Marmalade Boy Volume 1, Chapter 5 pages 157-193 Written and illustrated by Yoshizumi Wataru Translation & editing by : Craig Nishida Additional translation by : Paul Hirose Yutaka Sasagawa Matthew Akira Klippenstein Additional editing by: Jeanne Hedge Daniel Lee Last revision : 11-30-95 Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? Please send them to: mboy-trans@soyokaze.biosci.ohio-state.edu --------------------------------------------------- p 157 1 [Profile. Miki ponders. In her thought bubble, Ginta stands, points and grins.] narration: Ahh... I get it. narration: Watching me get flustered... Ginta in Miki's thought-bubble: (Bwa ha ha! I startled you-u-u. Obviously, I'm joking. Stu-u-upid.) Miki: ...is what his scheme is. 2 [Miki drops her gaze, looking unflustered.] Miki: (I'm not gonna fall for tha-a-at.) Miki: Okay. Shall we try it? 3 [Ginta stares.] 4 [Filler art. Meiko portrait.] --------------------------------------------------- p 158 1 [Ginta gets to his feet as Miki laughs.] Miki: [beaming] Just kidding. That kind of joke isn't your style, Ginta... Ginta chair FX: 2 [He looms over her as she loses the smile.] Miki: (Huh...?) 3 [Miki's face takes on an expression of shock as Ginta grasps her by the shoulders...] Ginta hands FX: Miki: KYAAA...! --------------------------------------------------- p 159 1 [...and kisses her.] Miki: ...!! 2 [Another pov of the kiss.] --------------------------------------------------- p 160 1 Miki: [off] No!! dramatic FX: 2 [Blushing, Miki stands, having disengaged from Ginta's grasp.] Miki: 3 [He stands and stares at her, quietly.] 4 [Livid, Miki gives him a full-extension slap on the cheek. Ginta's head torques to the right.] Ginta face FX: Miki: WHAT'RE YOU DOING?!! --------------------------------------------------- p 161 1 [Miki portrait. Face still flushed, she glares at Ginta, off-panel.] 2 [Ginta clutches his injured cheek.] Ginta: Ouch... 3 [They scream in each other's faces.] Ginta: What?! You said it was oka-a-ay! Miki: There's no way it could be okay, stupid! 4 [Clasping her schoolbag to her chest, Miki turns away while screaming...] Miki: Ginta, you idiot!! 5 [His pov of the classroom door.] door FX: Miki footsteps FX: [off] --------------------------------------------------- p 162 1 [Ginta stares at the floor, looking a bit desolate.] 2 [He closes his eyes and rests his forehead against an open palm.] Ginta: Shi-i-it... 3 [Still blushing, Miki runs.] Miki: (I can't believe it!) Miki: (What are you thinking, Ginta?!!) --------------------------------------------------- p 163 1 [View pans in to get a close look at her expression as she runs.] narration: Why is he doing that sort of thing to *me*?! narration: That guy! Would just any girl do?!! 2 narration: Scum!! I can't forgive this!! I'M SO MA-A-AD!! 3-4 [A hall sign outside a classroom (panel 3). Inside, Namura-sensei stands at the front of the class with an open English text in his hand.] school bell FX: sign: Year 1, Class B Namura-sensei: A-a-all right. Then, that's it for today! --------------------------------------------------- p 164 1 [With gaze lowered and face without expression, Miki rises from her desk. Her hands rest on the handle of her schoolbag, which she has set on the desk in front of her.] Miki chair FX: 2 [Miki's pov of a puzzled Meiko.] Meiko: Huh? Miki, are you going home? Aren't you on cleanup duty this week...? 3 [Miki, gaze still dropped, tags Meiko's hand with a high-five.] Miki/Meiko tag FX: 4 [Miki's pov. Out in the hallway now, Meiko's eyes retract to tiny dots, and she points to her own face. Emerging from the classroom, Ginta appears behind Meiko.] Meiko: Huh? Meiko: I'm doing it? Ginta: MIKI! 5 [Ginta walks down the hall after Miki, who continues to walk away.] Ginta: There's something I have to tell you. 6 [Ginta's pov of Miki's back as she continues walking.] Miki: I don't want to hear it. --------------------------------------------------- p 165 1 [His pov as she looks back at him over her shoulder.] Miki: Right now, I don't even want to see your face, Ginta. Miki: Don't speak to me!! 2 [Ginta stops in surprise.] 