Kimagure Orange Road "Graduation Elegy" Volume 6, Story 6 WB Volume 4, Story 1 Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi Translation by : Hitoshi Doi (4 Mar 1992) Additional translation by : Craig H. Nishida Compilation by : Spencer C. Hastings Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose Craig Nishida Spencer Hastings Thomas Wyatt Jordan Lampe 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 7 (117) are only in the WB's! --------------------------------------------------- p 7 (117)--TITLE PAGE [A pajama-clad Hikaru sits on her bed, knees pulled up and hugging her pillow.] MAIN TITLE (at top) Graduation Elegy SUB-TITLE (at bottom) This Sweetheart Hugs Rather Tightly--She and a Pillow in Dreamland! --------------------------------------------------- p 8 (118) 1 [Kyousuke and Hikaru, dressed in school uniforms, walk together.] Hikaru: [stretching her arms] Ohhhh! That was fun! 2 Hikaru: I'm lucky today! To have YOU ask ME out to a movie... narration: After all, I'll be a high school student soon! 3 narration: I'll be separated from Hikaru-chan, who is two years younger than me, so I should do at least this much. [Hikaru loses her smile.] --------------------------------------------------- p 9 (119) 1 [Kyousuke turns to look back.] 2 [He looks at Hikaru, who's stopped walking a few paces back, silently standing there.] Kyousuke: What's wrong? 3 Hikaru: Sempai. 4 Hikaru: [pensive] Pretty soon... ...I'll be separated from you. 5 [Kyousuke portrait-he doesn't know what to say.] 6 [Crying, she hurls herself at him. Kyousuke bends back under the impact.] Hikaru: It'll be awful!! --------------------------------------------------- p 10 (120) 1 Hikaru: [clinging close] I don't want to part with you! [Some guys stop to watch. Kyousuke eyes them nervously.] Kyousuke: Y-you're exaggerating. guys FX: 2 Hikaru: But I'll still be in junior high! While you're gonna be a high school student!! narration: Well, that's certainly true, but... 3 Kyousuke: Although it'll be "high school", it only means the classroom is changing. It's all in the same place. 4 Hikaru: Oh yeah. Kyousuke and Hikaru: Ah ha ha ha! 5 [Shot of some leafless trees.] Kyousuke: [off] Also, since it's an escalator system, there isn't an entrance exam so it was mostly decided by this test the other day. 6 Hikaru: Then if you did badly on that test... Kyousuke: It's all right! For those idiots there's a make-up exam. --------------------------------------------------- p 11 (121) 1 [Isolated shot of a park pedestrian overpass.] Hikaru: [off] It looks like Komatsu-san and Hatta-san are taking the make-up exam. Kyousuke: [off] Huh? How do you know that? 2 Hikaru: Because I saw them nervously looking over their books and notes just a little while ago. Kyousuke: [smiling broadly] They shouldn't worry... The make-up exam isn't until next Saturday, the 23rd. 3 Hikaru: Today is the 23rd. Kyousuke: Ha! ha! ha! 4 Kyousuke: [wincing] Ah! 5 Hikaru: [in joy] Well, the make-up exam doesn't have anything to do with you, Sempai! Hikaru hug FX: 6 [Hikaru looks up in puzzlement.] Hikaru: ? 7 Hikaru: Sempai... You look pale. Kyousuke: H-Hikaru-chan, what time is it now? --------------------------------------------------- p 12 (122) 1 [View of a clock tower.] Hikaru: [off] Um... Oh, the clock over there says it's 3 PM. 2 narration: Already... The make-up exam is over! Kyousuke FX: 3 [Hikaru portrait--wide-eyed with concern.] narration: Actually, I was supposed to take the make-up exam, too... 4 Kyousuke: [running off] S-something urgent has come up. Bye. Hikaru: ? 5 Kyousuke: (Shit! How careless of me!!) 6 [Overhead view looking down as Kyousuke runs away from a standing Hikaru.] narration: Arrrgggh. Kyousuke, you idiot! --------------------------------------------------- p 13 (123) 1 [Kyousuke imagines he's talking to the teacher.] narration: What should I do? Should I cry to the teacher? Kyousuke: Please have another make-up exam. Matsuoka-sensei: Tell me why you were absent. 2 Kyousuke: I... I just forgot...! Matsuoka-sensei FX: Matsuoka-sensei: Kasuga-kun... 3 [Kyousuke still runs.] narration: Oh, no. There's no excuse for this!! Kyousuke: (For this, sure enough...) 