Among the works of manga creator superstar Rumiko Takahashi, Maison Ikkoku is a story that takes its time to be told.
Follow Casey on Twitter, where he now has two or three Maison Ikkoku opening theme songs simultaneously stuck in his head.
Before starting Whiskey Mew, though, Yamaoka was an editor for Shogakukan, the manga publisher whose anthology magazines have long been the home of Takahashi’s works.
Whisky Mew often collaborates with popular manga series for commemorative bottles, and for Maison Ikkoku, Yamaoka has personally picked out two whiskies that he feels reflect the opposites-(maybe will)-attract nature of the early relationship between the series’ male and female leads.