Marmalade Boy Volume 5, Chapter 3 pages 81-119 Written and illustrated by Yoshizumi Wataru Translation & editing by : Craig Nishida Additional translation by : Paul Hirose Yutaka Sasagawa Additional editing by: Chris Rijk Jeanne Hedge Last revision : 10-20-96 Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? Please send them to: mboy-trans@soyokaze.biosci.ohio-state.edu --------------------------------------------------- p 81 1 narration: Y'know, Yuu... narration: Yesterday, I dreamed of you. narration: I don't remember the details too well... narration: But, just as always, you smiled at me with your same smile. narration: I hope I can also see you in my dreams again today... --------------------------------------------------- p 82 1 --------------------------------------------------- p 83 1 sign: Sakaki High School 2 tennis ball FX: 3 4 Ginta: Wah! umpire: Game, set and match won by Touryou. The score is 6-4, 6-2! 5 --------------------------------------------------- p 84 1 Ginta: You did it. It was an overwhelming victory! Miki: Eh heh heh. My service game was in good form today. Miki: Is it your turn yet, Ginta? 2 Ginta: Yeah. Do you want something to drink? I can get you one, while I'm at it. Miki: Ah, thank you. Please. 3 Miki: Apple or orange juice! Something not carbonated, okay?! Ginta: Sure. 4 Tsutomu: HOLD I-I-IT, GINTA! 5 Tsutomu: Where are you going? Thinking of running away?! Did you find out that I was your opponent and get frightened?! caption with arrow pointing at Tsutomu: Rokutanda ---> Ginta: I'm only going to buy some juice. Ginta: What a constant pest. 6 Ginta: (Let's see... Where are the vending machines...?) --------------------------------------------------- p 85 1 Arimi: Suou-kun? 2 3 Ginta: Suzuki-san! 4 Arimi: How come you're at my school? Ahh, a practice match? Ginta: Yeah. Could it be you're taking part in a club activity? 5 Arimi: That's right. The track-and-field team. Arimi: Sprints. Ginta: Ohhhh?! Ginta: That's sorta surprising... --------------------------------------------------- p 86 1 Ginta: Ah, today we're together with the girls' team too, so Miki's here as well! Wanna come? Arimi: I'll pass. Rokutanda's there, too, isn't he? Ginta: That's true... 2 Arimi: You seem well. Ginta: Ahh, sorta. Ginta: How about you? 3 Arimi: ......... 4 --------------------------------------------------- p 87 1 2 Ginta: When they first started going out regularly... I... Ginta: ...contrary to expectations, felt sorta refreshed. 3 Ginta: When the circumstances were uncertain, I very much wanted Miki... I was terribly jealous of Matsuura, and every day was really painful... 4 Ginta: Now that it's been decided like this, I'd say my feelings have settled down. Unexpectedly, I've given up completely. 5 Ginta: Now, even if I see the two of them, I don't feel jealous. Well, a bit envious, but... Ginta: I think I can manage to be a good friend to Miki from now on. --------------------------------------------------- p 88 1 Arimi: I... I see... Arimi: Maybe there is that feeling of "being refreshed..." Arimi: Now, I don't feel jealous of Miki-san either. 2 Arimi: But it's hopeless for me. Completely hopeless... Arimi: That I hadn't been able to get Yuu to like me... ...makes me feel sad even now, and I can't help it... 3 4 --------------------------------------------------- p 89 1 Ginta: (Wha--) Ginta: (What's with this hand!?!) 2 narration: What is it I'm intending to do?! narration: When I see Suzuki-san's expression of despair... narration: ...my hand... narration: ...my hand, on it's own...!! 3-5 Ginta heartbeat FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 90 1 Tsutomu: GINTA-A-A, WHERE ARE YOU-U-U?! 2 Arimi: What's with the pratfall? Arimi: You were only being called. Ginta: N-- No, it's nothing... 3 Miki: Ginta, it's your turn now... Ah. Tsutomu: AAAAH! 4 Tsutomu: What are you doing? Alone with Arimi in a place like this! Ginta: Wh-what? Nothing, really... Arimi FX: 5 Tsutomu: Stay away! Stay away from her-r-r! Ginta: I'm already away from her, aren't I? 6 Arimi FX: 7 --------------------------------------------------- p 91 1 Miki: U-- Umm... 2 Murai: Aa-chan! Murai: What's wrong? Coach is getting tired of waiting. 