 <-- v1,2-3 SR: Godai has fewer "fantasies." SR: Kentarou's declaration at Chachamaru. ep3 <-- v1,4 SA: Yotsuya is in the bookstore. SA: History of Ikkoku-kan in the attic. SC: The dead mouse is cuter. ^_^ ep4 <-- v1,5 SA: "Godai-san, ganbatte kudasai ne!" is turned into a running gag. GI (SA): Yotsuya and Akemi get airtime by "the betting pool." SA: Godai tries to escape out the bathroom of Mamezou. ep5 <-- v1,6 SA: The vendor's bowl at the train station. In the manga, the vendor only asks Godai Yukari for it once. SC: Kobayashi is replaced by Sakamoto everywhere in this story. ep6 <-- v1,7 SA: A few more attempts at touching Kyoko during the walk. ep7 <-- v1,8 ep8 <-- v1,9 SA: Prelude to Godai's drunkenness with Sakamoto. SC: Ichinose's beauty cream make-up was added. SA: Comic imagination sequences ep9 <-- v1,10;v2,1 SA: Flashback to ep8. SR: Mitaka gives Kyoko and Ichinose a ride home after practice, where he finds out that Kyoko is single. He smiles to himself. SC: The price of Mitaka's car is different. (Inflation) SI: A clip of Souichirou-san the dog is inserted between the time when Mitaka catches Kyoko and Kyoko running out the door. SC: In the anime, Godai actually escapes Chachamaru and sees Kyoko at the end. In the manga, he stays sat upon. ep10 <-- v2,2-3 SA: Nanao Kozue appears in the anime, although unnamed. GI: Yotsuya gets left behind. ep11 <-- v2,4 SA: End dialogue between Kentarou and Godai. ep12 <-- v2,5 SC: The movie is slightly different. SA: Where Mitaka and Kyoko are in the car after the concert, and see Kozue and Godai on the street. SC: Mitaka seems a bit more clueless about Kyoko's feelings in the manga. GI: Yotsuya and Akemi plague Godai while he's in his room worrying about Kyoko. Later on, they try to stop him from "saving" Kyoko. ep13 <-- v2,6 SA: The entire "James Bond" style, with Kuroki in the men's bathroom acting mysteriously. In the manga, she's just a classmate that Godai knows, with a normal cigarette. SA: In the manga, Godai gets three calls via Kyoko's phone: one from Kuroki, one from Kamisaka, and one from Kozue. In the anime, everyone in the puppet club calles Godai, as if the entire club were playing a joke on Godai. ep14 <-- v2,7 GI: Sakamoto and Kozue get added to the story. SA: There's a lot more detail in Kyoko's running from Mamezou to Ma Mezon, and some symbolism with high-heeled shoes. SC: In the anime, it's raining. The manga has a clear sky. ep15 <-- v2,8 SA: Flashback from ep14, and Godai's making the puppet based on Kyoko. In the manga, the Kyoko-Princess similarity isn't pointed out until much later. SA: All of Godai's daydreams. GI: In the manga, only Kyoko goes to the campus fest. Akemi, Yotsuya, Ichinose, and Kentarou stay at home. Neither of the Ichinoses actually appear in the manga. SC: Sakamoto is not working at any stall in the manga. SM: Kyoko's stroll about campus, where she meets Sakamoto, is much longer and takes place after the puppet show has started. ep16 <-- v2,9 SA(GI?): Godai and Sakamoto eating in the cafeteria, and all the bad luck. The manga starts at the tennis court. In the anime, Godai is given an "excuse" for trying to be very nice to Kyoko. In the manga, he's just irrational. SA: The party gets relocated to Godai's room instead of just stopping. SA: Phone call, and Yotsuya's lunch. SC: Godai isn't shown buying or cooking the ramen in the anime. Also, there's absolutely no evidence that the ramen is badly cooked; although not Mitaka's gourmet style, Godai is portrayed as an adequate cook in the manga. SA(GI): Kentarou feeds Souichirou. SR: No flowers in the manga. Added by the anime for symbolism. ep17 <-- v2,10 SA: Godai's narration, memory, and hallucination. The manga starts with Kyoko under an awning. SI: Souichirou-san sneezes while Kyoko reveals she's a widow. SM(SA): Side diversion on how Godai is similar to Kozue's first love is moved to before Kyoko talks about Souichirou. Thediscussion is replaced with scenes about Kyoko's old photo album. SA: Souichirou slipping with his papers. SC: Both of Kyoko's umbrellas (in the flashback and at the end) are the same pattern in the