Marmalade Boy Volume 8, Bonus section pages 163-177 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 163 1 [Wearing a sweatshirt with a large "Y" on the front, our smiling, pigtailed manga-ka addresses us.] Yoshizumi Wataru: ______ From here on, it's bonus koko kara wa omake no pe--ji desu! pages! from-here (T) bonus-page is ________ First of all, a collection mazu wa HONSHI 1/4 supe--su no of the magazine 1/4-space first-of-all journal 1/4-space 's comics announcements. _________ komikkusu KOUKOKU -SHUU comics announcement collection I wonder if there were a lot RENSAI DAI 14 KAI kara of people who were looking publish-serially from-14th-volume forward to these announcements, which Mr M, GENZAI made TANTOU shite-kudasatte-ru who was kindly in charge of up-to-the-present is-(kindly)-in-charge-of the serial from the 14th chapter to the present, #M#-SHI ga MAIKAI planned and prepared each Mr.-M (S) every-time time? SHUKOU o korashite TSUKUtte-kureta elaborate-a-plan-(and) formed-(for-me) kono KOUKOKU TANOshimi ni shite-ta this-announcement was-taking-pleasure HITO mo OOi n ja nai ka na? person too many (nom) is-not I-wonder Since he went to the sekkaku na no de ikutsu-ka trouble, I decided to choose with-much-trouble is since some and publish some. ERAnde NOsechau choose-(and) publish/place-(finality) koto ni shimashita decided-to caption with arrow pointing at 3rd part of dialog bubble above: ______ Just Tomii (the editor in WATASHI to tomi-- (HONSHI DOKUSHA charge of the magazine's I and Tomii magazine reader readers page) and me? ______ (^_^) pe--ji no TANTOU HENSHUU-SHA) page 's in-charge-of editor dake ka? (WARAI) only (?) laugh/smile caption with arrow pointing to comics announcement at left: ____ This is an item that kore wa '93 9-GATSU-GOU ni NOtta appeared in the Sept '93 this (T) in-9/93-issue appeared issue. yatsu desu thing is 2 [Announcement 1.] banner: [top] _____ _________ _________ Ribbon Mascot Comics ribon masukotto komikkusu RMC RMC The latest publications. SAISHIN KAN newest/latest publishing Highly acclaimed, on sale DAI- KOUHYOU HATSUBAI -CHUU!! now!! great favorable-comment sale within Miki: __________ _____ Yuu! How many issues... YUU! mamare--do - bo--i tte Marmalade Boy (quote) ittai in-the-world Miki: ...of Marmalade Boy have NAN KAN made DEte-ru no? come out so far? up-to-what-volume come-out (?) Yuu: [flashing a "V" sign] HA! HA! ha_ ha_ 2! 2 KAN! text at bottom: Yoshizumi Wataru YOSHIZUMI WATARU __________ _____ Marmalade Boy 1~2 mamare--do - bo--i 1~2 ___ ________ - Wataru-kun's somewhat WATARU-kun no, choppiri dokidoki no heart-throbbing story! 's a-bit heart-throbbing __________ suto--ri--! story - Price 390 yen (tax nedan 390 EN (ZEIKOMI) included) price 390-yen including-tax --------------------------------------------------- p 164 1 [Announcement 2.] banner: [top] _____ _________ _________ Ribbon Mascot Comics ribon masukotto komikkusu RMC RMC The latest publications. SAISHIN KAN newest/latest publishing On sale October 15 (Fri). 10-GATSU 15-NICHI (KIN) HATSUBAI October-15 Fri(day) sale Miki: He-e-ey, Volume 3 is about o~~i 3-KAN ga DEru yo~~ to come ou-u-ut! hey vol-3 (S) is-issued text at bottom: __________ _____ Marmalade Boy volume 3 mamare--do - bo--i 3-KAN ga DEru! is coming out! Marmalade-Boy vol-3 (S) is-issued I want to read it... YOmitai... Yoshizumi Wataru YOSHIZUMI WATARU Price 390 yen (tax included) nedan 390 EN (ZEIKOMI) price 390-yen including-tax Katchan: [waving Japanese flag] ___________ KAtchan nanchitte~~ just-joking that means "to-buy". In other words, he's saying, "Buy-chan. Just joking."> caption with arrow pointing to announcement: November '93 issue ---> '93.11-GATSU-GOU ---> 2 [Announcement 3.] banner: [top] _____ _________ _________ Ribbon Mascot Comics ribon masukotto komikkusu RMC RMC The latest publications. SAISHIN KAN newest/latest publishing Highly acclaimed, on sale DAI- KOUHYOU HATSUBAI -CHUU!! now!! great favorable-comment sale within Ginta: [hands on Miki's shoulders] Tell me what's in volume 3, 3-KAN no NAIYOU oshiero yo MIKI! Miki! vol-3 's the-contents tell Ginta hand FX: gyu_ Yuu: [clapping hand on Miki's mouth] ______ No-o-o. da~~me text at bottom: __ For folks who want to know, SHiritai HITO wa, KAtte ne! buy it, 'kay?! want-to-know person (T) buy-(please) (rhet) __________ _____ "MARMALADE BOY" "mamare--do - bo--i" The acclaimed vols 1-3 are 1~3 KOUHYOU HATSUBAI-CHUU on sale now! favorable-comment sale within desu_! is ! Yoshizumi Wataru YOSHIZUMI WATARU Price (tax included) 390 yen nedan (ZEIkomi) 390 EN price including-tax 390-yen caption with arrow pointing at announcement 3: <--In volume 3, let's go and <--3-KAN de, konna MIKI-chan look for Miki-chan looking