Marmalade Boy Volume 1, Chapter 3 pages 83-119 Written and illustrated by Yoshizumi Wataru Translation & editing by : Craig Nishida Additional translation by : Paul Hirose Yutaka Sasagawa Matthew Akira Klippenstein Additional editing by: Jeanne Hedge Scott Henry Last revision : 11-10-95 Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? Please send them to: mboy-trans@soyokaze.biosci.ohio-state.edu --------------------------------------------------- p 83 1 [The sun sparkles over the consolidated Koishikawa and Matsuura residence. It is a new day.] 2 [Jin, dressed in a suit and tie and carrying a briefcase, heads toward the door, casting a glance back at Youji, Chiyako and Rumi. Youji, also in a suit and tie, rises from his seat at the breakfast table. Chiyako, in a dress with sleeves rolled up, smiles back while doing the dishes. Seated at the table, Rumi, in a blouse and skirt, pauses from her cup of coffee to smile gently at her ex-husband.] Jin: Well, I'm goi-i-ing. Rumi/Chiyako: See you later. Youji chair FX: Youji: Ah, wait, Jin. I'll go too. 3 [Tight shot of the small "Miki" sign that hangs from the doorknob of her bedroom door.] 4 [Her pov of herself as she looks in the mirror while tying her hair ribbon. She doesn't look like her usual energetic self.] ribbon tying FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 84 1 [Filler art. Miki portrait. She looks to her right.] --------------------------------------------------- p 85 1 [Miki profile. She is deep in thought.] narration: Soon I'll have to go to the dining room. narration: But if I go, I'll end up meeting Yuu... Miki: (Yesterday, I passed on dinner, stayed in my room and avoided seeing him...) 2 [Flashback to page 80, panel 1. Yuu bends down to kiss the pretend-sleeping Miki.] narration: What did he mean... ...by that. 3 [Back to reality. View pans back. Miki is dressed in her school uniform. She blushes furiously, clapping both hands to her cheeks.] Miki dramatic FX: narration: Oh no-o-o. Grr... narration: I don't know what sort of expression I should make when I meet him! 4 [Filler art. Yuu portrait.] --------------------------------------------------- p 86 1 [A grey panel.] narration: Well, he thinks I was asleep... narration: So I can pretend like I don't know... 2 [Miki enters through a door.] door FX: 3 [Her pov of Yuu sitting alone at the breakfast table. He reads the paper over a plate of toast, a mug and a butter dish.] 4 [Yuu becomes aware of her, and turns to look.] Yuu: Good morning. 5 [Blushing and visibly nervous, Miki stands stock-still and forces a smile.] Miki heartbeat FX: Miki: G-good morning. Where's everyone? --------------------------------------------------- p 87 1 [Yuu returns his gaze to the newspaper. Miki stands at the table across from him, resting her schoolbag on the table and searching about the room.] Yuu: They left for work a long time ago. Miki: I... See. That's right, hm... Yuu: Since we're so close to school, we can take it easy, right. 2 [Yoshizumi-sensei interrupts this story to bring you this background info... Portraits of Jin, Youji, Rumi and Chiyako adorn this panel. Captions run under each picture.] narration: By the way... caption: [Jin] Although he may not look like one--a bank clerk caption: [Youji] Believe it or not--a company man caption: [Rumi] Works for a cosmetics manufacturer caption: [Chiyako] Works for a maker of Western-style liquor 3 [Yuu continues to read his paper. He'll make a fine head-of-household someday! ^_^] newspaper FX: newspaper: Mainichi Newspaper means "daily", so the name of the paper is the "Daily Newspaper" or "Daily Times" or "Daily Chronicle" or something like that. (Sorta like the "Daily Planet" hey?). Anyway, a newspaper of this name, , really does exist.