MARMALADE BOY EPISODES - SYNOPSES

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(Episodes 31-40)

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MARMALADE BOY #31 (KD)

Miki is writing to Meiko about the upcoming school festival. She shares that her club (tennis) will be running the oden stand like they do every year. And since Meiko needs to finish writing for her club (literature) they should both just do their best.

Miki is really worried about Yuu and Suzu-chan especially now that Yuu is privately tutoring her. At her job, Miki works hard to try to block thinking of Yuu and Suzu out of her mind.

Ginta arrives early at Arimi's school early to invite her to come to the upcoming Toryo school festival. She accepts.

Miwa and Suzu are together while Miwa practices on his electric guitar. The band he's in will be having a concert at the Toryo festival. Suzu talks Miwa into having Yuu sing. He's so pretty, he'll draw a larger audience.

Yuu gets niftily pulled into singing by Miwa, whose talent for talking anyone into anything is no less over the phone. Yuu leaves his room after this arrangement has been made to find Miki also in the hall. He tells her what has occurred...that he'll be singing for the band during the Toryo festival. Miki hardly responds...which surprises him. This is HARDLY like Miki. But, you see, Miki's mind is on Suzu. She asks Yuu if he thinks Suzu is cute. Yuu smiles and tells her "yes" and smiles. Miki walks towards the stairs. Yuu runs ahead of her, turns and says that Suzu is really cute. Miki tells him not to say anymore. Yuu still grinning says..."like a little sister".

In the morning Miki finds the voice memo on her door. Yuu message to her is that he knows she's busy with her part-time job and getting ready for the Fall tennis tournament as well as getting ready for the upcoming school festival...but to take it easy. Miki figures she'll be just fine. After all, she needs to work hard to make money for their trip together.

Miki is exhausted as she walks home from work that night. In the distance in front of her she sees Kei standing in front of a building. She calls out his name in recognition but he doesn't hear her. She comes up to the place he just entered and finds that it's a live house called "Lizard". Miki follows.

Inside Kei is surprised when Miki talks to him. In fact, he jumps when he hears her voice. Other customers frown on her for speaking a bit too loud when they're listening to the music. So Miki sits at Kei's table so that she doesn't draw anymore attention.

Kei can obviously see that Miki is enraptured by the music so he tells her to wait where she is. Miki is surprised by Kei walking over to the pianist. And even more surprised when Kei replaces him. What happens next is stunning. Kei plays the piano with the skill of a professional. Miki is very moved.

Later, while walking away from the live house, Kei tells Miki that he wanted to show her his skill...the only thing he's really good at. But tells her sternly that he shouldn't have. He runs off. Miki calls after him...but doesn't get very far before she passes out on the sidewalk. Kei turns from the distance he's gotten to, sees her lying on the ground and runs back to
her. Kei helps her up but Miki's head is dim so she doesn't really realize it but Kei also has her in a romantic embrace.

Miki doesn't know...but Suzu does. Suzu saw it all from the car she's in nearby.

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MARMALADE BOY #32 (KD)

Miki comes home after passing out...and collapses on her bed. Yuu asks the parents where Miki is and finds out from Chiyako that Miki isn't down watching her favorite TV show.

A concerned Yuu knocks on the door and calls for Miki several times before the blurry-eyed girl shows up. Yuu asks her if she all right. She admits that she passed out on the way home. Yuu reminds her that he told her that he would pay her way on their trip. But Miki won't hear of it beside she's enjoying her job.

Miki then remembers to give Yuu a ticket to for oden at the stand where she'll be working during the festival. Yuu is taken aback...after all, he already has tickets for hot dogs, crepes, etc. Miki asks him if they're all from other girls. Of course they are. After all, he tells her, it would be weird if they came from other guys. A slightly miffed Miki turns and tells him he won't need hers then. Yuu grabs her arm as she's walking away and tells her that he'll go to
her stand first. Miki glows. She walks up to him and hugs him. Yuu tells her that it's bad timing - the parents might come by. She tells him.."just for a minute". Yuu smiles and embraces her in return.

