Kimagure Orange Road "Let's Run the Marathon!" Volume 4, Story 4 WB Volume 2, Story 14 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 Peter Norby Andrew Wilson Tony Schrick Jun Watatani Last revision : 03-01-95 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 289 (73) are only in the WB'S!) --------------------------------------------------- p 289 (73)--TITLE PAGE [Dream-image facial portrait of Madoka.] MAIN TITLE (at top) Let's Run the Marathon! SUB-TITLE (at bottom) When You Notice the Secret Sign, Transform the Glass Thorn Stuck in Your Heart into a Star with Drops of Love! --------------------------------------------------- p 290 (74) 1 [Shot of the blackboard.] narration: Suddenly, the time for the athletics festival was upon us! blackboard: [top left] Relay race. <3 student names are listed below> blackboard: [top right, mostly blocked by narration panel] <3 more student names> blackboard: [middle] 80-meter hurdles. <4 names listed below> blackboard: [bottom] High jump. 2 [View pans back slightly. We see a boy and a girl standing in front of the blackboard.] Boy class president: And now all that remains is to name a boy and girl to run in the marathon... Is there a volunteer? blackboard: [left] blackboard: [right] Marathon. 3 [Pov shifts to point behind boy and girl. Over their shoulders, we see the entire class seated. No one speaks or moves.] class FX: 4 Kyousuke: [to Komatsu] Hey, how come no one wants to take part in the marathon? 5 Komatsu: [disinterestedly] It's because the marathon is the only event where you don't get points--even if you come in first. Kyousuke: Points? 6 Komatsu: [in surprise] Oh, that's right. You're a transfer student so it's your first athletics festival. --------------------------------------------------- p 291 (75) 1 [Exterior shot--a bird's-eye view looking down at students engaged in various athletic events--well, actually it's a boy-girl three-legged race... I hear it'll be an Olympic event in 1996. ^_^] Komatsu: [off] In the festival, the school's top classroom is decided by a class competitive scoring system. But only in the marathon do so few people compete. Most people avoid it because the scoring system doesn't award points in that event. 2 [Kyousuke's pov of Komatsu and Hatta.] Komatsu: That is, even if you come in first, it would have no bearing on the class' chances of winning the school championship. Hatta: What a hassle... To run 10 kilometers in the city! The mere thought makes me dizzy! 3 Komatsu: Huh? Kasuga, you haven't signed up for even one event yet! [Kyousuke sweats...] 4 Boy class president: [checking a list] The only guys not signed up are Komatsu and Kasuga. Kyousuke & Komatsu heartbeat FX: 5 Komatsu: [leaping to his feet, hand raised high] I hear that Kasuga-kun is volunteering!! Kyousuke FX: 6 Komatsu: [with an earnest look] At his last school, they used to call him "Old Rapids" Kyousuke... class: [quite impressed] Ooohh! Kyousuke: [to Komatsu] Not! --------------------------------------------------- p 292 (76) 1 [Tight shot of the blackboard. A hand chalks in...] blackboard: 10-km marathon. Boy--Kasuga. Girl... 2 [Komatsu turns and flashes Kyousuke the victory sign.] Kyousuke: (While shutting him up it was all decided...) 3 Girl class president: All that's needed is one girl's name... Isn't there someone? 4 girl #1: [standing] How about Ayukawa-san? Considering the fact she isn't here... 5 [A shot of Madoka's empty seat. Nearby, a girl whispers to her neighbor...] girl #2: She's playing hooky again. 6 girl #2: [speaking up louder] But I wonder if she'll show up. She's a selfish person who has never even shown her face at an athletics festival. girl #3: Yeah! That's right! She's never participated with us and shows no concern! girl #4: C'mon, it's okay. Anyway, that athletic event has no bearing on the class' score... 7 [Kyousuke is irritated by the sniping...] Girl class president: [off] Then, for now, we've decided on Ayukawa-san as the girl. --------------------------------------------------- p 293 (77) 1 [Street-level view of a house and power lines.] Kyousuke: [off] 10 kilometers... 