Kimagure Orange Road "The Flower of Happiness" Volume 4, Story 6 WB Volume 2, Story 16 Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi Translation by Hitoshi Doi Additional translation and material by Craig H. Nishida Compilation by Spencer C. Hastings Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose Craig Nishida Spencer Hastings Melinda Miller Tony Schrick Peter Norby Matthew Klippenstein Gary Kacmarcik Last revision : 11-11-94 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 333 (117) are only in the WB'S!) COMMENT ON THE REVISION (CN)--Hitoshi Doi's script was again an excellent one. The revisions were limited to the addition of the wideban title-page sub-titles, about 8-10 missing lines (most appearing on page 337 (121) the rest mostly un-bubbled lines), all the FX's, stutters, exclamations/interjections, and honorifics. Besides being the only appearance for Oda Kumiko, this chapter was also noteworthy for Matsumoto's background salutes to science fiction, and these background items were translated or duly noted. Finally, some lines were re-worded, not because they were in error, but for aesthetic or colloquial reasons. --------------------------------------------------- p 333 (117)--TITLE PAGE [Madoka smiles and looks directly at us. She sits on a 10-speed racing bike, dressed in shorts, tanktop and cap.] MAIN TITLE (at top) The Flower of Happiness SUB-TITLE (at bottom) Solve the Secret of the Mysterious Smile! The Eye Is My Key Word... --------------------------------------------------- p 334 (118) 1 [Half-page panel. Hikaru tearfully embraces her Darling. Kyousuke blushes with eyes wide, body unnaturally stiff.] Hikaru: Sempai! This is farewell! 2 [Half-page panel. View pans back to show a waiting bus at the bus stop. Madoka stands nearby and watches.] Kyousuke: H-hey, Hikaru-chan. The bus is already here! sign (top): Highland's Bus sign (bottom): --------------------------------------------------- p 335 (119) 1 [Back to the bus entrance, Hikaru waves and beams a smile.] Hikaru: Heh, heh. Bye, Sempai, Madoka-san. I'm leaving...! 2 [Hikaru turns to race into the bus, and runs smack into a girl who's getting off. About 14-15 years-old, brunette with glasses. We learn only later that her name is Oda Kumiko, but regardless, I'll label her lines with her name, beginning here...] Hikaru FX: Kumiko: Kya! 3 Hikaru: Oh, I'm sorry...! sign inside bus: Great SF Masterpiece. "Catch World" 4 [Closeup of the girl--she's cute.] Kumiko: It's okay... 5 [Pov from the street ahead, looking back. The bus pulls away, heading toward us. We see Kumiko pick up her duffel bag.] narration: Hikaru-chan... bus FX: 6 [Kyousuke and Madoka walk toward us side-by-side, engaged in pleasant conversation. Behind them trails Kumiko, alone.] narration: ...left one day earlier because something came up at home... ...and so just for today, I can be alone with Ayukawa... --------------------------------------------------- p 336 (120) 1 [Exterior shot of a building, perhaps a pension .] narration: I had hoped! 2 [Madoka at keyboards and Shuu on guitar...] rock music FX: 3 [Kyousuke watches the band practice.] rock music FX: 4 [View pans back. Kyousuke and Kumiko stand outside an open window, looking in at the band playing inside.] Kumiko: It's very loud, isn't it? Kyousuke: [turning head to look at her] EH?! 5 [Kumiko turns to face him, friendly smile on her face.] Kumiko: This is the first time I've heard music--live, like this. narration: Oh, I'm sure this is the girl that just got off the bus?! --------------------------------------------------- p 337 (121) 1 [The two apparently walk off, because here they are amidst the trees.] Kumiko: Really?! You're with that band. 2 Kyousuke: Yeah, but I met them here by luck. Kumiko: Then it's also by a gift of luck that you met me. I'm traveling by myself! Isn't that cool? It's not something a girl my age can easily do. 3 [Kyousuke facial portrait--friendly smile.] narration: We've only just met and already we're having a chat like this. She's a very friendly girl. Kyousuke: Although you mention tennis, you can't really play alone... Why did you come here?! 4 [Kumiko portrait--the question stops her short.] 