Marmalade Boy Volume 6, Chapter 2 pages 39-69 Written and illustrated by Yoshizumi Wataru Translation & editing by : Craig Nishida Additional translation by : Paul Hirose Yutaka Sasagawa Additional editing by : Chris Rijk Jeanne Hedge Last revision : 05-11-97 Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? Please send them to: mboy-trans@soyokaze.biosci.ohio-state.edu --------------------------------------------------- p 39 1 [Kei embraces Miki behind the ice cream counter.] 2 [Miki's eyes pop open...] 3 [...and she pushes herself away from him.] Miki: Ah... Sorry. I'm all right now. Thanks... 4 [A view of the hanging light fixtures.] 5 [Filler art. SD-versions of Miki, Yuu and Ginta parade past, holding large flowers. Yuu's brushes Ginta smack in the face, irritating Ginta. Miki laughs.] --------------------------------------------------- p 40 1 [Miki trudges up the stairs, sweating in thought.] narration: Just now, it seemed like I was sort of... narration: ...hugged by Kei-kun... Miki footstep FX: 2 [She laughs heartily.] Miki: Can't be! He was only holding me up. Miki: Miki: I'm being way too self-conscious... 3 [She reels. Her eyes swirl.] Miki FX: Miki: Woo. Miki: Again... 4 [She stumbles off.] Miki: This isn't good... I'm pretty pooped. Miki FX: Miki: I'm leaving early . 5 [Meanwhile, outside, Suzu is running pell-mell down the sidewalk away from the scene she just witnessed.] --------------------------------------------------- p 41 1 [Closeup. Blushing, her face is set with determination.] narration: What was that?!! That Miki-san! narration: Even though she has someone like Yuu-sensei, she's doing something like tha-a-at!! 2 [A black panel. In a framed inset we see the Koishikawa-Matsuura residence.] Suzu: [off] (I won't forgive her! I'll NEVER forgive her!!) 3 [Tight shot of a TV. On it, a woman holds a microphone towards a boy.] TV show hostess: Our guest, who came over from Gifu, is Aizawa Haruka. 4 [View pulls up to the ceiling. Down below us, the four parents sit and watch TV. Yuu stands nearby, wearing an Adidas shirt.] Rumi: Chiyako: --------------------------------------------------- p 42 1 [Chiyako turns away from the TV.] Chiyako: Oh. Where's Miki-chan? Jin: Isn't she in her room? 2 [Yuu thinks about it.] Chiyako: [off] How strange... She watches this program every week! 3 [He knocks on Miki's door.] Yuu FX: Yuu: Miki. Miki? 4 [Miki is in bed. Her eyes open blearily.] 5 [She steps out into the hallway, still rubbing her eyes.] door FX: Miki: Wha-a-at...? Yuu: Ah, I'm sorry. Were you sleeping? Miki: Mm. I dozed off for a bit... 6 Yuu: Are you getting worn out? It's tough to do your tennis team stuff and work at the same time... Yuu: To think you aren't watching your favorite TV show, too. 7 [She drops her gaze, wide-eyed.] Miki: Uh-huh... Miki: To tell you the truth, I fainted at work today... --------------------------------------------------- p 43 1 Yuu: [sweating] Eh!?! [Smiling brightly, she waves off his concern.] Miki: Oh, I'm fine, I'm fine. It wasn't anything serious... And I had them ease up and reduce my work schedule by one day. 2 Miki: [smiling] It's to cover the cost of the trip. So I'll do my best! 3 [Yuu looks at her in sudden realization.] Yuu: So, that's why you started working...? 4 Yuu: [off] I said I'd pay for you! It was easy money I earned for the commercial... Miki: [off] No, no. I'll pay for myself, as I should. Besides, I wanted to try working part-time just once. It's quite fun. ===Sidebar=== FREE TALK (4): Since, from the beginning, I didn't have much (any at all... almost) of an image in my mind of the characters' voices myself, I was thinking how nice it would be if voice actors who have the type of voice I like did them. Kouda Mariko-san, who has the role of Miki, has an extremely cute voice, and I think it's great that we could get her to do it. She, herself, is awfully cute, too. It seems she doesn't photograph too well, but the actual person is FAR cuter than the picture that appeared in "Ribbon". Since Okiayu Ryoutarou-san, who does Yuu, has an unboyishly low and sexy voice, it seems there were many readers who were also disconcerted. Even Yazawa Ai was worrying (hoping?), "Will he do a love scene with that sexy voice..." (^_^) I thought that maybe he was a bit mature for Yuu, too, but among those who came in to audition, his was my most favorite voice, and I'm glad we could get him to do it. Besides, Okiayu-san's name is sorta nice, don't you think? It's powerful. --------------------------------------------------- p 44 1 [Yuu smiles down at her, off-panel.] Yuu: If that's it, then that's okay, but... Don't overdo it. Miki: [off] Okay. Thanks. 