Kimagure Orange Road "The Devious Criminal of Love" Volume 7, Story 9 WB Volume 4, 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 Jerry Lee Thomas Wyatt Jordan Lampe Last revision : 07-03-95 Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? Please send them to: kor-trans@gnu.ai.mit.edu NOTE: WBp#'s are printed first, Normal manga pages in parentheses() 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 263 (177) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 263 (177)-TITLE PAGE [Madoka sits in a chair, having tea at a table. She's dressed stylishly in knee-length pants, shirt, open vest, and hoop earrings; her hair pulled back by a wide bow. Behind her, on a wall, are posted various bilingual bank signs.] MAIN TITLE (at top) The Devious Criminal of Love SUB-TITLE (at bottom) The Modern Lady and the Moonlight... Memories of a Dream, They Know No National Boundaries...! --------------------------------------------------- p 264 (178) 1 [The morning sun peeks past the side of the Kasuga apartment building.] 2 [Kyousuke, still in bed, opens his eyes and looks at us.] Kyousuke: Hmm... birds FX: [off] 3 [His pov of what he's gazing at. Hikaru lies in bed beside him, looking back at him. Her shoulders are bare.] birds FX: [off] 4 [Overhead view shows them facing and lying beside each other. Hikaru smiles warmly.] Hikaru: Good morning . Kyousuke: [smiling back] Ah! Good mor... --------------------------------------------------- p 265 (179) 1 [Kyousuke's eyes bug out.] 2 [He pulls back, in shock.] Kyousuke: EHHH!?! Kyousuke sit-up FX: 3 [As he chews on his nails, Hikaru sits up, pulling the sheet with her to cover up. She turns aside, and with a hand tries to stifle her laughter.] narration: Wh-what the heck?! Hikaru: Kyousuke: Ah! 4 [With a sparkle, Hikaru's form is replaced by Akane's.] Kyousuke: [livid] AKANE!! Akane: Ah ha ha ha ha ha! Akane transformation FX: 5 Kyousuke: Jeez! What a nasty trick!! Akane: [merrily] Just joking, just joking. 6 [They sit on the edge of his bed.] Kyousuke: [calmed] But... What's with you today? So early in the morning. Akane: [smiling out at a sunny day] It's an eagerly-awaited Sunday and the weather's so nice... --------------------------------------------------- p 266 (180) 1 [Akane takes the guise of an ultra-cute Hikaru.] @Hikaru: [begging] Let's go on a date! Kyousuke: [wincing] Quit turning into Hikaru-chan every single time! 2 Akane: But it makes you so happy. You thought she was really pressuring you so your heart was pounding, wasn't it. Kyousuke: [hopping mad] It's not like that, I tell you! 3 Akane: Really, if you only say negative things like that she'll get disgusted with you. 4 Akane: [in his face] This might be the first and last time you'll be liked by a girl. Akane FX: Kyousuke: [sweating] .......... 5 [Kyousuke stands and looks at his clock. It reads 10:02 AM.] narration: Anyway... 6 [With wide-eyed anticipation, he visualizes Madoka in tiny tennis whites. She holds ball and racquet and is ready to serve.] narration: Today, it's tennis with Ayukawa! --------------------------------------------------- p 267 (181) 1 Kyousuke: [with racquet] Well... I'm off! Akane: [smiling] There you are! 2 [Kyousuke portrait--he smiles...] 3 [...but then looks at Akane with a blank expression.] Kyousuke: What...?! Akane: Ohh! How cruel! 4 [Akane gets in his face with an irritated look.] Akane: The other day, you promised to show me around this town. Kyousuke: [embarrassed] Oh no! 5 Kyousuke: So, Kurumi, could you... Kurumi: [hoofing it] I made a promise to my friends today. 6 Kyousuke: Then, Manami! Manami: Sorry-y-y. I made a promise, too--to see a movie. 7 Akane: How about you, Kyousuke? You have some business to take care of? Kyousuke: [smiling] Yeah. Tennis with Ayukawa... 8 Akane: [glaring] "Ayukawa?!" Kyousuke: [sweating] Ah! --------------------------------------------------- p 268 (182) 1 Akane: [in his face] WHO'S THAT? Akane FX: narration: O-oh no! 2 Akane: [sitting] Could it be a girl? Kyousuke: Oh, come to think of it, I guess she is. narration: This is Akane. If I tell her the truth, she'll understand. 3 [Akane, cheek in hand, ponders...] Akane: Hmm. She's a classmate of yours, and Hikaru-chan adores her like a big sister. Her sempai, huh? 4 [Akane turns to fix a stare at Kyousuke, who stands and looks back at her blankly.] Akane: But... Why are just you and that Ayukawa-san playing tennis? 5 [Identical tableau to previous panel. They simply stare at each other.] --------------------------------------------------- p 269 (183) 1 Akane: I see... Akane FX: 2 Akane: [viciously] YOU DEVIOUS CROOK!! Kyousuke FX: 3 Akane: [smiling] If you get chummy with this "just-like-a-big-sister," she can smoothly act as the go-between in your relationship ! [Kyousuke does a pratfall.] 