Suzu drinks coffee and steams over Miki's behavior. How dare she do that when she has a boyfriend like Yuu. Suzu decides she'll never forgive her!

At Bobson's, Kei tell Miki that he's wasting time worrying about her (probably because she's back working as hard as ever). Miki thanks him for helping her and tells him it wasn't a big deal. She explains that she doesn't have time to be anemic (as she called it) because of the tennis tournament and school festival. Kei says "school festival?" Miki invites him to come.

In the oden stand area, Ginta and Chigusa are calling out for customers when Arimi shows up.

Inside the parents are chit chatting with Kijima and eating oden. All are excited about Yuu's upcoming performance.

At the Literary club stand, Meiko is handling out the Literary offering of her club. Ryouko-sensei comes by to tell her that she read Meiko's fantasy and that it was VERY good. She adds that she is looking forward to reading Meiko's future efforts.

Yuu shows up at Miki's oden stand. He teases her by telling her that he thought she'd be wearing her tennis skirt. (He didn't say it, but I presume it's because it's a short little skirt).

Suzu shows up at the stand too. She glares at Miki. The other workers at the stand notice Suzu and go fan-happy. Miki begins to feel more insecure about the pretty, young model.

Kei shows up where they others are. The crowds inside are still excited about the famous Suzu being there. Kei, who is a master of well-directed comments, says sternly and loud enough for the crowd to hear, that there is so much racket in there, that it can heard clear outside. The crowd instantly shuts up and disperses.

Miki pulls Kei forward to introduce him to Yuu and Suzu. Yuu can't help putting in the digs on Miki...to tease her as usual. He tells Kei that she's such a brat, she probably makes his life miserable at work. Miki and Yuu play fight. Miki pounds him on the chest and Yuu laughs. Kei takes the opportunity to take a look at Yuu.

Suzu reminds Miki that she should go show her friend, Kei, around the campus. She adds that Yuu'll be OK, she'll be with him.

While going around campus with Kei, Kei asks her if she shouldn't be worried about Suzu-chan and adds that she's going to steal her boyfriend away. Miki jumps on it and nervously tells him that Suzu isn't that kind of a girl. Kei shrugs and tells her it up to her.

Concert time comes up. Kei and Miki are in the wings waiting. Miki discovers that the keyboard player has an injured finger...he burned it at his stand while cooking. The band doesn't know what to do about the performance because there's a long keyboard solo. When Yuu, looks upset because he's practiced so hard. Miki remembers that Kei plays the piano.
She tells them that Kei can do it. Kei is startled and gets a serious, brooding look on his face. The band and especially Miwa gets very excited. Kei tells them that he HASN'T agreed to do it. But when Miki says "please" and looks at him with emotion, he breaks down and agrees.

Yuu sings before a packed audience. When the solo comes up the original keyboard players is amazed. He tells Miki, Meiko, Suzu, who are standing in the wings with him that what Kei is playing isn't even on the music. He tells them that Kei is improvising and that that takes real skill.

At the end of the performance, Suzu takes flowers out to Yuu on stage. She stuns the audience by kissing him on the lips in front of everyone.

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MARMALADE BOY #33 (KD)

Suzu fumes over what she thinks is Miki and Kei hugging and decides that she's got to do something about it. She tells Yuu but he doesn't believe her.

Since Miki hasn't planned out an itinerary for their trip together, Yuu decides to meet Miki at her job and proceed with making their plans from there.

Suzu comes to Bobson's to talk to Miki but it's Miki's day off. Suzu decides to talk to Kei instead. She asks him what his relationship is with Miki. Kei tosses her out of the store. But...he drops Miki/Yuu's medallion that he's been secretly holding on to. Suzu gets very
suspicious.

Miki is taking out the trash behind Bobson's when Kei shows up for work late. He tells her that Suzu had come the day before and asked what their relationship was. Miki laughs and says that Suzu is silly because there's nothing between them. Suddenly Kei grabs her up and
embraces her. He tells her that he loves her. Miki is too stunned to move, Yuu arrives just in time to see her in another man's arm. He stumbles off.