5 Kumiko: [bowing head to Kyousuke] Oh, that's right. I haven't told you my name yet, huh...? How do you do. I'm Oda Kumiko. Kumiko FX: Kyousuke: [embarrassed] Huh...?! Oh, I'm Kyousuke, Kasuga Kyousuke! P-pleased to meet you. narration: What a strange girl...! --------------------------------------------------- p 338 (122) 1 [Cut to Komatsu, who walks alone amongst the pensions, swiveling his head to scope out the girls.] 2 [He puts his hands in his pockets, and looks up at the sky.] Komatsu: Damn, there are a lot of cute girls but it's just not going quite the way I want it to... Komatsu: I wonder if my girl-chasing skills have faded... 3 Komatsu: [eyes bug out at what he sees off-panel] What?! 4 [From over his shoulder we see what he sees. Kyousuke and Kumiko are embracing.] 5 [Closer view--Kumiko holds on tight.] 6 Komatsu: [peeking from behind a tree] Ka... Kasuga?! Komatsu FX: 7 Komatsu: (What a jerk! Always acting like he never gets the girl, even when he does. Why only him? Why?) --------------------------------------------------- p 339 (123) 1 [Closeup of a snake in the grass. No, not Komatsu, but a real snake... ^_^] snake FX: 2 [View pans back to show Kumiko huddled in Kyousuke's arms, in fear. From out of nowhere a large boulder falls on the snake.] rock FX: 3 [Ol' Snake gives his death-rattle. Kumiko turns and opens her eyes. Kyousuke smiles and sweats.] Kyousuke: It's all right now. Kumiko: Oh, when did that... 4 Kyousuke: [wiping his face] I'm so tired... It's the first time I've moved a rock that huge. [Kumiko looks off to the side.] 5 [A view of the mountains.] Kumiko: [off] Say, why don't we try and climb that mountain? Kyousuke: [off] Eh! 6 Kyousuke: [surprised] Wh-why... 7 Kumiko: [smiling] Flowers! 8 [Kumiko grabs Kyousuke by the hand and runs off down the path.] Kumiko: I came here to pick flowers! One that only blooms on that mountain. Kyousuke: Oh, but I... Kumiko: It's all right. It's all right. --------------------------------------------------- p 340 (124) 1 [Exterior overhead shot of the band's pension.] Komatsu: [off] Kyousuke-kun was hugging some girl. Komatsu as Chiemi: [off] Whaaat?! 2 [The entire band turns to listen in surprise.] 3 [Shuu and Yukari look back at Madoka, who turns her back and pretends to work on the keyboards.] Yukari FX: Shuu: I-it can't be...! 4 [Pov shifts so we can see Madoka's expression. Behind her is the source of the gossip--Komatsu flips back-and-forth, pretending to hold the hands of an imaginary girl. He acts out the roles of Kyousuke and Kumiko. But since Komatsu doesn't know Kumiko's name, he invents one--"Chiemi"... probably, then-famous idol-singer/actress Hori Cheiemi --see chapter 1.3 "The Lip Secret." Madoka is wide-eyed with surprise at what she overhears.] Komatsu: It's true. A girl, kinda cute, with glasses and freckles. Feh. Kyousuke had a lecherous look on his face...! Komatsu as Kyousuke: Chiemi-chan. Komatsu as Chiemi: Kyousuke-san. 5 [Madoka facial portrait. Behind her, she visualizes the bus stop scene in panels 335-3 and -4.] Hikaru: Oh, I'm sorry. Kumiko: It's okay... 6 [Madoka's face takes on an smoldering glare.] Komatsu as Kyousuke: [off] Two people secretly trading hot kisses! Komatsu as Chiemi: [off] Hey, hey. Really...?!! 7 Madoka: [feigning a happy smile, pointing to the keyboard] Shuu-chan... What about this? Shuu: [coming over to the keyboard] Oh, that... Let's see. Yukari: [yanking Komatsu by his arm] H-hey, come over here! --------------------------------------------------- p 341 (125) 1 Yukari: [reading him the riot act] Look here. Even if it's true that he was hugging, don't say so in front of his girlfriend. [Komatsu blushes and sways back under the verbal assault.] 