Miki.
Just between us, you’re kind of worked up about her and Ginta, aren’t you?
You know, sounds to me like you’re jealous.
I’d like to think that I’m not jealous, I don't want to be.
I don't know, could it be that I actually do like Ginta more than Yuu?
So, what do you think?
I’ll bet you can’t answer that one, can you?
But that’s not surprising, I don't know myself .

Marmalade Boy
THE FRAGRANCE OF AN ADULT
I’M NOT JEALOUS!

I’m so glad it’s Sunday today.
I don't have to deal with seeing Ginta.
Yeah, but I can’t stay in here all day, and it’s gonna to be little weird seeing Yuu too.
Miki. You can’t stay in bed forever, come down .
Now what am I supposed to do?
If I go downstairs, I’m definitely gonna see him.
Living in the same house just messes up everything .
Hey, sleepyhead, try to get up.
Yuu.
We’re all waiting for you, geeze, come on down, so we can eat.
What should I do?
If you don't get up, I’m gonna kick down the door and drag you out of bed.
All right, I’m coming.
Okay, I’ll be right down.
Oh, wow! What’s with all this ? what are you doing?
Looks delicious, doesn’t it?
We thought we’d have a barbecue
Your mom and Chiyako went all out putting these together, it was quite an undertaken .
Well I’d say it’s mostly Chiyako, it had to have been her, they’re too perfect for mom to have done them
No fool in you, isn’t there?
And from my own daughter .
Maybe so, but look how well the cucumber and asparagus were cut, an absolute work of art.
Now that was quite gentlemanly.
To Yuu and Miki, welcome home from your school trip, we’ve missed you.
And now, finally, after 3 days, all six of us get to.. sit down and eat together .
Yes. All’s well that ends well, huh.
What’s with these people?
We really missed you guys when you were away, and we just thought we wanted to let you know that.
It’s true, we did, right, Youji?
Yeah. Nothing beats having the whole family together in one place.
I’m with you on that.
Okay then, so let’s eat everybody, what do you say?
Hey, what do you think? The meat’s just perfect, isn’t it?
Yeah.
So, how was it, you guys haven’t said a thing.
Was it fun?
Yeah, why don't you tell us about it?
Where’d you go?
When you got home, you were so tired, you come right out after you gave us souvenirs.
So, did you guys get to go to Hakodate?
We did. Mt. Hakodate is beautiful too, I mean there’s just no way to describe it.
The view from Mt. Hakodate, yeah, nothing quite like it.
Oh, really, so when did you go to Mt. Hakodate, Jin?
Oh. Well, it’s been quite some time.
Oh, yeah. So, did you go alone, or?
No, nothing like that, three of us, all guys.
Oh, no, what am I doing? I’m getting all caught up in this again.
I swore I wasn’t gonna do it, and here I am, getting all tangled up in this family stuff again.
Why, why am I letting my guard down like that?
Yeah. It’s because I’ve been thinking about Ginta and Arimi.
But wait a minute, that’s not true, I haven’t been thinking about them at all.
And about this jealousy thing, I’m not feeling bitter or anything like that.
What’s going on, Rumi, there’s a lot of stuff you haven’t even tried yet.
Yes, that’s right, that pie’s looking awfully good.
Oh, well, that’s okay, I can play alone for one day I suppose .
Hey. What are you doing all the way down there?
Why don't you come up and join us?
Uh-huh.
Hey, guys, you know it’s such a beautiful day, I think we should take advantage of it, maybe go out and do something together when we’re done eating.
We can go shopping or see a movie, then maybe have dinner out somewhere .
Hey, Sounds great to me, yeah, I’ll go along with that.
So, are you up for that, Yuu?
Actually, there is that new Arthur Criton movie I’ve been wanting to see.
No. this is ridiculous, you can’t make me go with you no matter what you do to me.
Hey. Come on, Miki, what’s wrong.
What’s wrong? What’re you gonna do if we see teachers or kids from school when we’re in town, it could happen.