2 [Miki looks up with a soft smile.] Yuu: [off] Suou was concerned, too!! Speaking of which, Suou was a little weird today, and... 3 [With a smile she hugs Yuu. He's a bit startled.] Miki FX: 4 Yuu: Not a good idea... If our parents come... Miki: Just for a bit. 5 [Tight shot of her smile as she rests her cheek against his chest.] narration: So warm... --------------------------------------------------- p 45 1 [Against a bubbly backdrop the two hug.] narration: Though I lost the bracelet... narration: Yuu is always there beside me like this. narration: Just that is fine. narration: It's enough... 2 [Still hugging him, her smile turns to one of worry.] Miki: (But I can't tell him that I lost it... I'm sorry, Yuu. ) Miki FX: ===Sidebar=== FREE TALK (5): Yamazaki Wakana-san, who does the role of Meiko, was decided on from the start without an audition, due to the strong push of Toei Animation's producer, Seki. I had no objections at all either, and I think that with her refined voice she's perfect as Meiko. Recently, when we had a Christmas party for those involved in "Marmalade...", she called out to me that, "I'm reading your original story" and I was happy. I think that Kanemaru Junichi-san, who does Ginta, is also perfect. I like both his voice and his performance very much. And, Hisakawa Aya-san, who does Arimi... Hisakawa-san's Arimi--nearly the same as for Yamazaki-san --was decided on from the start, but when I first listened to the audition tape and even now, I *always* think, "How well done!" Continued in (6). --------------------------------------------------- p 46 1 [Shot of the Bobson's sign.] 2 [Miki turns to greet customers. Kei looks on from behind her.] Miki: Welco... Oh. 3 [Her pov of Ginta (with a bandage on his left cheek), Meiko, and Yuu. All are in school uniforms.] Ginta: Yo, Miki! 4 Miki: [smiling] You're here? Yuu: It's a beautiful shop. Ginta: Are you working seriously? 5 [Smiling merrily, Ginta leans over the counter at a frowning Miki.] Ginta: Aren't you always just trying out all the flavors for yourself? You'll get fat! Miki: I won't! Not much. Miki: What a pest. Grr... --------------------------------------------------- p 47 1 Miki: [off] Instead of that, Ginta... What's that? That band-aid on your mouth. What's wrong? [Ginta is taken aback.] 2 [Ginta's pov of Yuu and Miki. Miki is agape.] Yuu: Isn't it from that fight in town the other day? Something or other about "Suzuki-san..." Miki: Arimi-san?! 3 [Ginta drops his gaze. Miki presses him for answers. Meiko and Yuu smile merrily.]] Ginta: It's nothing! It's okay. Really. Miki: Huhhh? C'mon, what is it? Tell me! 4 [From where he stands nonchalantly, Kei comments. Miki turns towards him.] Kei: Hey. Won't you ask for their order? Miki: Oh, that's right. 5 [Tight shot of Kei. Kei registers recognition at something he hears.] Miki: [off] What would you like? Yuu? 6 [Kei's pov. Yuu studies his choices as Miki points to some items.] Yuu: Let's see... Yuu: I wonder which one... Miki: This one tastes good. Or that one or this... --------------------------------------------------- p 48 1 [View of Yuu. In the background stands Kei, studying him with arms crossed.] narration: Hmm... This guy, huh... 2 [Kei's eyes pop wide at something else he sees.] 3 [His view of Meiko, who also studies her choices.] Meiko: Let's see... I wonder if caramel cream is good. Or... 4 Kei: (That girl! I'm sure...) --------------------------------------------------- p 49 1 [Meiko looks up, realizing that she's being watched.] 2 [Kei flinches and sweats...] Kei FX: 3 [...and he whirls about.] Kei FX: 4 [He heads for the stairs.] 