> 4 [Miki sits unnaturally still at her seat.] Miki: ......... Miki FX: 5 [Yuu becomes aware of the attention, and stares back. Miki blushes deeply, sweats and raises a palm to wave him off.] Yuu: What? Wanna see the paper? Miki: Ah! Uh-uh. Not really... --------------------------------------------------- p 88 1 [Without a word, he pulls out a section of the paper...] newspaper FX: 2 [...and hands it to her. Miki looks at it.] Yuu: Here. 3 [She sweats and a few strands of her hair become frazzled.] Miki: ......... Why are you handing me only the TV section? Yuu: [blankly] Because you only look at that part, don't you? 4 [Miki goes ballistic, and yells in his face. Yuu is nonplussed.] Miki: HOW RUDE!! I READ OTHER PARTS! Yuu: Sports page? Human interest stories? 5 [Miki sits silently, eyes downcast and looking miffed.] Miki: ......... caption with arrow pointing at Miki's head: Because they're direct hits, she can't talk back. [A toast comes flying in towards her from off-panel.] Yuu: [off] Hey, your toast! 6 [Tight shot of their plates. The toast has landed right on her plate.] 7 [Miki points over to the counter to Yuu's right. On it are three jars. Yuu pauses in mid-bite of his own toast.] Miki: Say, can you get the jam? The apricot one. --------------------------------------------------- p 89 1 [He holds one of the jars.] Yuu: There's none. Yuu: We ran out. Yuu: There's only this. 2 [Tight shot of the jar. The label reads--in English--"Fine Cut. Breakfast Orange Marmalade.] Miki: [off] Huhhh? Marmalade? I don't like that very much... Yuu: [off] Don't be so picky. Miki: [off] Bu-u-ut. The skins... They're bitter... 3 [Miki pauses, staring down at the jar in her hand.] Miki: ...... Miki: You're just like marmalade, Yuu. 4 [Startled, Yuu looks up from his mug.] Yuu: Huh? 5 [A blank panel.] Miki: [off] Even though you actually have some awfully bitter points, unknowingly, everyone's being deceived by the sweetness on the surface. 6 [With a great smile and a mischievous wink, Miki holds up the jar of marmalade and points to it with her other hand.] Miki: Marmalade Boy! Miki: Right? Isn't that perfect?! --------------------------------------------------- p 90 1 [Yuu looks reflective.] Yuu: Hmm... Yuu: I see. 2 [Miki is pleased as punch, and doesn't notice Yuu reaching over for another jar from the counter beside him.] Miki: Yeah, yeah. Good analogy, if I do say so myself . Yuu: Then, Miki, you're this... 3 [With a beaming smile, he holds up a jar of mustard in front of Miki's surprised face, pointing at it with his other hand.] Yuu: One who's only prickly and peppery. MUSTARD GIRL! Yuu: Perfect . 4 [Miki rises quickly from her seat, her face a demonic mask. Yuu has nonchalantly tossed his coat over one shoulder and is walking away from her.] Miki: ......!! Miki chair FX: Yuu: Well, then I'll be going on ahead. 5 [Her pov of Yuu as he heads out of the dining room, humming to himself.] Miki: [off] Ah! Wait a minute, Yuu! The dishes! Go and clear the table! --------------------------------------------------- p 91 1 [Still raging, Miki stands at the sink, doing the dishes.] Miki: Grrrr! No fair!! Miki: (What's with him?) Miki: (He hasn't changed at all!) water FX: 2 Miki: (...... What happened yesterday was some sort of accident.) Miki: (Grrrr. I'll put that out of my mind!!) 3 [Night view of the Koishikawa-Matsuura residence.] Miki: [off] (I'll make as if it never happened!!) 4 [Miki does her homework at her desk, an open geometry textbook in front of her. She's studying love triangles, I guess. ] 5 door FX: [off] Chiyako: [off] Miki-chan? Miki: [looking up] Yes? --------------------------------------------------- p 92 1 [Chiyako opens the door.] Chiyako: Won't you come down for a bit? We have some delicious cake... door FX: 2 [Miki rests her hands behind her head as Chiyako stands nearby.] Chiyako: Ah! You were studying? Miki: Uh-huh. Homework. I don't understand it at all... 3 [A blank panel.] Chiyako: [off] If it's math you're doing, Youji's very good at it. Why don't you get some lessons while eating cake downstairs? Miki: [off] Really? Then maybe I'll do just that. 4 [The view down in the living room and dining room. Youji sits beside Miki, pointing to her textbook while she watches raptly. Rumi sits across from Youji, reading. Chiyako serves cups. In the foreground, Jin sweats while playing with a remote controller as Yuu sits beside him. Both watch a TV offscreen.] video game FX: Yuu: Ah! There, there. More to the right! Right! 