Marmalade Boy Volume 2, Chapter 1 pages 4-45 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 Daniel Lee Last revision : 12-10-95 Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? Please send them to: mboy-trans@soyokaze.biosci.ohio-state.edu --------------------------------------------------- p 4 heading: Introducing the Cast of Characters [Portraits of the 5 main characters are arranged with Miki in the center, and the other four arranged in the corners. Captions accompany each portrait.] caption: Matsuura Yuu Shares same house with Miki. Looks cool, but is mean?! caption: Suou Ginta Miki's classmate. Tennis team. caption: Koishikawa Miki Brightly spirited and simple (?) personality. caption: Suzuki Arimi Yuu's old girlfriend. Still likes Yuu. caption: Akizuki Meiko Close friend of Miki. Her mysterious aspect is alluring. text: The story up thru (1). [paragraph 1] Miki and Yuu come to live in the same house due to their parents announcing that they're swapping marriage partners. Miki gradually becomes attracted to Yuu, who sometimes displays sweetness despite being mean. [paragraph 2] One day, Arimi, who was Yuu's former girlfriend, turns up, saying that, "I still like Yuu." [paragraph 3] Meanwhile, Ginta was worrying about the relationship between Miki and Yuu. During 2nd year of junior high, Miki sent Ginta a love letter, but she saw Ginta passing that letter around for his friends to read, and suffered a great shock. But, at present, they're good friends. [paragraph 4] However, one day, Ginta suddenly kissed Miki. All that had happened between them 2 years before was a misunderstanding. And then Ginta, who was waiting for Miki in front of her home, confessed that, "I've liked you all along, Miki." But...?! --------------------------------------------------- p 5 1 [Miki and Ginta face off outside her home. This is a continuation of the scene ending the previous chapter.] 2 Ginta: I thought I had given up on you. Lately, it's come to where we can talk to each other like old times... And so, I thought that was enough. Ginta: But... That guy... 3 [Miki stares back, speechless.] Ginta: [off] Matsuura... ...appeared and... --------------------------------------------------- p 6-7 TITLE PAGE [2-page spread of Miki smiling and sitting on the inside sill of a window, holding a flowering plant growing in a tin can. Beside her, on the sill, are more flowering plants, in 3 cans and a large glass jar. TITLE: MARMALADE BOY [2] --------------------------------------------------- p 8 [Filler art. Miki portrait in cute sweater and overalls. A smiley-face button adorns one shoulder strap.] --------------------------------------------------- p 9 1 [Ginta exclaims, forcefully...] Ginta: I... Don't want to give you up to him! Ginta: I ABSOLUTELY DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU UP!! 2 [Blushing, Miki raises one hand close to her mouth, and stares back, wide- eyed.] Miki: G-- Ginta... 3 [Filler art. SD-Miki in a hat.] --------------------------------------------------- p 10 1 [Ginta takes her by her left wrist and Miki recoils slightly, eyes wide and face flushed.] Miki: Ahh...! Ginta hand FX: 2 [He glares at her and she stares back up at him, still wide-eyed.] Ginta: Do you like Matsuura? 3 [Tight shot of their lower legs.] Ginta: Am I not good enough? Miki: Wait... Ginta... Ginta: Is it too late already?! Miki: Wait a min... --------------------------------------------------- p 11 1 [Tight shot of Ginta's flushed and earnest face.] Ginta: DO YOU LIKE HIM MORE THAN ME?! Ginta: ANSWER ME, MIKI! 2 [Tight shot of Miki, eyes clenched shut and still recoiling a bit.] Miki: Ah... Ginta. Miki: That hur... Ginta: LOOK AT ME!! 3 Yuu: [off] You're so loud. 4 [Ginta and Miki pause, expressions shifting to blank looks.] --------------------------------------------------- p 12 1 [Pov shifts. Ginta still clasps Miki by one wrist, but both turn to the source of the voice. It's Yuu, who's standing on the other side of the gate, arms crossed and watching them.] Yuu: The neighbors can hear everything you're saying! Yuu: That's disgraceful. 