Marmalade Boy Volume 1, Chapter 4 pages 121-155 Written and illustrated by Yoshizumi Wataru Translation & editing by : Craig Nishida Additional translation by : Paul Hirose Yutaka Sasagawa Matthew Akira Klippenstein Additional editing by: Daniel Lee Jeanne Hedge Last revision : 11-30-95 Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? Please send them to: mboy-trans@soyokaze.biosci.ohio-state.edu --------------------------------------------------- p 121 1 [A view of trees and sky.] narration: It's summer break. 2 [Miki follows through on her serve.] Miki forehand FX: writing at bottom margin: There are club activities even during summer break. 3 Namura-sensei: Yeah. Looking good, Koishikawa!! You've added a lot of speed on your service. 4 [Miki smiles in shy pleasure and clutches her racket.] Namura-sensei: Now you just have to increase your service percentage a bit more... Miki: Eh heh. Okay-y-y. 5 [Miki's pov of Yuu, who stands on the other side of the fence, looking in. A backpack is slung over one shoulder.] 6 [She looks a bit surprised.] Miki: Huh...? Miki: (Yuu...?!) --------------------------------------------------- p 122 1 [Filler art. Miki portrait.] --------------------------------------------------- p 123 1 [Miki approaches him on his side of the chain-link fence. Yuu smiles.] Miki: What's wrong? You're not in a club. What are you at school for...? Yuu: To see you in your tennis outfit, Miki... 2 [She recoils in shock, face flushed.] Miki: WHA-A-AT?! blush FX: 3 [He nonchalantly spins away, completing his sentence. Miki's eyes retract to tiny dots.] Yuu: ...couldn't possibly be the reason. Stu-u-upid. 4 [A mite frazzled, she watches him as he walks away.] Miki: (......... Spiteful person...) Miki: Where did last month's niceness go?! 5 [Filler art. Ginta portraint.] --------------------------------------------------- p 124 1 [Walking away, Miki continues to stare blankly off-panel, in the direction of Yuu.] narration: But really... What did he come here for...? 2 [Exterior view of the library building.] 3 [Interior view. Yuu walks past a row of bookcases.] 4 [Staring straight ahead, he fails to notice Meiko, who stands in one row with a book in hand. Meiko notices him with a start.] 5 [Meiko portrait. She looks off-panel, wonderingly.] --------------------------------------------------- p 125 1 [Yuu's pov of an open book. The page features a photograph of a pair of high-rise towers, the "Kashi Twin Towers: 1989-".] 2 [Yuu portrait. He rests his chin in one hand, reading.] 3 [He looks up.] Meiko: [off] Matsuura-kun. 4 [View pulls back to show him seated at a carrel. Meiko stands before him, on the other side of the low partition of the carrel.] Yuu: Akizuki. Meiko: I never thought I'd meet you in a place like this. Not many people come to this library. 5 Yuu: [small smile] Looks like it. It appeals to me... Yuu: I like old buildings. 6 Meiko: [smiling] I like it a lot here, too. Because it's so peaceful I can collect my thoughts. --------------------------------------------------- p 126 1 [View shifts. We see the two in a large, high-ceilinged room. No one else is about.] Yuu: A club? Meiko: Yeah. We have club meetings here... And since I was here, I thought I'd collect some material. Yuu: The literary arts club? Are you writing a novel? 2 Meiko: Uh-uh. I don't write stories. I just like to read. Meiko: So I'm looking over various things on my favorite authors, and organizing them... 3 [A white panel.] Yuu: [off] Reviews, huh. How wonderful. Meiko: [off] It's nothing so fancy as that. It's just a collection of writings. 4 [Resting his chin in hand, he smiles up at her, merrily.] Yuu: Let me read it next time. 5 Meiko: [brightly] Okay. 6 [Tight shot of Meiko's hand, holding out a book.] book FX: book: Quarterly SESERAGI Touryou University (-affiliated) High School Literary Arts Club <*Translation note: is the "murmuring of a stream".