manga, but different in the anime. ep18 <-- v2,11 SA: Teaser. The anime is more comical about Godai unable to see Kyoko. SA: Akemi charging for the party at Chachamaru. Apparently, Takahashi either forgot about charging people or thought that the first time was a one-shot joke. . SR: In Godai's fantasy about giving Kyoko the earring, Kyoko gives him a present of a muffler. This makes the later scene even funnier because Godai is really surprized at how close his fantasy was to reality, if only he hadn't given the earring to Kozue... Perhaps the anime writers didn't want to spoil the surprise. SA: Godai considers buying another present with essential money. SA: Yotsuya and Akemi playing with Godai's muffler. ep19 <-- v3,1 SA(GI?): Feeding Souichirou. ep20 <-- v3,2 GI: Yotsuya is completely absent from the manga chapter. This makes the anime different in many ways; most of his taken from Akemi, but a lot of it was just invented for the lines were anime, such as making fun of Kyoko right before Godai comes back, and a bit more fun with the sunglasses. SC: Godai gets his first shiner by running into a goal post stupidly. In the manga, he gets tackled and his eye gets kneed by someone. SC: Godai actually makes the delivery before his second accident in the manga. In the anime, a stray dog gets a free dinner. SC: The results of Godai's bout with the telephone pole is kept until the end of the manga to be shown as a surprise. GI: Kentarou coming back from school. SA: Panning across the shoes to note that Godai's aren't there. The manga didn't make a big deal about this, but the geta are still there, even though Yotsuya isn't... SA: A flock of birds after Kozue's scene. SA: The ending is slightly different because they added a warming scene about Kyoko welcoming Godai back. SM: This is a bit complicated: Mng Anm X 1/5 Yotsuya returns. 1/3 1/6 Ichinose and Akemi in Kyoko's room discussing New Year's. 1/3 1/5 Godai playing rugby and getting hurt. X 1/6 Godai fantasizes out loud, and Yukari makes fun of him. 1/6 1/6 Godai's mother tries to get him to stay to the 15th. 1/8 1/9 Mitaka takes Kyoko out to tea. 1/8 1/9 Kyoko comes home and talks with Ichinose. 1/9? 1/9 Godai runs into a telephone pole. 1/9? 1/9 Mrs. Godai and Yukari laugh at Godai. X 1/9 The gang isn't partying. (Not in the manga, so in the manga Kyoko is in her room when the call comes.) 1/9? 1/9 Godai calls Ikkoku-kan for another "extension." 1/11?1/11 Kyoko talks with Kozue, who feels lonely. 1/13 1/13 Kyoko thinks of knocking of Room 5's door. X 1/13 Godai's parents get annoyed. 1/14 1/14 Godai returns. ep46 <-- v3,3 See below. ep21 <-- v3,4 SC: Sakamoto named his cat after the star Mayuno Kyouko in the manga instead of after our Kyouko. This makes more sense because our Kyoko hasn't really met Sakamoto much, but I guess Mayuno Kyouko wasn't as big a star when the anime was made. SC: Yotsuya says "Are you single?" to the cat when Akemi, Godai, and Kyoko are arguing. This is much weirder than the manga, where he just said, "Frightening, no?" SA: Godai taking the kitten to the university, and the subsequent scene when he returns home. The manga has a simple transition of "2 or 3 days pass" before Godai gets the call from Sakamoto. SA: The kitten runs away after the phone call, not during. SA: The search seems to take longer, and we don't see the scene of the kitten running into the doghouse in the manga. SR: The manga has a small joke at the end that removed at the end. While Kentarou has found the cat, he doesn't know its name yet. So, when Godai is still up there calling "Kyoko," Kentarou says, "Oniichan, Kanrinin-san is down here!" ep22 <-- v3,5 SC: Godai seems to be followed by Mr. Chigusa. In the manga, Mr. Chigusa was walking ahead, and Godai was following. Also, the manga follows Mr. Chigusa's thoughts ("Hmm...a young man lives here...") SR: Godai notes that it's a nice day, and so decides not to waste money on the dryer, and instead hang his wet laundry on the upstairs balcony to dry. Ichinose is there. Godai almost steps on the weak board slat, and they talk a bit about the condition of the apartment. This