Marmalade Boy Volume 2, Chapter 4 pages 125-161 Written and illustrated by Yoshizumi Wataru Translation & editing by : Craig Nishida Additional translation by : Paul Hirose Yutaka Sasagawa Matthew Akira Klippenstein Additional editing by: Michael Chin Jeanne Hedge Daniel Lee Scott Henry Last revision : 01-31-96 Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? Please send them to: mboy-trans@soyokaze.biosci.ohio-state.edu --------------------------------------------------- p 125 1 narration: "I'm quite taken in by you, Suou-kun." narration: "Let's relax and talk somewhere." 2 narration: I wonder what happened after that? narration: Those two... 3 Miki: (Ahh, darn it!) Miki: (It's on my mind and I can't sleep...!!) --------------------------------------------------- p 126 1 --------------------------------------------------- p 127 1 Yuu: He did i-i-it! Rokutanda! Excellent, excellent! caption with arrow: Partner ---> 2 Ginta: It arrived yesterday. Together with a letter. It said let's have a return match before long. Yuu: Not me. 3 --------------------------------------------------- p 128 1 Miki: But, it suits him. Doesn't he look better than before? Yuu: Yeah... He also seems to like it himself. He's making a "V" sign... 2 Miki: Yes, yes. It seems to be pretty popular with girls. It's not thought of as bad. Yuu: He's easy to understand... 3 Ginta: "It really got him going when someone praised him just a little bit," Suzuki-san was also say-- 4 Ginta: AH! 5 Miki: ......... You met with Arimi-san? Over the phone? 6 Ginta: Ah, no. Uh... Ginta: Sunday... At a movie... --------------------------------------------------- p 129 1 Miki: ......... Hmmph. Ginta: Tha--! That's not it, Miki!! Ginta chair FX: Ginta: I tried to refuse, but that girl is pushy... She said, "if you don't have anything else to do, it doesn't matter, right?" 2 Miki: You're free to go anywhere with anyone you like, Ginta! Miki: You don't have to make excuses to me-e-e!! 3 Miki FX: Ginta: Mi--! Miki!! 4 --------------------------------------------------- p 130 1 Miki FX: Miki: (What's with that Ginta-a-a!!) 2 Ginta: I've liked you all along!! 3 narration: ...is what he said to me just the other day, yet... narration: ...he was at a movie with Arimi-sa-a-an?! Miki: (That's a date. Then...!) 4 narration: Just because a girl who's a little cute chases after him, he plays around with her... hypothetical Ginta: I'm not really doing anything... Miki: (HE'S THE PITS!!) 5 narration: Arimi-san is being Arimi-san, too. narration: To think she's switching from Yuu to Ginta all of a sudden... --------------------------------------------------- p 131 1 Arimi: I can't give him up after all. Even now, I love him... narration: Back then, I... narration: Thought that Arimi-san was someone pursuing something with all her heart. narration: I was a bit moved. 2 Miki: (DAMN I-I-IT!) Miki: (Return my feelings of being moved!!) 3 Miki: And so... --------------------------------------------------- p 132 1 Miki: Grrrr. I'm so mad! It's so irresponsible of those two! Meiko: ......... 2 Meiko: Miki. Could it be you're jealous? 3 Miki: WHA-A-AT?! NO WAY! I merely dislike the irresponsible behavior of those two... Meiko: Is that all? 4 Miki: ......... B-but... Miki: There's no way I oughta be jealous. 5 Miki: When Ginta confessed his feelings... I was confused and couldn't answer right away... Miki: But sure enough, Ginta is a friend right now. --------------------------------------------------- p 133 1 Miki: (The one I like now is...) Miki: (Probably... Yuu...) 2 Meiko: But you aren't happy about Ginta being friendly with Arimi-san, are you? Miki: ......... 3 Meiko: Or rather... Frankly speaking, you don't like it at all, right? Miki: ......... 4 Meiko: Then isn't that what jealousy is after all? 5 Miki: ......... Meiko: Ah! --------------------------------------------------- p 134 1 Meiko chair FX: Meiko: I'm sorry. I... Just remembered I have a little something to take care of. I'll head on home ahead of you, 'kay? Miki: Ah. Sure. 2 3 4 5 narration: It's as Meiko says... narration: I'm... narration: Jealous of Arimi-san. 6 narration: Even though Ginta is just a friend... narration: Why...?! --------------------------------------------------- p 135 1 Meiko: Sensei! 2 3 Meiko: Are you going home already? You're early today, huh. Meiko: I saw you from a coffee shop window, so I came running after you. Namura-sensei: Mei... Akizuki. 