> --------------------------------------------------- p 127 1 Meiko: [beaming] 450 yen! Thank you for the purchase. [Yuu's eyes retract to tiny dots.] 2 Meiko: [beaming] I'm sa-a-aved. My club is short on funds... Oh, and if you like, there are back issues, too. [Sweating, Yuu turns to look at us.] Yuu: ...... 3 [View of clouds and sky.] 4 [Meiko's pov of Miki, who is walking off the court, racket under one arm and wiping her cheek with a towel.] Miki: [brightly] Ah! Meiko! 5 [Miki's pov of Meiko, who smiles and waves from the other side of the chain- link fence.] 6 Meiko: Practice is over today, right? Let's go home together. Miki: Sure! Wait just a minute while I go change my clothes. --------------------------------------------------- p 128 1 [Tight shot of their orders--Meiko's drink and Miki's fruity dessert.] 2 [The two sit at a sidewalk table, under an umbrella.] Meiko: I ran into Matsuura-kun at the library earlier. Miki: Yuu?! 3 [Miki ponders while toying with her fruit toppings.] Miki: (He went to the library...? Why there?) Meiko: How's summer break going? 4 Miki: [off] What do you mean, "how's" it going?" Meiko: While your folks are at the office, it's just you and Matsuura-kun, isn't it? Are you two getting along? 5 [A spoonful of fruit poised before her, Miki looks across at Meiko, off- panel.] Miki: Yeah... But... Oddly enough, we haven't been seeing each other. 6 [Miki closes her eyes. Meiko watches her, wide-eyed.] Miki: I have my club activities, and Yuu's been working at a part-time job and stuff, and isn't around home too much... And recently, he went off on a trip somewhere by himself... And, actually, I see him less often than when there was school. Meiko: Hmm. --------------------------------------------------- p 129 1 Meiko: [smiling] You seem disappointed, Miki. 2 [Miki is quite taken aback--sweating, face flushed, eyes and mouth wide open.] Miki: It--! Miki: It's nothing like that!! 3 [Her expression changes to one of reflection.] Miki: Nothing... Like that, but... narration: But... 4 [Yuu portrait.] narration: This summer break... narration: I was thinking that maybe I'd get to understand Yuu a little more. 5 [Miki sits in isolation, the table, chairs and Meiko having somehow disappeared.] narration: As usual, he's full of riddles... Miki: (He hasn't spoken to me about the part-time job or the trip either...) 6 [Miki ponders.] --------------------------------------------------- p 130 1 [Miki's pov of Meiko, who has her eyes closed and hand on the straw of her drink.] narration: Come to think of it... I sorta get the impression that Yuu and Meiko might be alike. narration: They always hide their true selves behind a smile... 2 [Miki, still pondering, looks up.] Miki: (Ever since 1st year in junior high, we've been close friends, but still, there's something mysterious about Meiko...) 3 Miki: AH! 4 Miki: [off] (Oh no! What the heck am I thinking?! ) Miki: [off] (Mixing up a dear and close friend with a weird guy like that!!) 5 [Eyes shut, Miki reaches across and claps a palm on Meiko's shoulder with conviction. Meiko's eyes retract to tiny dots.] Miki FX: Miki: I'm sorry, Meiko!! Meiko: Huh...? 6 [Exterior night shot of the Koishikawa-Matsuura residence.] --------------------------------------------------- p 131 1 [Chiyako's pov of Yuu and Miki, who sit on the two sofas in the living room.] Miki: Wonder Dog? Yuu: You mean, that newly-completed theme park? 2 [Their pov of Chiyako, who stands, holding up two tickets in one hand.] Chiyako: Right. I got some tickets at the office. You want them? Miki: [off] I want!! Chiyako: My company's running a beer garden inside the place. 3 [Miki clutches her ticket in glee. Yuu holds his up and smiles at it.] Miki: Yippee! I've wanted to go to this place. There are several simulation games there... Yuu: Hmm. That sounds like fun. 4 Yuu: Do you have a club activity tomorrow? Miki: Uh-uh. Yuu: Then, wanna go? 5 [Filler art. Miki stands in a UCLA sweatshirt, holding a football in one hand and her hair done up Chun Li-style.] --------------------------------------------------- p 132 1 Miki: [wide-eyed] Huh...?! 2 Yuu: [off] A bad time? Miki: [off] Uh! Uh-uh. 3 [Yuu walks away with a smile and a toss of the hand holding his ticket.] Yuu: Then, it's settled. 