What’s the big deal?
Look, I’ve been keeping it a secret about our parents around school, do you mind?
Please don't look at me like that.
Why did you do that?
Because first you get divorced, and then you go and swap partners with each other, I can just imagine what everyone would say, it’s so weird .
And technically, you guys are a bunch of strangers as far as the school knows.
And if it get around, there’s a newly bunch of strangers with a son and a daughter all under the same roof, we'll never hear the end of it.
And that’s why I don't want to be seen, with any of you.
I can’t believe how everyone acts like I’m the bad guy all the time.
I just can’t believe what I have to put up with.
Why do my parents have to be so weird ?
Arimi. Arimi’s got really nice makeup on, she looks so sophisticated
And I look like a cranky little kid.
Nice to see you.
Nice to see you, too.
What a great scent.
You alone?
Yeah.
Is that perfume ?
Well, I’ve got to go, I’m supposed to get together with Ginta.
See you around
Ginta, she says it so casually
Hey guys, I’m home.
Hey. What was that sound?
Oh, no, who did that, what’s going on?
Hey, mum.
It’s not important okay?
It’s just an old vase, that’s all.
It’d be best if you went to your rooms now.
It’s gotta be some kind of a fight, that’s the only thing I can think of.
I know, that’s what I thought.
Pretty nasty one, too, from the looks of it.
But why, they’ve been getting along so well up until now.
What happened?
Well, I don't really know all the details. But …
What?
I don't know, as far as I can tell, our folks had some kind of argument, I guess it just eventually got out of control.
Now, it’s just gonna take some time.
It’s such a drag when thing’s getting uncomfortable at home.
I just can’t take it, I can’t stand living like this anymore.
I mean it.
I know.
You can’t just throw away 17 years of marriage, what do we think we were doing, you can’t just switch partners like that.
Yeah, you’re right,
If that’s the case, there’s nothing we can do, let’s start all over.
All right, then, so that’s the end of it.
Hey. Wait just a minute .
What do you guys think you’re doing here, anyway?
Miki, I’m sorry, okay?
I know you never wanted us to do this. And it looks like you’re right about it all along.
All we did was hurt everybody and mess up what we had.
The end of it?
What do you mean by that?
The only saving grace about the whole thing is that we’ve not officially married yet.
Yeah.
This is what we gotta do, we gotta go back to the way it was, stay away from them.
Exactly, we’ve got to do the same.
I can’t take it, it’s happening so fast, what am I supposed to do about all this? Where’d this come from?
So, am I gonna have to transfer schools again?
I’m sorry, Yuu, but I think it’s best if we don't have any contact with the Koishikawa.
What a disaster .
Just when I was starting to enjoy the place, now I have to go to another school .
Transfer ?
Well, that’s it. Then I guess I should start packing.
Fine.
hey, just a minute okay?
Do you think you should make a decision like this so quickly ?
What if you regret it, huh?
When you told me about this, it seemed like you’d thought all this stuff through.
What’s the matter,Miki?
You were always so dead set against the whole thing.
I just don't understand, why doesn’t this make you happy?
isn’t this what you wanted?
Well, yeah, I thought that’s what I wanted, but.
But what?
Go on.
Well, I, I definitely think this family is weird, there’s no doubt about that, but everybody is nice, and in spite of how it looks to other people, to us, it’s different, and it started to make me think that it might work out just fine, and now, all of a sudden, you just change your minds like that?
Okay, so we’ve only been together for a little while, but, is that it?
I mean just never see each other again?
How can you?
Miki.
So you don't mind the way we were living?
Is it possible that’s what you mean?
So you mean you’re fine with the way it is right now?
What?
That’s right, isn’t it?
Yeah, I … It’s true, I guess it’s really not so bad after all.
Yeah, you have no idea how happy I am, you had me worried there.
So, you and you and you.
Look, I’m sorry about that, I know we were awfully rough on you, but we really needed to know how you actually felt about the whole thing, so we put this act together to find out.