2 [Both blushing, they disengage quickly.] Ginta/Miki hands FX: 3 [Tight shot of Yuu's face as he watches them, looking rather disinterested.] Yuu: Think a little more about TPO*, huh. writing at bottom: *TPO = about time and circumstances. --------------------------------------------------- p 13 1 [Hand to mouth and gaze dropped, Miki blushes deeply.] Miki blush FX: 2 [She runs through the gate towards the door to her house.] Miki FX: Miki: Ah! 3 [Ginta shouts after her. Yuu leans back idly against the post to his front porch, arms still crossed, and watches her off-panel.] Ginta: MIKI...! door FX: [off] 4 [Ginta stares and looks a bit stunned.] 5 [At the sound of Yuu's voice, Ginta snaps out of it.] Yuu: [off] I see. 6 [View pulls back to show the two boys. Yuu has put his hands in his pockets, and still leans back idly against the post. Ginta is on the other side of the gate/wall that marks the boundary of the Koishikawa-Matsuura residence.] Yuu: I was thinking that it didn't seem like you'd dumped Miki in a terrible way... --------------------------------------------------- p 14 1 Yuu: [off] But it wasn't intentional; it just happened that way, huh? I got it, I got it. [Ginta's face colors.] Ginta FX: 2 [Body vibrating with barely-repressed emotion, Ginta watches from the other side of the gate as Yuu calmly walks towards the front door.] narration: YOU... YOU BASTAR-R-RD!! narration: He listened to it all from the beginning, chose the time and appeared, didn't he! 3 [Pov shifts. We look past Yuu's shoulder, behind Yuu, at Ginta, who looks fit to be tied.] Ginta: HOLD IT, MATSUURA!! 4 [Yuu looks back over his shoulder.] Yuu: What is it...? --------------------------------------------------- p 15 1 Ginta: LOOKING AT YOU... Ginta: ...MAKES ME SICK!! 2 [Yuu looks back without much expression.] 3 Yuu: Hmm... Yuu: Looking at you, in particular, doesn't make me feel sick. --------------------------------------------------- p 16 1 Yuu: [blandly] You're someone who's not worth considering. [Ginta's eyes contract to tiny dots.] 2 [Ginta stares at the door that Yuu has just closed behind him.] door FX: 3 [Tight shot of Ginta's shoes and lower legs.] Ginta: G... 4 [He clenches his fist. His arm vibrating with emotion.] Ginta: G-- G-- 5 [Face flushed, Ginta clenches his teeth...] --------------------------------------------------- p 17 1 [...and let's loose down across all four panels of this page.] Ginta: GODDAMN I-I-I-IT! 2 [Yuu, back against the closed door, puts a finger into one ear.] Yuu: I'm telling you... You're too loud. 3 [Tight shot of the "Miki" sign on the outer doorknob to her bedroom.] 4 [Inside, Miki is sitting on the floor, staring down in shock.] --------------------------------------------------- p 18 1 [Miki profile--she looks at the floor in front of her, and ponders.] narration: Wh... What'll I do? Miki heartbeat FX: Miki: (What are you shouting for, Ginta...?) narration: Can't believe he'd start saying something like that... 2 Miki: [off] (WHAT'LL I DO...?!) 3 [Meiko speaks into a cordless telephone.] Meiko: I see... So *that's* what it was two years ago... 4 [Miki, having changed out of her school uniform, sits at her desk, likewise speaking into a cordless telephone.] Miki: That's the first time I've seen Ginta with such an expression on his face. --------------------------------------------------- p 19 1 [As she sits and talks on the phone, she visualizes Ginta's earnest expression from a little while earlier.] Miki: It didn't seem like the Ginta I know. Miki: I was somewhat... Frightened... 2 [Meiko smiles softly.] 3 [View pulls back to show Meiko sitting on the edge of her bed and wearing a dress.] Meiko: And so? What will you do? Miki: [phone] What should I do... Meiko: How vague... 4 [Katchan sits on Miki's desk, looking benignly up at her. Miki ignores him and continues to talk on the phone.] Miki: Because... Miki: Sure, I like Ginta as a friend... 