5 Meiko: ......... ===Sidebar=== FREE TALK (6): Of course, the other voice actors are also pros, so naturally they're good at it, but, for Hisakawa-san's Arimi in particular, I always think "how goo-oo-ood". "See ya," and "uh-uh, that's okay"--putting meaning even into little lines like that makes me feel that, "Yeah, that's it, that's the right nuance, huhhh!" But, if you're saying, "if she's so good, shouldn't you have gotten her to do Miki, the major character?", it doesn't quite work out like that; we had her do a little of Miki's lines when she did her audition, but since the feel got to be a little serious, it didn't match too well, and I think, sure enough, it's great that Miki is Kouda-san and Arimi is Hisakawa-san. I like (or like a lot) all those other voice actors, too, but since it'll become endless I'll only consider the 5 main characters. --------------------------------------------------- p 50 1 [A fuzzy view of city lights.] 2 [Miki looks at her wristwatch.] Miki: Geh . It's past 8. 3 [View pulls back.] Miki: (I'm hungry...) notation with arrow pointing at Miki: Returning after a Sunday of fun with Meiko. Miki: (I'll hurry home and eat dinner.) 4 [Miki looks off-panel in surprise.] 5 [Her view of Kei, who stands at the entrance of a club.] 6 [A closeup of Kei.] --------------------------------------------------- p 51 1 [She smiles and waves to him...] Miki: Kei-kun? Ke... 2 [...but he walks in without hearing her.] 3 Miki: He went in. 4 [A view over her shoulder at the entrance Kei disappeared into.] 5 [Tight shot of the sign and information board at the entrance.] sign: [mostly in English] LIVE HOUSE LIZARD B1F INFORMATION JAZZ TRIO Staff... 6 [Miki looks up, reading the sign.] 7 [Inside, her view of Kei, who sits at a table, listening to the music.] --------------------------------------------------- p 52 1 [Kei appears startled to hear...] Miki: [off] Kei-kun. 2 [He staggers back in his chair. Miki is happily oblivious.] Kei chair FX: Kei: ?! Miki: Eh heh heh. I followed you. I saw you at the entrance... 3 [Miki chatters on, sprouting a second head as she scans the place. Kei sweats.] Miki: It's my first time in a Live House*. Say, is it all right for minors to come in? Though it's too late now... <*Commentary: A "Live House" is a club that features a live band.> Miki FX: Miki: Oh, it's okay if you don't drink liquor, huh. 4 [View shifts to show other patrons staring at Miki. Miki covers her mouth. Kei is sweating with hairs sproinging loose.] other customers FX: Miki: Ah ...... 5 [Smiling, Miki takes a seat at Kei's table. She speaks behind her palm. Musical notes waft behind her.] Miki: Kei-kun, do you come here often? You like music after all, hm. Miki FX: 6 [Kei drops his gaze.] Kei: Not really. I'm just killing time. --------------------------------------------------- p 53 1 [Miki looks uncomfortable at the silence.] Miki: ......... 2 [Her view of the group on stage.] 3 [She stares at the group off-panel.] 4 [Her view of the pianist...] 5 [...the drummer...] 6 [...and the contra bass cellist.] 7 [Miki watches wide-eyed with wonder.] 8 [Kei studies her from the corner of his eye.] --------------------------------------------------- p 54 1 [Everyone applauds.] audience: Wah... audience FX: 2 [Miki smiles and claps, too.] Miki FX: Miki: So like, this is jazz? How cool! 3 [She looks puzzled as Kei gets up.] Kei chair FX: [off] 4 Miki: Kei-kun...? Kei: Wait just a minute. 5 [Her view of the stage as Kei speaks to the pianist. The man sweats.] pianist: Eh? But... 6 pianist: Ah. 7 [Miki watches, wide-eyed.] --------------------------------------------------- p 55 1 [Kei begins to play.] 2 audience FX: guy: What? An outside player? 3 [The pianist watches Kei off-panel.] pianist: Whoa... 4 [The drummer and contra bass cellist exchange looks as they play.] 5 [Overhead view of the stage.] --------------------------------------------------- p 56 1 [Profile view of Kei.] 2 [Tight shot of his hands tickling the ivory.] 3 [Overhead view of Kei at the piano.] 4 [Tight shot of Miki looking on in surprise.] 