Marmalade Boy Volume 7, Chapter 5 pages 135-170 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 135 1 2 3 Miki: 4 --------------------------------------------------- p 136 1 --------------------------------------------------- p 137 1 2 Meiko: Shall I see you to the station? Miki: Uh-uh. I'm all right. Coming by all of a sudden and having you put me up for the night... I'm really sorry. 3 Miki: Crying all night has left me feeling a bit refreshed. Thank you. 4 5 header: The Story Thus Far *I'm Miki. Maybe you saw me at the Toei Anime Fair? *By the way, for some reason Yuu is acting strange lately. He's depressed and lost in his thoughts, and what in the world could be the matter with him? I've been worried. But, Christmas is near. I'm supposed to get a ring from Yuu, and I was also planning to give him a watch. *And then, December 24... I met Yuu at a park bench, but he suddenly said, with a serious look, "I have something to say... Break up with me"! *Wh-what do you mean, Yuu? Do you hate me? To think your feelings have been decided...no! Think it over again, please... If there's something wrong, I'll fix it! Right, Yuu? Don't go... Yuu, Yuu, Yu-u-u-u! Miki caption: Koishikawa Miki 3rd year high. Brightly spirited and with a simple (?) personality. Ginta caption: Suou Ginta Miki's classmate. Tennis team. Yuu caption: Matsuura Yuu Lives in the same house with Miki. Shared his feelings with Miki, but... Meiko caption: Akizuki Meiko Miki's close friend. A person of solid character. --------------------------------------------------- p 138 1 Meiko: ...I can't forgive Matsuura-kun. All on his own, his feelings grew cool, so he says let's break up... I didn't imagine he was that sort of pers... Miki: That's not it, Meiko. Yuu isn't bad! 2 3 Miki: When Yuu...said farewell to me... It looked...it looked as though it was very hard for him. Miki: I don't think that even Yuu grew cold 'cause he wanted to. Because having your feelings change is something that can't be helped, even by that person himself. I'm sure that I'm also part of the cause for why I couldn't get him to keep on liking me... It can't be helped. 4 Miki: Please don't blame Yuu... 5 Meiko: Miki... --------------------------------------------------- p 139 1 2 Miki: I'm home... 3 4 narration: No one's here... narration: Even Yuu... 4 --------------------------------------------------- p 140 1 2 3 4 5 narration: Yuu... narration: I can't believe it. narration: Is it really over between us? --------------------------------------------------- p 141 1 narration: Even though I cried that much... narration: ...the tears still flow... 2 --------------------------------------------------- p 142 1 2 Miwa: ......! Did you tell that to Koishikawa?! 3 4 Miwa: It's not yet certain that you're siblings, right? Without even properly checking with your parents, why...? Yuu: It's hopeless. Even if I confirm it... --------------------------------------------------- p 143 1 Yuu: It all hangs together. Yuu: An outrageous story, that married couples at their first meeting all fell in love with the other's partners and swap marriages... If they're old lovers, then that explains it... And that Rumi-san told Miki that she mustn't fall in love with me, too... And on top of that, those pictures... 2 Yuu: There were a lot of them. Pictures of couples that got along well together... Yuu: All of them showed the CURRENT pairings. It was clinching proof. 3 Yuu: My father is Jin-san... And Miki and I are sister and brother... 4 --------------------------------------------------- p 144 1 Miwa: They're too cruel. Your parents. 2 Miwa: Even though they already had children...! Why did they swap couples and get married, and after 10 years, go back to the original pairings again and marry a second time?! Miwa: And on top of that, to even lie to you guys that they had met for the first time! 3 Miwa: Let them know how painful it is for the kids, because of their actions! Koishikawa also has a right to know the tru... Yuu: NO! 4 Yuu: Even if I do something like that, nothing will come of it. All it will do is break up the family...! --------------------------------------------------- p 145 1 Yuu: In any case, I'd have to break up with Miki. It would be better to keep it closed away in my heart alone, than to bare it to everyone, and screw it all up. Yuu: Then, at the very least, Miki and her parents can continue to live as they have without feeling bad. 2 3 Yuu: And besides... I think that saying "I like you, but we're siblings so let's break up" will be like dragging it out forever. If it's just my selfish, one-sided