Kimagure Orange Road "The Telepathy Kid!" Volume 5, Story 2 WB Volume 3, Story 4 Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi Original translation by : Albert Nakano & Hitoshi Doi Additional translation by : Craig H. Nishida Compilation by : Spencer C. Hastings Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose Craig Nishida Spencer Hastings Matthew Klippenstein Leo Hourvitz Last revision : 02-07-95 Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? Please send them to: kor-trans@gnu.ai.mit.edu 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 extras to those of you not having them. Example: The subtitles on page 71 (27) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 71 (27)--TITLE PAGE [Madoka leans back against the edge of the window in a hallway at school.] MAIN TITLE (at top) The Telepathy Kid! SUB-TITLE (at bottom) Dusk--Innocence. Loneliness, One. Eyes--Sparkling. A Heavy Sigh, Two. True Love Is So Dazzling That I Wish I Could Be Freed from Time... --------------------------------------------------- p 72 (28) 1 [Kyousuke, in school uniform, walks in through the front door...] narration: Returning home as usual, I found... Kyousuke: I'm home... door FX: 2 [He stops in puzzlement.] Manami: [off] HEYYY! Wait! off-panel FX: 3 [A small boy crashes into Kyousuke.] collision FX: 4 Manami: Ha! Caught you! Kyousuke jump-back FX: Kyousuke: Wha?! 5 [Kyousuke's pov of the little boy, who stares back wide-eyed. He looks like a young version of Kyousuke.] 6 narration: It's me from ten years ago! --------------------------------------------------- p 73 (29) 1 [The living room is a shambles. Drawers open, potted plant toppled, picture on wall hangs crooked, slash marks on the wall, and a large kitchen knife embedded in the ceiling. Kyousuke peers about at the carnage.] Takashi: Your aunt went on a trip for 2-3 days so we're taking care of him... But he's a very active boy, so as you can see... Kyousuke: Ohh, he's a relative. 2 Manami: [smiling] Either way, he looks just like oniichan. [Both Kyousuke and Kazuya--the boy--hold fingers to pursed lips.] 3 [Manami facial portrait.] Takashi: [off] Anyway, can one of you take him outside? I can't work if it's this noisy. 4 Manami: [cheerfully to Kazuya] So, let's go outside! Kazuya: [disdainfully] I don't like bratty girls! Kazuya FX: 5 [Kyousuke attempts to tiptoe off.] Manami: [off] Brat! Who're you calling a brat?! Takashi: [off] In that case... 6 Takashi: [off] KYOUSUKE!! Kyousuke FX: Kyousuke: [blushing with a jolt] Y-yes! --------------------------------------------------- p 74 (30) 1 [Exterior shot of a two-lane street and crosswalk.] Kyousuke: [off] (Urrrgh. I was planning on kicking back and maybe reading some manga. What do you take your oldest son for?) 2 [Kazuya runs off down the sidewalk.] Kyousuke: Hey! If you scamper around too much, you might hit some... 3 [Kyousuke bumps into a scary looking student.] collision FX: Kyousuke: ...one. 4 student: [shouting] You blind?! Pay attention!! 5 student: [in Kyousuke's face] You got a problem? Kyousuke: [sweating] N-n-no, n-nothing... student FX: 6 narration: Damn! You're the one who should be... 7 [Kazuya yells at the back of the retreating student.] Kazuya: You're the one who should be paying attention!! student FX: student: Oh! 8 student: [turning about] Whaaat?!! Kyousuke FX: Kyousuke: [with Kazuya tucked under his arm] O-oh no!! --------------------------------------------------- p 75 (31) 1 [Exterior shot of ABCB.] Madoka: [off] Welcome... 2 [Madoka portrait--surprise.] 3 Kyousuke: [wide-eyed, winded] 4 [Kazuya portrait--his expression is a twin to Kyousuke's wide-eyed one in panel 3.] 5 Madoka: So... It's your relatives' kid. 6 Madoka: I've thought this before, but Kasuga-kun, you really have a baby face. [Kyousuke, indignant, points at Kazuya's face.] Kyousuke: He just looks like me, that's all! 7 [Madoka registers slight surprise as she notices Kazuya looking at her.] Kazuya contemplation FX: 8 Kazuya FX: 9 [To Madoka's and Kyousuke's surprise, Kazuya flies into her arms.] Kazuya: Huggie! Kazuya FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 76 (32) 1 Kazuya: Oneechan , I like you 'cause you're pretty! Madoka: Oh, thank you. 2 Madoka: How old are we? Kazuya: Five! 3 Kyousuke: (Damn...! He's only in kindergarten and he's flirting...) . So perhaps "trawling/trolling for babes" is a better reflection of this than "flirting".