"Ticket Trouble!" Volume 3, Story 2 WB Volume 2, Story 3 Written and illustrated by Izumi Matsumoto Translation by Craig H. Nishida Compilation by Spencer C. Hastings Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose Craig Nishida Spencer Hastings Andrew Wilson Station Zebra Last revision : 7-3-94 NOTE: [WBp#'s are printed first, Normal manga pages in parenthesis()] NOTE: Translation is done from the WB manga. So there may be a few extra's to those of you not having them. Example: (The subtitles on page 49 (27) are only in the WB'S!) ____________________________________________________________ p 49 (27)--TITLE PAGE [Full-panel pic of Madoka standing in near-profile, hair tied back and up. Behind her lies the ocean at sunset.] MAIN TITLE (at top) Ticket Trouble! SUB-TITLE (at bottom) Evening Calm. Paradise. Rosy Sunset. Hair Combed Back. Melancholy! --------------------------------------------------- p 50 (28) 1 [exterior shot of school] narration: Only 3 more days until summer vacation. top part of sign: High... 2 [the sign outside classroom 1-B] 3 [Hikaru stands smiling at her desk, lunch stack in hand.] Hikaru: (Well... It's finally here! Lunchtime!) Hikaru FX: 4 Hikaru: (Even if I say so myself, today's lunch is pretty good... It had better be, since I got up at 4 AM to make it!) 5 Hikaru: (Surely, Darling will be happy with it, too.) FX: 6 [Behind Hikaru, 2 desks away, four of her female classmates are chatting. Hikaru eavesdrops.] Girl #1 (with glasses): Oh wow, Momoko! Going on a club retreat with Hatta-kun?! Girl #2: Ooohh..... the perfect chance for a first kiss. Girl #3: Hey hey! You want the guys to hear? --------------------------------------------------- p 51 (29) 1 Momoko: [blushing & cringing] Whaaat! That's why he's taking me!? Girl #1: Don't be like that, Momoko.You must give him that chance! 2 Girl #1: Don't worry. If he really likes you he'll probably just try to kiss you once or twice. Girl #3: Wow, "etchii" <"H"!!> 3 [Wheels start grinding in Hikaru's head.] 4 [Hikaru turns to look at the lunch she holds.] 5 Hikaru: [thoughtful] (What about Darling taking me on a trip!! Surely...) narration: If he really liked me he certainly would have kissed me by now. 6 Hikaru: [flashback!] "You must give him that chance!" 7 narration: That's true. I must give Darling the chance, right? Hikaru: (But how...?) --------------------------------------------------- p 52 (30) 1 [exterior shot of Hiyama residence] sign: Hiyama 2 [Home from school, Hikaru sits at the kitchen table eating cookies. Her mom works at the sink.] Hikaru: [finding 2 coupons] Huh! What's this? 3 Hikaru: "2 people, 1 couple--seaside lodging coupon" Hikaru FX: 4 Mrs. Hiyama: I won it at a department store lottery, but I'll give it to you if you want it. Hikaru: Hey... "Ooshima Beach, 2 nights, 3 days..." 5 Hikaru: Wow, "Ooshima Beach"! That's where Madoka-san promised to go with me. Mrs. Hiyama: Oh! Then that's great, isn't it? You can go for free. 6 Hikaru: Y-yeah... Hikaru FX: narration: Oh, we said we were going someday, but we never did decide exactly when. --------------------------------------------------- p 53 (31) 1 Hikaru: [picking up the telephone] Okay, I'll call and decide now. 2 Hikaru: (Wait...) 3 Hikaru: [flashback!] "You must give him that chance!" narration: THAT'S IT!! 4 narration: I'll give these coupons to Darling! Hikaru: Surely this is the chance!! 5 Hikaru: It says, "2 people, 1 couple" but it's also good for just one person alone... Well, all right. I'll go on ahead and wait for Darling to come, and then give him a nice surprise. 