Kimagure Orange Road "I'm Not a Child!" Volume 3, Story 6 WB Volume 2, Story 7 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 Peter Norby Tony Schrick Melinda Miller Last revision : 9-19-94 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 135 (113) are only in the WB'S!) ____________________________________________________________ p 135 (113)--TITLE PAGE [A beautiful and classy-looking Hikaru sits in a chair, reading the back page of the front section of the "Washington Post".] MAIN TITLE (at top) I'm Not a Child! SUB-TITLE (at bottom) How Long Will You Keep Thinking of Me as a Child? Losing My Heart to Love, Orange Too, Heart-Pounding Adolescence...! --------------------------------------------------- p 136 (114) 1 [Exterior shot of a small shop] Hikaru: [off] Oh, this dress is so cute!!! 2 [Tight shot of Hikaru's upper torso in a dress; apparently her pov as she looks at herself in a mirror] 3 Clerk: It suits you well. Hikaru: Really?! 4 [Hikaru turns at the sound of...] Madoka: [off] Hmm, somehow, it's not quite right. 5 [Madoka full portrait. She stands in a lovely dress...] --------------------------------------------------- p 137 (115) 1 [Madoka twirls and looks (apparently) into a mirror] Clerk: This is definitely _you_! Madoka: I wonder... 2 Hikaru: [fingertip to pursed lips] (Ooohh... Madoka-san's so beautiful!) 3 Madoka: [off] Hikaru, what kind of dress did you decide on? 4 Madoka: [smiling] Oh, that's cute. 5 Hikaru: .......... 6 Hikaru: [deep in thought] (Cute...huh. I'm so unlike Madoka-san; I look like a kid!) --------------------------------------------------- p 138 (116) 1 [Hikaru visualizes the summer with Darling that-should-have-been...] hug FX: Hikaru: (And maybe the reason I didn't have the ultimate summer experience at the beach with Kasuga-sempai is because I look so much like a kid.) 2 [While deep in thought, Hikaru inadvertently starts to glare--at Madoka. Madoka is taken aback.] narration: That's it. If I was more like the way Madoka-san is... Mature and sexy... 3 Madoka: What's the matter, Hikaru? 4 Hikaru: Please teach me!! Show me how to become sexy like you, Madoka-san?!? 5 [Madoka stops short.] 6 Hikaru: [spinning to face away from Madoka] Because I sort of look like a kid, and I'm tired of it! Just for once, I'd like to be told that I look sexy!! 7 [Madoka smiles gently.] --------------------------------------------------- p 139 (117) 1 [Shot of clothes folded on shelf in store.] Madoka: [off] Sexy, huh...?! clothes tag: Size 9 2 Madoka: So, basically you want to appear more mature?! Hikaru: [brightly] Right! 3 Madoka: [giving the thumbs-up] Okay, then I'll select an outfit for you. 4 Hikaru: [incandescently brightly] Ooohh! Really? Thank you so much! 5 [Interior shot of the store's deserted sales floor. At the far end the clerk puts some clothes away.] --------------------------------------------------- p 140 (118) 1 [Exterior shot of the Hiyama residence.] 2 [Backview of Hikaru in her new outfit.] 3 [Very tight shot of her applying lipstick in a mirror.] 4 [Finally, a full-portrait of the "new" Hikaru. She wears a short skirt, "Esprit"-emblazoned top, makeup, earrings and a "bunny-eared" hair ribbon.] Hikaru: Shine!! 5 [Exterior shot of the Kasuga apartment] Kyousuke: [off] I'm leeeaving. 6 Takashi: [sitting at table with newspaper] Just a minute, Kyousuke. --------------------------------------------------- p 141 (119) 1 Takashi: You haven't been breaking the rules and using the Power recently, have you? [Kyousuke's eyes grow wide, and he blushes.] Kyousuke FX: 2 Kyousuke: Not really. Wh-why...? 3 Takashi: [calmly] We've become pretty used to this town now. It's times like these when we become more weak-willed, that's all. 4 Takashi: [zipping over and getting in Kyousuke's face] If you don't want to move again, then please, please make sure and be careful!! Kyousuke: [flinching back] R-right! 5 [Kyousuke stands outside the apartment, back to the door] door FX: 6 narration: True, I have gotten used to this town... Kyousuke: ...and I have been using it a lot... 7 [He walks down the hall] narration: Danger, danger. I've got to be more careful! --------------------------------------------------- p 142 (120) 1 [Exterior shot of a coffee shop.] sign: Lunchtime 2 [Interior shot--Kyousuke enters] narration: Actually, I'm going to a rock concert with Hikaru-chan today. 