5 [Pov shifts. We see the TV screen between Jin and Yuu. An explosion has taken place.] video game FX: Jin: Ahhhh... Yuu: Jin-san, you're worse than ba-a-ad. 6 [Over at the table, Youji concludes his point to a wide-eyed Miki.] Youji: ...and so, you get the answer. See? Miki: Ahhhh. I see-e-e. I get it, I get it! --------------------------------------------------- p 93 1 Miki: You're an expert at teaching, Youji-san. Amazingly easy to understand! Youji: Really? text: Mathematics I 2 [Yuu turns from his seat on the couch to look back at the dining room table.] video game FX: [off] Yuu: [brightly] Oh, is that today's homework? Lucky! Let me copy it later! Jin: Ah... 3 [Miki sticks out her tongue.] Miki: No way-y-y! Yuu: [off] Feh, you scrooge . Youji: Come over here too, Yuu. We'll do it together. 4 [Yuu gets up to go, but a desperate Jin grasps him by a sleeve with both hands. Yuu looks down with a pained expression.] Jin: Wait, Yuu-kun! Coach me a little more!! Jin FX: Yuu: Jin-sa-a-an. Give it up already. You don't have the talent... 5 [The other four smile and watch from the dining room. Miki wears the biggest smile of all.] Jin: [off] C'mon, don't quit on me now... Miki: Papa is pathetic at shooting, isn't he. Chiyako/Miki/Youji/Rumi: AH HA HA HA! --------------------------------------------------- p 94 1 [Sweating, Miki's eyes grow large.] Miki: AH...! 2 [She suddenly rises from her chair, startling Youji.] Miki chair FX: Youji: Miki-chan? 3 [Smiling but sweating, Miki stands and clasps her books to her chest.] Miki: Ah... Thank you, Youji-san. I understand it fine. It's all right now, so I'll do the rest by myself, 'kay! 4 [Chiyako holds out a pot of tea, but Miki waves her off, nervously.] Chiyako: Miki-chan, another cup of tea...? Miki: That's okay! I don't want any. 5 Miki: Thanks for the treat! Miki FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 95 1 and 2 [In panel 1, Youji, Chiyako and Rumi stare off-panel with wide eyes. In panel 2, Yuu and Jin do the same.] Youji/Chiyako/Rumi/Yuu/Jin: ......... 3 [View of a closed door. Miki's sign, which hangs from her doorknob, rocks violently.] door FX: 4 [Looking ill, Miki stands on the other side of that door.] narration: Oh no! narration: Before I even knew it... 5 [A black panel.] narration: That abnormal family is something... Miki: [off] (...I've gotten used to!!) --------------------------------------------------- p 96 1 [Like the background behind her, Miki's thoughts are in a turmoil.] narration: Even though I was determined not to be infected... That cheery atmosphere... Miki: (I totally screwed up!!) 2 [Miki's pov of Meiko, who holds the handle of a broom in her hands. In the background, several girls go about their classroom cleaning chores, though some seem to be more serious about it than others.] Meiko: Why? It's okay, isn't it, if you're getting along cheerfully. 3 [Miki bends down to hold the dustpan as Meiko sweeps the trash into it.] Miki: It's not okay! I'll definitely be the only one to keep my normal sensibilities. Miki: I won't poke my nose into their affairs... But I won't join in their company! 4 [Miki glares at the ceiling.] Meiko: Rather than saying that kind of thing, you could just be friendly. Miki: NO! --------------------------------------------------- p 97 1 [Yuu, standing in the hall, sticks his head in through the window.] Yuu: Mi-i-ki-i-i. Finished cleaning? 2 [Miki turns in surprise.] Miki: Uh, yeah. Just a bit more. Yuu: Then, I'll be at the entrance!! 