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Marmalade Boy
ママレード・ボーイ (Marmalade Boy)
Genre	Shōjo, Comedy, Romance
Manga
Authored by	Wataru Yoshizumi
Publisher	Shueisha
Other publishers: TOKYOPOP EMA Planeta de Agostini
Serialized in	Ribon Magazine
Original run	May 1992 – October 1995
No. of volumes	8
TV anime
Directed by	Akinori Yabe
Studio	Toei Animation
Network	Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Other networks: Anime Selects La 2 Etc...TV
Original run	13 March 1994 – 3 September 1995
No. of episodes	76
Movie: Marmalade Boy (Movie)
Directed by	Akinori Yabe
Studio	Toei Animation
Released	March 4, 1995
Runtime	26 minutes
Game: Marmalade Boy
Developer	Bandai
Publisher	Bandai
Genre	Dating simulation
Platform	Super Famicom, Game Boy
Released	January 27, 1995 (Game Boy), April 21, 1995 (Super Famicom)

Marmalade Boy (ママレード・ボーイ, Mamarēdo Bōi^?) is a manga created by Wataru Yoshizumi and serialized in the monthly manga magazine Ribon by Shueisha. The manga was later adapted by Toei Animation into a 76-episode anime TV series which aired on the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation. There was also a short animated movie (only slightly longer than a normal episode) produced in 1995, which was a sort of prequel to the series. Marmalade Boy was also made into a 30-episode live-action television series (Chinese: 橘子醬男孩; Hanyu Pinyin: Júzǐjiāng Nánhái) which aired in Taiwan. The manga is published in English by TOKYOPOP, which has also released the anime in four box-sets in co-operation with Studio E. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 464 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (557 × 719 pixel, file size: 76 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Characters from the Marmalade Boy anime and manga, as they appear in the anime. ... Shōjo or shoujo (少女 lit. ... 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Plot

Miki Koishikawa's ordinary life as a highschool junior is turned upside-down when her parents suddenly announce that they are getting divorced in order to swap partners with a couple they met in Hawaii. They seek her approval of the shocking change, telling her that they have arranged a dinner to meet the other couple, as well as their son who is about her age. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

At dinner, the adults share their plans of living all together in one big house and Miki reluctantly gives them permission, after stating that she doesn't want to be separated from her parents. The other couple's son, Yuu, turns out to be fun and attractive, and Miki finds herself falling for him. Of course, it doesn't help matters when Yuu kisses her while she is pretending to be asleep in the nurses room at school. Little by little, Miki accepts her new family arrangement, and opens up to Yuu as they become friends.

At school, a long time classmate and former crush of Miki's, named Ginta Suoh, becomes jealous of Miki's new 'friend' and decides to try and gain her affections. He kisses Miki unexpectedly, for which he gets slapped. When Ginta later admits to Miki that he has loved her for years, and that his earlier rejection of her was a misunderstanding, Miki struggles between which of the two she wants to be with. The impulsive Ginta tries to force Miki to choose between himself and Yuu.

Yuu shares that he was the child of his mother and some man other than his father. Miki sympathizes with him and the two become boyfriend and girlfriend. As the series progresses Miki becomes very attached to Yuu... so much that she is jealous whenever she sees another girl with him. It makes matters worse when his old girlfriend, Arimi, will do anything to get Yuu back, including teaming up with Ginta to make. However, Miki has no reason to be jealous because Yuu is totally devoted to her. Ultimately, Ginta and Arimi give up on their pursuit of thir ex love interests, become friends, and later start dating.

Meanwhile, Miki's best friend, Meiko is dealing with her own problems. She is seeing one of the teachers, who is affectionately referred to by the students as Na-chan. She loves him very much, but dating a teacher is taboo, and when they are caught, Na-chan resigns his position and leaves for Hiroshima, fearing that he would only bring trouble to Meiko. Meiko is depressed, but is encouraged by Satoshi Miwa (one of the seniors at school who likes her *and* is Yuu's best friend) to write a story, and she ends up acclaimed as an author. After much hardship, she and Na-chan end up together; she goes to Hiroshima to meet him one last time and tell him he won't be a hindrance for her, and convinces him to rekindle their relationship. This article is about cultural prohibitions in general, for other uses, see Taboo (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Hiroshima (disambiguation). ...