is useful foreshadowing of what's to come, but the anime was pressed for time. SR: Mr. Chigusa complaining about "young men at Ikkoku-kan." SR: Godai actually creates another hole in the floorboard when saving Kyoko from falling. SA: Yotsuya comments on Godai and Kyoko's balcony incident. SR??: Does Yotsuya ask for an extension on the rent? <-- v3,6 SC: Instead of Kyoko talking with Ichinose at the market (and then finding she forgot to buy sugar and going back to the market), the anime has Godai talking with Ichinose about Kyoko. SR: A funny discussion where Godai tries to ignore Yotsuya, who is talking from the hole that's about to leave. SA: Because of the previous SC, Souichirou-san is home when Ritsuko arrives (instead of out shopping with Kyoko), and cowers in fear at her. ep23 <-- v3,6 SA??: The repair of the wall between Yotsuya and Godai is actually shown. <-- v3,7 SR: Godai and Kentarou have a discussion in the park. ep24 <-- v3,8 SC: Godai's imagination is much more detailed; for instance, the "gunshot" wedding includes Mitaka. ep25 <-- v3,9 SR: Ichinose is cleaning the 2nd-story floor for Kyoko so that they won't be late for tennis. She talks to Godai during this time. SC: In the anime, Godai and Mitaka argue while Kyoko is apparently not paying attention to their discussion. In the manga, Kyoko is present for the whole thing. <-- v3,10 SR: Before Kyoko leaves, Godai is talking with his mother on the phone. This leads to an interesting comical discussion after Kyoko leaves: Mrs. Godai calls back, asking why he just hung up, Godai retorts by asking why he hasn't gotten his check yet, and his mother confesses to forgetting. SC: Godai asks for 300 yen in the anime, 200 in the manga. Inflation again. SM: Godai runs into Kozue, just in time for dinner and before Mitaka and Kyoko's beach scene. In the manga, this was a flashback when Godai's at the Nanao's. SA: Kentarou asks how his parents proposed. ep26 <-- v3,11 SA: Mitaka's dream of Kyoko turning into a dog. SC: In the manga, Godai is just hanging up the phone when Kyoko returns, not about to call like the anime. SC: In the manga, Kozue's visit happens a few days after Kyoko's talk with her friend. There's no time separation in the anime. SR: Mitaka's phone call is not shown in the manga. SC, SM: In the manga, Kyoko vents her frustration via the coffee grinder while she is telling Ichinose about the date. In the anime, to the coffee machine is added nail-painting, and it happens before Kozue arrives, although Ichinose still finds about the date after Kozue arrives. SC: The spectators at the pachinko parlor stare at Kyoko. In the manga, they're not there, but we do hear Kyoko thinking to herself that she hates men. This is not explicitly stated in the anime. Skip <-- v4,1-2 See "Lost Manga" section. ep27 <-- v4,3 SR: Before Ikuko leaves, she's being tutored by Godai, where they exchange some dialog about Kyoko's possibility for remarriage. SC: Kyoko's flashback is prompted when Ikuko asks her how the dog got its name. SC: In the manga, there's a few days gap between the time Ikuko leaves and Kentarou losing Souichirou-san. This makes more sense; otherwise, Ikuko would be leaving early in the day, or Kyoko would be doing her shopping much later in the day, either of which seems more implausible. SC: The manga Kyoko isn't wasting yakitori in front of an empty doghouse. ^_^ SA: Kyoko fidgeting in her bed. SM: The flashback where Souichirou is trying to teach the dog to repond to its name is moved to after Kyoko sees Kentarou's sign. In the manga, this took place right when Ikuko leaves. SA: Yotsuya and Godai discuss the disappearance when it starts to rain. GI: The entire scene at Chachamaru with a "fake dog" is added. SA: Godai's bout with the stuffed dog. SR: Street kids talk about a roadkill victim; Kyoko is relieved that it isn't Souichirou-san. SC: In the manga, Kyoko wasn't nearly as worried for her dog. She seemed to have faith that Souichirou-san would return. It wasn't until the final flashback (the one where Souichirou-san is dead) that she suddenly ran out searching for her dog. The irony