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May 7, 2009 4:32 PM
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This episode was another good one, only nothing seemed to go anywhere, we are still at a stand still. And wasn't Ginta's cousin suppose to have his whole head shaved by now? Due to that clothes selling contest?
Sep 28, 2009 8:06 AM
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Why isn't Rokutanda bald? D: And he said that Miki's opponent in the match is supposed to shave her head too, since she lost? XD

It's true that this episode didn't really go anywhere, but... I liked it. It showed what a great friend Meiko is and how nice Yuu can be. :D Plus there was a tennis match... and I love tennis.
May 14, 2011 9:20 PM
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This episode seemed about four minutes long. I can't believe how wrapped up I'm getting in the relationships. Come on Miki, let Ginta go and make a serious play for Yuu!
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Jan 22, 2012 10:02 AM
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I was in Ginta's position once. At the end of the day it had to be admitted the other guy, the actual bf has a major advantage, period!

P.s. has anyone notticed how the anime drawings seem to have gotten better, no more deformed characters etc...
Jan 22, 2012 12:02 PM
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I've been puzzled for a while now about the kind of role Ginta was playing with Azimi. I was thinking in real life if you go with another girl, while expecting your love interest who is already attracted to someone else to decide, you are just gonna push her into the other boy's arms if anything!
I just learned however that, apparently Wataru Yoshizumi, the author, had originally planned for Miki to be a boy with a sweet character - hence the name "Marmalade Boy"; but later on, inverted all the original characters' gender for various reasons. It does explain a couple of things - Ginta's tactics among others.
May 26, 2014 6:26 AM
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I thought she was gonna get his by a car/bike or something in the end cuz the title started with "smash" n she stopped in the middle of the street while the pedestrian traffic light was blinking :D
May 26, 2014 6:34 AM
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meneope said:
I've been puzzled for a while now about the kind of role Ginta was playing with Azimi. I was thinking in real life if you go with another girl, while expecting your love interest who is already attracted to someone else to decide, you are just gonna push her into the other boy's arms if anything!
I just learned however that, apparently Wataru Yoshizumi, the author, had originally planned for Miki to be a boy with a sweet character - hence the name "Marmalade Boy"; but later on, inverted all the original characters' gender for various reasons. It does explain a couple of things - Ginta's tactics among others.


omg that really explains a lot! Like how Ginta was so affected by Miki's words while playing tennis while Miki wasn't, when it's usually the other way around cuz girls are more sensitive (in general) :D but I wonder how it was gonna turn out with Miki as the guy! Was it gonna be a harem anime? So Ginta n Yuu were gonna be girls? but that would make it no different than any other anime where the girls are struggling to get the guy even in the shoujo genre.. n that's not the case here which is one of the reasons that I really like Marmalade boy :) So in the end I think the mangaka made a good choice inverting all the characters' genders :) But I wish there was maybe some original manga story with Miki as the guy so I could get an idea of what it would have been like :D I read that the manga isn't even printed anymore in English n that's so sad..
Aug 5, 2014 8:04 PM
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She is in love with two guys. What a slut.
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Sep 16, 2015 9:36 PM
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Looks like I was wrong I honestly didn't except any sense of resolution with Miki and Ginta for at least 20 episode's.
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Shaving the head is now a running gag.

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