4 Kyousuke: (That's the only way!!) 5 [Exterior shot of ABCB.] Komatsu: [off] Isn't Kasuga here? 6 [Madoka portrait--in ABCB apron, holding a water pitcher.] --------------------------------------------------- p 14 (124) 1 Komatsu: So. He's not here either? Hatta: He skipped the final make-up exam. What in the world is he doing? 2 Madoka: [surprised] Make-up exam? 3 Komatsu: If he'd come he would have passed without any problem. What's the matter with that guy? Hatta: I wonder if he doesn't plan on going to this high school? = "advanced section", referring to the high school section of their school. Moreover, the distinction that Hatta's making--pondering whether Kyousuke isn't planning on going to *this school's* high-school section is important to Madoka. At this point, she fears that Kyousuke might be moving, and not that he was a bonehead to miss the exam.> 4 [Komatsu and Hatta turn to leave.] Komatsu: Bye. 5 [Madoka portrait--a look of worry.] 6 [Exterior shot of the Kasuga apartment building.] 7 [Kyousuke stands at the top of a flight of stairs, looking down.] narration: Last Christmas I fell from here and returned to the past...* sign: Fire Prevention Note at top of page: *In the 3rd Compilation-- "Time-Slip Christmas"! --------------------------------------------------- p 15 (125) 1 [He hurls his body down the stairs.] narration: All I have to do is return to the time before the test! Kyousuke FX: 2 & 3 Kyousuke FX: Kyousuke: Ouch! 4 [He lies in a crumpled mass at the bottom.] Kyousuke: That hurt!! 5 Kyousuke: Huh...? That's strange. Looks like I didn't return to the past... 6 narration: One more time!! Kyousuke: WAHH!! Kyousuke FX: 7 [He lies flat on his back, eyes glassy.] narration: But this time, it just hurt a lot, and no matter how many times I tried I didn't time-slip! --------------------------------------------------- p 16 (126) 1 [Exterior shot of ABCB.] narration: The next day... Madoka: [off] Kasuga-kun! 2 [Madoka stifles laughter.] 3 [She looks at Kyousuke, who sits at the counter sipping from a mug. His face is a mass of bruises, and there's a bandage on one cheek.] Madoka: Kyousuke drinking FX: 4 Madoka: [walking around the counter to his side] Your face looks like you fell down the stairs. 5 Madoka: I wonder how many times you have to fall down to make it look like that? Kyousuke: [sipping] Six times... 6 [Madoka portrait--stunned.] 7 Madoka: [sitting next to him] What?! Is that true?! Kyousuke: [sweating] O-of course not. --------------------------------------------------- p 17 (127) 1 customer: [off] Can I have some water, please? Madoka stand-up FX: 2 [Kyousuke watches over his shoulder as Madoka takes a pitcher over to the table.] 3 narration: Obviously, Ayukawa is going to this high school for sure. 4 [His pov as she walks back.] narration: Right now, Ayukawa is within reach... 5 narration: But if we go to different high schools, somehow, I get the feeling we'll drift far apart... 6 [Kyousuke contemplates his fate.] narration: But... There's nothing I can do now... 7 [Madoka leans next to him, with an inquiring smile.] Madoka: What's wrong? You look depressed. --------------------------------------------------- p 18 (128) 1 Kyousuke: [solemn] Thank you. Kyousuke stand-up FX: 2 [Madoka watches as Kyousuke walks out the door.] door FX: 3 [Madoka portrait--worry.] 4 [She visualizes Komatsu and Hatta.] Hatta: [flashback] I wonder if he doesn't plan on going to this high school? 5 [View looking up at a cloud-fleeced sky.] Madoka: [off] Kasuga-kun! 6 [His pov of Madoka. She runs toward him, in a jacket over her sweatshirt and miniskirt. In January?!?] 7 [Her pov of him. He stands in surprise.] --------------------------------------------------- p 19 (129) 1 [View of an amusement park ride. That pirate ship on a pendulum ride--I forget what it's called...] girls: [off] 2 [Kyousuke portrait of wide-eyed surprise or fear.] 3 Madoka: [smiling] What kind of face are you making?! 4 [View looking down from the ride.] Kyousuke: [off] Because, you asked me to come here... 5 [Madoka smiles.] 