4 Namura-sensei FX: 5 Meiko: It's all right. You don't have to worry about being seen in public. Meiko: That a teacher and a student are going home together by chance isn't all that unnatural, is it? --------------------------------------------------- p 136 1 Meiko: I won't walk arm in arm, so relax . 2 Meiko: Though I'd really like to... 3 4 Namura-sensei: Until you graduate... Namura-sensei: In a little over 2 years... Let's wait, okay. 5 Meiko: ...... Yes. --------------------------------------------------- p 137 1 2 Arimi: Today's cold, isn't it. It's already December, hmm. 3 Ginta: Yes'm... That's true. to is supposed to be a rather formal way of addressing others within an athletic team; not sure how to render this in English, though. If it's just a matter of one addressing one's , then I figure a "ma'm" is about right.> 4 Arimi: Club activities are also tough when it gets cold, right? How awful. Ginta: Yes. Thank you... Arimi: Is that pea coat school-issued? How cute. Ginta: Yes'm. Really...? 5 Arimi FX: Arimi: Hey, Suou-kun! ===Sidebar=== FREE TALK (4): I'm always receiving lots of letters and it makes me awfully happy, but since I can't easily write replies I thought that, on this occasion, I'd like to try and answer a few of the questions from all of you. Please show me the trick to becoming skilled at drawing. People who write this are amazingly abundant. (For some reason, everyone uses the word "trick".) But you see, although you say trick... If there's such a simple method to turn you into a skillful artist in a flash then I want to learn it too... If anything, maybe just look carefully at the real thing and draw... Don't rely on memory and imagination. I think you should observe something closely, absorb what you can and draw. Well, if you draw continuously, day after day, before long, I'm sure you'll become good. --------------------------------------------------- p 138 1 Arimi: Would you stop using that athletic team-like polite tone on me?! We're both in the same grade, so speak to me normally! Ginta: Ah! Excuse me... 2 Ginta: I mean... ...sorry. 3 Arimi: Well, fine... Whatever. Ginta: (It's because she's a girl of some dignity...) 4 narration: But, this isn't the time to be overawed. Ginta: (*Today* I have to tell it to her straight!!) Ginta: Excuse me...! 5 Ginta: I think I understand...! But there's a girl that I like, so... Therefore... 6 Ginta: I can't very well go out with y-- Arimi: Wait a minute. poster: New Item on Sale-- Marrons (Chestnut) Muffin 200 yen --------------------------------------------------- p 139 1 Arimi: Don't be so conceited. I haven't said a single word about liking you or wanting to go out with you or anything, have I. Arimi: The only one I like is Yuu! 2 Ginta: Huh...? 3 Ginta: Then, why... Invite me to a movie, and... You were even waiting for me today... Arimi: About that... Have you spoken to Miki-san? ===Sidebar=== FREE TALK (5): Is Yoshizumi-sensei a man or a woman? The information in the manga and the table of contents is that the author's a woman, but the author is called "Wataru-kun"... I'm a woman. "kun" is a title of honor that isn't limited to males. It's because the editor decided to call me "Wataru-kun," and I think it's good that it wasn't "chama" or "tan"*. Then I often receive letters as well that say, "Until recently I thought you were a guy. I'm sorry." but you don't really have anything to apologize for. Even though I've sent in many drawings, none have appeared at all. Those, y'know, don't really appear in the order of how good they are, because it's like a lottery, so it's a matter of luck, so, even if you'd like to be chosen, you don't need to feel down, thinking "it was junk, that's why..." Maybe if everyone avoids gag faces that are easy to draw, and any closeups of Miki that are easily scaled and copied, and draw Yuu or something, then the drawings will be more apt to appear. Do your best. <*Commentary (YS): and are "cute ways" of saying the honorifics and .> --------------------------------------------------- p 140 1 Ginta: Yeah... I wasn't going to say anything, but... It slipped out. Arimi: What did she say to that? 2 Ginta: ......... She got mad... 3 Ginta: That's right. She got angry. That's bad! That's why I don't want to do anything more that she might misunderstand. Arimi: That's great, Suou-kun! 4 Ginta: Huh? Arimi: Yup, yup. Arimi: I see-e-ee. Sure enough... I thought it might be like that! Ginta: Eh? 5 Arimi: Miki-san's jealous of me. 6 --------------------------------------------------- p 141 1 Arimi: That she got mad means she was jealous. That means she's more or less interested in you, too, right. If the guy didn't matter, she wouldn't get mad over what he does with another