Marmalade Boy Volume 7, Chapter 4 pages 105-134 Written and illustrated by Yoshizumi Wataru Translation & editing by : Craig Nishida Additional translation by : Paul Hirose Additional proofs by: Jeanne Hedge Last revision : 97-12-25 Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? Please send them to: mboy-trans@soyokaze.biosci.ohio-state.edu --------------------------------------------------- p 105 1 2 3 door FX: Miki: Yuu? It's me! 4 5 --------------------------------------------------- p 106 1 2 door FX: Yuu: What is it? 3 Miki: Hey... Won't you eat some cake with everyone downstairs? Mama bought a delicious one. Yuu: Ahh... 4 Yuu: I'm okay. There's a book I want to read for a bit... Miki: Really? Then, shall I bring you some? Yuu: No, that's okay. Thank you. 5 door FX: Miki: Jeez, how boring. 6 --------------------------------------------------- p 107 1 2 3 Miki: WHA-A-A-AT?! You knitted this, Meiko?! Miki: Ama-a-azing! --------------------------------------------------- p 108 1 Miki: You were good at knitting? I didn't know that! This green is a tasteful color! Miki: Ooo. Wow. Meiko: It's not that I'm good at it. It's something I tried for the first time... ...while following a book. 2 Miki: WHAT?! For your first try, a sweater? Just like that?! Miki: Instead of a muffler or something? Miki: And on top of that, a Fisherman's?! Meiko: I thought maybe I was being rash, but... 3 Miki: That's not it at all! It's beautifully made. For people who have nimble fingers, things certainly turn out differently... Amazing! Miki: A feat that's impossible for me. Meiko: There was nothing amazing about it. I undid and fixed the knitting many times. The front and back sides are wrong by one size too large. It's distressing! --------------------------------------------------- p 109 1 Miki: But, it's amazing. Really. Miki: Natchan will be touched. I'm sure he'll be terribly pleased! 2 Meiko: ... Thank you 3 Miki: It's a Christmas present, right? This. When are you giving it? Is Natchan coming here? Meiko: He's working Christmas so he can't... But he's paying a New Year's greeting at my place, so I'll give it then. I also wondered if I should mail it, but I really wanted to give it to him personally. 4 Miki: I see. Pay a greeting at your place... Are your parents are still opposed? Meiko: Uh-huh. They're remarking, "Not going to college, and getting married at your age." And it looks like they also don't care for an unsteady occupation like a novelist's... --------------------------------------------------- p 110 1 Meiko: But they know that my determination is firm, and it seems they're ready to give up. Just one more push! 2 3 Meiko: What about you, Miki? What are you giving Matsuura-kun for Christmas? Miki: Ooo... I haven't bought anything yet. I've looked in a lot of stores... But, there's nothing that says "this is it!" to me. I have to find something soon. Miki: No way I can do something handmade... 4 5 Miki: Lately... Yuu's been a little strange. For some reason, he's been depressed. Sometimes, he goes deep in thought, alone... 6 --------------------------------------------------- p 111 1 Meiko: Really? But he seems normal to me... Miki: Sort of, but... When I asked him, "Is something wrong?" he smiled and said, "Nothing..." 2 Miki: But something's weird, y'know. Miki: He's not giving me any attention like usual, and it's boring. 3 Meiko: Ah ha ha ha ha! C'mo-o-on, Miki! So, in the end, that's what you're unhappy about. Meiko: Spoiled bra-a-at. Miki: B-but... 4 Meiko: Isn't he just tired? He also had his finals, and his job at the used clothes store, too--it's busy this time of year, isn't it? It can't be helped. 5 --------------------------------------------------- p 112 1 Miki: I see... That's true... Oh well, that's okay. I'll have him totally spoil me on Christmas. 2 Miki: This year, Papa will be on a business trip, and there won't be a family dinner get-together, so we can spend some time alone together! Ahh, I'm looking forward to it! 3 narration: I'll be getting a ring, too... narration: Eh heh heh! narration: I wonder if the 24th won't get here soon... 4 Miki: Miki: (Before that...) Miki: (...I have to hurry and buy a present!) 5 --------------------------------------------------- p 113 1 2 Miki: S... 3 Miki: (SO EXPENSI-I-IVE!!) caption with arrow pointing at Miki: Miki--> 4 --------------------------------------------------- p 114 1 Miki: (It's no good. I give up. It's over my budget...) 2 narration: But... Miki FX: narration: I took the trouble of finding just the right thing! 