Marmalade Boy Volume 7, Chapter 3 pages 71-103 Written and illustrated by Yoshizumi Wataru Translation & editing by : Craig Nishida Additional translation by : Paul Hirose Additional editing by: Jeanne Hedge Last revision : 97-10-12 Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? Please send them to: mboy-trans@soyokaze.biosci.ohio-state.edu --------------------------------------------------- p 71 1 2 narration: Even if Eisaku-san is my father, he probably doesn't know about that. narration: That's why he revealed those things to me so lightheartedly. Eisaku caption: "First love" Eisaku caption: "She's really my cousin." 3 narration: Knowing only now that I'm his son may just be troublesome for him... narration: But... narration: I want to make sure!! --------------------------------------------------- p 72 1 --------------------------------------------------- p 73 1 Eisaku: Thank you for everything. Eisaku: So long! 2 Jin: Take care. Rumi: Come again any time now, 'kay?! 3 --------------------------------------------------- p 74 1 Miki: Ahh-ah... They're gone. I feel sort of sad... 2 Rumi: And yet you were overwhelmed by the power of the little twins and got all tired out, Miki. Miki: That's true... But they became awfully attached to me and were very cute! Youji: We can see them again someday. 3 sign (bilingual): New Tokyo International Air... 4 5 --------------------------------------------------- p 75 1 Eisaku: Yuu-kun?! 2 Eisaku: Why are you here? To see us off? sign (bilingual): Passport Control Yuu: Yes... 3 Eisaku: I'm happy, but... Why take the trouble to come to Narita? Eisaku: Wasn't there something you had to go out and do? 4 Yuu: There was something I wanted to ask you. It's in absolute secrecy from my family... Yuu: ...and so I was waiting here. --------------------------------------------------- p 76 1 Eisaku: Something you wanted to ask me? In secret? Yuu: ......... 2 3 Yuu: Before you studied abroad... Did you go out with my mother? 4 5 Yuu: You were saying she's your first love, right? You were lovers... Eisaku: W... Wait a minute! Maho: ? Mayu: ? --------------------------------------------------- p 77 1 Eisaku: There's no way that can be! I said "first love," but all I meant was that I was admiring her on my own... signboard: North Wing Departures Eisaku: I was talking about my days as a junior high student--when I had just come to the Namiki family. Neesan didn't know anything. = "big sister," referring to his older cousin, Chiyako.> 2 Eisaku: My admiration quickly and naturally turned into a brotherly love... That's all it was! 3 4 Yuu: ......... Really...? Yuu: Then... 5 Yuu: You don't know... ...who it was who was going out with my mother during her days as a student before she married?! --------------------------------------------------- p 78 1 Yuu: Please tell me! Yuu: What's the name of mother's old lover? 2 Eisaku: Yuu-kun! Eisaku: Why are you asking me something like that? What's this about? 3 4 Yuu: I'm... ...not my father's real son. --------------------------------------------------- p 79 1 Yuu: Mother's lover when she was a student is probably my... Eisaku: YUU-KUN! 2 3 Eisaku: Your father is Matsuura Youji-san. There's no one else. --------------------------------------------------- p 80 1 Eisaku: I don't know the details, but it seems there was some trouble over a love problem prior to sis' marriage. Eisaku: But you should believe in your parents... In your parents' love. 2 Eisaku: It's all right. There's nothing to be troubled about. 3 4 --------------------------------------------------- p 81 1 2 3 --------------------------------------------------- p 82 1 2 Miki: Say, Yuu. Miki: The trip to Kitakyushu this winter break... When do you want to go? 3 Yuu: Well... Shouldn't it be after New Year's? The end of the year is pretty hectic... Miki: That's true. Okay. Let's do it like that. 4 Miki: ... But I wonder if it'll be cold. January... It's not a very good time for traveling, hm. Miki: Maybe it'd be better once it starts to get warmer. Spring break, maybe... 