Marmalade Boy Volume 7, Chapter 2 pages 39-69 Written and illustrated by Yoshizumi Wataru Translation & editing by : Craig Nishida Additional translation by : Paul Hirose Last revision : 97-10-11 Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? Please send them to: mboy-trans@soyokaze.biosci.ohio-state.edu --------------------------------------------------- p 39 1 [View of a darkened street.] Miki: Wow. It's pitch-dark... 2 [Miki checks her watch.] Miki: It still isn't that late, but the sun is setting so early... 3 [We look around the figure of a stranger who watches Miki as she walks home.] 4 [Closeup of the stranger, a young bearded guy wearing dark glasses.] 5 [Filler art. Yuu and Miki side-by-side and laughing. Yuu pours from a sake bottle into Miki's cup.] caption: Spiced sake --------------------------------------------------- p 40 1 [Miki becomes aware that she is being followed. Over her shoulder we see that the stranger is tailing her down the narrow and dark neighborhood streets.] Miki: (Huh...?) 2 [Sweating, she glances over her shoulder.] Miki: (Maybe it's just my imagination.) Miki FX: Miki: (Someone's following...) 3 man FX: 4 [View from the side. The stranger trails Miki by 3 strides. Miki continues to walk, sweating.] Miki: ......... 5 [With a look of determination, she speeds up her pace. The stranger is a bit startled.] Miki footstep FX: (quick pace) --------------------------------------------------- p 41 1 [With a grimace, Miki looks over her shoulder to see that the strange guy is keeping pace.] narration: Geh!! He's following me after all! man footstep FX: narration: A pervert!! 2 [View from behind her as Miki starts running full-tilt.] narration: Oh no! I'm sca-a-ared!! Miki FX: 3 [She shuts the front door behind her.] door FX: 4 [She leans back against the closed door, in exhaustion.] Miki: Whew... I'm saved. Miki: I was so scared... 5 [Something in front of her, off-panel, has her perplexed.] Miki: Ah! --------------------------------------------------- p 42 1 [Her view of identical cute twin toddler girls.] twin girls FX: 2 [Miki's eyes goggle.] Miki: (Wha--) Miki: (What's with these girls!?!) 3 [Her eyes find another reason to goggle as that strange guy comes in through the front door behind her.] man: Whew! Found my way at last! door FX: Miki FX: 4 [Her eyes whirl as she turns to face him. Behind her, the two girls light up.] Miki: Y-you... Even into someone's home... twin girls: Papa! 5 [The strange guy bends down to meet the embrace of the twins.] twin 1: Welcome ba-a-ack. man: Mm. I'm home. --------------------------------------------------- p 43 1 [Chiyako comes on the scene.] Chiyako: Eisaku! You're late. Oh, were you with Miki-chan, too? 2 [Chiyako's pov. Sweating slightly, Miki turns towards Chiyako.] Miki: Chiyako-san... Then, this person can't possibly be... 3 [Standing beside Eisaku, Chiyako smiles. Eisaku removes his dark glasses.] Chiyako: My kid brother. Beginning today, he'll be staying with us for a while, so take care of him, 'kay. Eisaku: I'm Namiki Eisaku. And my daughters, Maho and Mayu. Nice to meet you, Miki-chan. 4 [Still sweating, Miki forces a wide smile.] Miki: S-sure... 5 [Filler art. Miki dresses cutely in a flower-patterned kimono, a ribbon in her hair.] --------------------------------------------------- p 44 1 Chiyako: It's been 18 years. When he was a graduate student, Eisaku studied in Germany and settled down there... Chiyako: Just like that, he became a professor at a German university, and so he didn't come home at all. 2 [A view from the living room ceiling. On one couch around the coffee table sit Eisaku and the twins. Rumi and Youji sit on another. Chiyako sits on the 3rd.] Youji: What's your area of study? Eisaku: It's ethnology. Youji: I hear you're married to a German woman? Eisaku: Yeah. Five years ago. She's a linguist who's studying Japanese. And so Maho and Mayu are also bilingual. 