aye.. I refer to Maisson Ikkoku because of its historical place ... but I never enjoyed the series either. I thought the other residents in the inn were pretty unlikeable no matter how far I got into the story and the "he's a pervert" thing was pretty primitive to me at the time. It almost had a 30s american comic kind of "thats not really funny" feel. A lot of people love the series so I'm trying not to knock it --- just wasn't my cup of tea. LH I love because of specific threads and characters in the series... Mahoraba I have almost no complaints about.
Some people are too quick to label .... "o thats a western (gunsmoke, rawhide, Silverado, John Wayne, Clint Eastwood)" or "thats sci-fi (Star Trek, Farscape, Twilight Zone)" and label poorly. So when people toss the word "harem" around or whatever, they're in danger of being discounted (so I try to remember not to over-label
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