Kimagure Orange Road "A Romantic Night" Volume 6, Story 3 WB Volume 3, Story 14 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 Jerry Lee Thomas Wyatt Jordan Lampe Matthew Klippenstein 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 289 (51) are only in the WB's! --------------------------------------------------- p 289 (51)--TITLE PAGE [Head and shoulders portrait of Madoka, her face framed by a shawl.] MAIN TITLE (at top) A Romantic Night SUB-TITLE (at bottom) Both the Anguish and Uncertainty of Love Somehow Melt Away Under the Eye of a Beguiling, Flickering Star... --------------------------------------------------- p 290 (52) 1 [Similar to the closing panel of the previous chapter. Exterior night shot of the ski lodge with triple-insets of Kyousuke, Hikaru and Madoka in stunned, mouth-open states.] 2 Yuusaku: [bursting into the room] Wait, wait, wait...! I'll handle this! door FX: 3 Yuusaku: Kasuga! You've finally shown your true colors. You pervert! In the name of God, I'll punish you for th... [Hikaru sweats and looks wide-eyed at something off-panel.] --------------------------------------------------- p 291 (53) 1 [It's Kazuya in the buff. Surprised, he covers up his privates.] 2 Hikaru: [blushing] S-Sempai! You've shrunk so much. Kazuya: It's me. ME! Kazuya! 3 Yuusaku: Eh?! Hikaru: Th-that voice... 4 Hikaru: ...Kazuya-kun?! Yuusaku: How come you're here?! Kazuya: Ah! 5 Kazuya: (O-oh no! The room numbers are still reversed.) Yuusaku: [going back out to look at the door] That's funny. I was sure this was Room Te... 6 [Isolated shot of the door plaque. The number 11 appears.] 7 Yuusaku: Huh...? Room Eleven?! It IS our room...! Hikaru: [smiling and skipping out into the hall] Oh no! I mistook this one for the room next door! --------------------------------------------------- p 292 (54) 1 [Meanwhile, Madoka (in a bath towel) covers up as Kyousuke stares.] 2 [Blushing, she scurries back into the bathroom.] Madoka FX: 3 [Door still open, she hides around the corner, back against the wall.] Madoka: [blushing] (Wh-why is Kasuga-kun here...?) Madoka heartbeat FX: 4 Madoka: How rude! Coming in as you please. What's the meaning of this? 5 Kyousuke: [blushing] Th-that... I thought I'd take a bath... 6 Madoka: Your room is next door! Kyousuke: Eh?!! B-but this is the guys' room... --------------------------------------------------- p 293 (55) 1 [Shot of the closed door to Room 10.] Hikaru: [off] Sempaaai! door FX: 2/3 [In adjacent panels Madoka and Kyousuke go into shock.] Madoka/Kyousuke FX: 4 Hikaru: [off] It's me-e-ee... Can I come in?! Kyousuke: Wha...! 5 Kyousuke: [looking back at the door] Wh-what'll we do? Madoka: [sticking her head out the bathroom door] What do you mean, "What'll we do?" 6 [With an irritated look, Madoka grabs Kyousuke by the hand and pulls him in the bathroom...] Madoka: Grr! Madoka FX: 7 [...just as Hikaru enters.] door FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 294 (56) 1 Hikaru: Huh? 2 [Hikaru looks about, walking past Kyousuke's clothes which are piled on a bed.] Hikaru: Not here... Sempaaai! 3 Madoka/Kyousuke: [leaning back against the door] 4 narration: If Hikaru-chan catches me like this, there'll be no making excuses. [He looks over at Madoka, who has her eyes closed.] Kyousuke heartbeat FX: 5 [His pov of Madoka.] --------------------------------------------------- p 295 (57) 1 Kyousuke: [flushed] H-hot, isn't it...? narration: A-Ayukawa's so sexy! Kyousuke cheeks FX: 2 Madoka: [testily] Of course it is. We're in the bathroom. 3 narration: That's true as well, but... That's not the only reason why! This hot rush is... crows-in-background FX: 4 Hikaru: [about to exit] Strange. Sempai isn't here... 5 Kyousuke: AH! [Madoka turns to him in surprise.] narration: Oh no! My clothes are out there! 6 [Hikaru pauses and turns to look at the closed bathroom door.] --------------------------------------------------- p 296 (58) 1 [Hikaru studies the bathroom door. Behind her, Kyousuke's clothes vanish.] clothes teleport FX: 2 [Isolated shot of the bathroom sink and bathtub.] drain FX: 3 Madoka: [angrily clapping her hand over his mouth] What's with the shout?! What if she hears? 