Marmalade Boy
Volume 4, Chapter 5
pages 149-185
Written and illustrated by Yoshizumi Wataru
Translation & editing by : Craig Nishida
Additional translation by : Paul Hirose
Yutaka Sasagawa
Additional editing by : Jeanne Hedge
Last revision : 08-24-96
Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? Please send them to:
mboy-trans@soyokaze.biosci.ohio-state.edu
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p 149
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[Exterior night shot of the Koishikawa-Matsuura residence.]
2
[In the living room, on separate sofas, Jin and Chiyako watch TV as Youji and
Rumi both look over a book. Miki sits on a 3rd sofa with feet pulled up, and
she clutches a pillow to her chest.]
3
[Closeup of Youji and Rumi. This is Miki's pov.]
4
[Closeup of Jin and Chiyako. Again, this is Miki's pov.]
5
[Filler art. SD-Meiko and SD-Miki smile at us with upraised forefingers.]
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p 150
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[Miki studies the four adults over the top of the clutched pillow. She looks
troubled.]
Miki staring-hard FX: <hmmmm!>
2
[A fist appears from behind her and whacks her on the top of her head.]
Miki head FX: <clong!>
3
[Rubbing her head, she looks back with a pained look. Yuu stands there, barely
containing his irritation at her.]
Miki: Ow... Ah...
Yuu: Come over here for a bit!
4
[Upstairs in the hallway, he confronts her and gives her a dressing down.]
Yuu: Why are you acting so obvious like that? You jerk! It's like you're
saying, "I know a secret"!!
Yuu FX: <mumble> <mumble>
Miki: Ooo <sweat bead>. I'm sorry...
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p 151
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[Yuu turns aside. Miki sweats and drops her gaze.]
Yuu: Jeez. I shouldn't have told a stupidly honest person. Because
everything shows on her face!
Miki FX: <miserable>
Miki: .........
2
Yuu: Anyway, I'm asking you to please act casually. They aren't aware that I
know.
3
[Miki looks at him.]
Yuu: [off] I don't want to make trouble. And I really have no interest in
destroying our present life.
4
[As he's about to close his bedroom door behind himself, he turns to her one
last time.]
Yuu: So... I'm depending on you!
5
door FX: <slam>
6
[Unhappy, Miki stands and watches the closed door.]
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p 152
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[View looking up at sky and the tops of trees.]
tennis ball FX: [off] <thwock> <thwack>
2
[In her tennis whites, Miki strokes the ball.]
tennis ball FX: <thwock>
3
[Pov shifts. We look down as from a great height. Miki is hitting the ball
against a wall.]
tennis ball FX: <thwock>
4
Miwa: [off] Practicing by hitting off a wall, huh. You're pretty good.
[Miki halts, surprised.]
5
[Her pov of a smiling Miwa, standing in school uniform behind the chain-link
fence.]
6
Miki: [wide-eyed] Miwa-san...
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p 153
1
[Now wearing a warmup jacket over her tennis whites, Miki leans back against
the outside of the fence. Miwa stands beside her.]
Miwa: I heard Yuu told you...
2
Miki FX: <nod...>
3
[Isolated shot of her shoes and lower legs.]
Miki: To think he had an awful secret like that... I was surprised... Since
I haven't heard the details, I'm full of questions... But somehow, I
can't touch on that subject anymore.
4
[Miki portrait--deep in her unhappy thoughts.]
Miki: Yuu... Remains calm... But I think he's really feeling terribly
hurt...
5
[Miwa portrait.]
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p 154
1
Miwa: [off] In other words... What it is, is that...
2
Miwa: Yuu's mother... Chiyako-san, got a job in my father's planning office
right after she graduated from college.
Miwa: And then she started going out with my father... But my father was
already married to my mother. In other words, it was adultery.
3
[Miwa lowers his gaze.]
Miwa: It appears there was some conflict, but in the end, it was decided that
my being born was a sign, so the two of them split up.
4
[Miki listens with wide eyes.]
