Description: Miki and Yuu are in the center of a romantic whirlwind--not only are Ginta and Arimi trying to get in the middle of their relationship, new friends and relatives are becoming involved in this muddled mess! With part-time jobs, holiday trips, sports and school activities, are Yuu and Miki too busy to recognize their true feelings for each other? Or will misunderstandings and secrets drive them apart? The drama has never been so delicious!
It's a keeper! When it comes to shoujo anime, I loathe it. It's probably one of my least favorite genres. So when a friend of mine wanted me to sit down and watch Marmalade Boy with her, I was considering either becoming unexplainably ill or coming up with a "sudden death in the family" to keep me from the agony of a romantic plot line. However I ended up watching it with her anyway, and the unthinkable happened... I got hooked. We were watching it on dub and at first the only thing keeping me going were the horrible voices on one or two of the characters (I think I was laughing at all the moments I shouldn't have been laughing at), but after a while I got used to the voices and all of a sudden the plot was dragging me in! The majority of the characters actually interested me, save the main character Miki who would have been better off swallowing a knife. The character Satoshi Miwa, in my opinion, was probably the best of them all. Of course, most of my fascination probably comes from his blue mullet, but still his character was quite humorous and I enjoyed it. So, seeing as how I liked Marmalade Boy (which is still somehow a shock to me) I ended up purchasing and watching Scrapbooks 1 and 2, and now I have disk sets three and four coming in the mail right now, and I can't wait to watch the rest of this series. So yes, from a person who typically HATES shoujo, I would reccomend this title. And if you watch it, make sure to also watch the commentary... it was flippin hilarious.
stop the mad ness just when you thought you found a show that was onley going to be short you get one that takes you from japan to american and back arrrrrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh when will it end
Love this series!! I just finished the third scrapbook volume and I can't wait for the fourth and final one. As for this one I gave it five stars mostly because of the episode commentary in the extras section on disc two. I have never laughed so hard in my life. The voice actor for Yuu is hilarious and so is the voice actor for Miki. The volume itself is excelent. I was surprised with the new character Kei I can't help but like him even though he's a little devious. Poor misguided piano player, Miki will set you straight. Any way this was a great volume and again you have to see the episode commentaries they are hilarious.
Excellent Anime, This One Lacking Marmalade Boy is an excellent anime and I recommend it for anyone to watch. It's a drama between Miki Koishikawa and Yuu Matsurra. I won't say too much because incase you havn't seen the first volume. I will critique one and two.
When I bought the first I was quite extactic at how excellent it was. The opening theme song is superb but, the end is a little confusing. Who's house is that? You'll see what I mean. It isn't the best animation in the world but, remember it's from 1994. It took them 10 years to get it to the U.S. and translated. In volume one, Miki's parents suddenly decide to swap "parters" with the Matsuuras. Miki is not okay with this at all and she won't allow it. Finally she gives in and they all move in together in one giant house. Over the course of volume one and partially into two, Miki hides it because she thinks people will assume her family is nuts. Miki has to battle between two people. Yuu and her best guy friend Ginta. When Miki was younger she told Ginta something, and wrongly assuming his response, her heart was shattered by it. There happens to be a love triangle between these three! Then you learn about Yuu's past, Miki's best friend Meiko's secret, and a character named Arimi comes in and spoils the fun for all!
I am giving volume two four stars for a few reasons. I thought it was a bit dissapointing on how it seems to drag on. If you have read the Marmalade Boy manga, you can see that the anime has much much more than the manga. In the anime they add a key item that is so important I don't know how they added it in even though it wasn't in the manga, the medallion! That is one of the main things in the anime as well as the robot diary! Also, in the anime they portray Miki as a winy little girl. If you watch it a few times she won't seem like that but, in the manga she wasn't such a "drama queen." Well in this volume a few things are uncovered and Miki learns things from Yuu and Yuu from Miki. As pressures high, love is spuring in the air. In this volume you meet four new characters, Satoshi Miwa, Suzu Sakuma, Anju, and Kei Tsuchiya. Suzu stirs up mishchief, Satoshi "interferes", Anju is a childhood friend with a secret love, and Kei is just a hot head with one thing on his mind, MIKI! Will Yuu and Miki be tested or will "love conquer all"? Also, there is a band that plays and the ending title changes! It's wonderful! ^^
I recommend this to any who likes, shojo, romance, or drama. It's is packed with excitement and is appealing to the heart. This happens to be one of my all-time favorite anime's. I'm sure you'll enjoy it as well!
LOVE IT!! Marmalade Boy is a super cute series for the hopelessly romantic, and funny enough to hold the interest of the male species :)
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