Kimagure Orange Road "The Pure-Hearted Blues" Volume 6, Story 8 WB Volume 4, Story 3 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 Jordan Lampe Thomas Wyatt 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 51 (161) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 51 (161)--TITLE PAGE [Hikaru stands with feet planted apart, dressed in formal white shirt and bowtie, black coat and slacks. She pauses in removing her dark glasses, and looks up at us.] MAIN TITLE (at top) The Pure-Hearted Blues SUB-TITLE (at bottom) Tonight, With Her--A Scandal! --------------------------------------------------- p 52 (162) 1 [Exterior evening shot of the Hiyama residence.] 2 sign: Hiyama 3 [Isolated shot of the closed door to her bedroom.] Hikaru: [off] Oh, shit! 4 [Close facial shot of an unhappy Hikaru in pajamas.] Hikaru: Ohhh, drat! This is so frustrating! Hikaru FX: 5 [View pans back, but she's turned around. She has something in her hands.] Hikaru: This is the first time I've ever done this sort of thing...! Ah, another mistake. shoujo manga: Margaret--Special 4th Monthly Issue 6 [Pov shifts. A vexed Hikaru stuffs something into a sack.] Hikaru: Arrrrggh. Grr, I qui... door FX: sack FX: 7 Mrs. Hiyama: You're up late these days, hmm? Studying? [Hikaru smiles sunnily, hiding the sack behind her back.] Hikaru: Y-yeah... --------------------------------------------------- p 53 (163) 1 Mrs. Hiyama: [off] Go to sleep soon! Hikaru: O-ka-a-ay. door FX: 2 [Hikaru remains seated on the floor as a call-in show starts on the radio.] radio host: On tonight's "Kiss and Tell Corner", from a home in the big city... 3 radio caller: And so, I was an AWFUL tomboy, but I did things with grace that day, and then... 4 radio caller: ...my boyfriend kissed me tenderly... [Hikaru's eyes grow wide...] 5 [...and she grows thoughtful.] radio caller: Kyaaa! How embarrassing...! I said it... What'll I do?! 6 narration: Sempai... I wonder if he's a late bloomer. 7 Hikaru: All right! 8 [Exterior shot of the Hiyama residence.] Hikaru: [off] I'll sure give it my best shot! --------------------------------------------------- p 54 (164) 1 Kyousuke: [in the classroom] Eh? 2 [View looking in through the class window shows 3 guys addressing Kyousuke.] Kyousuke: Bowling? 3 [It's Komatsu, Hatta and another guy.] Komatsu: Yup. If you join us, we can have a two-on-two match. 4 Kyousuke: Sorry, but... Today I'm... Komatsu: ...dating Hiyama Hikaru. 5 Kyousuke: [embarrassed] Yeah. AH! Komatsu: [leering] Just as I thought--a married man can't hang out with us! 6 [Exterior shot looking straight up the face of a school building.] Komatsu: [off] Dating, dating. And so he says he has no free time to spend with us... Komatsu: [off] You two are always, always together. What do you do? 7 [Kyousuke doesn't notice that Madoka has entered the classroom.] Kyousuke: Well... We go to movies and drink tea and... --------------------------------------------------- p 55 (165) 1 [He sees her.] Kyousuke: AH! 2 [He turns back to face the smoldering glares of Komatsu and Hatta.] Komatsu and Hatta: Really... Is that all? Komatsu and Hatta FX: Kyousuke: AH! 3 [Komatsu re-enacts both ends of a love scene.] Komatsu as Kyousuke: [decisively] Hikaru, I love you... Komatsu as Hikaru: [dewy-eyed] Darling. 4 [Komatsu turns his back towards us and hugs himself.] Komatsu: And then the two exchanged hot kisses. Komatsu: Oh, there it is. My favorite act--a one-man love scene. 5 Komatsu: [pointing the accusing finger] How's that, you dog?! You're always doing at least that, aren't you?! You lover boy! Kyousuke: [shouting] S-say what?! 6 Kyousuke FX: 7 Madoka FX: 8 Kyousuke: [hopping mad] H-Hikaru-chan and I haven't done "A" or "B" or "C" or such. crows-in-background FX: guys FX: Komatsu: Nobody's saying anything about "B" or "C". --------------------------------------------------- p 56 (166) 1 [Madoka exits, smiling over her shoulder.] Kyousuke: [off] Anyway, I haven't! It's true, I tell you! I'll even bet you! Komatsu: [off] What's with this guy? Taking it so seriously. 2 Komatsu: All right, that sounds interesting. I'll take that bet! Kyousuke: Eh?! 3 [With a gleam in his eye, Komatsu points a finger.] Komatsu: If you're caught doing "A", you lose! How about lunch for a month? 4 Komatsu: [solemnly] However, if nothing happens, then... I hear Hatta will gladly treat you and me to lunch for a month. Hatta: [enraged] Dummy! 