The Marmalade Triangle, Pentagon, Hexagon and so on....
(Although it was barely explained in the Anime, the Parent's story was very much detailed in the Manga.
Mostly however, this triangle is focused on the anime)

It all really began a little less than 20 years before... When two young couples met in college and were together after.
Jin and Chiyako made up one pair and Youji and Rumi made up the other.

Chiyako, Jin, Youji and Rumi

They were all very much in love with each other and they all thought that they would be together forever. Chiyako loved her job working for the great architect named Miwa Yoshimitsu. Miwa Yoshimitsu had a reputation of being a womanizer and even had the nerve to ask out Chiyako. And though Chiyako refused (because she already had Jin whom she loved very much), she had gone with her boss to have some tea and allowed him to put his arm around her. Little did she know that Jin was watching, who later accused her of cheating. Chiyako wanted to fix things with Jin and asked Youji to help her. Rumi saw this and accused Youji of cheating on her because he was spending more time with Chiyako than with her, his own girlfriend. And so Rumi basically ran off. And for a while, both Chiyako and Youji didn't make contact with their parners. Later on, Chiyako found out that she was going to have Jin's baby and though she didn't want to tell him at first, she decides to call him and tell him the news. The only thing was, Jin had gone to England because of his job and brought Rumi with him....

About 17 Years Later....

Miki, a Jr. in High school, is called down from her room by her parents, Jin and Rumi Koishikawa. They tell her that they are getting a divorce and are going to swap partners and eventually get married to another couple they had met in Hawaii. They tell her that they weren't happy for a long time anyway. Miki was shocked and could not believe what they were saying.

Later on, Miki was able to meet this other couple named Youji and Chiyako Matsuura, who incidentally enough, had a son her age named You. Miki thought he was very handsome from the beginning. And though she disapproved of their parents relationship from the start, You thought nothing of it. Miki was shocked but the news still wasn't over because the parents tell her that they were all going to live together in one big house. Miki, even though You teased her constantly, was falling in love with him and he with her.

Miki has two best friends. The fiery tempered Ginta and the beautiful and yet secretive Meiko. Ginta was very bothered when he saw Miki with You. He did not want her to be with him. Because even though he had dumped her accidentally in Jr. High, he loved her from the very beginning. Miki was quite surprised and was indicisive about who she should pick for a boyfirend. Ginta or You? Meiko on the other hand, has many deep problems. Especially when it comes to her parents. She's very pretty and all the guys want to go out with her but she only has eyes for Toryo's Na-chan.

Namura Shinichi-sensei is a popular English teacher in Toryo High and also coaches the mens tennis club. He met Meiko when she was still in Jr. High and the two fell in love, despite their eight year difference. And when the whole school found out about their taboo love affair he leaves her for Hiroshima and to tells her to get on with her life. Ryouko-Sensei is also a teacher in Toryo and coaches the womens tennis club. She was in love with Namura since their high school days in Toryo.

In comes Arimi, You's ex-girlfriend into Miki's life. Although he had broken up with her during their last year of Jr. High, Arimi is still very much in love with him and she's very persistent when it comes to what she wants. Then there's Tsutomu, better known as Rokutanda, who has known You since Jr. High and had known Arimi since Elementary school. He's been in love and running after her since they were kids but she's always rejecting him and he ends up crying and making bets with people but he always ends up on the losing end.

The popular Student Body president, Miwa Satoshi introduces himself to You in the library. His father is the womanizing architect himself, Miwa Yoshimitsu and You immediately believes that Satoshi is his brother because he had read a letter by Youji's mother. Satoshi encountered the same situation when he read his mother's diary and she mentioned Chiyako's name. When they encountered Yoshimitsu however, he told them that nothing went on between him and Chiyako and that she was in love with her boyfriend. And although Satoshi and You weren't brothers after all, they remained close and Satoshi became You's best friend.... Then one day, Chiyako asked You if he could be a model for a commercial that her company is doing. He reluctantly agrees because of Miki and there he meets Sakuma Suzu. A Jr. High School girl who has a crush on him because he's "beautiful". She had thought that Meiko was You's girlfriend because both of them were very beautiful, but when she found out that it was Miki, all hell broke lose. Satoshi, later on asks You if he could tutor his cousin with some English and Math. You agrees and to his surprise, his cousin was Suzu...

Satoshi is very much in love with Akizuki Meiko and does almost everything to make her go out with him. And although she rejects him many times, he's very persistent. However, she finally did relent and went out with him. But Namura is still forever in her heart.

