The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior (僕らはみんな河合荘, Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou, lit.

Thanks to his parents' job transfer, high school freshman Kazunari Usa finally gets to enjoy living on his own.

Ritsu, the senpai he admires, also lives in Kawai Complex, as do a few other "unique" individuals: Shirosaki, his novelist, masochistic roommate; Mayumi, a beautiful, buxom office lady who has terrible luck with men; and Sayaka, a sly and predatory college student.

As the series progresses, Usa and Ritsu gradually become closer friends, and the pair's feelings for each other grow stronger.

[5] A 12-episode anime television series adaptation, directed by Shigeyuki Miya at studio Brain's Base, aired on TBS from April 3 to June 19, 2014, and later on Sun TV, KBS, CBC, BS-TBS and Kids Station.