Miwa: [off] But, by then, Chiyako-san was carrying Yuu...
5
[An image of Youji and Chiyako at their wedding.]
Miwa: [off] After that, Chiyako-san married Matsuura-san, a close friend from
her student days, and she gave birth to Yuu. It appears Matsuura-san
knew of it all, and proposed.
Miwa: [off] Even the census registry has Yuu's father as Matsuura-san.
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p 155
1
[View of the sky.]
Miki: [off] Is that how it was...? How long have you known about this,
Miwa-san?
Miwa: [off] When I was in 3rd-year junior high... I happened to see my
mother's diary.
2
Miki: It was a shock for you, huh...
3
Miwa: Not really. I've known since I was a kid that my father has a habit of
having affairs...
Miwa: I've had his lovers buy me toys, too.
4
[Face colored and sweating, and clenching a fist, Miki looks at the ground.]
Miki: (......... <sweat bead> What kind of father...)
Miki: Looking so honest...
Miwa: But it seems like Yuu got a pretty good shock!
5
[Filler art. Miki stands smiling in a kimono. It looks to be New Year's and
she's holding a bowl of oshiruko in one hand while bringing a spoonful to her
mouth with the other.]
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p 156
1
Miwa: Contrary to what people might think, he's pretty naive.
Miwa: Maybe it was when he was in the 6th grade. I heard he found out by
accident, too.
2
[Miki visualizes Chiyako, in a flashback.]
Miki: Ah...
Chiyako: [flashback] Maybe, it was when he was in the 6th grade... He shut
himself in his room for about a month...
3
narration: It was then...
narration: I'm sure...
Miwa: [smiling] I, on the other hand, was terribly excited that "I have a kid
brother or kid sister."
4
Miwa: I located Yuu by myself. Chiyako-san's c.v. was left behind in the
office, so it was pretty easy.
<Commentary: For those who don't know what a "c.v." is... It's short for
"curriculum vitae". That is, your resume.>
Miwa: I went to take a look at Yuu's junior high school...
5
sign: ...Junior High School
Miwa: [off] I was taken by the deep emotion of "ahh, that's my kid brother,
huh..."
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p 157
1
Miki: Didn't you introduce yourself?
2
Miwa: I thought that if Yuu didn't know anything, then I should leave it be.
3
[View of sky and trees.]
Miki: [off] Then, when Yuu transferred you were surprised, right?
Miwa: [off] Uh-huh. At first, I thought that maybe he was hunting me down.
4
Miwa: [off] But he didn't approach me at all, so then I wondered if he knew
nothing after all. I asked and understood from Yuu later on that it
was a circumstance of your household.
5
Miwa: But, they're way out there, huh? Mr and Mrs Matsuura, and Mr and Mrs
Koishikawa... I'm surprised you guys didn't become juvenile
delinquents.
[Sweating, Miki forces a smile at Miwa.]
Miki: You too, Miwa-san...
6
[Miwa's view of Miki.]
Miki: Then... Miwa-san, has your father acknowledged that Yuu is his son?
Miki: They met recently, right...?
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p 158
1
Miwa: Actually, we haven't had that conversation yet. The last time, I only
introduced him as my friend...
Miwa: Well, that one time was to check out the situation.
2
Miwa: But before long, I intend to make things clear.
3
[Miki stares at Miwa off-panel.]
Miki: .........
4
Miwa: Are you worried about him?
[Miki registers surprise...]
5
[...and drops her gaze.]
Miki FX: <nod>
6
Miwa: I'm worried, too.
Miwa: He appears indifferent to his helter-skelter parents, and does things
at his own pace... But perhaps that's a pose.
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p 159
1
Miwa: Inside, I think he's pretty naive.
[Miki turns to look at Miwa.]
2
[Miki looks away.]
Miki: I think so, too.
narration: Because Yuu is...
narration: ...always very nice at the most important times.
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p 160
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[She visualizes Yuu, amidst a bubbly background.]
narration: He pretends to be cool...
narration: But he's really very sweet.
narration: He's a considerate person...
