Marmalade Boy Volume 7, Chapter 3 pages 71-103 Written and illustrated by Yoshizumi Wataru Translation & editing by : Craig Nishida Additional translation by : Paul Hirose Additional editing by: Jeanne Hedge Last revision : 97-10-12 Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? Please send them to: mboy-trans@soyokaze.biosci.ohio-state.edu --------------------------------------------------- p 71 1 [Yuu sits pondering on his bed.] 2 [Flashback image of a smiling Eisaku.] narration: Even if Eisaku-san is my father, he probably doesn't know about that. narration: That's why he revealed those things to me so lightheartedly. Eisaku caption: "First love" Eisaku caption: "She's really my cousin." 3 [Profile view of Yuu, who stares unfocused at something in front of him, deep in thought.] narration: Knowing only now that I'm his son may just be troublesome for him... narration: But... narration: I want to make sure!! --------------------------------------------------- p 72 1 [Filler art. SD-Ginta and SD-Arimi smile and wink at us, and flash us a "V" sign while holding hands.] --------------------------------------------------- p 73 1 [Eisaku and his 2 little imps stand at the entryway, smiling. A suitcase sits beside them.] Eisaku: Thank you for everything. Eisaku: So long! 2 Jin: Take care. Rumi: Come again any time now, 'kay?! 3 [Filler art. SD-Miki and SD-Yuu smile at us. Miki waves and Yuu flashes a "V" sign.] --------------------------------------------------- p 74 1 [A taxi drives off down the narrow neighborhood street.] Miki: [off] Ahh-ah... They're gone. I feel sort of sad... 2 [The gang stands outside, talking amongst themselves after the taxi's left.] Rumi: And yet you were overwhelmed by the power of the little twins and got all tired out, Miki. Miki: That's true... But they became awfully attached to me and were very cute! Youji: We can see them again someday. 3 [Exterior view of the main terminal at Narita International Airport.] sign (bilingual): New Tokyo International Air... 4 [Eisaku guides his two munchkins and his large wheeled suitcase along.] 5 [Eisaku becomes aware of something off-panel.] --------------------------------------------------- p 75 1 [It's Yuu...] Eisaku: Yuu-kun?! 2 [Isolated view of a sign and a lamp in the terminal building.] Eisaku: [off] Why are you here? To see us off? sign (bilingual): Passport Control Yuu: [off] Yes... 3 [Eisaku removes his dark glasses.] Eisaku: I'm happy, but... Why take the trouble to come to Narita? Eisaku: Wasn't there something you had to go out and do? 4 Yuu: There was something I wanted to ask you. It's in absolute secrecy from my family... Yuu: ...and so I was waiting here. --------------------------------------------------- p 76 1 [A white panel.] Eisaku: [off] Something you wanted to ask me? In secret? Yuu: [off] ......... 2 [Yuu's eyes drop slightly...] 3 [...but then he meets the gaze of Eisaku off-panel.] Yuu: Before you studied abroad... Did you go out with my mother? 4 [Eisaku is taken aback.] 5 Yuu: You were saying she's your first love, right? You were lovers... Eisaku: W... Wait a minute! [The twins exchange puzzled looks.] Maho: ? Mayu: ? --------------------------------------------------- p 77 1 [Isolated view of the big departures board.] Eisaku: [off] There's no way that can be! I said "first love," but all I meant was that I was admiring her on my own... signboard: North Wing Departures Eisaku: [off] I was talking about my days as a junior high student--when I had just come to the Namiki family. Neesan didn't know anything. = "big sister," referring to his older cousin, Chiyako.> 2 Eisaku: [wide-eyed, sweating] My admiration quickly and naturally turned into a brotherly love... That's all it was! 3 [Yuu's eyes grow distant.] 4 [Isolated shot of Yuu's shoes.] Yuu: ......... Really...? Yuu: Then... 5 Yuu: You don't know... ...who it was who was going out with my mother during her days as a student before she married?! [Eisaku is taken aback again.] --------------------------------------------------- p 78 1 [Yuu becomes agitated.] Yuu: Please tell me! Yuu: What's the name of mother's old lover? 2 Eisaku: Yuu-kun! Eisaku: Why are you asking me something like that? What's this about? 3 [Yuu drops his gaze.] 4 [A white panel.] Yuu: [off] I'm... ...not my father's real son. --------------------------------------------------- p 79 1 Yuu: [off] Mother's lover when she was a student is probably my... Eisaku: [off] YUU-KUN! 2 [Eisaku grasps Yuu by the shoulders.] 3 Eisaku: Your father is Matsuura Youji-san. There's no one else. --------------------------------------------------- p 80 1 [A grey panel.] Eisaku: [off] I don't know the details, but it seems there was some trouble over a love problem prior to sis' marriage. Eisaku: [off] But you should believe in your parents... In your parents' love. 2 [Yuu looks into Eisaku's face.] Eisaku: It's all right. There's nothing to be troubled about. 