Kimagure Orange Road "The Two in a Snowy Night" Volume 6, Story 4 WB Volume 3, Story 15 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 Thomas Wyatt Jerry Lee 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 311 (73) are only in the WB's! --------------------------------------------------- p 311 (73)--TITLE PAGE [Half-portrait of Madoka. She stands in a dress, pulling her tresses back behind her.] MAIN TITLE (at top) The Two in a Snowy Night SUB-TITLE (at bottom) With a Poker Face, You Look Cool-- You Want to Try and Slip Closer. --------------------------------------------------- p 312 (74) 1 Madoka: [pressing up close] I want to be alone with you... 2 [Kyousuke blushes.] crows-in-background FX: 3 Madoka: ...like this, forever. 4 [View pans back to show them seated close together in the gondola.] Kyousuke: AYUKAWA!! Kyousuke FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 313 (75) 1 [Back to reality... Kyousuke crashes his face against the side of the gondola.] Kyousuke FX: Madoka: [holding a phone] What are you doing? 2 Kyousuke: [rubbing his nose] Wh-what are *you* doing? 3 Madoka: [sternly] We should ask why we stopped. 4 Kyousuke: They'll find out we got on without permission. Madoka: This is no time to be saying that. 5 [Overhead view looking down on the stalled gondola. The ski lodge buildings are below.] narration: It was nice to get on the ropeway at night alone with Ayukawa, but... We've been stuck here for almost an hour now. --------------------------------------------------- p 314 (76) 1 [Isolated shot of the wall phone in the control room.] sign over phone: Emergency phone FX: sign: [left] Village Lift Operations Control Room 2 Madoka: No answer. Kyousuke: Eh?! 3 Kyousuke: I wonder if that man has already gone home? 4 Madoka: See? This is all because we got on without permission. Kyousuke: Guilty as charged... 5 Madoka contemplation FX: 6 Madoka: Ohhh! This is surprising. You're keeping pretty cool. Kyousuke: [with a pleased look] Eh...? R-really? 7 [He sits relaxed, looking a bit smug, while Madoka takes a more tense posture.] narration: Of course... If worse comes worst, I have the Power in me. No sweat, no sweat! --------------------------------------------------- p 315 (77) 1 Kyousuke: [grinning] Now, now. There's no point in worrying about it--it can't be helped. narration: After all, it's not often that it's just the two of us alone on a night like this! 2 gondola FX: [The two hit the floor.] 3 Kyousuke: [looking panicky] Wh-what was that...? Madoka: [looking out the window] This isn't just a laughing matter any more. 4 Madoka: It looks like... 5 [Exterior shot of the gondola. A fierce wind blows the falling snow horizontally.] Madoka: [off] ...a blizzard's started. --------------------------------------------------- p 316 (78) 1 Madoka: All we can do is wait until morning. Then, the people in charge will notice and rescue us. 2 [Kyousuke facial portrait--he thinks that over.] 3 Kyousuke: Th-that would be terrible!! Madoka: What now...? 4 [He visualizes a shocked Yuusaku and an angry Hikaru.] narration: B-because. Returning after an overnight stay... How will I explain that to Hikaru-chan...? Hikaru: Whaaaaat?! The two of you... Yuusaku: ...spent the night together?! 5 [His pov of Hikaru shouting in his face.] Hikaru: Sempai, you PERVERT!! 6 Hikaru: [running off] Keeping it a secret from me--doing "OO" and "XX" and such with Madoka-san... Kyousuke: Ah, it wasn't like that! Hikaru: Jerk! Die!! [Overlaid on this panel is a wincing Kyousuke.] narration: Whatever happens, we must return before morning! --------------------------------------------------- p 317 (79) 1 [He sits down.] narration: Fine. If it's come to this, I'll use the Power directly to try and move the ropeway. 2 [Exterior shot of the raging snowstorm.] narration: But, I wonder if it's possible for me to do such an outrageous thing with my Power...! wind FX: 3 Kyousuke: [flashing with the Power] (But... If I don't, we won't get home.) 4 [Another exterior shot of the raging snowstorm.] thunder FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 318 (80) 1 and 2 [Exterior shots of the gondola. It's not moving.] 