Marmalade Boy Volume 6, Chapter 1 pages 2-37 Written and illustrated by Yoshizumi Wataru Translation & editing by : Craig Nishida Additional translation by : Paul Hirose Yutaka Sasagawa Last revision : 97-10-05 Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? Please send them to: mboy-trans@soyokaze.biosci.ohio-state.edu --------------------------------------------------- p 2 [Portraits of the characters accompany the following captions. The captions for Miki and Yuu run around their portraits, with arrows pointing from one section to the next.] heading: Introducing the Cast of Characters caption: Akizuki Meiko Close friend of Miki. A person of solid character. caption: Koishikawa Miki Likes Yuu Brightly --> Spirited and --> Simple personality. caption: Suou Ginta Miki's classmate. Likes Arimi. caption: Tsuchiya Kei A guy who's a co-worker at Miki's part-time job. caption: Matsuura Yuu What's his relationship with Miki? Shares same house with Miki --> Is cool, but --> ...a bit mean. caption: Suzuki Arimi Yuu's old girlfriend. text: The Story up thru (5). [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] Yuu seems to have found his real father, but, in the end, he isn't able to find him. Miki revealed her feelings to a grieving Yuu. And the two of them share the same feelings towards each other!! (But it's a secret from their parents .) [paragraph 3] One day, it was decided that Yuu will appear in a commercial. On top of that, he co-stars with a popular model by the name of Sakuma Suzu! Yuu is liked by Suzu, and he tutors her, too. [paragraph 4] Miki was a bit uneasy... But she made a promise to go on a trip alone with Yuu on summer break. She has to do her best and earn money! [paragraph 5] Miki started working part-time at a cute ice cream shop. There, she meets a guy named Tsuchiya Kei, and... --------------------------------------------------- p 3 1 [Night falls over the Koishikawa-Matsuura residence.] 2 [Jin smiles at the cup of Bobson's ice cream that he holds in his hand.] Jin: Ohh. Jin: Tastes good! 3 [The four parents sit at the dining table, all happily eating ice cream. Rumi turns to smile over her shoulder at Miki, who is sitting on a sofa in the living room.] Chiyako: It's really delicious! Youji: You started working at a good place, huh, Miki-chan. Rumi: You'll bring some back home again, right? 4 Miki: That's no good. It wasn't given to me; I bought it. Unlike cakes, there's no leftover ice cream... Miki: Today is special! 5 [A view over the top of Miki's head shows the four adults looking angrily at her. Miki sweats.] Chiyako/Youji/Jin/Rumi FX: Miki: I get it... I'll go buy some again! 6 [She lets out a sigh.] Miki: Whew... --------------------------------------------------- p 4-5 [TITLE PAGES] 1 [A montage of three Miki portraits.] Title: MARMALADE BOY [6] --------------------------------------------------- p 6 1 [Filler art. Miki stands in hat, striped top and pants.] --------------------------------------------------- p 7 1 [A portrait of the boy Miki met in the walk-in freezer at work.] narration: That guy... narration: ...didn't come into the store after that... Which means he went out the back door. narration: I wonder if he works there, too. 2 [Her face resting in her hands, Miki thinks hard. She blushes and sweats a bit.] narration: Ooo, I'm so embarrassed . He didn't need to come in there, of all places! narration: I wonder if he saw them. My underpants... 3 [Her eyes pop wide.] Miki: Ah! 4 [Filler art. Tiny tot drawings of Miki, Yuu and Ginta. They carry flowers and walk from right to left.] --------------------------------------------------- p 8 1 [Her pov of her left wrist.] 2 [View pulls back to show her seated at the sofa still. She's staring in horror at her wrist.] Miki: (THE BRACELET!! IT'S GO-O-ONE!!) 2 [Pov from the dining room table as Chiyako and Youji turn to watch Miki race from the room.] narration: That's right. I put it in my apron!! Miki FX: 3 [A view of the four, faces perplexed.] Chiyako/Jin/Rumi/Youji: ? Youji: What's this? All of a sudden... 4 [Miki's view of her uniform, laid out on the floor.] 5 [Her bookbag and its contents, also laid out on the floor.] --------------------------------------------------- p 9 1 [View pulls back to show Miki on the floor, pale and gazing at the items on the floor.] Miki: (GONE!!) Miki: (Even in my apron and bag...) Miki: (It isn't anywhe-e-ere!!) 2 [Flashback. Miki topples off the short ladder as the boy races forward to catch her.] narration: It's lost. I'm sure, back then... narration: Or, if not then, then when I changed clothes... 