6 [Hikaru daydreams in panels 6-7] Hikaru: [in bikini at beach] Darling! I've been waiting for you. Kyousuke: Hikaru-chan! Hikaru FX: 7 [Kyousuke and Hikaru embrace] Hikaru: I'm so happy you came after all! Kyousuke: Well, of course! --------------------------------------------------- p 54 (32) 1 [exterior shot of school building] Kyousuke: [off] Ehh! Really? I can have these?!? 2 [Kyousuke and Hikaru stand in the school courtyard] Kyousuke: [sweating] But there's two of them... Kyousuke FX: Hikaru FX: 3 Hikaru: It's okay. It turns out I won't need them. 4 [She leans in close] Kyousuke: But aren't you going...? Hikaru: Please be sure and go, okay? I'll be waiting!! 5 [She runs off] Hikaru: [over her shoulder] No matter what happens, I'll be waiting for you! 6 Kyousuke: [wide-eyed] "Wait"...? 7 Hikaru: (After all this... I'm sure Darling will come!) --------------------------------------------------- p 55 (33) 1 Kyousuke: That's weird. If she's not going, why would she wait for me? 2 [Kyousuke walks down the hall, outside classroom 3-A] Kyousuke: (I was so certain Hikaru-chan was going, too... I'm a little disappointed. I guess she has other things to do.) 3 [He looks in the class and sees Komatsu, Hatta and some other guy] Kyousuke: (I wonder who else I should ask.) 4 Kyousuke: [walking down the hall] (Going with another guy would be a waste of time!) 5 [At home, Kyousuke looks at his sisters as they sit together in the living room] Kyousuke: (Taking just one would leave the other one feeling bad.) (And letting the two go alone would be far too dangerous.) 6 Kyousuke: [smiling] So then... Of course... Kyousuke FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 56 (34) 1 [exterior shot of ABCB] 2 [Madoka in her ABCB apron stands and stares wide-eyed at the 2 coupons she holds in her hand.] 3 Kyousuke: [sweating] (W-wait... Maybe I'm being too forward.) 4 Madoka: Is this for overnight!? 5 Kyousuke: Eh! Ah! Yes!! B-but.. Kyousuke FX: 6 Kyousuke: I'm sure the rooms are separate. Besides, Hikaru... 7 Kyousuke: [flash thought!] (Oh no.) 8 Kyousuke: [sweating, embarrassed] I mean, light off the sea is so dazzling. Madoka: What's that have to do with... --------------------------------------------------- p 57 (35) 1 Kyousuke: I mean, uh, that... 2 Madoka: Are we the only ones going? 3 Kyousuke: O-of course! Just the two of us!! 4 Madoka: [dropping her gaze] Well... 5 [Kyousuke sweats--the suspense is killing him...] 6 Madoka: [smiling] All right. I'll go! Kyousuke: REALLY!! 7 [Madoka facial portrait--slight flush with small tender smile...] 8 [Ditto for Kyousuke...] --------------------------------------------------- p 58 (36) 1 [Madoka arrives home] phone FX: 2 Madoka: Yes. Ah, Hikaru? 3 Madoka: Huh? I promised to go to the beach with you!? 4 Madoka: (Oh yeah. I did promise to go with her a long time ago.) 5 Hikaru: That's why I'm calling-- I want to set a firm date to go. 6 [a grey panel with overlaid speech bubble] Madoka: [off] WHAT! THE FIRST SUNDAY IN AUGUST!? 7 Madoka: [sweating & reading the coupon she holds in her hand] H-hold on! (Wouldn't you know it's the same day that Kasuga-kun and I are going!) 