Kimagure Orange Road
"The Skater's Waltz"
Volume 5, Story 9
WB Volume 3, Story 11
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
				 Matthew Klippenstein
				 Jordan Lampe
				 Leo Hourvitz
				 Jerry Lee

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 223 (179) are only in the WBs!
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p 223 (179)--TITLE PAGE

[Drawn somewhat SD-style, Madoka, Kyousuke and Hikaru stand in kimonos,
 and hold small wooden paddles in their hands.  Madoka looks on as Hikaru
 laughingly uses a brush to paint large black X's on Kyousuke's surprised
 face.]

MAIN TITLE (at top)
  The Skater's Waltz

SUB-TITLE (at bottom)
  I Place My Feelings of Love in a Shuttlecock.
  To Your Heart--a Happy Shot!

<Cultural note (PH/CN):  The reference here is to a game similar to
 badminton that is traditionally played on New Years.  The "racquets" are
 the small wooden paddles depicted in the title page art.  The "birdie", or
 "shuttlecock", is a tiny wooden ball about a centimeter or so in diameter,
 with pretty feathers sticking out.  The person who fails to hit the ball
 is penalized by having black X's painted onto his face by his opponent.>
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p 224 (180)

1
[Tight shot of a New Year's Day feast--all arranged in stacked lacquered
 boxes.]
narration: Dad and the others came back from Hawaii...
2
[View pans back to show the Kasuga family seated at the kotatsu <footwarming
 table>, eating.  All except Manami, that is, who stands and serves the food.]
Kyousuke: Delicious!
Manami: [pleased look] Is it?  Is it?
3
Takashi: [smiling] Uh-huh.  Indeed, it's Manami, and so it's delicious.
Manami: [fixing her glasses] <Ahem!>
Kurumi: [holding out a box of food] Hey, hey!  Try mine, too!
4
[Manami and Takashi eat.  It doesn't look to be going down too well.]
narration: Though it's a little late, at our house, today--January 5th--is
	   New Year's Day!
Manami/Takashi: Ooh!
5
Kurumi: What?  You're all making strange faces...
Kurumi FX: <CHOMP!>
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p 225 (181)

1
Kurumi: [face contorted] Urrgh!  Th-this is awful!
Manami: [drinking from her glass] You can't be saying that about food you
	made.
2
Kyousuke: [face flushed, eating] DELICIOUS!
Kyousuke FX: <munch-munch>
3
Kurumi: [surprised] Ahhhh!  Oniichan's drunk!
Takashi: Hey, you're underage!
[Kyousuke looks blasted, but continues to eat with a smile.]
Kyousuke FX: <hic>
4
Manami: [irked] Dad, you served him the drink!
Takashi: [smiling] Oh?  Is that right?
5
[Tight shot of cups and sake bowls on the table.]
Kurumi: [off] My New Year's resolution is to lose 3 kilos <6.6 lbs>.
Manami: [off] Maybe I should join a club and do something.
6
Manami: Oniichan's <resolution> is...
7
[Isolated shot of Kyousuke's flushed, sweating face.]
Manami: [off] ...to quit being so indecisive!
narration: Shuddup!
8
[Kurumi turns at the sound of...]
phone FX: <RRRRING>
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p 226 (182)

1
Kurumi: Hello, this is the Kasuga residence...  AH!
2
Kurumi: [smiling] Oniichan, it's someone nice.
3
Kyousuke: Y-yes, this is Kyou...
4
[A shout sends Kyousuke reeling.]
Hikaru: [off] HAPPY NEW YEAR, SEMPAI!
narration: H-Hikaru-chan!!
5
Kyousuke: [flushed and smiling] Eh?!  Tomorrow?!  Uh-huh.  Uh-huh.  Okay!
6
Kyousuke: GREAT!  Right on.  What say we go out?
narration: This year--right from the very start--I'm lucky.
7
[Now off the phone, Kyousuke turns to Manami.]
Kyousuke: Manami, do you know where my blazer is?
narration: I can eat at a high-class restaurant...!
	   I've risen above my indecisiveness after all!
[Manami turns at the sound of...]
phone FX: [off] <RRRRING>
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p 227 (183)

