Manga Notes: Maison Ikkoku 4

When I started into the fourth volume of the new Viz release of Rumiko Takahashi’s Maison Ikkoku, it was with a sort of “things can only get better from here” satisfaction. I’d run into critical comments about the second and third volumes just before beginning to read them, but managed to think that once again I was uncritical enough to not be bothered.
( Familiar developments and new characters )