3 [Yuu sits at the dining room table, turning in his chair to watch the conversation. Miki stands nearby.] Eisaku: [off] There were a few times when I'd return home because of the Academy, like this time. But my schedule was always tight, and I didn't have time to see my family and friends... Miki: Are you meeting him for the first time, too, Yuu? Yuu: Yeah. Though I've heard the name. 4 [A white panel.] Chiyako: [off] Are you going to be able to take it easy this time? Eisaku: [off] Yes. It's for around 2 weeks... ...but I intend to make part of it a vacation and enjoy Japan at leisure. I also wanted to show Japan once to Maho and Mayu... --------------------------------------------------- p 45 1 [View of Youji and Rumi. Eisaku is in the foreground. All are smiling.] Youji: Please don't hesitate to stay as long as you like, and make yourself at home. If there's something we can do for you, we'll do it. Eisaku: Okay. Thanks. 2 [Yuu stands beside Miki.] Miki: I'm going back to my room now... I have homework... Yuu: Me, too. Eisaku?: [off] Oh. Is that so? 3 Eisaku: Ah, Miki-chan. I scared you back there. I'm sorry. Eisaku: Well, good night. 4 [She sweats a bit.] Miki: Not at all... Good night... 5 [As they walk away, Yuu stares wide-eyed at her. Miki sweats more and drops her gaze.] Yuu: What? Did something happen? Yuu: Before I came home from work... Miki: ...... 6 [His face lights up.] Yuu: You mistook him for a perve-e-ert? Yuu FX: Yuu: You're such a dummy. Why that, too...? --------------------------------------------------- p 46 1 [View pulls back. They're out in the hall, and Miki is leaning back against her bedroom door. Yuu stands chuckling nearby.] Miki: Because! An unshaven man trails after me at night. Anyone would think that. Yuu FX: Yuu: So, what's the real story? 2 Miki: I was told that after he got here around noon and left the twins in our care, Eisaku-san went out on business alone. On the way back, he got lost, and when it was getting dark I happened to pass by, so he followed me. 3 Yuu: He knew what you looked like? Miki: [off] I heard that Chiyako-san had sent a family picture. Rather than my face, it seems he knew me because of my hairstyle and school uniform. But he said he didn't have any convincing proof, so he didn't call out to me at the time, and decided to follow me. Yuu: Ah ha ha... I see... 4 [Irritated, Miki turns her back on Yuu. Yuu is startled.] Miki: It's nothing to laugh about. Grr. I was really scared! Miki FX: 5 [He smiles softly.] Yuu: Sorry, my fault. For laughing. 6 [He rests his hand on her cheek and turns her face towards him. Miki looks up with wide eyes.] Yuu: Recover your good humor... 'Kay? --------------------------------------------------- p 47 1 [Eyes, closed, he kisses her.] Miki: Mmm... narration: With just one kiss from Yuu... narration: ...any sort of mood is fixed. narration: I'm so simple... 2 [Still in the middle of a kiss, Miki's eyes open slightly. She looks at something off-panel.] 3 [The tiny twins stand together, staring wide-eyed.] Maho/Mayu FX: 4 [Yuu and Miki, still in embrace, are aghast.] Yuu/Miki FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 48 1 [Yuu and Miki blush deeply. Miki forces a smile.] Yuu: When did they...! Miki: Y...Y'know... What you saw just now is a secret from everyone, 'kay? A secret! 2 [Sweating and forcing happy grins, Yuu and Miki squat down in front of the watching twins.] Maho/Mayu: A secret? Yuu: Right! It's bad if you talk about it to others. It's a secret, 'kay?! Maho/Mayu: A secret? Why? Miki: No matter what! 'Kay? Got it?! 3 [Maho and Mayu turn to look at each other, silently...] 4 [...and then turn to look back at us.] Maho/Mayu: 5 [Yuu and Miki stand and let out sighs of relief.] Yuu/Miki FX: Maho: [off] The amusement park! 6 [Yuu's and Miki's pov. The twins smile up at us.] Maho: Maho wants to go to the amusement park. Take me! Mayu: Mayu, too! --------------------------------------------------- p 49 1 [Yuu's and Miki's eyes goggle as the exultant twins dance a little jig around them.] Maho: Yayyy yayyy! The amusement park! Mayu: The amusement park! Yayyy! 2 [Yuu and Miki sweat.] Maho: [off] Yayyy! Miki: ...... You mean, a bribe? Mayu: [off] Yayyy! 