3 [Tears start welling in her horror-stricken eyes.] Miki: You're kidding. Oh no-o-o... Miki tears FX: narration: Even though it's something important that I got from Yuu! Even though it's my treasured item that I liked very very much!! --------------------------------------------------- p 10 1 [She clenches her eyes shut and shakes her head violently.] Miki: (Uh-uh, I mustn't give up!) Miki shake-head FX: Miki: (If I look for it re-e-eally carefully at the store tomorrow, I'll definitely find it!!) 2 [View of the Bobson's sign.] Miki: [off] (I can find it, right!?!) 3 [Closeup of Miki's despondent face.] Miki: ......... Miki: Sure enough, it's gone... 4 [She squats on the floor, eyes shut.] Miki FX: narration: Maybe the cleaning person didn't notice it and threw it away. narration: Ahhhh, what a shock... I can't recover... 5 [She springs forward, face peering at the floor.] Miki: !! Wait! Maybe it's in the gap between the floorboards... Miki FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 11 1 [The lady manager and the boy from before stand and stare at Miki off-panel. Both sweat. The manager looks a bit worried, too.] Miki: [off] Ahhhh, drat it... I can't see clearly. Jee-ee-eez! Miki FX: [off] manager: What are you doing, Koishikawa-san? 2 [Their view of Miki, who looks up from where she's crawling on the floor.] Miki: Huh? 3 [Profile view of the three. Everyone's eyes are dots. Miki blushes deeply and sweats.] Miki: Ah. ...... has two of those "tick-marks" on it.> --------------------------------------------------- p 12 1 [Exterior view of the store.] 2 [Miki and the boy stand behind the ice cream counter. Both face forward, neither looking at the other.] 3 [Miki sneaks a look.] Miki FX: 4 [Her view of Kei.] manager's narration: Let me introduce Tsuchiya Kei-kun. manager's narration: Maybe he's your sempai working here by about 2 months longer than you, Koishikawa-san. at work due to the fact he's got 2 months seniority on her there.> 5 [Flashback. Miki's view of the two. The manager smiles as she gestures towards Kei, who stands next to her.] manager's narration: Learn a lot and get along well together, please! narration: I should really like to do that... narration: But this is so awkward... I've only been seen looking disgraceful like that again and again... 6 [Sweating, Miki forces a wide smile and turns to Kei.] Miki: (B--! But he's my coworker. I have to hurry and get along with him!) Miki: Excuse me! --------------------------------------------------- p 13 1 [She turns to face towards him, but he just peers back at her from the corner of his eye.] Miki: Your name's so cool. Is it okay if I call you "Kei-kun"? 2 [He pointedly turns his eyes away from her, and closes them.] Kei: Yah... Kei FX: 3 [Miki looks blankly.] 4 [View of a wall.] narration: What an unsociable guy... Miki: [off] S-sorry about yesterday... Did it hurt? You were there all of a sudden, so I was surprised. 5 [Kei doesn't move nor speak. Miki's eyes contract to dots.] Kei: ......... FX: ===Sidebar=== FREE TALK (1): Today is 12/21/94. I moved 3 days ago and I'm writing this at the new workplace. (I'm getting them to postpone the deadline...) Time flies; it's already been 9 months since the start of the "Marmalade" anime telecast. I have the feeling that since I couldn't write any Free Talk in volume 5, maybe it's a little too late now, but I'm going to try and write several things about anime and such. The good point about the anime version, of course, is that animation, voices, and music are added. When the skilled performances of the voice actors follow in synch with the characters' movements, and the drama is stirred up with more and more music, then, somehow, they become scenes that are awfully better than even the original work, so I'm happy. Recently, the story has been entirely overtaken and the anime is turning into an original development, and since the fine points aren't known even by me, the author, (although I'm informed of the general outline) I'm watching it with a fresh (?) feeling. --------------------------------------------------- p 14 1 [Miki sweats and smiles.] Miki: You weren't working yesterday, were you? Why were you there? 2 [Kei looks the other way as he answers. Miki's eyes contract to dots.] Kei: When I came to get something I'd left behind... Kei FX: Kei: The coldroom door wasn't shut properly, so I went inside to check... 