3 Meiko: [smiling] Ohh...? Going home together? Miki: [sweating] Th--! Miki: That's not it!! Don't misunderstand! 4 Miki: Today's my mama's birthday! And so we decided to pool our money and we'll buy a present together. I can't buy anything decent by myself, can I?! Therefore... 5 [Meiko is amused at the outburst.] Meiko: Hmmmm. Meiko FX: Miki: [sweating] That's all it is, y'know! --------------------------------------------------- p 98 1 [Meiko's pov out the classroom window, looking down at Yuu and Miki as they walk off together.] Meiko: [off] Although you say this and that... 2 [Reversed pov. Meiko smiles gently back at us from her window.] Meiko: Things seem to be going well at your place, Miki... 3 [Tight shot of a wrapped gift in Yuu's hand.] Yuu: [off] I wonder if Rumi-san will be pleased. 4 Miki: [brightly] She'll be pleased! If it's that earring, then it's exactly to Mama's taste! Miki: Because it makes one look younger. Yuu: [looking nervous] I'll tell her. 5 Miki: [smiling] We're ho... noise FX: [off] 6 [Yuu and Miki profiles. Surprise.] --------------------------------------------------- p 99 1 [Yuu and a sweating Miki rush in.] Miki: What was that noise just now?! What hap... Miki/Yuu FX: 2 [Yuu and Miki pause at the entrance to the dining/living room. Their four parents stand silently around a shattered vase. Water and stems of flowers lie amidst the shards.] 3 Miki: M-Mama...? Rumi: [strangely quiet] It's nothing. The vase broke, that's all. You two-- go to your rooms! 4 [Jin stands with arms crossed and gaze dropped.] 5 [Youji and Chiyako look morose and stare blankly at different corners of the room.] --------------------------------------------------- p 100 1 [Miki and Yuu stand speechless.] 2 [Yuu leans back against a wall.] Yuu: A fight... Yuu: ...wasn't it? That atmosphere... Yuu: ...on top of that, was pretty tense. 3 [View pans back. Yuu and Miki are standing in the hall upstairs. Yuu leans back against a wall, hands in his pockets. Miki stares off to the side, in thought.] Yuu: It doesn't seem like the time for a birthday party. What should we do about dinner...? Yuu: I'm hungry... Miki: ......... 4 [Miki portrait.] Miki: (Why...?) Miki: (They were always getting along so well!) Miki: (What happened...?!) --------------------------------------------------- p 101 1 [Exterior shot of a school building and trees.] Yuu: [off] I don't completely understand the details, but... 2 [Yuu leans back against a wall in the school hallway.] Yuu: Somehow, it seems your parents and mine had a clash of opinions. And so, it seems to have turned into a fight! Yuu: Jin-san was saying. 3 [Miki looks quietly out the window.] Miki: I see... 4 [View pans back to show Miki looking out the window, with Yuu leaning back and resting his elbows on the window sill beside her.] Miki: It's sorta unpleasant, isn't it... Being so tense at home. I hope they make up soon... Yuu: Well... 5 [From down the hall, Ginta watches the two.] --------------------------------------------------- p 102 1 Ginta: ......... 2 [To Ginta's surprise, someone speaks up beside him. It's Meiko.] Meiko: Worried? Ginta FX: 3 Ginta: [indignantly] I-it's nothing like that! 4 [But his gaze turns back off-panel, down the hall...] Ginta: Nothing like th... 5 [Meiko studies Ginta.] 6 [Night view of the Koishikawa-Matsuura residence.] --------------------------------------------------- p 103 1 [A white panel.] noise FX: [off] 2 [Miki looks up from her desk, wide-eyed and nervous.] Miki: Geh! Again... 3 [Yuu looks up from reading a book on his bed.] 4 [The two descend the stairs, hesitantly.] 5 [Rumi clasps the sides of her head, clenches her eyes shut and screams out.] Rumi: [off] I can't take it any more! I can't continue on with a life like this!! 6 [Filler art. The lovely and cute Miss Miki Koishikawa is a fashionable mustard girl!] --------------------------------------------------- p 104 1 Chiyako: [somberly] You're right... Sixteen years of married life is a long time, after all. Chiyako: Changing partners after such a long time was more than we could handle. 