Texas A&M is a tradition obsessed school: Bonfire, the Twelfth Man, Sawing Varsity's Horns Off, Adventuring through the Steam Tunnels, etc. And it was inevitable that, being Aggies, we developed our own otakuized (is that a word?) traditions for Aggime. Mandatory Maison Every showing of Aggime begins with Rumiko Takahashi's Maison Ikkoku (or as some else puts it "Maison Ik-cuckoo"). This tradition started with Chuck, and was the one decision he wouldn't allow anyone else to make. Chuck always wore his "Piyo Piyo" apron and introduced every episode as "A very nice episode." (Thanks, Bill, for this info.) We watch one or two episodes per session and only as of October 1997 did we finally make it through the whole series. Plus the movie. Of course, Aggime wouldn't be Aggime without Maison Ikkoku so we started from the very first episode all over again. It's excruciating as hell (esp. when Yagami comes along), but it's fun and classic Takahashi. You guys want to add anything to this? For Maison Ikkoku Links and More The Mountain Dew Awards At the end of every semester we hand out awards to members for any number of reasons, including witty commentary, annoyance-level, or just plain stupidity (just kidding about that last part okay?). Fall '97 Awards Here's some MD Awards from semesters past: "Maison Ikkoku Would Be Much More Interesting if it had Klingons in it" Award (Maison Ikkoku) "When Death Comes For Me, I Hope it's Botan-chan" (Yu Yu Hakusho) "Heero! Hurry! Please come and kill me!" (Gundam Wing) "Most Likely to Blow a Job Interview by Asking for Mondays Off" "Forsooth! What light through yonder window breaks? 'Tis the East, and... KANRIN-SAN! SUKISA!!" Award (Maison Ikkoku) "After being terrorised by demonic profs his entire life, he has found himself miserably inadaquate" Award (Bastard!) "Justy Ueki Tylor 'It really is better to be lucky than good." (Irresponsible Captain Tylor) "Tree-hugger Anime is the Best Thing since Sliced Bread" (Please Save My Earth & Green Legend Ran) "After watching 8 of the most painful episodes of Maison Ikkoku, I should be forced to wear a scarlet 'M'" Award (Maison Ikkoku) "The Spicy Mustard Girl" (Marmalade Boy) "Oyasumi, Ojo-chan!" Award (Tenchi Muyo) Help! Previous: What's Showing | Top: Aggime Index Next: History as We Know It