3 [Miki glares. The background turns dark and angry.] Miki FX: 4 Miki: [off] Hey! Miki FX: [off] 5 [Yelling, she grabs him by his arm and spins him around to face her.] Miki: When you're talking to someone, turn and face this way like you should, huh! You're being rude, y'know?! --------------------------------------------------- p 15 1 [Kei stares at her.] 2 [She glares back.] 3 Kei: BWA! 4 [He convulses in laughter.] Kei: BWA HA HA HA HA! 5 Miki: ?! --------------------------------------------------- p 16 1 [Kei tries to cover his mouth as he continues to laugh merrily.] Kei: I-it's just too funny-y-y. It's because you've looked ridiculously uncool since yesterday. Kei: I was trying to avoid looking at your face as much as possible... And desperately...trying not to burst out laughing! 2 [Miki's face turns expressionless as she watches Kei off-panel. Her face is flushed slightly and she sweats.] Kei: [off] I can't sto-o-op! Ahh, it hu-u-urts! 3 [Still laughing uncontrollably, Kei puts out his right hand to steady himself. Off panel, it lands in something squishy.] Kei: Ha ha ha ha... Kei hand FX: [off] 4 [Tight shot of his hand resting in some ripple ice cream.] 5 [Kei stops laughing and stares at his hand. Both he and Miki sweat.] --------------------------------------------------- p 17 1 [Miki covers her mouth, trying to keep from laughing...] Miki: 2 [...but she lets it out, laughing and pointing at Kei. Kei pulls his hand out, and stares at it. He still sweats.] Miki: Miki: Uncoo-o-ool! Miki: Ohhhh! You can't talk about others, either! Kei hand FX: 3 [He turns to look at Miki off-panel, without expression.] Miki: [off] 4 [His eyes open a bit wider, as he watches Miki off-panel.] ===Sidebar=== FREE TALK (2): Occasionally, I get a letter that says, "Why is the anime different from the original?" or "I want them to do the original work," but since the amount of original story is totally insufficient, it can't be helped. It's because "Ribbon" is a monthly, but the anime is weekly. Well, even though the contents and the characters' personalities and the roles differ a little, please don't mind too much, and please enjoy both the original work and the anime, 'kay. As for the anime's original story, it's in the hands of the production staff, and generally, they've kindly consulted with me beforehand on the makeup of the story. And so, my desires have been heard, too. Like, please don't make anyone die, and don't make things too gloomy... [Two tiny facial portraits. Both are captioned with their names, and both are sweating. By the way, "Anju" is a character who only appears in the anime.] text: (2 people who almost looked like they'd die.) captions: Natchan. Anju. --------------------------------------------------- p 18 1 [The view of Miki that has struck Kei. She smiles and laughs merrily.] 2 [Kei gently smiles.] --------------------------------------------------- p 19 1 [Miki's pov of Kei, who looks back in a bit of surprise.] Kei: A 3rd-year at Touryou University's affiliated high school, huh. Then, you're one year older than me. 2 Miki: Kei-kun, you're 2nd-year? Which high school? 3 [He turns to look away, his face looking serious.] Kei: ......... I'm not going right now. 4 Miki: [wide-eyed] ... I see... 5 [Kei stares darkly towards the store entrance off-panel. Miki studies him out of the corner of her eye.] narration: A dark expression. Maybe there's a reason... --------------------------------------------------- p 20 1 [View of the bilingual menu on the wall.] Miki: [off] Say, Kei-kun... Do you like music? 2 [He turns to look at her off-panel, startled.] Kei: Huh...?! 3 [Miki is beaming at Kei and holding up a forefinger. Kei's expression is blank.] Miki: When I met you the first time, I sorta had that kind of feeling... Playing in a band maybe, or something like that... Miki: A guitar and a mike would look good on you! Kei: ......... 4 [Her pov. Again, he turns away and his eyes look far-off and distant.] Kei: I don't play. Kei: I have no interest in music. 5 [Miki looks wide-eyed and curious.] Miki: ......... Hmm...? --------------------------------------------------- p 21 1 [View of the overhead menu.] Kei: [off] Never mind that. What were you doing a little while ago? Crawling on the floor... Miki: [off] Ahhhh, that... 2 Miki: [off] I was looking for a bracelet. It looks like I dropped it here yesterday... [Kei's face registers something.] Kei: Ah, if that's what it was... 3 [Closing her eyes, Miki lets out a sigh.] Miki: Drat it! It's a terrible shock! Miki: It's something special that my boyfriend gave me for Christmas! 