Episode
Maison Ikkoku: Grandma Yukari's Fighting Spirit. Hot Baseball Match!
Overview
With free drinks & peanuts on the line, the Ikkoku-kan gang and friends, representing Cha Cha Maru, engages in a ""hot"" baseball match.
Details
- Series
- Maison Ikkoku
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 1987-07-29
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
Grandma Yukari's Fighting Spirit. Hot Baseball Match! is Episode 16 in Season 3 of Maison Ikkoku. It aired on 1987-07-29. The runtime is 24 min.
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Episode 15: Even Yagami is confused! Grandma Yukari returns with golden teeth!!
Grandma Yukari comes back to check up on his grandson, his love life, and his future plans. She meets Yagami for the very first time.
Episode 17: Underwater battle. Suspicious kiss mark on Godai
When the gang goes to a hotel resort, Godai must explain to everyone (including Kyoko) how he got a mysterious kiss mark on his shoulder.
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Episode 14: Yagami's challenge! I musn't lose against the widow!
When Yagami's sensei finds out why her grades are dropping from Kyoko, Yagami vows to confront Kyoko to tell her to butt out of her business and her love for Godai. On a cold rainy day, Yagami confronts Kyoko outside Ikkoku-kan in their ultimate showdown!
Episode 18: Goodbye Grandma! Ueno station is party panic
Before Grandma Yukari goes back home, she gives Godai some words of wisdom and holds a BIG PARTY right in the train station.
Episode 13: Yagami's scream! Yotsuya's Dangerous tutoring!
When Godai refuses to continue tutoring her, Yagami asks Yotsuya to replace him. Little does she know that she has made a terrible mistake.
Episode 19: A Midsummer night's dream. Godai already found a job?
Yagami reveals during the autumn festival that her father is the head of personnel at a major corporation and that she is willing to help Godai-sensei to get the job of his dreams. Could this be Godai's big chance?
Episode 12: Godai on the Edge! The Sweet Trap of a High School Girl
Godai starts tutoring Yagami, but his neighbors keep interrupting the session. Eventually after dealing with them Godai and Yagami are able to get down to business. Godai is helpful to Yagami until Kyoko comes by and then he suddenly distances himself. Yagami starts to think that she'll never get into the right mood with Godai as long as Kyoko is around. At her home the subject of tutoring comes up with Yagami's parents. Apparently they don't know she's already got one. Her father who's a hard-nosed overprotective father points out that she doesn't want a man tutoring his daughter. Yagami wonders how long she can keep it a secret. We later catch up with Mitaka at his apartment. He's apparently been staying home with his new dog, a little pomeranian he named MacEnroe. Mitaka's been putting himself through rigorous training trying to warm up to the dog and get over his fear, but he's still controlled by his phobia and can't bring himself to spend more than a few seconds with it before ru
Episode 20: Child is born? Godai's life of joy and cry!
When Godai goes to meet Yagami's father for the job interview of his life, he meets a pregnant woman on the street begging him for help. Will Godai sacrifice his future to help this woman? Or will he be brave enough to face his fate with Yagami's father?
Episode 11: Yagami's Back by the Time She's Forgotten
It's been many months since Yagami last saw Godai. Still she hasn't forgotten about him. She feels like seeing him again and locates him working at the day care. Godai however doesn't seem to happy to see her. Yagami apologizes and runs away, but Godai feels guilty and invites for a treat. Yagami had noticed the ad Godai posted to tutor young students. She suggests he use her since she'll need to study for upcoming entrance exams. Godai tells her that he is only looking to tutor younger kids and that she should forget about him. He walks away, but forgot his wallet and has to get Yagami to pay. Yagami can't think of any excuse to see Godai again, but gets an idea and asks her friend to borrow her little brother. Godai gets an offer over the phone to tutor a student, and sets the meeting for the next day. The following evening Yagami comes to their door with a little smart looking kid named Toru who turns out to be her friend's brother. They say they're here to meet about the tutoring.
Episode 21: Ikkoku-kan hostage crisis. Yagami's big nuisance!
When Yagami finds out that Godai did not show up at his job interview, she storms into Ikkoku-kan to find out why. When her dad comes looking for her, Yagami locks herself in Godai's room and threatens to live with Godai if her dad does not offer him a job.
Episode 10: Alright! In the Bath with Kyoko! Just the Two in an Open Bath
Kyoko is on the bus headed towards the next stop on her trip. Godai on the other hand is stopped on the side of the road since his taxi broke down. When Godai finally catches up with the bus, he finds out Kyoko changed plans and got off earlier near the hot spring resorts. Godai gets a ride there and begins searching all the inns one by one. He just misses her right before she checks at an inn by the seaside. Kyoko phones Ikkoku-kan. Ichinose tells her that the plumbing is being fixed but everyone's fine, including Godai. Only after she hangs up do the tenants realize that Godai's not home. Kyoko is disappointed since she thinks all those glimpses of Godai she's seen and heard on the trip were just her imagination. As for Godai, by evening he's had no luck so he checks into an inn for the night. Feeling that he's failed, he goes to try out the open air hot spring bath. Shortly after Kyoko is in her room bored out of her mind. With nothing else to do she goes to soak in the hot springs.
Episode 22: Change in employment front. Godai's last come back.
After the real reason of missing his interview is revealed, Godai finally receives his elusive job offer. Just when Godai is about to plan his future with his new job and celebrate with Kyoko, they overhear the bad news that Godai's company has declared bankrupcy and all employees have been laid off.