5 [Her view of the group on stage.] --------------------------------------------------- p 57 1 [The audience smiles and applauds.] audience: Wah...! audience FX: 2 [So does the group's regular pianist.] 3 [Kei glances over his right shoulder at the audience off-panel.] 4 [His view of Miki, who smiles and claps.] 5 [Kei's face breaks out in a smile.] 6 [The two walk down the sidewalk. The city lights shimmer in the background.] Miki: I was so surprised! To think you had a special ability like that, Kei-kun... --------------------------------------------------- p 58 1 [View of the city lights.] Miki: [off] You're very good, aren't you! On the piano! Even though you didn't have any sheet music, you played smoothly... Kei: [off] It's a standard number... So I arranged it to suit and ad-libbed... Miki: [off] Ad-libbed! Miki: [off] Amazing! 2 [His view of her smiling face.] Miki: But you were playing music, after all. I had a feeling it was like that. Miki: How long have you been taking lessons? 3 [Her view of him. He stares off to the side.] 4 [A grey panel.] Miki: [off] To reach the point where you can play at that level is, sure enough, pretty... Kei: [off] I quit already... 5 [Miki is wide-eyed at Kei's outburst.] Miki: Huh...? Kei: That sort of thing... I've quit! --------------------------------------------------- p 59 1 [Tight shot of Miki's expression.] 2 [Her view of Kei who does not meet her gaze.] Kei: Just now... I wanted to show off to you... Kei: Because that's the only thing I can do. 3 Kei: Sure enough. I shouldn't have done it... 4 [Kei wheels about and runs away.] 5 [Miki shouts after him.] Miki: Ah. Kei... --------------------------------------------------- p 60 1 [Miki's view of Kei, who runs off in the distance.] 2 [She stands there, wide-eyed.] 3 [Tight shot of the hallway sign for classroom 3-B.] 4 [Miki rests her chin in her hand, pondering.] Miki: I wonder what happened...? 5 [View pulls back to show her sitting at her desk. Meiko sits in the seat in front of her, turning in her seat to look at Miki.] Miki: Despite the fact he plays the piano so well, he still says he quit and doesn't like music... I wonder if it has something to do with him being out of school... --------------------------------------------------- p 61 1 [A white panel.] Meiko: [off] "Kei-kun" is the guy at work who was there in the store last time, right? Miki: [off] Uh-huh. 2 [Meiko rests her chin on one fist.] Meiko: He saw me and went to the 2nd floor as if to hide... He made a face like "oh no". Meiko: Maybe I've met him before. For some reason, I remember that face. 3 [Meiko drops her gaze, thinking.] Miki: Really? Meiko: Uh-huh. But I can't remember where... Though I've been thinking about it all the time... 4 [View of the school from just outside the front gate.] school bell FX: 5 [Meiko walks home.] 6 [Tight shot of Meiko, who has her eyes closed in slight frustration.] narration: Ahh, how unsettling! narration: I wonder where I saw him... Meiko: (Once something gets on your mind like this, it doesn't go away, hm.) --------------------------------------------------- p 62 1 [Something occurs to Meiko.] 2 [She pictures him seated at the piano.] 3 Meiko: Piano... That's right. Back then... 4 [Meiko's pov of a beaming face appearing smack in front of her.] Suzu FX: Suzu: MEIKO-SAN . 5 [View pulls back. Meiko is shocked and frazzled.] Suzu: Oh! I'm sorry! Did I surprise you-u-u? --------------------------------------------------- p 63 1 [A white panel.] Meiko: [off] N-no... Not really. Did you come for Matsuura-kun today as well? Suzu: [off] Yup! 2 [Meiko's view of the jubilant Suzu-chan.] Suzu: But to think I could run into you, Meiko-san! Lucky! I wanted to meet you once mo-o-ore. Suzu FX: Suzu: Because you're wonderful, and very beautiful! 3 Meiko: [smiling and sweating] Thank you. You're very cute, too, Suzu-chan. Meiko: The pizza commercial, especially... Suzu: Huhhh? Really?! 4 [Suzu beams at the praise. Meiko sweats and looks back at us over her shoulder with a nervous look.] Suzu: To think I could be getting praised by Meiko-san. Suzu is so happy! Suzu: Kyaaaa! Meiko: ......... 