Kimagure Orange Road "Alcohol Blues" Volume 2, Story 4 WB Volume 1, Story 12 Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi Translation by : Craig H. Nishida Compilation by : Spencer C. Hastings Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose Craig Nishida Spencer Hastings Ramon Galindo Wes Shull Gary Kacmarcik Scott Henry Last revision : 02-07-95 Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? Please send them to: kor-trans@gnu.ai.mit.edu NOTE: WBp#'s are printed first, Normal manga pages in parenthesis() NOTE: Translation is done from both the normal and WB manga, so there may be a few extras to those of you not having one or the other. Example: The subtitles on page 259 (73) are only in the WB's! --------------------------------------------------- p 259 (73)--TITLE PAGE [Kyousuke and Madoka appear to walk on top of this panel (i.e., as though the panel was a floor). It is a night view looking up at a lit skyscraper.] MAIN TITLE (at top) Alcohol Blues SUB-TITLE (at bottom) Silvery Stars Glittering in the Night Sky... A Silhouette of a Wonderful Love! --------------------------------------------------- p 260 (74) 1 [Exterior view of the Komatsu residence.] sign: Komatsu 2 [In Komatsu's bedroom, Kyousuke sits and looks about.] Kyousuke: Wow! You live in a pretty nice place. Komatsu: Not really. 3 [Kyousuke looks back at the huge poster of Hori Chiemi on the wall above Komatsu's bed.] Kyousuke: Humongous poster. poster writing: Drawing copyright, Assistant H , hmm? --Chiemi Kyousuke: The fan club is really worth joining, huh. Komatsu: [smirking] I had a tough time getting my hands on it! 4 [Komatsu flings his arms across the poster of Chiemi-chan.] Komatsu: So there's no way I'll give it up! Kyousuke: Nobody said anything about "giving"!! 5 [A thought strikes Komatsu...] Komatsu: Hmm... 6 Komatsu: For some reason, you don't seem interested in this sort of thing. Considering the fact that you're a junior high student, don't you think that's unhealthy? Kyousuke: [clenching his teeth] (Taking outrageous shots at me.) --------------------------------------------------- p 261 (75) 1 Kyousuke: It's not that I'm uninterested, but... Komatsu: Oh, I see. 2 Komatsu: [grinning] That's right. You already have... Kyousuke: Wh-what? 3 Komatsu: But... Is a delinquent that nice? I can't possibly imagine that it is. 4 [Kyousuke, visualizing the lovely Madoka, smiles and blushes slightly.] narration: Is he talking about Ayukawa? Kyousuke: Ah? 5 Kyousuke: [indignant] That girl you're thinking about isn't such a delinquent. 6 Komatsu: But despite the fact that she's a first-year, she's rather cheeky...! Kyousuke: First year? 7 Kyousuke: Isn't she in the same class as us? Komatsu: Why would Hiyama Hikaru? Isn't she a first-year? --------------------------------------------------- p 262 (76) 1 [He visualizes a radiant Hikaru-chan.] Kyousuke: EH?! Hikaru-chan? 2 Komatsu: Whaaat?! You have someone else?! 3 Kyousuke: Eh? No, not really... narration: That's right. I completely forgot about Hikaru-chan! 4 Kyousuke: But I'm not going out with Hikaru-chan... Komatsu: Quit hiding, quit hiding! 5 [A shot of Komatsu's stereo deck.] Komatsu: [off] But I tell you, Kasuga... Whether it's with Hikaru or Ayukawa, if you keep being friendly you're going to get into big trouble. 6 Komatsu: After all, Ayukawa used to be... Kyousuke: Eh? Wh-what? Ayukawa was what? 7 Mrs. Komatsu: [off] Seijiii! Dinner's ready. Komatsu: Thank you. Can you bring it to me? 8 Komatsu: Well... Nowadays it's sure a wonder that she seems so well-behaved... Oh yeah. Since you're here, stay and have dinner. Kyousuke: .......... --------------------------------------------------- p 263 (77) 1 [Evening shot of the buildings downtown as seen from the sidewalk.] 