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Marmalade Boy  
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Description
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 (as in switching spouses!) 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!

Type
Manga

Related Series
Marmalade Boy Little (Sequel)

Associated Names
ママレード・ボーイ
橘子酱男孩
마멀레이드 보이
Cỏ dại

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Latest Release(s)
v.v.1-8 by MangaProject (3231d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
8 Volumes (Complete)
6 Kanzenban Volumes

Completely Scanlated?
Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter
Starts at Chapt 1

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User Rating
Average: 8 / 10.0 (589 votes)
Bayesian Average: 7.95 / 10.0
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Last Updated
May 10th 2013, 9:51pm PST

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Genre
Comedy  Drama  Romance  School Life  Shoujo  Slice of Life 
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Author(s)
YOSHIZUMI Wataru

Artist(s)
YOSHIZUMI Wataru

Year
1992

Original Publisher
Shueisha (1992; 2004)

Serialized In (magazine)
Ribon (Shueisha)

Licensed (in English)
Yes

English Publisher
Tokyopop (8 Volumes - Complete)

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3 Month Pos #2057 increased(+163)
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List Stats
On 308 reading lists
On 386 wish lists
On 2003 completed lists
On 56 unfinished lists
On 194 custom lists

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 One of my faaavorites!   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by Abby_Rei
November 18th, 2008, 11:44pm
Woo! I haven't written a review in a long time!
Anyways, I'm glad I remembered to finish this series, since my library didn't have the rest of the manga volumes. >>; I say it was WORTH the read. VERYVERYVERY worth it.

For me, the couples were really easy to figure out, but I think it's just me, since I read too much romance. >> Analyzing who gets with who is my specialty literally, anyways. Miki was a bit annoying when she didn't know who she wanted and when she acts stupid, but DON'T LET THAT GET TO YOU! She makes up for it soon afterward! I liked the development of this novel. ^___^ Lots of sweet moments, but even though there was pretty much only one devastating situation, that impacted the story and I'm sure other readers, SO MUCH.

Agreed? Agreed.

I'm glad that the mangaka went with the ending rather than her other one (she explains it in the bonus chapter at the end). For sure, if she went with the other ending, I would have had to write an ending for myself. That was a horrible alternative ending. -shudders- It's good that she realized it would have been an empty choice. ^_________^

It's a great/amazing/excellent/sweet/loving/heartbreaking manga. Sit down and read it. You'll fall in love. biggrin
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 Mild   
Rating: 6.0 / 10.0
by silverdezz
July 15th, 2008, 6:25pm
The story isn't very exciting....the romance is mild taste but when they break...it got me crying....the pain of it.......I feel bad for them.........it will better if there's a little smut scene to spice it up........oh well..........
the anime is too old.....i can't bring myself to watch it.......
but i will still recommand this love story though........
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 Heart-wrenching   
Rating: N/A
by Disremembrance
June 20th, 2008, 7:39pm
It sort've killed me to think that the two main protagonists were suffering so much.. I really wanted to creep up to the parents' rooms and scare them sooo bad. Maybe I'm just cooped up too much in my house, or I have good judgment. ehehehe!
Anyways... a very enjoyable read, it sort've had a finality to it at the end of many chapters, which made me sort've nervous, but overall a sweet, and amusing read.

... Last updated on June 20th, 2008, 7:40pm
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 EXCELENT!!!!   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by funbun33
April 10th, 2008, 1:47am
an extraordinary series. i never expected to like it so much biggrin
entertaining plot, to-dye-for drawings, beatiful love, touching drama, great comedy, it has everything biggrin it's a clasical shojo which i recomend to everyone biggrin

... Last updated on April 10th, 2008, 1:47am
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 Great   
Rating: 9.0 / 10.0
by JJTang
April 1st, 2008, 11:46pm
I found the story to be quite interesting and character driven. The artwork was magnificent. Wow, Miki is really cute. Though the character development could have been done better, it was quite enjoyable. I'd recommend this for romance fanatics. The last two (maybe three, don't quite recall) volumes really have you on edge.
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 Beginners   
Rating: 9.0 / 10.0
by blueseeker
March 16th, 2008, 9:59am
This story was well done and i really enjoy the art, but it's more suited for someone who has not read too many shoujo mangas....you know when you can say "oh shoujo typical"....or for those who will start off with this one. Otherwise you must really have time on your hands and not anything else that you are anxious to read. I particularly love this mangaka's almost every work so you will certainly enjoy it, in fact i think this is the most shoujouish of the bunch.

... Last updated on March 16th, 2008, 10:02am
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 Cute   
Rating: 8.8 / 10.0
by YukikoKudo
February 17th, 2008, 12:05pm
It was really cute, but I found the last few volumes very circular and pointless. Overall, the idea is quite funny. My favourite characters were the parents since they were really weird and interesting. It's cute, but a lot of the stuff is cliche.
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 :)   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by vuongyenxuan
February 12th, 2008, 12:11pm
i love the way they love together, and that 's why i read this manga many times ... this my best i have ever read smile and i think this is the best work of Yoshizumi too.

... Last updated on February 12th, 2008, 12:11pm
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 AWESOME   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by dreamit.
January 26th, 2008, 10:35pm
i read this about.. 3 times. (i bought the whole collection) haha.ITS SO GOOD. lyk.. the stuff they face and everything is so cute! the anime is good too!. but yeah. i recommend this to ppl who like ROMANCE. =P. a must read!
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 One of the best!   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by Bubbles Pink
January 16th, 2008, 6:31pm
Marmalade Boy is by far, one of my favorite series! This was one of the first series I read, and I fell in love with it! Although, I have to admit that when I looked at it once before I bought it, I thought it looked stupid. But, I tried it and couldn't wait for the next volume! The story is full of suspense and twists. Although. there were a couple of things I disliked.
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Like, when Meiko gets with Nachan. He was too nerdy looking and the age difference was too large. Not right for her. (I wanted her to get with Satoshi Miwa. I thought he was a good fit.)
Also, I didn't think Ginta and Arimi were good together either. They were kind of haphazardly thrown together, but they're not a good couple.


Also, a plague of 90s manga is that they have rushed endings, Marmalade Boy included. It seemed that when everything was settled in the story, it ended a few pages later.

But, all in all, this series is very good! I recommend it to anyone who likes shoujo manga! Although, if you live in the U.S.A., you'll have a hard time finding it since it's out of print. I'd suggest checking a used bookstore, or ebay, or someplace that sells out of print manga.

... Last updated on December 26th, 2010, 11:27am
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