The Ikeda family's apartment (池田のアパート, "Ikeda no apāto") was home of the Ikeda family. It was destroyed by a fire which killed the family's eldest daughter Mayu. As a ghost, Mayu prevented the apartment from being rebuilt and pulled pranks on anyone who tried to come near it.
History[]
Mrs. Ikeda took care of her son Satoru Ikeda while he had the flu. Mayu returned home from her school's Parents' Day Festival and asked her mother why she did not show up. Mrs. Ikeda explained that she was unable to attend because of the attention her son needed. Mayu got even angrier at said explanation and fled the apartment, thinking that her mother loved her brother more.
Believing that her daughter had ran off the neighbors' apartment, Mrs. Ikeda went to buy groceries. However, Mayu returned home with the intention of pranking her mother when she returned from shopping. Despite her brother's warnings, she left a scarf on the stove and hid in the closet, to keep her mom thinking that she wasn't at home (probably hoping to make her worry more). The scarf fell on the stove and the apartment started to catch fire. Mrs. Ikeda only managed to rescue Satoru since she did not know Mayu's whereabouts, unknowingly leaving her to die in the closet. Mayu's corpse was found by the firefighters inside.
Mayu became a spirit afterwards and thought that her mother had left her on purpose. The apartment was unable to be renewed because Mayu's angry soul was haunting it and causing accidents to anyone that tried to enter. It continued to remain in this burned state for six months.
During the story[]
Mayu attacked Satoru's friend Sōta Higurashi and his older sister Kagome while they were right outside of her apartment. Since Kagome was able to see her, she warned Kagome not to interfere with her revenge or she would die as well.
After Mayu's final attack on her brother in the hospital, the Soul Piper considered Mayu to be an evil spirit and dragged her off her to the Ikeda apartment in order to send her to Hell. Inuyasha accompanied Kagome to the apartment in order to save Mayu's soul. When they arrived, Kagome was instantly transported to Hell by the Soul Piper and was forced to leave Inuyasha behind since a hanyō was unable to travel through the pathway for human spirits.
Mayu was forced to relive the terror she felt in the fire that killed her, but Kagome arrived to save Mayu by reminding her of the love she had for her mother. This caused Mayu to admit that she had wanted to apologize to her mother all along. This caused the Soul Piper to close the portal to Hell, after reconsidering Mayu not to be an evil spirit.
Mrs. Ikeda arrived at her apartment after Satoru had woken up from his coma and begged her to go save Mayu. She was reunited with the spirit of Mayu and was able to make peace with her before she moved on to the afterlife.
Manga vs. Anime[]
The apartment in the manga.
- In the manga, Mayu attacks Kagome and Sōta near her old apartment by telekinetically throwing a drain pipe toward Kagome. In the anime, Mayu telekinetically pulls up a nearby tree and bushes in midair and causes them to fall all around Kagome and Sōta.
- In the manga, The Soul Piper drags Kagome into Hell after she enters the apartment in order to save Mayu's soul. Inuyasha prepares to fight the Soul Piper in order to rescue Kagome, but it disappears into Hell with her. In the anime, Kagome instantly disappears after she and Inuyasha enters the path to Hell in Mayu's apartment.