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 --------------------------------------------------- p 149 1 2 3 4 5 --------------------------------------------------- p 150 1 Miki staring-hard FX: 2 Miki head FX: 3 Miki: Ow... Ah... Yuu: Come over here for a bit! 4 Yuu: Why are you acting so obvious like that? You jerk! It's like you're saying, "I know a secret"!! Yuu FX: Miki: Ooo . I'm sorry... --------------------------------------------------- p 151 1 Yuu: Jeez. I shouldn't have told a stupidly honest person. Because everything shows on her face! Miki FX: Miki: ......... 2 Yuu: Anyway, I'm asking you to please act casually. They aren't aware that I know. 3 Yuu: I don't want to make trouble. And I really have no interest in destroying our present life. 4 Yuu: So... I'm depending on you! 5 door FX: 6 --------------------------------------------------- p 152 1 tennis ball FX: 2 tennis ball FX: 3 tennis ball FX: 4 Miwa: Practicing by hitting off a wall, huh. You're pretty good. 5 6 Miki: Miwa-san... --------------------------------------------------- p 153 1 Miwa: I heard Yuu told you... 2 Miki FX: 3 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: Yuu... Remains calm... But I think he's really feeling terribly hurt... 5 --------------------------------------------------- p 154 1 Miwa: 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: 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 Miwa: But, by then, Chiyako-san was carrying Yuu... 5 Miwa: 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: Even the census registry has Yuu's father as Matsuura-san. --------------------------------------------------- p 155 1 Miki: Is that how it was...? How long have you known about this, Miwa-san? Miwa: 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 Miki: (......... What kind of father...) Miki: Looking so honest... Miwa: But it seems like Yuu got a pretty good shock! 5 --------------------------------------------------- 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: Ah... Chiyako: 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: 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. Miwa: I went to take a look at Yuu's junior high school... 5 sign: ...Junior High School Miwa: I was taken by the deep emotion of "ahh, that's my kid brother, huh..." --------------------------------------------------- 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 Miki: Then, when Yuu transferred you were surprised, right? Miwa: Uh-huh. At first, I thought that maybe he was hunting me down. 4 Miwa: 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. Miki: You too, Miwa-san... 6 Miki: Then... Miwa-san, has your father acknowledged that Yuu is his son? Miki: They met recently, right...? --------------------------------------------------- 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: ......... 4 Miwa: Are you worried about him? 5 Miki FX: 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. --------------------------------------------------- p 159 1 Miwa: Inside, I think he's pretty naive. 2 Miki: I think so, too. narration: Because Yuu is... narration: ...always very nice at the most important times. --------------------------------------------------- p 160 1 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. 3 Miwa: Please keep a kind eye on him. 4 Miki: Sure... --------------------------------------------------- p 161 1 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 Miki: That's a different story!! Miki: I respect Meiko's free will! Miwa: Ah... I see. Miwa: Damn! 3 sign: Year 2, Class B 4 voice 1: Terrific, Ginta! voice 2: You did it! Ginta: Ginta: Now, now. Keep it down. voice 3: Ginta, that's ama-a-azing!! --------------------------------------------------- p 162 1 Ginta: One more win! And a ticket to the Inter-Highs is mine!! , short for "Inter-High School" is a high-school level competition/tournament that begins with regional tournaments, and ends with a national tournament.> class: OHHHH! class FX: 2 Miki: What's all the fuss about? 3 boy: It's Ginta. It's amazing. If he wins one more time, he'll be playing in the Inter-Highs. Ginta FX: Miki: HUH?! 4 Miki: Were you still winning your way to the finals in the Great Autumn Meet, Ginta? Miki: I thought you lost a long time ago. 5 Ginta: 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. --------------------------------------------------- p 163 1 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: Yeah! 3 Miwa: Is he good at tennis? Meiko: He's good. The ace of 2nd-year. 4 Miwa: Hi! 5 --------------------------------------------------- p 164 1 Meiko FX: textbook: Modern Japanese Miwa: I know. Stay away. I said I'd stay away! 2 Miwa: Don't be so touchy. Your smiling face is much cuter. Meiko: Please leave me alone. 3 Miwa: You're wearing a headband today... It looks good on you . Meiko FX: 4 Miwa: Come to think of it, Akizuki, long ago your hair was straight. How long have you had it permed? , which is that wavy-style of hair. Not sure what it derives from. It sounds French to me...> --------------------------------------------------- p 165 1 2 Meiko: The spring break before entering high school. 3 Miwa: 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 Meiko chair FX: 5 Meiko: I... Meiko: ...hate guys with long hair! --------------------------------------------------- p 166 1 class FX: 2 3 Miki: M-Meiko... 