6 Madoka: [pointing] Hey, you wanna ride that one next? 7 Madoka: [smiling, running ahead] Hey, hurry up. --------------------------------------------------- p 20 (130) 1 [Tight shot of the two sitting side-by-side on the ride. Kyousuke has a look of abject fear on his face. Madoka smiles merrily.] 2 [Madoka portrait.] narration: If only I hadn't screwed up, this would have been a fun date... 3 [They walk over to the next ride.] narration: There's no way Ayukawa could have found out that I can't go to this high school. 4 [Kyousuke looks up at the sky in misery.] 5 [View of a distant Ferris wheel.] 6 [Kyousuke, laughing, sits in the Ferris wheel car.] narration: Oh, I'm so ashamed of myself! Kyousuke: --------------------------------------------------- p 21 (131) 1 [Madoka takes the seat across from him.] Kyousuke: Ha... 2 [His face loses its smile.] 3 Kyousuke: [head bowed] Ayukawa... I... 4 [View looking down and across at the rest of the amusement park.] --------------------------------------------------- p 22 (132) 1 Kyousuke: [with a determined look] I'm not going to this high school! 2 Madoka: [sad look] Why not...? 3 Kyousuke: [dropping his gaze] To tell you the truth... I got the date for the make-up exam mixed up, and I didn't take that test... So it turns out I can't go to this high school... 4 [This takes Madoka by surprise...] 5 [...and she smiles.] --------------------------------------------------- p 23 (133) 1 Madoka: That's not "I'm *not* going", that's "I *can't* go"! Madoka: Kyousuke: [wincing] So harsh. 2 [Madoka portrait--she smiles and drops her gaze.] 3 Madoka: [looking off to the side] Then... 4 Madoka: Maybe I'll go along with you. 5 [Kyousuke stops in shock.] --------------------------------------------------- p 24 (134) 1 [She gently smiles at him.] Madoka: I can't let a careless person who would forget the date of a very important test go to another school by himself. 2 [Kyousuke portrait--eyes wide, mouth open.] 3 [Madoka portrait--soft smile.] 4 Kyousuke: Re... 5 Kyousuke: Really?! Kyousuke FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 25 (135) 1 Madoka FX: 2 [Kyousuke's face takes on a look of joy...] 3 [...and he leaps to his feet, accidentally hitting his knee on the door's latch.] Kyousuke: Hooray!! knee on door FX: 4 [Tight shot of the door unlocking.] 5 [Kyousuke tumbles out. Madoka watches in horror.] 6 [He falls...] Kyousuke: Wah! Wah! Wah! Madoka: KASUGA-KUN! 7/8/9 [...and falls, and falls...] Madoka: [repeated] KASUGA-KUN! --------------------------------------------------- p 26 (136) 1 [Exterior shot of a school building.] school bell FX: 2 [Kyousuke stands in the hall, studying an open book in his hands. Komatsu and Hatta walk down the hall toward him.] 3 Komatsu: [whacking him] Yo! You're taking the make-up exam too?!! Komatsu elbow FX: 4 Kyousuke: [snapping out of it] Ah! narration: I-I returned to the time before the test!! 5 [Taking in his surroundings.] 6 Komatsu: [grinning] You're going to go to this high school, too? Kyousuke: [grinning] O-of course. 7 Komatsu: But it's so pitiful, I could cry. In the entire school, we're the only three taking the make-up exam. [From off to the side, Madoka approaches on her way home.] --------------------------------------------------- p 27 (137) 1 Komatsu: [to Kyousuke] I shouldn't have copied your test answers after all...! Kyousuke: [irked] Sh-shut up. [Swiveling his head, he notices that Madoka is walking by behind him.] 2 Kyousuke: Ah! 3 [She gives a tiny smile...] 4 [...and says over her shoulder...] Madoka: Well... Please try hard! It'll be a pleasure if you can make it to high school without a hitch!! 5 [Kyousuke winces. Komatsu is stunned.] 6 [The three sit and take the test. Kyousuke visualizes a smiling Madoka. Komatsu and Hatta are talking in the background.] narration: If it was going to be like this, it would have been better not to time-slip...! narration: But Ayukawa at that time... Those words were sincere. Hatta: [to Komatsu, who's peeking] Looking againnn! ---------------------------------------------------