Marmalade Boy Volume 8, Chapter 5 pages 133-161 Written and illustrated by Yoshizumi Wataru Translation & editing by : Craig Nishida Additional translation by : Paul Hirose Additional editing by : Jeanne Hedge Last revision : 98-02-10 Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? Please send them to: mboy-trans@soyokaze.biosci.ohio-state.edu --------------------------------------------------- p 133 1 narration (Yuu): When we get home, let's talk to our parents about us. narration (Miki): Huh-h-h? narration (Yuu): We know that we're siblings, but I'll explain exactly that we can't be apart, and get them to give their permission. narration (Miki): I wonder if they'll give their permission. narration (Yuu): It's those four people who lack common sense we're talking about, so they could surprise us and simply give us an okay! narration (Yuu): After all, the whole cause of the problem was that they were hiding something about the past... narration (Miki): But, what if they don't give their permission...? --------------------------------------------------- p 134 1 narration (Yuu): Then... We'll elope or something. Yuu: We have something to tell you. 2 3 --------------------------------------------------- p 135 1 Chiyako: Something to tell us...? Jin: What's going on? Holding hands like that... Rumi: What's wrong? 2 Yuu: We're... ...thinking we'd like to get married someday. 3 Jin: EHHH?! Chiyako: WHA... Youji: M-MARRIED?! chairs FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 136 1 Yuu: We're well aware that we're blood-related siblings. It isn't something that the world will forgive. Yuu: But we've decided to live together! 2 Chiyako: Siblings? Youji: What are you talking about, Yuu...? Miki: You don't need to hide it anymore. We know all about it. 3 Yuu: When I was in the 6th grade, I saw it by accident. Grandmother's letter to Father. Yuu: It said, "Can you deal with getting married to a woman who is giving birth to another man's child?" 4 Youji & Chiyako: !! 5 --------------------------------------------------- p 137 1 Miki: And inside the graduation album we found the pictures of you four during your days as students. That you made your acquaintance on the Hawaii trip was a lie... Actually, when you were in college, you were going out as you're paired today, weren't you?! Yuu: My real father is Jin-san, isn't he?! 2 3 Yuu: By the time we knew we were siblings, it was already too late. We had fallen unbearably in love with each other. We tried to give up, but...we couldn't. --------------------------------------------------- p 138 1 Yuu: Could it be that you kept silent 'cause you thought I'd receive a shock if I found out the secret of my birth? That can't be helped... I won't blame you. 2 Yuu: But in return for that... We'd like you... Yuu: ...to give your permission...and approve of the marriage. 3 Miki: Please. Miki: I love Yuu...! 4 5 --------------------------------------------------- p 139 1 Chiyako: You're mistaken. Chiyako: You misunderstand. 2 3 Chiyako: We have indeed kept our past from you. But it's not because of something like the secret of Yuu's birth, or that the two of you are siblings... 4 Chiyako: Yuu... You are the true son of Youji and me. ===Sidebar=== FREE TALK (9): During my vacation, I went on a trip to New York for about 10 days. My fellow traveler was "Sailor Moon's" Takeuchi Naoko-san. One day in August, on the phone with Takeuchi-san... Takeuchi Naoko: Are you traveling somewhere during your vacation? Yoshizumi Wataru: Yeah, I'm thinking of going to New York. My older sister and her husband are transferring there in August, so I'll see them with my nieces... Takeuchi Naoko: Ehhhh?! How lucky! Naoko wanna go, too-o-o! Yoshizumi Wataru: Huh...? Then, you're coming with me? caption with arrow pointing at Yoshizumi Wataru: Is at a loss over the unforeseen response ---> Takeuchi Naoko: SURE! Yoshizumi Wataru: But... Though I'm on vacation, you're in the middle of your series... Even though she's so-o-o busy...! She's a powerful person. I want to be like her... --------------------------------------------------- p 140 1 Miki: ! Yuu: But... 2 Chiyako: I'll explain it all from the beginning. 3 4 narration: The four of us made our acquaintance when we were in our first year in college. narration: From a different women's college, Rumi and I took part in the tennis circle of the college that Jin and Youji attended... 5 narration: And in the summer of that year, 2 couples had been formed. narration: The 4 of us always played together... And every day we spent really happy times. --------------------------------------------------- p 141 1 narration: 4 years passed by in a flash... And then it came time for us to graduate and go out into the world. narration: We thought that nothing would change between us even if we all got jobs and were able to meet each other less often... narration: But it didn't go that way. 2 narration: I got a job at an architectural office. narration: It was worthwhile work, but there was also a lot of business trips and overtime, and it was very hard. 3 narration: It was all I could do to keep up, and so I ended up hardly able to take time to see Jin. 4 narration: Then one day... 5 6 7 --------------------------------------------------- p 142 1 Chiyako: You're wrong! He's Miwa-san, the office chief. Chiyako: He's just my boss! 2 Jin: You went so far as to cancel a date with me to have a date with your boss? Chiyako: That was to talk about work... Jin: If he's just your boss, why was his hand around your shoulder! 