Kimagure Orange Road "Dangerous Rumors" Volume 1, Story 7 WB Volume 1, Story 7 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 Melinda Miller Tony Schrick Tony Butler 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. Example: The subtitles on page 149 (147) are only 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 149 (147)--TITLE PAGE [A collage of panels taken from previous chapters: Kurumi in fright, Kyousuke looks back at us over his shoulder, Komatsu stands grinning, Manami with pleasant smile, Hikaru looks at us with soft smile, Madoka looks down, deep in thought.] MAIN TITLE (at top) Dangerous Rumors SUB-TITLE (at bottom) Don't Believe the Rumors! For a Couple's Romance--a Red Danger Signal... sign in title-page pic: Presented by Matsumoto Izumi --------------------------------------------------- p 150 (148) 1 [Hikaru stands meekly and politely at the entryway to the Kasuga apartment. Kyousuke stands embarrassed nearby, and his sisters stand and watch.] narration: Today Hikaru-chan came over... 2 narration: It was nothing. I ran into her near my house... Hikaru: [bowing to the twins] S-sorry to intrude. Hikaru FX: 3 [Kyousuke leads Hikaru to his room.] narration: ...but, when I asked her if she'd like to stop by, she actually came with me. 4 [Kurumi and Manami stand outside the slightly-ajar door.] Kurumi: Hey hey, Manami-chan, haven't we seen her someplace before? Manami: You know, the day we first transferred schools, behind the gym? 5 [View pans back to show that Manami carries a tray of coffee.] Kurumi: Oh, yeah! She's that bully! Manami: Shhh! She'll hear you! 6 Manami: But, somehow, she doesn't seem as scary as the last time. --------------------------------------------------- p 151 (149) 1 [Inside the room, Kyousuke and Hikaru sit down on the edge of his bed.] Hikaru: [looking about] Hmm... This is my first time in a guy's bedroom. 2 [Kurumi sticks her head in around the edge of the door and stares.] Kurumi contemplation FX: 3 Kyousuke: [exploding out the door] Kurumi, don't you still have homework?! Shouldn't you go do it?! Kurumi: [meekly trotting off] I was thinking of doing it now! 4 [Back inside his room, Kyousuke sits back down next to Hikaru. Manami has followed him in with the tray, which she sets down on a low table.] Kyousuke: [looking at his door] Grr! There's no privacy around here! Manami: [smiling at Hikaru] Here you go. Hikaru: [smiling back] Oh, thanks. 5 Manami: Congratulations, oniichan. I thought you were a late bloomer and I was worried... Finally, you've brought a girl home with you, huh? 6 Kyousuke: [exploding] MANAMI!! [Manami gives a cute smile over her shoulder as she exits.] Manami: Please stay for a while. --------------------------------------------------- p 152 (150) 1 Kyousuke: [looking at the door] Sheesh, with those two... Hikaru: [smiling merrily] But, I'm jealous because I'm a single child... 2 Kyousuke: [reaching for the sugar] Oh, this is home-ground coffee. How much sugar? Hikaru: [also reaching for the sugar] Oh, I'll do it. 3 [Their hands touch...] 4 [...and they lock eyes... Kyousuke gives a fish-out-of-water look. Hikaru is unflustered.] Kyousuke heartbeat FX: Hikaru: Oh? 5 Kyousuke: [blushing, quickly looking away] Ah! Manami forgot to bring out the cake! Hikaru: [thoughtful] .......... 6 narration: Come to think of it, this is the first time I let a girl in my room! Hikaru edging-closer FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 153 (151) 1 Kyousuke: [embarrassed] Sh-shall we listen to a tape? I only have rock music, but... narration: When it's just two people like this... Kyousuke edging-away FX: [Hikaru blushes, looking a bit hurt, and thinks dark thoughts.] 2 [She sips her coffee, and Kyousuke peeks over at her.] narration: ...I become aware that Hikaru-chan is, after all, a girl... 3 [Kyousuke relaxes and they chat without tension.] narration: To think that such a little thing like this would later turn into such an awful matter... 