in-vol-3 like-this like this! MItsukeyou! shall-find/come-across caption with arrow pointing at above caption: <-- December '93 issue <-- '93.12-GATSU-GOU 3 [Announcement 4. This one has been rotated, so turn your book sideways.] banner: [left] _____ _________ _________ Ribbon Mascot Comics ribon masukotto komikkusu RMC RMC The latest publications. SAISHIN KAN newest/latest publishing Highly acclaimed, on sale DAI- KOUHYOU HATSUBAI -CHUU!! now!! great favorable-comment sale within text at top: _________ __________ _____ "Marmalade Boy" comics komikkusu "mamare--do - bo--i" The acclaimed vols 1-4 are 1~4 wa KOUHYOU HATSUBAI-CHUU on sale now! (T) favorable-comment sale within desu! is By the way... tokoro de Happy news! ureshii o-shirase! happy news/report hand puppet captions: [far right] Youji Rumi youji rumi text at middle: __________ ____ "Marmalade Boy" volume 5 "mamare--do - bo-i" DAI-5-KAN ga is... Scheduled to be on sale, 9-GATSU 14-KA HATSUBAI YOTEI! Sept 14! Sept-14 sale schedule/plan Miki FX: ____ hera Miki: [far right] Ohhhhh, thank you, thank iya--, do--mo, do--mo you. text at bottom: Anyway, if you don't buy tonikaku 5-KAN o KAwanai to... volume 5... anyway vol-5 (O) if-not-buy Miki-chan will again... MIKI-chan ga mata (S) again <--Look, just like this. <--hore, kono toori IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT... sore ga iya nara that (S) unpleasant if-it-is ...hurry to the bookstore! SHOTEN-san ni isoge! to-bookstore hurry hand puppet FX: [far right] pyu---- caption at bottom of page: Sept '94 issue. '94.9-GATSU-GOU --------------------------------------------------- p 165 1 [Announcement 5. This one has been rotated, so turn your book sideways.] banner: [left] _____ _________ _________ Ribbon Mascot Comics ribon masukotto komikkusu RMC RMC The latest publications. SAISHIN KAN newest/latest publishing On sale September 14. 9-GATSU 14-KA HATSUBAI September-14 sale narration: I wonder if I have 390 390-EN motte-ru no kashira... yen... are-having (nom) I-wonder Miki: Yuu... YUU... text at far right: __________ _____ Miki, Volume 5 of "Marmalade MIKI, "mamare--do - bo--i" DAI 5 KAN ga Boy" is on sale September Marmalade-Boy vol-5 (S) 14 (Wed). 9-GATSU 14-KA (SUI) ni HATSUBAI na on-Sept-14-(Wednesday) sale is n da. (explan) Well, let's go buy it saa, ore to issho ni KAi ni ikou... together... well with-me together to-buy shall-go caption at bottom of page: Oct '94 issue. '94.10-GATSU-GOU 2 [Announcement 6. This one has been rotated, so turn your book sideways.] banner: [left] _____ _________ _________ Ribbon Mascot Comics ribon masukotto komikkusu RMC RMC The latest publications. SAISHIN KAN newest/latest publishing Highly acclaimed, on sale DAI- KOUHYOU HATSUBAI -CHUU!! now!! great favorable-comment sale within text at far right: __________ _____ In "Marmalade Boy" volumes "mamare--do - bo--i" 1~5 de, 1 - 5, hey, once in a while Marmalade-Boy in-1-to-5 cheer for Rokutanda-kun, too, won't you?! tama ni wa, hora, kono ROKUTANDA-kun mo occasionally this-Rokutanda too OUEN shite cho--dai! rooting-for get/accept Yoshizumi Wataru YOSHIZUMI WATARU __ In bookstores ZENKOKU no SHOTEN-san de ne! nationwide! nationwide in-bookstore (rhet) Price 390 yen each (tax nedan KAKU-390-EN (ZEIKOmi) included) price 390-yen-each including-tax Tsutomu: You're wrong! CHIGAu! The hero... SHUJINKOU wa... Tsutomu: ___ ...is me! kono ore da! this me is Ginta/Miki: [inset] (I wonder if that's so...) (so-- ka naa...) caption at bottom of page: Dec '94 issue. '94.12-GATSU-GOU 3 [Announcement 7.] banner: [left] _____ _________ _________ Ribbon Mascot Comics ribon masukotto komikkusu RMC RMC The latest publications. SAISHIN KAN newest/latest publishing On sale August 8 (Tues). 8-GATSU 8-KA (KA) HATSUBAI August-8 Tuesday sale text at top left: [Arimi] __________ I want to receive a present 8-GATSU 8-KA HATSUBAI no "mamare--do - of "Marmalade Boy" Volume 7 August-8 sale 's Marmalade that's on sale August 8 _____ from you, Ginta... bo--i" 7-KAN o, GINTA kara Boy vol-7 (O) by-Ginta _________ __ purezento saretai na want-to-be-given-a-present (rhet) text at top right: [Ginta] __________ _____ When you buy "Marmalade Boy" ARIMI ga "mamare--do - bo--i" no Volume 7, Arimi, I'll get (S) Marmalade-Boy 's you to lend it to me. 7-KAN KAttara kashite-moraotto vol-7 if-buy shall-get-to-lend text at bottom: __________ _____ "Marmalade Boy" Volume 7 8-GATSU 8-KA, "mamare--do - bo--i" goes on sale August 8. August-8 Marmalade-Boy DAI 7 KAN ga HATSUBAI ni narimasu. vol-7 (S) into-sale turn Please don't forget! yoroshiku! Yoshizumi Wataru YOSHIZUMI WATARU (Price 390 yen, tax included) (nedan 390-EN ZEIkomi) price 390-yen including-tax caption at bottom of page: