That place will just be our little secret.
Whoa, I can’t believe you found such a great place.
I don't ever want him to take you away ,okay?
I never want him to steal your heart, Miki.
I still can’t believe Ginta would actually use those words.

Marmalade Boy
LEGEND OF LOVERS
WITH ALL MY HEART IN THE MEDALLION

This Matsuura guy, do you like him? Or is it that I’m just not good enough?
Wait, Ginta, you don’t.
Is it too late? Is that it?
Hey, wait, come on.
I wanna know if you like him more than me, do you Miki? Is that it?
No, Ginta, you’re hurting me .
Come on, look at me, will you?
You’re way too loud!
Knock it off, will you? the whole neighborhood can hear you, it’s embarrassing .
You know there’s a time and place for everything, you might think about that next time.
Miki!!
Oh, I get it now.
At first it seemed like you dumped Miki, even though when I think about it, I guess you didn’t really act that way.
In fact, it wasn’t what you wanted to do at all, but you couldn’t admit it in front of all your buddies who had their own little crushes on her.
Yeah, makes perfect sense.
You little dork, you must’ve been listening all along, and then came out at the right time.
Hey. Wait right there, Matsuura.
What?
The very sight of you makes me want to puke, you know that?
Okay. Funny, but you don’t seem to have any effect on my digestion at all.
But then again, I don’t really look at you that much.
You jerk.
Wait a minute.
So where were you hiding anyway? And where do you think you’re going?
This is Miki’s house.
Yeah, that’s true, but this place happens to be my house too.
Hey. Is this your idea of a joke?
Well, there are some “personal reasons”, or maybe I should say some “parental ones”.
Anyway, it’s not just the two of us, so there’s no reason to worry.
Hey. Is that true, Miki?
All right, look, I told you to keep it down, do you mind?
Hey, Miki.
Ginta. I imagine Miki will fill in the details when she feels the time’s right, so why don’t you just do us a favor and back up until she’s ready?
You, you, you, jerk!
What am I gonna do?
What am I supposed to do now?
Oh. So you already took a bath, huh? That was kind of early .
Yeah.
Why, were you thinking of joining me?
Very funny.
I don’t get it, why doesn’t he say anything about what happened earlier?
Maybe he just doesn't really care.
Good morning, Miki.
Good morning.
Good morning.
Hey guys, so did you watch Music Stadium last night, wasn’t that great?
Such a gorgeous show, don't you think?
Wasn’t that new xxx .
No. What should I do?
-Ginta’s right there, I can’t even look at him.
-And I wanna get a CD too.
Okay, so what’re you gonna do?
What can I do?
You just sound so unsure.
Yes, I know, it’s because I am. I’ve always thought of Ginta as a friend.
I’ve never thought of him as a boyfriend .
It’s him, he’s the one who made it into that.
I mean what should I do?
Suddenly he wants me to look at him differently.
What about Matsuura, you’ve got a little issue with him, too, don’t you?
Oh, come on, Miki, you’re starting to like him a little, aren’t you?
What, oh, no, no. It’s nothing like that, it’s just…
Yeah. You sure about that?
Oh, Meiko, I don’t know, it could be, but even so, it doesn’t matter, Yuu has Arimi.
Okay, but if you had to choose between them?
Oh, come on, I don’t know, how could I do that?
Oh, I just don’t know anymore, I just don't know.
Well, there’s one way.
Why don’t you just ask Ginta, if he will give you some time?
Give me some time?
Right!
So you can have a chance to figure it out, just a little time, so you can decide which one you like the most and then take it from there.
I get it, without Ginta in the picture ,maybe I won’t be so confused .
It could work.
Yup. That’s your best idea ever.
Meiko, you’re a real life saver.
Um, about yesterday .
Yeah?
I was just caught off guard , that’s all.
It happened really suddenly .
I’m really confused right now, I guess.
So, could you maybe give me a little time to sort it all out , and until then we can still be friends? Just like we’ve always been?
Is that okay?
Fine, I guess I can wait.
Thanks, then, uh, I guess that’s how it is.
Don’t be so worried, it’ll work out the way it’s supposed to.
I know, but I just really need to give it some serious thought.
I don’t know, who do I like more?
Is it Ginta, or Yuu?
Jeez, I don’t know, I’m starting to feel like I don't really care that much for either of them.
Don’t let it get you down, okay?
Yeah, but…
Okay, then , try this, whose kiss made you happier?