2 [Kyousuke walks home.] 3 narration: I've been able to be a bit more friendly with Ayukawa lately... 4 [He visualizes Madoka.] narration: But, I don't know a thing about Ayukawa's past!! 5 narration: And yet... Just then, why did Ayukawa and not Hikaru-chan immediately come to mind? 6 voice: [off] Kasuga-kun! 7 Kyousuke: [turning to look] EH?! --------------------------------------------------- p 264 (78) 1 [It's Madoka in shorts and shirt.] 2 Kyousuke: Huh? But today's Sunday. Aren't you working at ABCB? Madoka: [smiling] For reasons of his own, Master decided to close the place and take a day off! So, today's a holiday! I've got free time. 3 [His pov of Madoka as she looks at him.] Madoka: Children who play around these sorts of places get taken away by terrifying people. 4 Kyousuke: Oh, you're so cruel. I'm not a child. 5 Madoka: [bright-eyed] I'm okay! Because I'm brave. Kyousuke: [wincing] Yes, yes. I'm a brat. 6 [A view down the sidewalk.] Madoka: [off] On days that I don't have to work I usually hang around this neighborhood. Kyousuke: [off] That's just like you... Madoka: [off] What do you mean by that?! --------------------------------------------------- p 265 (79) 1 Kyousuke: [looking off-panel] Huh?! Madoka: What? 2 [A shot of the entrance to Disco Moebius.] Kyousuke: [off] That's the disco we went to before... Madoka: [off] Ohh, "Moebius"! 3 narration: The last time we came here... [Madoka grabs him by the wrist and heads for the entrance.] Madoka: Then, you wanna go dancing for a bit? Kyousuke: Eh?! 4 narration: I'd never even thought she'd get this close... Kyousuke: Wait a minute. [Madoka now has him grasped firmly around the arm and drags him off. A couple of pretty but tough-looking girls look on with irritation.] 5 brunette girl: Hey, hey. C'mon, you show-offs. You two over there! 6 [Madoka whips her head around to look sternly at them.] 7 both girls: [horrified] Arg! M-Madoka! --------------------------------------------------- p 266 (80) 1 blonde girl: Wh-what'll we do? Of all the people to mouth off to, it had to be her! L-let's run away! brunette: St-stupid. We can't retreat now! 2 [Kyousuke looks on in confusion.] narration: Wh-what's with these people...? 3 brunette: [gritting her teeth] L-long time no see, Madoka. 4 brunette: [sweating] Th-thought I hadn't seen you in a while. So this is what you were up to... You were famous for not taking up with a special guy. Inside your tough exterior you were like this, hmm... 5 [View of Kyousuke and Madoka. She has her eyes closed and seems a bit displeased. Kyousuke peeks at her, wide-eyed.] narration: Eh? Not take up with a special guy...?! 6 blonde: [to brunette] I-it seems to be all right. girls FX: brunette: G-good. I've gone this far, so I might as well go on. 7 brunette: Dating a cute kid tonight? 8 narration: K-kid?! Kyousuke FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 267 (81) 1 blonde: Kid, you better be careful around Madoka. 2 [Both Madoka and Kyousuke go wide-eyed with surprise.] Kyousuke: EH? 3 blonde: Madoka used to be really terrible...! brunette: Yeah, that's right. Listen well. 4 [Kyousuke portrait--he does a slow burn.] girls: [off] She did that sort of thing. She did this sort of thing. Etc., etc. 5 Kyousuke: [exploding] H-hey! Cut it out!! 6 Kyousuke: [yelling] You're being rude! Apologize! 7 Madoka: [surprised] Kasuga-kun! --------------------------------------------------- p 268 (82) 1 both girls: Whaaat?! Kyousuke: [still yelling] And I'm not a kid!! Madoka: [pulling him by the wrist] Let's go! 2 Kyousuke: Heyyy. 