Kimagure Orange Road "But It's a Paradise!" Volume 8, Story 4 WB Volume 5, Story 2 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 Scott Henry Ka-Ping Yee George Robbert Last revision : 07-17-95 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 27 (73) are only in the WBs! NOTE: The existent script by Patrick Yip is evidently done from an unauthorized Chinese translation. It contains many major and minor deviations from the Japanese and so was not used in preparation of this script. --------------------------------------------------- p 27 (73)--TITLE PAGE [Madoka slumbers in a hammock chair, dressed in shorts and sleeveless shirt.] MAIN TITLE (at top) But It's a Paradise! SUB-TITLE (at bottom) Even Her Secret Sleeping Face Is Refreshing. If You Could Awaken This Mysterious Summer-Tinged Cinderella with a Dream-Colored Kiss... --------------------------------------------------- p 28 (74) 1 [A rainy day outside school as classes let out...] book: Margaret 2 [Outside, a smiling Madoka catches up to a despondent Hikaru. BTW, Madoka looks especially great in this panel. Nice action pose.] Madoka: Hikaru! 3 Hikaru: Madoka-san... 4 Madoka: You're depressed. You haven't shown your face around my class lately... What's the matter? Hikaru: [looking at the ground] I've lost confidence in myself. 5 Hikaru: I wonder if Sempai really likes me... --------------------------------------------------- p 29 (75) 1 [Panels 1-4, and 6 are double-bordered, denoting the flashback sequence. Here, Kyousuke answers the door to find a beaming Hikaru waiting there.] narration: You see, I went over to play at Sempai's place the other day. 2 [They sit on the couch and chat. Kyousuke holds the "A Hard Day's Night" LP. Yes, vinyl!!] narration: There just happened to be no one around, and it was just us two. The mood was fantastic. 3 [Hikaru gazes into his eyes, and edges closer.] narration: When suddenly, our conversation stopped. Hikaru: Sempai... What are you thinking about right now? Hikaru edge-closer FX: 4 narration: And then, he looked me straight in the eye... Kyousuke: Same as you... 5 [Back in real time, Madoka looks back at Hikaru sharply.] 6 [Back to the story. Kyousuke smiles and offers up a cup of noodles. Hikaru's stare grows dark.] Kyousuke: You're hungry, aren't you. I got some great Cup Ramen this time. Want some? cup: noodles 7 [In the background, we see Hikaru race out the door, Kyousuke vainly in pursuit. In the foreground, the unhappy Hikaru continues to talk with Madoka.] narration: And so... I lost it... Hikaru: Sempai, you idiot... --------------------------------------------------- p 30 (76) 1 Hikaru: But when I calmed down and thought about it, I realized I'd been a little quick-tempered... So I thought I'd try to patch things up, but I'm much too ashamed to face him... 2 Hikaru: And it seems Sempai is avoiding me for some reason... Now I've lost all confidence in myself... 3 [Madoka portrait--she looks thoughtful.] 4 Madoka: [off] Hikaru! [Surprised, Hikaru looks up.] 5 Madoka: [smiling] I'm going to Okinawa tomorrow. Hikaru: [wide-eyed] Okinawa? 6 Madoka: It's a 4-day exam break... I think I'll take the opportunity to get a scuba-diving license. 7 Madoka: How'd you like to come too? --------------------------------------------------- p 31 (77) 1 [Hikaru thinks about it.] 2 Hikaru: [brightly] Okay! 3 [Exterior shot of a travel agency office. It continues to rain.] sign: [horizontal, large] New Japan Tourist sign: [vertical, top] ..ist sign: [vertical, middle] New Japan Travel sign: [vertical, bottom] L L Card 4 [Madoka and Hikaru walk in. Did I mention that Madoka has these cute little rainboots on? Err... Anyway, a familiar schoolgirl is already being helped at the counter.] lady travel agent: This is that pamphlet. 5 [Akane heads toward the door, reading the pamphlet.] Akane: [talking to herself] Now, the question is, how do I persuade my parents...? They'd certainly object to a girl traveling alone... Akane FX: poster: [left] Canada poster: [right, partially blocked] Transy... signs: Asia ...rica [Incidentally, the Transylvania poster depicts a man in a cape. A bat flies above his shoulder.] 