girl. Ginta: R-really...? Ginta: Come to think of it... Arimi: It's true! 2 Arimi: As I see it... Miki-san is attracted to Yuu right now, but she also liked you in the past, so there's no reason to think she isn't interested in you at all. Arimi: So if another girl hangs around you, I think she'll worry and her feelings will lean towards you. 3 Arimi: You know... Even something you were thinking you don't need anymore, when it comes to giving it away, it suddenly becomes precious, right? Ginta: The way you put that... 4 Arimi: Therefore, pretend you've gotten chummy with me. Ginta: How... ...would I do that? --------------------------------------------------- p 142 1 Ginta: I wonder if it'll go that well... hypothetical Miki: It's fine already! I don't care about Ginta. hypothetical Miki: Yuu's there for me! Ginta: ...is how I think it'll turn out... Arimi: Well, if we overdo it, there is the danger that it will turn out that way. Arimi: If we don't thoroughly make sure, that's where we'll be. 2 Arimi: But... It's worth a try, isn't it? 3 Ginta: ......... narration: That's true... narration: Not doing anything and just waiting... narration: Is more favorable by far for Matsuura, who lives with her... 4 Ginta: If you hang around with me, Suzuki-san, Matsuura might get jealous, too... 5 Arimi: That won't happen. I'm sure... 6 Arimi: Yuu... Arimi: Won't be jealous. --------------------------------------------------- p 143 1 narration: Huh... Ginta heartbeat FX: 2 narration: I hadn't noticed till now... comment: Thick-headed ---> narration: But if I look carefully, isn't this girl awfully cute?! Ginta: (Tsutomu, that babe-chasing...) 3 Ginta: (That Matsuura rejected a girl as cute as this, huh. Popular guys really do things differently, huh.) Ginta: What a waste... Arimi: But anyway... If you and my rival Miki-san stick together, that'll help me, too. 4 Arimi: Therefore, let's cooperate. Arimi: 'Kay? 5 6 Ginta: Uh-huh... --------------------------------------------------- p 144 1 ball FX: 2 Miki: Ooo! So co-o-old! Miki FX: 3 Miki: What's the time? I wonder if we could end this session early... boy: Another 45 minutes. Miki: Argghh. girl 1: Ah! Ohh...! 4 5 Miki: Arimi-san! 6 Miki: What's wrong? At a place like this... Arimi: Hello. Could you call Suou-kun for me?! 7 Miki: Ah. Miki: Okay... --------------------------------------------------- p 145 1 Arimi: I brought you something. Eat it later, 'kay? Ginta: Ah, thank you... ...for all your troubles... comment: Still can't get rid of the civil words. ---> 2 Arimi: It's a stage prop! A stage prop! To show to Miki-san, right? Ginta: Ahhhh. I see... Ginta: Detailed performance. 3 4 Arimi: She's worried about us. She doesn't look happy. Ginta: ...... Ginta: I'm too afraid to look. 5 Arimi: But she really is reacting as we'd expected... Docile... Or simple... --------------------------------------------------- p 146 1 Ginta FX: Ginta: That's what's so good about Miki! 2 Arimi: Oh. Right. 3 Arimi: Say, why don't we try to be a bit more intimate? Ginta: Intimate...? Arimi: Come closer to the fence. Put your hand about here. 4 Arimi: An impression like this . Arimi hand FX: 5 --------------------------------------------------- p 147 1 Ginta: ! Ginta hand FX: 2 Arimi: Oh no... Don't turn so red! Arimi: So naive... Arimi: Even I feel embarrassed... 3 FX: Arimi/Ginta: ...... 4 girl 1: Those two are creating some atmosphere... girl 2: Isn't that girl Yuu's ex-girlfriend who came to the school festival? What's going on with you guys? Miki: ...... 5 narration: What? That Ginta... narration: ...decided to go out with Arimi-san?! narration: Before listening to my reply, too... --------------------------------------------------- p 148 1 narration: Don't I matter anymore?! Oh no... Drat it. My chest hurts. narration: GINTA, YOU IDIOT...!! 2 Rumi: Miki. Miki! 3 Miki: Ah! 4 Rumi: What's the matter? You're so spaced out. Were you listening clearly to what I just said? Miki: Ah, I'm sorry. What were you saying just now? commentary at bottom: Jin & Youji are still at work. --------------------------------------------------- p 149 1 Rumi: Tomorrow's the closing ceremony, so school ends early, right. Don't stop anywhere the both of you, and come straight home, 'kay? Miki: Okay, but... How come? 2 3 Rumi: We're having our marriages registered... It's been a half a year since the divorce... 