Kimagure Orange Road "A Distant Love" Volume 1, Story 6 WB Volume 1, Story 6 Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi This script is based on the existent script by Enrique Conty. Translation by unknown (pencil annotations found in KOR Volume 1) Original typesetting by : Enrique Conty Additional translation by : Craig Nishida Compilation by : Spencer C. Hastings Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose Craig Nishida Spencer Hastings Peter Norby Andrew Wilson Last revision : 11-11-94 NOTE: WBp#'s are printed first, Normal manga pages in parenthesis() NOTE: Translation is done from BOTH the WB and normal manga. So depending on which one you have there may be a few extra items. Examples: The subtitles on page 127 (125) are only in the WB'S! The one-page "Character Profiles" at the ends of the first six chapters are omitted in the WB's! Comments on the revision (CN): A few missing lines and the wideban subtitles were translated, as well as many missing FXs, stutters, exclamations and honorifics. During editing, other lines were modified by the members of the translation team. For the purposes of translating, visual cues were also inserted to allow those without the manga to also contribute to the translation effort. [This script is not intended to be a substitute for the manga; you'd only be cheating yourself...] --------------------------------------------------- p 127 (125)--TITLE PAGE [Kyousuke sits between Madoka and Hikaru at a counter. In front of them rests a large drink with 2 straws. Madoka gives a slight frown, Kyousuke smiles and Hikaru winks.] MAIN TITLE (at top) A Distant Love SUB-TITLE (at bottom) Two Straws, Though There Are Three People...! --------------------------------------------------- p 128 (126) 1 [Exterior shot of a cafe. It is night.] 2 [Inside, Hikaru sits with a hand against her cheek. She looks up towards the ceiling.] Hikaru: [sighing in misery] Aaaaah... 3 [Madoka looks over at her.] Hikaru: 4 [Pov shifts so we now see they sit at the bar.] Madoka: For quite a while now... What's wrong? I notice you're sighing a lot. 5 Madoka: You're just not your usual self! 6 [Hikaru gives her a disconsolate look.] --------------------------------------------------- p 129 (127) 1 Hikaru: [turning away] I-is that so?! 2 Madoka: Maybe your date didn't show up or something... 3 [Hikaru looks stunned.] Hikaru heartbeat FX: 4 Hikaru: H-how do you know?! Madoka: Just a guess. 5 Hikaru: [wide-eyed] Wow! Madoka-san, your intuition is really sharp! Madoka: [smiling] Yeah... 6 [Madoka looks a bit guilty as she visualizes snapshots of the day she spent at the park with Kyousuke.] narration: Yeah, because I was out that day with the very guy who stood you up on your date... 7 narration: Sorry, Hikaru... Madoka: (I can't tell you even if my mouth was ripped open.) --------------------------------------------------- p 130 (128) 1 [As Hikaru continues to look at her, Madoka drops deep in thought.] narration: But that's his fault! How can he forget an important thing like that? narration: If he didn't forget, but stayed with me on purpose, then he's... 2 Madoka: [exploding] ...a pretty irresponsible guy!! Madoka fist-on-table FX: [Hikaru is surprised.] 3 Hikaru: [smiling] It's okay already. Hikaru FX: 4 Hikaru: Somehow, I feel better now that I've talked it over with you! 5 [Hikaru goes back to being the ever-beaming Hikaru...] Hikaru: It was silly of me to sink this low. I'm quick at recovering! 6 [They go to pay the check...] Hikaru: [cheerfully] Come to think of it, maybe he had some important business to do that day... I'll ask him tomorrow! [It's Madoka's turn to look surprised.] cashier: That will be 2600 yen. 7 [Madoka gives a small smile.] narration: "Him?", huh...? Madoka: Well... That sounds good! --------------------------------------------------- p 131 (129) 1 [They walk out onto the street.] Hikaru: [slightly embarrassed] So when are you going to ask me his name? Madoka: [smiling] In fact, wasn't that the first thing you wanted me to ask? 2 Hikaru: [blushing deeply, both hands to cheeks] His name is... Kasuga Kyousuke-sama! Hikaru: Wahhh. I said it... 3 [Madoka gives a brief sad look.] 4 Madoka: [smiling at Hikaru] Oh, him. Hikaru: He's pretty cool! 5 Madoka: [smiling] I see. Then keep at it, Hikaru. I'll be rooting for you! 6 Hikaru: [beaming back] Okay! 7 [Madoka gives another brief unhappy look.] 8 [As they walk down the street, Hikaru enthusiastically lifts both arms to the sky. Madoka walks quietly beside her.] Hikaru: All right, let's go! --------------------------------------------------- p 132 (130) 1 [At school, Kyousuke approaches Madoka at her desk.] class FX: 2 Kyousuke: [embarrassed and nervous] Uh, do you have a minute? 