8 [Madoka thinks about it, and doesn't look happy.] --------------------------------------------------- p 59 (37) 1 narration: I'm sorry, Hikaru! Madoka: [eyes downcast] ...That day is a bit bad for me... 2 Hikaru: [off] Oh, and great news-- Kasuga-sempai is coming too. But that's okay, right? Madoka: What! Kasuga-kun! 3 [Madoka is wide-eyed...] 4 [...and soon shows her irritation] 5 narration: That jerk invited me to go alone with him while all along he intended to go to the beach with Hikaru!? Kyousuke: [flashback] Of course just the two of us!! 6 Madoka: [looking thoughtful and perhaps a bit lost] Just the two of us... --------------------------------------------------- p 60 (38) 1 Madoka FX: Ha! Hikaru: [off] Hello...? Madoka-san, what's wrong? 2 narration: But it's not Hikaru's fault. Madoka: Okay. Let's go. 3 phone FX: 4 [Madoka takes the coupon in her hand...] 5 coupon FX: [...but she stops halfway as...] phone FX: 6 Madoka: [angry] HELLO!! 7 Yuusaku: [off] Oh, s-sorry. I dialed the wrong number. Madoka: Oh, Yuu-kun!! 8 Yuusaku: [staring in wonder at the receiver in his hand] (Oh! That woman was Madoka-san?!) --------------------------------------------------- p 61 (39) 1 Yuusaku: Uh. When are you going with Hikaru-chan to the beach? 2 Madoka: Oh my. As usual, when it comes to Hikaru you sure have quick ears, huh, Yuu-kun? 3 Yuusaku: Eh! No... That is... Yuusaku FX: 4 [Madoka stares at the partly-ripped coupon in her hand.] Madoka: "!" 5 Madoka: [smiling] That's right. Do you want to go, too? 6 Yuusaku: Y-YES! Of course...! 7 Madoka: Then I'll give you something, and you can go to the beach with Hikaru. narration: Anyway, I'm going to give this coupon to Yuu-kun. After all, that irresponsible jerk gave this to me! Who'd go with him!? --------------------------------------------------- p 62 (40) 1 [On the street, a grinning Kyousuke makes his way to the train station.] narration: I'm looking forward to this. Kyousuke: (But... I can't believe she actually said okay.) 2 [Kyousuke fantasizes about a bikini-clad Madoka frolicking in the surf.] narration: Alone with Ayukawa at the beach... 3 narration: Narrow waist. Long, slender legs! 4 narration: And a yet-unseen, well-rounded chest! 5 Kyousuke: (Ah! "Both ecstacy and anxiety are mine." --Osamu Dazai*) <* Translation & cultural note: Kyousuke here is quoting a fragment of a Japanese love poem written by Osamu Dazai. Here is the fragment that he cites, in romaji: koukotsu to with ecstasy FUAN no futatsu anxiety between two ware ni ari is mine Japanese poetry occurs in alternate lines of 5- and 7-syllables, ending in a 7-syllable line.> Kyousuke: [laughing] Yeah, right! <...in reference to the untranslated poem above.> 6 narration: But the ecstasy waiting for me on the train was... 7 Kyousuke: (Oh, there's the seat...And there she is.) --------------------------------------------------- p 63 (41) 1 Kyousuke: [reaching the seat] Were you waiting long, Ayukawa? 2 Kyousuke: [stunned] ..........! 3 [Yuusaku is aghast] 4 [shot is a view down-the-aisle as passengers turn at the commotion] Kyousuke & Yuusaku: [off] WHAT!! 5 Yuusaku: W-what are you doing here!?! Kyousuke: H-hey! That's my line! 6 Yuusaku: (Why is this jerk here instead of Hikaru-chan?!) Kyousuke: (Why is this guy here instead of Ayukawa?!) 7 Yuusaku: [storming past Kyousuke] I'm getting off! Yuusaku FX: Yuusaku: I'm not riding with you! 8 Kyousuke: [following] I'm leaving too! narration: If Ayukawa isn't coming there's no point in going. Yuusaku's T-shirt (kanji): Imperial Sea Turtle Shadow Co. newspaper headline: "Championship Battleground Finale!" --------------------------------------------------- p 64 (42) 1 [The train doors shut in Yuusaku's face.] Door FX: Kyousuke & Yuusaku: AH! 2 [exterior shot of speeding train] FX: 3 [They return to their seats] Yuusaku: I'm getting off at the next stop. Kyousuke: Same here! FX: 4 Pretty girl: [to Yuusaku] Excuse me, are these seats taken? 