Kimagure Orange Road "I Drew the Ace of Hearts!" Volume 4, Story 7 WB Volume 3, Story 1 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 Scott Henry Gary Kacmarcik Tony Schrick 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 7 (139) are only in the WB'S!) --------------------------------------------------- p 7 (139)--TITLE PAGE [Hikaru looks us right in the eye and stands in dress, coat and hat, hands in her coat pockets.] MAIN TITLE (at top) I Drew the Ace of Hearts! SUB-TITLE (at bottom) On the Day One Person Grows Fond of Autumn and a Young Lady, He's Unable to Read Her Card, and His Heart Is Dyed in Sepia. --------------------------------------------------- p 8 (140) 1 [Outside, Kyousuke stands in a lamp-lit area, in front of a vending machine.] narration: 2:00 A.M. The dead of night. 2 [Out pops his selection.] canned drink FX: canned drink: Suntory Coffee <"Suntory" is a brand-name/company-name> 3 [He looks off in the distance and takes a sip.] Kyousuke FX: Kyousuke: Oo-ooh! It sure is getting cold...! 4 Kyousuke: [looking over at ABCB--windows unlit] At this hour even Ayukawa has gone home. 5 [A woman in high heels and a dress exits ABCB, locking the door behind her. She carries a small shopping bag by its handles. We are too far away to identify her.] door FX: Kyousuke: ! 6 [Part of a leg and high heels. In the distance is Kyousuke, watching.] footsteps FX: Kyousuke: Ayukawa. narration: Sounds like high heels! Is that her? 7 [Kyousuke's pov.] Kyousuke: [off] Well... Guess not... 8 [He walks away, looking back at the receding figure.] narration: Someone else, hmm... --------------------------------------------------- p 9 (141) 1 [Exterior daylight shot of ABCB.] Kyousuke: [off] A thief broke in?! 2 [Kyousuke and Hikaru sit at the counter. Madoka serves them water.] 3 Kyousuke: So what was stolen? Shouldn't you report this to the police...? Madoka: It... 4 [Madoka portrait.] Madoka: ...was only several plates and the shop's key. 5 Hikaru: Whaaat?! Master: But as long as they've taken the key, they might break in again. Next time they may not be satisfied with just plates. 6 Hikaru: When the heck did they break in? Madoka: Last night, some time after closing. 7 [Kyousuke visualizes the late night episode with a woman leaving ABCB.] narration: Last night...?! 8 Kyousuke: [standing abruptly] Ahhh! Then that...?! Kyousuke FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 10 (142) 1 Master: [arms crossed, resolute] Okay, so the culprit is a woman, huh... Kyousuke: I'm sure it would be better to report this to the police... 2 [Master solemnly looks off to the side. The background is jet black.] Master: No. Now that we know it's a woman we don't need to go that far. It's not as if anything really important was stolen... Besides, the matter will be settled once the lock is changed. 3 Master: [smiling] For now, I'll spend tonight here. Can't have her breaking in again. 4 Kyousuke: But, Master... [Kyousuke gives a glance off to his right--at Hikaru and Madoka...] Kyousuke FX: 5 Kyousuke: Women nowadays are quite strong... Madoka: [slightly indignant] ..... Just what do you mean by that? 6 Madoka: Then, shall I stay too, Master? This time, the culprit may not necessarily be coming alone. Master: I am grateful, Ayukawa-kun. With you here I feel reassured. Hikaru: [in glee] Hey! That sounds like fun! --------------------------------------------------- p 11 (143) 1 Hikaru: [rushing into Darling's arms] Sempai, why don't we stay over, too?! [Kyousuke flinches back and looks unnaturally stiff.] Kyousuke: Eh?! Me too? 2 Hikaru: [happily] With everyone staying over together, it'll be fun--just like a school excursion. 3 Hikaru: [waving as she exits] All right. If that's settled, then we'll need to get sweets and other stuff. Bye. See you later...! 