2 Kyousuke: [walking home from school] That's gonna be tough... I'm not athletic enough for that, and... ...I don't have the determination... Well, I guess it'll be okay if I just run it out... 3 Kyousuke: And I'll be running together with Ayukawa... Ah, wait! 4 [Kyousuke pauses to visualize the scene in panel 292-6.] girl #2: [flashback] But I wonder if she'll show up. She's a selfish person who has never even shown her face at an athletics festival. 5 Kyousuke: (Sure enough, everyone in class misunderstands Ayukawa.) 6 [View from down-the-street as Kyousuke walks away.] narration: No one understands her well! Kyousuke: All right. I'm going to make everyone say "wow"! sign on pole: Fujita Store --------------------------------------------------- p 294 (78) 1 [Exterior shot of ABCB.] Madoka: [off] Forget it! 2 [A resolute Madoka wipes a plate.] 3 [She works behind the counter. Kyousuke stands at the counter.] Kyousuke: Wh-why? Madoka: That's none of your business. 4 Madoka: But why are you trying so hard to get me to run? 5 Kyousuke: [blushing] That... That is... [Madoka looks expectantly at him, blushing very slightly.] narration: I want to run together with Ayukawa. 6 Kyousuke: [lowering his gaze] I think that some of your actions are being misunderstood by everyone in class. That's why, if you run... [Madoka's eyes widen...] 7 Kyousuke: [embarrassed, with forced grin] Isn't it to your own benefit? So let's run! 8 [Madoka looks at him with a slightly hurt look.] --------------------------------------------------- p 295 (79) 1 Madoka: That sort of thing doesn't matter to me either way... I've said this before... Such things don't cross my mind... 2 Madoka: [exploding, gaze lowered] Well! If it's like that, then I refuse! Once more, I... 3 Kyousuke: [flinching back, wide-eyed] "Once more..." what? 4 [Madoka facial portrait--slight blush, slightly lost look.] 5 [Kyousuke facial portrait--wide-eyed and clueless.] 6 [Madoka leans over the counter to get in his face. Kyousuke, eyes bulging, sways back under the onslaught.] Madoka: Anyway! I'm saying it's fine. And that's all! Thanks but no thanks for forcing that on me! 7 [Madoka turns her back to him, and goes back to wiping dishes.] Kyousuke FX: 8 Kyousuke: [angry, with gaze lowered] Stubborn. Madoka: Hmphh! Pretending so hard to be a serious boy! --------------------------------------------------- p 296 (80) 1 [Kyousuke facial portrait--irritated.] 2 [Madoka facial portrait--irritated.] 3 Kyousuke: [pausing at the door for a parting shot] Fine. Do as you please! I, on the other hand, can run freely when I'm alone! Madoka: [angrily] Then fine. Please do your best to take first place! 4 Kyousuke: All right. First place would be fine. door FX: 5/6 [In panel 5, Kyousuke stands outside ABCB, his back to the closed door. He sweats and looks to have cooled his anger. In panel 6, Madoka stands with arms crossed, still looking peeved.] narration: That stubborn... 7/8 [In panel 7, Kyousuke walks down the street.] narration: But... 8/9 [In panel 8, Madoka looks a little worried perhaps, and slightly hurt.] narration: ...a strange stubbornness... 9 Kyousuke: [sweating, walking away, still just outside ABCB] What's more, what was I doing, talking about winning the race. --------------------------------------------------- p 297 (81) 1 [Kyousuke, in "Converse" warmups, jogs out the school entrance.] narration: The next day, after school... sign: [top kanji blocked from view] ryou Secondary School Section 2 [A street-level view looking up at some tall buildings.] Kyousuke: [off] Starting from the playground and leaving school, I pass through the street in front. All the way through, I found that pedestrian traffic was too heavy to allow me to use the Power to teleport. Too heavy even to easily escape public view. 3 [He runs past a public restroom near a park.] Kyousuke: If I'm going to do that then I should check out this area! Kyousuke FX: 4 Kyousuke: If I rush into this restroom... 