Miki later gets a part time job in order to help fund a trip with Yuu and one of her coworkers, Kei Tsuchiya, falls for her and tries to win her affections. At the same time, a cute model named Suzu Sakuma is trying to steal Yuu away from Miki, and specially opposes to their relationship after she mistakenly thinks Miki is cheating on Yuu with Kei. Yuu and Miki fight briefly, however, the two overcome all obstacles to stay together. As a result, their love for one another only grows stronger. Kei gives up on Miki and chooses to stay friends with her as he resolves his own family problems, Suzu taking a similar decision some time later. Meanwhile, Yuu rekindles his friendship with the girl who was his first love, the frail and humble Anju Kitahara, who unlike Arimi or Suzu doesn't want to break him and Miki up, only asking Miki to let her be second to her in Yuu's love life.

Unexpectedly, Miki discovers that a transfer student from America, Michael, will be living with them for a while. He is attractive, and all the girls chase after him, however, he seems attached to Miki. At the same time, thanks to Suzu's father's recommendations, Yuu decides to go to America to study architecture (it was his long time dream) as an exchange student. Miki misses him terribly, and on top of that, she is pursued by both Kei and Michael; Michael mistakently believes Yuu has another girlfriend in the States, and Kei struggles between his own love for Miki and his decision to stay friends. Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from...

Due to a misunderstanding (Michael voiced his ill feelings in a fit of rage), Miki is led to believe that Yuu is cheating on her. She flies to New York and the situation only gets worse, because Yuu's female friend Jinny Golding (who has pursued Yuu, yet has been rejected) plays a prank on her that reinforces this belief. She decides that she is too lonely and that having to wait for Yuu is causing too much strain on them, so even after Yuu clears the whole issue, she breaks up with him for their own common good. NY redirects here. ...

Back in Japan, Kei and Michael force Miki to choose between them and she reluctantly starts dating Kei. He treats her well and she is happy, but she still can't forget Yuu and feels lonely somehow. Yuu comes back to Japan for summer vacation and Miki is even more troubled; she cries when Kei-kun is about to kiss her, then tells him she is sorry. She runs off and makes up with Yuu; Kei and Anju are witnesses of this an deciee to not interfere anymore.

Back together again, their happiness is cut short when Yuu finds evidence that leads him to believe Miki is actually his sister. He breaks up with her and goes back to New York, too traumatized to really tell her anything. Sad and unable to forget Yuu, Miki tries to cope on her own for some months, but she ultimately goes to New York to confront Yuu; cornered, he tells her she's his half-sister and they can't be together.

Upset and shocked, Miki runs off and gets lost in Manhattan. She is bullied by a gang along with two children who take her under their wing, but Yuu and his American friends shows up and save her just in time. The two decide that their love is too strong, and that even if they are siblings, they want to be together. Manhattan is a borough of New York City, USA, coterminous with New York County. ...

At the airport, the rest of the family shows up because they were worried about Miki. Miki and Yuu confront their parents for not telling them they were siblings in the first place. The adults burst out laughing as they tell the couple that they have mistaken the situation and that they are not siblings after all as Yuu is really his father's son. While Yuu's mother *did* date Miki's father years ago and *did* carry his child, she sadly lost the baby; Yuu had read a letter written by his deceased grandmother that mentioned the incident sans the miscarriage.

Horrible Tradgedy

At the end of the series all the main characters attended the wedding of Meiko and Namura.

Characters

Main article: List of Marmalade Boy Characters

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Manga

A page from the Marmalade Boy manga, volume 1 (Japanese version)

Novels

The novels are written by Yumi Kageyama, and illustrated by Wataru Yoshizumi.

Japan

• Volume 1, ISBN 4-08-611872-6
• Volume 2, ISBN 4-08-611893-9
• Volume 3, ISBN 4-08-614013-6
• Volume 4, ISBN 4-08-614033-0
• Volume 5, ISBN 4-08-614056-X
• Volume 6, ISBN 4-08-614073-X
• Volume 7, ISBN 4-08-614105-1
• Volume 8, ISBN 4-08-614124-8
• Volume 9, ISBN 4-08-614156-6
• Volume 10, ISBN 4-08-614176-0

Art books

• Marmalade Boy: Koi no Style Book, ISBN
• Marmalade Boy: Yoshizumi Wataru Illust-shuu, ISBN 4-08-855091-9

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Anime

Theme songs

Opening

笑顔に会いたい (Egao ni Aitai)[I Want to See His Smile] by Rie Hamada

Ending

素敵な小夜曲[セレナーデ] (Suteki na Serenāde) by Miho Fujiwara (Episodes 01-31)