3 [A diagram of the ropeway. Two towers connected by the cable, from which hangs their gondola.] narration: I-it wouldn't just move, would it. This gondola doesn't have a motor attached to it, like a train does... Because it moves entirely along with the cable on the top and the bottom. diagram: Motor. Ropeway. Motor. 4 [He flashes with the Power.] Kyousuke: (I've got to move it along with the cable!!) 5 Madoka: What are you muttering to yourself? Kyousuke: Ah! 6 Kyousuke: [forced smile] Oh, just a little prayer to God. Madoka: What! 7 [A window starts to crack.] glass FX: 8 [Kyousuke and Madoka look around them in surprise.] glass FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 319 (81) 1 [A window explodes and they turn away, shielding their faces.] glass FX: 2 [Both end up on the floor.] narration: Wh-whaaat?! 3 [The fierce wind blows into the gondola.] wind FX: 4 Madoka: How the heck did that happen? narration: Looks like things have gone from bad to worse. --------------------------------------------------- p 320 (82) 1 [Isolated shot of the wind blasting through the shattered window.] wind FX: 2 [Tight shot of the thermometer inside the gondola. It reads -5 degrees Celsius. Or 23 degrees Fahrenheit for the metrically-challenged. ^_^] 3 [Madoka pulls up her knees and huddles on the seat.] Madoka: About what time is it now? I bet everyone's worried. 4 [Kyousuke watches as Madoka shivers.] narration: It's cold! If it stays like this, we'll die. Madoka FX: 5 [He spies an open compartment.] 6 Kyousuke: Ah, there was a blanket! 7 narration: But there's only one... Kyousuke: [presenting it to her] Here. Use this. --------------------------------------------------- p 321 (83) 1 Madoka: That's no good. You'll catch a cold. Kyousuke: [wide grin] Don't worry! I'm a man... 2 Kyousuke: Ah! 3 Kyousuke: AH-CHOO! 4 [She sits him down next to her and wraps the blanket around the both of them.] Madoka: It'll be okay like this. 5 Kyousuke heartbeat FX: 6 Kyousuke: (N-no! What am I doing at a time like this, thinking indecent...) 7 narration: Damn...! If only someone down there would flip the ropeway's switch. --------------------------------------------------- p 322 (84) 1 Kyousuke: (Th-that's it! Kazuya!! Kazuya's here.) 2 narration: I'm not telepathic, but maybe if I mentally call out, he'll notice me. Kyousuke: [flash thought] (PLEASE HELP ME, KAZUYA!!) 3 [Exterior shot of the ski lodge.] 4 [Kazuya lies asleep in bed.] 5 Kyousuke: (Shit...! There's no response at all... Of all the times, at a time like this--is he pretending not to know...?!) 6 Kyousuke: [fiercely] (Hey! Kazuya! If I die, I'm coming back to haunt you!) 7 Kazuya sit-up FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 323 (85) 1 [Kazuya looks over at a sleeping Yuusaku.] Kazuya: (Ahh, that surprised me. A dream, huh... Kyou-niichan sure looked awfully terrifying.) 2 Kazuya: What? Kyou-niichan isn't back yet? Where the heck is he wandering about? 3 Kazuya: [lying back down] Well, never mind. Kazuya FX: 4 [He sits up again.] Kazuya: I need to pee... Kazuya FX: 5 Kazuya: [lying back down] Ah, well. It's so cold--I can hold it. 6 [Back in the gondola, Madoka and Kyousuke sit huddled under the blanket, with bleak expressions.] --------------------------------------------------- p 324 (86) 1 [Kyousuke turns to look at Madoka.] narration: Once again, it's my fault that it's turned out this way! 2 Kyousuke: [dropping his gaze] I'm sorry, Ayukawa... 3 [She looks at him, letting out a puff of air.] 4 [Then smiles and rests her head against his. Kyousuke is surprised.] Madoka: There's nothing to apologize for. 5 Madoka: [eyes closed, gently smiling] In fact, you're pretty warm, Kasuga- kun. You seem to be better than my kotatsu . Kyousuke: [looking miffed] I'm a heating appliance? 6 [His pov of Madoka--her eyes are closed.] 7 narration: That's it! The Power! I can save us by teleporting with the Power! But, I can't do that in front of Ayukawa... --------------------------------------------------- p 325 (87) 1 Madoka: Kyousuke: Ayu... 2 Kyousuke: [shaking her] Ayukawa, Ayukawa...?! You mustn't fall asleep, Ayukawa. 