1
Manami: Yes, this is the Kasuga residence...  Ahh...
2
Manami: [smiling] Oniichan, it's someone nice.
3
Kyousuke: [still flushed] Yes.
narration: Ayukawa...!!
4
Kyousuke: [smiling] Eh?!  Tomorrow?!  Yeah.  Yeah.  Okay!
5
Kyousuke: GREAT!  What say we go out?
6
[Again, having hung up, Kyousuke turns to Manami.]
Kyousuke: Manamiiii.  Do you know where my skates are?
[Manami stands holding his blazer, looking bewildered by his new request.]
7
[Pov from outside the apartment looking in through a sliding glass balcony
 door.  Kyousuke stands in his bedroom at that glass door, hands pressed
 against it, and looks out with a smile.]
narration: What happened to cause Ayukawa to ask me to go skating...?
	   Okay!  If it's going to be like this, then the one thing I'm
	   absolutely not going to do is be indecisive!
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p 228 (184)

1
[While brushing his teeth, Kyousuke is interrupted by Manami.]
narration: The next day...
Manami: Okay, here's your blazer outfit.  And here are the skates.
2
Manami: [hands on hips] Where in the world are you going, oniichan?
Kyousuke: [toothbrush in mouth] 'ere...?  What?
3
Manami: I don't believe it.  Don't you remember anything?!
Kyousuke: [forced smile] Not a bit...
4
Kyousuke: [rubbing his chin] (Hmm...  What in the world...  Is this about?)
5
Manami: You were invited by Ayukawa-san to go skating.
Kyousuke: [grinning] Oh, yeah...
6
Kurumi: Huh?  But weren't you invited by Hikaru-chan?
Kyousuke FX: <Ah!>
Kyousuke: [looking up at the ceiling and grinning] Oh, yeah...
7
[His face takes on a terrified aspect.  Lightning flashes in the background.]
Kyousuke: (Oh no!  I was careless...!  Right at the start of the New Year...
	   Wh-who said he was going to quit being so indecisive?!)
	  (Wh-what'll I do?  I should go with Hikaru-chan since I promised
	   her first, but...)
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p 229 (185)

1
[Panels 1-5 are black-bordered, denoting a dream sequence.  Here, on the ice
 rink, Madoka crashes into Kyousuke, and she lands heavily on top of him.]
Madoka/Kyousuke collision FX: <CRAAASH>
2
Madoka: [perched over him] S-sorry.
Kyousuke: [smiling] I'll...  ...coach you, by carefully leading you, hand
	  and foot.
<Translation note:  What's coming up is a pun off of a Japanese idiomatic
 phrase.  It will not translate perfectly into English.  What Kyousuke says
 here is *literally*, "I'll coach you by your hands and feet."  He uses it
 with the idiomatic meaning of "coach you with great patience/utmost care
 and kindness."  Dream Madoka, in the panels below, implies the more literal
 meaning, that of "coaching by holding hands and feet," that is, that she
 wants to get quite *physical* with him...>
3
Madoka: [leaning in close] Then, in return...
4
Madoka: ...there's something I'd like to teach you, too...
5
[She approaches for a kiss.  Kyousuke's eyes grow large.]
Madoka: ...by taking you, by hand and foot.
6
[Back to reality.  Kyousuke stands flushed, staring blankly up at the
 ceiling.  His sisters watch him.]
Kyousuke: T-taking me by hand and foot...!
Kurumi: He's drunk again.
7
Kyousuke: [with a look of determination] (Th-that's right.  This must not
	  become a repeat of Christmas-time!)
<Commentary:  He is, of course, referring to "Time-Slip Christmas", chapter
 5.7, where he needed three tries to avoid hurting either Madoka's or
 Hikaru's feelings...>
narration: I'll have to cheat on them!
Kyousuke FX: <positively>
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p 230 (186)