With Yuu back in the infirmary, or with Ginta in the classroom after school?
Stop, you don’t know what you’re talking about.
Neither of them made me the least bit of happy.
They both completely ignored my feelings.
So, just drop it.
Hey, you don’t have to get so defensive about it, you know.
Well, you should’ve known.
Hey, Miki.
So what’s with all the yelling, huh?
Oh, hi, Yuu.
Oh. Yeah, it is him.
Hey. So this must be the part-time job you were talking about, huh?
Yeah. Come on in, and have a look around, if you find something you like, I can give you a discount on it.
Hang on. Hey, boss, I brought you a couple of new customers here.
Please Yuu, call them “honorable ” customers okay?
I can’t believe you treat the clients with so little respect.
Oh, hello.
Well now, Aren’t you a couple of cute customers, you must be more of Yuu’s fans, is that it?
No. You’re totally misunderstanding, this is Miki, the girl I told you about, and my classmate Meiko Akizuki, see?
I’m sorry about that.
So you’re Miki,Matsuura’s told me a lot about you.
Oh, is that so?
He said fans. so then Yuu’s not only popular at school, but here, too.
Yuu, don’t just stand there, why don’t you go make them a cup of your famous coffee or something.
Yeah, yeah.
The place is a now, but feel free to look around.
Okay.
Oh, this’ll be great on you, Meiko, especially with that sophisticated look of yours, here, try it on.
Do you really think so?
Ladies, shall we? Thank you for waiting, your coffee is served.
Oh, that’s great.
And I’m the guy who taught him how to make such incredible coffee , since you mention it.
That’s true all right, but mine’s a lot better than his now.
Well, I hate to say, but I think you’re right.
Oh, yeah, by the way, do you guys have one of these things too?
A school medallion .
It’s from Mr. Namura, he gave it to me this morning before class.
Oh, yeah, everyone who goes to our school has one, it’s something they give to you at the entrance ceremony .
Here, wait, see?
Oh, yeah, I see.
Yeah. It’s sort of a good Lucy charm that the school gives you, right, Meiko?
Um-hum.
What’s going on? Miki, You got weird all of a sudden.
Oh, I’m okay, you see, there’s a sort of superstition at school called the “legend of the medallion ”.
Wait, the legend of the medallion?
It goes like this , you’re supposed to put a picture of someone you like inside, if you do it, that love will come true, and then if you exchange with each other, you’ll wind up being married.
Oh, I see, is that all?
So then you don't believe it, is that right?
Yeah, well, you’re gonna be really surprised then, because there are a lot of people who really do believe it, a lot of people do it, and for a lot of them, exchanging them is almost the biggest part of the graduation ceremony .
It’s the same story I hear all the time.
Oh. You know, there’s always some kind of romance myth, like if you have a date in one park you will be happy but in another one you’ll break up.
Maybe, but it’s nothing to sneeze at either.
Well, that brings back memories .
Wait, so does that mean you also went to…?
Did you graduate from Toryo?
Yeah, but you really don’t have to sound so surprised about it , I was once a high school student too, you know?
Yeah, but…
Sorry.
So tell us, what were you trying to say a couple of minutes ago, when you said “it was nothing to sneeze at”
Funny, you should ask, you see, sort of an interesting story about this girl I know.
So, do you want to hear it?
Um-hum.
Okay, Well you see, there was this girl and she put a picture of a guy she liked inside her medallion , so she could carry it around with her.
Unfortunately , she was an extremely shy and quiet person, so not only couldn’t she tell him, but she couldn’t even talk to him, then one day, she heard that the guy was about to leave school, because his family was moving overseas .
So she gathered up all her courage and she went put her medallion in his bag, with all her heart in it.
But even then, she was too shy to reveal her name.
And so, he left for a country far, far away, and soon she completely lost track of where he was.
Come on, that’s no fair, you got to tell us what happened to her.
Well, hold your horses, I’m getting to that.
Well, she just kept thinking about him, and because he was always in her mind, she turned down all sorts of requests for dates from other guys.
But then, 10 years later, she decided to move to New York city to be a tour guide.
By sheer coincidence , he just happened to be visiting New York at the time.
It was an absolute miracle that they met there.
For some reason, he couldn’t get it out of his mind, so he carried it with him everywhere for 10 long years as his personal lucky charm.
That’s beautiful .
It’s so romantic .
It’s a good story, but it sounds just a little too good to be true.
