Kimagure Orange Road "Snow Sketch" Volume 6, Story 2 WB Volume 3, Story 13 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 Thomas Wyatt Jerry Lee Last revision : 04-11-95 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 268 (30) are only in the WB's! --------------------------------------------------- p 267 (29) 1 [Shot of the lower slopes at a ski resort--skiers finish their run near the bottom of the ski lift.] 2 [Tight shot of a pair of ski boots on skis.] Yuusaku: 3 Yuusaku: Where on earth have they gone? title: Snow Sketch 4 Kyousuke: [pointing off-panel] Ah, over there! --------------------------------------------------- p 268-269 (30-31)--TITLE PAGES [Two-page panel art. Madoka on the right and Hikaru on the left. They ski toward us, down a gentle, powdery slope. Snow-capped trees glitter in the background.] MAIN TITLE (at top) Snow Sketch SUB-TITLE (at bottom) Flowery Forms Glide Through a Silvery World. You Chase After the Ski Tracks of a Window! , is in reference to Madoka.> --------------------------------------------------- p 270 (32) 1 [The two girls zip past, and on either side of, the stationary guys. Hikaru looks back and smiles.] Hikaru: Kya-hoo! Madoka/Hikaru ski FX: 2 Yuusaku: [bug-eyed] Wow! They're pretty good... 3 [The two guys trade sinister stares.] Kyousuke and Yuusaku: (On the other hand, this guy hasn't tried to ski at all since we got here... Could that mean...?) Kyousuke and Yuusaku FX: 4 [Suddenly, Kazuya appears--skiing without ski poles--and gives the two guys a shove from behind that sends them both flying.] Kazuya: [grinning] Hey you two! Don't just stand around. Go ski! Kazuya hands FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 271 (33) 1 [Isolated shot of Yuusaku and Kyousuke, butts raised and heads planted deep in the snow.] 2 [Springing to his feet, Yuusaku grabs Kyousuke around the collar.] Yuusaku: You jerk! What are you doing?! Kyousuke: [wincing, pointing at Kazuya] Over there, over there. 3 [Yuusaku approaches Kazuya with mayhem on his mind. Kazuya flinches back, and backs up against Hikaru.] Yuusaku: You little br... 4 [View pans back to show Madoka there as well. Both girls look at Kyousuke with concern.] Hikaru: Sempai. 5 [Shot looking downslope at the ski lodge.] Hikaru: [off] You aren't injured, are you? Kyousuke: [off] N-no. 6 [Hikaru talks to Kazuya. Kyousuke eyes Madoka, who looks off-panel.] narration: Why are we here, you ask?! --------------------------------------------------- p 272 (34) [Panels 1-6 are black-bordered, denoting a flashback.] 1 [Exterior shot of ABCB.] narration: It all started when Kazuya said he wanted to go skiing... 2 [Kyousuke leans an elbow on the counter and replies to Kazuya.] narration: Naturally, since I can't ski, I would have put an end to that, but... 3 [As Madoka and Kazuya look on, Hikaru smiles and clings to Kyousuke.] narration: ...Kazuya said, in front of Ayukawa, that I wanted to go skiing with Hikaru-chan... Kyousuke FX: 4 [Seated side-by-side, Kazuya and Kyousuke raise identical index fingers and put on identical smiles.] Kyousuke: Y-yeah. Why don't you come too, Ayukawa? 5 Madoka: Hmm, well... 6 Madoka: Oh, okay! Kyousuke/Hikaru/Kazuya: Hooray!! narration: Things were fine up to that point, but... 7 [Back on the ski slope, Kyousuke grimaces at Yuusaku, who glares back.] narration: How did he get wind of this? This guy came along as well! Yuusaku: What? --------------------------------------------------- p 273 (35) 1 Hikaru: Okay? Do it like this. 2 [View pans back to show Kyousuke and Hikaru skiing slowly side-by-side.] Hikaru: Good, good. ski FX: 3 Kyousuke FX: 4 [His pov of a livid Yuusaku and peeved Madoka.] 