6 Akane: [looking up] Oh! Madoka and Hikaru: Ah! poster: Transy... Rumani... [Same poster, but now the bat's gone...] signs: Asia --------------------------------------------------- p 32 (78) 1 [Exterior shot of an upper level of the Kasuga apartment building.] doorbell FX: 2 [Pov from behind the shoulder of a schoolgirl as he answers the door. Kyousuke's in the middle of drinking from a carton of juice.] Kyousuke: Yes, who is it? door FX: carton: Persimmon Juice 100% Persimmons 3 [His pov of Hikaru, bursting with a smile.] Hikaru: Sempai! 4 [Kyousuke is stunned.] carton FX: 5 [Of course, it's Akane. She enters, grabbing her drenched skirt and screaming in his face.] Akane: Kyaaaa! So cold! It's me. Me! 6 Kyousuke: [wincing] A-Akane! Akane: Grr. narration: Wh-what? Akane? That's a relief! 7 Akane: What on earth is the matter? Somehow, for a moment, it seemed as though I caught a look of despair. [Blushing fiercely, Kyousuke looks up at the ceiling.] narration: I had a fight with Hikaru-chan, and somehow, I'm too embarrassed to face her. --------------------------------------------------- p 33 (79) 1 [Akane's pov of him as he looks back in surprise.] Kyousuke: Wha-a-at?! Hikaru-chan and Ayukawa are going to Okinawa?! 2 [View pans back to show them both seated at the kitchen table.] Kyousuke: Hmm... Akane: Huh? You didn't know? 3 Kyousuke: N-no... Akane FX: Akane: This is strange...! 4 [Akane glares and yells in his face again.] Akane: So you had a falling-out with Hikaru-chan, eh?! Akane FX: narration: S-so sharp! Kyousuke heartbeat FX: 5 [Filler art. Hikaru walks home in the rain--same as page 28, panel 2.] --------------------------------------------------- p 34 (80) 1 [Akane pulls back and watches as Kyousuke winces and sweats.] narration: H-how could she have known? She shouldn't possess any telepathy... Kyousuke: Wh-why... 2 Akane: [crossing her arms] Generally speaking, if it's anything to do with you two lovers, I'll naturally know sooner than anyone else. Kyousuke: [wide-eyed] Eh?! 3 [She shouts in his face, and he sways back once more.] Akane: C'mon, barf it up! Akane FX: narration: I'm no match for Akane. 4 [A small, grey panel.] Kyousuke: [off] Actually... 5 [He looks up at the ceiling, finger to his lips.] Kyousuke: And I don't really understand it--but when I asked her if she would like some Cup Ramen she suddenly started to get angry. Akane: [slapping her forehead] (You dolt...!) 6 Akane: It seems that you don't understand anything about a woman's heart. 7 [She shouts in his face once more, the text of her speech growing larger with each line.] Akane: But... Then "going to Okinawa" means SHE'S GIVEN UP ON YOU!! Akane FX: Kyousuke: EH?! --------------------------------------------------- p 35 (81) 1 [A bikini-clad, SD-style Hikaru prances happily in the shallow surf under a blazing sun.] narration: A girl suddenly goes out on a trip without telling her sweetheart a thing... narration: And on top of that, when it reaches the point where she goes to the sun-dazzling, temptation-filled southern islands, then the inevitable occurs. 2 [A pack of furry animals--mostly wolves, but note the kappa in sunglasses-- smirk back at us.] narration: Over there... Are those who lie in wait for girls who've become half-desperate, their feelings laid bare... wolf in aloha shirt: 3 [Kyousuke visualizes the wolf in aloha shirt hitting on the frightened, bikini-clad Hikaru.] wolf: Where are you from? Hikaru: KYAAAA! Kyousuke FX: 4 Kyousuke: N-no way-y-y! Ayukawa's with her, too... 5 [Kyousuke visualizes the wolves hitting on BOTH frightened, bikini-clad girls.] narration: Ah! What's this...? Then it'd be even more dangerous... wolf: Where are you two from? marching wolves FX: 6 [He stares in horror at his hands.] Kyousuke: Wh-what should I do...? Akane: [brightly] Well...! 7 [She puts a reassuring hand on his shoulder.] Akane: Then it's settled! Akane hand FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 36 (82) 1 [As Kyousuke watches wide-eyed, Akane winks at him and lifts up his "kappa" piggy bank. Hey, I want one of those!] Akane: [winking] So then... What might this be? Kyousuke: My piggy bank. 2 [She holds up a wooden mallet in her other hand...] Akane: Kyousuke, weren't you saying you wanted to buy a stereo?! Kyousuke FX: 3 [...and brings it down upon the hapless kappa bank.] Kyousuke: [off] Ah! What are you doing?! demolition FX: 4 [She holds up the money in her hands.] Akane: [winking] I think you're a bit short, but I'll lend you the rest. Oh, don't worry. I won't charge interest. 