4 Kyousuke: [eyes closed, sweating] (Somehow... She misunderstood...) door FX: 5 [Exterior night shot of ABCB--lights off.] narration: Thus, that night... --------------------------------------------------- p 12 (144) 1 [In ABCB's attic is a nicely furnished room. Master sits cross-legged on the floor at the kotatsu (foot-warming table) and twiddles his thumbs. Madoka sits and leans back against the sofa front, reading a magazine. Kyousuke sits on the floor and looks up at the ceiling.] Hikaru: [just entering] So there was a room like this in the attic... Master: When I can't go home I sometimes use this place. narration: ...it was decided that everyone would stay over at ABCB, but... 2 Hikaru: [in wide-eyed contemplation] I hope the thief will come soon... Hikaru FX: Master: [eyes closed and sweating] .......... That would be troublesome... 3 [Kyousuke facial portrait--contentment.] narration: ...as for me... 4 [Madoka intently reads her "non-no" magazine.] 5 [Kyousuke smiles and watches Master and Hikaru, both sitting at the table.] narration: ...I get to spend one night together with Ayukawa and the others, and, in some way, I also have a feeling of anticipation that we'll have a lot of fun. [Master pours himself a drink.] Hikaru: [wheedling] Hey, Master. All by yourself. Gee, that's nice! Master: [smiling] Ah! Ha ha ha. Okay, if you like! 6 Hikaru: [taking a drink from a tall glass] (If it was just Darling and me here, it would be terrific...) 7 [Madoka continues to read her magazine, ignoring all else.] --------------------------------------------------- p 13 (145) 1 [Hikaru turns to Kyousuke with the bottle.] Hikaru: How about a drink for you, too, Sempai? Kyousuke: [holding up both hands] Eh? No. I-I... 2 [Madoka looks up to see Hikaru pouring a bottle into Kyousuke's glass. Master watches and beams.] Hikaru: Come on... Don't be so stuffy. Let's get wild! pouring FX: Kyousuke: [looking unwell] G-get wild, huh... Master: Wah ha ha! Sheesh, what a lightweight...! 3 Hikaru: [pulling out a deck of cards] Weeeelllll! It's gonna be a long night. Let's play some cards...! Master: Wow, Hikaru-chan! You came really well-prepared, huh?! 4 [Exterior shot of the night sky over a residential street. A lamp casts its light on a sign on a pole.] sign: Oota Dispensary 5 [Madoka looks up from her magazine.] Master/Hikaru/Kyousuke: [off] Wah-hahahaha! 6 [Pov shifts so we can see what she's looking at. The other 3 sit around the table and play a game. Probably gin rummy.] Hikaru: [grabbing a card] That's it! That's it! Miiiine! Master: [intently staring at the cards in his hands] You cheeky girl...! Kyousuke: (What did I come here for?) --------------------------------------------------- p 14 (146) 1 Hikaru: [holding the deck in her hands] Now, this time we'll do something a little amusing--fortune-telling. cards FX: 2 [Shot of some cards, fanned out, face-down.] Hikaru: [off] Sempai. Draw just one card, please! 3 Kyousuke: Eh? What? Hikaru: [smiling] The best card to draw is the Ace of Hearts. 4 Kyousuke: Ace of Hearts, hmm... narration: Allll right! 5 [Kyousuke flashes with the Power.] narration: This is easy if I use the Power! 6 [His pov of the cards. The Ace of Hearts comes into view through the back of the fanned-out cards.] 7 Kyousuke: [yanking it out dramatically] Here it is! card FX: Hikaru: [wide-eyed] Kyaa! You did it! 8 Hikaru: [leaping on him] I'm so happy! I can't believe it! Hikaru FX: [Madoka looks up at the ruckus.] Madoka magazine FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 15 (147) 1 Hikaru: [beaming] That was a fortune-telling of love between Sempai and me! If the Ace of Hearts appears that means the two have an awesome relationship. Kyousuke: EH?! 2 [Looking unwell, Kyousuke glances over at Madoka.] Kyousuke: 3 [She looks prim and goes back to reading her magazine.] Madoka magazine masthead: "non-no" 307 Shuueisha 4 Kyousuke: (N-no way... I can't believe this...) Master: [reaching to draw a card] Th-then, me too. Hikaru: The worst thing to draw is the Ace of Spades. 5 Master: [looking at card] .......... It's the Ace of Spades. Hikaru: Huh? 6 Master: [smiling at Madoka] Oh, that's right. You try it too, Ayukawa-kun. Madoka: [looking up in surprise] What?!! 7 [Kyousuke portrait--he looks at Madoka.] 