4 5 6 Miwa: ......... --------------------------------------------------- p 167 1 2 3 Meiko: (I hate guys with long hair!) 4 narration: I wonder... narration: ...if I said a little too much... 5 --------------------------------------------------- p 168 1 2 3 Namura-sensei: Meiko! Over here. 4 Meiko: I'm sorry. Were you waiting? I got a little lost. Meiko: This station's hard to figure out. 5 Namura-sensei: Huh? Your hair... Namura-sensei: It's curled. Meiko: Meiko: I got a perm. 'Cause I'm a high school student now. Have I become grownup-looking? --------------------------------------------------- p 169 1 2 Namura-sensei: You're beautiful... 3 4 Namura-sensei: Actually, I came to be... The teacher in charge of your class, Meiko. (teacher in charge) is perhaps closest in equivalence in the U.S. to one's homeroom teacher. The has the student's personal records and engages in dialog with the student's parents. Perhaps less common now, but the also is the one who visits the student's home in order to introduce him/herself to the student's parents.> 5 Meiko: HUH?! Namura-sensei: This isn't something to be happy about. 6 Namura-sensei: 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. --------------------------------------------------- p 170 1 Meiko: Today's the last time...? Namura-sensei: Until you graduate. 2 Meiko: ......... I understand. 3 Meiko: But... Meiko FX: Meiko: ...today's okay, right?! 4 Namura-sensei: Yeah... 5 --------------------------------------------------- p 171 1 2 Miwa: Akizuki! 3 4 --------------------------------------------------- p 172 1 Meiko: MIWA-SAN?! Miwa: Hi! 2 Miwa: I slipped out of class for a bit and went to a beauty parlor. How do you like it? 3 Meiko: O-- Oh no. I... Meiko: I'm sorry! I didn't mean that. Can't be. You really cut...! --------------------------------------------------- p 173 1 Miwa: Ju-u-ust joking! I'm kidding. Miwa: Actually, I only tied it. 2 Meiko forehead FX: 3 Miwa: Akizuki... Are you all right...? Miwa: That was a terrible sound just now!! 4 Miwa: I didn't think you'd find it that funny. Meiko: I did not! 5 Meiko: Why do you play jokes like that?! Please knock it off already! --------------------------------------------------- p 174 1 Meiko: 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: It isn't that my feelings aren't serious. Miwa: They are. 3 Miwa: I really... ...like you. 4 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? --------------------------------------------------- p 175 1 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 Miwa: Saying my true intentions seriously... ...is embarrassing. 3 Miwa: Really... My feelings aren't frivolous. 4 --------------------------------------------------- p 176 1 Meiko: Even so... It's useless to go after me. 2 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 5 Miwa: True... You're a bad loser, hm. Meiko FX: Meiko: Wha?! 6 Miwa: But I'm the same way, too. Miwa FX: > --------------------------------------------------- p 177 1 Miwa: Well, anyway... Then please consider me, too! 2 Meiko: Huh?! "Consider me..."? Uhh... Meiko: Miwa-san?! 3 4 5 6 Miki: Yuu! Do you have free time after school today? --------------------------------------------------- p 178 1 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: Today... ...I can't. Yuu: I made a promise. 3 4 Miki: Could it be with Miwa Yoshimitsu-san? Yuu: Yeah. 5 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 --------------------------------------------------- p 179 1 narration: Yuu... 2 Ginta: Ah, Miki. Well, I'm going. Ginta: I'm depending on you to root for me! 3 Ginta: Miki...? 4 Miki: I'm sorry, Ginta. I can't go today... 5 6 Ginta: How come...? Something came up? Miki FX: 7 Ginta: That something is concerning Matsuura, huh? --------------------------------------------------- p 180 1 Miki: ......... Ginta: So that's it. Ginta: There's no way you can avoid it? Does he definitely need you?! 2 Ginta: Come for me! It's an important match. Ginta: I want you to see it!! 3 Ginta: Ah...! --------------------------------------------------- p 181 1 Miki: I'm sorry, Ginta... 2 3 Miki: I'm sorry... narration: By all means... I'm worried about Yuu. --------------------------------------------------- p 182 1 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 Miki: Please... Miki: Take me with you! 3 --------------------------------------------------- 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 4 Yuu: Can't be helped... C'mon. 5 6 caption: Miwa Architectural Design Office 7 --------------------------------------------------- p 184 1 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: I'm not your father, Matsuura-kun. 4 5 6 --------------------------------------------------- p 185 1 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 Miwa Yoshimitsu: I'm sorry, but... I am not the solution in the search for your father. Miwa Yoshimitsu: He's someone else. caption at bottom: Marmalade Boy [4]/End --------------------------------------------------- -------------------End of Chapter------------------ --------------------------------------------------- Scorecard: Miki <---> Yuu Satoshi (Miwa) ^ | | | v v Ginta <-?-> Arimi Meiko <-/-> Natchan ^ | | Tsutomu Rumi <---> Youji (Rokutanda) ^ ^ | | v v Jin <---> Chiyako ---------------------------------------------------