> Madoka: [off] What's your name? Kazuya: [off] Kazuya! 4 [Kyousuke's pov of Madoka carrying Kazuya. The boy has his hand resting on the chest part of her ABCB apron.] 5 [Kyousuke blushes.] 6 Kyousuke: (Touching her there... How nice to be a kid. Everything can be dismissed by the single word of "innocence." Even I haven't touched her yet.) 7 narration: H-however, for a junior high student, Ayukawa is rather... Kyousuke FX: 8 Kazuya: WELL-BUILT! Madoka: [wide-eyed, blushing] HUH?! Kyousuke FX: 9 [Kyousuke grabs Kazuya by the wrist and races out the door.] Kyousuke: [red-faced] G-g'bye. Kyousuke FX: narration: This impudent brat! --------------------------------------------------- p 77 (33) 1 [Exterior shot of an intersection.] narration: What sorta things is he saying?! Really! sign: 2 Kyousuke: [still running] (Just how the heck is Auntie disciplining him?) Kyousuke FX: 3 Kyousuke: [looking back] (But... He's... ...unusually heavy...) 4 [View pans back to show Kyousuke and all that he's been dragging along...] Madoka: [looking apologetic] 'Scuse me... Can't you do something about this? narration: Obviously! 5 Kyousuke: Let go of her! Kazuya: Noooo! I want to be with this oneechan. Kyousuke: Oneechan is busy. 6 Madoka: He's a very determined boy. Kyousuke: [glaring at Kazuya] (Dangerously so.) Kyousuke FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 78 (34) 1 [At a phone booth...] Madoka: [on the phone] I'm sorry... I'll return before it gets real busy. [...Kazuya leans down to get a look up Madoka's short skirt.] 2 [Kyousuke looks on wide-eyed.] 3 Kazuya FX: 4 Kyousuke: [looking up at the sky] (..........) 5 Kazuya: Wrong! It's pink! Kyousuke: Eh?! 6 [Kazuya turns to look at Madoka, who's still on the phone.] 7 [A sudden breeze lifts her skirt high.] Madoka: KYA! skirt FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 79 (35) 1 Madoka: [holding down her skirt] (Oh no... Was it the wind?) Crows-in-background FX: Kyousuke: (I-I saw it...!) 2 Kazuya FX: 3 Kyousuke: Ah! narration: C-could it be that... 4 narration: Maybe what I've been thinking is somehow being communicated to him. narration: Come to think of it, bumping into that thug back then, and also about Ayukawa's breast... 5 Kyousuke: [flash thought] (All those things were running through my mind for just an instant. I see. I understand now! That means, I haven't been able to do it before, but now...) 6 [Kyousuke stares super-heroically at his fist.] narration: I've become telepathic! Kyousuke: (Kids don't think much so it's easier to project to them.) 7 Kyousuke: [throwing up both hands] Banzaaai! 8 narration: I can peer into people's minds now! Kyousuke: Ban... [Kyousuke freezes in mid-cheer as he notices Madoka watching him.] --------------------------------------------------- p 80 (36) 1 [Kazuya races off towards a playground.] narration: Anyway... 2 Kazuya: [atop the jungle gym] Oneechan! Come on! 3 Madoka: All right! narration: ...to be able to be with Ayukawa is a bonus! 4 Kyousuke: Th-that's dangerous! 5 Madoka: No problem! 6 [Madoka climbs up.] narration: But, instead of having this lump along with us, I'd rather it... Madoka: Well, now what do I do? Madoka: Hup! --------------------------------------------------- p 81 (37) 1 Kazuya: ...be just the two of us! Madoka: [blushing, surprised] Huh?! 2 [Kyousuke cringes and blushes.] 3 Madoka: [losing her hand-hold] Ah! 4 Kyousuke: [racing forward] Watch out!! 5 Madoka: [falling backwards] KYA! --------------------------------------------------- p 82 (38) 1 [Kyousuke holds out his arms to catch her.] 2 off-panel catch FX: 3 [View of some apartment buildings over beyond some trees.] Kyousuke: [off] Owwwwwww... 4 [Various odds-and-ends float across this grey panel.] narration: Wh-what's this soft thing...?! soft thing FX: manga: [stem] Jump manga: [face] candy bar: Eaten 5 [Coming to, Kyousuke finds himself lying on his back, Madoka poised over him, his right hand resting on her left breast. Both go wide-eyed.] Kyousuke: AH! --------------------------------------------------- p 83 (39) 1 [His face goes apoplectic.] Kyousuke heartbeat FX: 2 [They leap away from each other. Both end up kneeling on the ground, backs toward each other.] Kyousuke: [blushing] S-sorry! Kyousuke and Madoka FX: 3 Kyousuke heartbeat FX: narration: I-I touched it! 4 [Panels 3-4 have Kyousuke and Madoka, respectively, in back-to-back portraits.] 