4 Kyousuke: S-sorry... [Behind his back, Kyousuke catches his clothes.] clothes rematerialize FX: 5 [Hikaru looks at the door.] 6 [Close-up of Madoka and Kyousuke as they freeze, nervously--she still has her hand over his mouth.] 7 [Isolated shot of Hikaru's lower legs as she approaches the door.] --------------------------------------------------- p 297 (59) 1 [Her hand reaches for the doorknob.] 2 Kyousuke: Meow! Meow! [Madoka looks at him in surprise.] 3 Hikaru: [turning away] Oh... It's a cat. 4 door FX: 5 Madoka: [wiping her brow] Whew. 6 Kyousuke: [joyous] Saved! Madoka: [perplexed] What would a cat be doing in a bathroom? 7 [In nervous relief, she sits down on the seat cover of the toilet.] Madoka: Jeez... Don't make me jumpy, huh?! --------------------------------------------------- p 298 (60) 1 [They both stop to reflect on where they are and how they're dressed...] 2 [Kyousuke exits the bathroom just ahead of various small airborne bathroom articles.] Madoka: [off] Grr...! Get the hell outta here! 3 Yuusaku: [exploding] Eh?! Not there?! 4 Hikaru: [pondering the ceiling] Strange. Where on earth has Sempai gone? 5 [Kyousuke, clothed now, starts to step out into the hall, but sees Yuusaku and Hikaru approaching.] Kyousuke: Ah! 6 Yuusaku: That can't be right! Maybe we should check once more... 7 [Kyousuke closes the door and turns to Madoka, who's also dressed.] Kyousuke: Arg! Here she comes again! Madoka: Huh?! --------------------------------------------------- p 299 (61) 1 Madoka: [opening the window] Over here. Kyousuke: Eh?! 2 Kyousuke: Huh?! It opens just fine. 3 Kyousuke: [climbing out] Hurry, hurry. 4 [He slips and falls out, taking Madoka with him.] Kyousuke FX: Madoka: KYA! 5 [Exterior night shot of some cabins downslope from the ski lodge.] Madoka/Kyousuke FX: [off] --------------------------------------------------- p 300 (62) 1 [Yuusaku and Hikaru enter the room.] Hikaru: Huh? That voice! door FX: 2 [Hikaru looks at the open window.] 3 [Pov from outside. Yuusaku and Hikaru look out from the first-floor window. Off to the side, Kyousuke and Madoka crawl away on hands and knees.] 4 [He grabs her hand and they run away from the lodge.] Kyousuke: For now... Run! --------------------------------------------------- p 301 (63) 1 Kyousuke: We're okay now. 2 Madoka: Huh?! Kyousuke: ? 3 Madoka: Madoka: Why did I have to run, too? Kyousuke: [amused] 4 [She gives him a look of irritation.] Madoka: Grr... This is all your fault, Kasuga-kun. 5 [Kyousuke looks up and away--at the crystal-clear sky.] 6 [Panoramic view of the sky beyond them.] Kyousuke: Somehow... It seems like I could touch the stars. --------------------------------------------------- p 302 (64) 1 [Kyousuke spies a gondola on the overhead ropeway.] 2 Kyousuke: [pointing] Say, why don't we try and ride that? 3 [He runs off.] Kyousuke: It's still running. 4 [Madoka lets out a puff of air, and gives a soft smile.] 5 [She's about to follow Kyousuke onto gondola #17 when...] ropeway operator: Ah, hold on, you two! 6 ropeway operator: [face flushed] I'm sorry, but we're closed for the day. ropeway operator FX: 7 [Madoka and Kyousuke walk away.] Kyousuke: Damn! What a shame. That operator was drunk but I guess he was telling the truth. Madoka: [noticing something] Huh? 8 Madoka: Kasuga-kun, your jacket...?! Kyousuke: Ah! It's back in the gondola!! --------------------------------------------------- p 303 (65) 1 [Isolated shot of gondola #17. The area is unlit.] 2 [Madoka, kneeling inside the gondola, finds it.] Madoka: Here it is. Kyousuke: Thank you. 3 lights-on FX: 4 [The gondola jolts to a start, nearly sending Madoka flying out the door.] gondola FX: 5 Madoka: Oh no. It's started to move. 6 Kyousuke: [hopping on] Hey, what a break! Let's ride! --------------------------------------------------- p 304 (66) 1 [Exterior shot of the gondola as it travels up the ropeway.] Madoka: I wonder if this is okay... To get on by ourselves. narration: If worse comes to worst, I have the Power... Kyousuke: It's fine, it's fine. 2 [The ropeway operator has fallen asleep in his chair, feet up on the control panel.] ropeway operator FX: 3 [As he tosses about his foot bumps against the switch, but it is already in the "on" position.] 