rejection, it would be easier for Miki to give up, right? ===Sidebar=== FREE TALK (7): Since I lost weight gradually, I initially thought to myself, "Yayyy, lucky ," but now that it's turned out like this, I understood for the first time what is meant by "just because you're skinny, it doesn't mean that your figure will get better..." Even though the situation where I want to lose weight in my legs and arms hasn't changed, I'm only losing weight around the chest... The way it's going, my chest will disappear... (Someone spare me some.) My body is sorta and shameful... (;_;) Ahh, I'm sa-a-ad . And therefore (?) the next one is the final volume. I think it'd be nice if I could write a lot about my memories of the anime, and inside stories about its production. Wait for it, 'kay! --------------------------------------------------- p 146 1 Yuu: I've thought it over for many days and I believe it's best to do it this way... 2 Miwa: Why... ...do you have to be the only one who has to take so much upon himself? Miwa: Why do you suffer alone?! 3 Yuu: This is the only way I can do it. --------------------------------------------------- p 147 1 2 3 Miwa: Are you going to go on living in the same house with them all along, keeping your feelings bottled up? It's too much. You'll have a nervous breakdown! 4 --------------------------------------------------- p 148 1 Yuu: I've thought of that. 2 3 --------------------------------------------------- p 149 1 Youji/Rumi/Chiyako FX: Jin?: And then the section head... 2 Yuu: I'm home. Chiyako: Ah, welcome back, Yuu. Miki FX: 3 Youji: Did you want dinner? Yuu: No, I already ate. Youji: Then have some sweets. A souvenir gift from my business trip. Hagi no Tsuki. part...but or is a (a sorta sweet rice dumpling) covered with (a sorta sweet bean jam).> 4 5 --------------------------------------------------- p 150 1 Miki: (No...!) (I don't have the courage to look at Yuu's face.) 2 3 Yuu: Hey... I'd like to have a word with everyone. 4 Chiyako: Have a word? Youji: What's with the formalities? 5 Yuu: Uh-huh. Actually, I'm... --------------------------------------------------- p 151 1 Yuu: ...not going to Toryo University. Yuu: I'm going to take the entrance exam for Kyoto Technical College. 2 --------------------------------------------------- p 152 1 Chiyako: Kyoto-o-o?! Youji: Why such a...? Yuu: I looked into a lot of places, but right now, for an architecture curriculum, the one that's filled with the best faculty is that place. 2 Yuu: For my future's sake, I absolutely want to study in the best possible environment. Yuu: I feel bad that I'm suddenly bringing up such selfish stuff. But I've thought hard about this and it's what I've decided to do. 3 Chiyako: Toryo's a good college, too! You don't have to go that far away... 4 Youji: Chiyako! It can't be helped. It's for the sake of Yuu's future. Chiyako: ......... 5 Rumi: Kyoto, huh... We'll be lonely... --------------------------------------------------- p 153 1 2 Miki: Yuu! 3 4 Miki: Are you serious? Miki: Are you really going to Kyoto? --------------------------------------------------- p 154 1 Yuu: ...... It's better this way, right? 2 Yuu: We'll still have to continue to get along as a family... But it's really a little awkward right now, huh... Yuu: But if we live apart for a while, I think that our feelings can recover and we'll come to where we can talk to each other comfortably again. 3 Yuu: Like before... Yuu: Getting along as just another member of the family. 4 --------------------------------------------------- p 155 1 Yuu: It's also true about wanting to study architecture in the best environment. No matter what, I want to enter that school. Yuu: Well, it won't matter if I can't pass the entrance exam, so I'll be studying like crazy from now on. 2 Yuu: See ya. 3 door FX: 4 --------------------------------------------------- p 156 1 2 3 4 Miwa: Yo! Yuu: Satoshi-san. Miwa: Are you making good progress on your studies? --------------------------------------------------- p 157 1 Yuu: Uh-huh, fine sorta. Yuu: If I concentrate on studying, I can get by without thinking about unnecessary things... 2 Miwa: I see... 3 Miwa: But it's pretty late to begin studying for an entrance exam from now, hm... You sure you can pass it? Yuu: Dunno. Miwa: Hey, whaddaya mean, "dunno." 4 Yuu: If I fail then I'll be a ronin and go to Kyoto Prep School. In either case, I'm leaving that house. is. But for those who don't... Masterless samurai were called , but today the term refers to either those without jobs, or high school grads who have failed to pass a college entrance exam and are trying again.