3 Arimi: It's nothing. I'm coming now. 4 Tsutomu: Arimi, w--! 5 Murai/Imai/Tomishige FX: Murai: What's this, Rokutanda? Are you still hanging around Aa-chan? Tsutomu: Oo. Imai: You never learn, hm?! --------------------------------------------------- p 92 1 Imai: You and Aa-chan don't match. shove FX: shove FX: Tsutomu: Wah. Tsutomu: Wah! Murai: Give it up now! 2 Murai: Well, shall we go? Murai: We'll leave that idiot alone. Imai: Aren't you cold? Arimi: Nope, I'm fine. 3 4 Tsutomu: Damn it... 5 Ginta: ......... Ginta: Pretty amazing... Miki: Wha-- What are they? That group of three gorgeous guys? --------------------------------------------------- p 93 1 Tsutomu: It's Arimi's fan club... Miki: Fan club?! 2 Tsutomu: The tall one's Murai-san. In glasses and curly hair is Imai-san. Looking like he's from a Johnnie's pop group is Tomishige-san. Tsutomu: All three are in 3rd-year, and rank as the top 3 in popularity among the girls at my school. But they don't even go and get any girlfriends, and, calling themselves a fan club, they follow her around! 3 Tsutomu: At long last, Arimi gave up on Matsuura, but... When I think about how she might get together with one of them, I get really worried... Tsutomu: What is this Aa-chan bit?! that Tsutomu says is a reference to a cartoon "Punch", perhaps something akin to the British political cartoon, "Punch". This is a bit of speculation, however.> --------------------------------------------------- p 94 1 Miki: The top 3 are her fan club... Arimi-san is ama-a-azing! Ginta: Either way, there's no hope for you, right? Really, it would be better if you gave up on... 2 Tsutomu: WHA-A-AT?! You jerk, you're saying that just because you yourself are brokenhearted! Ginta: But, to put it bluntly, doesn't she dislike you? Suzuki-san's attitude towards you is awfully cold. 3 Tsutomu: YOU'RE WRONG! Arimi probably doesn't want to raise my expectations, so she's purposely sticking to a chilly attitude! Tsutomu: It's not that she dislikes me! 4 Miki/Ginta: (I wonder if that's so...) 5 Tsutomu: Sure... Sure, I've tried to give her up many times... --------------------------------------------------- p 95 1 narration: But... 2 Tsutomu: Arimi! Arimi: What? Arimi: If it's about a date, I won't go out with you! 3 Tsutomu: I've decided... I'm giving up on you now. 4 Tsutomu: I'll find another girl to love... 5 Arimi: Really?! I'm gla-a-ad! You finally understood me! Arimi FX: 6 Tsutomu: 7 --------------------------------------------------- p 96 1 narration: Just as a normal friend, Arimi smiles at me, too. Arimi: Good morning, Rokutanda. Tsutomu: G--! Good... Arimi: Let me copy what the test will cover, Rokutanda-a-a. narration: Treats me with kindness. Arimi: Rokutanda-a-a. narration: And so-o-o... 2 Arimi: What's the matter? 3 Tsutomu FX: Tsutomu: I LOVE YOU AFTER ALL, ARIMI-I-I! 4 Arimi punch FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 97 1 Arimi: If that's the way it is, then don't come near me anymore! Arimi: Tsutomu: A-- Arimi-i-i... 2 Tsutomu: From elementary school up to now, this pattern has been repeated... 3 Miki/Ginta: ......... 4 Tsutomu: Even I want to escape this sort of pain. It's like being in a maze with no exit. But... 5 Tsutomu: I can't give her up after a-a-all. Why is she so cute? Arimi-i-i! Ginta: Let's go! Ginta: We'll leave this idiot alone. Miki: Yeah... 6 --------------------------------------------------- p 98 1 Ginta: 2 Miki: You're in a good mood, Ginta. Ginta: Of course. With this one, I've beaten Tsutomu 3 straight times! That guy is no longer a match for me! 3 Tsutomu: Shi-i-it... 4 starter's pistol: 5 --------------------------------------------------- p 99 1 2 Miki: Wow... She's fast! Miki: Cool. 3 coach: 12.4 seconds! Arimi FX: coach: That's great, Suzuki-san. Your personal best. --------------------------------------------------- p 100 1 coach: Jeez, although you were a "ghost member" who was only wild about playing around, you're still this fast. If you had been serious from the start, you could have generated an even more amazing record, but... Ahh, what a waste! Arimi: Ah ha ha. 2 coach: But why did you suddenly get the urge to do things seriously? 