Kimagure Orange Road "The Autumn Feeling of Love" Volume 10, Story 4 WB Volume 6, Story 4 Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi Translation & compilation by : Craig H. Nishida Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose Craig Nishida Thomas Wyatt Jerry Lee Last revision : 08-17-95 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 67 (67) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 67 (67)--TITLE PAGE [An elegantly dressed Hikaru sits and leans slightly back, in a black, strapless gown.] MAIN TITLE (at top) The Autumn Feeling of Love SUB-TITLE (at bottom) Silk Gloves, a Party Dress, a Mysterious Hikaru... Where Is the Knight to Carry off This Lady in Magnificence? --------------------------------------------------- p 68 (68) 1 [View of some school buildings and a walkway.] narration: Lately, even high school has what's become an indispensable and distinctive event-- 2 [Hikaru happily feeds Kyousuke from her box lunch. They sit in his classroom. Kyousuke sweats and forces a smile.] Hikaru: Say "ahh" . narration: --this familiar scene... 3 [She stops to rummage in her bag. Komatsu and Hatta stand by and watch, smiling.] Hikaru: Oh yeah, that's right. Hikaru FX: 4 [Beaming a gigawatt smile, she presents an exchange diary to him. Komatsu and Hatta recoil in horror. Kyousuke looks ill.] Hikaru: Here! Today it's your turn, Sempai! Komatsu and Hatta: OHHH! Komatsu and Hatta FX: book: Jump-kun and Ribbon-chan's EXCHANGE DIARY 5 Komatsu: [fist clenched] This is indeed a true demonstration of love. Ahh, I bet you two--as a married couple--are about to enter the mature stage! Kyousuke: [wincing, clutching book] (How embarrassing.) --------------------------------------------------- p 69 (69) 1 [Exterior night shot of the Kasuga apartment building.] 2 [Kyousuke sits and nervously reads Hikaru's entries in the exchange diary.] Kyousuke: But... 3 diary entry: October 16. Today, I'm writing this in bed. Right now I'm thinking about the menu for tomorrow's box lunch that I'm going to take for Sempai. I wonder what sort of box lunch I should make...? Hamburgers, fried shrimp, or fried fish... I've gotten sleepy while thinking about all this, so I'll stop here for tonight. 4 diary entry: [continued, partial view] October 17. ...I took a bath with Kumagorou-chan. ...my stuffed bear Kumagorou-chan doesn't mind getting wet! ...looks like you, Sempai, and is awfully cute . ...but Kumagorou-chan can't eat. It's so sad... [A crying Kumagorou-chan is drawn at the bottom of the page.] 5 [Kyousuke blushes to find his sisters leaning over his shoulder and reading with relish.] Manami: Wah! It's an exchange diary!! Kyousuke: WAH!! --------------------------------------------------- p 70 (70) 1 [View pans back to show the three at the kitchen table. Kurumi stands; the other two are seated.] Manami: Hikaru-san's handwriting is so cute, isn't it. 2 Kyousuke: [merrily] In some way, this is like a grade school picture diary, or... Something like Hikaru-chan... Kinda child-like... 3 [Kurumi stares at him in thought.] Kurumi: Hmm... 4 Kurumi: An exchange diary is childish? Kyousuke: [wincing] Ehh...? No. I didn't say that. It's the *contents* of the diary... 5 [Kurumi puts her hands on her hips and announces with glee...] Kurumi: So, since I'm not doing an exchange diary, I'm an adult! 6 Kyousuke and Manami: .......... --------------------------------------------------- p 71 (71) 1 [Exterior shot of a school building.] narration: The next day... 2 [Kurumi's pov. Hikaru turns.] Hikaru: Eh?! I'm childish?! 3 Kurumi: [matter-of-factly] Yup. Oniichan said an exchange diary is something a child does. 4 [Hikaru's eyes go glassy in shock.] 5 Hikaru: I see... 6 Kurumi: [hands on hips, smiling] I'm not doing an exchange diary, so I'm an adult! 7 [Exterior shot of school grounds. Students leave for home.] school bell FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 72 (72) 1 [Hikaru full-length portrait--depressed, she walks home alone.] 2 [She exits the front gate.] Hikaru: (In the end, I just couldn't deliver the box lunch today...) 3 [Against the backdrop of the sky, she visualizes Kurumi.] narration: [flashback] Oniichan said an exchange diary is something a child does. 4 [She looks off to the side, unhappily.] narration: I... I wonder if the things I do are so childish? --------------------------------------------------- p 73 (73) 1 [Elsewhere, Komatsu and Kyousuke walk home.] Komatsu: Oh, that zit! 2 [Kyousuke is preoccupied with his thoughts.] Kyousuke: (What could be the matter? In the end, Hikaru-chan didn't come by today... Because when Hikaru-chan doesn't come, something's happened...) 3 [Komatsu points to his left cheek. Kyousuke touches his own.] Komatsu: Hey, isn't that an "I was rejected" zit? Kyousuke: Eh?! 4 Kyousuke: What do you mean by that? Komatsu: You don't know? Everyone says it. 5 [A diagram of Kyousuke's face. Four pimples dot his skin. Lines and descriptions radiate from each pimple.] diagram: [forehead] Desire. [right cheek] Reject. [chin] Be desired. [left cheek] Be rejected. 6 Komatsu: To put it simply, a pimple on the left cheek is called an "I was rejected" pimple. 