3 4 narration: If it's a wristwatch... narration: I can get him to wear it all the time... 5 6 Miki: (A-A-ALL RIGHT!!) Miki: EXCUSE ME! I'LL TAKE THIS, PLEASE!! --------------------------------------------------- p 115 1 caption: --December 24th-- 2 Miki: Well, I'm off to work... Miki: Be there at our usual park bench at 4, 'kay! 3 Yuu: ...... Miki... 4 Miki: Hm? Yuu: No... Later's fine. 5 Miki: Then, at 4 o'clock, 'kay! 6 7 sign: Christma... --------------------------------------------------- p 116 1 Miki: Thank you! 2 3 sliding door FX: 4 Miki: Kei-kun?! Wowww, it's been a while! Are you well? Kei: Uh-huh. I wanted to see you for a bit. 5 Kei: That you're working even though it's Christmas Eve--does this mean you've finally broken up with your boyfriend? --------------------------------------------------- p 117 1 Miki: Oh no, that's not it. He's working, too, so we're meeting this evening! Kei: Damn! Ohh, how boring. Miki: Grr, Kei-kun, you! 2 3 ===Sidebar=== FREE TALK (6): Speaking of Katchan, (this time I'll only be talking about Katchan, sorry) there is a scene, in the last moments of this 7th volume, where Miki displays "the things given to her by Yuu" on her desk, and if that's true, then the Katchans should have been exhibited here, too, but I thought that it would break up the mood too much, so I dared to disregard them. Please imagine that the Katchans were kept in a different spot again, 'kay. Well. Even though I haven't been dieting these past 2 years, I've lost 5 kg. But, even if I claim that I'm "worked to the bones," those around me say, "you're at that sort of age," and pay me little heed. (^_^) Continued in (7). --------------------------------------------------- p 118 1 Miki: See ya later. 2 sliding door FX: 3 Suzu: Wait a sec! 4 5 Suzu: You're... ...somebody who worked at Bobson's before, right? 6 Kei: Yeah... Kei: (Oh. This girl. The one in the commercial...) --------------------------------------------------- p 119 1 Suzu: Are you still hanging around Miki-san? Miki-san has someone by the name of Yuu-sensei. Give it up right now! caption with arrow pointing at Suzu: Pot calling the kettle black ---> Suzu wagging finger FX: 2 Kei blush FX: Kei: H-- Kei: How come you know about that! 3 Kei: This has nothing to do with you. Mind your own business! Kei FX: 4 5 Suzu: Wha-a-at? I'm telling him out of kindness! Suzu: How uncute! --------------------------------------------------- p 120 1 sign: ...Park 2 3 4 Miki: Yuu-u-u! 5 6 --------------------------------------------------- p 121 1 2 Miki: Tee hee! 3 --------------------------------------------------- p 122 1 Miki: Sorry. Did you wait? It was cold, wasn't it. Ah! Oh no. You've gotten terribly chilled! 2 4 Yuu: Miki... --------------------------------------------------- p 123 1 Yuu: I have something to tell you. 2 Miki heartbeat FX: Miki: Huh...? Miki: What...? 3 4 Yuu: ...... Break up with me. --------------------------------------------------- p 124 1 2 3 Miki: Wh-- Miki: Why...? 4 --------------------------------------------------- p 125 1 Miki: Do you... Miki: ...hate me...? 2 Yuu: No. 3 Miki: Then... There's someone else that you like...? Yuu: No. 4 Miki: Then, why-y-y? Yuu: My feelings turned cold!! --------------------------------------------------- p 126 1 Yuu: As a sweetheart... Yuu: ...I can't picture you that way anymore. The special feeling is gone. 2 Miki: ......... You don't dislike me... But you don't like me... Is that it...? 3 Yuu: ......... That's right. 4 --------------------------------------------------- p 127 1 Miki: N-- NO...! Miki: I COULDN'T STAND SOMETHING LIKE THAT!! 2 Miki: Please, think it over again! If there's something wrong, I'll fix it! Miki: I'll do as you say! --------------------------------------------------- p 128 1 Miki: Please, Yuu... Yuu: There's nothing wrong with you! 2 Yuu: It's not your fault. There's nothing bad at all about you! 3 Yuu: I'm being selfish. 4 Yuu: All on my own, my feelings turned cold...! --------------------------------------------------- p 129 1 Miki: If it isn't that you dislike me... ...then please don't say that we'll break up... ...because I still love you. 2 Miki: I love you a lot...! 3 4 Yuu: It's no use... I can't go out with you anymore. Yuu: I'm sorry. Yuu: (Don't cry.) --------------------------------------------------- p 130 1 narration: It can't be helped. Because it's hopeless. For us. Yuu: (We're brother and sister...!) 2 3 Yuu: I'll go on home ahead of you... Yuu: Oh, and this... The ring. 4 5 --------------------------------------------------- p 131 1 Yuu: 'Cause I had promised. Yuu: Although I can't keep my promise for the trip anymore... 2 Miki: I can't accept it... Yuu: ...... But... 3 Miki: You told me that you don't like me... So I can't accept it...!! 4 5 Yuu: Instead of as sweethearts... ...accept it as a present from a member of the family. --------------------------------------------------- p 132 1 Yuu: It won't do any good for me to keep it... Yuu: If you absolutely hate it, then... ...please throw it away. 2 3 4 Miki: NO...! --------------------------------------------------- p 133 1 Miki: NO! DON'T GO!! YOU MUSTN'T GO, YUU! YUU...!! 2 3 4 --------------------------------------------------- p 134 1 2 --------------------------------------------------- -------------------End of Chapter------------------ --------------------------------------------------- Scorecard: Miki ---> Yuu Meiko <---> Natchan ^ | | Kei Ginta <---> Arimi Rumi <---> Youji ^ ^ | | v v Jin <---> Chiyako ---------------------------------------------------