MARMALADE BOY #25 (KD)
Miki
hands her voice memo (the robot) to friends at school and asks
them to give it to Meiko...the message is that she's going with
Yuu and she'll explain later. She then catches up with Miwa and
Yuu and asks them to let her go too.
Miwa
Yoshimitsu tells them that he was told that Yuu wanted a tour
of the office but that he wasn't expecting to hear this. There's
been a misunderstanding he's not Matsuura-kun's father. Miwa
irritably tells him that it's not pretty and not to pretend that
he doesn't know.
Yoshimitsu
tells him that it's impossible...that Chiyako (Yuu's mom) and
he did not have that kind of relationship. Miwa's father admits
to being confused and ask the guys what made them think that
he was.
Miwa
relates how when he was in 9th grade he accidentally came across
his mother's old diary. In it, he learned that his father was
having an affair with Chiyako, that she married someone else,
then had HIS baby.
Yoshimitsu
was surprised that she (Miwa's mother) thought that, he knew
that she suspected him and Chiyako but he didn't know it went
that far.
Miwa
asks his father if his mother didn't believe him about not having
an affair with Chiyako. Yoshimitsu admits that he didn't try
to convince her....because it camouflaged his other affairs.
The
older man then asks Yuu what made him think that he was his father.
Yuu tells him about a letter he found from his grandmother to
his father. The contents went something like this: "Can
you continue to be happy with a woman who has a baby by another
man. Can you continue to love that wife and baby. I won't say
anymore. I'm just worried about you".
Yoshimitsu
ask Yuu if the letter said that the father of the baby was him.
Yuu confirms but admits that he's not sure that she knew for
sure.
Yoshimitsu
suggests that Yuu ask his family about it. An emotional Yuu fears
that it will change his relationship with them (probably making
him feel like an outsider.). He tells Miwa Yoshimitsu that he
won't do it. The grandmother is dead so he can't ask her.
Riddled
with pain Yuu tells the man he'd believed was his father for
so long that it's strange that he didn't have an affair with
his mother yet everyone thought so. "IT HAS TO BE YOU!"
he yells. "It really wasn't me", the man tells him.
He goes on to explain that he really liked her but that Chiyako
turned him down. Besides she had had a boyfriend since college
and that that man is probably Yuu's father.
Miwa, Miki, and Yuu are walking together after leaving from the
meeting with Miwa's father. Miwa wonders why his mother doesn't
leave that jerk. Even now, he must have 2 or 3 women on the side.
Yuu
mentions that he smells salt water. Miwa tells him that the ocean
is not too far away. Yuu asks Miwa to please take Miki home for
him, he'd like to take a walk. Yuu walks away. Miwa calls out
to him, "Yuu! I thought it would be interesting to have
a brother like you!" Yuu turns and smiles "I didn't
want a brother like you....bye."
Miwa
tells Miki that he feels sorry for Yuu....but, he thinks Yuu's
OK because he's still able to tease him.
Miki
excuses herself from Miwa. She tells him that she can't leave
Yuu alone. Miwa understands.
At the beach, Miki watches Yuu from above as he sits on the beach.
When an hour is up, Miki tries to convince Yuu to come home with
her....especially since the ocean breeze is getting very cold
and she’s worried that he'll get sick. Yuu quietly comments
that he "just noticed"
the cold. He turns and asks her "if she'll warm him up".
He grabs her wrist and pulls her down to him and leans his head
against her chest.
Miki's
not sure if he's being fresh or what, "Wait Yuu!" Then
from the rise and fall of his body, she can see that Yuu is crying.
"Shit, I thought he was my father all this time." Moved
by compassion and love Miki holds him in her arms for a long
time.
Walking
along the beach, Yuu talks about how he felt as though he should
have never been born when he found out about his birth. He told
her about not wanting to talk or see his parents. But then, after
a long time thinking about it he began to appreciate his mother
for giving him birth and the father that raised him.
Yuu
expresses sorrow that he thought Miwa Yoshimitsu was his father
and that Satoshi was his brother...for so long. "What a
fool I am. I wonder where my real father is."
Miki tells him that that's not important, it's doesn't matter
where his father is. Even though they're not really related,
and even if they're strange Papa, Youji, Mama, she and Chiyako,
all really love him...and that they're an important family. Yuu
agrees that that's true.
Yuu
continues his story by saying that when he found out that his
father and mother were going to exchange partners, he was shocked...but
he was used to being shocked. He couldn't understand how they
could go through so much together and then change partners so
easily. But he apparently was used to being shocked...so he pretended
not to care. No, he
decides, "I really felt that way".
Yuu
turns and smiles at her..."But you were so different".
When we first met... Yuu reminds of what she said to the parents
then goes on to say "Crying like a baby, you opposed them.
Unlike me, your very pure and honest. You give everything your
all." A pouty Miki returns "You mean I'm uncomplicated".
Yuu
smiles gently knocks her for a loop with "It's why...I love
you". A stunned Miki can only ask "Really?"
Yuu
reminds her that he told her that before (See MB #3). He had
to kiss her when he saw her sleeping face. But Miki didn't believe
him when he originally told her. (At that time she slapped him
because she thought he was teasing her as usual, and a first
kiss isn't something to tease about!)
Miki
asks "You mean you were telling the truth?" Yuu starts
to walk away when Miki tells him that she loves him too. Yuu
turns, lowers his head and calls her an idiot. Miki is taken
aback by that comment.
Yuu
tells her that she's only saying that because of the situation
that in the same situation she'd say the same thing to Suou (Ginta).
Like in front of the gate...it looked like she liked him (Ginta)
quite a bit.
Miki
tells Yuu that he's wrong, that she really is (in love with him).
When she found out about Na-chan and Meiko, it felt like Na-chan
was stealing her friend away - that the most important person
to Meiko was Na-chan, not her. And then she realized that Ginta
was a friend like Meiko and that she didn't want to lose her
friend. "But...you're different..." "You're the
one that makes my heart pound. .....Only you.
Miki
and Yuu look into each others eyes for a long time. Yuu steps
up to Miki and puts his finger up to her lips and notices out
loud that her lips are turning blue, that she's cold because
of him. He tells her he's sorry.
Miki
and Yuu continue to look at each other. They mutually kiss each
other...a long gentle kiss (Long kisses are kind of unusual for
Japanese animes as far as I can tell.) with the sun setting in
the background and the waves rolling in.
Bruce:
The
dialog between Miki and Yuu on the beach gives a perfect example
of the three words used for "love" in Japanese. Usually
a couple will use "suki" (pronounced "ski").
This word can mean either "like" or "love".
This is what Miki and Yuu usually use later in the series (though
they often say "daisuki" which means "BIG like/love").
When
Yuu is feeling alone, Miki tells him that everyone in the family
loves him. She uses the word "ai" which means that
you love someone and you know that they also love you back.
(In
Video Girl Ai, Yota uses this word to Ai and she gets REALLY
made as it implies that she loves him too and of course, Video
Girls aren't supposed to be able to fall in love.)
After
he tells her that she'd be saying the same thing to Ginta, and
he implies that he was joking when he said he loved her, she
uses the word "koi" for love when she is insisting
that she does love him. This word means that you love someone,
but you are NOT sure whether or not they love you in return -
and exactly presents her feelings at the moment.
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