8 [Madoka portrait--she looks back at Kyousuke.] --------------------------------------------------- p 16 (148) 1 [All are startled by the sound of...] FX: [off] 2 [Madoka and Hikaru leap into action. The guys just freeze.] Master: Th-the thief?! Madoka: [turning to exit] I'll go look! Madoka FX: Hikaru: [face flushed, getting up shakily] M-me too!! Hikaru FX: 3 [Downstairs, Madoka goes out the door. She turns to talk to Hikaru.] Madoka: Hikaru, check inside the shop. Hikaru: [spinning about to go check] Right. Hikaru FX: Kyousuke: (Hikaru-chan is rather tipsy... I wonder if she's all right.) 4 [Tight shot of the welcome mat at the front door. Madoka steps out.] door FX: 5 [Madoka portrait--she looks about, determination on her face.] 6 [She turns at a sound around the corner.] FX: 7 [Looking around the corner she sees a toppled garbage can.] cat: [sitting on can] Meow... Madoka: (Wh-what's this...?) --------------------------------------------------- p 17 (149) 1/2/3 Hikaru: [off] KYAAA! 1 [Madoka portrait--she turns at the sound of Hikaru's scream.] 2 [Kyousuke races towards Hikaru's voice, serious look on his face.] 3 [Master sweats and stands in surprise.] 4 Kyousuke: [racing up to Hikaru] Hikaru-chan! Hikaru: [looking fearful] Sempai! 5 [Hikaru leaps to grab Kyousuke around the neck.] Hikaru: A cockroach!! Hikaru FX: Kyousuke: Eh! 6 Madoka: [running towards the back of ABCB] Hikaru!?! Madoka FX: door FX: 7 [Madoka portrait--anger.] Madoka FX: 8 [Kyosuke lies on his back on the floor with a sleeping Hikaru resting her head on his chest.] Kyousuke: [giving a friendly wave and a forced smile] H-hello... Hikaru: Zzzzz --------------------------------------------------- p 18 (150) 1 [Up in the attic, Kyousuke and Madoka turn at the sound of...] phone FX: 2 [Madoka portrait--surprise/apprehension.] 3 [Kyousuke portrait--surprise.] 4 [Madoka looks on.] Master: [on the phone] What? I see. I'll leave at once. 5 Master: [leaving the attic through the trap-door] Well, Kasuga-kun. I'm going home. I'll leave the rest to you. [Kyousuke bends near Hikaru, who lies asleep under a blanket on the couch.] 6 Kyousuke: Master. What's the matter? suspense FX: 7 Madoka: Your wife is suddenly running a fever and is sick in bed? Kyousuke: ..... What next?! --------------------------------------------------- p 19 (151) 1 [Upstairs, Hikaru sleeps a peaceful sleep.] 2 [Madoka comes down the stairs. Kyousuke turns to look.] Madoka footsteps FX: 3 [Madoka wipes her brow, wearily. Kyousuke watches her wide-eyed.] narration: Master went home, Hikaru-chan fell asleep, and... 4 [The two of them sit side-by-side at the counter. Both stare straight ahead.] narration: ...in the end it was just the two of us. FX: 5 [Shot of the cash register on the other end of the counter. Posters (in English) paper part of the wall. Two are ads for guitar stores: "Norman's Rare--6735 Tampa Ave. and "Stars Guitars"--818 Folsom St.] --------------------------------------------------- p 20 (152) 1 Madoka: [turning to him, yawning into her hand] Getting a bit sleepy? Why don't we go to bed already? Madoka FX: [Kyousuke blushes...] Kyousuke heartbeat FX: 2 [...and visualizes Madoka and himself in bed together, under blankets, holding hands (and apparently unclothed)...] narration: G-go to bed...?! 3 Madoka: [smiling] We can't really be doing that, huh, since Master is counting on us. Kyousuke: [blushing, wide-eyed] Eh? Ah. Tha... That's right. crows-in-background FX: Kyousuke heartbeat FX: Kyousuke: (Wh-what am I thinking of...) 4 [Kyousuke, still blushing, sits and stares at the counter in front of him. Madoka nonchalantly does somewhat the same.] FX: 5 Kyousuke: [getting up and reaching for the radio] Th-that's right. Hikaru-chan brought a radio. narration: For some reason, whenever we're alone, I imagine strange things... How terrible! 6 radio caller: ...and I finally did it with my classmate Keiko last night...! radio host: Really? So, what did it feel like? [Kyousuke's hair bolts up, he blushes and his eyes widen. Madoka stops in surprise as well.] Madoka & Kyousuke heartbeat FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 21 (153) 1 [Kyousuke leaps to shut it off.] Kyousuke FX: radio caller: It felt great... 2 [He thinks hard...] narration: Wh-what the heck kind of conversation was that?! Kyousuke heartbeat FX: 3 [...and spies the deck of cards, sitting on the counter.] 