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MARMALADE BOY #34 (KD)

Suzu is fast at work to break up Miki and Yuu. She manages to maneuver all the players during a Halloween party at her house. She makes it look like Yuu was secretly going to her house for the party... without telling Miki. She gets Kei to play the piano by telling him that
Miki-san will be disappointed if he's not there. Miki is invited at the last minute by Suzu.

The way it all turns out is that an insecure Miki is looking for anyone she might know in a room full of ultra famous people. She sees Suzu and is relieved...until she sees who she's dancing with - a smiling Yuu. Miki who is already afraid that she's losing him, is stunned.

She notices Kei is playing the piano. This is the same brooding musician who said he'd never play again. She goes over to talk to him. He asks her why she's so nervous. Doesn't she think they all look like a lot of pumpkins? This makes Miki giggle as only Miki can. Suzu points out Miki to Yuu. All he can see is his girlfriend laughing with the guy he saw
embracing her.
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MARMALADE BOY #35 (KD)

There's a real set-up from two different sides in this episode. Kei wants Miki because he's lonely and unhappy. Suzu can't understand why gorgeous Yuu would want to have Miki as a girlfriend and works very hard to separate them. Between the two, who aren't even working with each other on this plan, they do end up succeeding in their goal.

However to lighten the show, there's a fun section where Miwa takes a head-weary Meiko to an amusement place to take her mind off of writing. It's Meiko's first time at a place like this.

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MARMALADE BOY #36 KD)

Yuu leaves to go on "their" vacation without Miki.

Miki orders Kei to give back the medallion. She tearfully tells him that she and Yuu had an argument and that they broke up. Kei tells her that he won't apologize. If what Kei said was all it took to shake up her boyfriend's feelings for her then their relationship wouldn't have lasted anyway. He tells her to choose him instead, that he would never make her cry. Miki shoves
Kei away from her and takes off from the store, running through the streets.

Arimi and Ginta are having a ball on a date. They're discussing Tsutomu and the fact that he "could" be hiding anywhere! Ginta's eye catches Miki as she runs past the restaurant where he and Arimi are.

Shortly thereafter, Ginta has caught up and grabbed Miki by the arm. He wants to know what's wrong. She turns and Ginta can see the tears running down her face. She tells him she's sorry, but to leave her alone. Miki runs off.

Arimi comes up to Ginta and asks him what the problem is. Ginta tells her that Miki told him to leave her alone. He wonders out loud if Matsuura is responsible. He'd noticed "something" wasn't right with them lately. Could it have anything to do with Suzu-chan? After all she kissed Matsuura at the school festival.

At home, Miki is talking with Ginta on the phone. She thanks him for worrying about her.

Ginta tells her that Arimi told him to tell her that Yuu doesn't always know how to talk to women but to trust him because Miki is the only one in his heart.

Miki begins to realize that the problem was not Yuu but herself. She gets excited, forgets to hang up the phone, and runs to ask the mothers when Yuu is due home.

At the train station, Miki and Yuu meet on the stairs. She tells him that she's had time to think and that she's realized that it was her jealousy that caused the problems. She lowers her head and puts out her hands cradling the medallion and begs him to take it back. Yuu smiles at her lovingly and takes the medallion. He tells her that he's sorry too because he left without her and because he realizes he was acting like a kid. A delighted Miki says Yuu's name. But another voice says his name right after she does. It's Kitahara Anju, Yuu childhood friend.
Just before he came down the station stairs and met Miki, he bumped into Anju and they talked for a bit. Yuu introduces Miki to "An" as the girl he told her about.

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MARMALADE BOY #37 (KD)

Miki is saddened by the fact that Yuu spends so much time with An. Yuu invites her to come with him to spend time with An, but Miki tells him she feels like they have a lot of
things from the past they'd likely like to talk about.

Arimi is supposed to go on a date with Ginta but when he shows up he sees a man with her and mistaking thinks the guy is some kind of masher. He runs up and punches the guy. Arimi is humiliated because the gentleman was only asking for help to find out where he was going.
Onlookers begin gossiping in the background. The date is instantly canceled as Arimi yells "Forget it!" and runs away. Ginta is let behind to try to face his apologies to the man.