2 [The men stand glumly.] Youji: That's true... Jin: If it's come to this, then all we can do is go back to square one. 3 [The four adults stand in a loose circle, no one meeting anyone else's eye.] Jin: We'll cancel the shared living arrangements. 4 Miki: [wide-eyed] (HUH...?!) --------------------------------------------------- p 105 1 [Miki sweats. Her father turns to her.] Miki: W-wait a sec, wait a sec! What the heck... Jin: Miki... Jin: I'm sorry. 2 [Jin closes his eyes.] Jin: It was impossible, after all. In spite of your opposition, Miki, we began this life. Jin: We've ended up hurting each other so much... 3 [Miki's eyes goggle in disbelief. Little squid and octopi dance around her head. Jin turns away.] Miki: End...ed...? Jin: The only relief is that we haven't entered the new names into our family registers yet. Youji: Yeah. ===Sidebar=== FREE TALK (4): When I was a student, I--a tennis fan--was a member of the tennis team. And so that's why I made Miki and Ginta a part of the tennis team, too, but since that's not at the heart of the story, I regret that I can't write too much about situations regarding team activities. How to be a ballgirl, and the menu of training exercises--I'm confident I can write about such things with realism... Since becoming a member of society, I chiefly take my pleasure from watching games on TV, scarcely having any spare time to play myself. And so, in order to watch tennis, I finally joined WOWOW too, but (Since WOWOW's movies are subtitled I can't watch while working, so I didn't intend to join, but just because of tennis...) I don't have the spare time to hook up the deco-o-oder!! It's been this way for over a month now. I missed the Davis Cup... Somehow, I have to hook it up before the Australian Open in January... --------------------------------------------------- p 106 1 [Jin and Rumi portrait.] Jin: We'll go back to our lives as they were before, and cut our ties completely. Jin: We'll never meet again. 2 [Youji and Chiyako portrait.] Youji: Right... Youji: That's good. 3 [A very cartoonish Miki grasps her temples. Her eyes become swirls.] narration: I-I can't keep up! Things are moving too fast! Miki FX: narration: Why did it suddenly turn out this way?! 4 Yuu: Then... Am I transferring schools again? [Miki snaps out of it, looking more somber.] 5 Chiyako: I'm sorry, Yuu. It would be better if we severed all contact with the Koishikawas, so... --------------------------------------------------- p 107 1 Yuu: That's too bad... Yuu: I wonder if I can go back to my last school. Yuu: Just when I'd finally gotten used to this school. 2 [Wide-eyed, Miki quietly watches Yuu, who stands and looks bleak.] 3 [A white panel.] Miki: [off] Wai... 4 [Miki erupts, clenching both fists. Rumi, Chiyako and Jin look a bit startled.] Miki: Wait a minute!! --------------------------------------------------- p 108 1 Miki: [earnestly] Is it all right to simply come to a conclusion like that?! Won't you regret it?! Miki: Didn't you carefully think through and decide about the divorce and remarriage?! 2 [Miki's pov of Jin and Rumi, who look back.] Rumi: What's the matter, Miki...? You were so opposed to this. Jin: It'll be the way you've always wanted it to be!! Aren't you happy? 3 [View of the counter and part of the kitchen.] Miki: [off] Sure... It's what I wanted... But... Jin: [off] But? 4 [Miki portrait.] Miki: I... Still think a family like this is weird... But, individually, you're nice people... Miki: So I was beginning to think that maybe it looks like this would work out pretty well... --------------------------------------------------- p 109 1 [A panel of what might be a bright light.] Miki: [off] And yet, everyone simply changed their feelings like this... It was only for a short while that we lived together, but to cut all ties like that... Jin: [off] Miki. 2 Jin: Then, you aren't dissatisfied with life as it is right now? 3 Miki: Huh? Miki: Ah. Yeah... Sorta... 