4 [He gets up, wiping his brow. Akane studies him.] Akane: (But, still I'm worried... He's had an indecisive personality from the very beginning, so even at the best of times he sucks at communicating his feelings to others.) 5 [She closes her eyes and thinks deeply.] Akane: (What's more, this Ayukawa person is also a girl... And it would be terrible if there were some strange misunderstanding...) Akane FX: Kyousuke: ? 6 Akane: (I know. While I'm at it...) 7 Akane: (If I transform myself into Hikaru-chan, and totally flirt with Kyousuke in front of Ayukawa-san, then the two will happily become an officially recognized couple!) --------------------------------------------------- p 270 (184) 1 Akane: [smiling at Kyousuke] (Kyousuke's face will light up with joy.) Kyousuke: ? 2 [On a street at a railroad crossing, Akane urges along a reluctant Kyousuke.] Kyousuke: U-uhh. Akane: Come on, come on. gate sign: Don't Pass sign: [right] Off Limits to sign: [upper left] Chamber of Commerce 3 [As they walk, Kyousuke casts a nervous look at his beaming cousin.] narration: Oh no. She came along. 4 Kyousuke: (Still, I don't have any reason to refuse her...) 5 narration: But this is Akane we're talking about. If she meets Ayukawa, she's sure to meddle outrageously again! Kyousuke: [looking at her] (If possible, it would be better if I keep them from meeting...) Akane: Hmm? banner: Traffic Safety... pole sign: Fresh Fish Store 6 Kyousuke: [forced smile] N-nothing. --------------------------------------------------- p 271 (185) 1 Komatsu: [exiting a record store] Huh? window sign: [middle] This month's new music--on the Keyboard Corner window sign: [left] Buddhist Altar Equipment sidewalk sign: RECORDS Music Tapes 2 Akane: A friend? Kyousuke: Uh-huh. 3 Akane: [sparkling with the Power] (Good. Here's one.) Akane transformation FX: 4 Komatsu: Hey, Kasuga! 5 [Akane clings to Kyousuke's arm. Kyousuke looks at her in wide-eyed surprise.] Akane FX: Kyousuke heartbeat FX: 6 [Pov from near Komatsu.] @Hikaru: [waving and beaming] Hello-o-o!! sidewalk sign: Beauty Parlor... [Kyousuke swivels his head from Komatsu to who he perceives to be Akane.] narration: Wh-what?! 7 [Nervously and with a forced smile, Kyousuke points at the girl on his arm. Komatsu grins.] narration I think she's acting strangely!! Kyousuke: Oh, she's my... 8 Komatsu: [walking past and smiling] Hot love, as usual! Kyousuke: [eyes bugged out] ? --------------------------------------------------- p 272 (186) 1 [Kyousuke looks stunned as he watches the waving Komatsu walk away.] sign: Beauty Parlor 2 Akane: [merrily] (Even one at a time, it's important to let a lot of people recognize this couple's relationship.) Kyousuke: ? 3 bike FX: [off] 4 [Overhead pov shows Yuusaku on a bike stopped just behind Kyousuke.] Yuusaku: Idiot! Why don't you watch out?! Kyousuke: Ah, I'm sor... 5 Kyousuke and Yuusaku: AH!! 6 Yuusaku: Kasuga, y-you jerk! Kyousuke: Y-you're that... --------------------------------------------------- p 273 (187) 1 Kyousuke: Who are you? slapstick FX: Yuusaku pratfall FX: 2 [Leaping to his feet, an irate Yuusaku grabs Kyousuke by the shirt.] Yuusaku: I won't let you say you've forgotten me!! Your fateful rival, Hino Yuusaku-sama!! Yuusaku FX: Kyousuke: [nervously smiling] J-just joking!! 3 [Akane thrusts herself between the two and glares at Yuusaku.] Akane: Hold it, you!! 4 Akane: Busting in on us like that--how rude! What are you doing to my special guy?!! 5 [Pov looking over Yuusaku's shoulder. He sees an angry Hikaru before him.] 6 Kyousuke: [eyes grown large] (Sp-special guy...?!) --------------------------------------------------- p 274 (188) 1 [Kyousuke looks on as Yuusaku silently picks up his fallen bicycle.] sign: Color TVs Yuusaku bike FX: 2 [With head hung low, Yuusaku walks away with his bike.] Yuusaku FX: Yuusaku: (Sp-special guy.) 3 Kyousuke: [blushing] (D-did she say, "special guy"...?!) Kyousuke heartbeat FX: 4 [His pov of Akane, as she watches Yuusaku walk away.] narration: Perhaps I'm the one that Akane... 5 narration: But that's impossible. Akane and I are cousins. Can't be... 6 narration: But if you look carefully, she's also quite cute. [He looks quite carefully, and Akane turns to stare back at him.] Kyousuke: Akane, don't you... --------------------------------------------------- p 275 (189) 1 Kyousuke: ...h-have a boyfriend? 