Arimi makes Ginta agree to her plan of pretending to date each other so Miki would get jealous. The plan works for awhile but eventually it falls a part.

Kijima Takuji with his sunglasses and his leather jacket is You's boss at the Junk Jungle. He also went to Toryo High School with Ryouko and Shinichi The three were friends and still are. He dated Ryouko but left her when he knew she loved Shinichi. He went to America because of his parents. He tells Ryouko that she should just tell Shinichi her feelings.

Kijima Rei is Takuji's wife. She loved Takuji since high school but never had the nerve to tell him her feelings until they met in New York. Mizutani Akira is Rei's brother. Ryouko, after being rejected by Shinichi because he still loved Meiko fell in love with him in the end.

Miki meets Tsuchiya Kei after getting a part time job at Bobson's ice-cream shop. He falls in love with her right away and did everything in his power to break her and You up so she could be his girlfriend. He is younger than she is and for a while leaves when she tells him to grow up. He becomes more mature when he returns and is still pining for her love... Kitahara Anju is You's childhood friend and has known him since they were both twelve. She loves You and Miki gets jealous because of their friendship, but her intentions are good... unlike the others. She does not want to break the couple up.

Michael, Doris, Brian, Jinny, and Bill

The Ameicans come next in this odd triangle. Michael is an exchange student and stays with the Koishikawa/Matsuura household. He also falls in love with Miki especially after You leaves for America. He hates Kei with a passion because they are competing for her affections. After You comes to America, Bill becomes his roommate. Jinny tells him that he's gay. Jinny falls in love with You and Brian gets mad because he likes Jinny. Jinny tells Miki that You doesn't want her anymore because they don't have a "real" relationship. The nice Doris O'Connor is secretly in love with Brian and Bill is in love with Jinny.

Ginta and Arimi who were rejected by their first loves, end up falling in love with each other. Which makes Rokutanda pissed for awhile but with an all out hilarious fight with Ginta on the hills by Segaki, he gave up on Arimi once and for all. Again, they Make such a cute couple...*Kiss, Kiss*

When You and Miki had broken up, Kei and Michael were there to compete for her affection. When it was time for her to choose which one she should be with, she had chosen Kei. And they briefly dated. When he asked to kiss her she agreed but she started to cry. Kei knew that it was over.

Through many heartbreaking trials and tribulations, Miki and You were together again. They were happy being with each other. But then the day came when You found a picture of both their parents in their college years. They were paired up like how they were now. Jin was with Chiyako and Youji was with Rumi. You was surprised. All they had said was that they had met in Hawaii and not in college. He then remembered what Miwa Yoshimitsu had said. That Chiyako was in love with her boyfirend. And then that letter Youji's mother had sent. "Can you be happy marrying a woman that is having another man's child?" You put two and two together and realized that Miki was his sister.

He did not tell Miki this and instead went back to America to avoid telling her. Miki was distraught and couldn't bare it. Why would he leave all of sudden? When she went to America again to confront him and tell him that she loved him, You tells her that they are brother and sister and he shows her the picture.... They decided that even with that barrier between them they would get married and stay together but not have any children. When Miki and You confront the parents what they had found out and told them they were going to stay together anyway, the parents told them that they had the wrong conclusions. He asks them about the picture and the grandmother's letter.

Chiyako explained that before she and Jin broke up, she got pregnant with his baby but she couldn't contact him because he was in England. Youji decided to take care of Chiyako and the baby and told everyone that they were getting married, that was why the grandmother wrote the letter. But Chiyako had lost the baby and told Youji that they don't have to get married anymore. Youji told her that he wanted to marry her. You was then born a year later. So they aren't brother and sister after all. Miki and You, after all that were very much releaved.

After a roller coaster ride filled with humor and tears, most of the characters of Marmalade Boy end up being happy. Although Satoshi and Anju did not find the love that they deserve... Meiko and Shinchi end up getting married, Rokutanda found a girlfriend finally, Arimi and Ginta are forever cute together after a bit of a misunderstanding and though Kei absolutley hated and detested Suzu in the beginning, eventually Wataru-sama wanted them to find love with each other also. Ryouko got over her love for Shinichi and found Akira. Brian got his act together and fell in love with Doris and Bill revealed that he loved Jinny and she loves him. Rumi and Chiyako are happy that they are pregnant. Miki is glad that she and You will have little brothers and sisters. And finally, finally You and Miki are together forever at last.

And so, The Marmalade Triangle is finally broken and is now probably a circle. Where everyone can live...

"Happily Ever After"

I hope

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