Marmalade Boy
- ママレード・ボーイ
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Synopsis
All Miki Koishikawa wanted was an ordinary family and that's exactly what she had until her parents decided to move in with another couple and turned Miki's world upside down. Now she lives in a house with four parents and her totally cute stepbrother Yuu. It's bad enough being brought into her parents' strange soap opera, but Miki will star in a soap of her own as she deals with friends having affairs, trying to survive in school and ending up torn between her long-time crush, Ginta, and her new stepbrother! (Source: Tokyopop)
Publication notes
Marmalade Boy was published in English by Tokyopop from April 23, 2002 to August 5, 2003. It has also been published by Seven Seas Entertainment since February 14, 2023.
Published
May 1992 to Oct 1995
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- MAL rank
- #2532
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Main characters
Miki Koishikawa108 fan favoritesExternal profileMiki is a lively high school student who is on the Toryo High School tennis team. She is cheerful, friendly, supportive, outspoken, tomboyish, and good-hearted. On the other hand, she can also be insecure, whiny, clingy, and very emotionally dependent on others. She has a part-time job working in an ice cream store called Bobson's. Later, she works in a small decoration shop. When she was in junior high, she confessed her love to a male friend of hers named Ginta, but it was a disaster, and Miki ended up heartbroken. Because of their friendship, Miki was shocked. But eventually, she got over it and became friends with him again. When Miki was in high school, her parents went on a trip to Hawaii and decided to swap spouses with another couple. The other couple had a son the same age as Miki, and they all moved into a large house to live together. That boy was Yuu Matsuura, and Miki started to fall in love with him as they came to know each other better. However, Miki was very uncertain of herself and became jealous because Yuu was always surrounded by other girls, several of them being very beautiful while Miki was only average-looking. (Source: Wikipedia)
Yuu Matsuura88 fan favoritesExternal profileThe primary male protagonist of the series, Yuu is also the title character, as Miki gives him the "Marmalade Boy" moniker as she thinks that he is like marmalade—pretty looking, yet bitter. Compared to Miki, Yuu's character is almost a complete opposite, as he tends to be more detached, less emotional, and less open about his feelings. He admits to admiring Miki's ability to show her emotions clearly... and it being one of the reasons he fell in love with her. Numerous people comment throughout the series of how he has a good "poker face." It is shown that Yuu is naturally athletic and smart being able to excel in almost every sport. Yuu's dream is to become an architect and he leaves to attend St. Andrews high school to study it there. Yuu teases Miki a lot, but this is his way of showing affection for her. Although his first kiss with Miki is a complete surprise for her, the Marmalade Boy Movie, which is a prequel to the TV series, reveals that Yuu fell in love with Miki before they actually met. A few days befor the fateful dinner, he saw Miki when she was out and followed her, witnessing her interactions with the Gastman Team. (Source: Wikipedia, edited)