3 Arimi: Well... It's a change of pace. Arimi: I thought that maybe if I run, then I can forget about a lot of things... 4 Arimi: Anyway, from now on I'll be doing things properly. coach: Really-y-y? I'm depending on you, now... 5 Arimi: Really, really. coach: I'm not so sure. --------------------------------------------------- p 101 1 Ginta heartbeat FX: 2 Miki FX: Ginta: Ginta: Wha-- What is it?! 3 Miki: Weren't you being charmed by her just now? Ginta: I--! Idiot! Why would I?!! I was only...! Miki: Only...? 4 Ginta: Only... narration: That an innocent smile like that... narration: ...would be way better than her usual prim look... narration: ...was all that I was thinking... --------------------------------------------------- p 102 1 Ginta: It's nothing! Ginta hand FX: Miki: Ow! 2 Miki: That hu-u-urt! You whacked me for real just no-o-ow! Ginta FX: Ginta: You got a problem with that?! 3 4 5 Miki: ...and so that's it. Ginta denied it, but he seems awfully concerned about Arimi-san. Yuu: Hmm. --------------------------------------------------- p 103 1 Miki: I wonder if he's beginning to like her...? Yuu: You feel sad? 2 Miki: Uh-uh... It's strange, but... Right now it isn't anything like that. 3 Miki: Maybe it's because you're telling me that right now I'm your number one. Miki: Right now, I think that even if Meiko finds a boyfriend, I won't feel sad... 4 Yuu: You calculating girl. Miki: Miki: That's so true... 5 6 --------------------------------------------------- p 104 1 narration: Once he opened his heart to me, Yuu's been awfully gentle. narration: I'm quite pampered, and he quickly wants to come in contact with me. (Of course, I don't mind.) 2 narration: The warmth of Yuu's body... narration: ...is very pleasant... 3 Yuu FX: 4 Miki: What?! Grrrr! narration: Though, as usual, there are these kinds of practical jokes . --------------------------------------------------- p 105 1 Miki: Grr. You're... ......... 2 3 --------------------------------------------------- p 106 1 door FX: Chiyako/Rumi: We're home! Miki/Yuu FX: 2 Chiyako/Rumi FX: Chiyako: We ran into each other at the station and came home together. Chiyako: Wasn't that unusual? Rumi: Jin and Youji still haven't come home? Huh? 3 Rumi: What are you doing, Miki? Falling from the sofa... Miki: Nahhh. Ha ha... Welcome ho-o-ome. Miki: I did it so quickly... 4 Rumi: Say. Listen for a sec! I have some awfully big news. --------------------------------------------------- p 107 1 Rumi: Yuu-kun. Won't you be my company's commercial model? 2 Yuu: Huh? When you say "your company," Rumi-san, you mean your cosmetics... Rumi: Yup! Rumi: Look, I'm in the publicity department, right? 3 Rumi: There was talk that they wanted to use a fresh, unsullied model in a product launch commercial... ...so I showed them Yuu-kun's picture and everyone liked it a lot! 4 Yuu: Doing that without asking... I'm not interested in becoming some public entertainer?! --------------------------------------------------- p 108 1 Rumi: Don't think of this as anything that big. Just this once is all right. Though I think it's a nice part-time job. 'Kay? Won't you give it a try? 2 Chiyako: That's great, Yuu! Give it a try! Rumi: Sure! Rumi: You think it's a good idea, too, don't you, Miki?! 3 Miki: YUP! Miki: Yuu's commercial! I wanna see it! 4 Chiyako: Do it, Yuu! Rumi: That's right, Yuu-kun! 5 Yuu: If it means that much... Then I can think it over and see, but... 6 Rumi/Chiyako/Miki: KYAAAA! Yuu: Hey!! I still haven't completely decided! Yuu: Shi-i-it. They're not listening. --------------------------------------------------- p 109 1 Rumi: I was thinking there's no way we won't make the most of those good looks... Chiyako: That my son would be performing in a commercial is something to be proud of . It'll be fun. 2 Miki: So like, what kind of commercial is it? Rumi: Perfume. Miki: Wowww! 3 Rumi: And, y'know, the co-star is great, too. Rumi: It's Sakuma Suzu-chan. She's a pretty model whose popularity is zooming right now! 4 5 Miki: Sakuma Suzu... Could she be the one who's been appearing a lot in magazines lately? This girl? Rumi: Yeah, that's right. Her!! --------------------------------------------------- p 110 1 Chiyako: Wowww. She's cute. magazine: * Special Fashion Edition PINK COORDINATES * SPECIAL CLOSEUP magazine: * Fashion Catalog Hats and Shoes for the Start Rumi: Isn't she?! Hey, take a look at this, too, Yuu-kun. 2 Yuu: It seems like I've seen this face somewhere... Rumi: Because she's being promoted right now, right? 