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While watching _Maison Ikkoku_ , I noted the episodes in which the main story
does not progressing. I found 23 episodes at total. I need someone who has
read the manga to confirm them, or add/remove episodes from my list.

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    10 - Trip to sea
    11 - Kentarou's first love
    15 - Theatre club
    16 - Kyoko injures her leg
    20 - Shiner eye
    21 - Kitten Kyoko
    27 - The dog Soichiro is lost
    28 - 3-legged race
    29 - Festival ends in well
    32 - Stupid egg
    36 - Akemi's story
    37 - Dress up
    41 - Onsen
    44 - Youtsuya's secret
    46 - Ice skating
    47 - Work at tavern
    49 - Mitaka's dog fear
    50 - Elder man moves in
    51 - Ikkoku-han torn down?
    67 - Grandma comes
    68 - Baseball
    69 - Kiss mark
    70 - Grandma leaves
    
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What were the filler episodes of Maison Ikkoku?


I did a similar list back in 2003 when I was watching the series for the
second time through. I had read the manga before that, though I don't remember
whether I took it into consideration when making the list. In general the
anime follows the manga very accurately - if we ignore some blatant filler
such as episode 32 (Yotsuya's egg; IIRC even its drawing style differs, so
maybe the animators were using it for practice).

Your list corresponds to the B and C ratings in my list; B doesn't advance the
main story but still e.g. develops the characters, whereas C is a pure filler
episode. Except for a couple of episodes, our lists are similar.

It's interesting to notice that after episode 70 there are no filler episodes,
and also on average the ratio of content to filler episodes is much better
than in many other anime series. :)

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    A: Important part of the story
    B: Could be skipped but is still worth watching
    C: Totally irrevelant
    
    01 A    + + +
    02 A    + + +
    03 A    + + +
    04 A    + + +
    05 A    + + +
    06 A    + + +
    07 A    + + +
    08 A    + + +
    09 A    + + +
    10 A    + + +
    11 B    + +
    12 A    + + +
    13 A    + + +
    14 A    + + +
    15 A    + + +
    16 A    + + +
    17 A    + + +
    18 A    + + +
    19 A    + + +
    20 B    + +
    21 B    + +
    22 A    + + +
    23 A    + + +
    24 A    + + +
    25 A    + + +
    26 A    + + +
    27 A    + + +
    28 B    + +
    29 C    +
    30 A    + + +
    31 A    + + +
    32 C    +        not in manga
    33 B    + +
    34 A    + + +
    35 A    + + +
    36 C    +
    37 C    +
    38 A    + + +
    39 A    + + +
    40 A    + + +
    41 B    + +
    42 A    + + +
    43 A    + + +
    44 C    +
    45 A    + + +
    46 C    +        not in manga
    47 B    + +
    48 A    + + +
    49 A    + + +
    50 C    +
    51 C    +
    52 A    + + +
    53 A    + + +
    54 A    + + +
    55 A    + + +
    56 A    + + +
    57 A    + + +
    58 A    + + +
    59 A    + + +
    60 A    + + +
    61 A    + + +
    62 A    + + +
    63 A    + + +
    64 A    + + +
    65 A    + + +
    66 A    + + +
    67 A    + + +
    68 C    +
    69 B    + +
    70 A    + + +
    71 A    + + +
    72 A    + + +
    73 A    + + +
    74 A    + + +
    75 A    + + +
    76 A    + + +
    77 A    + + +
    78 A    + + +
    79 A    + + +
    80 A    + + +
    81 A    + + +
    82 A    + + +
    83 A    + + +
    84 A    + + +
    85 A    + + +
    86 A    + + +
    87 A    + + +
    88 A    + + +
    89 A    + + +
    90 A    + + +
    91 A    + + +
    92 A    + + +
    93 A    + + +
    94 A    + + +
    95 A    + + +
    96 A    + + +
    
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