is, Godai had already found him by this time! SA: The party at the end. The manga ended at the scene on the hill, with Kyoko marveling at how much Godai seemed like Souichirou at that instant. In the anime, the ending was made to look like Godai still felt rejected. ep47 <-- v4,4 See below. ep71 <-- v4,5 See below. Skip <-- v4,6 See "Lost Manga" section. ep28 <-- v7,2 SR: Only two scenes from the manga made it to the anime: (1) Discussion on Mr. Ichinose losing his job; (2) Mr. Ichinose leaving Ikkoku-kan, meeting Kyoko. SC: Godai meeting Ichinose's dad is more humorous in the manga: Godai first sees a strange person feeding Souichirou-san, and is then surprised when this strange man tells the dog: "Let's go home." SM: In the manga, the discussion about Mr. Ichinose losing his job happens *before* he leaves work and meets Kyoko. This makes much more sense, since this means he doesn't leave Ikkoku-kan at his usual time. In the anime, one wonders why Kyoko hasn't seen him leave for work in the past. <-- v7,3 SR: When Godai accepts Kentarou's proposal, he fantasizes getting introduced as "Ichinose Kentarou's older brother and his wife." SR: Scenes related to Godai's new part-time job of beer delivery. In the manga, Yotsuya had promised Godai's beer to the Ichinoses if they won the race. SC: In the manga, Godai and Kyoko never quite get the hang of running together, and their feet are still tied together back in Godai's room in Ikkoku-kan. (They miss seeing the race, of course.) ep29 <-- v6,9 GI(SH): Kentarou, Sakamoto, Kozue, and Souichirou-san do not appear in the manga. This results in a small amount of scene hashing. SC: Instead of Yukari doing the final touch-up (since she's not at Ikkoku-kan in anime time), it's Mrs. Ichinose. SC: Mitaka enters the story later in the anime. SC: Instead of a Frankenstein/Wolfman pair, the manga uses more traditional Japanese monsters. Also, the manga only uses the joke twice. SC: In the manga, Akemi also ends up in the well (she's drunk, and notices Mitaka down there) and Ichinose is climbing down when the manga ends. SC: Incidentally, since there's no Kozue scene, Yotsuya does not climb out of the well himself in the manga. ep30 <-- v4,7 SC: A lot of (extraneous) dialogue is cut. SC: In the manga, Kyoko's word balloon is covered by the sound effect from the train, but enough of it shows through to indicate to the reader that it is Mitaka's sister getting married. <-- v4,8 SR: Flashback of when Godai first moved into Ikkoku-kan. SC: More dialogue cut, part of which establishes that Akiko's husband lost all of his money at the track. (Come to think of it, Akiko never gets named in the anime.) <-- v4,9 GI: Souichirou-san does not appear in the manga. SC: Time passes faster in the manga: Godai's parcel arrives a month after he left Ikkoku-kan. SC: Godai is playing pachinko with Akiko's husband in the manga. SR: The anime ended a bit earlier than the manga, which had Godai chasing after Kyoko to the train station. ep31 <-- v4,10 GI: Kentarou does not appear in the manga. SR: Godai fanatasizes about explaining to an arguing Kyoko, eventually slapping her to her senses. (You wish, Godai!) <-- v4,11 GI: Kentarou does not appear in the manga. SR: Two scenes where Kyoko imagines Godai out on the street: one where he gets stabbed by a mugger, another where he dies of a cold. SA: Kyoko searching for Godai at the college, etc. SC: In the manga, Sakamoto sticks out a pinky to hint that he's with a woman. Perhaps this was too college-age culture specific for the anime to use. ep32 <-- None No manga correspondence. Skip <-- v5,1-3 See "Lost Manga" section. ep33 <-- v5,9 SR: Godai tutoring Ikuko. SR: Godai fantasizing about the consquences when he gives the diary to Kyoko. (For once, it comes true.) SH: The manga just has Godai coming home and giving Kyoko the diary, who is stunned. The anime made a bigger deal out of Godai delaying the trip home, and not giving the diary to Kyoko until the next day. This change messes up the order and choosing of the scenes completely (basically, most non-timed scenes are off by 12 hours), so I won't bother trying