5 Kyousuke: B-but... Going all the way to Okinawa... [She yells in his face and he bends back, wincing.] Akane: Which one's more important?! Hikaru-chan or a stereo?! 6 [Exterior night shot looking straight up the face of the Kasuga apartment building. It is STILL raining.] 7 [Two open envelopes lie on a table.] Akane: [off] These are the hotel room and airline tickets! envelopes: New Japan Tourist Airline tickets Hotel lodging tickets 8 Kyousuke: [holding up two tickets] Why are there two of each...?! Akane: [blushing] Oh, th-that's, uhh... --------------------------------------------------- p 37 (83) 1 [She forces a smile and places a hand on the back of her head.] Akane: Actually... I just happened to be going to Okinawa, too, to do some windsurfing... But going by myself... Mom and Dad wouldn't let me. 2 [She blushes, but gets serious and grabs him by the shoulders.] Akane: So you just have to come as my bodyguard! Kyousuke: (Th-this girl... In short, she wanted to go to Okinawa herself, but to do so, she needed to use me as an excuse...) Akane FX: 3 [Aerial view of a Nippon Air Lines Boeing 747 flying over the clouds.] narration: So the day arrives. Akane: [off] But even though it's Okinawa, it's still so big... 4 [Inside the plane, Akane stares raptly out the window. Kyousuke sits vexed beside her.] narration: When we leave behind the dull, heavy and grey, rainy-season skies... Kyousuke: How are we going to find Hikaru-chan and Ayukawa? Akane: Just leave that to Akane-san! Wow, so pretty! 5 [Her pov out the window of the island of Okinawa. The skies are clear.] Akane: [off] True, we couldn't catch the same flight together, but we used the same travel agency... The rest is a breeze! --------------------------------------------------- p 38 (84) 1 [Spread across the tops of pages 38-39 (84-85) is this 2-page panel. Kyousuke and Akane look out across a sunny, sandy beach at a hotel complex.] narration: ...we find the midsummer sun!! 2 [Shot of the road entry sign to the "Coral Resort Hotel."] Akane: [off] Make misfortune turn into good fortune. I've made sure we're in the same hotel. 3 Akane: [shoving him in the back] Make up with her decisively, and, in a single stroke, seize hold of your girlfriend's heart! Akane hand FX: 4 Akane: And I, by the way, will seize hold of Madoka-chan's heart... Kyousuke: (Y-you...) 5 [He shades his eyes and smiles off into the distance.] narration: Ohh, but it's not bad to be in the southern islands with the likes of Ayukawa and Hikaru-chan. --------------------------------------------------- p 39 (85) 1 [This is the left half to panel 1 of the previous page.] 2 [The girls' pov of two smiling guys.] Sukeda: I'm Sukeda, an instructor. Komayama: [flashing a "peace" sign] I'm Komayama. Pleased to meet you! 3 [Madoka and Hikaru are taken aback.] Madoka: N-nice to meet you... 4 [View pans up-and-away to show Kyousuke and Akane following the porter who carries their duffel bags. They approach Madoka and company...] Sukeda: Well, this might be sudden, but we'll be holding intense meetings in our short training course at... --------------------------------------------------- p 40 (86) 1 Akane: [smiling, waving] There they are. Hello-o-o. 2 Madoka: Kasuga-kun! Hikaru: Sempai! 3 [Sukeda takes Madoka's hand in both of his.] Sukeda: Then... I'll be seeing you! Sukeda FX: 4 [Kyousuke glares at the two as they wave goodbye to Madoka and walk away.] Kyousuke: ! 5 Sukeda: How's that? Those girls are perfect babes! Komayama: Then it's settled--they're our next catch. 6 Kyousuke: [glaring at the guys] Who're they? Madoka: Oh, some diving instructors. They're college students but I suppose they come here to work part-time. 7 [Kyousuke continues to stare off-panel at the backs of the retreating guys. Behind him, Akane chats with Madoka, and Hikaru quietly watches Kyousuke.] narration: We were right in coming here after all! Akane: Oh, and our rooms are next to each other. --------------------------------------------------- p 41 (87) 1 [Evening falls and the four sit poolside at a table, sipping drinks.] Hikaru: Wow, Akane-san. You came to windsurf? 