3 Chiyako: ......... That... 4 Chiyako: It was no wonder Jin got mad. To be sure, since Miwa-san had revealed friendliness to me, I should have flatly rejected him! 5 Chiyako: It's difficult to be hard on a boss you look up to, and thinking that a meal is just part of work, I allowed it to have priority over Jin... I was to blame. --------------------------------------------------- p 143 1 Chiyako: But I had something to complain about, too... Anyway, around that time, we both had jobs and had no time to spare for our feelings for each other... Chiyako: And then our conversations got worse... We ended up in a huge fight. 2 3 Youji: Leave it to me! I'll intercede with Jin for you. Chiyako: Youji... Youji: He's just being stubborn. It's all right! We can patch things up right away. ===Sidebar=== FREE TALK (10): I've kept company with Takeuchi-san ever since I was introduced to her several years ago, when, clinging to a friend, I went to have fun at a Kodansha party. (In those days, I was still writing "Handsome Girl," and she was writing "Cherry Project.") In spite of her slim appearance, she really is a powerful person, and even though she works an awful lot she also resolutely manages to have fun, too. Sometimes she invites me with a "Let's go eat!", coming to pick me up in her beloved Porsche, and takes me along to a good restaurant. (This makes me--the stay-at-home type-- very happy.) She's a very delightful friend. In N.Y., we stayed at my sister's home, and went to art galleries. We shopped in Soho and on 5th Avenue. 10 days wasn't enough... (We spent it at a fairly easy pace...) How I want to go again in the near future... --------------------------------------------------- p 144 1 Chiyako: Thank you. 2 3 narration: Youji cheerfully gave me advice, and showed a lot of kindness for us. Somehow, he would do his best to clear up Jin's misunderstanding. I presumed upon Youji's kindness completely. 4 narration: But, this time, that resulted in making Rumi angry... Rumi: You're terrible, Chiyako! You have an affair with your boss, and next, with Youji?! 5 Youji: What are you saying? Aren't Chiyako and Jin our dear friends?! And so, I'm... Rumi: You carry things too far! Neglecting me for Chiyako! --------------------------------------------------- p 145 1 Rumi: I don't care anymore, Youji! Rumi: It's okay already! 2 Youji: Rumi...! 3 Youji: ~~~~~~~~~ Why is it turning out this way?!! 4 narration: We were getting angry, too, at Jin and Rumi not believing us. And so, we decided not to keep in contact for a while, and have a cooling-off period. 5 Chiyako: Some weeks passed... Chiyako: And I became aware that I was pregnant. Of course, with Jin's child. 6 --------------------------------------------------- p 146 1 Chiyako: (I have to talk to Jin. But he's sure to doubt me, saying that it's Miwa-san's child...) narration: I suffered over it for a while. But I couldn't very well remain silent. narration: When I called Jin's company to arrange to meet him... 2 Chiyako: Huh... Transferred?! Chiyako: To London?! 3 narration: Deciding to study business abroad, Jin had already left. On top of that, he took Rumi... 4 narration: Rather than taking me, who was working as hard as I could in my own job and couldn't sympathize with Jin, he took Rumi, who was at Jin's side as he worried about studying abroad. --------------------------------------------------- p 147 1 Chiyako: I'll give birth to this baby and raise it alone... 2 Youji: Chiyako! 3 Chiyako: Instead of me, Jin chose Rumi. I can't talk about this child now, to those happy two. Chiyako: But to think of aborting it... I couldn't possibly kill a new life. 4 Youji: That's too much! Chiyako: It's all right. It'll turn out okay. I'll try and give it my best. 5 6 Youji: Let's get married! I'll become that child's father. --------------------------------------------------- p 148 1 Chiyako: Wha... What are you saying? You can't do that. I can't put you through that kind of trouble... Youji: It's no trouble! 2 Youji: I can't leave you alone. I want to be at your side and protect you. Youji: Marry me... 3 Chiyako: Youji...! 4 Chiyako: In spite of the opposition all around us, we decided to get married. 5 Chiyako: But... Persuading our families and relatives... The preparation for the wedding... On top of that, our work which was as difficult as ever... Chiyako: I was beaten in mind and body, too. --------------------------------------------------- p 149 1 Chiyako: Just before the ceremony... I had a miscarriage. 2 3 4 Chiyako: Now there's no reason anymore to have you marry me... 5 Chiyako: Your feelings made me happy, Youji... Thank you. Chiyako: Let's break off the engagement. Chiyako: I'm all right. You don't need to worry about me. --------------------------------------------------- p 150 1 2 Youji: My feelings won't change. I want to marry you. 3 Youji: Hurry and get well. Youji: It's only a little while until the wedding. 4 5 6 Chiyako: And then we got married... And the next year, you were born, Yuu. --------------------------------------------------- p 151 1 Chiyako: Yuu... You are the child whom Youji and I... Chiyako: And Miki-chan is the child whom Jin and Rumi... Chiyako: ...gave birth to, and love from the bottom of our hearts. 2 3 Jin: Many years passed by... And when that love had gone back to something close to friendship... Jin: ...the four of us met again on the trip to Hawaii. 