3 [He scans the place] narration: Because I invited her! narration: So why is this rare event occurring, you ask? 4 narration: It's because Ayukawa is busy at work, and Kurumi and Manami don't completely understand rock music... Kyousuke: (Hikaru-chan hasn't come yet.) 5 [He spots the only empty seat, across from the now-maturely beautiful Hikaru.] narration: Well, there's nothing evil about going to a concert with Hikaru-chan...! Kyousuke: Excuse me. May I sit here? 6 Kyousuke: [embarrassed] Pardon me. 7 Kyousuke: [sweating, nervous] It's so hot! hand fanning FX: Hikaru: Giggle! --------------------------------------------------- p 143 (121) 1 [Kyousuke stares wide-eyed at Hikaru.] 2 [Hikaru gives him a friendly and sparkly wink.] 3 [Kyousuke blushes deeply.] crows-in-background FX: 4 Kyousuke: (Wow! Such a beautiful, mature-looking girl. I wonder if she's a senior high student...!) 5 Kyousuke: [looking about the room] (But, Hikaru-chan's late...) 6 Hikaru: Sempai, it's me! 7 [Kyousuke gives the girl a second look...] 8 Kyousuke: H-HIKARU-CHAN?! [Hikaru smiles winningly.] --------------------------------------------------- p 144 (122) 1 Hikaru FX: 2 [Kyousuke is struck dumb.] narration: Wh-what now... narration: Wh-what in the world? 3 [Outside on the sidewalk--another full-portrait of Hikaru, pov from behind, as she looks back over her shoulder.] Hikaru: Huh! 4 Hikaru: Did you say something? Kyousuke: [blushing] .......... [Behind Kyousuke and Hikaru are more shop and restaurant signs.] 5 Kyousuke: [embarrassed] Excuse me for asking--and I don't mean any offense --but are you really Hikaru-chan?!? 6 [Hikaru is momentarily stunned...] 7 [...but soon smiles.] narration: It looks like it's working! Hikaru: Yes! --------------------------------------------------- p 145 (123) 1 narration: H-Hikaru-chan... 2 narration: ...w-was really this cute...?!! Hikaru: But...this is unusual, isn't it? Kyousuke: Eh? 3 Hikaru: To be invited by you to a concert... Kyousuke: (I-invited?!) 4 Kyousuke: [smiling] Th-that's right! 5 [Shot of a storefront] Kyousuke: [off] By the way, do you like rock music? sign: Open Country Futon Shop* 6 Hikaru: YES! 7 Kyousuke: That's good...! 8 [They walk off together down the street.] narration: It was a great idea inviting Hikaru-chan... If it was going to be like this, I should have invited her out more often from long ago! store sign: Hatta Store sidewalk sign: Downtown Tea House --------------------------------------------------- p 146 (124) 1 [Exterior closeup shot of the "Shibuya Plaza" glass-plated front.] 2 [A long single-file line snakes off into the distance. In that line, Hikaru stands right behind Kyousuke.] 3 Jerk #1: [standing in front of Kyousuke, waving arm at someone to the side] Hey. Over here. 4 Jerk #2: [elbowing his way past Kyousuke] Oh, you got a good spot, huh? Jerk #1: Isn't it! Kyousuke FX: 5 Kyousuke FX: 6 Kyousuke: (J-jerks cutting in line!) [Behind him, Hikaru starts to glare...] --------------------------------------------------- p 147 (125) 1 Jerk #2: [looking back over his shoulder] What! You gotta problem, kid? 2 [Kyousuke looks determined...] narration: M-my problem is I dislike those who bother others. 3 [...but he visualizes his father...] Takashi: [flashback] I've said it again and again... Be careful. Kyousuke: Ah! 4 [Kyousuke closes his eyes.] narration: THAT'S RIGHT. REMAIN CALM, REMAIN CALM! narration: In situations like this, I mustn't thoughtlessly use the Power! 5 Jerk #1: Come, come. Don't be so hard on him! Jerk #2: He's too puny to bother with, eh? 6 Jerk #2: You don't want to look too bad in front of your girlfriend... 7 [Hikaru steps up beside Kyousuke.] Jerk #2: Hey, this girl is very cute, isn't she?! Jerk #1: [to Hikaru] You're wasted on this kid! --------------------------------------------------- p 148 (126) 1 Jerk #2: [leaning close] Say, why don't we go out on a date this evening? 2 Jerk #2: Juuust joking. Jerks: A-ha-ha! 3 [Hikaru gives them her darkly sinister, yet beautiful, glare...] 4 [Kyousuke continues to stand silent, eyes closed.] Jerk #1: [to Jerk #2] Cut it out! This kid's gonna start crying soon! Jerk #2: Hey, you hick, don't you have anything to say?! <*Slang (MM/TS): Tokyo street punk version.