4 [Exterior shot of the ski lodge.] 5 [Hikaru and Yuusaku sit at the bar.] Yuusaku: (But where has that jerk disappeared to?) 6 Yuusaku: (Well, whatever. That obstacle's gone... Which means...) narration: Tonight's my chance to confess! 7 narration: ...the throbbing in my heart!! [He gets to his feet and turns towards Hikaru.] Yuusaku: H-Hikaru-chan... --------------------------------------------------- p 305 (67) 1 Yuusaku: [flushed] I-I love...* [Hikaru portrait--she looks back at him.] 3 Yuusaku: Love... Your skiing.* Hikaru: ...Thank you. <*Translation note: Actually, Yuusaku starts to say "I love you" but he pauses at "love/like" = and changes it to = ski great. So his line comes out as "I think you ski great."> 4 Yuusaku: [pounding the counter in anger] (C-can't say it after all!) 5 [Isolated shot of three skiers, holding flares, making their way downslope-- they signal the end of the skiing day.] 6 [View pans back to show the bottom of a gondola as a group of 12 such skiers ski down the slope below it.] --------------------------------------------------- p 306 (68) 1 Madoka: [gazing raptly out the window, past her own reflection] Beautiful. 2 Kyousuke: Truly. Just like in the bathroom, tonight's just become a feast for the eyes. [Madoka blushes.] 3 [Kyousuke realizes what he said, and he in turn blushes.] 4 Kyousuke: [waving his hands] Ah, I didn't see anything! Besides, it was full of steam then... [Madoka looks down, still blushing.] 5 Madoka: [turning to him] I wonder... Was there that much steam? [Kyousuke gives her a nervous smile.] 6 Kyousuke: [scratching his head] But... I really didn't see all that clearly. Blood was rushing into my head, and I scarcely remember a thing... --------------------------------------------------- p 307 (69) 1 [Madoka gives him a measuring look...] 2 [...turning it into a look of irritation. She gives him a mock-punch and Kyousuke smiles and flinches.] Madoka: H! <"Hentai" = perverted> 3 [Kyousuke portrait--he laughs.] narration: But... This much I clearly remember... 4 [Madoka portrait-she playfully clenches a fist. In the background a scent seems to waft from her body, over across to panel 3 where Kyousuke is...] narration: Even now, could it only have been the smell of soap from Ayukawa's body...? 5 [Exterior shot looking up at gondola #17 as it travels up the ropeway.] narration: I feel like I want to be with her, just like this, forever! Kyousuke: [off] (It'd be nice if the ropeway would stop...) --------------------------------------------------- p 308 (70) 1 [The ropeway operator sits asleep as before.] ropeway operator FX: 2 [This time his foot kicks the switch in the other direction.] switch FX: 3 [Madoka pitches back into the lap of Kyousuke, who in turn slams back against the side of the gondola.] Madoka on Kyousuke FX: Kyousuke FX: 4 [Exterior shot of the swaying gondola.] gondola FX: 5 ropeway operator: Oh no... Looks like I accidentally fell asleep. 6 ropeway operator: [getting up and yawning] Well, I guess I'll go home now. sign: Restricted Area--Authorized Persons Only. 7 [Outside, he walks away from the building.] ropeway operator: Oo-ooh, it's cold! sign: [right] Village Lift Operations Control Room Entrance sign: [left] DANGER Restricted Area--Authorized Persons Only. --------------------------------------------------- p 309 (71) 1 [Madoka gets up to look out the window. Kyousuke remains sprawled on the floor.] 2 Madoka: We've stopped... narration: We really stopped! Strange... Though I don't remember using the Power... 3 [Madoka and Kyousuke are splashed over an exterior shot of the gondola. Madoka looks slightly worried. Kyousuke eyes her and looks nervous.] narration: But if we aren't moving, then that means it's just the two of us, in the dark... Kyousuke heartbeat FX: narration: In that case... ---------------------------------------------------