5 6 --------------------------------------------------- p 83 1 Yuu: It's all right if it's cold. Let's go! 2 Yuu: I want to go soon. 3 Miki: ...... Yeah! --------------------------------------------------- p 84 1 Miki: Before that, there's Christmas, too... I'm looking forward to it. Yuu: Yeah. Miki: I wonder if we'll get together and eat with the rest of the family this year, too? It would be great to party up a storm with Meiko, Ginta and the others! 2 3 Miki: Y'know... There's something I want for a Christmas present. Is it okay to ask for it? Yuu: Sure... What is it? 4 Miki: A ring! 5 Yuu: A ring, huh... That sounds expensive. I wonder if I can buy one. There's also the traveling costs, and... Miki: Oh, it's all right if it's just an inexpensive one. It doesn't matter what it is. If it's you who's buying it, Yuu! --------------------------------------------------- p 85 1 Miki: And then, I'll put it on here, and never ever take it off... Miki: Can't do that when I'm working, though... 2 3 Yuu: Uh-huh. I see. Sure. Miki: Really!?! 4 Miki: I'm so happy! Yuu, I love you!! Miki FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 86 1 Yuu: Come to think of it, I didn't get you anything when it was your birthday in March. Even though you gave me something when it was mine in June. After Valentine's, too. 2 Yuu: Isn't there one more thing that you want? For your birthday... Miki: That's okay. Back then, you were busy appearing in the commercial, Yuu... So a ring alone is enough! Yuu: Really? 3 Yuu: Ah, then, it's all right if you take a single item that's in this room. Miki: Huh? But... Yuu: I said it's okay, so pick something. Anything is fine! 4 Miki: ... Really? Then, maybe I'll take something. Miki: (Yayyy! Something that Yuu regularly uses .) 5 Miki: Let's see. What shall I choose...? Miki: Oh, this alarm clock is wonderful . 6 Miki: This ballpoint pen! I've been thinking for a while how nice this is. Oh, but this wristwatch is nice, too. --------------------------------------------------- p 87 1 Miki: Let's see, let's see. I can't make up my mind... 2 Eisaku: Your father is Matsuura Youji-san. Eisaku: There's no one else. narration: Could that... narration: ...mean, "believe in that"? 3 narration: It's true, hm... narration: As Miki was telling me before, I have a warm family that loves me. narration: Blood ties have nothing to do with it. 4 narration: I'll put it out of my mind. narration: About my real father... narration: I'll quit prying out secrets from the past already. --------------------------------------------------- p 88 1 narration: I have Miki, and I have my family. narration: That's enough happiness for me. narration: That's fine. 2 Miki: Yuu! Then, can I have this shirt? The one you're wearing often lately, that you've taken a liking to... 3 Yuu: Uh-huh. Sure. Miki: Yayyy! Thank you! 4 5 Miki: I wonder what sort of style I'll wear it in? Miki: I could even do it in pajama-style... 6 Yuu FX: 7 Miki: Huh? ?! --------------------------------------------------- p 89 1 door FX: Miki: W...! Wait a minute! Yuu?! 2 Yuu: Quite a lot fits, huh... In this closet. Miki: What are you doing, joking around...? 3 Yuu: If we're here, our parents can't find us. No matter what we do. Miki: Dummy. If we're seen coming out of a place like this, it would be even more... ...suspicio... 4 --------------------------------------------------- p 90 1 narration: Within the tight closet. narration: We kissed again and again... narration: And tightly embraced. narration: I was happy. 2 narration: To think that in just a few days this happiness would be completely shattered... --------------------------------------------------- p 91 1 narration: It was something I didn't dream of... 2 3 --------------------------------------------------- p 92 1 2 Yuu: Huh...? caption with arrow: Pajamas ---> Yuu: It's Sunday, but... No one's here... 3 Yuu: That's right... Father's on a business trip... And is Jin-san golfing? And the other three are...? 4 note 1: We're going to the beauty parlor and shopping! We'll be home by suppertime. --Rumi & Chiyako Yuu: ......... --------------------------------------------------- p 93 1 2 note 2: Dear Sleepyhead Yuu: I'm off to work! If you bring out the Christmas tree (that we bought the year before last!) for me, I'll be so happy . We can decorate it together when I come