Sept '95 issue. '95.9-GATSU-GOU --------------------------------------------------- p 166 1 [Here begins some sketches of characters who only appeared the anime. Our manga-ka appears in an inset panel and points down to the circled "Anju" below. The designs show Anju, wearing sailor suit, in various poses and facial expressions.] Yoshizumi Wataru: I took the trouble to draw sekkaku KAita kara... this, so... took-the-trouble drew that's-why Yoshizumi Wataru: ______ The 4 pages beginning here koko kara no 4 pe--ji wa WATASHI ga are a special public from-here 's 4-pages (T) I (S) presentation of rough _____ ______ _____ sketches of original anime kyara - dezain shita anime characters that I did character-designs did the designs for! _________ _____ ____ ________ orijinaru kyara no rafu suketchi o original-characters 's rough-sketch (O) TOKUBETSU KOUKAI shichaimasu! special exhibit-(to-the-public)-(finality) 2 circled text: Anju. ANJU text beneath: Yuu's childhood friend. YUU no OSANAnajimi. text with arrow pointing at Anju's face: Eyes slant down a bit ---> chotto tareME a-bit eyes-with-downward-slant --------------------------------------------------- p 167 1 [Here's Michael, the annoying kid from New York.] circled text: _______ Michael. maikeru text at top right: _______ An overseas exchange amerika kara no KOUKAN RYUUGAKUSEI. student from America. from-America 's exchange overseas-student ______ _____ He's homestaying at Miki's MIKI n chi ni ho--mu sutei suru. place. at-Miki's-place is-'home-staying' text at top middle: _____ Why stay at a home like naze anna IE o sutei SAKI ni that before visiting why home-like-that (O) stay before Touryou High School...? (^_^) ASObu n da TOURYOU KOUKOU... visit (explan) Touryou-high-school (WARAI) smile caption: [pointing at eyebrow] <--His eyebrow is raised mayu wa agatte-te ririshii in a manly way. eyebrows (T) are-rising valiant/manly caption: [pointing at eye] <--Cat-like eyes. NEKO ppoi ME cat-like eye caption: [pointing at nose] ____ <--Nose also rises a tad. hana mo chotto Agari -gimi nose too a-bit rise a-shade/tinge caption: [pointing at lips] <--Lips rise kuchi wa RYOUhashi agete mischievous-like at both mouth/lips (T) at-both-ends rising ends. yancha -ppoku mischievous-like text at bottom left: ______ _____ Even though these characters JIBUN ga dezain shita kyara wa, that I designed did not self (S) did-design characters (T) appear in the original work, sure enough, I'm attached to GENSAKU ni DEte-konakute-mo them. in-original-work even-tho-not-come-and- appear yappari AICHAKU ga arimasu. sure-enough attachment/love (S) is-there Even with Ryouko-sensei and RYOUKO-SENSEI ya YAYOI-chan mo, anna ni Yayoi-chan, if it's true and too that-much that they'll appear so much _____ (in the anime), then I DEte-kuru (anime ni) n nara, wanted to be allowed to come-and-appear in-anime if-it-is-true-that design them... ______ dezain sasete hoshikatta na... let-design wanted (rhet) That's because the way their datte MEIKO to ME no KAkiKATA eyes are drawn is the same because with-Meiko eye 's manner-of-drawing as Meiko's . ONAji na n da mon same is is-the-reason (Sorry, Magoshi-san. It's (gomen ne MAGOSHI-san, TANIN no hard to design new sorry another-person 's characters in the pattern _____ of someone else, right?) EGARA de SHIN- kyara tte in-pattern/design new character (T) no wa muzukashii yo ne) (nom) (T) difficult (rhet) --------------------------------------------------- p 168 1 [Sketches of 3 characters appear on this page.] circled text: [top] ____ Will. uiru text at the right: __________ The roommate when Yuu YUU ga nyuuyo--ku e RYUUGAKU shita studied abroad in New (S) to-New-York studied-abroad York. ___________ TOKI no ru--mumeito. a-time 's roommate circled text: [bottom] _______ Brian. buraian text to the right: Yuu's friend in N.Y. YUU no #N.Y.# de no YUUJIN. 's in-N.Y. 's friend _______ Michael's older brother. maikeru no ANI. Michael 's older-brother circled text: [bottom] ______ Doris. dorisu text to the right: Yuu's friend in N.Y. YUU no #N.Y.# de no YUUJIN. 's in-N.Y. 's friend --------------------------------------------------- p 169 1 circled text: ______ Jinny. jini-- text: [at right] Yuu's friend in N.Y. YUU no #N.Y.# de no YUUJIN. 's in-N.Y. 's friend text: [with arrow pointing at one of Jinny's pics] I wish they'd used a konna KAMIGATA mo shite hoshikatta hairstyle like this, too, like-this hairdo too do wanted but they didn't...