3 [Shot down the street at the brightly lit signs. Reading signs clockwise from large vertical one...] large vertical sign: Moriya Palace Play upstairs. Single admission fee. sign behind it: Hamamoto vertical signs: Ribbon street-level signs: Single admission fee. Games. Haircutting large horizontal sign: Game Center signs on left: The Great Court 4 [Isolated shot of their feet as they walk down the sidewalk.] 5 Kyousuke: Why didn't you talk back at them, Ayukawa?! Didn't that stuff they were saying make you angry? 6 [She looks back at him with a soft smile...] 7 [...and tosses her hair back.] Madoka: Kasuga-kun, you said enough for me. So it's okay, now. --------------------------------------------------- p 269 (83) 1 Madoka: [smiling] Right?! 2 Kyousuke: [taken aback slightly] Yeah... 3 [Kyousuke smiles.] narration: It's not that it doesn't bother me... But her past is her past! 4 [His dreamy pov of Madoka.] narration: She's not as bad a girl as Komatsu and those girls say she is! 5 [Shot across the street at a department store.] sign: Morning announcement: taxi: [on top] Japan [on side] Japan Taxi --------------------------------------------------- p 270 (84) 1 [Isolated shot of a building and a streetlamp.] Kyousuke: [off] But... 2 Kyousuke: [in a huff] Still, I'm angry...! 3 Madoka: [patting him on the back] All right. Then there's only one thing to do at a time like this! Madoka hand FX: 4 Kyousuke: Huh? 5 [Exterior shot of the entrance to a cafe. The stairs lead down.] 6 [Closeup of 2 cocktails.] 7 [View pans back to show them seated at a table, drinks before them.] --------------------------------------------------- p 271 (85) 1 waitress: [smiling] Madoka, I haven't seen you in quite a while, hmm?! Madoka: That's because lately, I've also been working at ABCB! 2 waitress: Oh, then you're the competition. Madoka: Yup. We came to scout you out today. 3 Kyousuke: Do you come here often? Madoka: [resting cheek in hand, gazing gently at him] Sorta. 4 [Kyousuke reaches for his drink.] narration: But both she and the waitress seem to know each other... Kyousuke: Hmm. 5 [He drinks through the straw. Madoka still gazes raptly at him.] narration: Ayukawa really knows the world that I don't know! 6 [He stares down at his drink.] Kyousuke: [blushing] Huh? Th-this... 7 Madoka: How is it? Isn't it good?! --------------------------------------------------- p 272 (86) 1 Kyousuke: [wide-eyed] Yeah... B-but... Kyousuke FX: 2 Kyousuke: Does this, by any chance, have alcohol in it? 3 Madoka: It's all right! It only has a tiny bit. 4 Kyousuke: Oh. I see. 5 Kyousuke: [looking up at the ceiling] (W-well. It's okay. Just today...) 6 narration: My first taste of sake... narration: Perhaps it was because I was drinking with Ayukawa but there was no trace of the rumored bitterness, but rather, it even actually tasted sweet... That's scary! --------------------------------------------------- p 273 (87) 1 [Shot of the other patrons of the cafe. They turn to look at a commotion.] Kyousuke: [off] Excuuuuse me. 2 Kyousuke: [visibly sloshed] Yesss. This one tasted great! Can I have another...? 3 Madoka: Hey, are you all right? I think your eyes are starting to look glazed... 4 Kyousuke: Huh? 5 [A grey panel.] Kyousuke: [off] But... It's only my 6th glass...! Huh? 6 [His pov of Madoka, who has now blurred into two identical images. Both Madokas look back, wide-eyed.] 7 [He points at her.] Kyousuke: Wowww! Look, look, these are the two close Ayukawa sisters! Just like my Kurumi and Manami! Madoka: [nervous, forced smile] ..... Shall we go now? --------------------------------------------------- p 274 (88) 1 [Night view of residences and the starry sky.] Kyousuke: [off] Oops. 2 [Kyousuke stumbles along, supported by one arm over Madoka's shoulder.] Kyousuke FX: Madoka: Are you all right now?! 3 Kyousuke: [blitzed] I'm okay, I'm okay. This is nothing. I'm all riiiight! Madoka: (It looks as if mixing Kasuga-kun with alcohol was asking the impossible, after all...) 4 Kyousuke: [quieter now] Those folks a while back...! Your acquaintances? [Madoka's eyes widen.] 