3 [With a smile and a touch on Yuu's shoulder, Eisaku turns to leave.] 4 [Yuu's tilted pov as Eisaku waves goodbye.] --------------------------------------------------- p 81 1 [Yuu portrait.] 2 [View pulls back to show him standing silent amidst the crowd at the airport.] 3 [Filler art. Miki in a tasteful dress and with her hair looking better than usual. ^_^] --------------------------------------------------- p 82 1 [Night falls over the Koishikawa-Matsuura residence.] 2 [Yuu's pov of Miki, who's turned to look at him.] Miki: Say, Yuu. Miki: The trip to Kitakyushu this winter break... When do you want to go? 3 [View pulls back to show her seated on the edge of his bed, turning her head to the right to look at him. Yuu is seated at the head of the bed, back against his propped-up pillow.] Yuu: Well... Shouldn't it be after New Year's? The end of the year is pretty hectic... Miki: That's true. Okay. Let's do it like that. 4 Miki: ... But I wonder if it'll be cold. January... It's not a very good time for traveling, hm. Miki: Maybe it'd be better once it starts to get warmer. Spring break, maybe... 5 [Yuu portrait, as he looks at Miki off-panel.] 6 [Tight shot of his hand resting on hers.] --------------------------------------------------- p 83 1 [Miki looks at him wide-eyed, as he raises her hand in his. He smiles at her.] Yuu: It's all right if it's cold. Let's go! 2 [Her view of his gentle smile.] Yuu: I want to go soon. 3 Miki: [beaming] ...... Yeah! --------------------------------------------------- p 84 1 [Miki's now seated at Yuu's side, completely on his bed and clinging to his arm.] Miki: Before that, there's Christmas, too... I'm looking forward to it. Yuu: Yeah. Miki: I wonder if we'll get together and eat with the rest of the family this year, too? It would be great to party up a storm with Meiko, Ginta and the others! 2 [Miki smiles in a sorta goofy way.] 3 Miki: Y'know... There's something I want for a Christmas present. Is it okay to ask for it? [Yuu looks down at her, blankly.] Yuu: Sure... What is it? 4 Miki: [beaming] A ring! 5 [A grey panel.] Yuu: [off] A ring, huh... That sounds expensive. I wonder if I can buy one. There's also the traveling costs, and... Miki: [off] Oh, it's all right if it's just an inexpensive one. It doesn't matter what it is. If it's you who's buying it, Yuu! --------------------------------------------------- p 85 1 [Resting her head against his chest, she points dreamily to her left ring finger.] Miki: And then, I'll put it on here, and never ever take it off... Miki: Can't do that when I'm working, though... 2 [Yuu looks softly down at her.] 3 [A white panel.] Yuu: [off] Uh-huh. I see. Sure. Miki: [off] Really!?! 4 [Blushing deeply, she clings to his arm tightly in glee. Yuu smiles.] Miki: I'm so happy! Yuu, I love you!! Miki FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 86 1 [He looks up at the ceiling.] Yuu: Come to think of it, I didn't get you anything when it was your birthday in March. Even though you gave me something when it was mine in June. After Valentine's, too. 2 [A panel filled with flowers.] Yuu: [off] Isn't there one more thing that you want? For your birthday... Miki: [off] That's okay. Back then, you were busy appearing in the commercial, Yuu... So a ring alone is enough! Yuu: [off] Really? 3 [He looks her in the eye. She looks back, blankly.] Yuu: Ah, then, it's all right if you take a single item that's in this room. Miki: Huh? But... Yuu: I said it's okay, so pick something. Anything is fine! 4 Miki: [smiling] ... Really? Then, maybe I'll take something. Miki: (Yayyy! Something that Yuu regularly uses .) 5 [She stands at a shelf, looking at a clock held in her hands.] Miki: Let's see. What shall I choose...? Miki: Oh, this alarm clock is wonderful . 6 [At his desk, she holds up a watch and a pen.] Miki: This ballpoint pen! I've been thinking for a while how nice this is. Oh, but this wristwatch is nice, too. --------------------------------------------------- p 87 1 [With Miki's chatter in the background, Yuu drops deep in thought.] Miki: [off] Let's see, let's see. I can't make up my mind... 2 [Flashback image of Eisaku at the airport.] Eisaku: [flashback] Your father is Matsuura Youji-san. Eisaku: [flashback] There's no one else. narration: Could that... narration: ...mean, "believe in that"? 