5 Komatsu: That was a joke, but I'll treat you. Okay? It's a promise! Kyousuke: G-good. --------------------------------------------------- p 57 (167) 1 [The three run off down the hall.] Komatsu: Then, see ya, Kasuga! Well, shall we go bowling?! 2 [Kyousuke watches them go.] 3 narration: What's with those guys? I thought they'd just shadow me from now... But they really wouldn't go that far. Kyousuke: Whew! 4 [He visualizes Hikaru. She has her hands clapped before her in a polite request.] narration: Anyway, I'm sorry about the deal today with Komatsu and the guys... Hikaru: [flashback] I *must* see you tomorrow. 5 [He heads off down the hall in the opposite direction.] narration: But I promised I'd go out with Hikaru-chan after school. Kyousuke: "MUST"? What's this all about? 6 [The three guys peer around a corner, watching Kyousuke walk away.] guys FX: 7 Komatsu: [amused] A promise is a promise...! --------------------------------------------------- p 58 (168) 1 [Hikaru walks with schoolbag and a shopping bag in hand.] 2 [She stops to contemplate a kiss scene with Darling.] Hikaru FX: 3 Hikaru: (Hmm... With grace, huh?) 4 Kyousuke and Hikaru FX: [Hikaru smiles, and Kyousuke flinches back...] sign: Tool Shed 5 Hikaru: Se... 6 narration: Whenever she sees me, Hikaru-chan always first... Kyousuke: [leaning back] Ah. 7 Hikaru: [launching herself at him] SEMPAAAI! narration: ...comes flying into me like a human rocket that cuts sharp as a tiger mask... narration: BUT?! --------------------------------------------------- p 59 (169) 1 [No. Hikaru-chan merely walks slowly, meekly and demurely towards him. This is a full-length portrait of her.] Hikaru FX: Hikaru: Hello. 2 [Kyousuke falls back against a wall, eyes wide.] Kyousuke double-take FX: narration: Today, Hikaru-chan is... 3 [She gives a quiet, blushing smile.] narration: ...not the usual... 4 [Overhead view looking down upon the two.] narration: ...Super Hikaru-chan! Kyousuke: By the way... Was there something you wanted to see me about today? 5 Hikaru: [dropping her gaze] Yeah... --------------------------------------------------- p 60 (170) 1 Hikaru: [tripping] Oops. Kyousuke: [grabbing her by the arm] Look out! 2 [Closeup of their faces.] 3 Kyousuke: Be careful. Hikaru: [wincing] (It's because I'm not used to walking gracefully with toes pointed in...) 4 [She looks up at him sweetly.] Hikaru: Thank you. 5 [Kyousuke blushes and his eyes grow large.] Kyousuke FX: 6 [He yanks his hands away from her arm and leaps back.] Kyousuke FX: Kyousuke: Ah! 7 Kyousuke: [nervously] S-sorry. narration: Wh-what the...? Why'd I gasp just now? --------------------------------------------------- p 61 (171) 1 narration: Today, Hikaru-chan is... Hikaru: Umm... Could we hold hands? 2 [They do.] Kyousuke: [blushing deeply] S-sure... narration: Cute! 3 [Shot down a path in the park.] 4 [Closeup of their clasped hands.] narration: Somehow, this ended up making me tense... 5 narration: My hand got sorta sweaty and... Hikaru: Here, a handkerchief. [She holds out a folded handkerchief in one hand.] 6 [Blushing, he holds it up in his hand.] Kyousuke: (Such tender care... She is a girl, after all...) 7 [Overhead view looking straight down at a park path and bench.] Hikaru: [off] By the way, Sempai... --------------------------------------------------- p 62 (172) 1 Hikaru: Don't you think we're strange? Even though we've known each other now for almost a year... 2 [She looks down and blushes. Kyousuke's eyes bug out.] Hikaru: Still... 3 narration: "St-still." M-maybe... Kyousuke heartbeat FX: 4 [With eyes closed, she rushes up to him.] 5 [View pans back to show them standing in the middle of the path--standing very close to one another.] Hikaru: If it's with you, Sempai, I... --------------------------------------------------- p 63 (173) 1 [Hikaru stands there, her hands clasped together before her, her eyes closed in invitation.] 2 [Kyousuke looks down at her, blushing, fiercely in thought.] narration: Th-this, no matter how you look at it... I-I'm at a loss what to do. Now, of all times, when I've made a bet with Komatsu and the others not to do "A"... 