Kimagure Orange Road "Lucky Birthday!" Volume 5, Story 3 WB Volume 3, Story 5 Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi Translation by : Larry Greenfield (special thanks to Takayuki Karahashi) Additional translation by : Craig Nishida Compilation by : Spencer C. Hastings Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose Larry Greenfield Craig Nishida Spencer Hastings Ramon Galindo Matthew Klippenstein Wes Shull Jordan Lampe Scott Henry 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 93 (49) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 93 (49)--TITLE PAGE [Separate circular panels show Kyousuke sweating wide-eyed, and--in four other circular panels--Madoka, Hikaru, Manami/Kurumi, or Hatta/Komatsu hold presents, but appear to ignore him.] MAIN TITLE (at top) Lucky Birthday! SUB-TITLE (at bottom) Even Though It's My Birthday Ev-v-veryone Is Giving Me the Brush-Off! --------------------------------------------------- p 94 (50) 1 [Kyousuke stands in his room in his pajamas, pushing aside the curtains and looking out his sliding glass door at the rising sun.] narration: Today, November 15th, is my--Kasuga Kyousuke's-- curtain FX: 2 narration: --15th birthday. Kyousuke: [stretching] 3 [Out in the kitchen, Kyousuke cheerfully greets Manami and Kurumi.] narration: In any case... Kyousuke: Good morning! narration: ...a joyful occasion! 4 [Kyousuke beams and visualizes a smiling Madoka and Hikaru.] narration: I've been moving all the time and never had the chance to settle down and have a birthday party, but not this time! Madoka and Hikaru: [daydream] Happy birthday! 5 Kyousuke: Hey, Manami. By the way, today... [Manami elbows her way past him.] Manami FX: Manami: Dad, you forgot your necktie! 6 Kyousuke: .......... 7 Kyousuke: [smiling at the calendar] Kurumi, what day is today? --------------------------------------------------- p 95 (51) 1 Kurumi: [looking at the wall calendar] Are you stupid, oniichan? You read this as the "15th." Kyousuke: [sweating] Ah. No, not that, but... 2 Kyousuke: I see... Maybe they forgot. All right, I'll just circle it. [He circles the 15th...] 3 [...and turns around, bright-eyed.] Kyousuke: Heyyy! What do you suppose this mark means? 4 [Kurumi's out the door...] Kurumi: [off] I'm leeeaaving... door FX: Takashi: [also about to leave] What are you doing? 5 Takashi: If you don't hurry, you'll be late, too! Oh yeah, I won't be coming home from work tonight, so I won't need a meal. 6 Takashi: [off] Ah, busy, busy. door FX: [off] 7 [Kyousuke stands there, shell-shocked.] narration: Wait everyone... My birthday! --------------------------------------------------- p 96 (52) 1 [Shot looking into classroom 3-A.] sensei: Stand! 2 Komatsu: [stretching] Oh, that was a good sleep Well, it's lunchtime, lunchtime! 3 Kyousuke: [bright-eyed] Um... I... Komatsu chair FX: Komatsu: Hey, Hatta! Let's go get some bread! 4 Kyousuke: W-wait a sec! 5 [Komatsu and Hatta turn around and look at him questioningly.] 6 Komatsu: [wide-eyed] What is it? If we don't hurry... The bread... 7 Kyousuke: Do you guys know what day today is? Kyousuke FX: 8 [Komatsu and Hatta stare at him uncomprehendingly.] 9 Komatsu: [slapping Kyousuke on the shoulder] Oh, right... I didn't notice. Komatsu hand FX: narration: Oh, they knew?! It's a good thing to have friends after all! --------------------------------------------------- p 97 (53) 1 Komatsu: [grinning] The pro-wrestling match between Stan Hansen and Giant Baba? Kyousuke: .......... 2 [Komatsu and Hatta walk off.] Hatta: Ah, really... Is that so? 3 [A hand rests on Komatsu's shoulder.] Kyousuke: [off] Hey. 4 Kyousuke: You free tonight?! Komatsu: I'm busy! 5 Kyousuke: [crestfallen] Oh... I see... 6 [View pans back to show Madoka staring out the classroom window, alone.] narration: Damn! Well, who cares about the guys! 7 Kyousuke FX: 8 [Pov from outside the window looking in at Madoka. She rests her cheek in her hand.] narration: Just as I thought, I should have invited a girl from the start! Kyousuke: Good, good. (All right... I'll speak to her right before going home.) --------------------------------------------------- p 98 (54) 1 [Exterior shot looking up at a school building.] school bell FX: 2 Kyousuke FX: 3 [Kyousuke asks 2 female classmates...] Kyousuke: Have you seen Ayukawa--I mean, Ayukawa-kun? girl: Her? It looks like she's gone home already. 4 Kyousuke: [stricken] WHAT?! 5 [His imagined candlelight dinner with the elegantly dressed Madoka. They clink their wineglasses together.] 