5 [View from behind them. She's also supporting him with her arm around his back.] Madoka: Kinda... 6 Kyousuke: [exploding] They really bug me! Calling me a kid! 7 Kyousuke: Somehow, little by little, I'm getting mad again! --------------------------------------------------- p 275 (89) 1 Madoka: [gently smiling] You should forget about those people. 2 Kyousuke: That's true, but... Why must I be called a kid!! 3 [View looking up at a streetlamp and the starry sky.] Kyousuke: [off] Besides... 4 Madoka: Besides...? 5 [Kyousuke twists out of her grasp.] Kyousuke: I-I don't like it. Kyousuke FX: Madoka: C-careful. narration: They're talking trash about Ayukawa! 6 Madoka: [wide-eyed] Oh brother. 7 [Kyousuke looks off to the side and starts talking--probably imagining he's talking to those 2 girls from earlier.] Kyousuke: Generally speaking, I hate delinquents the most...!! Kyousuke FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 276 (90) 1 [Madoka looks on without expression.] 2 Madoka: [stern gaze downcast] If that's so, then from your point-of-view, I'm a delinquent, too?! Kyousuke: [looking at her] Eh? 3 [Kyousuke lurches over backwards...] Madoka: Ah! Kyousuke FX: 4 [...then pitches forward into her arms.] Madoka: Heyyy, look out!! 5 Kyousuke: You're wrong... [Her eyes widen.] 6 [He pulls back to stare directly into her eyes.] --------------------------------------------------- p 277 (91) 1 [His left hand goes to her right shoulder. Madoka stares down at it in surprise.] 2 Kyousuke: [from 5-cm away] You're different from them! 3 [Closeup of his intent gaze.] 4 [Closeup of Madoka's wide-eyed expression.] 5 [View pans back to show Kyousuke leaning in for a kiss.] 6 [Fractured view looking straight up at a telephone pole and the starry sky.] FX: [off] Kyousuke: [off] Yelp! --------------------------------------------------- p 278 (92) 1 [Exterior shot of the Kasuga apartment building. The sun shines brightly.] 2 [He opens his bleary eyes...] Kyousuke: AH! 3 [...to see his two sisters leaning over and studying him. They are dressed in their school uniforms.] Kurumi: Oh! He's coming to! 4 Kyousuke: H-huh...?! Kyousuke sitting-up FX: Kyousuke: My room...? 5 Kyousuke: [grabbing his head] Ow-ow-ouch. Wh-what's this? What happened to me? 6 Kurumi: Oniichan, don't you remember anything? Manami: Of course not. He was so drunk yesterday! 7 [He sits on the edge of his bed, looking off-panel at his sisters who are apparently exiting the room.] Kurumi: [off] But, getting so totally drunk and still able to make it back home, hmm... Manami: [off] A junior high school student and here you are drinking alcohol! 8 Kyousuke: Oh, that's it. I was drinking with Ayukawa yesterday... --------------------------------------------------- p 279 (93) 1 [Now dressed for school, and carrying his schoolbag...] narration: But I don't remember much after that. 2 [Looking in a mirror, he sees that his right cheek has a mark on it.] Kyousuke: AH! 3 [He goes bug-eyed as it all comes back to him now.] narration: [flashback] You're different from them! Kyousuke FX: 4 [Panels 4-6 replay the attempted kiss sequence.] narration: That's right! Then I... 5 narration: In a moment of drunkenness, as I was about to kiss Ayukawa... 6 [He visualizes the Ayukawa Slap of the night before. She looks seriously pissed. Overlaid on this panel is Kyousuke's face. He has a horrified expression.] narration: That's terrible...! O-oh god!! narration: Ayukawa... Is she mad at me?! ---------------------------------------------------