4 [Miki looks very puzzled, question marks surrounding her body.] Jin: [off] Is it okay if this continues forever, then? Would that be better? Miki: Huhhh? Miki: Ah... Yeah... narration: Huh? Why? narration: Somehow, we got off-track... ===Sidebar=== FREE TALK (5): I recently bought Minami Saori-san's "best of" CD called "Recall." Minami Saori-san was my favorite idol singer when I was a child, and is the person who sang the original song "17 (Years Old)" that was covered by Moritaka Chisato-san. When I listened to it, it was full of songs that made me think, "I'd quite forgotten it, but there were songs like these, weren't there, that I used to like a lot," and I was completely filled with nostalgia. Among those songs was a piece called "Wounded Generation," and this is, sort of, a song that sounds like it's about Miki and Yuu. It's not quite "perfect!!", but it's pretty close. Somehow, it seems I came across an image song, and I became happy. If all you hear is the title, you'd just get the feeling like it was sorta intense, and it's not like that. If you care to, give it a listen, 'kay. --------------------------------------------------- p 110 1 [The four adults break out in huge smiles. Jin rests his hands on Miki's shoulders. Miki's eyes bug out.] Jin: Ohhhh! I see, I see. I'm gla-a-ad!! all: YAY! 2 [She sweats, her eyes contracting to tiny dots.] narration: Huh? narration: Huh? Huh? 3 [Her pov of a smiling Youji and Jin.] Youji: Sorry to scare you. Youji: We were worried over whether or not you had really accepted this life, Miki-chan, so we put on a play. Jin: You were deliberately being stubborn so that you wouldn't get used to things, weren't you. But I'm glad. You told us your true feelings... 4 [Miki, looking very cartoonish again, sweats.] Miki: A play...? Then, everything up to now was... A lie? Rumi: [off] That's right. We're sorry. We have no reason to fight. It's going so well. --------------------------------------------------- p 111 1 [Yuu lets out a sigh.] Yuu: Sure enough... I thought that might be the case. 2 Youji: Ah, you found us out? Yuu: Sort of... What you were saying sounded like actor's lines... [Jin looks embarrassed, and holds up a script. Rumi opens her copy up and scans it.] Jin: How sharp, Yuu-kun. Rumi: But this was done quite well. script: Scenario. A production by Koishikawa Jin. 3 [Our view from behind Miki shows that she is vibrating.] narration: Y... Chiyako: [off] It was like being an actress, and that was fun. Youji: [off] But that vase was a waste. And that glass that was broken today, too... 4 [A bolt of lightning zaps across the background. Miki's face is dark with rage.] narration: YOU GUY-Y-Y-YS!! Miki FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 112 1 [Night view of the Koishikawa-Matsuura residence.] Miki: [off] WA-A-A-A-A-AH! 2 [Miki sits beside her bed, burying her face in her arms which rest on the bed.] Miki: BWA-A-A-A-A-AH! 3 [Pov shifts. Miki's door is barred by a stack of furniture--her desk, chair and dresser.] Jin: [off] Miki! door FX: Youji: [off] Miki-chan. 4 [View from the hallway ceiling. We look down upon the four adults, who are clustered around Miki's closed bedroom door.] Rumi: We're sorry! We were wrong. Chiyako: Please, come out! 5 Miki: [off] SHUT UP! GO AWAY-Y-Y! [The four sway back from the blast. All are sweating.] Jin/Rumi/Chiyako/Youji FX: 6 [All look worried.] Jin: We ticked her off completely... Chiyako: We overdid it a bit, huh. Jin: Yeah. Youji: That's why I told you we'd better stop. Rumi: You can't say that after it's done. We're all responsible. --------------------------------------------------- p 113 1 [A black panel.] Miki: [off] (Cruel! Too cruel!! Toying with a person's feelings.) Miki: [off] (That's it. I'm leaving!! A house like this!! I'll definitely leave them!!) 2 [She sobs into a towel, her eyes producing a torrent of tears. A "blue ribbon" appears at the bottom of the panel.] Miki: (But that isn't possible right now... It's a shame, but I don't have the money... That's it!! I can go to a university out in the country.) Miki FX: Miki: (I won't let them complain. I'll even get an allowance out of them! Ah, but if I do that, I'll be separated from Meiko... That's no good...) ribbon: The Rather Pragmatic Miki 3 window FX: [off] [Miki, distracted from her thoughts, looks off-panel.] 