6 [The image in panel 5 develops huge cracks. Overlaid on this is a mortified Kyousuke.] narration: Well, my plans for a nice party with Ayukawa are collapsing with a crash! shattered-dream FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 99 (55) 1 [An unhappy Kyousuke walks home from school.] narration: Wh-what's this?! There's no one left to... Kyousuke FX: 2 Kyousuke/Hikaru encounter FX: [Hikaru walks towards him on the sidewalk, hands in her skirt pockets...] 3 [...and she flashes him a brilliant smile!] narration: --ASK! , but Hikaru appears in mid-thought, so became . The new sentence, , means "There was someone."> Hikaru: Oh! 4 [Kyousuke goes wide-eyed with hope...] narration: That's right! I still had Hikaru-chan! 5 [...and grabs her by her hands. Hikaru is taken by surprise.] narration: But to make double-sure... Kyousuke: Hikaru-chan, look into my eyes! narration: Maybe I should try using the Power to give her a hint... hand-clasp FX: 6 [He stares intently into her eyes.] narration: *PLEASE*! Come to my birthday! Kyousuke concentration FX: 7 Hikaru FX: 8 [She hugs him around the neck.] Hikaru: Darling! Hikaru FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 100 (56) 1 Hikaru: [still hugging] I understand purr-rr-fect-ly! Kyousuke: (S-so she got it...) 2 Hikaru: [still hugging] That you think of me this much, Darling... Your gaze... I'm so happy! narration: Sh-she didn't get it! 3 Hikaru: [running off] But I'm a little busy right now... Excuuuse me! Kyousuke: Eh?! 4 Hikaru running FX: Kyousuke: Ah, Hika... 5 narration: Maybe it doesn't work on people with personalities like Hikaru-chan's. Kyousuke FX: 6 [Evening shot of the Kasuga apartment building.] 7 [Kyousuke enters his apartment--it is dark inside.] door FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 101 (57) 1 [At the entryway, he stops to remove his shoes.] narration: Today's my birthday... Kyousuke: (What's this... Kurumi and the others still haven't come home...) 2 [He pauses to visualize the joyous birthday party he had hoped to have.] narration: A happy birthday with everyone... 3 [He kicks viciously at the umbrella stand, sending it flying.] Kyousuke: DAMMIT! kick FX: 4 [His pov of an empty, neat and dark living room.] --------------------------------------------------- p 102 (58) 1 FX: 2 [He angrily pulls out a bottle of liquor from a cabinet...] narration: Where the heck are Kurumi and Manami?! cabinet door FX: 3 narration: Hmph! Anyhow, no one cares about my feelings! Kyousuke FX: 4 [He sits on the floor with his bottle and flashes violently with the Power.] Kyousuke: Hmph!! living room devastation FX: 5 [Isolated shot of her lower skirt and legs...] girl FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 103 (59) 1 doorbell FX: Kyousuke: [taking another gulp] What a pain... Who is it now?! 2 [He takes a look out the front door.] narration: A newspaper solicitor? door FX: Kyousuke: We don't need a paper... 3 [Madoka enters in dress and overcoat.] door FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 104 (60) 1 Kyousuke: [face flushed] Wh-what's this? A paperboy that looks like Ayukawa? Kyousuke drunken FX: Kyousuke: Hi! 2 Madoka: [wide-eyed] "PAPERBOY"?! 3 Kyousuke: The paperboy looking like Ayukawa... This is great! Kyousuke: Oh, it doesn't matter who. Come in, come in! Madoka: Eh? 4 Madoka: (Kasuga-kun's drunk?) Kyousuke: Yes, I'm glad you came. Heh heh heh, stay for a drink! 5 [Madoka removes her coat and views the trashed living room while Kyousuke goes into the kitchen.] Madoka: Qu-quite a room... Kyousuke: The newspapers are getting sharp, sending someone good-lookin' like you. --------------------------------------------------- p 105 (61) 1 Kyousuke: [yanking her down to sit on the couch] Hey, come here and have a drink! Kyousuke FX: Madoka: Ah! 2 [With two bottles, he pours her a drink. The glass in Madoka's hand overflows.] Kyousuke: Well, drink, drink. Be merry! pouring FX: 3 Kyousuke FX: 4 Madoka: (What in the world happened?) Kyousuke: [getting angry] Listen... 5 Madoka: [worried] Hey. What is it? Kyousuke: [exploding] WHAT IS IT?! 6 Kyousuke: [screaming] IF YOU WANT TO KNOW... 7 Madoka: (When he drinks too much sake, his personality changes radically...) 8 Kyousuke: [quiet and weepy] Today... --------------------------------------------------- p 106 (62) 1 Kyousuke: [screaming] TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY, THAT'S WHAT! 2 [Madoka portrait--happy realization.] 3 Madoka: I see... Happy birthday! Madoka FX: 4 [Kyousuke pours himself another drink, but forgets he doesn't have a glass in hand. The liquor ends up in his lap. Madoka's eyes grow large.] Kyousuke: A-and in spite of that, everyone's ignored my feelings... Kyousuke drunken FX: 5 Kyousuke: [off] How cold-hearted! Madoka: [nervous smile] (He's uncontrollable.) 