5 [Miki relents and picks up Katchan.] Miki: But I had dropped him from consideration as a boyfriend. He's the one who made me do that. --------------------------------------------------- p 20 1 [Miki gazes at the Katchan in her hand as she holds up the receiver with her other hand.] Miki: And to be told to look at that in a totally different way... Miki: I don't know. 2 Meiko: [phone] There's Matsuura-kun, too, right? You're starting to like him, aren't you, Miki. [Miki's face flushes and she looks apoplectic.] Miki: NO, YOU'RE WRO... Meiko: [phone] Really? 3 [Miki merely blushes, frowning slightly...] 4 [...and closes her eyes.] Miki: I... I don't know. Miki: Maybe so... Miki: I don't want to admit it, but... 5 Meiko: [phone] So, if you had to choose one, which one would it be? Miki: [off] Wh-what are you saying... I don't know. --------------------------------------------------- p 21 1 [Meiko holds the phone away from her ear, smiling directly at it, as...] Miki: [phone] AHHHH, I DON'T KNOW ANY MORE. I DON'T KNOW-W-W! Meiko: You're completely mixed up, hm. 2 Meiko: [smiling] Why don't you get Ginta to give you some time to think it over at your own leisure? Meiko: About who you really like, and what in the world you want to do. 3 [Miki's face becomes calm.] Miki: 'Kay... Miki: I see. I'll do it that way. Miki: Thanks, Meiko... 4 [Filler art. Miki stands in casual yet fashionable clothes.] --------------------------------------------------- p 22 1 [Miki exits her room, closing the door behind her.] door FX: 2 [She becomes aware of a sound.] Yuu footsteps FX: [off] 3 [Yuu is ascending the stairs, towel draped around his neck.] 4 [He notices her.] 5 [Miki stares down at the floor, not meeting his eye.] Miki: You bathed already? So early... Yuu: Yahhh. 6 Yuu: [smiling] Did you want to bathe with me? [Her face colors and she glares up at him.] Miki: STUPID! 7 [She stands and watches Yuu as he walks down the hall to his own bedroom.] narration: He hasn't said a thing about earlier... --------------------------------------------------- p 23 1 [Another view as she watches Yuu, off-panel.] narration: I wonder if... narration: ...it doesn't matter to him. 2 [She turns away. We can see that, beyond her, Yuu has stopped to watch Miki walk away.] 3 [Closer shot of Yuu, watching Miki off-panel.] 4 [Exterior shot of a school building.] 5 [Miki's pov of Ginta, as he erases the blackboard.] Miki: [off] Ginta. --------------------------------------------------- p 24 1 [Ginta turns in surprise to find Miki gazing up at him, looking a bit meek.] 2 Ginta: Ahh... Ginta: Yes. 3 [View from the other side of the classroom, past their classmates, of Ginta and Miki standing face-to-face and looking rather formal. Both have their heads bowed slightly.] Miki: It's about yesterday... Miki: Because it was kind of sudden, I was surprised... Miki: And confused... And so... Umm. 4 [Miki blushes, head bowed slightly so as not to meet Ginta's eye. One hand nervously brushes at her cheek.] Miki: Will you let me think about it for a bit...? Miki: That is, keep things just as they were for now, until I've sorted out my feelings... Is that okay? 5 Ginta: Yeah... Ginta: Okay. I'll wait. 6 [Smiling, Miki lets out a puff of air.] Miki: Miki: Thank you. --------------------------------------------------- p 25 1 [Looking nervous, her eyes contract to points.] Miki: So, umm... Well, anyway... Miki move-away FX: Ginta: Uh-huh... 2 [Ginta's pov as Miki races out the classroom door.] 3 [Ginta stands there, silent.] 4 [Miki profile--she stares at the ground.] Miki: Whew-w-w! 5 [The two girls sit on a low wall, eating their box lunches. Meiko smiles over at Miki.] Meiko: Things will turn out whether or not you worry so much. Miki: Uh-huh... ===Sidebar=== FREE TALK (1): Since I had quite a huge response when I wrote in "Marmalade..." volume 1 about wrong characters in fan letters, I'm doing a bit of a follow-up. I forgot to write this the last time, but I also quite often see the mistake of "Ginta" --> "Tetsuda"*. <*Commentary: The kanji character switch here is from the correct = "silver" to = "iron/steel".