3 [Miki runs off down the hall.] Miki FX: Ginta: Miki...! 4 [Yuu leans out the classroom's hall window. In the hall in front of him is Meiko. The two of them stare at the scene off-panel.] Yuu: What's with them? A fight? Meiko: It looks like Ginta did something. 5 [View from behind Meiko as she mumbles. Yuu looks at her in puzzlement.] Meiko: Even though I told him not to interfere... I wonder if I set him off instead. Meiko FX: Yuu: Eh? Meiko: Oh, nothing... --------------------------------------------------- p 166 1 [Miki races past other students, down the walkway towards the main gate.] 2 [Something catches her eye off-panel...] 3 [...and she turns, in surprise.] Miki: AH! 4 [Miki's pov of Arimi, who stands at the front gate in her (different) school uniform, not making eye contact with anyone.] 5 [Miki stops and stares.] Miki: (Suzuki Arimi...!!) 6 [Miki's pov as Arimi smiles and bows a greeting.] Arimi FX: Arimi: Hello. --------------------------------------------------- p 167 1 Arimi: Is Yuu still in class? I wonder if he's coming out soon. Miki: Huh? Yeah... 2 [Ginta comes running towards them.] Ginta: Miki! Wait! 3 [Turning, Miki looks off-panel with a sick expression on her face. Arimi's eyes and mouth have retracted to tiny dots as she, too, watches off-panel.] Miki: Oo. Miki: What a pest... 4 [Miki pauses and ponders Arimi. Arimi stares back at Miki.] 5 [With a wide and forced grin, Miki clasps Arimi by the upper arm. Arimi reacts with confusion.] Miki: I'm sorry-y-y. Were you waiting?! Arimi-san!! Arimi: Huh?! Miki clasp FX: Miki: Then, shall we go-o-o? ===Sidebar=== FREE TALK (6): As was announced previously on page 23 of volume 9 of "Handsome Girlfriend," I was challenged this spring to a set of peppermint and cosmos planting. And then this time...! NOT SO MUCH AS A SPROUT EMERGED . Why-y-y? Now I'm discouraged. Immediately after I planted and put them out on the veranda, it poured continuously for a few days, but maybe I shouldn't have neglected them, not putting them in my room, after all? (I seem to hear the voices of the readers' minds saying, "Of course!!" but...) Anyway, it looks like I have zero gardening talent... But I'm undaunted. I'll challenge it again someday!! --------------------------------------------------- p 168 1 [Arimi is a bit outraged, but Miki clings to, and tries to shush, Arimi with a finger to her own lips.] Arimi: Wh-what?! Yuu is the one I'm... Miki: Shh! Please don't say a thing and come with me!! 2 [Ginta can only stop and stare as the two girls walk away. Arimi's hair is frazzled and she's sweating.] Miki: It's been a while, hasn't it. How have you been? Ginta: Mi... 3 [Ginta portrait. A bit stunned and wide-eyed.] Ginta: ...? 4 [Arimi walks down the sidewalk, Miki still clasping her arm. Miki looks back over her shoulder, back the way they came.] --------------------------------------------------- p 169 1 [View pans closer.] Miki: (Doesn't look like he's following...) Arimi: My arm... It hurts... 2 [Face flushed and wide-eyed, Miki releases her grasp.] Miki: Oh! Ah! I'm sorry!! Miki arm FX: 3 [Arimi drops her gaze and looks a bit displeased.] Arimi FX: 4 [Miki gnaws on a finger and looks worried.] 5 [Beaming to hide her embarrassment, Miki edges away.] narration: Although I was in a panic, I took someone I've just met... narration: ...and did something pretty daring with her... Miki: Umm-mm-mm... Thank you for playing along with me. You saved me. Really, I'm sorry. Miki FX: Miki: Well, see you later... Miki FX: 6 [Miki turns tail and runs, but...] Arimi: [off] Wait! Miki FX: 7 [Arimi rests one hand on her hip. Miki has stopped and turned partway to look back at Arimi.] Arimi: That isn't all, is it? It's not right to go and haul someone off to a place like this. Miki: R-right... --------------------------------------------------- p 170 1 [Arimi gives a friendly smile.] Arimi: You put me through a lot of trouble, so let's have some tea. I want to talk with you for a bit, too... Arimi: Of course... It's your treat, right? 