5 Kyousuke & Yuusaku: Eh! 6 Kyousuke & Yuusaku: [smiling] Oh, please, please. [Two girls take the seats that face them.] 7 Conductor: [off] Next stop! 8 Kyousuke: Aren't you getting off? Yuusaku: [blushing] I think I'll get off at the next stop! --------------------------------------------------- p 65 (43) 1 [shot of the beach--girls everywhere!] narration: And after all is said and done... 2 [Kyousuke and Yuusaku stand and watch 2 girls playing in the water.] narration: ...I end up coming to the beach with a guy...! 3 [Both blush at the view and break out in tiny smiles.] FX: 4 [They look at each other...] 5 [...and both spin in opposite directions, heading down the beach.] Kyousuke & Yuusaku: (Feh! I'm not going to do anything with this jerk!) FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 66 (44) 1 [aerial view looking down at the beach] 2 [From down the beach behind Kyousuke, Hikaru sees him.] Kyousuke: (But if it's gonna be like this, it would've been better to have come here with Hikaru-chan.) 3 [She covers his eyes from behind.] Kyousuke: WAH!! Hikaru: Guesssss who? 4 Kyousuke: [blushing, sweating] H-Hikaru-chan!! Hikaru: You came after all. 5 Hikaru: I'm so happy. I was sure you'd come... 6 Kyousuke: [flustered and wide-eyed] "Come"? W-what! I thought you said "you'll be waiting." 7 Kyousuke: Oh!! narration: So she meant "waiting at the beach"!! --------------------------------------------------- p 67 (45) 1 [Hikaru quietly and contentedly clings to Kyousuke's arm as they make their way down the beach.] Hikaru FX: 2 [We get Kyousuke's point of view as if looking down at Hikaru looking up at him.] Hikaru FX: 3 [She rests her cheek on his shoulder. Kyousuke blushes and starts to melt like the ball of wax he is...] Hikaru FX: Kyousuke FX: 4 Kyousuke: (But this isn't the same Hikaru-chan--she's so quiet and well-behaved... Not bold or too forward.) 5 [cut over to...] Yuusaku: [seeing someone ahead] "!" 6 Yuusaku: Madoka-san! Madoka: Oh, Yuu-kun! 7 Yuusaku: Uh... Is Hikaru-chan here? Madoka: Looks like she went the other way. 8 Yuusaku: (W-what if she's with that jerk.) Madoka: [turning] C'mon, I'll show you where we're staying. --------------------------------------------------- p 68 (46) 1 [Madoka stops in surprise.] narration: Ah! 2 [Kyousuke and Hikaru continue along the beach, oblivious to what's ahead.] Hikaru: Say, Darling. From now on, we'll always be together. 3 Kyousuke: Y-yeah... Hikaru: [clinging to his arm again] I'm so happy. 4 [She rests her head against his shoulder and he smiles.] narration: Being with this sort of Hikaru-chan isn't bad at all. 5 [Kyousuke looks up; shock registers on his face.] 6 Hikaru: Hey! 7 narration: A-Ayukawa...! --------------------------------------------------- p 69 (47) 1 [shot of Yuusaku and Madoka--Yuusaku is furious, Madoka is pissed.] 2 Hikaru: Oh! Yuusaku!? Kyousuke: (Oh! Better move away...!) Kyousuke FX: 3 [Another shot of Yuusaku and Madoka--Yuusaku has advanced a step further to "homicidal rage", Madoka is still rather unhappy.] 4 Kyousuke: [brightly] You came! 5 [Closeup of Madoka's expression--she's having none of that!] 6 Kyousuke: [sweating] Eh. 7 narration: Why does she look so angry? Did I...do something wrong?! --------------------------------------------------