5 Meiko: [sweating] Umm. Do you go to an all- girls school, Suzu-chan? Suzu: Nope. It's co-ed... But why? Meiko: Sorry... It's nothing... Meiko: I was being biased. --------------------------------------------------- p 64 1 [With a heart bubbling over her head, Suzu beams at Meiko.] Suzu: You're really beautiful, Meiko-san! It's no wonder oniichan is so crazy about you... 2 [Suzu loses the smile, looking concerned.] Suzu: But it isn't okay for you, is it, Meiko-san? Oniichan. He isn't your type? Suzu: Though, to tell you the truth... Suzu: ...Suzu doesn't think you look too good together, either. 3 Meiko: [soft smile] That's not it... 4 [Meiko's eyes grow distant as she visualizes Natchan.] Meiko: There's someone I like. --------------------------------------------------- p 65 1 Meiko: [closing her eyes] Though no matter what I think... Meiko: It's hopeless already... 2 [Suzu-chan is wide-eyed.] 3 [Meiko waves to Suzu-chan as she turns and walks away.] Meiko: Well then, I... ...have a few things to look up in the library, so... Meiko: Bye-bye. 4 [Suzu-chan stands and watches as Meiko walks away.] narration: I get it... --------------------------------------------------- p 66 1 [Suzu-chan appears moved.] Suzu: (I get it.) Suzu: (Yuu-sensei is the one Meiko-san likes!!) 2 narration: But he's the boyfriend of a close friend, so she gave up and backed off. narration: That must be it!! narration: That's so sad...!! 3 [View of the top floor of the school library.] 4 [Inside, Meiko sits at a table, paging through a magazine.] --------------------------------------------------- p 67 1 [Tight shot of the stack of magazines. They appear to be all the same title, but of different monthly issues.] magazine title: Musical Companion 2 [She stares at a page of the magazine.] Meiko: Found it! This is it! 3 [Exterior view of the Sakuma residence.] 4 [Seated side-by-side in chairs in front of her desk, Yuu and Suzu-chan study an open text. Yuu points to a passage.] Yuu: Therefore, in this case... 5 [Yuu drops his gaze to the paper on which he is writing.] Yuu: The auxiliary verb "may" means *. And then... <*Commentary: That is, Yuu is teaching Suzu her English, defining English terms by their Japanese equivalents.> --------------------------------------------------- p 68 1 [Suzu-chan looks at Yuu off-panel.] 2 [A white inset panel.] Suzu: [off] Say, Yuu-sensei... 3 [Yuu turns his attention to her, but Suzu drops her eyes and looks uncomfortable.] Yuu: Hm? Suzu: ......... Nothing. 4 [The scene where Kei hugged Miki is visualized.] 5 [Suzu-chan stares straight ahead, deep in thought.] narration: That's something... narration: ...I want to tell him about, but I'll give it up. narration: I may not be able to get him to believe me. 6 [Suzu-chan imagines a Miki pulling down her eyelid and sticking out her tongue.] narration: I'm sure she'd deny it... Miki: Bleahhh. narration: So if I'm not careful, I'll end up being branded a liar. --------------------------------------------------- p 69 1 [Suzu glares back at us, and her fist clenches her pencil.] Suzu: (But! I'm not going to let this pass.) Suzu FX: Suzu: (Suzu will never forgive something like that!!) 2 [Suzu's fantasy view of Yuu and Meiko in a romantic embrace. Meiko is wearing a suitably diaphanous gown and the two of them stare deep into each others' eyes.] Suzu: [off] (I'll make Yuu-sensei break up with that girl...) banner: Suzu's Image Suzu: (And make him happy with Meiko-san!!) 3 [Sweating, Yuu forces a smile and hairs sproing loose. This is because Suzu has gone ballistic, clenching both fists and glaring up at the ceiling.] Yuu: And so... This "must" here is... Yuu: She isn't listening to me at all... Suzu diabolical laughter FX: Suzu: (I've already thought of a plan!) --------------------------------------------------- -------------------End of Chapter------------------ --------------------------------------------------- Scorecard: Miki <---> Yuu <---+---> Meiko ---> Natchan ^ | ^ | | | | Suzu | Kei Satoshi (Miwa) Ginta <---> Arimi Rumi <---> Youji ^ ^ ^ | | | | v v Tsutomu Jin <---> Chiyako (Rokutanda) ---------------------------------------------------