2 [His pov of Akane as she looks back.] 3 Akane: [smiling and stretching] I don't have much interest in guys. Kyousuke pratfall FX: 4 Akane: But... Hmm. Maybe it's 'cause I'm so tomboyish, but I like feminine girls. 5 narration: Wh-whaat?! Kyousuke: [forced smile] R-really?! 6 [Flashback pic--Akane clings to Kyousuke's arm.] Akane FX: [flashback] narration: Th-then, what on earth was that back there...? Kyousuke heartbeat FX: 7 [More flashback pics--of Komatsu grinning and walking away; of Akane yelling at Yuusaku.] flashbacks: Hot love! What are you doing to my special guy?! narration: In a way, just like Hikaru-chan... --------------------------------------------------- p 276 (190) 1 Kyousuke: [fierce expression] (Hikaru-chan?!) 2 Kyousuke: (That Akane--was she transforming into Hikaru-chan in front of those people?!) 3 Kyousuke: (This is terrible! Then, all the more, I can't very well let her meet Ayukawa!!) 4 Kyousuke: [laughing, hand to back of head] Huhhh?! That's too bad. I've forgotten where the tennis court is! So I guess there's no going on from here. 5 [Smiling, she turns to point to the courts about 10 meters away. He does a pratfall.] Akane: The tennis court? Isn't this the place? 6 [He chases after Akane, who walks on ahead.] Kyousuke: Ah! Wait, Aka...!! Akane FX: 7 narration: Arrggh. If I can't stop Akane then I'd better try Ayukawa! Kyousuke teleport FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 277 (191) 1 [Shot of the entrance to the ladies dressing room.] sign: Dressing Room 2 [He rematerializes inside. In the extreme foreground is a view of a girl's pair of bare legs. She's removing her nylons.] Kyousuke teleport FX: 3 [View pans back to show Madoka, in undershirt and panties. Kyousuke hides himself behind a curtain.] Kyousuke heartbeat FX: 4 [He blushes brightly.] narration: H-hold on. This... crows-in-background FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 278 (192) 1 [Looking to the side he spies a folded stack of tennis clothes. At the top of the stack are a pair of frilly panties.] Kyousuke: AH! 2 [He takes the panties in hand.] narration: Th-that's it. It'll be bad for Ayukawa, but... crows-in-background FX: Kyousuke: I have to hide this. 3 Kyousuke: (But where...?!) Kyousuke FX: 4 [Madoka, down to bra and panties, turns to enter the curtained-off section.] Madoka: And now... Kyousuke FX: 5 Kyousuke: (O-oh no! She's gonna come out!) Kyousuke FX: 6 [Tight shot of his pants pocket as he shoves the panties into it.] Kyousuke FX: 7 [Madoka enters.] curtain FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 279 (193) 1 [He rematerializes back outside. Akane sees him.] narration: Safe by a hair! Kyousuke teleport FX: 2 narration: Now, she shouldn't be coming out of the locker room for some time... Kyousuke: Akane: [smiling] Where did you go? C'mon, let's hurry! 3 Akane: To Ayukawa-san's place!! 4 Kyousuke: [embarrassed] Uhh, it seems she won't be coming today... Akane: [outraged] Whaaat!?! 5 [Full-length portrait running down the entire page shows Madoka in tiny tennis whites, holding a ball and a racquet. She smiles a bright welcome.] Madoka: Kasuga-kuuun! --------------------------------------------------- p 280 (194) 1 [Kyousuke is aghast. Akane is wide-eyed.] narration: H-how?! 2 Akane: [smiling wide-eyed] That's Ayukawa-san?! [Kyousuke turns away and slaps a hand to his face.] narration: N... 3 [He visualizes a @Hikaru leaping all over him as a simmering Madoka watches.] Kyousuke: (NOW I'M DONE FOR!!) @Hikaru FX: 4 [Kyousuke portrait--he dares to sneak a peek.] 5 [Akane blushes and looks off-panel.] Akane FX: Kyousuke: Huh? 6 Akane: [clasping Madoka by the hand] You're... My ideal...!! Akane FX: [Madoka's skirt twirls to show that, yes, she *is* wearing panties.] --------------------------------------------------- p 281 (195) 1 Akane: H-how do you do?! I'm Kyousuke's cousin, Akane. Kyousuke FX: Madoka: [wide-eyed, nervous] Y-yes...?! 2 Akane: Wow! Nice figure. Your name?! Madoka, such a nice, feminine name. narration: Wh-what's with her?! 3 Kyousuke: Ah! Th-that's it! Akane: [flashback] I admire feminine girls. 4 [Madoka, ready to play tennis, has her attention distracted to the sidelines.] Akane: [off] Madoka-chaaan, do your best!! 5 [Pov shifts to show Akane on the sidelines, cheering through a bullhorn. Both Madoka and Kyousuke smile nervously.] Akane: Lose, Kyousuke! narration: It looks like Akane is completely taken with Ayukawa?! 5 (inset) [In an inset an old woman in tennis dress, short skirt, talks to two nervous girls, one of whom shakes her head.] old lady: Have you seen my underskirt? ---------------------------------------------------