2
Miwa: Well, but it's all right, huh. You'll be with him, Koishikawa.
[Miki registers surprise.]
3
[Miwa smiles pleasantly at her off-panel.]
Miwa: Please keep a kind eye on him.
4
[Miki smiles cheerfully back.]
Miki: Sure...
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p 161
1
[Beaming a smile, Miwa points a finger at his own face. This is Miki's pov.]
Miwa: But as for Akizuki, leave her to me!
Miwa: I won't do anything bad, so you believe in me, too, Koishikawa, and
work with me, please...
2
[Disagreeing, Miki drops her gaze and sweats. A few strands of her hair pop
loose.]
Miki: That's a different story!!
Miki: I respect Meiko's free will!
Miwa: [sweating] Ah... I see.
Miwa: Damn!
3
[Isolated shot of a sign in a hallway.]
sign: Year 2, Class B
4
[The class's view of a suave Ginta, who holds up a palm as if to quiet and
acknowledge the crowd.]
voice 1: [off] Terrific, Ginta!
voice 2: [off] You did it!
Ginta: <heh!>
Ginta: Now, now. Keep it down.
voice 3: [off] Ginta, that's ama-a-azing!!
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p 162
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[Raising a clenched fist, Ginta forcefully exclaims...]
Ginta: One more win! And a ticket to the Inter-Highs is mine!!
<Commentary: The <intaahai>, short for "Inter-High School" is a high-school
level competition/tournament that begins with regional tournaments, and ends
with a national tournament.>
class: [off] OHHHH!
class FX: <clap clap clap>
2
[Smiling, Miki and Meiko enter the class.]
Miki: What's all the fuss about?
3
[We look over Miki's shoulder at Ginta and two male classmates. Ginta smiles
and flashes her a "V" sign.]
boy: It's Ginta. It's amazing. If he wins one more time, he'll be playing
in the Inter-Highs.
Ginta FX: <pride!>
Miki: HUH?! <sweat bead>
4
Miki: [sweating] Were you still winning your way to the finals in the Great
Autumn Meet, Ginta?
Miki: I thought you lost a long time ago.
[Ginta does a mighty pratfall. All you can see is his right leg raised up from
his position on the floor.]
5
[Back on his feet again, Ginta confronts Miki. She smiles a wide grin and
waves a palm at him, placatingly.]
Ginta: [sweating] YOU-U-U JER-R-RK. You call yourself a teammate?!
Miki: I'm kidding, I'm kidding. It's a joke. I know perfectly well.
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p 163
1
[She smiles pleasantly at him off-panel.]
Miki: Your next match is this Saturday, right?
Miki: I'll go and root for you with all of the girls team... So win for
sure, 'kay!
2
[Ginta smiles and flashes another "V".]
Ginta: Yeah!
3
[A guy standing mostly off-panel stands near Meiko's desk. She's too busy
staring at Ginta and Miki to notice.]
Miwa: [off] Is he good at tennis?
Meiko: He's good. The ace of 2nd-year.
4
[He leans down towards her, smiles and waves. A heart symbol appears between
them. Meiko looks up in surprise.]
Miwa: Hi!
5
[Filler art. Meiko stands all decked out in a lovely kimono.]
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p 164
1
[Enraged, she gets to her feet, holding up a textbook in both hands as if to
swat him aside.]
Meiko FX: <flare up>
textbook: Modern Japanese
[Miwa sweats and forces a smile, and holds up an open palm as if to calm her
down.]
Miwa: I know. Stay away. I said I'd stay away!
2
[View shifts. Miwa is now seated facing her from two desks in front of hers.
Arrows indicate that they are precisely 2 meters apart. Meiko opens her book
and glares down at it, as if to ignore him. From the hallway, puzzled
students look in through the sliding glass windows at the two.]
Miwa: Don't be so touchy. Your smiling face is much cuter.
Meiko: Please leave me alone.
3
[Miwa smiles at her, but Meiko looks aside in disdain.]
Miwa: You're wearing a headband today... It looks good on you <heart symbol>.