Well, you never know.
I wonder what he meant by that?
That was great.
Hey, look at that.
Hey. That’s got to mean the guy in the story’s really him.
Someday, I want to put a picture in here, too, of the person I love from the bottom of my heart.
But who would it be?
Would it be him? Or would it be Ginta?
One two One two One two…
Boy! Ginta’s been putting in a lot of work on his game lately .
I wonder if it’s because the invitational games are coming up.
Hey, Ginta. You should see it, it was really terrible .
What? Knodo broke a bunch of bones in a bad bike accident?
I heard it wasn’t quite serious, is all that, but it’s still gonna take him out of the invitational games.
Yet, I had planned for the two of you to pair up for the doubles match, Ginta.
That kills us.
Yes, we’re so much for that and it looks like we are actually gonna pull it off.
Well, that’s a real drag for the guys.
Yes, sounds like Kondo really got hurt too.
Poor Ginta, he was working so hard too.
Oh, wait, yeah.
Hey, Na-chan.
I know, Why don't we ask Yuu to do it?
What? You mean Matsuura?
What?
Yes, he said he was in a tennis club when he was in junior high.
I’ll just go get him.
Did she say Matsuura?
What’s going on? Why do you have me dressed up like this?
I have no intention of joining, okay?
Oh. Please, just be quite and show us your form, okay?
What?
Here it comes, Matsuura.
That’s a really beautiful form.
He’s awesome .
I’ll say the guy’s just incredible .
Just because you’re stylish doesn’t mean you can win.
He made a smash against Na-chan
The invitational games?
Right, it’s an annual event, except this year the player who was paired up with Ginta got injured , so we need to get ourselves replacement .
Do you think you could be a substitute here and help us out ?
But Ginta hates me, I don’t wanna be paired up with a guy who can’t stand the sight of me.
What are you saying, Matsuura?
We’re classmates, that’s what it’s all about.
Boy, Ginta, that was a super luck, now you say.
I guess you’re right.
Yeah, Ginta, Now we’ll win for sure.
I’ll try to do my best.
You know, I feel like I’m sort of being ignored .
Don’t let little things like that get you down.
Look, you’re doing us a favor, and after that game, I guarantee you’ll have a lot more fans.
Boy! Mr. Namura really is perfectly suited for all these, isn’t he?
It’s almost as if he’s some kind of a natural born teacher the way he laughs like that.
It’s hard to believe anyone could actually be that nice.
Yeah. Well, Maybe that’s just because he really is that nice, he’s not the most popular teacher in school for nothing , you know.
Yeah, well asides all that, how come I have to be in this game all of a sudden.
Why do I have to go and do that?
I’m sorry.
Hey, Matsuura.
Got a sec?
To be honest, I don't really wanna partner with you either.
Oh, really ?
But I don't have any choice .
I can’t lose this one, that’s all there is to it.
This one is a special case, I gotta beat this guy.
And that’s why I’m gonna team up with you, even though I don’t like it.
Just as long as you understand why.
Oh, no, that was horrible , I just totally avoided his gaze.
Oh, no, I’m sorry Ginta, I’m sure I just hurt you again.
But I don’t know, I haven’t been about to figure out what to do, ever since you confessed to me.
Miki, what happen to “just like before”?
I shouldn’t have got along with it.
I never knew things could get so messed up.
Okay, then, it’s a good time to practice smashing, Matsuura, stop lobbying
Sorry, man, Matsuura is not here, he already left the court.
Why that little.. thinks he can slip away on me, huh?
Where are you, Matsuura?
Come on out!
I don’t think so.
He must be kidding.
How much practice time does he expect out of me?
I think I’m just gonna hide right here for a while.
It’s all right, there’s no one here.
I’ve been next door in the reading room for a while, and no one’s come in
It’s just the two of us.
That’s what she thinks.
Didn’t see a guy.
I like you.
Come on, will you, not here.
Geeze, what an annoying couple.
Oh, great, well now I’m stuck.
Maybe I can get out.
Mr. Namura and Akizuki?

What? Yuu and Ginta’s opponent in the big tennis match is Ginta’s cousin?
And as if that’s not enough, he’s got a one-sided crush on Arimi.
What a small world!
But I still can’t forgive Ginta for telling him about my love letter.
I’ll never forget that.
And I don’t care if he is his cousin.

Marmalade Boy
LOVE GAME
I HATE YOU, GINTA!