> The person who wrote that was also the prize winner of the March '93 issue illustration, but maybe my editor, who chose it, didn't notice, or maybe he was shooting for favor on purpose? In the most recent examples of wrong characters, what was most amazing was a "Miki" --> "Miki"* one. <*Commentary: Both kanji characters and were incorrect. The original = "light + pray/hope-for" is now "three + trees".> Really, there was one. Where could that idea have come from...? Although, I can't be saying too much about others. It's also the case with me, writing wrong characters and later finding out and going, "Ah...! ." If you come across one, laugh and let it pass, 'kay? --------------------------------------------------- p 26 1 [Miki looks up, a bit mournfully, at the sky.] Miki: But I have to think it over completely. Me and... Ginta and Yuu. Miki: I wonder which one I like a lot...? 2 [She drops her gaze and frowns.] Miki: Somehow... I feel like I don't like either. Meiko: [forcing a smile] That's no good. You mustn't become desperate . 3 [Meiko smiles a playful smile, and holds up an index finger to her lips. Hearts float in the air around her.] Meiko: Well, then... Which kiss made you happier? Meiko: With Matsuura-kun in the health room? Or with Ginta after school in class...? 4 [Miki leaps to her feet, face flushed, and looms over Meiko. Meiko sweats.] Miki: DON'T SAY WEIRD THINGS!! Miki: Neither of those made me happy! Both of them ignored my feelings!! Meiko: D-don't take that seriously... Meiko: (Scary!) 5 [View of a sign on a door.] sign: Girls Tennis Team --------------------------------------------------- p 27 1 [Looking irritated, Miki exits a room, pushing open the door in front of her.] Miki: Jeez, that Meiko. Miki FX: door FX: 2 [View pulls back. She stands at the door to the locker room, dressed in tennis outfit and carrying her racket. She's surprised to find Ginta in the hall, closing the door to the adjacent room. He's also dressed in tennis outfit and carrying a racket.] dramatic FX: 3 [Miki portrait--she blushes.] Miki: Ah... 4 [Ginta portrait--he looks back, ill at ease.] 5 [The two walk down the hall together, both staring down at the floor.] Miki: ......... Ginta: ......... 6 [Tight shot of Miki's shoes and lower legs.] Miki: (Th-this silence is weighing heavy!! ) Miki: (What'll I do? I have to say something. Anything...) --------------------------------------------------- p 28 1 [A boy, dressed in tennis clothes, rushes up with a concerned look on his face.] boy 1: GINTA!! boy 1: It's terrible! Kondou is... 2 Ginta: Eh...! Ginta: He fell on his bicycle and got a fracture?! 3 [The tennis coach leans back against the chain-link fence that surrounds the tennis courts.] Namura-sensei: It doesn't seem serious, but... Next month's invitational match isn't possible, is it. Namura-sensei: We were having him play doubles, paired with Suou, but... 4 [His teammates try to console Ginta, who stares at the ground.] boy 1: That's it, then... boy 1: What are you going to do? boy 1: The other first-years are just beginners... 5 [The girls gather and talk. Miki looks off-panel, towards Ginta.] girl 1: Looks awful for the boys team. girl 2: I hear that Kondou-kun suffered a fracture. 6 [Namura-sensei and Ginta approach super-deformed style, Namura holding up an index finger at Ginta, who lowers his gaze and sweats. Ginta also cocks a fist.] Namura-sensei: Well, let's do this! I'll pretend to be a first-year, and... Ginta: I'm gonna sock you, Natchan. Ginta: This isn't the time to be making jokes! 