枯れ葉色のクレッシェンド (Kareha Iro no Kuresshendo) by Yasuhiro Mizushima (Episodes 32-53)

夜明けのエチュード (Yoake no Echūdo) by Yoko Ichikawa (Episodes 54-76)

Japanese Staff

• Original story: Wataru Yoshizumi
• Planning producers: Kōichirō Fujita (ABC), Yasuo Kameyama (Asatsu), Hiromi Seki (Toei Animation)
• Production managers: Yoshihiro Fujimoto, Atsunori Kazama
• Series composition: Aya Matsui
• Script writers: Aya Matsui, Yumi Kageyama, Genki Yoshimura, Atsushi Norō
• Character designer: Yoshihiko Umakoshi
• Art designer: Kunihiro Senda
• Music: Keiichi Oku
• Editor: Masaaki Hanai (TAVAC)
• Recording engineer: Kimitaka Kawasaki (TAVAC)
• Sound effects: Takahisa Ishino (Sound Ring)
• Recording studio: TAVAC
• Film development laboratory: Toei Chemical Industries
• Producers: Toshio Ōno (ABC), Kanako Arai (Asatsu), Munehisa Higuchi (Toei Animation)
• Series director: Akinori Yabe
• Production: ABC, Asatsu, Toei Animation

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Live-action television series

In Taiwan, Marmalade Boy was made into a 30-episode live-action television series called 橘子醬男孩 (pinyin: Júzǐjiāng Nánhái). The series starred pop star Stella as Miki and F4 member Ken Zhu as Yuu; Stella also sang the theme song, "溫室的花 Wēnshì de Huā (Greenhouse Flower)". Although the basic premise was the same, it did not feature many of the characters of the anime, and the love triangles were considerably simplified. Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), commonly called Pinyin, is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... Stella is the stage name of Stella Huang (Chinese: ; pinyin: Huáng Xiāngyí), born December 17, 1980, as Stella Ng, a singer-actress and former model who has become a pop star in much of the Chinese-speaking world, including Hong Kong and Taiwan. ... F4 is a boy band from Taiwan. ... Ken Chu (朱孝天, pinyin: ZhÅ« Xiàotiān) was born in Taiwan on January 15, 1979 and raised in Singapore. ...

Games

A Super Famicom game based on the anime was released in Japan in 1995. In the game, the player plays the role of Miki trying to win the heart of one of the three major male characters in the series (Yuu, Ginta and Kei). This game has been highly criticised as being a poor imitation copy of the famous Tokimeki Memorial series by Konami, however. A Game Boy title based on the series also exists. It did not get officially translated to English. The SNES controller The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, also known as Super Nintendo, Super NES or SNES (pronounced either as a word or initials), is a 16-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Brazil, Europe, and Australia. ... Box art for Tokimeki Memorial 3 Tokimeki Memorial is a popular renai game series by Konami. ... Konami Corporation ) (TYO: 9766 NYSE: KNM SGX: K20) is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines and video games. ... For the entire Game Boy series of handheld consoles, see Game Boy line. ...

Trivia

• Sana and Akito from Kodomo no Omocha look somewhat similar to Miki and Yuu (albeit younger versions of them). A fansub website has even compared the two series and calls Kodocha "Marmalade Boy on crack" [1]
• It has been known to many old fans of Marmalade Boy that the anime staff had originally intended for Anju Kitahara and Namura Shinichi to die in the series. However Wataru Yoshizumi objected to it, believing that it will make the series too close to a tragedy. Eventually, the anime staff gave in and allowed the two characters to live: Namura married Meiko as she graduated high school and they went to live in Hiroshima, and Anju was left alone as she practised to become a famous violinist.
• This series marked the debut of voice actress Sakura Tange, who would later become famous for her role as Sakura Kinomoto in Cardcaptor Sakura.
• Some of the characters that appear in the third season are taken from Handsome na Kanojo, another Wataru Yoshizumi manga that ran from the late 1980s to early 1990s. An OVA based on the series was released in 1991.

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External links

• Marmalade Boy page @ Toei Animation (in Japanese)
• Online Marmalade Boy Encyclopedia (information on the anime, manga, CDs, and related material)
• Marmalade-Boy.net Marmalade Boy Fansite/Fanlisting
• Heart's Melody (information about Miki and Yuu's relationship)
• Moment (Brazilian site about Marmalade Boy)
• Marmalade Boy drama profile of Taiwanese drama