6 [Madoka gets up and goes through a doorway.] Madoka: Where are the kitchen towels? Kyousuke: You're certainly an interesting paperboy. 7 [Madoka spies a partly-open door.] --------------------------------------------------- p 107 (63) 1 Madoka: Hmmm. So this is Kasuga-kun's room... 2 [From nowhere, a fork hurtles through the air...] flying fork FX: 3 [...embedding itself through Madoka's skirt and into the wall. Her legs and part of her panties are exposed.] fork-in-wall FX: 4 Madoka: [angry, pulling at the fork] Wh-what are you doing?! 5 [Kyousuke approaches close.] Kyousuke: Funny... What's a paperboy doing with sexy legs like those?! Kyousuke approach FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 108 (64) 1 [She backs into his room.] Kyousuke: [screaming] Are you really a paperboy?! Madoka: [screaming] I told you, I'm not! 2 Kyousuke: Hey, come here... [He steps on a 5-kilo dumbbell, lying on the floor...] Kyousuke FX: 3 [...and pitches forward into Madoka. They topple over backwards.] Madoka: Ah! 4 landing-on-bed FX: 5 [Madoka, flat on her back, stares up wide-eyed at the ceiling--past Kyousuke who lies atop her.] Madoka heartbeat FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 109 (65) 1 [Her face grows flushed as Kyousuke rests his head next to hers.] Kyousuke: Uh-hmm. Madoka heartbeat FX: 2 Madoka: (I don't have the time to be doing stuff like this here...) Kyousuke: [blurting out, drunkenly] Hey, paperboy! 3 Madoka: [snapping out of it] ! 4 [Isolated shot of her hand grabbing a hefty tome.] 5 [It's another variation of the "Ayukawa Slap".] book FX: Kyousuke: OW! book title: Encyclopedia, "A"-"UI" --------------------------------------------------- p 110 (66) 1 Kyousuke: [snapping out of it] Ah! 2 Kyousuke: [leaping back] AYUKAWA?! Kyousuke FX: 3 Kyousuke: [wide-eyed] Wh-what are you doing here? Madoka: [angrily] I see you've come to your senses. Madoka: (This drunk!) 4 [With a frown, she grabs him by the hand and drags him along.] Madoka: Come on! I came to take you somewhere. Madoka FX: 5 [Outside, she continues to drag him down the street.] 6 [Exterior night shot of ABCB.] Madoka: [off] Open your eyes, and take a good look! 7 [Standing at the entryway, Kyousuke looks in.] door FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 111 (67) 1 [Manami, Kurumi, Master, Hikaru, Hatta and Komatsu stand and face him. Some uncork their party-poppers.] everyone: [facing Kyousuke] Happy Birthday! party-poppers FX: 2 [Everyone's pov of Madoka and Kyousuke. Madoka smiles pleasantly. Kyousuke looks on, stunned.] 3 [He looks over at Madoka, who gives a friendly nod.] Madoka FX: 4 [Pov over Kyousuke's shoulder shows everyone turning back to Hikaru...] everyone: ...HIKARU-CHAN! Kyousuke pratfall FX: Hikaru: Thank you!! [Madoka smiles merrily.] --------------------------------------------------- p 112 (68) 1 [Hikaru races over with arms outflung.] Hikaru: Darling! 2 Hikaru: I knew Darling and I were tied by a red string ! Kyousuke: Eh? 3 [Kyousuke looks over at Komatsu and his sisters.] Manami/Kurumi/Komatsu FX: 4 Kyousuke: Ah! narration: C-could it be... Hikaru-chan and I have the same birthday?! 5 Manami: [to Kyousuke] This is Dad's present, and this one is from Kurumi and me... Kyousuke: [happily] Y-you two... 6 Komatsu: [grinning] Here, take these dirty books you wanted! You scoundrel! Hatta: [grinning] You lech! Kyousuke: [testily] I never said that... 7 [Portrait of Kyousuke, arms piled high with gifts. He beams a smile.] narration: Wh-what's this? Everyone was in this together?! book titles: Dirty book Porno book Extremely Perverted 8 [Madoka solemnly places a present on the stack in his arms.] Madoka: Here's mine! --------------------------------------------------- p 113 (69) 1 Madoka: [tossing her hair back] Kasuga-kun's favorite o-sa-ke! 2 Hikaru: My present, of course... [Hikaru hugs him around the neck and puckers up. Kyousuke goes bug-eyed.] Kyousuke FX: 3 [Exterior shot of ABCB.] Kyousuke: [off] !! Heyyy! Hikaru-chan! everyone: Wah-haha-hahaha 4 [Overhead view of the party. Madoka talks to Master. Hikaru hugs Kyousuke. Komatsu nervously approaches Manami. Hatta looks on. Kurumi munches at the buffet table. In left inset, a closeup of Hikaru as she's about to kiss Kyousuke on his cheek. In right inset, Madoka looks on with a sweet smile.] narration: Kasuga Kyousuke, 15 years old... A happy, happy birthday! ---------------------------------------------------