4 [Kei's eyes open wide.] 5 Kei: [off] Hmm... You have a boyfriend. Miki: [off] Uh-huh . His name is Yuu. ===Sidebar=== FREE TALK (3): "If it becomes animated, will letters from male anime fans increase?" ...is what I was thinking, but it was nothing like that. What RAPIDLY INCREASED-- particularly unexpectedly--were letters from HOUSEWIVES. Mothers in their late-20s to early-30s, while watching with their small children, came to like the show more than them...which is pretty much how the pattern took shape. All say that they're "recalling their days of youth," and are enjoying it. Anyway, the fact that elementary and junior high girls are the targets of "Ribbon" enters into my mind as I write, but that others beside that target group can also get to enjoy it is really a great honor and I'm very happy. Incidentally, with adult women, Yuu has an overwhelming popularity. --------------------------------------------------- p 22 1 Miki: Say, the bracelet. Didn't it fall somewhere? It's gold with 3 tiny pearls lined up in a row... 2 Kei: No... I haven't seen it. 3 [Miki's face falls.] Miki: I see... Miki FX: 4 [Kei studies Miki, who stands with her eyes downcast and looking sad.] 5 [Yuu and Ginta walk along the sidewalk, both in school uniform and carrying their bookbags.] sign: Books Ginta: Working at an ice cream shop? Miki? --------------------------------------------------- p 23 1 Ginta: Is that all right? The club activities are really hard this time of year, with summer meets coming up! Ginta: Can she do all that at once? 2 [Yuu's face registers surprise, like he hadn't thought of that before.] Yuu: I wonder... 3 [View of the buildings alongside the street.] Yuu: [off] Then I'll tell her not to overwork herself too much. Ginta: [off] Yeahhh... That's good. 4 [View of Ginta's foot as he comes to a halt.] 5 [Yuu looks at Ginta in surprise. Ginta is staring at something off-panel.] Yuu: Suou? 6 [View over Ginta's shoulder, at a couple walking on the opposite side.] 7 [It's Murai with his arms over the shoulders of a girl. I guess those weird eyes are meant to show she's a foreign girl. ^_^] --------------------------------------------------- p 24 1 [Ginta glares.] Ginta: (THAT GU-U-UY!! WHAT'S HE DOING?!! WHAT'S WRONG WITH SUZUKI-SAN? WHAT ABOUT SUZUKI-SAN!!) 2 [Sweating, Ginta claps a hand to his forehead and shuts his eyes.] narration: N-no. Calm down. Unfaithfulness isn't the only answer. narration: A kid sister, or a relative are possibilities, too... 3 [Still with hand to forehead, Ginta's face colors and the background grows darker and angrier.] 4 [Abruptly, Ginta runs forward, leaving Yuu to gasp in surprise.] Ginta: (IS THERE A REASON LIKE THAT?! THAT'S A FOREIGNER!) Ginta FX: Yuu: Ah! Suou!?! --------------------------------------------------- p 25 1 [Ginta's pov as Murai turns at the sound.] Ginta: [off] Hey! 2 [Ginta connects with a straight right to Murai's face.] Ginta fist FX: 3 [View pulls back. Murai is on the ground and the girl covers her mouth in horror.] girl: Kyaaaaaa! --------------------------------------------------- p 26 1 [Murai gets up, clutching his injured cheek. The girl cowers behind him.] 2 Ginta: [yelling] Suzuki-san is terribly hurt by what happened with Matsuura!! Ginta: Don't do anything that'll make her even more sad! 3 [Murai's expression hardens.] Murai: 4 [Murai connects with Ginta's cheek.] Murai: What are you doing all of a sudden? Murai fist FX: Murai: Don't talk nonsense!! --------------------------------------------------- p 27 1 [Ginta looks like he's ready for more, but Yuu holds his arm back.] Ginta: Asshole... Yuu: Suou, stop! Quit it!! 2 [Murai glares.] 3 [Closeup of Ginta's eyes.] 4 [Eyes downcast, Ginta pulls his arm out of Yuu's grasp...] Ginta arm FX: 5 [...and turns to run back down the sidewalk.] Yuu: Suou! --------------------------------------------------- p 28 1 [Yuu, Murai and the girl stare at Ginta as he runs off.] Murai: What's with that guy?! Isn't he a little weird?! 2 [View of a school building.] title: Sakaki Academy 3 [Closeup of Ginta's determined and bruised face.] Ginta FX: 4 [View pulls back. He walks across the school, in the opposite direction that many of the Sakaki students are walking. His uniform makes him stand out.] 5 [Carrying a tennis racket, Tsutomu registers surprise at something seen off- panel.] Tsutomu: Oh?! Ginta... 6 [Tsutomu yells at Ginta's retreating back. Ginta continues on, a man with a purpose.] Tsutomu: Hey-y-y, Ginta. What are you here for? I said, hey! Ginta FX: 7 Tsutomu: ? --------------------------------------------------- p 29 1 [Arimi and a track teammate talk and laugh together.] 