3 [Madoka whips her head around and gives him a glare.] 4 [Kyousuke recoils.] Kyousuke fear FX: 5 Madoka: [getting up, still glaring at him] Perfect timing. I have to talk to you, too. Kyousuke: Eh?! 6 [As they walk down the hall, Kyousuke looks at her in apprehension. Madoka ignores him.] Kyousuke: (Ayukawa talk to me...? What the heck about?) 7 Kyousuke: (She glared at me with a scary expression... But maybe it's because I let it slip at the park that I had a date with Hikaru-chan? Somehow, I don't think this will be very pleasant.) --------------------------------------------------- p 133 (131) 1 [The two emerge on the roof of the school building.] narration: The roof?! I've got a bad feeling about this! 2 Madoka: Nobody's here. Madoka FX: 3 narration: Wh-what's with that grin?! Kyousuke heartbeat FX: 4 [Panels 4-5 have rounded corners, denoting a fantasy...] narration: C-can't be... [Madoka whips out a gleaming knife with 8-inch blade. Quite suitable for scaling and gutting indecisive boys.] Madoka: You flirting bastard! How dare you humiliate my friend Hikaru!! [Kyousuke recoils and goes cross-eyed staring at the knife in front of his face.] Kyousuke: Y-yipes! F-forgive me! 5 Madoka: Don't give me excuses! [She tosses him over the railing.] Madoka FX: narration: Ayukawa is a delinquent... Kyousuke: [in free fall] Waaaahh! 6 [End of daydream.] Kyousuke FX: Kyousuke: Sc-scary...! --------------------------------------------------- p 134 (132) 1 Madoka: By the way... Kyousuke: [petrified] Y-yes?!! 2 Madoka: [eyes glinting] About Hikaru... 3 narration: I thought so. 4 Kyousuke: [embarrassed] Th-there must be something wrong with me to forget such an important promise. I mean, uh, I rushed over there later, but Hikaru-chan was already gone. 5 Kyousuke: ...and on the station's message board, in humongous letters, was written "jerk". No...! I'm ashamed of myself. 6 [Madoka stands there, eyes closed, no expression.] 7 [Kyousuke sweats it out.] 8 Kyousuke: [gaze downcast, blushing] I feel I did a really bad thing to her. --------------------------------------------------- p 135 (133) 1 Madoka: [turning to face him] So... You've apologized to Hikaru? 2 Kyousuke: [eyes wide, still blushing, twiddling his fingers] Eh! No... Not yet. I was thinking I should go do that today. 3 Madoka: [small smile] By all means, that needs to be done. 4 Madoka: [looking out over railing] That girl might appear to have a strong spirit, but she's quite naive! 5 Madoka: I feel sorry for her. She thought you didn't like her, and she was worried all this time. 6 narration: Worried? She likes me that much? 7 Madoka: [small smile at him] But, well, Hikaru's got some taste in guys. She really seems to like you. [Kyousuke stands there with a stricken look.] --------------------------------------------------- p 136 (134) 1 [Kyousuke facial portrait--wide-eyed and blushing.] 2 Madoka: [with a gentle look] Do something about it! 3 Madoka: It's not my business to butt in, but I can't ignore it because Hikaru is like a little sister to me. 4 Madoka: [turning to leave] That's all I wanted to say to you. Bye. Good luck! 5 Madoka FX: 6 Madoka: So, what did you want me for? 7 [Kyousuke pulls her jacket out from the bag he was carrying.] jacket FX: 8 [He holds it out to her.] Kyousuke: Thanks a lot for the jacket, and... 9 Kyousuke: [blushing, but earnest] ...I-I think that I should apologize about the park! --------------------------------------------------- p 137 (135) 1 [Madoka yanks her jacket from him.] Madoka: Let me tell you this... 2 Madoka: [flashing with anger] ...I don't want an apology from you!! 3 [Kyousuke stands there stunned and chastened...] 4 [...and watches her walk away.] Madoka jacket FX: 5 [He looks over his shoulder back at her receding figure, a truly forlorn look on his face.] narration: Doesn't even want an apology... Hmm... 6 [Pov falls back and he recedes into the distance. He still looks back over his shoulder.] narration: Well, she's not my girlfriend or anything... And it's not like we have a pledge for the future... 