Meiko FX: <HMMPH>
4
Miwa: Come to think of it, Akizuki, long ago your hair was straight. How
long have you had it permed?
<Commentary (YS): Miwa refers to her hair as <sobaaju>, which is that
wavy-style of hair. Not sure what it derives from. It sounds French to
me...>
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p 165
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[Forgetting to be angry, Meiko's eyes grow wide.]
2
Meiko: [off] The spring break before entering high school.
<Commentary: The Japanese school year begins in April, just after the spring
break.>
3
Miwa: [beaming a smile] I see. Well, straight hair is nice, too, but the way
you've permed it now agrees with your image, Akizuki.
Miwa: For girls, sure enough, long hair is nice.
4
[Tight shot of Meiko's hand as she plants it on the desk.]
Meiko chair FX: <clatter!>
5
[View pulls back to show her standing. She glares back at us. This is Miwa's
pov.]
Meiko: I...
Meiko: ...hate guys with long hair!
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p 166
1
[Overhead view of the classroom. Meiko's classmates are all watching the
scene intently.]
class FX: <BUZZ...!>
2
[Three students stare.]
3
[Miki and Ginta watch open-mouthed. Miki also sweats and her eyes have
contracted to dots.]
Miki: M-Meiko...
4
[Meiko profile. She angrily drops her gaze.]
5
[Meiko turns and walks away.]
6
[Sweating, Miwa can only stare.]
Miwa: .........
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p 167
1
[Exterior view of the library building.]
2
[Meiko walks among the book stacks.]
3
[She reflects.]
Meiko: (I hate guys with long hair!)
4
narration: I wonder...
narration: ...if I said a little too much...
5
[She drops her gaze and ponders, while her left hand idly plays with her
tresses.]
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p 168
1
[Bubbles form around her as she sinks into her thoughts.]
2
[Meiko walks into the entrance of the aquarium, dressed for a date. She looks
about.]
3
[Her pov of a waving and smiling Namura-sensei.]
Namura-sensei: Meiko! Over here.
4
[She rushes over to him.]
Meiko: I'm sorry. Were you waiting? I got a little lost.
Meiko: This station's hard to figure out.
5
[Namura registers surprise. Meiko smiles up at him, pleased.]
Namura-sensei: Huh? Your hair...
Namura-sensei: It's curled.
Meiko: <tee hee>
Meiko: I got a perm. 'Cause I'm a high school student now. Have I become
grownup-looking?
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p 169
1
[Namura portrait. He smiles.]
2
Namura-sensei: [off] You're beautiful...
[Meiko appears surprised...]
3
[..and she breaks out in a wide smile.]
4
[Isolated shot of tropical fishes in a tank.]
Namura-sensei: [off] Actually, I came to be... The teacher in charge of your
class, Meiko.
<Commentary: As was mentioned before, the <tannin> (teacher in charge) is
perhaps closest in equivalence in the U.S. to one's homeroom teacher. The
<tannin> has the student's personal records and engages in dialog with the
student's parents. Perhaps less common now, but the <tannin> also is the
one who visits the student's home in order to introduce him/herself to the
student's parents.>
5
[View pulls back. Meiko stares up at him with happy and wide eyes. Namura
sweats and forces a smile.]
Meiko: HUH?! <heart symbol>
Namura-sensei: This isn't something to be happy about.
6
[The fish swim in their watery paradise.]
Namura-sensei: [off] Associating with a schoolgirl under my charge... Sure
enough, that's something we can't do in public. It would be
better if we made today the last time, meeting outside like
this.
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p 170
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Meiko: Today's the last time...?
Namura-sensei: Until you graduate.
2
[Meiko stares unhappily at the tank in front of her.]
Meiko: ......... I understand.
3
[She leans against his body.]
Meiko: But...
Meiko FX: <cling!>
Meiko: ...today's okay, right?!
4
Namura-sensei: [smiling] Yeah...
5
[He puts an arm around her shoulder.]