[A full-figure shot of Madoka is splashed across this entire page,
 overlaying the panels beneath.  She skates in a long-sleeved top, tiny
 white skirt and stockings.]
1
[Exterior shot looking straight up the front of the skating rink building.]
2
[Kyousuke smiles.]
narration: I'm glad I came after all!
3
Madoka: Kasuga-kun, you mustn't be afraid of falling.
[He winces.]
narration: Hey!  She's already assumed that I can't skate!
4
[He starts skating with determination.]
narration: Being led by the hand by Ayukawa is fine...
	   But once in a while, I'd like to show her I'm cool, too!
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p 231 (187)

1
[Tight shot of his skates on the ice surface.]
Kyousuke skate FX: <swish!>
2
[He smiles and skates back towards Madoka, who stands and watches him.]
narration: If I use the Power, I look like this!
3
Madoka: [merrily] Whaat?  If you try...
4
[Her eyes widen in surprise.]
Madoka: ...you can...
5
[Her pov of a frightfully close and rocketing Kyousuke.  He has a fearsome
 look of terror on his face.]
Kyousuke: !!
<Commentary:  Jordan states that the regular manga has different art for
 this last panel.  3 photographs one on top of another--two of Madoka
 looking terrified, the third a panel of stars.>
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p 232 (188)

1
[Another pov as he hurtles toward her.  Madoka cringes.]
Kyousuke: WAHHHHH!
narration: Arggg!  I c-can't stop!!
2
[A panel of stars, rockets, a palm tree, a skull-and-crossbones and a
 screwdriver.]
3
[Tight shot of legs.  He lies on top of her.]
narration: It's impossible, after all, to only rely on the Power.
Madoka: Owww...
4
Kyousuke: Ah!  S-sorry.
Madoka: [dazed] Grr...  Still need more work after all.
5
[She smiles and playfully wraps her arms tightly around his neck.]
Madoka: Today I'll give you lots of coaching...
Kyousuke heartbeat FX: <THUMP!>
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p 233 (189)

1
narration: "L-lots of coaching...?!"
Kyousuke heartbeat FX: <thump thump thump>
2
[He starts to get up, helping her up at the same time.]
Kyousuke: I-I'm sorry.  Can you stand?
3
[He gets a nice close look at her miniskirt, which rises to give him a
 slight glimpse of her panties.]
4
[He blushes, wide-eyed...]
crows-in-background FX: <KAA!>
5
[...and slips, crashing down hard on top of her.]
Madoka: AH!
Kyousuke/Madoka FX: <slip!>
Madoka/ice FX: <thud!>
6
Madoka: [irate, yelling] Wh-where are you touching...?!
Kyousuke/Madoka FX: <noisy!>
Kyousuke: [angry, yelling] B-but I can't help it...
[Other skaters stop to watch.]
7
crowd FX: <stare>
Madoka: Ah!
8
[Isolated shot of two jerks who stand and watch...]
crowd: [off] Ha ha ha ha.
	     Oh no!  What are those two...?
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p 234 (190)

1
[Isolated shot of part of the crowd as they watch events off-panel.]
Madoka hand FX: [off] <SLAP!>
2
[She skates off, leaving him lying on the ice, a hand to his injured cheek.]
Madoka: (Idiot!)
Madoka skate FX: <swish!>
Kyousuke cheek FX: <stinggg>
3
[He skates off, hand still on his cheek.]
Kyousuke: (Urrrgh.  Oh boy...)
narration: Okay!  Now's my chance...
4
[Shot of the locker room.  A pair of skates sits above an open locker.  There
 is no sign of Kyousuke.]
Kyousuke: [off] (Now, okay...)
sign: Coun<ter>...
      Emergency...
5
[He stands in his blazer.]
Kyousuke FX: <VERY BUSY!> <lit., a spinning sound>
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p 235 (191)

1
[Full-length shot of Hikaru, standing pretty in a lovely dress.]
2
[He smiles.]
narration: I'm glad I came after all...
3
[Exterior shot of the "Vermilion Suns" restaurant.]
4
[Interior shot of the restaurant.  It is only about a third full.]
Kyousuke: [off] Wowww!  How come you chose such a high-class place?
Hikaru: [off] Because...
5
Hikaru: [thoughtful] I could finally begin doing adult things.
6
[Kyousuke, trying to drink, goes bug-eyed.]
Kyousuke drink FX: <spray!>
Hikaru: [blushing, hands to cheeks] Kya!  How embarrassing!
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p 236 (192)