---> kedo TSUKAwarenakatta na... but wasn't-used (rhet) 2 Yoshizumi Wataru: Now... sate ______ The next 4 pages are an TSUGI no 4 pe--ji wa o-tanoshimi essay comic that appeared next 4-pages (T) enjoyment/pleasure for fun in a special issue. ZOUKAN-GOU ni KEISAI sareta in-special-issue appeared-(in-print) _____ _______ essei - komikku essay comic Yoshizumi Wataru: __________ It's a "Marmalade" original "mamare--do" no SOUSAKU inside story. Marmalade 's original-work URABANASHI desu inside-story is Yoshizumi Wataru: Take a look, 'kay? mite ne --------------------------------------------------- p 170 title: _________ The Other Marmalade mou hitotsu no mamare-do another/the-other Marmalade 1 [Our smiling manga-ka appears wearing a shirt with a hiragana "yo" on the front. Off to the left and behind her are Miki, Meiko, Yuu and Ginta, all in their high school uniforms.] Yoshizumi Wataru: Hello-o-o. konnichi wa-- Yoshizumi he-e-ere. YOSHIZUMI de--su Well, this is "Marmalade sate 3-NEN IJOU mo no Boy" which was published now/well more-than-3-years too 's serially and ran for more than 3 years... CHOUKI ni watatte extend-over-a-long-period-of-time-(and) RENSAI shite-kita went-and-published-serially __________ _____ "mamare--do - bo--i" desu ga Marmalade-Boy is and/but shirt: Yo yo Yoshizumi Wataru: To tell you the truth, there JITSU wa kono o-HANASHI SAISHO ni were great differences actually this-story at-the-outset between what I'd originally thought about doing at the KANGAeta SETTEI to JISSAI KAita start of this story and what thought-about creation and reality drew was actually drawn. ____ mono to wa hijo-- ni OOki na thing (define) very/much huge/big CHIGAi ga aru no desu difference (S) is-there (explan) Miki: Huhhh? e---- Meiko: What? What was it? nani nani? 2 [Miki's pov. Yoshizumi Wataru casts an ominous look over her shoulder at her. The background turns dark.] Yoshizumi Wataru: As to that... to iu no wa that... ___________ I intended at first to make watashi wa TOUSHO kyarakuta-- no the characters' genders... I (T) at-first character 's SEIBETSU o sex-distinction (O) Yoshizumi Wataru: ...completely OPPOSITE from IMA to mattaku GYAKU ni suru how it is now! with-present utterly turn-the-other-way tsumori datta no desu! intended (explan) Yoshizumi Wataru FX: kira----n 3 [Her hand extends into this panel, finger pointing directly at a surprised and bug-eyed Miki.] Yoshizumi Wataru: _____ In other words, Miki, you tsumari MIKI kimi wa honto wa were really supposed to be in-other-words you (T) really a guy! OTOKO no hazu datta no sa! guy (nom) was-expected-to-be Yoshizumi Wataru finger FX: ______ bishii 4 [Whoo-ee! Here's what Miki should have been. A boy with light hair. He holds a basketball and gazes back at us. Off to the side, Miki stares and sweats at this other-version of her.] narration: The hero who would have SHUJINKOU---- MIKI ni ataru no wa corresponded to Miki is a hero/heroine correspond-to-Miki (nom) (T) very ordinary guy like _______ this. konna fuu ni goku futsu-- no in-a-way-like-this very ordinary __ OTOKO no ko guy narration: Simple - Spirited - Naive TANJUN - GENKI - JUNJOU - JUNSUI - Purehearted - Immature simple spirited naive pure with a quick-temper ______ TANKI de kodomo-ppoi with-quick-temper childish text in upper left corner: ____ I lost the rough sketches TOUJI KAita rafu o I'd drawn at that time, so at-that-time drew rough (O) the faces of all 4 are roughly as I remember them. naku shichatta no de KAO wa gone made-(finality) since face (T) ________ 4-NIN tomo tekito-- desu all-4-people so-so/fair are Miki: Huhhh . ee~~ --------------------------------------------------- p 171 1 [Whoo! "Yuu" is a cute cute girl here, with long black hair. Yuu stares blankly at this new version of him.] narration: And the one who would have soshite YUU ni ataru no wa corresponded to Yuu is a and/then correspond-to-Yuu (nom) (T) girl like this. __ konna ONNA no ko like-this girl Super-cute but one doesn't CHOU kawaii kedo nani o know what she's thinking. super-cute but what (O) KANGAete-ru ka wakaranai is-thinking-about (?) not-understand narration: A charming girl whom others iwayuru "KO-AKUMA -ppoi" label as "a bit devilish." so-called small-devil -ish __ MIRYOKU no aru ko has-charm/fascination girl Yuu: Ohh... ho-- 2 [Continuing the gender-bender trend, Ginta's opposite is a cute, short- haired girl. Ginta stares up at her, sweating and looking a bit ill.] narration: The one who would have GINTA ni ataru no wa GAKKYUU corresponded to Ginta is a correspond-to-Ginta (nom) (T) a-class/grade bright and steady girl who's _____ a class committee member I'IN taipu no AKArukute type. committee-member type 's bright-(and) __ shikkari shita ONNA no ko solid/steady/sound girl caption with arrow pointing at "steady": <-- With Ginta, his GINTA to wa choi SEIKAKU SETTEI established character is a (define) a-bit character establish bit different. chigau different Ginta: Ahh... ha-- 3 [A portrait of a