4 [From high overhead we look down on the sidewalk in front of the Kasuga apartment building. Kyousuke waves good-bye to the departing Hikaru.] Hikaru: Sayonaraaa! Hope I wasn't too much of a bother! --------------------------------------------------- p 154 (152) 1 [The sign outside classroom 1-C.] 2 [Three girls chat. Kurumi listens in.] girl 1: So, Kazumi said she dreamt of sleeping in his bed. girl 2: Oh, you're kidding. That's dirty...! 3 Kurumi: My brother was on his bed with a girl yesterday. [The girls turn to stare at her.] 4 girls FX: 5 girl 2: [aghast] K-Kurumi! Is that the truth?! Wh-who with? A girl from this school? Kurumi: With Hikaru from classroom B. 6 girls: How daring!! 7 girl 1: Isn't Hikaru of classroom B that punk girl? girl 2: Yeah, she looks like the type. 8 [Hikaru walks past the sliding glass windows in the hall outside the class.] 9 [The three girls stick their heads out into the hall, watching the retreating back of Hikaru.] girl 3: But don't you think she's changed recently? girl 2: Yeah! She's a lot quieter now. girl 1: I'm sure it's because she's got herself a guy. --------------------------------------------------- p 155 (153) 1 [The school rumor-mill starts working overtime...] girl 4: So, Hikaru from classroom B together with Kurumi's brother... girl 5: Ehhh! In bed...! 2 [In the hall...] boy 1: So then Hikaru was at the home of Kurumi's older brother...! boy 2: Eh? Is that true?! 3 [In the girls locker room.] girl 6: Say, have you heard?! About Hikaru, the first-year girl?! girl 7: Whaaaat?! Returning from an overnight stay with Kasuga-kun?! 4 [Kyousuke's pov of Komatsu.] Komatsu: What's this? Kyousuke, you're so tight-lipped. You could have confided in me, your close friend, couldn't you?! 5 [They sit, facing each other, eating/drinking at their desks.] Komatsu: But really. Despite your appearance, you're an amazing guy. I mean, doing "C"... Kyousuke soda-spew FX: [Incidentally, Kyousuke is drinking--err, spewing--something called "Mets". Komatsu has the ever-popular "Pocari Sweat".] 6 Kyousuke: [blushing/horrified] Wh-whaaaat?! 7 Kyousuke: [standing] Hey, what the heck did you mean by that?! Komatsu: [smiling] Now now, don't try to hide it. Everyone in school is talking about you and that girl. --------------------------------------------------- p 156 (154) 1 [He shouts and points at himself.] Kyousuke: Ehhh?! I shared a bed all night with Hikaru-chan?! 2 [He realizes where he is, slaps a hand over his mouth, and surreptitiously looks at a gaggle of girls off to one side.] Kyousuke: Ah! girls FX: 3 Komatsu: [smiling] So, how was it?! How did it feel to become a man? Kyousuke: U-uh...! 4 Kyousuke: [royally pissed] Cut it out! I didn't do "C"! 5 classmates FX: 6 [Madoka stands, slamming down the top of her desk.] Madoka FX: 7 [Kyousuke looks on with horror and embarrassment.] narration: Oo-oops! Ayukawa was listening too!! --------------------------------------------------- p 157 (155) 1 [Madoka portrait--angry glare.] 2 Kyousuke: [thrown for a loop] Aaahh...! 3 [Madoka stalks off.] Madoka footsteps FX: 4 door FX: narration: Uh-oh! 5 narration: C-can't be... It's all a misunderstanding... 6 Hatta: Hikaru? Isn't she that delinquent in the 1st-year class? [Kyousuke sits at his desk, turning his back on Hatta and Komatsu.] Kyousuke: [indignantly] Hikaru-chan isn't a delinquent! 7 Komatsu: [reclining in his seat, hands behind head] I see. Love between a married couple is so touching! Kyousuke: [rising in fury] Who's married?!! --------------------------------------------------- p 158 (156) 1 Hatta: If you want to talk about delinquents, I heard a rumor that even Ayukawa's doing wild things... 2 Hatta: I heard this from a friend... You know the hotel in front of the station? 3 [Kyousuke portrait--speechless.] Hatta: [off] Saturday night Ayukawa went into that hotel with a middle-aged man. 4 [He visualizes Madoka entering a hotel with a smiling, balding middle-aged man. Both look back over their shoulders.] narration: H-hotel? Together with a middle-aged man?! 5 Kyousuke: Th-that...can't be... 6 [Hikaru leans into the classroom, smiling and waving. Kyousuke sweats.] Hikaru: Hi, Darling!! Kyousuke heartbeat FX: Komatsu: Oh! Speak of the devil... 7 Kyousuke: [turning angrily at Komatsu] I'm telling you there's nothing there between us! Komatsu: Yeah, yeah. Invite us to the wedding. 