4 [Bug-eyed, she sees Yuu perched on the narrow decorative ledge outside her window.] Miki FX: Yuu: Miki! Open up! --------------------------------------------------- p 114 1 [He steps through the open window. Miki looks at him, wide-eyed.] Yuu: Whew-w-w. Miki: Wh-where'd you come from...?! 2 [She sticks her head out the window and scans from side to side.] Miki: How'd you come over?! Yuu: [smiling] I climbed along the wall from the next window. I had quite a thrill! 3 [View from outside. Nervously, Miki looks over at the decorative ledge outside the adjacent window.] Miki: Y-you're kidding... Miki FX: 4 [She blows up.] Miki: What are you doing so recklessly?! You'd be seriously injured if you fell!! Yuu: You were so surprised, the tears stopped. 5 [She touches her face.] Miki: Now that you mention it... ...... They stopped... 6 [Yuu smiles.] 7 [The four adults sweat and ponder outside the closed door.] Rumi: What? Rumi: Sounds like she's talking with Yuu-kun. Chiyako: Ehh?! How'd he get in? --------------------------------------------------- p 115 1 [He smiles gently at her, off-panel.] Yuu: This time. It was a bit too cruel... 2 [With a thumb, he wipes away a tear from her eye.] Miki heartbeat FX: Yuu: [off] Ah wait, it's all the time, huh. 3 [View pans back. Miki sits on the floor with Yuu kneeling before her. His hand still rests on her cheek. Their eyes are locked together.] Yuu: When you're tested with a lie... ...you get hurt. Yuu: It's only natural that you're angry. 4 [A dreamily-patterned panel.] Yuu: [off] But... Our parents... Yuu: [off] Were worried all this time about making you give your okay against your will. --------------------------------------------------- p 116 1 [Panels 1 and 2 are split panels. Yuu and Miki gaze into each other's eyes.] Yuu: Even if it took using measures like this... They wanted to make sure that you didn't dislike them, Miki. 2 Yuu: And so... I ask that you forgive them. 3 [View pans back to show them still seated on the floor, facing each other.] 4 [Miki portrait.] 5 Miki FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 117 1 [Yuu smiles, against a backdrop of flowers.] narration: Although he's always... 2 [Miki ponders him, against a backdrop of flowers.] narration: Just teasing me... 3 [A backdrop of flowers.] narration: When he's so sincerely sweet to me... narration: I end up not knowing what I should do... --------------------------------------------------- p 118 1 [Miki and Yuu stand in the open doorway.] door FX: 2 Rumi: Miki! Chiyako: Miki-chan, we're sorry... 3 [Miki drops her gaze.] Miki: It's okay already... But... Miki: You're getting me my favorite dish for dinner tomorrow. 4 [Her pov of all four smiling adults.] 5 [Rumi hugs her daughter, causing Miki to close one eye. The others smile at Yuu.] Rumi hug FX: Rumi: I'm glad...! I'm sorry, Miki-i-i! Jin: You saved us, Yuu-kun! 6 narration: That it would end up... --------------------------------------------------- p 119 1 [A grey panel.] narration: ...that I'd never be able to see Yuu again was an unpleasant thought. I was thinking that I didn't want to be separated from him. 2 [A grey panel.] narration: Even though he's elusive... And I don't understand him too well... Before I knew it... 3 [Her pov of Yuu, 1/4 rear view.] narration: Yuu's presence in my life... narration: Had grown this huge... ---------------------------------------------------