guy. Meiko sweats and stares up at him, pondering.] narration: __ Meiko is a guy like this. MEIKO wa konna OTOKO no ko (T) boy-like-this narration: Clear-headed, reticent, ZUNOU MEISAKI MUKUCHI de poker-faced; he's going out clear-headed silent/reticent with a schoolteacher. ________ _____ po--ka-- feisu JOKYOUSHI to poker-face with-female-schoolteacher tsukiatte-ru is-going-out-with Meiko: Hmm... fu--n... 4 [Sweating, Miki stands beside Yoshizumi Wataru, who crosses her arms and appears to be thinking hard.] Miki: Then, why did you turn it sore ja do--shite GYAKU ni shita no? around? then why reversed (?) Yoshizumi Wataru: Mnnn. There were a lot of n---- sore ni wa iroiro reasons for that... moreover (contrast) many RIYUU ga atte nee... having-reason (rhet) 5 narration: For instance, before the tatoeba RENSAI KAISHI MAE ni serial began there came a for-example serial beginning before supplementary request with the premise that "the hero "SHUJINKOU wa ONNA" to iu be a woman" and... hero (T) woman that... ZENTEI de furoku no IRAI ga on-premise supplement 's request (S) kite-shimatta koto to ka... came-(finality) (nom) or-such [Flashback. Hair sproinging, Yoshizumi Wataru forces a smile as she talks on the phone.] voice: [phone] _________ _____ It's a Mother's Day set with magunetto to HAHA no HI setto yo "Magnet". with-Magnet Mother's-day set The contents haven't been NAIYOU kimatte-nakute-mo settled on, but if all contents even-tho-isn't-being-decided that's decided on beforehand is the heroine's face and SHUJINKOU no KAO to NAMAE dake name you can write it, heroine 's face and name only right? SAKI ni KImereba KAkeru desho? beforehand if-decide poss-can-draw/write caption with arrow pointing at above speech bubble: Though it really isn't like so-- yu-- mon ja nai n da kedo that... like-that thing is-not (explan) but nee (rhet) Yoshizumi Wataru: ...... ...... --------------------------------------------------- p 172 1 [Yoshizumi Wataru talks to an editor who has a letter "T" for a face.] narration: At that time... TOUJI no TANTOU-san ni at-that-time 's by-editor-in-charge editor: If a woman writes about a ONNA no HITO ga OTOKO o guy as a hero the guy's apt female-person (S) man (O) to turn out unmanly... SHUJINKOU ni shite KAku to in-capacity-of-hero if-draw/write MEMEshiku nari -gachi desu kara become-unmanly apt-to-do is that's-why nee (rhet) I don't much want to read boku anmari YOmitakunai that, huh. I -so-much not-want-to-read naa (rhet) narration: ...is what was said by the to iwareta koto to ka... editor-in-charge... was-said-that (nom) and-such Yoshizumi Wataru: (That might be true...) sore mo so-- ka mo... may-be-right like-that it-may-be 2 [A blank panel.] narration: Well, in the end, I thought maa SAISHUU-TEKI ni wa "yappari that "sure enough, Ribbon well in-the-end (contrast) after-all readers will be happier with a girl as the herione," ribon no DOKUSHA wa ONNA no KO ga so it turned out in its Ribbon 's readers (T) girl (S) present form. SHUJINKOU no hou ga YOROKObu darou" heroine poss-more-pleased to OMOtta no de GENZAI no KATACHI ni thought-that since in-present-form narimashita. turned 3 Yoshizumi Wataru: _______ Incidentally, the title was chinami ni taitoru wa hajime kara "Marmalade Boy" from the incidentally title (T) from-the-start start... __________ _____ "mamare--do - bo--i" de Marmalade-Boy is-(and) ______ And, originally, it was an motomoto wa "mada kodomo no expression to indicate the originally still child 's hero, to whom was attached __ the meaning of "a spoiled AMAchan no OTOKO no ko" to iu boy who's still a child." spoiled-child 's boy say-that IMI de tsuketa SHUJINKOU o in-meaning attached-to hero (O) ______ SAsu kotoba deshita indicate expression was Yoshizumi Wataru: __ That I decided on a girl as SHUJINKOU o ONNA no ko ni shita no ni a heroine, but didn't change heroine (O) decided-that-girl even-tho it to "Marmalade Girl" is __________ ______ 'cause the image of "mamare--do - ga--ru" ni KAenakatta "Marmalade Boy" as this to-Marmalade-Girl didn't-change story's title was already _______ crystallizing within me and no wa kono HANASHI no taitoru wa I didn't want to change it. (nom) (T) this-story 's title (T) __________ _____ "mamare--do - bo--i" tte koto de Marmalade-Boy it-means-(and) _______ watashi no NAKA de mou ime--ji ga within-me already image (S) KATAmatchatte-te am-setting/hardening-(finality)-(and) KAetakunakatta kara desu didn't-want-to-change that's-why is 4 [Sweating, Miki confronts the manga-ka, holding "Marmalade Boy" volume 1 in her hands.] Miki: Huhhh?! ee!? _________ ______ Then, what about that time sore jaa komikkusu (1) KAN 89 pe--ji de in the comics on page 89 of then comics vol-1 on-page-89 