to organize it all. SC: Ichinose has a much smaller role in the manga, which almost completely focuses on Godai and Kyoko. Note: The excerpts from Souichirou's diary are unchanged! SA: Sakamoto does not appear in the manga. ep34 <-- v6,4 <-- v6,5 ep35 <-- v6,10 ep36 <-- v5,4 Skip <-- v5,5-6 See "Lost Manga" section. ep37 <-- v5,8 ep38 <-- v5,7 ep33 <-- v5,9 See above. Skip <-- v5,10 See "Lost Manga" section. ep68 <-- v6,1 See below. Skip <-- v6,2-3 See "Lost Manga" section. ep34 <-- v6,4-5 See above. ep70 <-- v6,6 See below. ep69 <-- v6,7 See below. Skip <-- v6,8 See "Lost Manga" section. ep29 <-- v6,9 See above. ep35 <-- v6,10 See above. OAV <-- v6,xtra ep70 <-- v7,1 See below. ep28 <-- v7,2 See above. ep28 <-- v7,3 See above. ep39 <-- None No manga correspondence. ep40 <-- None No manga correspondence. ep41 <-- v8,1 ep42-43 These two episodes are a big mess to deal with. ep42 <-- v7,4 <-- v7,5 <-- v7,7 Skip <-- v7,6 See "Lost Manga" section. ep43 <-- v7,8 <-- v7,9 ep44 <-- None/v8,6 There some mild correspondence between Nikaido trying to find out what Yotsuya does and this episode where the whole gang is trying to answer the same question, but not much. ep45 <-- v7,10 ep41 <-- v8,1 See above. ep46-47 At this point, probably the anime creators found themselves running fast on material, so the next two episode were taken from skipped manga chapters that would still fit in the continuity. One effect is that Kentarou seems younger than he should be. ep46 <-- v3,3 GI: Yotsuya and Akemi did not appear in the manga (Yotsuya isn't even back from New Year's [v3,1] yet.) ep47 <-- v4,4 ep48 <-- v8,2 SC: In the manga, we actually see Kyoko get the phone call and leave. This is replaced in the anime with a scene where Godai gets an explanation from Ichinose. SA: Flashback with Mr. Chigusa and young Kyoko. SR: Kyoko gets home and talks a bit with her mother before her father returns. SA: Mr. Chigusa's shoe (comedic effect). SA: Scenes with Godai getting tortured by the loon squad, about cassette tapes and stuff. <-- v7,2 Scenes from this chapter are inserted, specifically those where Godai is walking Souichirou and talking with Mr. Ichinose, who's on "an early shift." This is why the "moral" of the story doesn't seem to make much sense in the context. SC: In the manga, the Hanae in the flashback is slightly more reserved. <-- v8,2 GI: Yotsuya and Akemi are present when Godai gets the pillow, allowing for another bit of blackmail. The chapter in the manga does not have them for this section at all. SR: Godai fantasizes as he's trying to press the doorbell. He knocks his head on the door, and Kyoko opens it to find a shaking Godai. SC: Mr. Chigusa returned a bit later in the manga. This created a strange inconsistency in the anime: how did Mr. Chigusa know that Godai came to deliver the pillow? He wasn't present when Kyoko mentioned it. Note: Since the manga Godai went to an average college (we assume), one of the lines Godai says to himself makes much less sense in the anime as Godai goes to a third-rate college there. SC: The anime Kyoko acts more aloof when Godai is asked if he's going out with anybody, as if she was expecting Godai to talk about Kozue. The manga Kyoko knows who Godai is talking about from the start. SA: The water toy. Helps with the dramatic tension, you know. Skip <-- v8,3 See "Lost Manga" section. ep49 <-- None No manga correspondence. ep50 <-- None No manga correspondence. ep51 <-- None No manga correspondence. ep52 <-- v8,4 Skip <- v8,5-11 See "Lost Manga" section. ep67 <-- v9,1 See below. ep69 <-- v9,2 See below. ep53 <-- v9,3 SA: A few more gratuitous shots of Kyoko's high school photos are seen in the yearbook. <-- v9,4 ep54 <-- v9,4 <-- v9,5 ep55 <-- v9,6 <-- v9,7 ep56 <-- v9,8 <-- v10,6 Skip <-- v9,9 See "Lost Manga" section. ep71-4 <-- v9,10-v10,4 See below. ep72 <-- v9,11 ep73 <-- v10,1 ep73 <-- v10,2 ep74 <-- v10,3 ep74 <-- v10,4 Skip <-- v10,5 See "Lost Manga" section. ep56 <-- v10,6 See above. ep57 <-- v10,6 <-- v10,7 ep58 <-- v10,8 ep59 <-- v10,9 <-- v10,10 ep60 <-- v10,11 <-- v11,1 ep61 <-- v11,2 <-- v11,3 ep62 <-- v11,4 <-- v11,5 ep63 <-- v11,6 ep64 <-- v11,7 <-- v11,8 ep65 <-- v11,9 ep66 <-- v11,10 <-- v11,11 ep67 <-- v9,1 ep68 <-- v6,1 ep69 <-- v6,7 <-- v9,2 ep70 <-- v6,6 <-- v7,1 ep71 <-- v9,10 <-- v12,1 ep72 <-- v9,11 ep73 <-- v10,1 <-- v10,2 ep74 <-- v10,3 <-- v10,4 ep75 <-- v12,2 <-- v12,3 ep78-80 <-- v12,4-7 See below. ep76 <-- v12,8 <-- v12,9 <-- v12,10 ep77 <-- None? No manga correspondence? ep78 <-- v12,5 ep79 <-- v12,4 <-- v12,6 ep80 <-- v12,6 <-- v12,7 ep76 <-- v12,8-10 See above. ep81 <-- v12,7 SC: In the anime, a lady from Shiinomi day-care informs Ikkoku-kan that Godai was not fired when Ichinose asks her at the start of this episode. In the manga, this was done when Kyoko called Shiinomi day-care and talked to Kuroki, who told her the whole story. <-- v12,9 SH: Godai's "promotion" to Welfare Chief. SA: Yukari does not appear in the manga. <-- v12,11 SR: Godai is at home, watching Kyoko and Ichinose talk about the incident at the grave from his window. This scene was obviously not usable in the anime as Godai is at work. SC: Mitaka's portrayal of a poor Godai-Kyoko marriage is different. SR: In the manga, Kyoko reminds Godai to go to his job at the cabaret and not follow them to the tennis court. This scene was cut for obvious reasons. SC: Yotsuya's joke with Godai and money is different. I think in the manga Godai is paying Yotsuya to spy on Kyoko and Mitaka. SR: A bit of dialogue was added to the Mitaka-Asuna talk; Asuna does not faint in the manga. <-- v12,12 SA: Godai's decision to take the test is at v12,3 in the manga, which would be around episode 75. ep82 <-- v13,1 SA: Flashback from episode 81. GI: Souichirou-san is inactive in the manga. SA: Added dialogue about "Godai's kids." SC: Yukari takes Nikaido's only line: "What if the mother doesn't return?" <-- v13,2 SC: Tarou has a Godzilla toy in the anime and an Ultraman toy in the manga. ep83 <-- v13,3 <-- v13,4 ep84 <-- v13,5 SA: Flashback to ep83. SC: Yukari takes the place of Ichinose for one scene. Again, she does not appear anywhere in the manga. SM/SR: The scene where Godai proposes to go to Mitaka's apartment is removed and replaced with the actual visit of Mitaka's apartment. SC: The scene where they go to Mitaka's apartment is replaced with one at a gas station. Same dialogue, though. SR: Mitaka sitting alone in the park after Kyoko leaves. <-- v13,6 SC: Godai's dream with a naked Kyoko running towards Mitaka is replaced with a scene of Mitaka at the tennis court. ep85 <-- v13,7 <-- v13,8 ep86 <-- v13,9 <-- v13,10 ep87 <-- v13,11 <-- v14,1 ep88 <-- v14,2 <-- v14,3 ep89 <-- v14,4 SA: Flashback from ep88. SR: Godai exits the nursing school, all tests over, while he ponders over why Kozue kissed him. SA: Godai bidding farewell to Iioka at Cabaret Bunny. SR: Kyoko's thoughts are shown to the readers in the manga. <-- v14,5 SA: Yotsuya telling Godai about the New Year's party. In fact, because of the timing of the manga, it's not New Year's, and the "party" is in Godai's room... SC: As I said, the party is in Godai's room, the showdown between Kozue, Godai, and Kyoko happens right outside room 5, the chase is down to Kyoko's room instead of up the hill to Ikkoku-kan. But the dialogue's the same. SC: The manga ends on a stronger cliffhanger. All we know is that Kyoko has her own plan, but we don't know that she's going to move out. <-- v14,6 SR: Godai sitting up in his bed, wondering if Kyoko's still angry. SR: Kyoko packing, thinking angry thoughts about Godai. ep90 <-- v14,6 SA: Yotsuya's eating Godai's food! ^_^ Is this taken from v8,4? SC: Souichirou-san gets a bit more air-time than he does in the manga. SC: The studying Nikaido is being replaced with a sleeping Kentarou. (Again, not too well thought out by the animators...where's Mr. Ichinose?) SM: Kyoko's line, "I won't go back even if he comes a hundred times!" is moved from the end of this chapter to the place where she goes to bed. This is because although it makes a good "epilogue-frame" in the manga, it doesn't work well for a commercial-break cliffhanger. <-- v14,7 SI: The scene with the tenants surveying the mess is moved one scene later, so it doesn't