2 Hikaru: [wide-eyed] I'm surprised! Akane: And so I had Kyousuke come along with me as my bodyguard! 3 Akane: [to Madoka] And while we're at it, doesn't it seem nicer to just be in the same hotel? [Madoka forces a smile and nods nervously Akane.] 4 Kyousuke: [sucking his drink dry] Not that it matters, but isn't this alcoholic? Kyousuke FX: Akane: [pointing and grinning] What...?! You've nearly finished it off. 5 [Kyousuke smiles up at the starry sky.] narration: But... I'm sure glad I came...! 6 narration: Under the stars of the southern lands. The stars... Kyousuke FX: [His face becomes flushed...] --------------------------------------------------- p 42 (88) 1 [...and he topples over in his chair like a clubbed dodo.] Kyousuke FX: Hikaru: Sempai! 2 [Akane pushes Hikaru towards the fallen Kyousuke.] Akane: Okay, I leave the rest to you, Hikaru-chan! 3 Akane: [taking a surprised Madoka by the arm] Say, Madoka-chan. Let's go swimming!! Madoka: Huh?! 4 [Akane smiles, and pulls on the wrist of the reluctant Madoka. Madoka's attention is on Kyousuke and Hikaru.] Madoka: B-but... Akane: C'mon, let's go. Ohh, what a magnificent night! 5 [With his arm over her shoulders, Hikaru helps Kyousuke back to his room.] Hikaru: Are you all right, Sempai? 6 Kyousuke: I'm sorry... Hikaru-chan. 7 [She blushes and turns to look at him.] --------------------------------------------------- p 43 (89) 1 [Full-length portraits of a bikini-clad Akane, and Madoka in a one-piece swimsuit and T-shirt. They walk near the swimming pool.] 2 Madoka: [face flushed, hand to her forehead] Phew. Maybe I'm a bit drunk, too... Madoka FX: Akane: [smiling] By now, those two are probably getting along well together. 3 [Madoka portrait--her eyes open at that remark.] 4 Akane: [staring] Wow-w-w! Madoka-chan, you're well-built. 5 [The two guys look at something off-panel.] Komayama: Hm? Those girls are... --------------------------------------------------- p 44 (90) 1 [Hikaru helps Kyousuke in through the door of his (and Akane's) room.] door FX: Kyousuke: Sorry. 2 [Kyousuke portrait--face flushed, gaze downcast.] Kyousuke: That's what I wanted to tell you, so I came here. 3 Hikaru: Sempai... 4 [Isolated view of one of the beds, and the TV in the corner.] Hikaru: [off] It doesn't matter. I... 5 Hikaru: ...was thinking that I should apologize to you, too. (Sempai finally understood my feelings.) 6 [In trying to set him down on the bed, Hikaru finds herself dragged down next to him.] --------------------------------------------------- p 45 (91) 1 Kyousuke and Hikaru FX: 2 [Tight shot of Hikaru's bare legs. One of her shoes has come off.] 3 [Split panel view of Kyousuke's wide-eyed face and Hikaru's glassy-eyed one.] Kyousuke and Hikaru heartbeat FX: 4 [Lying on her side next to him, she smiles and closes her eyes. Kyousuke stares up at the ceiling.] Hikaru: Sempai. Right now... Do you know what I'm thinking? --------------------------------------------------- p 46 (92) 1 [Wide shot of the four at poolside.] Komayama: Good evening! 2 Madoka: Oh?! 3 [The two guys exchange looks.] Sukeda and Komayama FX: 4 Sukeda: Th-they're drunk! And in their swimsuits. Komayama: Now we can add to our swimsuit collection again! 5 Komayama: [looking at the girls] And not before we've done some fun things...! 6 [Sukeda takes Madoka by her arm.] Sukeda: [smiling] C'mon! Come over here. Akane: Hey, what are you doing?! 7 Sukeda: Starting now, we're going to give special coaching lessons, just for you... --------------------------------------------------- p 47 (93) 1 Sukeda: I'll guide you, by your hands and feet... [Madoka looks up wide-eyed and nervous, her face flushed.] 2 [The two guys again exchange looks.] Sukeda: (Heh heh heh... Looks like this'll be an awesome night...!) Sukeda and Komayama: 3 [Tight shot of the faces of Hikaru and Kyousuke. She closes her eyes, and he looks at her.] Hikaru: Sempai. 4 [Exterior night shot of the 2-room "cabin" at the hotel.] Hikaru: [off] Can I stay here tonight? ---------------------------------------------------