So, that’s was an act?
Come on, you have to admit that you really have been all that enthused with the idea.
But we’re very glad you finally told us how you actually felt about it, so thank you.
I suppose but it was still an act.
So the whole thing was nothing but a big lie
That makes sense, I figured it had to be something like that anyway .
Really? You mean you could tell?
Well, about halfway though.
it started sounding a little too much like a script.
Well, sharp kid.
I’ll say, and this is a really well-written script too.
why, you little,
You, how could you guys.
Miki. Sweetie.
We’re sorry, we shouldn't have done that to you.
Yeah, could you please come out?
Shut up, just go away.
Well, now that was awfully successful, wasn’t it?
I think we might have gone too far this time.
That’s why I kept telling you guys we shouldn’t be doing this.
It’s too late for that now, I think we’re all going to have to take some blame.
How could they be so cruel? It’s like as if my feelings are some kind of joke.
I can’t take it anymore
I’m just gonna run away.
But I can’t do it just yet, I hate it and it’s embarrassing but I don’t have any money .
That’s it, I’ll go to a little college in the middle of nowhere, they’ll have to send me money.
That will show them
Oh. But then I’ll never see Meiko either, oh, that’s no good.
Yuu.
Miki, come on, open up.
But, Yuu, how’d you get out there?
I climbed up a window and slid along the wall.
I like it, it was pretty exciting.
For real?
You could hurt yourself doing that, you mania.
What if you slipped?
but it was such a surprise, you just stopped crying.
Well, you’re right.
Their tactics were way out of line with that, I think they know, and they’re sorry now.
Testing someone with a lie is a very hurtful thing to do, it’s no wonder you got upset.
Yuu.
But see, dad and the others felt really bad about how they pushed you into this living arrangement against your wishes.
They wanted to know if their little Miki really hated them, it was important I think they just get carried away.
So please try to forgive them, they meant well, please.
Um-hum.
You’re always teasing me and being silly, so when you get all serious and treat me so nicely, I just don’t know what to do.
Meiko, at that moment, my heart was saying that it just didn’t want to be separated from him.
He’s hard to figure out and kind of mysteries,too.
But there’s something about him and I hadn’t noticed how much he’d grown on me.
Oh, come on in.
Hey, Chiyako.
I just wanted to apologize to you again, that’s all, so please, forgive us for what we did.
That’s okay, you don't have to worry about it.
Thank you, now it's not exactly an apology gift, but/
Whoa. What is it, I don't understand .
Oh. It’s a new line we’re introducing, we’re gonna be targeting girls your age with the marketing campaign that’s coming up soon, so I thought you might want to try it out, go on, Miki.
Whoa, how cool.
I brought them home from work today, because I thought you might be interested in trying them.
But then we went though that whole thing, so I couldn’t give them to you earlier.
Thank you, these are great.
Well, good, you’re very welcome .
It’s really sweet but kind of subtle
There’s this girl I know, I saw her in town yesterday, she’s really great with makeup, and she was wearing such a sophisticated fragrance, I hate to say it, but I was a little jealous of her too.
Well, don’t let that stop you, everyone has fragrances that works as well as ones that don’t, but that changes with time.
Just remember, that what works on one girl won’t work on everyone, you know you can always find one that works for you.
Do you think this one’s good for me? I really like it.
Yes, in fact I think it’s the absolute perfect one for you right now, good choice, it’s a very subtle and cute fragrance, don’t you think?
Wow. I got a lot to learn about makeup, there’s more than I thought. So do you think you could teach me more Chiyako? I’d really appreciate it.
Sure.
When I put the perfume on, it was like, like I’ve grown up a little bit.

Somehow the love triangle turned into a big competition at the place where Yuu works part time.
Do you best, Yuu and Ginta, remember, if you lose, you’ll have to shave your head.
But even so, I got to say, Rokutanda is kind of weird.

Marmalade boy
PART-TIME JOB
THE WAR OF LOVE DEPENDS ON SALES!