5 Kyousuke: [peeking over his shoulder] (I w-wonder if she's mad...?) 6 [His pov of the back of Madoka. She is silent and unmoving.] 7 Kazuya: [rushing over] Oneechan, does it hurt? Madoka: [smiling] I'm okay! --------------------------------------------------- p 84 (40) 1 narration: Thank god. She doesn't seem to be angry. Kyousuke: Whew! 2 [He flashes back to when his hand rested on her breast.] narration: But... I only touched her through clothes, but I never imagined they were that soft. What a feeling... 3 Kazuya: Did it feel good?! [Madoka and Kyousuke blush.] Kyousuke FX: sign: Overview of Park 4 [Kyousuke claps a hand over Kazuya's mouth.] Kyousuke: Wahhh! Wahhh!! 5 [Madoka gives a gentle smile.] --------------------------------------------------- p 85 (41) 1 [Walking across the park, Kyousuke carries three cans of soft drinks.] Kyousuke FX: 2 [His pov of Madoka, sitting on the grass, with the head of the sleeping Kazuya in her lap.] 3 Kyousuke: Huh? 4 [His pov of Kazuya.] 5 Madoka: Looks like he's all tuckered out. Kyousuke: Hmmm. --------------------------------------------------- p 86 (42) 1 [Kyousuke looks over at Madoka...] Kyousuke FX: 2 [...who pointedly averts her gaze.] 3 narration: But when we're alone like this, the feel of her breast keeps coming back to me... 4 Madoka: [small smile] How long... Do you plan on keeping those juices? 5 [A closeup of their hands as he holds out the cans to her.] Kyousuke: Uh, which one? Madoka: This one's fine. 6 Kyousuke heartbeat FX: 7 [They freeze, hands holding the same can.] --------------------------------------------------- p 87 (43) 1 [Closeup of their touching hands.] narration: I'm being very conscious of her! Kyousuke and Madoka heartbeat FX: 2 Kazuya: [rubbing his eyes] Mmmmm. 3 [Both Madoka and Kyousuke use their free hands to pull away their betraying hands.] Kyousuke and Madoka FX: 4 [His pov of a blushing Madoka, deep in thought.] 5 Kyousuke FX: narration: And Ayukawa is of me... 6 Kyousuke: [embarrassed] I-I'm sorry I brought along a weird kid. Are you upset?! 7 [Madoka shakes her head, no.] --------------------------------------------------- p 88 (44) 1 Madoka: It's strange. 2 [Kyousuke portrait--wide-eyed.] 3 Madoka: [looking at Kyousuke] I can forgive him for almost anything. 4 [Shot from behind them shows the empty meadow, far-off trees, and a few city highrises in the distance.] Madoka: Could it be because he looks like you...? 5 narration: Ayukawa... What does she mean? 6 [Madoka drops her gaze and smiles gently.] narration: M-maybe... --------------------------------------------------- p 89 (45) 1 narration: Th-that's right! I'm telepathic now! 2 narration: If I can transmit my thoughts to others, I should be able to read theirs as well. 3 [Madoka portrait.] 4 [She takes a gulp from her drink.] narration: But, to peek into other people's minds... God, it's a wrong thing to do, isn't it. Madoka drinking FX: narration: But I want to know how she feels, in her heart... 5 Flash telepathic message: Urrgghh... How pathetic!! If you're a man, make up your mind. 6 Kyousuke: [sitting bolt-upright] R-right! G-God? --------------------------------------------------- p 90 (46) 1 [Kyousuke flashes with the Power...] narration: Okay, I've decided! narration: I'll look into... 2 [...focusing it on Madoka.] narration: ...her heart! 3 [His pov as Madoka tosses back her hair...] 4 [...and looks back at him.] 5 Kyousuke: [horrified] I-I can't see anything!! Wh-why not?! 6 [Kyousuke clutches at his head.] Kyousuke: [flash] (Lord, you've forsaken me!) --------------------------------------------------- p 91 (47) 1 [Kyousuke carries the sleeping Kazuya home on his back.] 2 [He visualizes Madoka at the moment he tried to read her mind.] narration: That's strange. Why couldn't I see? narration: And I thought I'd be able to read her heart... 3 [Kyousuke winces.] narration: God, you meanie!! 4 Kazuya: [flash telepathic message] (Kyousuke, you weenie!) [Kyousuke stops short, in surprise...] 5 [...and looks back at his snoozing cousin.] Kazuya: 6 [Kyousuke resumes walking, looking up in thought. Overlaid on this panel is a closeup of Kazuya, who winks at us.] Kyousuke: Hmm...? ---------------------------------------------------