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p 171
1
[Return to the present. Meiko visualizes that date from long ago. Bubbles
surround her. Her eyes are teary.]
2
Miwa: [off] Akizuki!
3
[Meiko turns at the sound.]
4
[What she sees off-panel astounds her.]
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p 172
1
[Meiko's view of Miwa, who stands outside a library window smiling straight
back at us. He waves. His hair has been cut so that his ears are visible.]
Meiko: [off] MIWA-SAN?! <sweat bead>
Miwa: Hi!
2
[Aghast, Meiko covers her mouth with both hands.]
Miwa: [off] I slipped out of class for a bit and went to a beauty parlor.
How do you like it?
3
[She rushes forward, toward the window.]
Meiko: O-- Oh no. I...
Meiko: I'm sorry! I didn't mean that. Can't be. You really cut...!
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p 173
1
[Smiling, he turns his head aside to point out that his hair is just tied back
in a ponytail.]
Miwa: Ju-u-ust joking! I'm kidding.
Miwa: Actually, I only tied it.
2
Meiko forehead FX: [off] <CLONG!>
3
[Meiko appears to have struck her forehead against the lower edge of the
raised window. Her face is colored.]
Miwa: [sweating] Akizuki... Are you all right...?
Miwa: That was a terrible sound just now!!
4
[View from behind a sweating Meiko. She's popped a vein and a few hairs
sproing loose. Miwa peers up at her with a perplexed look.]
Miwa: I didn't think you'd find it that funny.
Meiko: I did not!
5
Meiko: [angrily] Why do you play jokes like that?! Please knock it off
already!
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p 174
1
Meiko: [off] If it's girls you're after, then there are any number of others
out there, right? Please stop troubling yourself over me with feelings
that aren't serious!
2
[Miwa looks at her off-panel with a serious expression.]
Miwa: It isn't that my feelings aren't serious.
Miwa: They are.
3
[Meiko stands and looks back.]
Miwa: [off] I really... ...like you.
4
[Isolated shot of her shoes and ankles.]
Meiko: I can't believe that...
5
Meiko: Because you're always so good at being frivolous and hitting on girls,
Miwa-san, that I can't feel that you have a bit of sincerity at all.
Meiko: How did you manage to become the student body president?
[Miwa sweats and 3 hairs sproing loose.]
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p 175
1
[Still appearing serious, he drops his gaze.]
Miwa: That's the only way I can do things. The more serious things are, the
more I talk about them like they're jokes.
2
[Meiko watches him with intent eyes.]
Miwa: [off] Saying my true intentions seriously... ...is embarrassing.
3
Miwa: Really... My feelings aren't frivolous.
4
[Meiko's features soften.]
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p 176
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Meiko: [off] Even so... It's useless to go after me.
2
[She closes her eyes.]
Meiko: I still love Sensei. I can't forget.
Meiko: I'm sorry...
3
Meiko: Even though I was clearly rejected... I think I'm a bad loser, but...
4
[Miwa portrait.]
5
Miwa: [off] True... You're a bad loser, hm.
[Meiko grows livid with anger.]
Meiko FX: <blush>
Meiko: Wha?!
6
Miwa: [smiing cheerfully] But I'm the same way, too.
Miwa FX: <smile <heart symbol>>
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p 177
1
[Her pov as he turns to leave. He smiles and waves.]
Miwa: Well, anyway... Then please consider me, too!
2
[Meiko sweats and her eyes grow wide...]
Meiko: Huh?! "Consider me..."? Uhh...
Meiko: Miwa-san?!
3
[...but he merely continues to walk away.]
4
[Meiko watches him with eyes wide.]
5
[Exterior view of a school building.]
6
Miki: [smiling] Yuu! Do you have free time after school today?
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p 178
1
[View shifts. The stand in a hallway.]
Miki: Ginta's having his match. The finals of his bracket in the Great
Autumn Meet! If he wins this one, he's in the Inter-Highs.
Miki: Say, won't you go and cheer him on?
2
[Yuu looks at her somberly.]