3 narration: It's true, hm... narration: As Miki was telling me before, I have a warm family that loves me. narration: Blood ties have nothing to do with it. 4 narration: I'll put it out of my mind. narration: About my real father... narration: I'll quit prying out secrets from the past already. --------------------------------------------------- p 88 1 [A grey panel.] narration: I have Miki, and I have my family. narration: That's enough happiness for me. narration: That's fine. 2 [Standing in front of his open closet, Miki turns to look back at him over her shoulder. She has one of his shirts in her hands.] Miki: Yuu! Then, can I have this shirt? The one you're wearing often lately, that you've taken a liking to... 3 [A white panel.] Yuu: [off] Uh-huh. Sure. Miki: [off] Yayyy! Thank you! 4 [Yuu smiles.] 5 [Miki turns away to smile happily at the shirt in her hands. Heart symbols exude from her body. Behind her we see that Yuu is walking toward her.] Miki: I wonder what sort of style I'll wear it in? Miki: I could even do it in pajama-style... 6 [Miki's eyes grow wide as she's shoved from behind.] Yuu FX: 7 [Sweating and holding the shirt to her chest, she looks back at Yuu with wide eyes. Yuu just smiles and enters the closet with her. With his right hand, he pulls the door closed.] Miki: Huh? ?! --------------------------------------------------- p 89 1 [View from outside the closet, as the door closes shut.] door FX: Miki: [off] W...! Wait a minute! Yuu?! 2 [Panels 2-3 are a complete shot of them in the closet. Miki looks angry, still holding the shirt to her chest. Yuu smiles merrily and starts putting his arms around her.] Yuu: Quite a lot fits, huh... In this closet. Miki: What are you doing, joking around...? 3 Yuu: If we're here, our parents can't find us. No matter what we do. Miki: Dummy. If we're seen coming out of a place like this, it would be even more... ...suspicio... 4 [He kisses her.] --------------------------------------------------- p 90 1 [The two embrace..] narration: Within the tight closet. narration: We kissed again and again... narration: And tightly embraced. narration: I was happy. 2 [A grey panel.] narration: To think that in just a few days this happiness would be completely shattered... --------------------------------------------------- p 91 1 narration: It was something I didn't dream of... 2 [Exterior daytime shot of the Koishikawa-Matsuura residence.] 3 [Filler art. Miki smiles, in a striped sweater.] --------------------------------------------------- p 92 1 [View of an empty dining room.] 2 [Yuu, in pajamas, looks bleary-eyed into the room.] Yuu: Huh...? caption with arrow: Pajamas ---> Yuu: It's Sunday, but... No one's here... 3 [He reaches for the 2 notes left on the dining table.] Yuu: That's right... Father's on a business trip... And is Jin-san golfing? And the other three are...? 4 note 1: We're going to the beauty parlor and shopping! We'll be home by suppertime. --Rumi & Chiyako Yuu: ......... --------------------------------------------------- p 93 1 [He picks up the other note.] 2 note 2: Dear Sleepyhead Yuu: I'm off to work! If you bring out the Christmas tree (that we bought the year before last!) for me, I'll be so happy . We can decorate it together when I come home, 'kay! *DO NOT* do it by yourself! --Miki 3 Yuu FX: 4 [His view of opened cardboard boxes sitting on the floor.] ===Sidebar=== FREE TALK (5): Something happened recently that I'm very happy about. Which is that Banpresto-san made a Katchan keyholder as a bonus for a game ( mascot) . Up till now, not even a single Katchan item was made, and I was thinking, "Sure enough, it's because he isn't cute, so it doesn't look like it will sell, hm... " and I'd given up, so I was very happy . [A drawing of the Katchan keyholder. <---Ah! When I make it A caption with an arrow pointing at into a drawing, it's definitely it runs along the right side.] uncute... Darn... The real thing is cuter! It's around 9 cm tall, soft, with mouth clenched and its plain features are what's super pretty . Please try to look for it in any game centers, 'kay? The Miki and Meiko ones are cute, too. --------------------------------------------------- p 94 1 [Yuu stands above the scattered boxes, arms crossed.] Yuu: Shit... I can't find it. Yuu: The way this is going, I bet Miki, the year before last... 2 Yuu: ...tossed it out again, huh. Jeez... 3 [His eyes spy something off-panel.] 4 book stem: Graduation Yearbook. Hayami University. 5 [Kneeling beside the box, he opens the book.] narration: There are graduation albums in college, too, huh... Yuu: (It's father's, hm. I'll take a peek.) 6 [A packet of photos falls out of the book.] envelope FX: 7 [Photos spill out of the packet. Photos of people with tennis rackets.] --------------------------------------------------- p 95 1 [Yuu picks up one.] narration: Ahh, it's the tennis circle's... 2 [Tight shot of the photo in Yuu's hand. It is a young-looking Youji.] 