5 [Looking back upslope at them, his face contorts into a sick expression.] narration: Somehow, it felt like those two were staring daggers at me! 6 Kazuya: Oneechan, let's ski! 7 [Madoka takes a final look back...] 8 [...and skis off after Kazuya.] Yuusaku: Ah, wait a minute...! --------------------------------------------------- p 274 (36) 1 Yuusaku FX: 2 [A man comes barreling into the stationary Yuusaku, sending him flying.] man: Don't just stand around! man/Yuusaku FX: Yuusaku: AH! 3 [Yuusaku careens down a steep slope.] Yuusaku: [pinwheeling his arms] WAHHHHHH! Yuusaku ski FX: 4 Yuusaku: AH! 5 Yuusaku: I-I skied! 6 [Hikaru smiles at Kyousuke and applauds.] Hikaru: You've really started to get the hang of this. 7 [The two stop to look at a passing streak.] Yuusaku ski FX: 8 [Yuusaku grins at them as he passes by.] Yuusaku: (Heh! Look at me now. With this, Hikaru-chan's sure to think better of me.) --------------------------------------------------- p 275 (37) [Panels 1-4 are framed in black, denoting a dream sequence.] 1 [Hikaru elbows Kyousuke aside to rush over to Yuusaku.] Hikaru: Oh, Yuusaku! That was wonderful! Hikaru FX: 2 [Yuusaku's pov of Hikaru.] Hikaru: I think better of you, Yuusaku! Will you ski with me, please? 3 Yuusaku: Is that okay? To leave him by himself? Hikaru: [clinging to his arm] Sure. Such a worthless guy! Let's go. 4 Yuusaku: [smirking back over his shoulder at Kyousuke] Hey, that's the way it is. Don't feel bad. Kyousuke: [stricken] H-Hikaru-chan. 5 [Back to reality. Tight shot of Yuusaku as he chortles diabolically.] Yuusaku: Serves him right! Kasugaaa! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! 6 [Kyousuke and Hikaru watch Yuusaku as he skis by...] Yuusaku: [looking ahead] Ah! Yuusaku FX: 7 [...down the wrong slope.] Yuusaku: S-somebody stop me-e-e-e! Hikaru: That guy... What is he thinking? sign: DANGER Steep slope and cliff ahead. Bears are also found. Kyousuke: Dunno... --------------------------------------------------- p 276 (38) 1 [Shot of a snow-covered street in town.] 2 [Kyousuke ambles down the sidewalk, looking at the shops.] 3 [He comes upon a familiar brunette.] Kyousuke: Huh? 4 [She holds out a trinket to the store clerk.] Madoka: This one. clerk: Certainly. 5 Kyousuke: Wowww! That's well-crafted. [Madoka turns in surprise.] 6 Kyousuke: [to clerk] Same for me, please. Madoka: [picking up item #2] Oh, I'll go with this one, after all. 7 [His pov of Madoka, whose gaze suggests she wants nothing to do with him.] narration: Still seems to be in a bad mood... --------------------------------------------------- p 277 (39) 1 [Kyousuke raises an identical item #2 up high. There is a look of wild determination on his face.] Kyousuke: Then I'll take this one, too...! Madoka: [holding out item #3, a bird trinket] Then I'll pass on that and take this one. 2 Kyousuke: [shouting] Then I'll take this one too, please! [Madoka blushes and goes wide-eyed.] 3 Madoka: What are you doing, buying so much? 4 Kyousuke: I want to have the same thing as you, Ayukawa. 5 [They hold up their final choices--identical bird trinkets.] Kyousuke: Look... They're a pair. --------------------------------------------------- p 278 (40) 1 [Kyousuke's pov of a pensive Madoka. She looks back at him.] 2 [She spins about and starts to walk off, feigning irritation. Kyousuke smiles.] Madoka: What? You copycat! narration: I wonder if we've made up somehow? 