3 [View of the sign at the entrance to "Wonder Dog" amusement park.] 4 [Filler art. Miki in stylish and matched miniskirt and jacket, and white top, midriff bared.] --------------------------------------------------- p 50 1 [Panels 1-3 show Yuu's and Miki's pov of the manic twins. Here, they run off in one direction.] Maho: Maho ride tha-a-at! Tha-a-at! Mayu: Mayu, too-o-o! sign: Entrance 2 [Here, they run off in another.] Mayu: Ride that one, too-o-o! Maho: Hurry, hurry-y-y! 3 [Their radiant and happy faces fill the panel.] Maho: Mayu: That one ne-e-ext! 4 [Yuu has the posture of an old man, and his face is pale. Miki sweats and forces a pained smile.] Yuu: The power of 3-year-olds is frightening... I can't keep up... Yuu/Miki FX: Miki: H-hey, let's rest for a bit. I'll buy you ice cream. 5 [The twins dance another jig.] Maho/Mayu: Yayyy! Ice cream! Ice cream! Miki/Yuu FX: Yuu/Miki: (We can finally rest a bit.) --------------------------------------------------- p 51 1 [Yuu and Miki, flanked by one twin each, sit on a bench under a tree. The twins lick on their ice cream cones.] Miki: It brings back memories, huh...? 2 Miki: The first time the two of us went to play was here, right? Remember? 3 Yuu: Yeah. And then we ran into Arimi. 4 [They grin at each other.] Miki: Yeah, that's right. I wonder if Arimi-san is on a date with Ginta around now. Yuu: Those guys might come here, too. Miki: Huh? No way... 5 [Yuu and Miki are dumbfounded as Ginta and Arimi stroll by in front of them. The sweethearts are oblivious that they're being watched.] --------------------------------------------------- p 52 1 [Yuu's and Miki's pov as Ginta and Arimi walk away.] Yuu: [off] They really were here... Miki: [off] Walking arm in arm... They're perfect sweethearts, hm. 2 [Startling him, Miki clings to Yuu's arm.] Miki FX: 3 [A white panel.] Yuu: [off] Dummy. What are you competing with? Miki: [off] But... 4 [Yuu looks at her off-panel with kind eyes.] 5 [She smiles up at him.] 6 [They move to kiss...] --------------------------------------------------- p 53 1 [...but they suddenly turn to look at the twins, faces deeply red.] Yuu/Miki FX: AH! Maho FX: Mayu FX: 2 [Miki forces a smile. Yuu drops his gaze. The twins exult at what Miki says.] Miki: ~~~~~~ So, shall we go on to the next ride now?! Maho/Mayu: Yayyy! Yayyy! 3 [View of a large Ferris wheel.] 4 [Ginta and Arimi sit side-by-side, in one of the Ferris wheel compartments. Ginta looks distracted. Arimi notices this.] --------------------------------------------------- p 54 1 Arimi: What's the matter? Somehow, you seem depressed today. Arimi: Did something happen? 2 Ginta: ......... 3 Ginta: It's about...Tsutomu. Arimi: Rokutanda? Ginta: Recently, I told him on the phone... About us. And then he hung up the phone suddenly... After that, no matter how many times I call, he won't answer. 4 Ginta: Sure, he's mad at me... I snatched away the girl whom he liked all along. Ginta: All I do is fight with him, but...he's my cousin... And I know he's really not a bad person... Despite that... ...I acted like a traitor... ...and my conscience feels very guilty... 5 Arimi: [wide-eyed] So... Will you stop going out with me because it's bad for him? --------------------------------------------------- p 55 1 [He finally turns to face her, looming over her with a forceful look. Arimi sweats.] Ginta: No!! Anything but that. Definitely not that. Ginta: Even if I end up breaking my ties with Tsutomu, I won't stop going out with you, Suzuki-san!! 2 [She smiles, cutely.] Arimi: That's great. I'm relieved . Arimi: 3 Ginta FX: 4 [View of the Ferris wheel.] Arimi: [off] Say. Why don't we try and go to Rokutanda's place now? Ginta: [off] Eh!?! Arimi: [off] If he won't take your calls, then all that's left is to see him and speak to him directly, right? 'Kay? Let's go! 5 Arimi: [smiling] Let's talk to him and get him to forgive us. 'Kay? 6 [Ginta has a slightly troubled look.] Ginta: ......... --------------------------------------------------- p 56 1 [The three meet in a park somewhere.] 