7 [Namura-sensei looks over at two tennis team members who are in a heated discussion.] Namura-sensei: (I was sorta being serious.) boy 1: It can't be helped! boy 2: We'll practice now, and... --------------------------------------------------- p 29 1 [Miki raises a hand to her mouth, which is open in exclamation.] Miki: Ah... Miki: That's right! Yuu! 2 [Miki addresses Namura-sensei.] Miki: Natchan, let's ask Yuu! Namura-sensei: Eh? Matsuura? Miki: Yeah. He said he was on the tennis team in junior high. 3 [She races off, yelling over her shoulder.] Miki: Maybe he's still around. I'll go call him! 4 [Ginta clenches his teeth, sweating.] Ginta: Matsuura-a-a...? 5 [Filler art. Miki stands in matching hat, coat and short skirt, with black gloves, stockings and boots.] --------------------------------------------------- p 30 1 [Yuu stands in tennis outfit, looking a bit irritated.] Yuu: What the heck is this? You even made me change clothes. caption with arrow pointing at his shirt: Borrowed from a team member. Yuu: Joining the team is not something I'm inter... 2 [Beaming, Miki holds out a racket to him. Yuu sweats.] Miki: That's okay. Just try a few strokes. 'Kay?! Miki: Here's a racket. Yuu: Ehhhh?! 3 [Namura-sensei holds up a tennis ball.] Namura-sensei: Here it comes, Matsuura! 4 [The serve comes hurtling onward.] ball FX: 5 [Yuu returns it with a forehand shot.] ball FX: 6 Namura-sensei: (Oh...!) Namura-sensei: Good, isn't he. --------------------------------------------------- p 31 1 [Montage of Yuu-as-tennis-god shots.] 2 [Miki gapes as do most of her teammates.] boy 3: Beautiful form! crowd: WAH...! boy 1: Ama-a-azing. boy 2: He's good! --------------------------------------------------- p 32 1 [Looking off-panel, Ginta watches, with a look of distaste.] Ginta: Hmmph... Being good and being strong are two different things... Ginta: Even if all he has is good form, if he can't win... Namura-sensei: [off] Then let's try and play a 4-game match. 2 [Yuu hits a return.] crowd: 1-1. crowd: 2-1. 3 [So does Namura-sensei.] crowd: 3-2. 4 [Ginta stares off-panel, stunned. He's flanked by 4 guys and 2 girls. The boys looked stunned as well, but the girls look ecstatic.] crowd: 4-2, Matsuura! boy 4: Ama-a-azing. crowd: WAHHH! girl 3: He beat Natcha-a-an! 5 Yuu: A school festival program invitational match? 6 Namura-sensei: Right. It's an annual tradition. Namura-sensei: Singles matches are for two 2nd-year students, and doubles matches are two 2nd-year and one 1st-year pairs for a total of 5 matches. --------------------------------------------------- p 33 1 [View of the chain-link fence and some trees beyond it.] Namura-sensei: [off] But the team member who should be paired with Suou in 1st-year doubles is injured. I wonder if you'd come out and pinch-hit for us. You don't have to join the team, but I wish you'd just play that match. 2 Yuu: But... Suou doesn't like me... Yuu: And to pair with a partner who's disliked by the other is sorta... 3 [Yuu sweats as Ginta suddenly clasps him by the shoulders, looms over him, and earnestly exclaims...] Ginta: WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, MATSUURA? Aren't we classmates?!! Ginta hands FX: Yuu: Eh? 4 [Ginta and three male teammates beam smiles and celebrate.] boy 1: Great, Ginta! Now everything's cool. Ginta: Right, Sempai! Let's do our best! boy 2: We'll definitely win! 5 [Standing next to a beaming Namura-sensei, Yuu looks dully off-panel.] Yuu: It sorta looks like I'm being ignored... Namura-sensei: Don't worry about trifles like that. 6 [Sweating, Yuu turns to stare at the still-beaming Namura-sensei.] 7 Namura-sensei: Anyway, I leave it all to you. If you show up for the match, your fans will increase, too!! --------------------------------------------------- p 34 1 [Yuu's pov of Namura-sensei as he walks away.] 2 [Yuu looks askance, off-panel, at Namura-sensei while Miki, who stands beside him, beams happily.] Yuu: Namura really is suited for teaching, isn't he. For some reason, it makes me nervous about opposing that refreshingly smiling face... Yuu: They say he seems like the model of a "nice guy," huh... Miki: He really is a nice guy. Natchan is. He's our school's most popular teacher. 