4 [Miki watches him walk away, off-panel.] Yuu footsteps FX: [off] 5 [Tight shot of the ticket in her hand.] 6 [Resting the edge of the ticket against her chin, her eyes unfocus as she ponders.] narration: The two of us... Going? narration: Somehow, that... --------------------------------------------------- p 133 1 narration: ...sounds like a date. [Exterior shot of the large sign and banners at the entrance to the "Wonder Dog" amusement park.] 2 [Miki's or Yuu's pov from the cockpit of their simulation arcade game.] arcade game FX: 3 [Miki, with a weak grimace, and Yuu, looking coolly methodical, sit in adjacent cockpits, firing away at the screen that is off-panel.] Miki: (Wahhh! I'm not hitting anything at all!) arcade game FX: 4 [Outside now, Yuu and Miki hold their scorecards. Yuu points at Miki's with a wide grin. Miki blushes and looks indignant.] Yuu: A rank of 'D'?!! Yuu: That's pathetic! Miki: Shut up! What about you?! Yuu: An 'A' of course! --------------------------------------------------- p 134 1 [Miki's pov of the "UFO-catcher dolls" piled up in the machine. A spotlight seems to shine on a stuffed hippo.] Miki: [off] Say, look, look! That! So cu-u-ute!! 2 [Yuu looks disinterested, while Miki presses her hands against the glass and smiles down at the dolls.] Yuu: You mean, *that* one? Miki: Huhhh? It's cute! How nice. I wish I had it... 3 Yuu: [setting his jaw] Can't be helped, hm. Well, I'll get it for you. [Miki looks up at him in surprise.] 4 Yuu: This sort of thing is my specialty. 5 [Miki smiles sweetly, eyes closed.] Miki FX: narration: It would be nice... ...if he could always be this sweet. --------------------------------------------------- p 135 1 Yuu: [off] ALL RIGHT! Great success!! [She turns in happy anticipation.] Miki: Really!?! 2 [She looks upon a stuffed kappa doll in her hand. She sweats.] Miki: ......... 3 Miki: THAT'S NOT I-I-IT!! Yuu: [irritated] Ehhhh?! Yuu: What? Didn't you say that one was cute?! Miki: This isn't the one I was talking abou-u-ut! 4 [Pov pulls back and up. Beyond the arguing pair we see the lower legs of a girl who stands behind the two and faces them.] Yuu/Miki FX: 5 [Arimi portrait. Arimi is a pretty girl with hair cut short, and is a stylish dresser. In the anime her hair is blue (sometimes even green), but here it could be blonde. She watches the two, off-panel.] Arimi: ......... --------------------------------------------------- p 136 1 [Tight shot of the kappa doll.] 2 [Miki sweats while holding up and gazing at the kappa doll. Yuu smiles at something he sees off-panel.] Miki: Well... Maybe... If I imagine it's cute, there won't be room for negative thoughts... Miki: It's a kappa so I'll name it "Katchan". Yuu: Let's go in there! Miracle Illusion! 3 [Their pov of a sign.] Miki: [off] Ahh, a "hall of mirrors," hm. 4 [Yuu watches as Miki races ahead of him and into the hall of mirrors. Arimi approaches him from behind.] bilingual sign: Entrance 5 [Yuu is prevented from following by a hand wrapped around his left arm.] Arimi FX: Yuu: ?! 6 [Smiling softly, Arimi holds onto his arm with both of hers.] Arimi: It's been a while, hasn't it, Yuu. 7 [Yuu looks over at her, in surprise.] Yuu: Arimi...! --------------------------------------------------- p 137 1 [Miki looks about, surrounded by mirrors.] Miki: Wowww... So pretty... 2 [Smiling, Miki turns to look behind her...] Miki: ...isn't it, Yuu. 3 [...but no one's there.] FX: Miki: Huh? 4 narration: I wonder if he went down a different path... Miki: Oh well, that's okay. 5 [She starts to sweat.] Miki: Huh? Miki: I was just here. 6 [She stares at her reflection.] Miki: Huh?! Miki: A dead end. 7 [Filler art. The kappa doll smiles and holds a Japanese flag high.] sidebar caption: Lovely Katchan --------------------------------------------------- p 138 1 [Miki swivels her head from side-to-side.] Miki: WAHHH! Which way's the exi-i-it!! Miki FX: Miki: I'm scared. Yuu-u-u!! Where are you-u-u?! 2 [Miki stumbles out the exit.] narration: 15 minutes later. Miki: Got out at last... bilingual sign: Exit Miki FX: 3 [Miki registers surprise at something off-panel.] 