3 [He runs after her with a wide smile. She turns to look back, not unhappily.] 4 [View from just behind the tattered pants leg of Yuusaku. He stands on the street watching Madoka and Kyousuke depart.] 5 [Yuusaku looks like he's been dragged through a swamp.] narration: That bastard. He's the only one having such a good time... Just you wait. Today--TODAY--I'll teach him a lesson! 6 [View pans back to show Kazuya standing far behind Yuusaku and watching.] 7 Kazuya: [with a snicker] (This looks like it's getting interesting.) --------------------------------------------------- p 279 (41) 1 [Exterior night shot of the ski lodge.] 2 [Inside the lodge, Kazuya runs after Madoka.] Kazuya: Huh? Where are you going, oneechan? 3 [Yuusaku looks on as Madoka stops, smiles and bends down to speak to Kazuya.] Madoka: I'm all sweaty so I'll go take a shower. Wanna take one with me? Kazuya: [taken aback] Ehh?! M-me? I can take one by myself. 4 Yuusaku: [rubbing his chin] Hmmm. 5 Kazuya: What's wrong? You're making an awful face. Yuusaku: Bug off! 6 Yuusaku: (That's it! Just had a good idea!! It'll be bad for Ayukawa-sempai, but this is for the future of Hikaru-chan and me...) Yuusaku: Never mind that. I have a favor to ask of you. 7 Kazuya: (Here it comes!) Kazuya FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 280 (42) 1 [Isolated shot of the door to Room 10.] 2 [Madoka enjoys a shower. Male readers will also enjoy the shower.] 3 [Kazuya and Yuusaku continue their conversation.] Kazuya: "Take Kyou-niichan to the oneechans' Room 10?" 4 [Kazuya thinks this over.] 5 Kazuya: (Madoka-oneechan should be taking a bath in that room right now... I see this guy has thought up something evil.) --------------------------------------------------- p 281 (43) [This page is black-bordered, indicating the hypothetical situation narrated by Kazuya to Yuusaku. Of course, Kazuya's picked this all out of Yuusaku's brain to begin with...] 1 [Kyousuke and Kazuya stand outside the door to Room 10. Kazuya smiles and points at it.] narration: So it's like this... Giving some sorta reason I lure oniichan into that room. 2 [Elsewhere in the lodge, Yuusaku speaks with Hikaru.] narration: And right then, Yuu-niichan says to Hikaru-oneechan... Hikaru: What?! Sempai is waiting for me in my room? 3 [Inside Room 10, Madoka, in a towel, comes upon Kyousuke.] narration: And right about then, in Room 10, Madoka-oneechan will be coming out of the bath. Madoka: KYAAAA! 4 [Hikaru enters Room 10. She is shocked by what she sees.] narration: And right on cue, Hikaru-oneechan will come in, too, and see it with her own eyes... Hikaru: Kyaa! Sempai, you pervert!! Scum! I hate you! 5 narration: Finally, to top it off, you rush in. [Yuusaku uncorks a right jab that sends Kyousuke reeling.] Yuusaku: YOU BASTARD!! 6 [Hikaru clings to Yuusaku's arm as Yuusaku beams a smile.] narration: And then the two lived happily ever after! --------------------------------------------------- p 282 (44) 1 [Yuusaku claps a hand over Kazuya's chattering mouth and looks about anxiously.] Yuusaku: D-dummy! D-don't shout it out! 2 Yuusaku: (But... How does this brat know what I'm thinking?) Kazuya: (If you're a man, it's better to meet it boldly head-on... This guy's a creampuff, too...) 3 Kazuya: (But... He did go through the trouble of coming up with the idea.) (It wouldn't be bad to try and play along with it.) 4 [Kazuya and Yuusaku stop to watch Kyousuke and Hikaru walk by. Hikaru clings to his arm.] 5 Kazuya: (And it might also be good medicine for Kyou-niichan's hopeless ways.) Kazuya: Got it. I'll help! 6 [Kazuya pulls Kyousuke down the hall.] Kyousuke: What is it? Kazuya: Just a sec! 7 [Shot of the registration desk.] Kyousuke: [off] "Help me take a bath"? Can't you just do that by yourself? Kazuya: [off] Bu-u-ut... I'm not used to the hotel's bathroom. It's Western-style... 