"Fire Lure Love Song" Volume 3, Story 4 WB Volume 2, Story 5 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 Last revision : 7-1-94 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 93 (71) are only in the WB'S!) ____________________________________________________________ p 93 (71)--TITLE PAGE [Madoka and Kyousuke are caught in the glare of lights. Behind them Koto enters through a shoji door.] MAIN TITLE (at top) Fire Lure Love Song SUB-TITLE (at bottom) Fisherman's Fire Lures on the Beach Cast the Strange Summer Silhouette of a Beloved Lady with Long Black Hair onto a Shoji Door... --------------------------------------------------- p 94 (72) 1 [Six people sit and eat at a long table in the inn's dining room--girls on one side, boys on the other. Besides our gang of four, there sit at one end of the table a spooky-looking girl and some guy whose face we never see.] narration: Ever since we came here, there's been all kinds of confusion. But nonetheless the beach is the only place to be in the summer! 2 [Our four listen in as the girl speaks to her companion...] Spooky girl: I heard this a little while ago from the old lady innkeeper! 3 Spooky girl: It appears on this beach! Guy: What does? 4 Spooky girl: This! [She does an imitation of an undead.] 5 [shot of the four, sitting silent and wide-eyed] Guy: [off] Really?! narration: We were together at the inn, on what was supposed to be a cheerful evening, but... --------------------------------------------------- p 95 (73) 1 [The Koto of yesteryear stands in kimono near the sea.] the legend: Long, long ago, in this fishing village, there lived a beautiful girl named Koto. 2 the legend: Her beauty won her immediate fame. When this reached the attention of the lord of this land, he summoned her to him. 3 the legend: But Koto had a fiance--a young villager--and so the night before she was to go to the castle, they slipped out of the village, hand-in-hand. [Close-up of the ill-fated couple's clasped hands; in the background is a castle and the night sky.] 4 [cut to Kyousuke, Hikaru and Madoka, in rapt attention] Kyousuke FX: 5 the legend: But the lord found out, and in a blazing rage chased after them, finally cornering them on this cape. [Koto facial portrait overlaid on silhouettes of 3 torch-bearing soldiers.] --------------------------------------------------- p 96 (74) 1 the legend: The young man, trying to protect Koto, was shot through the chest by an arrow and fell to the sea. Upon seeing that, Koto became half-crazed and soon followed him, casting her body into the sea. [The soldiers stand at the edge of a cliff, looking down at the turbulent sea.] 2 the legend: They say that since then, on this beach at night when the fishermen light their fire torch lures, a beautiful but forlorn ghost appears... [Distant view of cliffs, sea, and torchlights on the horizon.] 3 [cut back to dining room at the inn] Spooky girl: ...and on her arm, there's supposed to be a scar she got when she threw herself from the cliff! 4 Kyousuke: [sweating] (Sh-shoot. Ghosts?... So spooky!) 5 Yuusaku [sweating]: (Man, that was pretty bad. I'm not gonna be able to go to the bathroom tonight.) 6 Hikaru: [brightly] Excuse me! Seconds, please!! --------------------------------------------------- p 97 (75) 1 Kyousuke: Hikaru-chan, aren't you scared? 2 Hikaru: About what? 3 Kyousuke: About the ghost; the spirit... 4 Hikaru: That stuff doesn't bother me! 5 Kyousuke: Hmmph. [He looks over at Madoka] Kyousuke FX: 6 Madoka: [sweating] W-what! Kyousuke: Oh, nothing. 7 Madoka: [looking a bit unnerved] But... 8 [Kyousuke stares at her, eyes wide] narration: Why does Ayukawa look so unhappy? --------------------------------------------------- p 98 (76) 1 [Kyousuke ambles down a hallway.] 2 Kyousuke: (Darn! Where was our room? They all look alike!) 3 Kyousuke: [opening a door] Is it this one? door FX: 4 [Caught in the light from the room, his eyes grow large at whatever he is seeing...] 5 [pov changes to view over-his-shoulder; we see a beautiful dark-haired woman sitting on the floor] 6 [closeup of the woman] --------------------------------------------------- p 99 (77) 1 Koto FX: 2 [Kyousuke sweats] Kyousuke FX: 3 [He stands in the hall, back against the now-closed door.] Kyousuke: I-I made a mistake! I'm sorry! door FX: 4 Kyousuke: (Wow! There's a beauty like that staying here?) (But she has such awfully pale skin.) 5 [Later, Yuusaku is stopped in the hallway...] Koto: Excuse me... 6 Koto: [handing book to Yuusaku] This is the hotel register. The inn's lodgers are being asked to sign their names and then pass it on to the next room... Yuusaku's T-shirt (front): Calm. Goodness. Scene. 