Marmalade Boy

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!

Marmalade Boy - Collector's Edition Official English:
Seven Seas

Type

Manga

Related Series

Marmalade Boy Little (Sequel)

Associated Names

Cỏ dại

La familia crece

Piccoli problemi di cuore

فتى المربى

فتى مربى البرتقال

มาร์มาเลด สุดที่รัก (Pirate)

หนุ่มรักรสส้ม (Pirate)

ママレードボーイ

ママレード・ボーイ

果醬少年

橘子酱男孩

마멀레이드 보이

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MangaProject

Latest Release(s)

v.v.1-8 c. by MangaProject 21 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

8 Volumes (Complete)
6 Volumes (Kanzenban in 2004, Complete)
5 Volumes (Bunkoban in 2008, Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1

Ends at Vol 8, Chap 39 (Similar but the story is changed and expanded)

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User Rating

Average: 7.9 / 10.0 (732 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.84 / 10.0

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Last Updated

April 14th, 2025 9:18am PDT - 4 weeks ago

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Genre

Comedy Drama Romance School Life Shoujo
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Shueisha (1992; 2004; 2008)

Serialized In (magazine)

Ribon (Shueisha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Seven Seas (5 Collector's Edition volumes - Complete)

TokyoPop (Expired / 8 Vols - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

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Monthly Pos #1908 (No change)

3 Month Pos #3433 (No change)

6 Month Pos #4757

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Year Pos #5524

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List Stats

On 403 reading lists

On 565 wish lists

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User Comments [ Order by time added ]

awesome

by yumi15kl
16 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I loved it. when i first read it i kept calling it a soap opera in manga form because the relationships are always changing with some plot twist. And the parents were just insain! this is what keeps it so awesome. I know reading it I would always make fun of it but that was only because I loved it so much. That and it was funny to begin with. Cute story, good ending. Love! Love! Love it!!

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Naïve, Boring... and Stupid

by La Plume
18 years ago

Rating: 2.0 / 10.0

One of the first shoujo I've ever read, was pretty young back then and didn't really like it... Ten years later and after having reread it... It's even more stupid than I thought it was back then.

The main heroïne is spending the whole time wondering... and wondering... and wondering to the point of ultimate boredom. No personnality at all, she's plain and boring. Her best friend is in in love with her teacher, classic shoujo cliché, but it's not even dealt with a slightest bit of originality.

It's seems like an accumulation of clichés put together but never exploited with Inventiveness. With such a long carreer, I was expecting something else but every mangas she's done I've read so far are so damn superficial It's a pain. Among them, Marmalade Boy is certainly one of the worst she's done.
I can't even explain how the hell did I manage to finish it twice.

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Marmalade Boy

by Orika
18 years ago

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I very like the story about Miki and Yuu (YUU LOVE). The arts are... clear and the characters has realistic traits. It's one of my favourite mangas!

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Marmalade Boy rating

by [deleted member]
20 years ago

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Ahh, i love this manga too. The characters are really awsome. Its also drawn really cute, thats what it got me interested in reading it. This is a funny manga, though its old, i still like it. This manga will make you squel, laugh and cry. Well for me it did. Seriously it did. Teehee. Well jst read this manga cause its really cute! =D

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Good Read

by iamaspen
16 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

Haha. It's so insane. Like it would ever happen in real life.
But I love it anyway. xDD. It's a really good read, besides. It's funny and cute. I would read it just because how cute it is (makes me blush) and because I love Yoshizumi-sensei's art. From start to now.

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haha

by sweetkisses8584
18 years ago

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i like it it was good i like stories like this... haha but i could never finnish watching the anime.. eh.. too long too long... 🙁 but manga is always good... only 8 volumes... how did they make that in to a seventy something episode anime.. beats me.. 🙂 haha

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Not bad

by PrincessVera
18 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

A really cute and sweet story. Only 8 volumes, so it's not too drawn out, but the characters never develop beyond their original personalities. The ending doesn't feel as dramatic as it could be, but it's still satisfying.

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Terrrribly cliched.

by doki-doki-kimochi
14 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

This manga is good and all, but it's so typical shoujo. You've got your handsome boy, the simple and smiling girl, and to be honest, every single event that seems to be a "dramatic point" in the manga, I've read in countless other shoujo manga. If you're an avid shoujo fan, you've probably read this kind of manga many times. I'm not recommending it to anyone unless you plan to read 8 volumes and like these kind of stories. Halfway through, I couldn't bare to read it any further. The only point that was actually slightly interesting was

when Yuu turned out to be the son of a someone else, not Matsuura Youji (though that kind of thing is also pretty common if you think about it), but even that turned out to be untrue. I also disliked Yuu because he kept being so indecisive about his feelings toward Miki, not even bothering to check if they really were siblings or not. The part about the two families living together just seems to be an excuse for Miki and Yuu to live together, it's really unrealistic.

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Cute

by YukikoKudo
17 years ago

Rating: 8.8 / 10.0

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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Manga's OK, Anime's even worse

by Kohaku_KUN
18 years ago

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Well, I guess the title says it all. I made the mistake of watching the anime first, and was disgusted and repulsed. Did it really take 72 episodes to chose Yuu, Miki? At the prodding of a friend I finished the manga and I must say it was loads better, it almost didn't drag at all. It was better in my opinion than Kare Kano, but Hana Yori Dango still reins supreme......ESPECIALLY the live j-drama.

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