Strange Mansion - Recommendations

• Vol: 3; Ch: 24
• 2003 - 2010

"I am, in fact, one of the dead." So says Acony, a rather mischievous girl, upon her first meeting with protagonist Motomi. Newly moved into an ancient apartment, how will Motomi handle Acony and all the bizarre residents?

• Vol: 10; Ch: 174
• 2015 - 2023

The "apartment comedy with laughs and tears" centers on a 4-year-old boy named Satou Kotarou, who moves next door to Karino Shin, an unsuccessful manga artist. Kotarou has no parents and lives alone. Not only does he seem to earn a living, he actually seems more put together than his own strange neighbors.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 5
• 2003

When Oriko kicks Machi out of her apartment, he simply forces his way into the apartment next door, which happens to belong to his classmate Yurara. Yurara is too shy to throw him out, but will Machi's advances become too much for her to put up with?

• Vol: 1; Ch: 9
• 2003 - 2004

An apartment in Italy. In four of the rooms live four single men with singular personalities. Into this peculiar ménage steps an exchange student, the new tenant of the fifth room. Brought together by chance, friends by choice, they pursue their dreams together as the days drift gently by.

• Vol: 1
• 2015

• Vol: 5; Ch: 40
• 2010 - 2014

In both middle school and high school, Kawashima hadn't had any luck with girls, but this is the day that a miracle encounter came to him! In the apartment where he moved, there was a high school girl living in his neighborhood and in addition to that, she is living alone! In a situation that any man will admire, Kawashima's tension is hyped up. However, there was also a odd part to it, like she likes to drink beer. What is her identity?

• Vol: 15; Ch: 161
• 1980 - 1987

The bumbling Yusaku Godai is a ronin – a person who failed his entrance exams. Though eager for a second chance to succeed, Yusaku’s attempts to study for future exams are constantly thwarted by his fellow residents at Maison Ikkoku, who insist on using his apartment for their debauchery and drinking games. Though tempted to call it quits at the house, things change when Maison Ikkoku’s beautiful new building manager, Kyoko, arrives. With plenty of competition from the sidelines and interference from his drunken and provocative neighbors, Yusaku must now focus his energy on winning the girl of his dreams, Kyoko!

• One Shot
• 2006

A love comedy under one roof! No Privacy. Only shared bathroom. A Maison where every habitant spent their days with laughter and joy. One day, an awkward girl from a wealthy family joined them... Will she find her ideal love and dream?

• Vol: 3; Ch: 35
• 2008 - 2012

Fate brings two people who live in the same condo together on a typical afternoon. Ozawa (26) has just broken up with her boyfriend of five years and was in the process of trying to rebuild her life when she meets Oyamada who lives a couple floors below her. He is somewhat of a loner although he does have a few friends and his room is cluttered with all the random stuff that his impulse shopper brother sends him. Ozawa takes an interest with all the things in his room and the two start a friendship that slowly turns into something more.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 7
• 2011

Kogure-sou is a crumbling old apartment building of just six rooms where four people live. On the first floor are the owner, a very old man who wants to have sex before he dies, and a girl in university who pines in a sad and complicated love. On the second floor are a salary man who finds meaning to his life in spying on the university girl below him, and Mayu whose boyfriend disappeared three years ago. Also involved are the florist from the nearby shop who worries over her husband's infidelity and Mine who is still troubled by a crime committed a long time ago. What all of them strive for is love, but they all find nothing but pain and bitter disappointments. Do they realize that what heals them is actually the run-down little apartment building and the real human warmth that they share with each other?