2 [From behind, Ginta stops and yells. His face is determined. Arimi turns to look.] Ginta: SUZUKI-SAN! 3 Arimi: [sweating] Suou-kun?! Ohh... What happened to your face...? Ginta: STOP SEEING THAT GUY! 4 Ginta: He was walking with his arm around another girl's shoulder!! Instead of someone like that, there are lots of other nice guys... 5 [Arimi stares blankly (and cutely ^_^).] --------------------------------------------------- p 30 1 Arimi: [off] W-wait a sec. What do you mean, "that guy..."? Ginta: [off] It's him!! Murai or whatever of the fan club. 2 Arimi: You mean, Murai-san had his arm around a girl's shoulder... What's so special about that? Arimi: It was Emily from the American school, right? Murai-san's girlfriend? [Ginta can only stare at Arimi, blankly.] 3 [His eyes contract to dots and he sweats.] 4 Ginta: [off] EHH!?! You aren't going out with that guy, Suzuki-san... Arimi: [off] No way! Why would I? 5 Ginta: B-because... He was hitting on you, right? On top of that, I saw the two of you at a coffee shop recently... --------------------------------------------------- p 31 1 [Flowers fill the background. A pair of scissors embeds itself in Ginta's head.] Arimi: HOW STUPID. scissors in Ginta's head FX: 2 Arimi: [hands on hips] One goes with anyone to just a coffee shop, right?! First of all, I'm not being hit on. Arimi: Sure, Murai-san and the others like me, and they were doting on me, but that was just playing around. Playing around! All three of them have their proper and real girlfriends at other schools! 3 Ginta: [sweating] Wha... [Arimi scratches her chin and studies the sky.] Arimi: Oh. Maybe it was just Tomishige-san who was dumped last year, and now is free. Well, but it makes no difference... 4 Arimi: Anyway... I also agreed to go out to play with their fan club. On top of that, ever since they graduated I haven't seen them at all. I have nothing to do with them anymore! --------------------------------------------------- p 32 1 [Her view of Ginta, who stares at the ground, hairs sproinging loose.] 2 [Wide-eyed, he stares unfocused. Ginta: You're kidding... Ginta: I felt so sure... Ginta: ...that you'd be hurt again, Suzuki-san... 3 [Arimi's eyes widen.] 4 Ginta: I struck someone. For the first time in my life... Ginta: What'll I do-o-o? 5 [Arimi reaches out to rest a hand on Ginta's forearm.] --------------------------------------------------- p 33 1 [Ginta looks at Arimi in surprise.] Arimi: You were thinking I'd be hurt? 2 [She gazes up at him.] Arimi: This was for me...? 3 Ginta FX: Ginta: Uh... 4 [She smiles merrily.] Arimi: --------------------------------------------------- p 34 1 [She takes him by the hand.] Arimi: Let's go. Ginta: [off] Eh? Where...? Arimi: [off] The health room. I'll treat your wound for you. 2 [A bubbly view of Arimi.] 3 [Ginta, with a dazed look.] 4 [Someone's view as Arimi and Ginta walk away, hand in hand.] 5 [From behind a chain-link fence, Tsutomu stares. A gong goes off in his head.] Tsutomu FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 35 1 [View of the store sign outside.] 2 [Miki stands in her work uniform, looking a bit ill.] Miki FX: 3 narration: I'm feeling kinda bad... narration: Doing both tennis and work lately was pretty harsh, so maybe I've piled up the fatigue... Kei: Hey, you're looking pale!! 4 [View of the front doors and wall.] Kei: [off] Take a break on the 2nd floor. Anyway, there aren't many customers around... Miki: [off] Okay. Thanks... 5 [Miki reels...] Miki FX: 6 [...and collapses towards Kei. Kei holds her up by her arms.] Kei: Hey...! --------------------------------------------------- p 36 1 Miki: I'm sorry... Feeling a bit faint... 2 [Eyes closed and sweating, she leans against him.] Miki: I'm all right. It's no big deal... 3 [Kei's eyes grow large.] 4 Kei hug FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 37 1 [Still sweating, Miki opens her eyes slightly.] Miki: (?!) Miki: (Kei-kun...?) 2 [View pulls away. Off in front of the store, watching thru the glass front doors, is a familiar figure in school uniform.] 3 [Closeup of Suzu-chan, staring at the two inside.] --------------------------------------------------- -------------------End of Chapter------------------ --------------------------------------------------- Scorecard: Miki <---> Yuu Meiko ---> Natchan ^ ^ ^ | | | | | | Kei Suzu Satoshi (Miwa) Ginta <---> Arimi Rumi <---> Youji ^ ^ ^ | | | | v v Tsutomu Jin <---> Chiyako (Rokutanda) ---------------------------------------------------