Rating (Out of 5): ~3.5 (maybe 4)
Publisher: Tokyopop
Volumes: 8
Spoilers?: Yes.
Goodreads Synopsis:
And you thought
your family was strange? Miki's world gets turned upside down when her
parents swap spouses with another couple and all decide to live together
under one roof. It only gets weirder when Miki falls in love with her
new stepbrother Like a dysfunctional version of the Brady Bunch,
Marmalade Boy will hook readers with its odd premise and wacky
relationships.
What I'm Going To Miss:
- The characters, especially the couples together.
- The cliche shojo material (even if it is cliche, I still love it).
Review:
The last volume of Marmalade Boy, ahh… Sad. I’m gonna miss
this series; even if the ratings aren’t that high, I still really enjoyed it.
And now it’s all over. Again: sad.
This volume takes
place a bit after the last one. Everyone is now in college, going on with their
lives. Arimi and Ginta are happy, Meiko and Nachan are happily married, Suzu
and Kei have gotten close, and Miki and Yuu are still apart. Miki is trying to
go on with her life happily, but seeing something that Yuu gave her makes cry
and decide to go see him. Only, he lies and says he has a girlfriend. After her
confession, she starts to act normal whenever she talks to him, while Yuu
misses her and avoids going home or talking to the family at all.
But he does go home
to visit, and ends up telling Miki the truth. They both still love each other,
and so as a last goodbye, they go on the vacation they’d planned however long
ago. They have fun together, and at the end, they decide that they don’t care
if they’re blood related. They love each other too much, and so they are going
to get married.
When they get home,
they talk to their parents, saying how they know that they’re related, and that
they love each other anyway. We then get the full story of how their parents
know each other, and that, of course, Yuu actually is his father’s son, and he
and Miki aren’t related by blood. I was expecting this, but it was still a good
scene.
It was a good end
to a good series, and I am sad to see it go. I’ll miss all of the characters,
but they all got rather happy, predictable endings (well, except for Miwa).
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