7 Yuusaku: [eyes growing large] T-thank you for all your trouble! Yuusaku FX: 8 [Koto walks away down the hall; Yuusaku watches her go.] Yuusaku: (Beautiful lady.) Yuusaku T-shirt (back, partial view):??? --------------------------------------------------- p 100 (78) 1 [exterior night shot of their room at the inn] Yuusaku: [off] What a coincidence. 2 [The others turn to him, expectantly.] 3 Yuusaku: [reading hotel register] It says here that that woman's name is Koto. Just a little while ago.. in that story that girl was telling... Wasn't the name of the ghost also Koto? 4 Kyousuke: You mean the lady with the Dutch-cut hair and pale skin? 5 Yuusaku: You met her, too? Kyousuke: [looking at register] Ah! That really is the same name! 6 Hikaru: Like... maybe she's the ghost. 7 [View of the four in reaction to what Hikaru has said.] --------------------------------------------------- p 101 (79) 1 Kyousuke & Yuusaku: [sweating/disturbed] N-NO WAY! Kyousuke & Yuusaku FX: 2 Kyousuke: But if she really is the ghost, then there should be a scar on her arm... 3 [Madoka shows nervousness.] 4 Madoka: [getting up] That's unlikely! This is silly. C'mon Hikaru. Let's go take a bath. 5 [exterior night shot of the entire inn] lodge sign: Inn-by-the-Bay --------------------------------------------------- p 102 (80) 1 [Outside the door to the furo , they spot a folded stack of clothes.] Hikaru: Huh? 2 Hikaru: Someone's already inside. 3 [Hikaru and Madoka disrobe...] 4 [...and enter the furo.] Hikaru: Excuse us! door FX: 5 Hikaru: Hmm? 6 [They stand--with bare backsides toward us--in the empty room.] Hikaru: No one's here. Madoka: Strange, huh? 7 [Koto appears from somewhere off to the side, catching Madoka's eye.] --------------------------------------------------- p 103 (81) 1 [full-portrait of Koto in towel] 2 [Hikaru and Madoka show their surprise.] Hikaru & Madoka FX: 3 Koto: I'm leaving! 4 [In raising her arm to her hair, Koto reveals a scar on her right forearm.] 5 Madoka: Whew! 6 [Koto exits] door FX: 7 [Madoka reflects on what she just saw.] narration: Now, as I recall, there was a scar on her arm... Hikaru: What's with her! Madoka: C-can't be. --------------------------------------------------- p 104 (82) 1 [Back in their room...] Madoka: Oh, no. 2 Madoka: [to Hikaru] I think I left my T-shirt at the beach. I'm going to go look for it. 3 [Madoka runs down the stairs, passing Kyousuke near the entrance.] Madoka footsteps FX: 4 Kyousuke: Where are you going? Madoka: Kasuga-kun. 5 [exterior shot] lodge sign: Inn-by-the-Bay Kyousuke: [off] Okay, if you're going...! 6 Kyousuke: ...I'll go with you, okay? 'Cause they say ghosts appear when you turn your back. Kyousuke: [imitating an undead] Out for revenge...! [Madoka sweats] 7 Madoka: [a bit frightened] Surely I'm mistaken--It couldn't be! 8 [Outside, Madoka walks on ahead of Kyousuke] Kyousuke: Eh? --------------------------------------------------- p 105 (83) 1 [Bat zooms by] bat FX: Kyousuke & Madoka: Wah! 2 Kyousuke: W-was that a bat attacking us? Stupid bat! 3 Kyousuke: [noticing a pleasant warmth clinging to his arm] Hmm? 4 [Madoka recovers and quickly spins away.] Madoka FX: 5 [Kyousuke looks at her wide-eyed as she composes herself.] 6 Kyousuke: Ha ha. Madoka: What! 7 Kyousuke: Nothing... Well. Shall we go? 8 [Madoka portrait.] narration: It looks as if ghosts are Ayukawa's weakness. narration: How cute it is, pretending otherwise. She's a girl, after all. --------------------------------------------------- p 106 (84) 1 Madoka: All the same, that lady... 2 Kyousuke: [smiling, as though Madoka is joking] What? There really was a scar there? 3 [Kyousuke loses the grin as he realizes Madoka is dead serious.] 4 [They proceed to the beach.] Kyousuke: N-no way... Really?! Madoka: But it's true! 5 [aerial shot of the beach] gentle wave FX: 6 Madoka: [searching the sand] But I'm sure it's around here. Kyousuke: [running off] I'll start looking at this end. 7 [Someone taps Madoka on her shoulder...] FX: 8 [...and she turns to look.] --------------------------------------------------- p 107 (85) 1 [She sees a shimmery Koto holding out a T-shirt to her.] Koto: Are you looking for this? 2 [Madoka goes into shock...] 3 [...and falls unconscious.] Madoka FX: 4 Kyousuke: [returning] AYUKAWA!! 5 [Koto flashes him a friendly smile...] 