Suzu finds Kei at the ice cream shop and requests him to play piano for a Halloween party.
He refuses but changes his mind when he hears Miki will be there.

Yuu and An meet at a coffee shop and discuss how they first met as children

Miwa and Meiko are on a date. Keiko runs up and tells her that she's just seen Na-chan.
Meiko begins to run off to find him. Miwa tells her not to go. Meiko tells him that she
thought it was over, but she was wrong. She leaves to find Na-chan.

Miki and Ginta practice tennis, but Ginta's game is off. He can't get Arimi off his mind.

Meiko runs past to go to the library. She's been searching but can't find Na-chan. Miki
catches only a glimpse of her and thinks for a second it's Meiko. But it can't be. Meiko's
on a date with Miwa.

Later as nightfall is coming, Meiko does indeed come across Na-chan and Ryouko-sensei.
Na-chan makes it very clear that there's nothing between him and Meiko. He tells her that
he and Ryouko-sensei are dating now (much to Ryouko's surprise).

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MARMALADE BOY #38 (KD)

Rokutanda waits to catch Arimi on her usual route home from school. He's heard from one of her friend that she's had a fight with Ginta. He jumps out and demands to know what her feelings for him are…once and for all. It's him or Ginta. She lets him know that she's sorry, she can't return his feelings.

Miki and Yuu are walking together. She tells him that she has some free time and wonders
if they can spend some time together. Yuu can't. He's made plans with An.

Miki asks more about the relationship…like how they met. Yuu tells her that it was in 6th grade when he was depressed about his dad not being his real father. She was the only person he could trust or talk to.

Meanwhile Arimi is outside Toryo waiting for Ginta. She feels silly having come that far just
to give him her jet memo. Ginta sees her and wonders what she's doing there. Arimi is a bit
too ruffled to say. She starts to leave, then tosses the jet memo to him. He listens "Sorry about the other day". Ginta is visibly moved by the message.

Yuu and Anju take a rowboat. Though Yuu thinks it's the wrong time of year for that sort of thing. Yuu talks about Miki and Anju tell him they seem like the perfect couple.

Meiko goes to the teachers room to pick up the class cleanup record. She has to get it from
Ryouko-sensei who she believes has betrayed her. Ryouko is quick to notice the icy behavior
of her student.

Outside Arimi's school a fellow in a different uniform waits. It's Ginta there to talk to Arimi.
He tells Arimi that he knows he's insensitive and doesn't understand girls' feelings. But he
doesn't want his true feelings confused, like what happened with Miki. What he did, was terrible and he apologizes.

She said part of her was happy because no one really cared about her feelings before. A lot
of guys have chased her. None tried to understand her. She's all alone.

Ginta is quick to reply that she's not alone anymore. The jet memo has a message on it from
him "I love you". Arimi and Ginta drop the formality of their names Suou-kun and Suzuki-san and call each other Ginta and Arimi. Ginta finds Arimi in his arms and much of the student body whistling and hooting.

Anju visits Miki at the ice cream shop to ask her if she minds her being second to Miki with Yuu. She promises she won't interfere with their relationship.

Later inside the shop, Kei has obviously been watching the goings on between Anju and Miki.
He's upset because she looks depressed and figures it's because of her boyfriend. "Handsome Guy. Bet the girls chase him." Miki defends him and says he's not that type of guy. Kei tells her that she may understand the guy, but he doesn't.

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MARMALADE BOY #39 (KD)

Miki is concerned about what Anju told her. She told Miki that she'd known Yuu since he
was in 6th grade and that she'd been in love with him since then. Could she be second to Miki?
And Yuu admitted to her that Anju may have been his first love. Miki fears that if he finds out about Anju's feelings, his old feelings could return.

At breakfast before school, Yuu asks Miki if she'd like to go to Yokohama. He tells her that he's making up for spending time with An instead of her. Miki is pleased that he thought of it.

After school, Yuu says goodbye because he needed to get to work. Miki and Meiko decide to go to the cafeteria. Miki turns to invite Ginta. But Ginta is acting shy and awkward about…something. He tells them he has someplace to go.