4 [Her pov of Yuu, standing. Others amusement park customers partially block her view, so she doesn't see that he's not alone.] narration: Yuu! narration: He came out ahead of me. 5 [Smiling, she raises an arm high in greeting...] Miki: Yu... 6 [...but the smile fades and her eyes grow wide.] --------------------------------------------------- p 139 1 [Her pov of Yuu and Arimi. Yuu turns, smiles and waves. Arimi just stands there. In an inset is a larger facial portrait of Arimi.] Yuu: Ah, Miki. Over here, over here. 2 [Miki stands, eyes wide.] narration: Wow... A pretty girl... Miki: A... A friend? 3 Yuu: A classmate during junior high. Suzuki Arimi-san. Yuu: And she's Koishikawa Miki, the one we were talking about just now who shares the same house. 4 Arimi FX: Arimi: Pleased to meet you. 5 Miki: Ah, pleased to meet you... Miki: (Ahhhh. She's REALLY cute.) --------------------------------------------------- p 140 1 [Arimi holds out her address book and a pen.] Arimi: Then tell me your new address and phone number, please. Yuu: Sure. 2 [Miki's pov of Arimi, her hand on Yuu's sleeve and watching around his shoulder as he writes.] Arimi hand FX: 3 [Miki watches, all expression washing from her face.] 4 [Her face colors and the background is a swirl of angry shades.] narration: H... narration: Hey-y-y! narration: Not that I care, but isn't she sticking too tightly-y-y?! 5 [A generic guy stands and shouts.] guy: Arimi! Are you still there?! 6 [Arimi and Yuu look off-panel.] Arimi: I'm coming now! 7 Yuu: You've got a boyfriend? That's good. [Arimi registers surprise.] --------------------------------------------------- p 141 1 Arimi: [off] I've only dated him 2 or 3 times, and only because he insisted. I'm going to dump him soon. 2 [Arimi stands before Yuu and rests her hand on his cheek. She smiles up into his eyes.] Arimi: Sure enough... You're better. 3 [Miki's face flushes and her eyes unfocus.] Miki: Geh! 4 [Arimi turns to wave and cast a bright smile as she leaves.] Arimi: Bye. I'll call, 'kay! 5 [Miki and Yuu can only stand there and watch. Miki is still blushing and looking incredulous. Yuu looks a bit bored, like he's seen it all before.] Miki: (Wha...) Yuu: She hasn't changed, has she... Miki: (What's with that gir-r-rl?!) --------------------------------------------------- p 142 1 [Tight shot of their shoes as they stand.] Miki: "Sure enough, you're better..." ...was what she was saying... Yuu: Mm-hmm... When we were in 3rd-year junior high, we went out together. 2 [Again, Miki's eyes unfocus.] 3 [She stares down at the pavement.] Miki: Hm...hmmmm... Miki FX: Miki: I see... 4 [He closes his eyes.] Yuu: It was only 3 months... Well... But we did the usual things... 5 [She recoils in horror, face flushed and fist held to her mouth.] Miki: THE...! Miki FX: Miki: THE USUAL THINGS!?! You did?! --------------------------------------------------- p 143 1 [He stares at his hand and counts off with his fingers.] Yuu: Yeah. Christmas... Hatsumoude*, Valentine's Day, birthdays... <*Commentary: is the first visit to a temple in the New Year.> Yuu: Various events like that that couples manage to do. 2 [She lets out a sigh of relief.] Miki: I...see. Things like that. 3 [He looks over at her with brows raised.] Yuu: ......... Yuu: You were imagining something else just now, weren't you. 4 [Face flushing, Miki exclaims her innocence. Yuu smiles back merrily.] Miki: Wa--! Was not!! Yuu: Ohh, Miki, you pervert. Miki: Was not, I tell you!! 5 Yuu: [off] Do you want to know how far we went? Miki: [off] I DON'T WANNA KNOW!! 6 [Filler art. Miki stands in a dress.] --------------------------------------------------- p 144 1 [He smiles merrily.] Yuu: We didn't do... Anything. 