volume 1, when I'm saying about Yuu, that "he's a YUU no koto o "honto wa NIGAi toko Marmalade Boy who has bitter about-Yuu (O) really bitter feature points, but everyone's taken in by his sweet exterior, so aru no ni minna uwabe no they don't notice"...? is-there even-tho everyone outward's AMAsa ni damasarete KIzukanai by-sweetness are-deceived-(and) not-notice __________ _____ mamare--do - bo--i" to ka itte-ru Marmalade-Boy am-saying-that no wa... (nom) (T) book: __________ Marmalade 1 mamare--do (1) Yoshizumi Wataru: Ohh, that... a-- sore wa 5 [With a wide wide grin, Yoshizumi Wataru flashes us a "V". In the far background, Miki and Yuu stand with sick looks. Miki tosses aside the manga.] Yoshizumi Wataru: THAT'S A STRETCHED MEANING ato kara KANGAeta kojitsuke desu I thought up later on. later-on thought-of a-forced-meaning is Yoshizumi Wataru FX: ebari Yuu: What's to be proud of...? naze ebaru... why be-proud/swagger --------------------------------------------------- p 173 1 [The four fictional characters are struck by a fit of existentialism.] Miki: Then, if we had made a sore ja atashi-tachi IPPO single misstep, we would then we one-step have been characters who would not have seen the machigaeba kono YO ni light of day, huh... if-make-a-mistake into-this-world _____ Umarete-nai kyara datta not-being-born character were n da ne-- (explan) (rhet) _________ _______ What a tangled feeling... fukuzatsu na kimochi... complicated feeling Meiko: Really... ne-- Ginta: It's great that the writer SAKUSHA no KI ga KAwatte-kurete changed her mind, huh... change-writer's-mind-(for-us) YOkatta yo na-- was-good (rhet) Yuu: _____ (Although I sorta feel that (BETSU ni konna manga maybe I didn't really want in-particular this-kind-of-manga to appear in a manga like this...) DEtakunakatta didn't-want-to-come-out to yu-- KI mo suru ga...) also-think/feel-that and/but 2 [The four are overwhelmed by cackling off-panel.] Rumi/Youji/Jin/Chiyako: [off] ____ __ __ __ __ __ HO-O-O HO HO HO HO HO!! ho-- ho ho ho ho ho!! 3 [Rumi, Youji, Chiyako and Jin wave fans and make merry.] Rumi: Whether the protagonists SHUJINKOU ga OTOKO daro-- ga were guys or girls, we four hero/heroine (S) man poss-be and/but were DEFINITELY appearing!! ONNA daro-- ga watashi-tachi woman poss-be and/but we 4-NIN wa ze----ttai 4-people (T) absoluteness TOUJOU shite-ita no yo!! were-appearing-(onstage) Rumi/Youji/Jin/Chiyako FX: wa ha ha ha ha Chiyako: __________ It is we who are the true watashi-tachi koso "mamare--do" no key people in "Marmalade"!! we indeed Marmalade 's SHIN no JUUYOUJIMBUTSU!! true/real key/important-people We are the true sta-a-ars!! SHIN no SHUYAKU na no yo------!! true/real star-players are Rumi/Youji/Jin/Chiyako FX: ____ __ __ __ __ __ ho-- ho ho ho ho ho 4 [inset] [Miki, Meiko, Ginta and Yuu have sick looks on their faces and have hairs sproing loose.] caption at bottom: __________ The Other Marmalade/The End mou hitotsu no mamare--do / owari the-other Marmalade end --------------------------------------------------- p 174 Title: __________ The Other Marmalade II mou hitotsu no mamare--do II the-other Marmalade II 1 [Our merry manga-ka stands with a sweatshirt with the letter "Y" on the front.] Yoshizumi Wataru: Hello haro-- eburibadi everybody . ___________ Yoshizumi here, who just nyu--yo--ku -GAEri no got back from New York. just-returned-from-New-York (nom) YOSHIZUMI desu is Yoshizumi Wataru: That's what I say, but I to itte-mo futa GATSU/TSUKI hodo only went to play for just even-so about-2-months 10 days about 2 months ago. MAE ni 10-KA/NICHI bakari ASObi ni before only-10-days to-play Itta dake desu went only is Yoshizumi Wataru: I had fun . TANOshikatta yo Yoshizumi Wataru: I'm thinking of doing a ZENKAI ni hikiTSUZUki sort of inside story of in-the-last-occasion continue "Marmalade Boy," continuing __________ _____ from the last time... "mamare--do - bo--i" no SOUSAKU Marmalade-Boy 's story/original-work ___ uraBANASHI nanka o inside-story somewhat (O) yatchao-- to OMOima--su am-thinking-of-doing-(finality) 3 [A white panel.] narration: Marmalade ended happily MIKI to YUU wa KEKKYOKU KYOUDAI where Miki and Yuu and (T) in-the-end siblings ultimately weren't brother _______ ____ and sister. de wa naku happi-- endo de Owatta are-not with-happy-end finished __________ mamare--do Marmalade narration: But actually, at first, I demo JITSU wa WATASHI wa TOUSHO was thinking of making "the but actually I (T) at-first two really be brother and _____ sister, and having them "2RI wa honto ni KYOUDAI de split up in the last 2-people (T) really siblings are-(and) chapter." ______ rasuto ni WAKArete-shimau" in-the-last to-separate-(finality) koto ni shiyou to