4 ===Sidebar=== FREE TALK (6): Doesn't Ginta look like Kazuya from the wedding scene in Vol. 9 of "Handsome Girlfriend"? That's a taboo phrase. I get an awfully empty feeling, like "I shouldn't have drawn something like that...," whenever that's said... When beginning a new serial, because it seems there aren't a lot of people who don't adapt new characters with characters of a previous serial, Meiko is Miou, Yuu resembles Satoshi, Miki from junior high appears like Aya (this seems to be judged more on hair color and length rather than facial features...), and various other things are said, and this doesn't make me very happy... And so, I now request that when my next series comes out, I'll be pleased if you don't mention this. Well, I'll see you later in Volume 3, 'kay? --------------------------------------------------- p 150 1 Rumi: We decided not to have a ceremony for now... Instead, after we've reported, it's been decided we'll all celebrate at a restaurant. Chiyako: Sound okay? 2 Yuu: Sure. Miki: Okay. narration: I see... 3 narration: Finally... narration: They're entering names... Into the family registries... 4 one of the parents: This concludes the formalities. --------------------------------------------------- p 151 1 Miki: Congratulations... Yuu: Congratulations. 2 Chiyako/Jin/Youji/Rumi: Thank you. 3 Jin?: Shall we go, then? Chiyako?: It's still a bit early for our reservation... Miki: Ah, excuse me. 4 Miki: I'm sorry... Miki: I have a little errand to-- 5 Rumi: Wha-a-at? Miki: And so, let me pass on dinner. I'm sorry! 6 --------------------------------------------------- p 152 1 Rumi: I wonder what's wrong? Rumi: She didn't tell me anything like that yesterday! 2 3 sign: ...Park 4 5 6 --------------------------------------------------- p 153 1 2 3 4 5 Yuu: How long are you going to be like that? --------------------------------------------------- p 154 1 2 Miki: YUU?! Wh-why are you here? Why aren't you at the restaurant? Yuu: I've been right behind you all the time since the ward office... But you didn't notice me at all. So thick-headed. 3 Yuu: Hup! Miki: ......... 4 Yuu: Haven't you recovered yet? About the marriage swapping. --------------------------------------------------- p 155 1 2 Miki: That's not it... I've already come to terms with that. I'm used to my life now... Miki: Only... 3 Miki: They say it's just a document... But now, Chiyako-san is formally my mama... Miki: And when I think that Mama isn't Mama anymore... 4 Miki: I felt just a bit sad... Miki FX: 5 Yuu: Hmm... --------------------------------------------------- p 156 1 narration: Looking bored and just muttering to himself... narration: Yuu didn't say a thing. 2 narration: He just... Kept silent and stayed there beside me... --------------------------------------------------- p 157 1 2 Miki: Delicious! Sure enough, I like teriyaki chicken the best . Yuu: Well, this is delicious now, but... 3 Yuu: If things had gone right, then we should have had a deluxe dinner at an Italian restaurant around now. Ahhhh, what a loss! It's your fault!! Yuu FX: 4 Yuu: How I wanted to eat caviar spaghetti... narration: It's no use saying spiteful things like that... 5 narration: That he truly is sweet... Is something I know perfectly well. --------------------------------------------------- p 158 1 narration: Thank you... Yuu... Yuu: What are you grinning about? Miki: Eh heh! --------------------------------------------------- p 159 1 Rumi: Miki-i-i! Yuu-u-u! Chiyako: Come down-n-n! 2 door FX: Yuu: What is it? Jeez... From so early in the morning! 3 door FX: Miki: We're in winter break... So let me sleep i-i-in. 4 Rumi: Then, we're going... Chiyako: Please look after the place, 'kay! --------------------------------------------------- p 160 1 Miki: Huh...? What's with the luggage? Yuu: Where are you going...? Yuu: Is it work? Rumi: Isn't it obvious? A honeymoon. Chiyako: A 2-week tour of memorable Hawaii! 2 Miki: WHA-A-AT?! What's that? I didn't hear any talk like that!! Rumi: Huh? Is that right? Chiyako: I thought we had told you... 3 Jin: Well, anyway, that's the way it is. See you later. Rumi: We'll be back at the beginning of the New Year. Chiyako: We'll buy you souvenirs, okay? 4 Miki: Wait a... door FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 161 1 Miki: ~~~~~~~~ narration: You're kidding... Then, for 2 weeks... 2 narration: It'll be just the two of us in this house...?! caption at bottom: Marmalade Boy/End --------------------------------------------------- -------------------End of Chapter------------------ --------------------------------------------------- Scorecard: Rumi <---> Youji Miki <---> Yuu ^ ^ ^ ^ | | | | v v v Jin <---> Chiyako Ginta (-?-) Arimi ^ | Meiko <---> Natchan Tsutomu ---------------------------------------------------