4 Kyousuke: [quickly reaching over] Oh! Then how about some cards... 5 [His hand reaches the deck, but Madoka gently places hers on top of his.] 6 [Kyousuke portrait--wide-eyed surprise.] 7 [Madoka portrait--in thought.] --------------------------------------------------- p 22 (154) 1 Madoka: [holding up the deck] I'll go first...! 2 Madoka: [shuffling] There's still a long way to go tonight, and... card shuffling FX: 3 [Kyousuke blushes and stares.] Kyousuke heartbeat FX: 4 [Exterior shot of Master's home. His car sits in the driveway.] 5 Master: [looking in a cabinet] Uh, icebag, icebag... 6 [Turning he spots a stack of plates on a countertop.] Master: Huh? --------------------------------------------------- p 23 (155) 1 Madoka: [fanning out some cards in her hand, face-down so neither can see] Pick one... 2 [Madoka's pov--he stares back at her.] 3 [Kyousuke's pov--she looks him right back in the eye.] 4 [Kyousuke stares at the cards, blushes and sweats.] narration: It's the love fortune-telling I did with Hikaru-chan! A little while back, without realizing that, I used the Power to draw a card, but... Kyousuke FX: 5 [His pov of Madoka looking back at him.] narration: This time I can't do that sort of thing! I want to draw a card on my own... 6 [Tight shot of his hand as he begins to draw a card.] Kyousuke: [flash hope] (Ace of Hearts!!) card FX: 7 [But he spasms at the sound of...] phone FX: [...and the card goes flying off.] --------------------------------------------------- p 24 (156) 1 [Isolated shot of the card as it settles to the ground face-down.] 2 Kyousuke: [searching about] Huh? Where'd that card go?! Madoka: [on the phone] Master?! 3 Master: [embarrassed] Those plates that, uh... ...they weren't stolen... My wife brought them home. I feel bad...! It was my mistake! 4 Madoka: Th-then the key?! And that strange woman that Kasuga-kun saw?! Kyousuke: [on the floor, still searching] Thaaat's strange... 5 [Under a table, Kyousuke finds a set of keys.] Master: [off] That was my wife. 6 Madoka: [into the phone] WHAT! Kyousuke: [standing, holding the set of keys] AHH! --------------------------------------------------- p 25 (157) 1 Kyousuke: [holding the keys up to Madoka] A-aren't these the shop's keys...? 2 [Isolated shot of the keys.] 3 [Later... Exterior shot of the sunlit front of ABCB.] Kyousuke: [off] Oh boy... 4 Kyousuke: [pulling on his school uniform jacket] It was only Master's false alarm. Madoka: [sitting at ABCB's counter, now in school dress] Well, it didn't turn into a serious affair, so that's okay. 5 Madoka: But... 6 Madoka: [smiling and turning to him] ...it's a little too bad! Kyousuke: [surprised] Eh? --------------------------------------------------- p 26 (158) 1 [His pov. A closeup of Madoka as she looks back.] 2 [Kyousuke stares at her.] narration: The confusion over the thief was settled, and the keys were found, but... 3 [Hikaru emerges sleepily, having come down the stairs. She is still dressed in last night's blouse, jacket and pants.] narration: ...in the end, the card I drew wasn't found... Hikaru: Huh? Were you awake all along? Madoka: Well. 4 Madoka: [smiling and looking over her shoulder at us] I want to go home and sleep, but... ...right now... 5 Madoka: [dramatically] Shall we head for school? [Madoka holds the front door open as Kyousuke and Hikaru--now in school dress--race for the door. The sunlight streams in.] narration: Sure enough, that card... --------------------------------------------------- p 27 (159) 1 narration: ...several days later... [Madoka sweeps the floor of ABCB.] 2 [She spies a card lying face-down under a chair.] 3 [Madoka portrait--a "what's this?" look on her face.] 4 [She picks up the card...] 5 [...and, wide-eyed, she turns it over...] 6 [Still not showing us the card, she looks up at us with a soft smile.] 7 [Card placed face-down on the counter, she continues on with her sweeping. She looks back over her shoulder at the card (and us) and smiles.] narration: I wonder if that guy... ...uses magic or something...?! ---------------------------------------------------