3 Miki: (You're kidding...) Miki: (Appearing together with such a cute girl?!) --------------------------------------------------- p 111 1 Meiko: It's all ri-i-ight. 2 Meiko: Even Arimi-san is awfully cute, but Matsuura-kun chose you for a girlfriend instead. Have more confidence in yourself! Miki: Yeah... But I'm nervous. 3 Miki: I'm very happy right now, which makes me even more fearful of having that happiness shattered. I'm thinking, "I wonder how long this happiness will last?" Miki: I can't plunge myself 100% into feeling happy... 4 Miki: I'm always around 10% nervous. Meiko: Uh-huh. I understand, but... --------------------------------------------------- p 112 1 Meiko: When you both declare your feelings, this is what it becomes... It's not all "happiness" and "joy". Meiko: When you're alone, you feel sadder... And you're nervous... And you come to know a lot of other feelings, too, hm...? Miki: Uh-huh... 2 3 Miki: Meiko... Before, weren't you saying that you "wouldn't marry at all"? 4 Miki: Isn't that because you grew up watching your parents, who used to be in love, but are now cold towards each other? Miki: If it was with Natchan, did you want to marry? Did you think you could be in love forever...? --------------------------------------------------- p 113 1 2 Meiko: That that love would last all my life... It's not that I ever had reason to think that. 3 Meiko: And the truth is, it was shattered, right? Meiko: Miki: ......... 4 Meiko: If, after I married and gave birth to a child, the love grew cold... Then it would make that child have the same experience as me. Meiko: And I didn't want that to happen, so that's why I decided that I wouldn't marry at all. But, back then... --------------------------------------------------- p 114 1 2 Meiko: ...instead of logic, instead of thinking about anything in the future... Meiko: ...I just wanted us to remain together. I didn't want to part from him... 2 3 narration: Meiko's feelings really touched me. --------------------------------------------------- p 115 1 narration: Even now, her feelings that Natchan... narration: That Natchan is the only one she loves... narration: ...were made known to a painful extent. --------------------------------------------------- p 116 1 2 guy: Yup. This cover... Your picture came out really cute. 3 Suzu: Really? Thank you, oniichan. 4 Suzu: Say, compared to last month's cover, which one's cute? "oniichan": Hmm... Well... I can't decide... --------------------------------------------------- p 117 1 "oniichan": Both are awfully cute. After all, Suzu, you're the cousin of whom I'm proud... Suzu: Tee hee! 2 "oniichan/cousin": Suzu. Are you doing a movie or a drama? You're getting a lot of offers like that coming your way, aren't you. 3 Suzu: I'm not doing them. Suzu: I don't have any interest in acting. 4 Suzu: I like wearing beautiful clothes and having my picture taken... That's why I like being a model. "oniichan/cousin": Hmm... Somehow, that's a waste, huh. Suzu: It's okay! --------------------------------------------------- p 118 1 Suzu: Oh, that's right, oniichan. Suzu: I'll show you something cool! 2 "oniichan/cousin": Something cool? Suzu: Well... It's a picture of a very beautiful guy! 3 Suzu: I'm appearing with this boy in the next commercial. He's beautiful, isn't he? 4 5 "oniichan/cousin": YUU?! "oniichan/cousin": This is Yuu... --------------------------------------------------- p 119 1 Suzu: ......... You know him, oniichan? 2 Miwa: Yup. I know him very well. --------------------------------------------------- -------------------End of Chapter------------------ --------------------------------------------------- Scorecard: Miki <---> Yuu Satoshi (Miwa) | | v Ginta <-?-> Arimi Meiko ---> Natchan ^ | | Tsutomu Rumi <---> Youji (Rokutanda) ^ ^ | | v v Jin <---> Chiyako ---------------------------------------------------