3 [Yuu chuckles in merriment.] Yuu: (Wowww. So young! I'll show this to Miki too, later on.) Yuu FX: 4 [He reaches for more photos from the pile on the floor.] narration: Maybe somewhere there's one taken of mother, too. narration: I think they said the 2 of them became acquainted in the circle... 5 [His eyes widen at what he sees off-panel.] 6 [It is a picture of Youji and Jin, young and holding tennis rackets.] --------------------------------------------------- p 96 1 and 2 [Insets. One is the picture of Jin in tennis whites. The other is Yuu's visualization of the present-day Jin.] 3 Yuu: (JIN-SAN?!) Yuu: (CAN'T BE...!) 4 [Sweating, Yuu shuffles through the pile of photos.] narration: Father and the others ought to have met for the first time on the Hawaii trip. narration: I hadn't heard that they were friends during their days in school... 5 [For the second time, Yuu's eyes widen.] --------------------------------------------------- p 97 1 [It's "The Photo". All four in tennis whites, with Jin's arms around Chiyako, and Rumi/Youji in an embrace...] 2 [Yuu's visualization of present-day Chiyako and Rumi.] 3 [Yuu stares at the photo.] Yuu: You're...kidding... No way... narration: My mother's... narration: ...lover during her days as a student was... 4 narration: My father is... narration: ...Jin-san?! --------------------------------------------------- p 98 1 [Yuu is plunged into darkness.] narration: Then... narration: Miki and I are... Yuu: (...BROTHER AND SISTER BY BLOOD?!) --------------------------------------------------- p 99 1 [Night falls over the Koishikawa-Matsuura residence.] 2 [Miki stands at the entryway, removing her shoes. She's just back from work.] Miki: I'm ho-o-ome! Yuu-uu. Did you bring out the tree for me? 3 [Her view of his empty bedroom.] 4 Miki: Huh?! He isn't around... 5 narration: The tree hasn't been taken out, either... narration: I wonder if there was an errand he had to run? Miki: (Then, I'll bring it out.) --------------------------------------------------- p 100 1 [She looks towards the phone.] phone FX: [off] 2 [Tight view of the phone.] phone FX: 3 [Smiling, she picks it up.] Miki: Yes? Hello... Miki: Ah, Miwa-san? 4 [Satoshi smiles, holding the cordless phone.] Miwa: Are you well, Koishikawa? Miki: [phone] Yup! Oh, if it's Yuu you want, he stepped out for a minute just now... Miwa: No... Actually, Yuu is here at my place right now. It's been a while and there are some things we want to talk about. 5 Miwa: [off] He said he's staying over at my place tonight, and he'll be home in time for school tomorrow morning. Oh, since he's gone to buy stuff at a convenience store right now, I called you instead... ... Okay. I see. Bye. 6 [He presses the button to hang up.] phone FX: 7 [Satoshi casts a concerned look off-panel.] --------------------------------------------------- p 101 1 [View pulls back to show Yuu sitting on the floor, knees up and head buried in his arms.] Miwa: Is it okay now, Yuu? 2 [Isolated shot of the small Christmas tree.] 3 [Miki, who's changed out of work clothes, stands and stares at the tree, hands in her jeans pockets.] Miki: He's staying over at Miwa-san's place, huh... I was thinking of decorating it together with him! How boring. Oh well, that's okay. Tomorrow, though... 4 [She smiles softly.] 5 [A white panel.] narration: Yuu... narration: I wonder what kind of ring he's buying for me? --------------------------------------------------- p 102 1 narration: If possible, a pearl one would be nice... narration: Something to wear together with the bracelet from last year. narration: I wonder what I should do about Yuu's present? narration: Ahh, I'm looking forward to Christmas. 2 [Seated at her desk, she opens a book, waves a pencil in the air, and shouts out her battle cry...] Miki: A-a-all right. Miki: Then maybe I'll do some of my math homework for a change...! 3 [Satoshi sits on the floor and faces Yuu. Yuu has lifted his head from his arms and seems to stare off unfocused.] Miwa: Coming over all of a sudden, with a face that's white as a sheet... What in the world's the matter? What happened? 4 Miwa: Yuu... I won't understand if you don't say anythi-i-ing. 5 [Satoshi's eyes grow large...] --------------------------------------------------- p 103 1 [Satoshi's pov. Yuu is silent and stares at the floor. And tears stream from his eyes.] 2 [Miki sleeps at her desk, her homework being used as a pillow.] Miki FX --------------------------------------------------- -------------------End of Chapter------------------ --------------------------------------------------- Scorecard: Miki <---> Yuu Meiko <---> Natchan ^ | | Kei Ginta <---> Arimi Rumi <---> Youji ^ ^ | | v v Jin <---> Chiyako ---------------------------------------------------