At a table, Miki discusses what Anju said to her. She recalls how confused she was
when Ginta declared his love for her. She can't help but feel that Yuu will go through that if he finds out Anju's feelings.

Ryouko-sensei comes over to the table to tell Miki that she needs to talk to her about the Women's Team Training Program. Meiko is still like ice. Meiko coldly says that she needs to
go to the library, gets up and leaves. As she leaves, Ryouko realizes that Meiko doesn't realize that Namura lied and wonders if she should tell her the truth. She can't get past the fact though that having Meiko believe that he's dating someone else could help Meiko put the past behind her.

At the library, Meiko comes across Miwa. Miwa asks her if she saw Namura. She tells him
"no" but now though, she realizes she can't forget him.

Arimi is late coming out of her school. Ginta waits but is accosted instead by his cousin,
Tsutomu. Tsutomu is peeved no end.

Tsutomu: Ginta! What're you doing here?!!

Ginta: I'm waiting for Arimi!

Tsutomu: What the hell are you saying?!
I know it's over between us but that doesn't mean I'll let you date her!
I'll never figure out why she picked you over me!
I'm better looking and have a better personality than you!
I've been interested in Arimi since grade school!
But you're different!
You broke up with one girl and immediately switched to another one!

Ginta: Dammit.

Tsutomu: Arimi's a disappointment too.
She broke up with Matsuura and went straight to another guy.
After all, she was that kind of person.
I was foolish to fall for that kind of girl.

Ginta: DON'T TALK ABOUT ARIMI THAT WAY!!!
COME HERE!!!

Tsutomu: Wh-what?!

Ginta hauls Tsutomu off.

Arimi runs out through the gate apologizing that she's so late. But no Ginta. A friend
tells her that her boyfriend took Rokutanda to the hills behind the school.

In the hills, Ginta and Tsutomu are fighting it out to settle things. When they see how each
other looks from the battle, they start laughing. Arimi sees them get together as pals again.

At work, Miki notices that Kei is leaving early even though he was marked for the late shift.
Her boss tells her that he has something to do. Miki says that it's all right she'll take over his
shift.

Anju is at the doctor's office. He tells her that he talked to her mother. The next operation will be very risky.

Later Anju comes to where Yuu works. Kijima teases Yuu about how cute Anju is and that if Miki finds out she'll kill him. Yuu proudly tells him that she's just an old friend and that Miki knows about it.

Anju later finds Miki and begs her fervently to let her borrow Yuu for the whole day. This was the day that Miki and Yuu were finally going to find time to be together. Anju pleads that if Miki will agree, she won't call or see Yuu again.

At home, Yuu asks her when she get off work (so they can leave for Yokohama). She tells him
she's sorry, she has to work late tomorrow. Yuu goes and calls Anju instead.

Yuu and Anju are on the trip together. They're visiting his old school and Anju is quick to point out all the old memories.

Miki is at work thinking to herself that she was an idiot to have accepted Anju's request. Kei
interrupts her thoughts and asks her to come to the "Lizard" after work. Miki says his name in such a way that it's obvious that she thinks it's a bad idea.

Anju and Yuu sit on the swings of his old grade school. Anju tells him that she wished she went to the same school as him. She gets serious and tells him that she's loved him for a long time. Yuu is in shock.

Miki shows up at the "Lizard" thinking that she didn't want to come and didn't know why she did. Kei is delighted too that she showed up. He tells her if she'll stand beside him, he thinks he can go back to playing the piano again. She tells him that she knows how he feels about her but that she can't return his feelings.

Yuu is last seen visibly torn about what to do about Anju.

MARMALADE BOY #40 (KD)

It's just about Christmas-time, Miki is hand-sewing two look alike dolls of herself and Yuu.

Yuu spends Christmas Eve (a night for lovers in Japan) mostly with Anju at the hospital. She collasped from her heart disorder. Miki ends up having to go to the Lizard Live House without Yuu because of that. Kei is waiting with a exquisite piano piece that he intends to play for her.

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