2 [Tsutomu has a serious look on his face.] Tsutomu: What is it you wanna talk about? Tsutomu: Since it's a long-awaited Sunday, wouldn't it be just fine if you dated and enjoyed yourselves without giving a thought towards me? 3 Ginta: Tsutomu...! Then, is it okay if we go out? Ginta: Will you forgive us?! 4 Tsutomu: ......... That I was attacking without losing heart no matter how much Arimi liked Matsuura... ...was because I knew that Matsuura wasn't interested. Tsutomu: Your case is different from Matsuura's, Ginta. If it's true that you've each shared your feelings towards each other, then I should mind my own business... --------------------------------------------------- p 57 1 [Ginta begins to smile.] Ginta: Tsutomu! Ginta: Then, we can also be friends from now on... 2 [Ginta's pov as Tsutomu glares back.] Tsutomu: That's impossible. Going out together is up to you guys, but saying that you want it to stay the same with me as it always was is asking a bit too much! I may not look it, but I'm pretty hurt. Tsutomu: I'm not interested in hanging out as friends with Arimi... I won't think of you as a cousin anymore, Ginta. 3 [Tsutomu's pov. Ginta and Arimi stare back blankly.] Tsutomu: [off] I don't want to see either of your faces anymore, either!! --------------------------------------------------- p 58 1 [A white panel.] Ginta: [off] Tsu...Tsutomu-u-u . Tsutomu: [off] For the time being! 2 [Ginta and Arimi look back blankly again.] 3 [Their pov as Tsutomu turns to walk away.] Tsutomu: Though I'll try to get myself to forgive you as quickly as possible! 'Cause I'm kindhearted! Tsutomu: But I don't know how many years--how many months-- it'll take! Be prepared for it!! 4 [Their pov as he walks away, waving without looking back.] Tsutomu: Well... Bye!! 5 [Ginta and Arimi smile.] Ginta: Tsutomu... --------------------------------------------------- p 59 1 [Exterior view of the school library.] 2 [Inside, in the stacks, Meiko stands, waiting.] 3 [Someone approaches her.] Miwa FX: 4 [Meiko turns.] ===Sidebar=== FREE TALK (4): For the GameBoy, the story is pretty faithful to the original, but for the Super Famicon, it differs considerably. It differs from the anime, too. An original story with Marmalade characters that differs from the original work as well as the anime can be enjoyed. When I played it, the strongest impression that I was left with was the phone call from Kei to Miki... (^_^) Kei calls up Miki and says something like, "I like you. Go out with me." And Miki says "What!?!" and while she's at a loss what to do, Kei suddenly says "Ah! Wrong number!" and hangs up the phone. Who in the world could Kei have meant to confess his love to...? Later on, he finally confesses to Miki... So, it's an enigma. (^_^) --------------------------------------------------- p 60 1 [It's Satoshi. He stands with hands in his pockets.] Miwa: It's the first time you've called me... I'm so happy. 2 [He smiles softly.] Miwa: Though perhaps... ...this could be the first and the last time, hm... 3 {Meiko looks a bit stricken.] Meiko: Miwa-san... 4 [View from the side. The two stand and stare at each other.] --------------------------------------------------- p 61 1 [A grey panel.] Miwa: [off] I heard from Yuu. You're marrying Namura. 2 [Miwa drops his gaze, but still smiles softly.] Miwa: It was because I wanted you to forget about your past that I encouraged you to write a story, but... ...it seems to have had the opposite effect... Miwa: I didn't think you were such a strong person. I've fallen in love with you all over again. 3 [Meiko closes her eyes.] Meiko: I'm... ...very grateful to you, Miwa-san. Meiko: I really... Can't quite express it in words... 4 [Satoshi grows agitated...] Miwa: I don't want any gratitude! 5 [...and slams his fist against the bookshelf next to Meiko's head. Meiko shuts her eyes tightly.] Miwa fist FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 62 1 [He stares into her half-lidded eyes from a close distance, his fist still pressed against the bookshelf beside her head.] Miwa: No matter what... Miwa: ...you won't be mine...?! 2 [Meiko shuts her eyes, tears pooling at the corners.] Meiko: ......... I'm sorry... 3 [Satoshi stands straight, pulling a bit back, as Meiko buries her face in her hands.] --------------------------------------------------- p 63 1 Miwa: You're beautiful even when you cry. Miwa: When I'm shown an expression like that... It shakes my resolve to give you up...! 2 [Meiko's expression turns angry. Satoshi smiles.] Meiko: !! Miwa: Just joking! I'll give you up with good grace. I came today with that intention. 