2 [Miki forces a smile.] Miki: Sure... Miki: My treat... 3 [Tight shot of a sign, "Dessert House".] 4 [Miki's pov of Arimi, who sits across the table, clasping her hands together and beaming a smile. In front of her is a plate of strawberry shortcake (or a tart of some kind), and a cold drink in a glass.] Arimi: Then, I won't hold back. Let's e-e-eat . 5 [Miki closes her eyes and mourns. In her thought bubble, two yen notes of unknown denomination sprout wings and fly away.] Miki: There it goes. Arimi: [off] Say... --------------------------------------------------- p 171 1 Arimi: That guy earlier. What was that? Is he following and bothering you? Miki: Huh? 2 [Tight shot of Arimi's drink and glass of water.] Miki: [off] No... He's a friend, but... We're having a little fight... Arimi: [off] Hmm. 3 Miki: Uhh... Is this okay? You promised Yuu... 4 [Arimi closes her eyes, her hand toying with the straw in her drink.] Arimi: It's okay. It wasn't really a promise. 5 [Filler art. Miki stands in conservative dress and hat.] --------------------------------------------------- p 172 1 [A white panel.] Arimi: [off] I decided on my own to just wait around for him. He won't just simply see me. Arimi: [off] So I cut my afternoon class. Miki: [off] You've decided to go out again? 2 [Arimi looks back, looking a bit unsure.] 3 [Overhead view looking down at the two. Arimi still hasn't touched her dessert. We now see that Miki has a drink and a glass of water of her own.] Arimi: What have you been hearing about me from Yuu? Miki: Huh? Miki: He says you're his old girlfriend. Arimi: That's all? 4 Arimi: [off] Anything about how we started going out and why we broke up? [Miki shakes her head, no.] 5 Arimi: I see... He hasn't told you about it... 6 [Arimi touches her chin, pondering.] Arimi: That's just like Yuu... He doesn't like to talk about himself, does he. --------------------------------------------------- p 173 1 [Arimi's pov of Miki.] Miki: Y-yeah... Miki FX: narration: Sure enough... 2 narration: ...she knows Yuu well. 3 [Arimi smiles a pleasant smile.] Arimi: I don't think that's fair... So I'll tell you the whole story, 'kay. 4 [Miki stares back, off-panel.] 5 [Miki's pov of Arimi.] Arimi: Since I was in a different class from Yuu, I hadn't spoken to him until we were both on the Field Day Planning Committee during fall of 3rd year junior high. Arimi: Of course, I knew his face and his name. Yuu stood out. --------------------------------------------------- p 174 1 [Flashback pic of Arimi and Yuu talking together. Both wear headbands. Yuu has a whistle tied around his neck and holds a pamphlet. Overlaid on this are Arimi's speech bubbles.] Arimi: [off] But I wasn't particularly interested. I'm not one who just goes for looks, and there were plenty of boyfriends... booklet: Program Arimi: [off] But when I spoke with him, I instantly fell in love. 2 [Arimi profile.] Arimi: He was the first guy with whom I'd spent so much time that was so fun. I was convinced that, "this guy's the one!" Arimi: And so, right away... I confessed my feelings to him. 3 [Miki profile.] 4 [Flashback sequence. At school, Yuu and Arimi stand just outside a building. Both are in unfamiliar uniforms, being in junior high at this point in time.] 5 [Yuu stands with both hands in his pockets, smiling softly.] Yuu: If it's you we're talking about, Suzuki, you aren't in need of guys. Yuu: It doesn't have to be me... 6 [Arimi stands, hands behind her.] Arimi: That's no good! Arimi: It has to be you. --------------------------------------------------- p 175 1 Yuu: [off] I'm flattered, but... 2 [Yuu, with eyes closed, and Arimi, staring intently at him, share the same speech bubble.] Yuu/Arimi: "I'm not interested in going out with girls right now." 3 [Yuu's eyes bug out.] Yuu: EH...?! Arimi: Hmm. Just like the rumors said. Arimi: You really do turn down girls that way. 4 Arimi: [soft smile] I understand. All along, girls who confessed their feelings... Girls who were older, younger and no matter how cute, have been devastated by the same line. 5 [Yuu has recovered somewhat, but he still looks a little weary. He sweats.] Yuu: ...... If you understand, then why...? 6 [Filler art. Miki stands, looking back over her shoulder at us.] shameless plug: [caption] Please look at Volume 2, too, 'kay? --------------------------------------------------- p 176 1 [She rests an index finger on his chest and smiles up at him. Yuu stares back, blankly.] Arimi: I'm confident... Arimi: ...that we're perfect for each other. 