OMOtte-mashita. was-thinking-of-deciding ____ I'm serious. maji de. 4 [Tears pour from Miki's eyes as Yuu walks away into the sunset.] narration: The final scene is the SAISHUUKAI no BUTAI wa SOTSUGYOU-SHIKI graduation ceremony... last-inning 's stage (W) graduation-ceremony narration: A tearful farewell between MIKI o WASUreru tame CHIHOU no Yuu, who decided to go to (O) forget because rural/provincial a university out in the countryside in order to DAIGAKU ni SHINGAKU suru koto ni shita forget about Miki, and Miki, at-university go-to-school decided-to who remains behind in Tokyo... YUU to TOUKYOU ni NOKOru MIKI to and in-Tokyo remain-behind with-Miki no NAMIDA no WAKAre (nom) tears (nom) farewell/parting --------------------------------------------------- p 175 1 [Miki is surprised to see Ginta beside her, offering her his handkerchief.] narration: But, Ginta, who's had his demo MIKI ni wa zutto eyes on Miki all along, is but at-Miki (contrast) all-the-time there, and... MIMAMOtte-kurete-ta GINTA ga iru was-gazing-at (S) is-there shi and-because Ginta: I'll wait... MAtsu yo... Until you forget about omae ga MATSUURA no koto WASUreru made Matsuura. you (S) about-Matsuura until-forget Yoshizumi Wataru: [off] Or with words to that toka nantoka Iu effect. 2 narration: Four years later, Yuu and YUU wa MEIKO to 4-NEN-GO Meiko (when he graduates (T) with-Meiko 4-years-later from college and returns to Tokyo) agree to meet again. (DAIGAKU SOTSUGYOU shite TOUKYOU ni college graduate-(and) to-Tokyo MODOttara) SAIKAI no YAKUSOKU when-return 2nd-meeting 's agreement [Yuu and Meiko stand in the old library, exchanging glances.] narration: _____ They're characteristically SEIKAKU-TEKI ni ONAji taipu de the same type and are two in-characteristics same type are-(and) like-minded people who each went through loves that were o-TAGAi tsurai KOI mo painful, so it could be that mutual painful/difficult love too they can make a fine couple in the future... KEIKEN shita NIta MONO experienced/went-through was-alike person DOUSHI no 2-RI da comrades/like-minded (nom) 2-people are _______ kara SHOURAI ii kappuru ni that's-why future into-good-couple nareru ka mo... can-turn it-may-be 3 [Our manga-ka tosses up her hands and drops her gaze. In the background, Yuu, Miki, Meiko and Ginta stare at her, glumly.] Yoshizumi Wataru: ...is kinda the way I wanted te na kanji de KIBOU o it to go, leaving them with (quote) like feeling is-(and) hope (O) hope, and eventually end it ________ seriously. MOtase tsutsu shiriasu ni Owaru although-let-have seriously end tsumori deshita intended Yoshizumi Wataru: ______ Even though it's a comedy... komedi na no ni... comedy is even-though Yoshizumi Wataru: At the time, there wasn't a kono TOKI wa GINTA to ARIMI ga plan for Ginta and Arimi to this-time (T) and (S) get together, and for Natchan and Meiko to exert kuttsuku YOTEI mo natchan to MEIKO ga their utmost... get-intimate plan too and (S) ____ yori o MODOsu YOTEI mo to-best-of-one's-ability plan too nakatta n da yo ne-- there-wasn't (explan) (rhet) --------------------------------------------------- p 176 1 narration: But when I was about to demo RENSAI 3-KAI-me kurai o write my 3rd series I had but 3rd-series around (O) a change of heart... KAite-iru toki KIMOchi ni am-writing/drawing when in-feelings HENKA ga... change/variation (S) [She sits at her desk, writing on a notepad.] Yoshizumi Wataru: (If it ends this way, maybe (kono Owari-KATA da to the parents turn out to be this-manner-of-ending if-it-is awfully cruel people...) _____ RYOUSHIN #S# ga sugoku hidoi HITO-tachi parents (S) awfully cruel-people tte koto ni natchau ka naa) (quote) turn-out-to-be-(finality) I-wonder Yoshizumi Wataru: ________ (The readers might also find (DOKUSHA mo sutoresu tamaru darou it extremely stressful... readers too stress poss-unbearable shi and-besides And in the final analysis, koitsu-ra KEKKYOKU MUSUbarenai if I think those readers those-guys ultimately not-be-connected aren't gonna get together and keep writing, then it'll n da yo na tte OMOu to seem kinda empty for me, (explan) (rhet) if-think-that too.) ________ KAite-te-mo nanka munashii even-if-am-writing somewhat empty/futile shi na--) and-besides (rhet) 2 [Portrait of the editor with a "T" for a face again.] narration: So I decided to talk it over soko de chotto TANTOU-san ni for a bit with Editor-san. so-then a-bit by-Mr-Editor SOUDAN shite-miru koto ni shimashita. confer-and-see decided-to caption box with arrow pointing at the man: The then-editor, Mr T, of ZENKAI "NIte-iru!" to HYOUBAN whom it was said the last the-last-time is-resembling rumored-that time that "he looks just like that!" datta TOUJI no TANTOU #T#-SHI was then editor Mr-T