3 [Kyousuke closes his eyes and leans down to kiss her...] narration: Well, but anyhow, they won't see... 4 [...but his eyes open when he hears...] tree FX: [off] 5 [He sees the three guys up in a tree, watching.] Komatsu: A bit more, a bit more. 6 narration: Th-those guys! So that's how it's going to be... Kyousuke: [holding down a lower eyelid and sticking out his tongue] Feh! Think I'll fall for that? 7 [Hikaru portrait--as in panel 1, still inviting the kiss.] 8 [Her eyes open wide in surprise.] --------------------------------------------------- p 64 (174) 1 [And she glares at him...] Kyousuke: Ah! 2 [...with her angel-of-death expression.] Hikaru: Sempai... 3 Hikaru: You don't like me! 4 [Kyousuke takes one on the nose.] shopping-bag-on-face FX: 5 [She runs off, leaving the shopping bag behind.] Hikaru: Sempai, you jerk! 6 Kyousuke: [rubbing his nose] H-Hika... 7 [At his feet lies the shopping bag. Part of a sweater is visible.] --------------------------------------------------- p 65 (175) 1 Kyousuke: [lifting up a nice sweater] Huh?! This... 2 [He finds a note.] 3 note: [title] To my beloved Sempai: note: [body of message] The truth is, I wanted to give this to you sooner, but I started knitting last fall, and finally finished today. Meanwhile, winter came and went... But no matter what, I give this sweater before you graduated. <*Translation note: Portions of text are cut off at the margins of the panel. The parts in brackets are the probable missing words.> 4 [He visualizes the incredible effort she must have put into this project.] narration: Hikaru-chan... I see the rest--she had a great, hard-fought battle, going this way and that, over this sweater... 5 [Kyousuke runs off after her, shopping bag in hand.] narration: It's so like Hikaru-chan--being admirable and dear... Despite that, here I've done such a miserable thing for the sake of a trivial bet! 6 Kyousuke: [wincing] (KYOUSUKE, YOU JERK!!) 7 [On the sidewalk of an overpass, Master, carrying a sack of groceries, comes upon a despondent Hikaru, who stands at the railing, looking out.] --------------------------------------------------- p 66 (176) 1 Master: Is that you, Hikaru-chan? 2 [She turns, eyes wet with tears.] Hikaru: Master... 3 [He stands at the railing, smiling] Master: Ha ha ha. I see. A kiss, huh? Hikaru: I don't understand men... 4 Master: [looking off into the distance] Then, here's a man's opinion. 5 Master: I wonder if not doing anything is proof of not liking someone. 6 Master: [gently smiling at her] Because men can't easily take quick action on the girls who are really important to them. 7 [Hikaru starts to smile, too.] --------------------------------------------------- p 67 (177) 1 Hikaru: [waving, racing off] Thanks a lot! 2 [Running, she visualizes the kiss scene.] narration: I see. So that's what it was! 3 Hikaru: [sunny smile] (Sempai thinks I'm really important to him, so he didn't do anything!) 4 Kyousuke running FX: 5 [A closer view of his earnest expression, face flushed.] narration: Anyway, I have to apologize! 6 [Both running, they meet. In double insets we see the surprised expressions of each.] --------------------------------------------------- p 68 (178) 1 Kyousuke: I'm sorry about just now. 2 [Hikaru looks at him, thoughtfully, tenderly...] 3 [...and gives him a hug.] Hikaru: No, I was being foolish. narration: H-Hikaru-chan. Hikaru hug FX: 4 [She pulls back slightly to look up at him.] narration: This look, I'm sure--she's asking for a kiss... 5 Kyousuke: [rushing in for the kill] (All right. Here, in a single stroke!) 6 [Hikaru abruptly runs off, smiling. Kyousuke's face gets intimate with the cold, uncaring wall of a phone booth. The glass shatters at the impact.] Kyousuke face FX: Hikaru: [happily] Well, let's go have some fun. --------------------------------------------------- p 69 (179) 1 [Kyousuke lies sprawled, senseless, on the ground. Hikaru leans over him.] Hikaru: Oh no-o-o! Are you all right? 2 [Kyousuke stands in the sweater, holding out his arms at his sides. The left sleeve is too long and the right one is too short.] Hikaru: What?! The sleeve lengths are different! 3 [His pov of Hikaru, who wears a cute smile.] narration: I looked upon Hikaru-chan again through different eyes. 4 [Her pov of him. He smiles back.] 5 [She happily holds onto his arm and he looks at her with a smile.] narration: In any case, today I feel like going out with Hikaru-chan to the very end. ---------------------------------------------------