A manga written by Rumiko Takahashi.
It is a bitter-sweet romantic comedy about a group of madcap people who live in a boarding house in contemporary Tokyo.
It is mostly the story of the blossoming relationship between a poor student, Yusaku Godai, and the boarding house manager - the young recently-widowed Kyoko Otonashi.
Maison Ikkoku has been translated into English and isavailable from Viz Communications in fourteen volumes. (See: http://series.viz.com/maison/maison.shtml )
There are also a set of anime videos released of the series.