> Yuu: Pretending I don't know anything... Pretending I'm not depressed... Pretending I don't love Miki... I'm tired out already... I've reached my limits. 5 Miwa: ......... --------------------------------------------------- p 158 1 Yuu: Ah! Akizuki... 2 Meiko: Matsuura-kun... 3 4 5 Miwa: Akizuki! It's been a while... Are you collecting material for your next work? Perfect timing. Let's have tea or something at the college cafeteria! Meiko: Huh? Miwa: I've gotten thirsty. --------------------------------------------------- p 159 1 Meiko: But, I'm... Miwa: C'mon, it's okay. Come with me for a bit. 2 Yuu: ......... 3 4 Miwa: I'm sorry. It's not that I forgot that you rejected me! Miwa: It's just that you were making a face that looked like you wanted to slap Yuu... 5 Meiko: I wouldn't do anything of the sort! And besides, I've been told by Miki not to scold Matsuura-kun... --------------------------------------------------- p 160 1 Meiko: But I still can't forgive him! He hurt Miki so much, and made her cry... 2 Miwa: Akizuki! Miwa: Yuu is hurting, too. He's suffering! 3 Meiko: Why?! But the breakup is what Matsuura-kun wished for, right? Didn't it turn out just the way he wished?! Miwa: That doesn't mean that Yuu is happy! 4 Miwa: What Yuu had with Koishikawa was something extremely dear to him. Being deprived of that is painful for him, too. Miwa: The sorrow of losing one's love is something that I know quite well. You have some experience in this, too, right?! 5 --------------------------------------------------- p 161 1 Miwa: He's very hurt and he's suffering. Perhaps even more than Koishikawa... Miwa: It's true. 2 Miwa: Please let him be. I beg you! 3 --------------------------------------------------- p 162 1 narration: 3 months passed by all too soon. narration: It turned out that Yuu was successfully accepted into the school of his choice, and would begin living by himself in Kyoto. narration: The day of his departure was a Sunday where the gentle spring sunlight was pleasant... 2 door FX: 3 4 --------------------------------------------------- p 163 1 Yuu: Well... I'm going. Miki: Uh-huh... 2 Miki: Y'know, here... Miki: A congratulation for passing the exam. 3 Miki: Actually, it was your Christmas present, but I missed the chance... 4 Miki: It's a wristwatch. If you like it, please use it. 5 Yuu: Thank you. Yuu: I'll treasure it. --------------------------------------------------- p 164 1 Miki: Then... Please do your best and study hard, 'kay. 2 Yuu: Okay. 3 --------------------------------------------------- p 165 1 2 Youji: It's the 3:00 bullet train, right? If we leave now, we'll arrive at Tokyo Station with time to spare... Rumi: Please drive safely, Youji. 3 Chiyako: Call us often, 'kay? It's okay if it's collect. Jin: If there's something you need, get in touch with us right away. 4 Yuu: I know. Yuu: Then, I'll be off. 5 car FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 166 1 2 3 narration: Even though I was told that he doesn't love me... narration: Even though it's become so awkward that I can't even look at his face... 4 narration: Even so... narration: I wanted to be near him. --------------------------------------------------- p 167 1 narration: I still... narration: ...love him this much. 2 narration: YUU... --------------------------------------------------- p 168 1 narration: The things that I got from Yuu... 2 narration: The pearl bracelet. narration: The checkered shirt. narration: And then, this ring in the unopened box... 3 4 5 Miki: Let's see... I wonder where I should keep it... The back of the chest's okay, huh? 6 drawer FX: 7 --------------------------------------------------- p 169 1 narration: Bye-bye... narration: ...Yuu. 2 Miki: Well well... I'll go out, huh! 3 4 narration: Yuu gave me lots of wonderful memories. narration: That alone is enough. 5 narration: I must say farewell to Yuu and to my past self, too. 6 narration: I have to keep going forward. voice: Welcome! --------------------------------------------------- p 170 1 Rumi: Ohh, Miki! That's cute. Chiyako: Ahh, Miki-chan! Your ears, too. 2 Miki: Eh heh heh. Does it look good? narration: I've cut my hair, got my ears pierced... Miki: (...and become a new person!) caption at bottom: Marmalade Boy [7]/End --------------------------------------------------- -------------------End of Chapter------------------ --------------------------------------------------- Scorecard: Miki Yuu Meiko <---> Natchan ^ | | Kei Ginta <---> Arimi Rumi <---> Youji ^ ^ | | v v Jin <---> Chiyako ---------------------------------------------------