2 Arimi: [gentle smile] For just three months. Have a try at going out with me. Arimi: Because, then, I think you'll understand how fine a couple we are. 3 Arimi: [beaming] If the 3 months go by and you still don't feel like making me your sweetheart, then I'll definitely give up. Okay? 4 Yuu: [off] But... Arimi: [off] It's wrong to reject without giving it a try! 5 [Beseechingly, Arimi clasps her hands before her.] Arimi: Please, just 3 months!! That's okay, isn't it?! --------------------------------------------------- p 177 1 Yuu: 2 [He breaks out in merriment.] Yuu: Yuu: You're really pushy... This is a first. Yuu: I give in! 3 [Arimi smiles brightly.] 4 [Arimi and Yuu share smiles as Arimi rests a hand on his arm. Both are bundled for cold weather.] Arimi: [off] Those three months then... Were really fun. The two of us studied for our entrance exams in haste and went to play or talk on the phone... Arimi: We hit it off together awfully well, and Yuu must have had fun, too. 5 narration: Despite that... [As snow falls, Yuu and Arimi stand and face each other.] Yuu: These three months have been great fun. You're a nice person... Yuu: But... --------------------------------------------------- p 178 1 Yuu: [off] Just as I thought... I can't think of you as more than a friend. Yuu: I'm sorry... [Arimi's eyes go glassy with shock.] 2 [Tight shot of her eyes.] 3 [She turns away, as if to flee.] Yuu: Arimi!! 4 [Yuu has grabbed her by the wrist. Arimi turns back towards him in anguish, eyes clenched shut.] Arimi: In your whole life... Arimi: ...a normal love will be impossible for you!! 5 [Yuu portrait.] 6 [He closes his eyes.] Yuu: You might be right... --------------------------------------------------- p 179 1 [Arimi flees. Yuu stands in the falling snow, gaze dropped.] 2 [View pans in towards his face. He considers what she's said, a bit unhappily.] 3-4 [It continues to snow.] 5 [Back to the present. Miki stares back at us, wide-eyed.] Arimi: [off] Because of the shock that day, I couldn't sleep. 6 [Arimi has her arms crossed and resting on the table's edge. She has closed her eyes.] Arimi: But, c'est la vie. I thought of giving up. Arimi: High school is different, and I was going to search for a new love again. 7 [Flashback to the scene at the amusement park. Arimi approaches Yuu from behind.] Arimi: [off] But there's no one... Who matches me as closely as he does... That's what I was thinking when... Arimi: We met again at Wonder Dog. --------------------------------------------------- p 180 1 [Arimi is deep in reflection.] Arimi: I... Can't give him up after all. Arimi: Even now... I love him... 2 [Miki profile.] 3 Arimi: And you? Miki: Huh...? Arimi: Yuu. You like him too, don't you? 4 [Arimi beams a pleasant smile.] Arimi: I won't lose. Arimi FX: 5 [Miki stares back, in silence.] --------------------------------------------------- p 181 1 [Miki walks home.] 2 [Tight shot of her shoes.] narration: "I won't lose." narration: Despite being told that... 3 [View from behind her.] narration: Yuu isn't anyone... That I particularly... 4 [A grey panel.] narration: Sure, Yuu's presence has loomed large lately... narration: But that's because he's pretty much family... 5 [Another grey panel.] narration: And the reason I'm terribly concerned is... Because he's a guy I don't really understand... 6 [Miki pauses, as her eyes grow larger.] narration: It's that I've come to like... narration: A guy like that. = "not". That is, she can't quite bring herself to say she has *not* come to like him. She tries again in the next panel.