seem like Mr. Chigusa has a instant trip from the Otonashi residence to the Chigusa apartment. SC: A scene with Nikaido complaining about the mess while Godai is cleaning part of it was rewritten. SC: Again, Kyoko's thoughts are hidden in the anime. SR: Extraneous scene of Godai starting his new job, explaining to the reader why Godai isn't visiting Kyoko on the 6th day. SC: The ending scene has Godai getting bugged by the other tenants to fix things. The manga has one panel of Godai calling out the wrong statement in front of Cabaret Bunny. ep91 <-- v14,8 SR: Godai remembering why he can't break up with Kozue; she keeps on saying that she doesn't have time. SC: Nikaido complaining about a flickering light is replaced with Kentarou complaining about a broken lock. SR: Akemi actually takes a shot at Godai in the manga: 5: "I can't believe you drank this much! This is expensive beer,...I may not be able to pay for it!" 6: "...It'd be a shame if all you did was pay and leave... ...wanna have a fuck?" 5: "...d-d-don't say that, I'm still on duty..." 6: "Yeesh, you believed me? Where's your sense of humor?" <-- v14,9 SC: Godai calls Kozue at home, not at the bank where she works. SA(GI): Scene with Kentarou. ep92 <-- v14,10 <-- v15,1 Skip <-- v14,11 See "Lost Manga" section. ep93 <-- v15,2 <-- v15,3 <-- v15,4 ep94 <-- v15,5 <-- v15,6 ep95 <-- v15,8 ep96 <-- v15,9 <-- v15,10 LOST MANGA ---------- Just to remind you, the sections here answer the question: "How does dropping this chapter affect the storyline of the anime?" v4,1: Kyoko's parents don't know of Mitaka until around episode 82! In any case, Mitaka doesn't meet them until that time anyway, so perhaps it doesn't affect the story much. v4,2: Without this story, it's hard to tell why Kyoko just suddenly decided to forgive the two men by next episode. Also, this manga chapter does a lot of delving into Kyoko and Godai's thoughts, which is character development that is absent from the anime. v4,6: This story is almost all comedy filler. v5,1: This story deals with Godai recuperating from the cold he got when he was living outside of Ikkoku-kan. v5,2-3:These were very likely replaced with episodes 39 and 40. v5,5-6: v5,10: v6,2-3: v6,8: v7,6: v8,3: v8,5-11: v9,9: v10,5: v14,11: This chapter was skipped for an obvious reason; the animators didn't want to show sex in the TV show. (Even though the manga didn't even show a nipple!) DISCUSSION ---------- ep14 <-- v2,7 Mamezou vs. Ma Mezon This episode was accentuated heavily compared to the manga, and it seems like the episode is much more emotional. This is due to the addition of the rain, and of Kyoko's desperation in trying to correct her mistake. Why? One theory is that the animators were in the middle of animating the ending credits for "Cinema," and has symbolisms of rain and high-heeled shoes on their mind. Whatever the case, this episode marks a strong checkpoint in the anime series, the likes of which we won't see until episode 27. ep22 <-- v3,5-6 Is Kyoko Leaving? By partitioning the manga chapters as they did (3 chapters into 2 episodes), the anime writers effectively created a cliffhanger, the first one in the series. To increase the effect, Kyoko has been absent for a while before Ritsuko makes her announcement. Later on in the series (perhaps because of fear of ratings), they have much more cliffhanger endings...but then again, so does the manga. ep25 <-- v3,9 Pairing Up The anime turned this into a simple case where it could seem like Kyoko just misunderstood Mitaka's proposal. However, the anime was much more serious; Kyoko was present and listening when Godai defended her by claiming that she still loved Souichirou-san. As a consequence, we see her thank Godai in her mind, and we know that her misinterpretation of the proposal was feigned. Another example of how the anime Kyoko is more mysterious than the manga Kyoko. -- Wei-Hwa Huang, whuang@cco.caltech.edu, http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~whuang/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Caught Porfiry, Raskolnikov sung his swan Sonia when he went Dounia to Siberia.