1
[Panels 1-2 are of Kyousuke and Hikaru, respectively.  Facial portraits--
 they face each other.]
narration: "Doing adult things...?!"
2
Hikaru: (This year I'll be in 2nd year of junior high!
	 I'll have kouhais <i.e.,"juniors", the opposite of sempai> too, and
	 should act a bit more like an adult.)
3
[Panels 3-4 are similar to 1-2.]
Kyousuke: [smiling in relief] (I see...! Hikaru-chan hasn't been to one yet?)
Kyousuke FX: <smile!>
4
Hikaru FX: <smile!>
Hikaru: (Anyway, this year I'm going chic.)
5
Kyousuke/Hikaru: [toasting their glasses] Kampaaai!  <i.e., "Cheeeeers!">
6
[Tight shot of a fork and knife working on a stuffed shrimp.]
7
[View pans back.  Hikaru has sent the shrimp flying off onto the floor.]
Hikaru: Oh no!
<Commentary (PH/CN):  Hikaru says <ikene!>, showing that her speech still
 needs a little more "chic" polishing...>
stuffed shrimp FX: <drop!>
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p 237 (193)

1
[As Kyousuke looks off to the side, she searches about the room.]
Hikaru FX: <scan>
2
[Tight shot of her foot as she kicks the shrimp under the table.]
Hikaru foot FX: <boot>
3
[It lands on Kyousuke's shoe.]
Kyousuke's shoe/shrimp FX: <plop!>
4
[Hikaru forces a smile and politely covers her mouth with a hand.]
Hikaru: Ho ho ho ho.
<Commentary (CN):  That is, she laughs the "cultured" way...>
Kyousuke: [looking down] Huh?
5
Hikaru: [rising] Excuse me for a moment!
6
[Tight shot of an open book.]
book: [stem] A Collection of High-Class Restaurant Taboos.
      Written by: Hirono Mitsuru
book: [front face] <same as title/author on stem>
      ...your  ...manners
      ...big mistake!!
book: [back face] High-class restaura...
		  <something>
		  French cuisine.
		  Great <something> Hirono.
7
[View pans back to show Hikaru leaning back against a wall in the ladies room,
 open book in her hands.  She smiles.]
Hikaru: (I'm not used to places like this.  Sure makes me tense.)
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p 238 (194)

1
[Back at the rink, Madoka has gone looking for Kyousuke.  She goes out the
 front entrance.]
door hinge FX: <squeak!>
Madoka: (Really, where has that guy gone?)
2
[From behind, a punk rests his meaty paw on her shoulder.  She starts in
 surprise.]
punk 1: Heh! Heh! Heh! Heh!
	Little lady, it looked like you were having a lot of fun a little
	while ago, hmm?!  Why don't you play with us now?!
3
[Madoka portrait--surprise.]
4
[Madoka portrait--resolve and irritation.]
5
[She turns and slaps the offending hand away.]
Madoka: Let go of me!
Madoka hand FX: <slap!>
6
punk 1: Heh heh heh!  A lively one.  I like these kinds of girls.
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p 239 (195)

1
[Madoka slams back against a wall and winces.]
Madoka/wall FX: <THUD>
2
[She leans there, wide-eyed, as the 3 punks approach.]
punk 2: Heh! Heh! Heh! Heh.  Heh! Heh! Heh! Heh.
3
[Back at the restaurant, Kyousuke watches wide-eyed as Hikaru attacks the
 fish on her plate.]
Kyousuke: (Hikaru-chan eats pretty quickly...)
Hikaru: [angry and exasperated] (Arrrgh.  This is starting to irritate me.)
Hikaru knife/fork FX: <clack clack>
Hikaru FX: <fret & fume>
4
[Isolated shot of the floor under the table--a large pile of food has
 accumulated there.]
5
Hikaru: [standing, angry] Grr...  I give up!
Hikaru FX: <jolt!>
Hikaru: (It seems I'm not suited for this sort of place after all.)
6
[A grey panel with large speech bubble.]
Hikaru: [off] SEMPAI, WHY DON'T WE GO SKATING?!!
7
[Kyousuke goes bug-eyed and gags on a bone.]
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p 240 (196)