> --------------------------------------------------- p 182 1 [Miki blushes slightly as she continues to walk home. Her thoughts come alive--above her is a portrait of a gently smiling Yuu.] narration: It's that I've... narration: ...come to like... 2 [Something catches her attention off-panel.] Miki: Ah! 3 [Standing at the gate to her home is Ginta.] signs: Koishikawa Matsuura 4 [The two face off, about 3 paces apart.] Miki: (Ginta...!!) --------------------------------------------------- p 183 1 [Panels 1-2 are portraits of the two.] Miki: You there. Get out of my way... I can't get in my house. 2 Ginta: No... 3 Miki: [getting angry] GET OUTTA MY WAY!! 4 Ginta: [glaring back] I WON'T!! 5 [Miki reacts a bit fearfully.] Miki FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 184 1 [She looks aside with irritation.] Miki: All right then! If you've got something to say, why not just spit it out?! Miki FX: 2 [Tight shot of Ginta's shoes and pants cuffs.] Ginta: ......... Don't be so mad. 3 Miki: [exploding] "Don't be mad?!" Get real!! 4 [A white panel filled with speech bubbles.] Miki: [off] Aren't we "friends?!" Sure, I liked you a long time ago, but you were the one who turned me down, weren't you, Ginta. Miki: [off] And so, I resigned myself, and lately, it's come to where I can think of us as dear friends who truly overcame any gender distinctions! 5 Miki: Despite this, why did you... Miki: ...do something that would ruin our friendship like that?! --------------------------------------------------- p 185 1 [Ginta drops his gaze a bit.] Ginta: That's why... That's...! 2 [Miki closes her eyes.] Miki: Even though I think you're a nice guy... Every now and then you double-cross me, Ginta! 3 Miki: [off] Two years ago as well, you showed off to everyone a love letter that someone wrote in desperation... Ginta: [off] THAT'S NOT TRUE!! 4 [In appeal, Ginta stares at her, off-panel.] Ginta: That was... What happened then was... Ginta: ...NOT THAT! 5 [Miki stares back.] 6 Ginta: [pointing] And besides, you're to blame for that, too!! Miki: Wha?! --------------------------------------------------- p 186 1 Miki: [off] Why-y-y am I to blame?! Sure, if you're saying it was bad to send you a love letter, then maybe so, but...! Ginta: [off] It isn't that. 2 [He glares and shouts.] Ginta: That letter! Where did you put it?! 3 [Miki stops short, looking a bit puzzled.] Miki: Huh? Miki: What do you mean, "where?" In your schoolbag. Miki: There was a magazine inside, so I put it in that... 4 [Ginta closes his eyes.] Ginta: That magazine... Ginta: Wasn't mine! 5 [Miki's eyes retract to twin dots.] 6 Miki: [off] WHA-A-AT?! --------------------------------------------------- p 187 1 [Ginta's face softens as he recalls the events of that sad day. He visualizes three of his then-friends and himself, sitting on desks in the classroom after school and chatting.] Ginta: That day... Ginta: After school, I was shooting the breeze with everyone when... 2 [One of the boys stands at his desk and shouts over at Ginta. Ginta looks back over his shoulder.] boy 1: Ginta-a-a. Where's my Jump? boy 1: It's not in my desk!! Ginta: Ah, I'm sorry. 'Cause it's in my schoolbag. Go ahead and take it. 3 [The boy retrieves his manga from Ginta's bag and opens it. A letter falls out.] letter FX: 4 [Picking it up, the boy is astonished to find...] letter: Miki boy 1: Ahhhh... 5 [Ginta and the other two boys turn at the noise.] boy 1: [off] Hey! This! boy 1: [off] It's a love letter! --------------------------------------------------- p 188 1 [Closeup of the astonished expression on Ginta's face.] boy 1: [off] From Miki to Ginta!! narration: There wasn't time to stop him... 2 [Back to the present. Ginta still has his eyes closed.] Ginta: In a flash... Ginta: It was passed round and read. 3 [Miki's face is a blank. I mean, literally, it's a blank! She sweats, face flushed.] 