5 [He stops to peer into the restroom--the ladies' side. From the street, Hikaru spots him.] 6 Hikaru: [off] SEMPAAAI!! [Kyousuke nearly jumps out of his skin.] Kyousuke heartbeat FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 298 (82) 1 [Full-portrait pic of Hikaru standing in school uniform and holding her schoolbag.] Hikaru: What are you doing?! 2 Kyousuke: [forcing a grin, acting nonchalant] Nothing really... Ha ha. Truly, this is a splendid restroom. And what an entrance, too! Also... Hikaru: That's the women's side. 3 Kyousuke: [stopping short, blushing] Oh... Right. crows-in-background FX: 4 Hikaru: [clasping him by the hands] Congratulations! Hikaru: You're in the 10-km marathon, aren't you! 5 Hikaru: I'm sure you'll take first place without fail! Kyousuke: [highly embarrassed] No... That... Ha ha ha. 6 Hikaru: But, this is great! You have so much athletic ability, yet you're still training... Kyousuke: [glancing off to the side] (Yeah, to rush into this restroom...) --------------------------------------------------- p 299 (83) 1 Hikaru: But, even if you come in first your class won't benefit from the marathon--so why the heck did you feel like entering? 2 [Kyousuke considers this...] 3 [...thinking deeply upon it...] 4 Kyousuke: Why... Well, if anything... 5 [Shot through a fish-eye lens at the sky--trees, streetlamps and some buildings are also visible.] Kyousuke: [off] I guess it's for a certain someone's sake... --------------------------------------------------- p 300 (84) 1 Kyousuke: [embarrassed and laughing it off] What am I saying! Kyousuke: Ha ha ha. For a moment there, I was being a little melodramatic, huh?! 2 [Looking at Hikaru's dewy eyes, Kyousuke is aghast...] Hikaru FX: 3 [She springs at him.] Hikaru: It's like that after all! I've been earnestly longing for those very words! Hikaru FX: 4 Hikaru: SEMPAI, I LO-O-O-OVE YOU!! [She leaps into him and they fall into a bush.] Kyousuke & Hikaru FX: old man: Oh! 5 [A huge crowd gathers. All are astonished by what they hear emanating from the bush.] Kyousuke: [off] W-wait a minute, Hikaru-chan! crowd: HUUUHHH? --------------------------------------------------- p 301 (85) 1 [Madoka leans back against the school building, talking to Hikaru.] Madoka: What?! Kasuga-kun is training for the 10-km marathon?! 2 Madoka: No way... 3 Hikaru: He really is. Running without saying a word--Sempai is so cool... 4 Madoka: Hmm... 5 Hikaru: [winking] Still, the athletics festival is tomorrow. In order for Sempai to come in first, tomorrow I'll make him a super-deluxe, stamina-boosting bento lunch! 6 Hikaru: [leaving] Bye now. 7 Hikaru: [stopping, with a tickled-pink look on her face] Oh, that's right. When I asked Sempai why he was participating in the marathon... --------------------------------------------------- p 302 (86) 1 Hikaru: [eyes closed in joy] ...he said it's for a certain someone's sake! 2 [Madoka's eyes grow wide.] 3 Hikaru: [racing off, fist raised in the air] I'm so happy... To think he likes me that much! ONWARD to make the bento! 4 [Madoka facial portrait--considering this bit of news.] 5 [View pans back to show her leaning back against the building, deep in thought.] --------------------------------------------------- p 303 (87) 1 [Shot of some kids cheering, standing under a canopy outside on school grounds.] narration: Then finally, it was the day of the athletics festival... 2 [The 80-meter hurdles...] 3 [The ever-popular eating-a-donut-that-dangles-on-a-string-without-using- your-hands track-and-field event... Well, it's probably not a donut, but you get the idea...] 4 [View of a bento feast.] bento FX: 5 [They stand in a classroom, Hikaru's bento spread out on a desk.] Kyousuke: [aghast] Ehhh! Eat all of this?! Hikaru: [smiling] Exactly. Because I want to be absolutely sure you come in first! 6 Hikaru: [tickled with joy] (This is how a wife helps out.) 7 Hikaru: [feeding him] Soft-shell turtle soup, garlic and mountain yam salad, stir-fried leeks and liver, and an herbal vitamin soup. . It, like , are "stamina drinks", and are supposed to charge you up when you are feeling fatigued. Actually, all the items in Hikaru's bento lunch are considered "stamina-boosters".