6 [...which freaks him out.] 7 Kyousuke: [running away, shouting] I-it's appeared!! --------------------------------------------------- p 108 (86) 1 Kyousuke: [stopping] O-oh no! I have to help Ayukawa!! 2 narration: I-is there something I can use as a weapon?! 3 narration: There! 4 [He uses the Power to levitate an oar.] oar FX: side of boat: Property of Terashima <"Temple Island"> 5 [He catches it in his hand and twirls it.] oar FX: 6 [Kyousuke approaches with resolve.] narration: All right, ghost. Come and get me! 7 Kyousuke: Don't touch her!! 8 Koto: [apprehensive] Oh, you're scaring me! It's okay. I haven't laid a finger on her. --------------------------------------------------- p 109 (87) 1 Kyousuke: Huh?! 2 [view of Madoka, out cold] Koto: [off] I wasn't trying to scare her, but she took one look at me and suddenly fainted. 3 Kyousuke FX: 4 [shot of clear, star-lit sky and the calm sea] wave FX: 5 Koto: Oh, I see! Are you mistaking me for the ghost in that legend? 6 Koto: [showing her legs under her skirt] Hmm.. So the ghost and I have the same name, huh? But see! I have legs. Kyousuke: [kneeling & raising Madoka so that she leans against him] S-sorry. 7 Koto: So, a ghost?... I believe that ghosts are okay, because of a painful experience of mine. --------------------------------------------------- p 110 (88) 1 [Koto stands and looks out to sea... And begins her story...] Koto: My boyfriend died 3 years ago on this beach. 2 [Kyousuke looks like he's had enough of storytelling for one night...] 3 [Translation note: like the earlier story, the narration appears directly on the art; here we see several surfers on the beach.] Koto's story: Up until several years ago, waves ran good and high here, and this beach was thriving with surfers. My boyfriend and I were surfers, too. 4 Koto's story: One day, in stormy weather, I headed out to the open sea. The seas were rough and even my boyfriend had enough sense not to go. [Koto heads out to sea with her surfboard, waving back to her boyfriend who stands on the beach.] 5 Koto's story: Out there, my board flipped over and I was swallowed up by the waves. When he saw that, he came to my rescue... [The two flounder in rough seas. Along the left side of the panel, Koto's face is overlaid on the panel's art.] Koto: [showing the scar] That's when I received this scar on my arm. 6 Koto's story: I was certain to be hurled against some large rocks, but my boyfriend sacrificed himself for me. [Koto kneels on the beach, sobbing, next to the lifeless body of her boyfriend. Two lifeguards are nearby.] 7 Koto: Every year since then I return to this beach in love and appreciation for what he did here. Because he still lives on inside of me... 8 [Kyousuke is moved...] --------------------------------------------------- p 111 (89) 1 Koto: [bowing her head] But today is the last time. 2 Koto: [beaming at Kyousuke] I'm going to get married this fall! 3 Koto: [facing away, towards the sea] That is why I was here-- to say my final farewell to him! 4 Koto: [leaning close and smiling] Your girlfriend? Kyousuke: Eh! Koto: Such a cute girl! 5 Koto: [gazing in his eyes] You have a bright future ahead of you. You protect her well now! Kyousuke: [blushing] Y-yes! 6 [Kyousuke has a thoughtful look.] 7 [Koto leaves, waving back at him as he waves to her.] --------------------------------------------------- p 112 (90) 1 [Kyousuke carries the still-unconscious Madoka on his back.] 2 [He looks back at her tenderly.] narration: "You protect her..." Hmm? 3 Kyousuke: Are you up? 4 Madoka: Kasuga-kun. 5 [shot of a lighthouse on a distant cape] Madoka: [off] Where did that lady go? Kyousuke: [off] Oh, that person. 6 Madoka: She was a ghost after all? Kyousuke: No. She wasn't! 7 Madoka: WHAT! --------------------------------------------------- p 113 (91) 1 [Madoka stares at the back of Kyousuke's head, digesting that fact and the situation she's in...] 2 Madoka: [grabbing him in a headlock] Hey! Let me down! I can walk by myself!! I'm so embarrassed! 3 [Madoka storms off and Kyousuke chases after her.] Kyousuke: H-hold on, Ayu...!! 4 [Madoka stops, spying something.] 5 Madoka: [pointing] Oh look! Beautiful fire lures! 6 [They stand side-by-side and take in the lovely view. In inset panel we see them up close. Kyousuke sneaks a peek at her.] narration: Those torches burning on the beach where he died are probably his funeral flames... narration: And yet, I think it's so cute that Ayukawa has a fear of ghosts! ---------------------------------------------------