2 [Looking skeptical, she winces at him, off-panel.] Miki: ......... Liar... Miki FX: 3 [Nonchalant, with hands in his pants pockets, he smiles.] Yuu: It's true. Yuu: 'Cause my first kiss was with you, Miki. 4 [Miki's eyes unfocus yet again.] 5 [Flashback. Yuu kisses Miki, who was pretending to sleep in the health room.] Yuu: [off] You were awake that time, weren't you? Miki: [off] Y-- You knew...? 6 [Miki's face flushes darkly.] Yuu: No. Your body reacted back then, so... Without really knowing why, I wondered if you were awake. Miki dramatic FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 145 1 [She blushes, not meeting his eye.] Miki: Wh... Why...? Miki: Did you do... Such a thing? 2 [His face loses the smile, becoming thoughtful.] Yuu: ...... Why? Yuu: The devil made me do it... 3 [Miki moves to grab him by the shirtfront and cocks her fist.] Miki: ......... Yuu: [wide grin] Wahhh! I'm kidding, I'm kidding. It's a joke!! 4 [Tight shot of Miki as she stares at Yuu, off-panel.] Yuu: [off] It's obviously because I like you, Miki. Miki dramatic FX: 5 [She slaps him soundly on his left cheek.] Miki: [off] QUIT TEASING ME!! Yuu face FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 146 1 [Miki stands, her right hand still raised.] Miki: All you ever, ever do is make fun of me...! Miki: And you're never completely serious when you speak to me!! 2 [Yuu holds his injured cheek and stares wide-eyed at Miki, off-panel.] 3 [Miki turns on her heel and stomps off.] Yuu: Hey, Miki... Miki: It's okay, already! Miki: I don't care!! 4 [Yuu watches her leave, still a bit wide-eyed.] 5 Yuu: [smiling softly] Agai-i-in. You got mad. --------------------------------------------------- p 147 1 [Shot of the entrance to the grounds of Touryou school. Students arrive for the start of the school day.] 2 [Meiko, beaming a smile, comes up to Ginta in a hallway. Ginta smiles back over his shoulder.] Meiko: Good morning, Ginta. Meiko: Haven't seen you in a while! Ginta: 'Morning. 3 [Meiko and Ginta round a corner. A couple of their female classmates walk a bit ahead of them.] Meiko: [wide-eyed] Tanned, aren't you... Ginta: [grinning] I went to the beach. girl 1: A date?! Yuu and Miki?! 4 [Meiko and Ginta stop short and stare off-panel.] 5 [Their pov of the backs of the two girls, who continue to walk away down the hall.] girl 2: Yup. At Wonder Dog. I happened to see them. girl 1: Wha-a-at? So it's true after all. Ahhhh. What a shock. --------------------------------------------------- p 148 1 [Meiko's pov of Ginta's profile. He stares hard off-panel.] 2 [He turns away in disgust, eyes closed. Meiko watches his back in surprise.] Ginta: What's with that Miki...? Although at first, she didn't like Matsuura and his family that much... Ginta: A guy like that. What's so great about him? 3 [Her gaze hardens.] 4 Meiko: Hold on, Ginta. Meiko: You're in no position to say something like that, are you? 5 [Ginta has all expression knocked out of his face. He stares blankly at a glaring Meiko.] 6 Meiko: [off] Ever since *then*, it seems that Miki hasn't found someone to like... But lately, little by little, she's starting to be attracted to Matsuura-kun. --------------------------------------------------- p 149 1 [Meiko's expression softens.] Meiko: I think that's great. Matsuura-kun is probably a far more serious person than he appears to be. Meiko: I want Miki to fall in love and be happy. 2 Meiko: [off] Ginta... You seem to be pretty worried about Miki and Matsuura-kun recently... 3 [She addresses him forcefully.] Meiko: But don't interfere with them now when it's too late. 4 [Ginta can only stare back, eyes wide.] Meiko: You have no right to do so!! --------------------------------------------------- p 150 1 [Tight shot of a hand locking a classroom window shut.] window latch FX: 2 [Pov shifts. We look into the classroom through the now-shut window at Ginta, who stands and stares out.] 3 [Pov shifts. Ginta turns to look at Miki, who walks down the aisle between the desks, holding a bound notebook in one hand.] Miki: Ginta-a-a. Have you locked all the windows? Ginta: Yeah... Miki: Then all we have left is the log entry. 