7 [Pov continues to fall back. In sorrow, Kyousuke hangs his head over the railing...] narration: That... I mean. That's right, but... 8 [His pov of a blushing and ecstatic Hikaru.] Hikaru: Whaaat?!! Is that what it was?! You were out helping with your father's work?! --------------------------------------------------- p 138 (136) 1 [They stand at the shoe lockers.] Kyousuke: [hand to back of head] I'm very sorry!! Hikaru: O-oh no. I have to apologize too, for writing such a rude thing on the message board. 2 [Kyousuke sweats and blushes slightly.] narration: Ahhhhh... I told a lie! 3 Hikaru: [looking down] But, I'm glad. You didn't dislike me, then? 4 Kyousuke: N-no way. 5 [Hikaru beams a megawatt smile.] 6 [Kyousuke smiles gently.] narration: That she should be so happy... narration: I should have apologized sooner! 7 Hikaru: [making goo-goo eyes] Then can you come with me right after school today, please! There are some things I want to talk about concerning our future... Hikaru in-ecstasy FX: 8 Kyousuke: But, is it all right for Ayukawa to go home alone? She always goes home with you. Hikaru: Oh, Madoka-san will be all right! --------------------------------------------------- p 139 (137) 1 [Exterior shot of a movie theatre. A billboard stands over the ticket booth. Cans of paint sit on a platform that is suspended by rope in front of the billboard. It will apparently be painted over.] movie billboard: Constellation Wizard. paint cans: Paint sign over window: Adults = 600 Children = 300 Showing 10 AM to 7 PM top poster: Dawn's ... middle poster: "Matomikku", Heavenly Teacher bottom sign: 2nd thru the 15th 2 [Inside the darkened theatre, Madoka sits.] 3 [A shot over her shoulder shows us the movie--the lead actress points a ray-gun at someone off-screen.] 4 [Madoka profile--she watches the movie with an unhappy look.] 5 [Two creeps walk down the aisle, scoping out the crowd.] 6 creep 1: [spotting Madoka] Oh! 7 creep 1: Look! She's dazzling. --------------------------------------------------- p 140 (138) 1 [Exterior shot of a coffee shop.] 2 Hikaru: [glaring, no-nonsense look] Say! Kasuga-sempai... 3 Hikaru: About Madoka-san... li Kyousuke coffee-spewing FX: 4 Kyousuke: [sweating, anxious] .......... Hikaru: [smiling] Don't you think she's wonderful? <...she says "suTEKI DA" = "is-wonderful", instead...> 5 Kyousuke: [in relief] Yeah! She's okay. Hikaru: [beaming] I thought so!! 6 narration: Ah! That scared me. You can't tell what she's going to blurt out next! 7 Kyousuke: Hikaru-chan, it seems you like Ayukawa very much. Hikaru: She's like a big sister to me!! 8 Kyousuke: [musing up at the ceiling] But, I wonder if Ayukawa was tough even when she was little. 9 [Hikaru opens up her bookbag...] Hikaru: --------------------------------------------------- p 141 (139) 1 [...and pulls out...] Hikaru: Isn't this pretty? Kyousuke: A pendant? 2 [This page is bordered in black, denoting a flashback. Here, a 6-year-old Hikaru chases after a bully. The bully mockingly holds the pendant in his hand.] narration: When I was in elementary school, a bully took my pendant. little Hikaru: Hey you! Hey you! 3 [Riki waves the pendant from out his 2nd-floor bedroom window. Hikaru stands below.] narration: And then he took it to his house... little Hikaru: You dipshit, give it back! 4 [8-year-old Madoka enters the scene. Hikaru bawls her little heart out. Madoka is severely steamed.] narration: Madoka-san saw me crying and went to get it back. 5 narration: But the bully's mother didn't believe Madoka-san... Riki's mother: Our Riki-chan isn't one to be stealing things from people. It's not here! [Riki pulls down his eyelid and sticks out his tongue at Madoka. His mom is too busy arguing to notice.] 6 narration: Even so, Madoka-san stood all night in front of that house... [From the light from Riki's house we see Madoka standing next to the house gate.] 7 [Pov shifts to view from Riki's 2nd-floor bedroom. Riki looks out to see Madoka standing on the street and looking off in the distance.] Riki's mother: [off] Riki-chan!! It's time to sleep already! Riki: [sweating] Y-yeah. 8 narration: In the end, he caved in to Madoka-san's persistence and returned the pendant. [Riki hands the pendant to Hikaru, but looks at a glaring Madoka in nervousness and embarrassment.] Riki: It was my fault. Y'got a lot of guts. 9 [End of flashback. Kyousuke smiles.] narration: Hmm. She has a strong spirit that runs deep... --------------------------------------------------- p 142 (140) 1 [The creeps look back from their seats directly in front of Madoka.] creeps 1 and 2 FX: 2 creep 1: [leaning over] Hey, sister! You're a pretty woman! [Madoka frowns.] 