> Hikaru: Say "ahh"... Kyousuke: (S-somehow I also feel a bit different...) --------------------------------------------------- p 304 (88) 1 [Shot of students in the toss-the-small-balls-into-the-basket-on-a-pole contest.] students: Waaahh! 2 [View pans back to show Kyousuke looking on with determination.] 3 Kyousuke: [holding a strip of cloth in his hands] (Now that that's over...) announcer: [off] Participants in the 10-km marathon, please meet in front of the gymnasium. 4 [Kyousuke ties the cloth around his forehead.] announcer: [off] I repeat. Participants in the 10-km marathon... 5 [Exterior shot of ABCB.] 6 [Inside, Madoka, dressed in jeans and T-shirt, sits at the counter, studying.] 7 [She looks up from her book.] 8 [View shifts to a point behind her. We see that she's looking out the window.] --------------------------------------------------- p 305 (89) 1 [View looking down at the marathon runners gathering at the starting line.] 2 [Kyousuke takes a deep breath.] starter: [off] Take your positions. Kyousuke FX: 3 [He smiles and waves to his sisters, who cheer from the side.] Kurumi: Do your best, oniichan! 4 [Hand still raised in a wave, his smile slowly disappears...] 5 [View of Madoka's book on the ABCB counter. She's no longer there.] 6 [A pair of legs comes into view on the track surface.] 7 [Kyousuke is speechless.] 8 [A very fit and shapely lower body, in shorts and T-shirt, comes into view.] --------------------------------------------------- p 306 (90) 1 [Full portrait of Madoka, in a panel that runs down the entire right side of the page. She walks toward us with a very tiny smile on her face and a headband on her head. She sure changed out of her jeans and T-shirt in a hurry!] 2 starter pistol FX: 3 [The students begin running...] 4 [Well, all except for Kyousuke and Madoka, who stand and look at each other.] --------------------------------------------------- p 307 (91) 1 [Kyousuke facial portrait--surprise hasn't quite worn off yet.] 2 [Madoka facial portrait--gaze slightly downcast, slightly sad.] 3 [Madoka gives a stern look as she starts running, and pushes him aside with her hand.] Madoka: Hey! C'mon, everyone's gone already. Madoka FX: 4 [Kyousuke is jarred into action.] 5 [He runs to catch up to her. Madoka looks at him out of the corner of her eye.] 6 [Their classmates stand together and watch.] Komatsu: What...! Isn't that Ayukawa?! girl: Really. I wonder what caused this? --------------------------------------------------- p 308 (92) 1 [View of Madoka's and Kyousuke's legs as they run side-by-side.] 2 [Madoka looks over at Kyousuke, but Kyousuke stares straight ahead.] 3 [They look at each other.] Madoka: Falling behind at the start like this makes finishing in first impossible. 4 Madoka: Can I ask you one thing? 5 Madoka: [smiling] You're running for a certain someone's sake... Whose? [Kyousuke blushes slightly.] 6 [Madoka facial portrait--she looks over at him with a gentle smile.] 7 [Kyousuke facial portrait--he looks back, and considers what to say.] --------------------------------------------------- p 309 (93) 1 Kyousuke: [smiling] Of course... 2 [But he suddenly seizes up.] Kyousuke FX: 3 Kyousuke: [clutching his stomach] (Wh-what's this? Somehow my stomach feels strange! It's that lunch Hikaru-chan just fed me!) [Madoka looks on in surprise.] 4 [At the finish line, a boy from classroom 3-C breaks the tape. In second place is a boy from 2-B. No sign at all of either 3-A runners...] crowd FX: 5 [At the restroom, Madoka leans back against the entrance, waiting. In triple corner insets we see Kyousuke's face looking pale and sweaty, Madoka's face looking irked and sweaty, and Hikaru back at school, looking perplexed...] Kyousuke: I feel sick! Madoka: ..........! Hikaru: What happened to Sempai... It's already the closing ceremonies... ---------------------------------------------------