I wonder if that's so... so-- daro-- ka... All I did was draw a T! #T# tte KAita dake na no ni... (WARAI) (^_^) (T) drew only is even-though 3 Yoshizumi Wataru: Umm... ano-- ______ I'm thinking of doing korekore ko-- yu-- rasuto ni such-and-such like this at so-and-so like-this in-the-last the end, but... shiyo-- to OMOtte-ru n desu kedo am-thinking-of-doing (explan) but narration: ______ _______ ____ At a restaurant on the way namuko wanda-- eggu SHUZAI no home from the Namco Wonder Namco? Wonder Egg interview 's Egg interview. _________ KAEri resutoran ni te return-home at-restaurant (quote) Yoshizumi Wataru: ha ha Yoshizumi Wataru: _____ Won't that be some joke? share ni nannai desu ka ne? into-a-joke not-turn is (?) (rhet) 4 [Seated across the table from Yoshizumi Wataru is Mr T, sweating.] Mr T: _____ NO, IT WON'T!! share ni narimasen yo!! into-a-joke not-turn Mr T: YOU WERE THINKING OF DOING sonna koto KANGAete-ta SOMETHING LIKE THAT?! something-like-that were-thinking-about n desu ka anta wa! (explan) (?) you (T) Yoshizumi Wataru: Yup... haa... Yoshizumi Wataru: Sure enough... yappa shi --------------------------------------------------- p 177 1 Yoshizumi Wataru: For that reason, I decided te na wake de yappari to make a happy ending after (quote) like for-that-reason sure-enough all, but... _______ ____ happi-- endo ni suru koto ni shita into-happy-end make decided-to n da kedo (explan) but They're brother and sister KYOUDAI da kara WAKAreta --> so they split up --> siblings are that's-why separated They were mistaken --> chigatta --> They got back together mata kuttsuita de wa chotto na--... again, and in a while... again stuck-to and-so a-bit (rhet) ...is what I was thinking, to OMOtta no de so... thought-that since Yoshizumi Wataru: After having them once come ICHIDO "KYOUDAI demo kamawanai" to the conclusion that "it once siblings even do-not-matter doesn't matter even if we're siblings," I then made it to iu KETSURON o DAsasete kara so they came around and that... let-form-a-conclusion after revisited everything and made it morally okay. ARATAmete DOUTOKU-TEKI ni mo all-over-again/anew morally too ____ #OK# JOUTAI ni shita wake in-okay-state/condition made reason desu is 2 [She smiles and waves back at three couples, Ginta and Arimi, Namura and Meiko, and Suzu-chan and Kei. All smile back, except for Kei, whose face is flushed and angry.] Yoshizumi Wataru: _______ I'm glad the ending for you KIMI-tachi mo happi-- ni natte guys turned out happily, you-(and-assoc) too into-happy turning too... yokatta ne-- was-good (rhet) May you find happiness o-SHIAWAse ni . narration: _______ I didn't think it was TOUJOUJIMBUTSU o ZEN'IN kappuru ni suru necessary to have the the-cast (O) all make-into-couples entire cast end up as couples... HITSUYOU wa nai to OMOu shi need (T) not-have think-that and-besides narration: Something like that is all so-- yu-- no tte arikitari da too common, and done too like-that (nom) (quote) common is often, and is stupid... shi dekisugi da and-besides can-do-too-much is _____ shi dasei... and-besides stupid/lame ...is what I also think... to mo OMOu n da kedo also-think-that (explan) but narration: ___________ But they're cute characters demo yappari KAWAIi kyarakuta-- -tachi after all, so I wanted them but sure-enough cute characters to have as much happiness as possible. da kara narubeku are that's-why as...as-possible SHIAWAse ni shite-agetaku want-(them)-to-have-good-fortune natchau turn-into-(finality) Kei: ___ I'm different! ore wa chigau! 3 [In an inset, Miwa Satoshi and Rokutanda Tsutomu stand. Miwa sweats with eyes closed. Rokutanda looks angry.] narration: Around 2 people were left AMAtta HITO YAKU 2-MEI... over... left-over people about-2-people Rokutanda: _____ _ga--rufurendo_ I got a girlfriend in the anime de wa #GF# anime, so that's okay! in-anime (contrast) girlfriend dekita kara i-- n dai_ made that's-why okay (explan) 4 [Smiling, Yoshizumi Wataru extends her arm out to a portrait of Akane, the main character of her next series, "All I Want Is You" . Akane is cute, like Arimi. Wai wai! ^_^] Yoshizumi Wataru: So then... sore de wa __________ I truly thank you for your "mamare--do" o NAGAi AIDA support of "Marmalade" this Marmalade (O) for-a-long-time long while! OUEN shite-kurete honto ni arigato! cheering-(me)-on really thank-you ______ Please continue your kind SHIN-RENSAI no hiroin AKANE mo regards towards Akane, too, new-serial 's heroine too the heroine of my new _________ serial, 'kay? yoroshiku ne leave-to-you (rhet) caption at bottom: __________ The Other Marmalade II / The mou hitotsu no mamare--do II / owari End the-other Marmalade II ---------------------------------------------------