4 [He walks to her desk. She's seated there smiling, writing into the open logbook.] Ginta: What a hassle. Doing weekly cleanup duty so soon after the new school term begins... Miki: But we're lucky since there are so few days this week. Let's see... Today's absentees are Suzuki... 5 [Miki stops short, eyes grown wide.] 6 [She visualizes the pretty girl she and Yuu met at the amusement park.] narration: Suzuki Arimi... narration: She's phoned Yuu a few times since then. --------------------------------------------------- p 151 1 narration: She wants to go out with Yuu again. Yuu... I wonder what he'll do? 2 [Miki profile. She stares off-panel, deep in her thoughts. A flashback portrait of Yuu appears in the same panel.] narration: In the first place, why did they break up? narration: A fight...? Did their love disappear naturally? narration: [flashback] "We did the usual things." "Christmas, Hatsumoude, Valentine's Day..." 3 [Miki remains deep in her thoughts. Now she is surrounded by images of Yuu and Arimi together during Christmas (Yuu holds Arimi around her shoulder and she rests her head against his; both hold wrapped presents), New Year (Arimi, in kimono, and Yuu, in jacket, smile at pieces of paper held in their hands), a birthday (the two smile down at a birthday cake with candles), and Valentine's day (Arimi hands Yuu a humongous bag wrapped with a ribbon).> pieces of paper: [New Years] Written oracle. 4 [The images change into angry swirls. Miki's face darkens.] Miki FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 152 1 Ginta: [sweating] Miki? What's the matter? Ginta: You're making a weird face. [She snaps out of it, face flushed.] Miki: AH! 2 Miki: [off] Ahhhh. Sorry, sorry. Let's see. Today's comments... 3 [As Miki writes in the logbook, Ginta stares at her, registering surprise.] Miki: There isn't anything in particular to write, is there. Ginta: Huh...?! 4 Ginta: [off] Are you eating something? Miki: Yeah. 5 [Tight shot of a bag of candy. Bunches of fat, juicy grapes adorn the bag. A few of the wrapped candies lie outside the opened bag.] Miki: [off] A new candy. Want some too, Ginta? Miki: [off] It tastes good. bag of candy: Muscat Kiss 6 [They visualize a TV commercial, featuring a pretty girl holding a bunch of grapes to one cheek and smiling at the viewer.] Mio: [commercial flashback] The taste of a pure kiss. Muscat Kiss . Ginta: [off] Ahh... The one where Hagiwara Mio does the commercials. Miki: [off] Yeah, that's right. She's so cute... --------------------------------------------------- p 153 1 [He studies a wrapped candy closely.] Ginta: The taste of a kiss, hmm... Ginta: I wonder if that's true. 2 [Miki's gaze drops to the logbook in front of her. Her eyes close.] Miki: ...... Well... Miki: (I was surprised and taste wasn't what was on my mind.) Miki: (Back then...) 3 [Ginta's gaze likewise drops.] 4 Ginta: [off] Shall we try and see? --------------------------------------------------- p 154 1 [Miki, gaze dropped.] 2 [She looks up, a bit blankly.] Miki: Huh...? 3 [Ginta stares back, with a serious expression.] 4 [View pulls back. Miki stares, wide-eyed, at Ginta.] Miki: (Ginta...?!) --------------------------------------------------- p 155 1 [Pov shifts. Miki, in the middle of writing in the logbook, still stares across at Ginta.] top caption: "Shall we try and see?" 2 [Miki portrait against a plaid background.] narration: ......... What are you saying, Ginta? --------------------------------------------------- -------------------End of Chapter------------------ --------------------------------------------------- Scorecard: Rumi <---> Youji Miki <---> Yuu ^ ^ ^ ^ | | | | v v v Jin <---> Chiyako Ginta Arimi ---------------------------------------------------