4 Miki: Th-- Miki: That's how it was... Miki FX: Miki: (I'm an idiot... ) 5 [A white panel.] Ginta: [off] If I could have... I would have liked to have read it at home, alone. 6 [Miki is wide-eyed.] Ginta: [off] Truly... I was terribly... Ginta: [off] ...happy to get that letter. --------------------------------------------------- p 189 1 [View pulls back. Miki stares wide-eyed at Ginta, who can't meet her eye and stares, lost, at the ground.] Miki: Huh...? 2 Miki: [off] B-but... You clearly said that I'm no different from your male friends... Ginta: [off] That's not true, either!! 3 [He turns on her, with emotion.] Ginta: You probably don't know, but...! Ginta: At that time, you were pretty popular among all the guys in class!! 4 [View from a point behind Miki's shoulder. Miki is sweating. Ginta stares off to the side, once again not able to meet her gaze.] Miki: HUH? Ginta: Saying stuff like how you were often smiling and cheerful, and lively and cute... Ginta: ...Yamazaki and Shibata raised a fuss... --------------------------------------------------- p 190 1 [Ginta looks over his shoulder, blankly, at two boys.] boy 1: Ginta... boy 2: You seem to be pretty friendly with Miki, but... 2 [Ginta's pov. It's actually all three of the other boys, standing with arms crossed.] boy 2: We like her, too, so... boy 1: Don't steal a jump on us! Jump" is NOT present in the Japanese line. It just happened to turn out that way in the English translation. ^_^> 3 [Their pov of Ginta, who stares back, wide-eyed.] narration: They said, "don't steal a jump," but I definitely wasn't willing to be kept from speaking the truth to you all this time, Miki. narration: But I didn't have the nerve to make enemies of those guys. 4 narration: And so... narration: I lied... [Ginta puts on a cheerful smile and waves his open palm at them, placatingly.] Ginta: What are you talking about? C'mon-n-n. Ginta: I don't care about Miki at all. It's just that we're in the same club, so we often speak to each other! 5 boy: [off] Is that true? Ginta: [off] It's true, I say. We're just friends. boy: [off] Well, then, it's okay... --------------------------------------------------- p 191 1 narration: I explained it away with a lie like that. Ginta: [beaming] I like girls who are more feminine. 2 [Ginta's pov of two of his smiling friends.] narration: Then... boy 1: You don't care for Miki at all, do you? 3 [Again, Ginta goes wide-eyed.] boy 1: [off] Is that what you're saying, Ginta? 4 [And his face softens, looking a bit lost.] Ginta: Yeah... 5 [Back to the present. Miki stands, staring wide-eyed off-panel.] --------------------------------------------------- p 192 1 [View pulls up and back. We look down upon the two, still standing about 3 paces apart in front of Miki's front gate.] Ginta: I had no other way of answering. Ginta: I couldn't possibly have imagined... Ginta: ...that you'd time it perfectly and hear that... 2 [8th-grade Ginta becomes aware of Miki, standing at the door to the classroom, in shock at what she just overheard.] 3 Ginta: [off] I hurt you so much and I thought it was hopeless. Ginta: [off] Just cutting my hair couldn't atone for that... So I thought that it was all over with you already. 4 [Present-day Ginta stands with hand in pocket, looking off to the side at nothing in particular.] Ginta: 'Cause I was wrong... To tell lies to Yamazaki and the others... Ginta: I had no excuse. Ginta: And so I couldn't tell you my true feelings until now... --------------------------------------------------- p 193 1 [Her pov as Ginta turns towards her with great emotion.] Ginta: But... Ginta: Truly, I've liked you all along, too. 2 [Miki blushes slightly and stares back, off-panel.] Ginta: [off] I'VE LIKED YOU... ...ALL ALONG!! Text at bottom: Marmalade Boy [1]/End --------------------------------------------------- -------------------End of Chapter------------------ --------------------------------------------------- Scorecard: Rumi <---> Youji Miki <---> Yuu ^ ^ ^ ^ | | | | v v v Jin <---> Chiyako Ginta Arimi ---------------------------------------------------