3 [Her eyes open a bit...] 4 [...but soon close again.] Madoka: Don't let go... 5 [Tight shot of Kyousuke's fierce eyes.] --------------------------------------------------- p 326 (88) 1 Kyousuke: [off] (Well, at this stage, there's no choice but to teleport!) 2 [His pov of the sleeping Madoka.] Kyousuke: [off] (Even if I'm discovered and we have to move...) 3 Kyousuke: (That's no substitute for Ayukawa's life!) 4 [He wraps his arms tightly around Madoka. The view has panned back to show some snow starting to gather inside the gondola.] narration: Concentrating my mind, and holding Ayukawa tight so that we don't separate... 5 narration: Holding her... --------------------------------------------------- p 327 (89) 1 [He loses consciousness.] 2 [Kyousuke awakens to find he's lying down.] Kyousuke: Huh? 3 Kazuya: You've recovered? Kyousuke sit-up FX: 4 [Both Kyousuke and Kazuya look over at Madoka, who lies asleep on a couch.] Kazuya: That was close. A little while longer and the two of you would have froze to death. 5 Kyousuke: Y-you. How...? [Kazuya just yawns and walks out. From this view we finally figure out that they're all in the lift control room.] Kazuya: See ya. I'm going back to sleep now. sign: Restricted Area--Authorized Persons Only. --------------------------------------------------- p 328 (90) 1 Madoka: [slowly sitting up] Hm? [Kyousuke turns around to look at her.] 2 Madoka: Huh? Where... Are we...? sign: Tool Locker 3 [Kyousuke facial portrait--he smiles.] Kyousuke FX: 4 Madoka: But, who on earth... Rescued us? 5 [Kyousuke facial portrait--a smile.] 6 Kyousuke: Must've been God. [Madoka eyes grow wide.] 7 [Then she smiles, too.] --------------------------------------------------- p 329 (91) 1 [Their eyes lock.] Madoka: So we meet again. 2 [Exterior shot of the ski lodge.] 3 [In the hall, Kyousuke pauses while opening his door...] Kyousuke: See ya. Madoka: Good night. 4 [Shot of the door plaque to Room 11.] Kyousuke: [off] Heyyy! Kazuyaaaa! 5 [Lifting up the damp sheets. Kyousuke: Can't you get up to do this sort of thing...? You bedwetting brat! [Kazuya blushes.] 6 [Exterior shot of the ski lodge.] narration: Getting back to the point, the question is--how am I going to deal with Hikaru-chan tomorrow?! Kazuya: [off] Okay, oniichan? It's in both our best interests to keep tonight's happenings a secret. caption under sweating face in speech bubble: Kazuya. --------------------------------------------------- p 330 (92) 1 [Shot of an approaching train.] train: Noto 2 [Inside the train, a stern Hikaru leans her face at a surprised and flinching Madoka.] Hikaru: Madoka-san, about last night... Madoka heartbeat FX: Madoka: Huh?! 3 [View pans back to show the five seated, facing each other. Hikaru and Kyousuke in one seat, Kazuya, Madoka and Yuusaku in the other.] Hikaru: [smiling] Did I toss about in my sleep? Madoka FX: Madoka: N-not really... 4 [Kyousuke's pov of a stern Hikaru, who turns his gaze on him.] Hikaru FX: 5 Kyousuke FX: 6 [Again, his pov as she leans closer, her face melting into one of sadness.] Hikaru: Sempai, you were awful last night!! narration: H-here it comes!! 7 Hikaru: [looking mad] Although I waited and waited... --------------------------------------------------- p 331 (93) 1 Hikaru: [looking slightly sad] Y-you never came, so in the end I... Went with Yuusaku... 2 Kyousuke: Eh? 3 [She gloms onto him around his neck, despair written on her face. Kyousuke winces and Madoka looks stunned.] Hikaru: ...and drank sake ! I'm sorry! 4 [She pulls back slightly to gaze lovingly into his eyes. Kyousuke winces.] Hikaru: I won't be unfaithful any more!! narration: So this is what it was all about...! 5 [Shot of the rear of the train as it speeds away. In triple-insets we see a relieved Madoka, a joyous Hikaru still wrapped around a sweating Kyousuke's neck, and a despondent Yuusaku next to a watching Kazuya.] narration: A ski trip where all we got were the cold sweats. Last night's affair is a secret from ev-e-ryone! ---------------------------------------------------