8 [Kyousuke thoughtfully and irritatedly scratches his head.] narration: Really, though! Who was the one who spread around a rumor like that...?! --------------------------------------------------- p 159 (157) 1 [Exterior shot of a school building.] 2 [We look down at Kyousuke and Hikaru as they talk under a tree.] Kyousuke: Hey, have you heard the rumor about us...? It's quite a nuisance, isn't it. 3 Hikaru: It doesn't really bother me! 4 Kyousuke: Eh?! 5 Hikaru: I mean, because of this, our relationship has become officially recognized by everyone at school. I'm even happy about this. 6 Kyousuke: B-but they're saying terrible lies like that... Doesn't it make you mad? [Hikaru's eyes grow wide.] 7 Hikaru: [sadly] Sempai, you don't like me, do you? 8 [Kyousuke is embarrassed and he forces a grin.] Kyousuke: How could I not like a cute girl like you! Kyousuke: No way! Ha ha. --------------------------------------------------- p 160 (158) 1 [Hikaru gives the expected response...] Hikaru FX: Hikaru: Really?! I'm so happy!! 2 [She gets comfortable and contented, up flush against his body.] Kyousuke: J-just a minute, Hikaru-chan! This isn't a good idea. 3 [Many heads peer out from behind trees.] girl: Oh! In a place like this... 4 Komatsu: But, he has such luck... So popular with the girls. Hatta: I'm so jealous of him! 5 [Kyousuke's face goes flush, and he begins to look ill.] narration: Ah, it doesn't matter any more! 6 [His face returns to normal, but his thoughts start to wander.] narration: But considering I got so excited in my room, over just a brief touch of our hands, now, even though we're this close together, I don't feel much of anything... 7 [Hikaru pulls back slightly to look up at him in puzzlement. He looks back down at her.] narration: Strange! I wonder if it's just that I don't dislike her, but that I don't necessarily like her either... Hikaru: ? --------------------------------------------------- p 161 (159) 1 [Exterior shot of the school.] narration: But, Ayukawa went into a hotel with a middle-aged man... I wonder if Hikaru-chan knows about that? 2 [Hikaru clings to one arm and smiles off to the side.] narration: But I can't be asking her that. 3 Kyousuke: (Come to think of it, I have heard about that. I suppose it's a "love hotel" or something...) Kyousuke FX: 4 [He visualizes Madoka and middle-aged sugar-daddy again...] narration: Then Ayukawa... 5 [He visualizes a nude Madoka, concealing her body behind a translucent veil. Naturally, his nose forcibly jets out about a pint of blood.] caption: Adult relations! 6 [He goes down like a frozen cod.] Kyousuke FX: Hikaru: [aghast] AH! SEMPAI! --------------------------------------------------- p 162 (160) 1 [Exterior shot of a school building.] school bell FX: 2 [View looking down at Madoka, who walks on a path on school grounds.] 3 [She visualizes Kyousuke from panel 156-4.] Kyousuke flashback: I didn't do "C"! 4 Madoka: [walking off] (Somehow, I'm too tired to go to afternoon class...!) (I'll pretend to be sick and go sleep in the health room.) 5 sign: Health Room 6 Hikaru: [sitting at Kyousuke's bedside] (What happened to him? He suddenly collapsed...) 7 [Kyousuke dreams about Madoka and middle-aged guy entering a hotel back in panel 158-4.] narration: Going into a hotel with a middle-aged guy... --------------------------------------------------- p 163 (161) 1 Kyousuke: [still unconscious] Uhnnnn... Hikaru: [leaning over him] Oh, he's coming to. 2 Kyousuke: [opening his eyes] N-no... Kyousuke FX: 3 [He sits up suddenly, grabbing Hikaru in a fervent hug.] Kyousuke: (No, Ayukawa! Don't do it!) Kyousuke FX: 4 [Someone walks in at just that instant.] door FX: 5 [View pans back to show Madoka at the door, looking on at Kyousuke and Hikaru hugging at bedside.] 