4 Jin: The misunderstanding was completely cleared. The racing hearts from long ago came to life again. Jin: We fell in love once more with our former sweethearts. --------------------------------------------------- p 152 1 Rumi: As a result of the many talks we had, it was decided we'd swap partners and do things all over again. Rumi: The four of us decided to re-foster our love and friendship. 2 3 Youji: Yuu. 4 Youji: Ever since reading the letter back in the 6th grade... You've thought that your real father wasn't me? 5 Yuu: ......... --------------------------------------------------- p 153 1 Youji hand FX: 2 Chiyako: Yo... 3 Youji: How stupid. You kept silent and suffered alone for that long? ===Sidebar=== FREE TALK (11): There was something I almost forgot to write. I received letters from readers of the July issue that say, "If it's true that Jin and Rumi were in London for 3 years, and were there until Miki was 1 year old, and Miki and Yuu are in the same school year, so isn't it baffling for Jin and Chiyako to be having a child together?" so I'll explain a bit. If one assumes that Miki was there until exactly 1 year old, then that's true, but "until 1 year old" means "until before becoming 2 years old," so, for example, if one assumes that she was there until 1-1/2 years old, then 1 years, 6 months + 10 months (Yuu was born 10 months earlier than Miki) + 9 months (the period during which Chiyako is pregnant with Yuu) = 3 years, 1 month, and so that is why it's possible that it's fully more than 3 years. It's an explanation that's very difficult to understand, but what it boils down to is that it's been fully thought out, so don't worry... So then, thank you for rooting for me for so long!! And now, there are also bonus pages at the end of the book, so please read them, 'kay? --------------------------------------------------- p 154 1 Youji: You are my son. Youji: You're my precious, one and only, son. 2 Yuu: ......... Father! 3 4 --------------------------------------------------- p 155 1 Rumi: Sorry for keeping silent... It was hard to talk about it. 2 Rumi: Childish jealousy and misunderstanding and... On top of that, that the course of events led to something like this... Jin: And there was also the feeling that, as 4 people who had forgotten about the past and were newly reacquainted, we wanted to break off to a new start. 3 Miki: Then, Mama, that you said I mustn't fall in love with Yuu... Was that really only because it would "cause confusion within the household?" Rumi: Ahh... Come to think of it, I said something like that, huh. 4 Rumi: C'mo-o-on. That's, well, hey... Yuu-kun is good-looking, and seems to be very popular with girls, so I thought that even if you fell in love you'd be rejected anyway... Rumi: I couldn't bear to see my daughter being ambitious and becoming disappointed in love, so I intended to head you off... 5 Rumi: But happily, you could both become one in your hearts. It's really really great. --------------------------------------------------- p 156 1 Rumi: But, when did it turn into something like that? Youji: Though I did kinda suspect it... Jin: I wasn't aware of it AT ALL. 2 Miki: So... Is it okay... Miki: ...if we go out together? 3 Chiyako: Of course. 4 Miki: It's... ...okay if I stay in love with Yuu...? 5 --------------------------------------------------- p 157 1 2 Jin: Aaaaaaaah . Jin: WHAT ARE YOU DOING? BEFORE YOUR PARENTS' VERY EYES! HEY, YUU! GET AWAY FROM HER! --------------------------------------------------- p 158 1 Rumi: What's this? You suddenly seem like a run-of-the-mill father. Youji: Sure enough, even Jin doesn't want his daughter to be taken away by another man. Chiyako: Jin had normal dad-like feelings, too, eh. Jin: Shuddup! 2 caption: A few days later... 3 --------------------------------------------------- p 159 1 Chiyako: Wowww. How beautifu-u-ul. Meiko-chan. Youji: She finally got her parents to allow it. How great. Miki: Natchan's sincerity got through to them! 2 letter: My only regret is that, since it was just an extremely modestly cozy ceremony, I wasn't able to have you come here, Miki... But, right now, I'm very...very happy. narration: Meiko... I'm really glad... 3 Rumi: Come to think of it, we postponed our ceremony, huh. Chiyako: I kinda want to wear one again... A wedding dress. Jin: How about doing an all-out wild combined one?! In Hawaii... Youji: Oh, sounds nice! How about doing it at the New Year's holidays?! --------------------------------------------------- p 160 1 Miki: Hawaii again?! Neglecting their children... Yuu: Oh, it's okay. In the meantime, come on over to my place, Miki. 2 Yuu: Let's spend winter break alone together in Kyoto! Miki: Yuu... 3 Jin FX: Jin: It's not going to be like that. 4 Jin: At New Year's you're also coming to Hawaii. I won't allow you two to be alone together!! Jin FX: Yuu: Wahhh! Ow, ow, ow! --------------------------------------------------- p 161 1 Youji?: Now, now. C'mon, it's okay, Jin. Jin: IT'S NOT OKAY! 2 caption at bottom: Marmalade Boy [8]/The End --------------------------------------------------- -------------------End of Series------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Scorecard: Miki <---> Yuu Meiko <---> Natchan Kei <---> Suzu Rumi <---> Youji ^ ^ | | Ginta <---> Arimi v v Jin <---> Chiyako ---------------------------------------------------