3 creep 1: Hey, hey... Instead of watching this dull movie wouldn't you rather do something more fun with us...?! creep 2: We'll take you somewhere nice!! 4 Madoka: You're in my way. 5 creep 1: [pretending he didn't hear] Ehhh?! What was thaaaaat?! sign: No Smoking 6 Madoka: I can't see the screen very well. Your... --------------------------------------------------- p 143 (141) 1 Madoka FX: Madoka: ...ugly face is in the way!! 2 creep 1: [hand to injured cheek] Y-you bitch! I speak to you nicely and you get carried away. screen: End. creep 2: Step outside! 3 Madoka: [furious] Very funny!! I'm in a bad mood! I'll take you on! 4 creep 1: [approaching her] Then, let's begiiiin! 5 Madoka bookbag FX: [Creep 1 takes another blow to his ugly face...] --------------------------------------------------- p 144 (142) 1 Hikaru: [leaving, beaming, waving] See ya, Darling. 2 narration: Darling, huh... Kyousuke: [smiling, waving back] Later! 3 Kyousuke: [walking down the street] (Being called that doesn't bother me so much any more!) Kyousuke: (But, I didn't know Hikaru-chan had such a cute side to her.) 4 [Kyousuke turns at a voice, and looks across the street.] creep 1: [off] Wait, you... barber shop sign: Hair Clippers 5 [He sees Madoka walking out of the theatre.] Madoka FX: posters at theatre entrance: Playing May 10th Lightning '84; Blue Story of Experience; Great savings; "Nova" 6 creep 1: [bursting out the door] The game's not over yet! creep 2: Shit, you sukeban. door FX: 7 [Kyousuke flashes in shock.] narration: Ayukawa...?! What are those guys... --------------------------------------------------- p 145 (143) 1 narration: She's in trouble! O-o-o-kay! [He looks around...] Kyousuke FX: 2 [...and he sees the cans of paint on the overhead platform.] sign: Producer: Hiro- Starring: Kurimoto Kazuko 3 [He flashes with the Power.] 4 [The cans slide over the edge.] paint cans FX: 5 creep 1: [lunging at Madoka] Wait, damn you! 6 paint FX: 7 [The creeps fall to the ground, heads firmly wedged in cans of paint.] Madoka: ?! creeps: .......... creeps FX: Kyousuke: [off] AYUKAWA! --------------------------------------------------- p 146 (144) 1 Kyousuke: [racing up] Are you all right?! 2 Kyousuke: I mean, that was scary! What in the world was this all about? Madoka: Kasuga-kun... 3 Madoka: [eyes closed] Nothing serious. They said "why don't we play?" so I just played with them for a bit. 4 [She turns and walks off.] Madoka: Bye. Kyousuke: Ah, wait a sec! 5 Madoka: [in irritation] What?! Have you given Hikaru a proper apology yet? 6 [Kyousuke facial portrait--he looks over at her, perplexed.] narration: Ayukawa is acting strange today... 7 [Abrupt scene shift. Now the two of them stand at a railing on an overpass, and watch the traffic go by below.] narration: Well, a fight with delinquents probably happens frequently for Ayukawa, but she seems strangely wild today... --------------------------------------------------- p 147 (145) 1 Madoka: [small smile] So, was Hikaru happy? narration: Her behavior towards me, in some way, is cold! 2 Kyousuke: [beaming at her] We're going to a "Live House" next time together! Hikaru-chan knows a good place. 3 [Madoka profile--she looks down at traffic, in thought.] 4 Kyousuke: Ayukawa, have you been to a "Live House"? 5 Madoka: [looking at him] Well, let's see... Anyway... 6 [She turns and walks off, but in passing behind him, gives him a whack on his back.] Madoka FX: Kyousuke: Wah! Madoka: ...do have fun! 7 narration: Maybe Ayukawa is jealous of Hikaru-chan... Naah... Can't be, can it?! [Kyousuke pitches over the railing.] --------------------------------------------------- p ** (146) <**This page does not appear in the wideban version.> [At the top, Komatsu gives his patented wide grin. At bottom, Takashi poses.] Komatsu: Komatsu Seiji Kouryou Junior High School, 3rd year. Happy and bright. I'm bright to the bones! My friends, let's be resolute and not lose heart in whatever we do!! But to tell you the truth, I like girls! Oh, you knew that already?! Title: Character Profile Takashi: Kasuga Takashi Father of the Kasuga family. Occupation: Professional Photographer. Out of stubbornness, I specialize in landscape photography and have a policy against taking pictures of women... But I make an exception only for my cuties Kurumi and Manami! My son probably gets his indecisiveness from me... But, their mother... Did my wife leave me or did she pass away? If we have a chance, let's talk about that next time! ---------------------------------------------------