home, 'kay! *DO NOT* do it by yourself! --Miki 3 Yuu FX: 4 ===Sidebar=== FREE TALK (5): Something happened recently that I'm very happy about. Which is that Banpresto-san made a Katchan keyholder as a bonus for a game ( mascot) . Up till now, not even a single Katchan item was made, and I was thinking, "Sure enough, it's because he isn't cute, so it doesn't look like it will sell, hm... " and I'd given up, so I was very happy . uncute... Darn... The real thing is cuter! It's around 9 cm tall, soft, with mouth clenched and its plain features are what's super pretty . Please try to look for it in any game centers, 'kay? The Miki and Meiko ones are cute, too. --------------------------------------------------- p 94 1 Yuu: Shit... I can't find it. Yuu: The way this is going, I bet Miki, the year before last... 2 Yuu: ...tossed it out again, huh. Jeez... 3 4 book stem: Graduation Yearbook. Hayami University. 5 narration: There are graduation albums in college, too, huh... Yuu: (It's father's, hm. I'll take a peek.) 6 envelope FX: 7 --------------------------------------------------- p 95 1 narration: Ahh, it's the tennis circle's... 2 3 Yuu: (Wowww. So young! I'll show this to Miki too, later on.) Yuu FX: 4 narration: Maybe somewhere there's one taken of mother, too. narration: I think they said the 2 of them became acquainted in the circle... 5 6 --------------------------------------------------- p 96 1 and 2 3 Yuu: (JIN-SAN?!) Yuu: (CAN'T BE...!) 4 narration: Father and the others ought to have met for the first time on the Hawaii trip. narration: I hadn't heard that they were friends during their days in school... 5 --------------------------------------------------- p 97 1 2 3 Yuu: You're...kidding... No way... narration: My mother's... narration: ...lover during her days as a student was... 4 narration: My father is... narration: ...Jin-san?! --------------------------------------------------- p 98 1 narration: Then... narration: Miki and I are... Yuu: (...BROTHER AND SISTER BY BLOOD?!) --------------------------------------------------- p 99 1 2 Miki: I'm ho-o-ome! Yuu-uu. Did you bring out the tree for me? 3 4 Miki: Huh?! He isn't around... 5 narration: The tree hasn't been taken out, either... narration: I wonder if there was an errand he had to run? Miki: (Then, I'll bring it out.) --------------------------------------------------- p 100 1 phone FX: 2 phone FX: 3 Miki: Yes? Hello... Miki: Ah, Miwa-san? 4 Miwa: Are you well, Koishikawa? Miki: Yup! Oh, if it's Yuu you want, he stepped out for a minute just now... Miwa: No... Actually, Yuu is here at my place right now. It's been a while and there are some things we want to talk about. 5 Miwa: He said he's staying over at my place tonight, and he'll be home in time for school tomorrow morning. Oh, since he's gone to buy stuff at a convenience store right now, I called you instead... ... Okay. I see. Bye. 6 phone FX: 7 --------------------------------------------------- p 101 1 Miwa: Is it okay now, Yuu? 2 3 Miki: He's staying over at Miwa-san's place, huh... I was thinking of decorating it together with him! How boring. Oh well, that's okay. Tomorrow, though... 4 5 narration: Yuu... narration: I wonder what kind of ring he's buying for me? --------------------------------------------------- p 102 1 narration: If possible, a pearl one would be nice... narration: Something to wear together with the bracelet from last year. narration: I wonder what I should do about Yuu's present? narration: Ahh, I'm looking forward to Christmas. 2 Miki: A-a-all right. Miki: Then maybe I'll do some of my math homework for a change...! 3 Miwa: Coming over all of a sudden, with a face that's white as a sheet... What in the world's the matter? What happened? 4 Miwa: Yuu... I won't understand if you don't say anythi-i-ing. 5 --------------------------------------------------- p 103 1 2 Miki FX --------------------------------------------------- -------------------End of Chapter------------------ --------------------------------------------------- Scorecard: Miki <---> Yuu Meiko <---> Natchan ^ | | Kei Ginta <---> Arimi Rumi <---> Youji ^ ^ | | v v Jin <---> Chiyako ---------------------------------------------------