2 Komatsu: [eyes wide] Eh? [Yukari coughs into her fist.] Yukari FX: Komatsu: Girlfriend...?! Yukari: .....Certainly not me! 3 [Meanwhile, up on the mountain...] Kumiko: [off] Wow, what a lovely view! 4 [Amplifying her shout through her hands, Kumiko lets out a bellow...] Kumiko: YA-HOOOO! [Kyousuke does a double-take.] Kyousuke FX: 5 Kumiko: [smiling at Kyousuke] Ah, that feels good. Huh? 6 Kumiko: Hey! You try it, too! Kyousuke: [blushing] Eh! Me?! 7 Kyousuke: [letting out a wimpy one] ya-hoo! Kumiko reaction FX: Kumiko: [indignant] What? What's that? You sound like a mosquito. Aren't you a guy? Put more force in your stomach! --------------------------------------------------- p 342 (126) 1 [A full-page panel. A mountain vista--view looking down at adjacent mountain peaks.] Kyousuke: [off] YA-HOOO! --------------------------------------------------- p 343 (127) 1 [View from behind as the two of them bellow for all they're worth...] Kumiko and Kyousuke: YA-HOO! 2 Kumiko: [gleefully clapping] Yes! That's the way! Kumiko hands FX: 3 Kyousuke: [happy look] narration: She's an amusing girl...! 4 narration: Still, she says she came to pick flowers, but... ...I wonder why... 5 [Closeup of Madoka's hands on the keyboard.] keyboard FX: 6 [Shuu, holding his guitar, turns to Yukari, who holds a microphone.] Shuu: [to Yukari] But Madoka is into it with amazing drive today... Maybe that's not bothering her. Yukari: I wonder if that's so... To me... 7 [Madoka in the foreground works with focused attention at the keyboard. Beyond her, Yukari looks on with concern.] Yukari: (...it doesn't seem that way.) --------------------------------------------------- p 344 (128) 1 Kyousuke: [climbing the path and wiping his brow] Phew. [Kumiko runs on ahead.] 2 Kyousuke: [looking about] There aren't any flowers blooming anywhere. Maybe you can look again tomorrow... 3 Kumiko: [turning on him in anger] No! If we climb higher there should be some. There's gotta be flowers! 4 [Kyousuke is stunned at the reaction.] 5 Kyousuke: [trying to laugh it off] But why? Just for flowers... If you buy them you can have as much as you like. 6 [Kumiko portrait--downcast glare.] 7 Kumiko: [turning and stomping off] That's no good! Then I'll look for them myself! Sayonara! 8 [Kyousuke watches her go in amazement.] narration: What's this...?! What is she getting so mad about? --------------------------------------------------- p 345 (129) 1 [Kyousuke chases after her with surprise and worry on his face. Kumiko runs and looks back at him in glee.] Kyousuke: Careful! It'll get dark and you'll get lost! Kumiko FX: Kumiko: Then try to catch me. 2 [She runs off.] Kyousuke: W-wait! Kumiko: Hey hey. Catch me if you can. 3 Kumiko: [beaming smile] If you can catch me, I'll give you something nice! 4 [Kyousuke's eyes grow wide.] narration: Wh-what?! 5 Kyousuke: [looking serious] Alllll right! 6 [He jumps and catches her in a tackle...] Kyousuke FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 346 (130) 1 [...and they land in the soft grass. Kumiko lies on her back, Kyousuke perched over her.] Kyousuke and Kumiko FX: 2 Kyousuke: Now, I caught... 3 [He gets a good close look at Kumiko. Her glasses have fallen a bit to the tip of her nose. She looks up at him with eyes wide.] 4 [Kyousuke blushes.] narration: Eh? Th-this is Kumiko-san?! Sh-she's cute... Kyousuke heartbeat FX: 5 [Kumiko closes her eyes.] 6 narration: EH?! 7 narration: S-something nice... I wonder if maybe I'm being seduced. Kyousuke heartbeat FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 347 (131) 1 [Meanwhile, Madoka exits the pension, but stops on the doorstep.] door FX: 2 [Uncannily, she gazes up at the mountains, a slightly sad look on her face.] 3 [And up in those mountains, Kyousuke gets a flash thought which stops him from sampling the "something nice". No doubt it's a tug from the other end of the "red string".] narration: But... 4 [Kyousuke looks up and around him in wonder.] 5 Kyousuke: Ahhhh! Look! Fl-flowers blooming! So many... [Kumiko sits up...] 6 [View from a distance.] Kumiko: [running through the meadow] Wow! You're right! So pretty! --------------------------------------------------- p 348 (132) 1 [As evening falls, Madoka is seen patiently waiting, sitting at the table on the pension's outside deck.] 2 [Closeup of Madoka as she turns...] 3 [...to see Kyousuke and Kumiko together, returning down the path.] 4 [Closeup of Kyousuke and Kumiko. Kumiko rests a hand on his shoulder, and both laugh at something just said...] 5 [...until they realize that they are being watched. Kyousuke's face freezes. Kumiko looks on with a smile.] 