Yuu: Today... ...I can't.
Yuu: I made a promise.
3
[Miki stands, surprised.]
4
Miki: [off] Could it be with Miwa Yoshimitsu-san?
Yuu: [off] Yeah.
5
[Yuu looks aside.]
Yuu: When I introduce myself as, "I'm your son," I wonder what sort of
response he'll make?
Yuu: I'm a bit tense...!
6
[Miki stares at him off-panel, wide-eyed.]
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p 179
1
narration: Yuu...
2
[Miki's pov of a beaming Ginta. They stand in a hallway full of students.]
Ginta: Ah, Miki. Well, I'm going.
Ginta: I'm depending on you to root for me!
3
[Miki bows her head. Ginta registers surprise.]
Ginta: Miki...?
4
[She can't meet his eye.]
Miki: I'm sorry, Ginta. I can't go today...
5
[Ginta stares back, surprised.]
6
[Miki's face is unreadable. Literally! ^_^]
Ginta: How come...? Something came up?
Miki FX: <nod>
7
Ginta: That something is concerning Matsuura, huh?
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p 180
1
Miki: .........
Ginta: [angrily] So that's it.
Ginta: There's no way you can avoid it? Does he definitely need you?!
2
[He exclaims forcefully.]
Ginta: Come for me! It's an important match.
Ginta: I want you to see it!!
3
[Something he sees off-panel causes Ginta to stop.]
Ginta: Ah...!
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p 181
1
[Tears fill Miki's eyes.]
Miki: I'm sorry, Ginta...
2
[Ginta stares in shock.]
3
[View pulls up and back. Miki wipes at her eyes. Ginta remains frozen.]
Miki: I'm sorry...
narration: By all means... I'm worried about Yuu.
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p 182
1
[Flashback image of Yuu.]
narration: He had eyes like a puppy that had been abandoned.
narration: I can't leave him alone.
narration: I want to be there at his side...
2
[Yuu's pov of a resolute Miki. She stands in a residential neighborhood,
carrying her bookbag.]
Miki: Please...
Miki: Take me with you!
3
[Her pov of Miwa and a sweating Yuu.]
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p 183
1
Yuu: But... Like...
2
Miki: I definitely won't get in the way! I don't need to be right there.
Miki: I'll wait nearby...
3
[A small smile appears on Yuu's face.]
4
Yuu: [off] Can't be helped... C'mon.
5
[Miki's face brightens.]
6
[View of a modern structure.]
caption: Miwa Architectural Design Office
7
[Miwa Yoshimitsu sits with gaze dropped, as though deep in thought.]
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p 184
1
[The view pulls up and back. The four sit on sofas around a coffee table in a
room filled with a drafting table and desk.]
Miwa Yoshimitsu: You were telling me to make time because you wanted to visit
the office... I can't believe it's something like this...
2
Miwa Yoshimitsu: But... You seem to be making a serious mistake.
3
Miwa Yoshimitsu: [off] I'm not your father, Matsuura-kun.
4
[Miki portrait--shock.]
5
[Yuu portrait--amazement.]
6
[Miwa Satoshi portrait--surprise.]
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p 185
1
[Miwa stands and explodes.]
Miwa: Father! That's dishonorable!
Miwa: It's too late to feign ignorance!
2
Miwa Yoshimitsu: I'm not feigning any ignorance. Really, something like this
just can't be.
Miwa Yoshimitsu: Chiyako-san and I didn't have that sort of relationship.
3
Miwa Yoshimitsu: Matsuura-kun...
4
[Yuu stares wide-eyed.]
Miwa Yoshimitsu: [off] I'm sorry, but... I am not the solution in the search
for your father.
Miwa Yoshimitsu: [off] He's someone else.
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Scorecard:
Miki <---> Yuu Satoshi (Miwa)
^ |
| |
v v
Ginta <-?-> Arimi Meiko <-/-> Natchan
^
|
|
Tsutomu Rumi <---> Youji
(Rokutanda) ^ ^
| |
v v
Jin <---> Chiyako
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