Genre: Romance/Comedy

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No of Episodes/Volumes of Manga: 76 episodes, 1 movie

Reviewer: Misao

Review:

If there's ever been a love story which has had so many love triangles within it, Marmalade Boy is the anime which takes the cake. This anime has so many love triangles within it that sometimes it gets VERY confusing to watch and get the drift of what exactly is going on!

This anime follows the life of Miki Koishikawa and Yuu Matsura. Both of their parents met eachother on a holiday, and decided then that they wanted to marry another person, (eg. Miki's dad marries Yuu's mum and Miki's mum marries Yuu's dad). *sigh* The two families than move into a bigger house where they all live under the same roof. A romance soon strikes up between Miki and Yuu, but not without difficulty. Miki is trying to come to terms with her feelings for Ginta and Yuu, and Yuu is still being sought after by his ex-girlfriend Arimi.

Of course, since this anime is an anime based on love triangles, more characters are introduced and you get a school girl falling for her teacher, the SRC leader falling for that school girl, an ex-piano player falling for Miki, an American college student falling for Yuu, goodness, the list is endless.

What's the plot? Very good question. All this anime deals about is relationships. One could say the plot was to follow the love story of Miki and Yuu, but that's probably the only thing you can get out of this anime. If you're a sucker for romances mixed with a little comedy, Marmalade Boy is for you. However, if you're a person who just gets angry about the fact that one girl can't make up her mind about how many guys, or if you're a person who's looking for an action anime, steer well clear of this one.

I'd probably say that Marmalade Boy is a cheap rip-off of the love story in Fushigi Yuugi, but much worse and much more dragged out. At least the music from the anime is nice.

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