3 [Yuu turns on her, face highly irritated.] Yuu: Anyway, as for that... Why do I have to participate in this match? This is your fault! Miki: S-sorry. It's okay, 'cause you're good at it, Yuu. 4 [Ginta hooks a thumb, pointing back over his shoulder.] Ginta: Matsuura! Ginta: One moment. 5 [Ginta's pov of Yuu and Miki, who stare back.] 6 [Ginta leans idly back against the chain-link fence. Tennis balls are strewn on the ground around them. Yuu stands nearby.] --------------------------------------------------- p 35 1 Ginta: It's true, I don't want to pair up with you. 2 [Yuu drops his gaze. A few hairs sproing loose and he sweats.] Yuu: ...... I see. Yuu: I didn't do this because I wanted to, either. Ginta: [off] But it can't be helped. 3 [Yuu's pov of Ginta, who stares hard at nothing in particular across the court.] Ginta: Just this once, I can't lose. Ginta: Our opponent is a guy who I definitely don't want to lose to!! 4 [Yuu looks inquiringly at Ginta, off-panel.] Yuu: ......? 5 [Tight shot of the hall sign outside a classroom.] sign: Year 1, Class B 6 [Yuu's pov of Ginta, who approaches him in class, one hand in his pants pocket.] Ginta: Matsuura! Ginta: Did you bring your tennis clothes and racket? --------------------------------------------------- p 36 1 [Yuu looks up from his desk in blank surprise. Ginta stares down at him, hands on hips.] Yuu: Eh? Why? The match isn't today, is it. Ginta: There's practice. 2 Ginta: [off] It can't be helped. Well, I'll lend you mine. Starting tomorrow, bring your own, like you're supposed to! [Sweating, Yuu rises to his feet.] Yuu chair FX: Yuu: W-- 3 [The two square off and Yuu exclaims in Ginta's calm face. Lightning crackles in the background.] Yuu: Wait a minute! That isn't what was said!! "Just for the match is fine," that's what... Ginta: So it's only natural that you show up to practice for it, too, isn't it. I won't allow you to say no! 4 [Yuu can only stare, vexed, off-panel at Ginta as he walks away.] Ginta: [off] Now that you've accepted, take full responsibility!! Yuu: Oo... 5 [Isolated shot of the chain-link fence and some trees beyond it.] 6 [The tennis ball is returned smartly.] ball FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 37 1 [Ginta pumps a fist, grinning off-panel, across court at his shot. Behind him, Yuu watches disinterestedly.] Ginta: ALL RIGHT! Today, my volleys are in top form!! 2 [Yuu drops his gaze, sweating.] Yuu: How unpleasant... It's okay if a hot-blooded guy like this blazes freely by himself, but he's dragging others into it... Yuu FX: 3 [Ginta looks back at Yuu over his shoulder. Yuu still has his gaze dropped.] Ginta: Did you say something? Yuu: Not really... 4 [Ginta watches Yuu, off-panel.] narration: But... 5 [Ginta's pov of Yuu, standing with racket in hand.] narration: It's so easy... When I pair up with him... narration: Since he covers me so well, I can move with authority. --------------------------------------------------- p 38 1 [Ginta rolls his eyes at Yuu's back.] Ginta: (Damn! Why is he good at tennis as well? I'm so mad...) Yuu: ? A chill... 2 [Two of Miki's teammates smile and watch. Miki, walking nearby, looks off- panel as well.] girl 4: It's going quite well. The pairing of Ginta and Yuu. girl 5: Really, really. Won't they win if it's like this? 3 [Closeup of Miki, who stands and ponders, staring off-panel.] narration: No doubt... narration: They're very much in rhythm. Miki: (Didn't expect this.) 4 [Her pov of Ginta as he prepares to serve. Ginta's back is towards her.] 5 [Tighter shot of Miki. The left side of her face to be exact. The eye appears to lose focus.] 6 [A gray panel.] narration: Ginta... --------------------------------------------------- p 39 1 [Her gaze softens a bit, into a slight frown.] narration: Why didn't you tell me back then? Why tell me when it's too late? narration: Ginta, you idiot. 