1
[Outside, on the sidewalk, Hikaru merrily races off.  Kyousuke stands
 hesitant.]
Hikaru: Come on.  Let's go, let's go.
narration: There are the movies, disco and several other things--so why
	   skating, too...?
Kyousuke: Say, instead of skating...
2
[Hikaru stops and looks back at him in surprise.]
Hikaru: Is there something troublesome about going skating?
Kyousuke FX: <yikes!>
3
Kyousuke: [solemnly] N-no.  It's just that it's cold if you fall, and...
	  The people around you laugh at you, too...
Hikaru: [bright-faced] OH!
4
Hikaru: I see.  There's ice-skating, too!
Kyousuke: [incredulous] Huh?!
5
[Isolated shot of trees, sidewalk and street signs.]
Hikaru: [off] I meant *roller* skating, but that sounds more interesting...!
6
Kyousuke: [embarrassed and laughing] Oh, that's right.  I...  Can't skate.
7
Hikaru: [beaming, winking and with a thumbs-up] DON'T WORRY!  I'll teach
	you!!
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p 241 (197)

1
[Exterior shot of the front of the skating rink building.]
Kyousuke: [off] H-Hikaru-chan...
2
[Kyousuke and Hikaru take to the ice.  Kyousuke chases after her.]
Kyousuke: Better not go that way...
Kyousuke FX: <swishhh>
Hikaru: [looking back at him] Huh?  Didn't you say you couldn't skate,
	Sempai?
3
[Kyousuke sees that Hikaru is about to overtake and collide with Madoka.]
Kyousuke: Look out!!
4
[Kyousuke portrait--fear.]
Kyousuke: !
5
[His pov of the back of Madoka as she skates ahead.]
narration: AYUKAWA!!
6
[Kyousuke zips in front of Hikaru, blocking her from running up against the
 back of Madoka.]
narration: A-anything but that!!
Kyousuke: WAIT!
Kyousuke skate FX: <swish!>
7
[Hikaru turns abruptly...]
Hikaru: My shoes don't fit so well.
narration: EH?!!
[...but Kyousuke--still looking at Hikaru--continues in the same direction,
 straight for Madoka's back.]
Kyousuke skate FX: <swishhhhhhhhh>
Hikaru skate FX: <swussh!>
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p 242 (198)

1
[His pov of the smiling Hikaru as she races off the ice rink.]
Hikaru: I'll be gone for a bit to change my shoes...
2
[More stars and rocket ships...]
collision FX: <CRAAASH!>
3
Kyousuke: [perched over girl] S-sorry!
guys: Oh!  It's that niichan again!
girl: Wh-what's with you?
4
[Kyousuke's pov of the girl.  It isn't Madoka.  Just some girl wearing the
 exact same clothes.]
5
narration: Wr-wrong person...!
6
[Outside lies the twisted wreckage of what once was a group of punks.
 Looks like they'll be requiring the services of skilled neurosurgeons,
 orthodontists and tailors.]
7
[None the worse for wear, Madoka re-enters the skating rink building.]
Madoka: (Hmmph!  Not even worth mentioning.)
8
[Madoka portrait--surprise.]
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p 243 (199)

1
[She stands and surveys Kyousuke perched atop the girl.  Kyousuke's face
 contorts.]
Kyousuke: ..........  ..........!  ..........!!
2
[Madoka portrait--amused smile.]
3
[Blushing, Kyousuke rises and approaches her.]
narration: Despite the fact it's only the start of the new year, I'm being
	   indecisive again...  *Sorry*!
Kyousuke: [pointing back at the other girl] She's only someone I bumped
	  into...
[Madoka raises her eyes.]
4
[She gives him a shove and skates off.]
Madoka: Who cares!
Madoka FX: <stride stride>
Madoka hand FX: <THUD>
Kyousuke: [flying backward] Ah!
5
[Hikaru races back to find Kyousuke sitting nervously on a seat at the edge
 of the rink.]
Hikaru: YOO-HOO, SEMPAI!
sign: <C>ounter
      Concession
narration: This year, I'll have to do something about this personality of
	   mine!
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