3 [With a serious look...] Miwa: I wish you happiness. Miwa: Farewell. 4 [Meiko grows teary-eyed.] --------------------------------------------------- p 64 1 [View through the library window. Meiko watches as Satoshi walks away.] 2 [Night falls over the Koishikawa-Matsuura residence.] --------------------------------------------------- p 65 1 [Tight shot of the "Miki" sign hung on a doorknob.] 2 [Miki is crashed, face-down, on her bed. She's still dressed in the same clothes as she was wearing at the amusement park.] Miki FX: Miki: Ooo... I'm so-o-o tired. I can't do anymore. 3 [She slowly pushes herself up. She looks unwell.] Miki: But I have to do my English homework. I'll definitely be called on tomorrow... Miki FX: 4 door FX: [off] 5 [Miki tiredly turns to look at the door.] 6 [Tight shot of smugly beaming twins. They hold a box.] Maho: Auntie bought us a toy. Let's play together. box: Marmalade Boy Loveable, Heart-Throbbing House 7 [Miki sweats and turns pale.] --------------------------------------------------- p 66 1 narration: Wh... What power...! Miki: [off] I-I'm sorry. I'm a little tired and I still have to do my English homework, too... You won't understand that, huh. Maho/Mayu: [off] You can't play? Miki: [off] Ah, yeah. I'm really sorry. 2 [Their faces are pure innocence...] Maho: ...... Then... Mayu: Is it all right to tell everyone... ...that you were kissing? 3 [Miki forces a smile, but she's sweating and looking very pale.] 4 [Still pretending to smile, she sits and plays with the twins, who have opened up the box and pulled out tiny dolls and furniture.] Miki: (Oh God... ...... Save me, Yuu-u-u.) Maho/Mayu: --------------------------------------------------- p 67 1 [Eisaku chats over a cup of coffee.] Eisaku: I'm really sorry about today... Making you totally keep an eye over my little ones. Eisaku: Miki-chan is playing with them now, too. 2 [View pulls back to show him seated at the dining table. Across from him sits Yuu.] Yuu: [smiling] Oh, no. It was okay. Yuu: (Though it's true I'm tired...) Eisaku: But if you're in 3rd-year high, you must be busy studying for the entrance exams... 3 [A blank panel.] Yuu: [off] Oh, we're attached to Touryou University, so we can go up the escalator system without having to take exams. So long as you don't get really bad marks you almost always graduate to the department of your first choice... Eisaku: [off] Ah, I see. 4 [Quietly but intently, Eisaku watches Yuu off-panel.] 5 [Yuu becomes aware of this.] 6 [A white panel.] Yuu: [off] What is it? Eisaku: [off] Ah! No. I'm sorry. 7 Eisaku: [smiling] I'm overcome by deep emotion... When I think that the son of my first love has grown so big... Eisaku: It's been years... For me, too. Yuu: What do you mean, "first love"? With your real sister? --------------------------------------------------- p 68 1 Eisaku: Uhh...no. She's really my cousin. Eisaku: When I was in junior high, I lost my parents in an accident... And I was looked after at my uncle's place...by the Namikis. 2 [Yuu's eyes grow large.] 3 [Panels 3-5 are grey.] narration: They're not brother and sister?! 4 narration: It was 18 years ago when Eisaku-san studied abroad in Germany. It's exactly when father and mother were married. 5 narration: Perhaps... ...Mother and Eisaku-san were in love... narration: ...and Eisaku-san's studying abroad is what caused the two of them to split up. --------------------------------------------------- p 69 1 [Yuu's pov of Eisaku, who drinks from his cup.] 2 [A black panel with explosive thought bubbles.] Yuu: [off] (CAN'T BE!) Yuu: [off] (THIS PERSON IS MY FATHER-R-R?!) --------------------------------------------------- -------------------End of Chapter------------------ --------------------------------------------------- Scorecard: Miki <---> Yuu Meiko <---> Natchan ^ | | Kei Ginta <---> Arimi Rumi <---> Youji ^ ^ | | v v Jin <---> Chiyako ---------------------------------------------------