8 [Kyousuke trots after the running Kazuya.] Kyousuke: Ahh, it's no use... --------------------------------------------------- p 283 (45) 1 Kyousuke: [pausing, looking off to the side] Huh? Still, I haven't seen Ayukawa... Kazuya FX: 2 [Kazuya grabs Kyousuke by the wrist and drags him down the hall.] Kazuya: H-hurryyy! I have to go to bed soon! 3 [Rooms 10 and 11 have their signs exchanged.] narration: If I use the Power to change the room numbers, then oniichan will automatically think it's his room, and should go into Madoka-oneechan's room... Power FX: 4 Kazuya: Over there, oniichan. This is the oneechans' room. Kyousuke: Huh? You're right. 5 [Kyousuke stands at the open door.] door FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 284 (46) 1 Kazuya: Oh no! I forgot to bring shampoo. 2 Kazuya: [running off] Hang on. I'll go and buy some. You go on in ahead! 3 [Kyousuke, shirt off, starts unzipping his pants when he hears...] shower FX: 4 [He opens the bathroom door.] Kyousuke: Huh? Somebody's inside. door FX: 5 [Madoka, in profile in the shower, turns at the sound...] door FX: 6 Madoka: Wait just a sec, 'kay? I'll be right out. 7 [Kyousuke blushes and his eyes goggle.] narration: AYUKAWA-A-A?! Kyousuke heartbeat FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 285 (47) 1 [He staggers back and sits on the floor, staring at the now closed bathroom door.] narration: Wh-why OUR room? A-and taking a bath! What's she thinking?! 2 [He visualizes what Madoka might look like when she emerges from the bath.] Kyousuke: (C-can't be...!) dream Madoka: I've been waiting for you. 3 [He goes catatonic.] narration: "Wait just a sec. I'll be right out..." narration: I wonder if girls get bold when they come to this sort of place, after all. 4 narration: Oka-a-ay. If it's like this then even I'm decisive! [He resolutely tosses his pants in the air over his shoulder...] Kyousuke toss-pants FX: 5 [...but staggers at the sound of...] Hikaru: [off] Sempaaai! --------------------------------------------------- p 286 (48) 1 Hikaru: [softly, cuddling up against the door] *It's* *me* *ee*! Can I come in? 2 [Kyousuke portrait--a deer caught in the headlights...] 3 [He scampers about aimlessly.] narration: Auggh!! Kyousuke confusion FX: 4 Kyousuke: [flashing with the Power] (Th-that's it! Teleport.) 5 [But nothing happens...] 6 narration: Wh-why can't I use the Power?! [Still only in undershorts, he pulls hard at the closed window.] Kyousuke FX: Kyousuke: (To make matters worse, the window won't open, either.) 7 Kazuya: [crackling with the Power] (Sorry. My Power is just a bit superior to yours, oniichan!) 8 [Yuusaku stands with arms crossed and a grim look of satisfaction on his face.] Yuusaku: Now, Hikaru-chan is mine...! --------------------------------------------------- p 287 (49) 1/2 [Madoka emerges from the bathroom in panel 1. In panel 2, Hikaru opens the door to the room and looks in. Both share the same speech bubble.] Madoka and Hikaru: Sorry to keep you waiting...! doors FX: 3 [Exterior night shot of the ski lodge. In each of the triple insets we see the surprised, blushing faces of Kyousuke, Hikaru or Madoka.] Hikaru/Madoka: Kyaaaa! ---------------------------------------------------