The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior (僕らはみんな河合荘, Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou, lit. “We Are All From Dormitory Kawai”, a play on words that has a double meaning of “We Are All Pitiful”) is a Japanese manga series by Ruri Miyahara, published in Shōnen Gahōsha‘s seinen manga magazine Young King OURs from the June 2010 issue till the February 2018 issue. It has been collected in eleven tankōbon volumes as of July 2018. An extra fan volume was published in August 2018. An anime television series adaptation produced by Brain’s Base aired in Japan between April and June 2014.

Plot

Thanks to his parents’ job transfer, high school freshman Kazunari Usa finally gets to enjoy living on his own. His mother makes him stay at Kawai Complex, a boarding house that provides meals for its residents. 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. Surrounded by these people, Usa finds his daily life neither peaceful nor boring. As the series progresses, Usa and Ritsu gradually become closer friends, and the pair’s feelings for each other grow stronger. After a series of misunderstandings, including Usa’s belief that Ritsu has developed feelings for a classmate and her thinking that he is kind to her out of pity rather than genuine caring, the two eventually become a couple towards the end of Usa’s second year in high school.

The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior
Cover of Bokura wa Minna Kawai-sō volume 1 published by Shōnen Gahōsha. The character on the cover is Ritsu Kawai.
僕らはみんな河合荘 (Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou)
Genre	Romantic comedy, Slice of life
Manga
Written by	Ruri Miyahara
Published by	Shōnen Gahōsha
Imprint	Young King Comics
Magazine	Young King OURs
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	April 30, 2010 – December 28, 2017
Volumes	11 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Shigeyuki Miya
Written by	Takeshi Konuta
Music by	Akito Matsuda
Studio	Brain’s Base
Licensed by	AUS Hanabee NA Sentai Filmworks
Original network	TBS, Sun TV, KBS, CBC, BS-TBS, Kids Station
Original run	April 3, 2014 – June 19, 2014
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
First Time
Directed by	Shigeyuki Miya
Written by	Takeshi Konuta
Music by	Akito Matsuda
Studio	Brain’s Base
Licensed by	NA Sentai Filmworks
Released	December 26, 2014
Runtime	24 minutes