> <**Dialect (MM/TS): Osaka dialect (crude).> 5 Kyousuke: (Hold on, hold on...) 6 [Hikaru has no such qualms and decides to act... Full-extension, excellent rotation of the hips... Yeah, I'd give it a 9.9...] Hikaru FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 149 (127) 1 Hikaru: [fist cocked] Why don't you say that again?!! Nothing about Sempai is uncool!! 2 [Jerk #2, stunned speechless, holds a hand to his injured cheek.] 3 Kyousuke: H-Hikaru-chan!! 4 Hikaru: [fist in hand] Ever since you got here, all I've been hearing is the two of you going on and on...! Hikaru's knuckles FX: 5 Jerk #2: [glaring] Wh-what...! 6 Kyousuke: (O-oh God! Can't keep silent any longer!!) 7 [Closeup of Kyousuke grabbing Hikaru by the left wrist.] grab FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 150 (128) 1 Kyousuke: [spinning about] Let's go! pull FX: Hikaru: B-but, Sempai!! 2 [Kyousuke marches off determinedly.] Hikaru: Please let go. motion FX: 3 Jerk #2: Stop! 4 [Kyousuke stops, looks back. He flashes with the Power.] narration: Even I've lost my temper!! 5 Jerk #1: [landing a left uppercut to Jerk #2's chin...] Huh? punch FX: 6 Jerk #2: Wh-what are you doing? Jerk #1: [staring at his fist] ..........!? 7 [The jerks tussle on the ground and a crowd gathers. Kyousuke hustles Hikaru outta there.] Jerk #2: You scum... I despise traitors. Jerk #1: I-I didn't...! --------------------------------------------------- p 151 (129) 1 [Exterior shot of some downtown buildings.] 2 [Kyousuke walks silently down the sidewalk. Hikaru follows quietly 2 paces behind.] 3 [Hikaru has a stricken look.] Hikaru FX: 4 Hikaru: [meekly] I'm sorry, Sempai... You went out of your way to invite me to a concert... 5 [Hikaru's pov of Kyousuke's back.] 6 Hikaru: [dropping her gaze] I guess I can't act mature, after all... --------------------------------------------------- p 152 (130) 1 [Another view of Kyousuke's back.] 2 Kyousuke: [stretching his arms high] Ah! That felt good! 3 [He looks over his shoulder at her, and beams a smile.] Kyousuke: Swearing and punching like that just now was pretty cool! 4 [Hikaru is stunned.] 5 Kyousuke: [smiling & laughing] After all, you wouldn't be Hikaru-chan if you acted any other way! 6 [She takes this as intended--good-naturedly.] 7 Hikaru: [embarrassed] Eh heh! --------------------------------------------------- p 153 (131) 1 [Kyousuke spies a nearby street vendor.] 2 [Hikaru watches wide-eyed as Kyousuke buys a couple of ice cream cones.] 3 Kyousuke: [smiling] Here you go. Hikaru: Oo-ohh! 4 [Kyousuke stands looking thoughtful.] narration: In all the hustle and bustle, I never realized... 5 [Hikaru cheerfully licks on her ice cream.] narration: ...but if you think about it, there aren't many girls as nice as this. 6 narration: Sure enough, Hikaru-chan is cute. Kyousuke: If it's okay, let's meet again tomorrow... Hikaru: Yeah. 7 [A brunette comes up from behind them and...] Madoka: Oh! --------------------------------------------------- p 154 (132) 1 Madoka: Hikaru. Kasuga-kun. 2 [Kyousuke sweats and blushes.] narration: Arg! 3 [Madoka facial portrait--no expression on her face...] 4 [She glances at him. He definitely looks unwell--fevers, chills...] Madoka FX: narration: God, there's no way I can easily bluff my way out of this... 5 Madoka: [smiling at Hikaru] Had fun? Hikaru: Yes! 6 [Kyousuke's eyes pop wide.] narration: Eh?! 7 [He watches them walk off together.] Hikaru: But we missed the concert because of me. Madoka: [smiling] Really?! That's so like you, huh? --------------------------------------------------- p 155 (133) 1 [We get Kyousuke's pov of his two pretty girlfriends as they walk away, chatting together.] 2 narration: Phew! I'm glad nothing happened... 3 [Kyousuke facial portrait--goofy smile...] 4 [...which turns into a slight frown.] narration: Wait! Why didn't Ayukawa get angry just now? narration: Oh god! Depending on how you think about it, this might not be a good thing! 5 Hikaru: [turning around, waving and beaming another Hikaru megawatt-smile] Sempaaai. Thank you very much for today! Kyousuke: [waving] Uh, ah... 6 [View of the 3--Madoka and Hikaru laugh in conversation; in the background can be seen Kyousuke, looking on.] narration: Well, I'll let it rest for today... ---------------------------------------------------