2 [Miki realizes she's been staring at Ginta, and that Ginta is puzzled and staring wide-eyed back.] Miki FX: 3 [Miki blushes and jerks her gaze away.] Miki head FX: 4 [Ginta stares wide-eyed.] 5 [Back towards a frazzled Ginta, Miki sweats and goggles her eyes up to the sky.] Miki: (Oo-wah... I messed u-u-up.) Miki: (I plainly averted my face from him.) --------------------------------------------------- p 40 1 [She clenches her eyes shut, raises both hands to her mouth, and cringes. Her thought bubbles explode around her.] Miki: (I'm sorry, Ginta. You were hurt, right?) Miki: (But, but...) Miki: (I don't know what I should do-o-o...) 2 [Ginta's face falls.] Ginta: ......... caption with arrow pointing at Ginta: Was soundly hurt. 3 [Tight shot of his shoes and ankles.] narration: That Miki. narration: Where's the "keep things just as they were"?! 4 [Panels 4-5 comprise a profile shot of Ginta's face, as he stares down at the ground.] narration: When she sees me, she takes on a look of fright. narration: She looks away. narration: Even when we're talking, she won't look at me. 5 narration: I shouldn't have said something like that... narration: If it was going to be this unpleasant... --------------------------------------------------- p 41 1 [Face glaring, Ginta raises his head and looks about.] Ginta: Damn! At a time like this, I'll practice smashes! Hey, Matsuura. Give me some lobs... 2 [Ginta stares at the empty space where Yuu once was.] Ginta: Eh? Yuu FX: 3 boy 5: If you're looking for Matsuura, he left the court a little while ago... 4 [Ginta is livid.] Ginta: ...BASTARD! Ginta: RAN AWAY, DID HE-E-E!! 5 [Exterior shot of the library building.] 6 [Ginta storms across the campus, searching from side to side.] Ginta: MATSUURA-A-A! WHERE'D YOU GO, YOU JERK? --------------------------------------------------- p 42 1 [Yuu is sitting on the floor inside the library building, back against the wall below one of the windows.] Ginta: [off] SHOW YOURSE-E-ELF! Yuu: (Oh no.) 2 [Yuu peers out the window.] narration: You gotta be kidding. narration: You think I've got time to hang around with you any time soon? 3 [He leans over to pull a book off a nearby shelf.] Yuu: (I'll just cool off here for a bit.) 4 [Yuu sits on the floor of an aisle, open book on the floor before him. He becomes aware of some noises off-panel.] door FX: [off] 5 [Tight shot of a girl's shoes and lower legs, and a man's shoes and pants cuffs.] girl: It's all right... No one's around. 6 [Yuu looks off-panel, in the direction of the voices.] --------------------------------------------------- p 43 1 [Tight shot of the lower legs of the unknown couple.] girl: I was next door in the reading room all this time... No one's come here. girl: The two of us are all alone. 2 [Yuu still looks in the direction of the voices, but they come from around the corner of the bookcase.] narration: How naive. narration: A person who came in through the window is here. 3 [Tight shot of the lower legs of the unknown couple. The girl is apparently leaning in close and beginning to go on tiptoe.] girl: I love... 4 [Yuu sweats and drops his gaze.] narration: Quit it, willya. A place like this... This couple is annoying! Yuu: (Well, it is the best place for a secret rendezvous... It's quiet, and people don't come here...) --------------------------------------------------- p 44 1 [Still seated on the floor, Yuu leans over towards the corner of the bookcase to sneak a peek.] narration: They plan to be here for a while, hm. I wonder if I should leave through the window... 2 [What he sees off-panel surprises him.] 3 [It is Meiko and Namura-sensei, beginning to embrace.] --------------------------------------------------- p 45 1 [They kiss.] narration: Namura-sensei... And... 2 [Yuu stares.] narration: AKIZUKI?! --------------------------------------------------- -------------------End of Chapter------------------ --------------------------------------------------- Scorecard: Rumi <---> Youji Miki <---> Yuu ^ ^ ^ ^ | | | | v v v Jin <---> Chiyako Ginta Arimi Meiko <---> Natchan ---------------------------------------------------