6 [View over Kyousuke's shoulder. Madoka stands up, both hands on the table, and very angry.] Kyousuke: AYUKAWA!! 7 [Madoka facial portrait--glare.] 8 [Madoka spins about and storms off.] Madoka FX: Kumiko: [looking at Kyousuke, eyes wide and hand to her open mouth] Ah! Kyousuke: [sweating, blushing, hand raised] W-wait!! narration: Oh no! She was worried and waited for me. --------------------------------------------------- p 349 (133) 1 Kumiko: [shouting after Madoka] Wait! It's my fault!! 2 [Madoka stops, spins about and glares back.] 3 Kumiko: [bowing head to Madoka] I'm sorry. Kumiko FX: [Kyousuke is surprised yet again.] 4 Kumiko: I forced him to go! We went to pick flowers, that's all!! Madoka: [still not convinced] Flowers? 6 [Profile portrait of Kumiko. She holds the flowers up to her face to smell. Gaze downcast. Her dialog appears in EXTREMELY LARGE-SIZE PRINT on either side of her, on a white background.] Kumiko: [subdued] I'm... One week from now... I'm going to have an operation... --------------------------------------------------- p 350 (134) 1 [Madoka's pov. Kumiko quietly looks at her. Behind Kumiko, Kyousuke stares, stunned, at Kumiko's back.] 2 [Madoka portrait--concern and some tenderness.] 3 [Kumiko portrait overlaid on her flashback that consists of Kumiko eavesdropping on her doctor's conversation with her mother.] Kumiko: Because of that I was hospitalized, but... ...by accident, I overheard the doctor and my mother talking... 4 [Night has fallen. The three still stand in a line, Kumiko roughly halfway between Madoka and Kyousuke.] Kumiko: [still clutching her bouquet to her chest] There's a 50% chance of success. 5 Kumiko: [smiling] But there's a story that's been going around that hospital for many years. If you take these flowers--which only bloom on these highlands in the autumn--and place them in your hospital room and don't let them die, then the operation will surely be successful. --------------------------------------------------- p 351 (135) 1 [Kumiko drops her gaze and clenches her eyes shut. Tears start to fall.] Kumiko: That's why I... 2 [Closeup of the flowers she holds.] Kumiko: These flowers... 3 [Madoka portrait--understanding.] 4 [Kyousuke portrait--understanding.] 5 [Madoka approaches near. She takes and holds a flower to her face to smell.] Madoka: I wonder... Can I have one? I won't let it die. 6 [Kyousuke looks surprised and relieved...] narration: That's it for sure... --------------------------------------------------- p 352 (136) 1 [...and he has a flash thought.] narration: Everything's all right!! Madoka: [looking sweetly at him] Kasuga-kun... 3 Kyousuke: Eh? 4 [Kyousuke now holds the flower. Madoka points a finger at him and gives him an irritated look as she walks away.] Madoka: Look! I won't forgive you if you let it die! [Kyousuke sweats and tries to look agreeable.] narration: J-just as I thought, she's angry...! 5 [Kumiko portrait--a brave but tiny smile.] narration: But, well, that's not so unreasonable! She was worried about me. 6 [Exterior shot of ABCB.] narration: And, one week later... --------------------------------------------------- p 353 (137) 1 [Kyousuke sits at the counter, looking up at Madoka in her ABCB apron. Madoka looks off into the distance.] Madoka: That girl's operation should be over by now... 2 Kyousuke: [looking over at the flower, still blooming in its mug of water] Uh-huh... But, look! 3 [The two of them rest their arms on the counter and smile at the flower.] Kyousuke: This flower is so pretty. 4 [Closeup of a vase full of flowers.] Kumiko's mother: [off] Kumiko, Kumiko! 5 [Closeup of Kumiko lying in her hospital bed, eyes closed.] 6 [View from outside looking into the hospital room through the open window. Kumiko smiles up at her parents, who stand at her bedside. The vase of flowers rests on the windowsill.] Kumiko: Oh! Father, mother. Kumiko's mother: Everything went well, Kumiko! ---------------------------- Bottom titles (wideban only): Kimagure Orange Road 2 (End) ---------------------------------------------------