6 Kyousuke: [seeing Madoka] Ah! 7 [Madoka portrait--blushing in absolute shock.] --------------------------------------------------- p 164 (162) 1 [She exits, slamming the door behind her.] Madoka: [off] Excuse me! door FX: Kyousuke: W-wait! 2 Kyousuke: Wh-what will I do? 3 [Hikaru gazes deep into his eyes.] Hikaru: D-Darling, you care about me that much... Kyousuke: Huh? 4 [Kyousuke sits on the edge of the bed, as Hikaru wraps her arms around his neck.] Hikaru: I'm so happy!! narration: I've been completely misunderstood! Jeez! 5 Madoka: [walking out the school gate] (That is going a bit too far.) 6 [A solid black panel. I guess this is supposed to denote the passage of some time...] 7 [Kyousuke sits in dejection at his desk. Komatsu grins and gives him a friendly slap on the back.] Komatsu: Hi, Kyousuke. How's your wife doing? Komatsu pat FX: 8 Komatsu: Fortunate husband, there's a visitor for yoo-oo-ou... Kyousuke: Shut up already! --------------------------------------------------- p 165 (163) 1 Manami: [poking her head around the corner of the door] Oniichan. 2 [Manami presents a folded handkerchief to her brother.] Manami: You forgot your handkerchief. Kyousuke: [smiling] What's this? Manami... 3 Komatsu: [grinning] Oniisan is in big trouble, huh? Such an awful rumor going about. 4 Manami: [a bit appalled] Oh, that thing, hmm? I don't really understand how it turned out like this, but all Hikaru-san did was visit our house in the afternoon. 5 Komatsu: [wide-eyed] B-but I heard that Hikaru-chan and Kyousuke were in bed together... 6 Manami: That's Kurumi's fault. They were just sitting on the bed, like a chair... 7 [The entire class gathers, wide-eyed.] Komatsu: What?! Hatta: They were sitting on the bed... --------------------------------------------------- p 166 (164) 1 Komatsu: I-I knew something was wrong. Hatta: I didn't think Kasuga would do a thing like that either... Kyousuke: Of course not! 2 Kyousuke: [plotting vengeance] (B-but as for Kurumi...) class: Wah-ha-ha-ha! 3 Kyousuke: [lighthearted smile] (But, oh well... Since the misunderstanding was cleared up, it's okay!) Kyousuke: Whew! 4 narration: Oh, yeah. 5 narration: Did Ayukawa hear the conversation just now?! 6 Kyousuke: [looking over at her empty desk] (It seems she went home. So she still misunderstands.) 7 narration: And more than anything, I'm worried about Ayukawa's rumor... --------------------------------------------------- p 167 (165) 1 [Exterior night shot of the Kasuga apartment building.] 2 [View looking down at Kyousuke, who lies back on his bed, staring up at the ceiling.] 3 Manami: [off] Quit talking so long on the phone, Kurumiii. 4 [An idea pops into his head.] 5 Kyousuke: That's it! Kyousuke sitting-up FX: 6 [Madoka lies on her front on her bed, reading a magazine.] 7 phone FX: 8 [She looks up, but makes no effort to move.] phone FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 168 (166) 1 [Kyousuke holds the receiver.] narration: 10 rings... 11... 2 [Madoka continues to ignore the phone.] phone FX: 3 Kyousuke: [fervent flash thought] (Please answer!!) 4 Madoka: Hello? phone FX: Kyousuke: [off] Hello, Ayukawa? This is Kasuga Kyousuke! 5 [Madoka registers great surprise.] 6 Madoka: [off] What? Calling me at this hour! What do you want?! Kyousuke: I want you to listen without a word to what I'm going to say. 7 [She takes the phone back to the bed with her.] Kyousuke: [off] That rumor at school about me and Hikaru-chan... Madoka: I'm busy right now... Kyousuke: [off] ...is all a lie. 8 [She sits down on her bed.] Kyousuke: [off] She came over, but all we did was drink tea and talk. That rumor was because of my sister Kurumi... --------------------------------------------------- p 169 (167) 1 Kyousuke: [off] At the health room I was half-asleep and I hugged Hikaru-chan as you came in... 2 Madoka: [off] You're a strange guy. You bothered to call me just for that? Kyousuke: U-uh... A-Ayukawa, were you out on the town Saturday night?! 3 [Madoka face eases into a gentle smile.] 4 Madoka: Huh? That day, for the first time in a long while, I was invited out by my father. 4/5 narration: I cleared up the misunderstanding and finally got to talk to Ayukawa... 5 [Kyousuke smiles.] Madoka: [off] We went out together for dinner at a hotel... Was there anything wrong with that? 6/7 [In panel 6, Kyousuke stands and talks on the phone. In panel 7, Madoka sits on her bed, pulls her knees up and plays with the phone cord as she smiles and talks.] narration: Still... ...people's rumors are scary! ---------------------------------------------------