7 [View of the sky over a playground.] Komatsu: [off] Be careful about this, Kasuga! Kyousuke: [off] Ca... 8 Kyousuke: Can't be. narration: It's only a pimple... --------------------------------------------------- p 74 (74) 1 [Exterior shot of ABCB.] Kyousuke: [off] (But, an "I was rejected" pimple means...) 2 [He sits at the counter, fingering his zit.] Kyousuke: (As for who does the rejecting, they say the "reject" pimple appears on the right cheek...) 3 Kyousuke FX: 4 [His view of the backside of Madoka, who's busy with the shelves behind the counter.] 5 [She turns, flawless face smiling.] Madoka: Hmm? Did you say something?! 6 Kyousuke: [smiling] Ah! 7 Kyousuke: Madoka: ? narration: Nothing there... I'm glad! --------------------------------------------------- p 75 (75) 1 [Exterior shot of the Hiyama residence.] sign: Hiyama 2 [A split panel shows the stuffed animals and toys in her room. Note the alternate-reality ^_^ US map on her wall, as well as Kumagorou-kun and yet another kappa.] 3 [Sitting on the floor, she clenches her eyes shut and presses her hands to her temples.] Hikaru: [flash thoughts] (Childish.) (Childish.) (Childish.) (Childish.) (Childish.) 4 [She opens her eyes and looks off-panel.] 5 [She dials a number.] touchtone phone FX: 6 Hikaru: Hello... Ah, Yuusaku? 7 Hikaru: I need... ...to see you. --------------------------------------------------- p 76 (76) 1 [Kyousuke walks down the street.] 2 [He looks off to the side, surprised at what he sees.] 3 [He hides around the corner of a building...] Kyousuke FX: 4 [...and sneaks a peek. It is Hikaru and Yuusaku, talking at the corner. Hikaru smiles.] Kyousuke: (H-Hikaru-chan. She's with Yuusaku. What's she doing...?) 5 narration: And she didn't come at lunchtime either. Just as I thought, Hikaru-chan is acting kinda strange today! 6 [Hikaru closeup--she has what appears to be a small pimple on her right cheek.] 7 narration: Th-the "reject" pimple? 8 [Yuusaku has one on his chin.] --------------------------------------------------- p 77 (77) 1 [Kyousuke is incredulous.] narration: The "I am desired" pimple?! 2 [Cupping a hand to one ear, he flashes with the Power.] narration: What the heck are they talking about?! Kyousuke: (It's a little sneaky, but...) 3 Yuusaku: Eh? You're saying farewell?! Hikaru: Yeah. I've decided! 4 Kyousuke: [grimacing] (Man, she's saying this is it...) 5 [View of a pedestrian overpass.] Hikaru: [off] And so, if you want... Come with me. 6 [Kyousuke looks blank.] --------------------------------------------------- p 78 (78) 1 [In a daze, he continues on his way.] Kyousuke: (A-am I having a bad dream or something?) Kyousuke FX: 2 narration: S-somehow, I've gotten confused. Kyousuke FX: 3 [A view of a river, as it passes under a bridge.] Hikaru: [off] Sayo-o-nara. 4 [Tearfully, Hikaru kneels and says her goodbyes. Here, she holds her faithful teddy bear.] Hikaru: Farewell, Kumagorou-chan. Farewell, everyone. 5 [View pans back. She rises. In front of her is a sack filled with toys and stuffed animals. Yuusaku stands nearby with another sack slung over his shoulder.] Hikaru: Saying goodbye makes me feel sad... But as of today, I'm going to bid farewell to my childishness. 6 [Tight shot of the sack on the ground.] Hikaru: [off] Thank you, Yuusaku. I wasn't able to carry it by myself! 7 [Frowning, she points to his chin.] Hikaru: Oh! You've got a grain of rice stuck here--how sloppy! Yuusaku: [nervously] H-Hikaru-chan, so do you! 8 [She blushes and glares, pointing at her pimple.] Hikaru: How rude!! This is a pimple!! I ate a few too many sweets yesterday!! --------------------------------------------------- p 79 (79) 1 [Kyousuke sits at the counter, cheek in hand, looking blank and morose.] Kyousuke FX: 2 [Madoka leans in from the other side of the counter and studies him closely. He doesn't notice.] 3 [He talks to himself. Madoka listens silently.] Kyousuke: Why... Yuusaku of all people... 4 Kyousuke stand-up FX: 5 [And he exits without a word. Madoka, coffee cup in hand, watches him leave in surprise.] door FX: Madoka: ..... Kasuga-kun. Your coffee... 6 [View of a store-lined alleyway.] 7 Kyousuke/Hikaru/Yuusaku FX: Hikaru: Ah! --------------------------------------------------- p 80 (80) 1 [Hikaru executes a gleeful Flying Neck Tackle (tm).] Hikaru: SEMPA-A-AI!! 2 [She steps back and gazes down fiercely at the pavement. She clears her throat.] Hikaru: (Mustn't be like that. This is where I act mature!) Hikaru FX: 3 [Beaming a smile, she bends slightly at the waist in greeting.] Hikaru: Hello, Kasuga-san! (Now Sempai will no longer call me childish...) 4 [Kyousuke looks at her wide-eyed and sweating.] Kyousuke FX: 5 [Pov shifts--Kyousuke sees a smiling Hikaru standing next to Yuusaku.] narration: Maybe Hikaru-chan prefers Yuusaku, after all... 6 [Without a word, Kyousuke angrily turns away and races off.] narration: She hates me already! Kyousuke FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 81 (81) 1 [She extends a hand out, and looks bewildered.] Hikaru: Oh... Sempai! 2 Hikaru: Sempai... Why? (Even though I especially decided not to do childish things any more.) 3 [Exterior shot of ABCB.] 4 [Madoka turns to watch Hikaru enter.] Madoka: Welco... door FX: 5 [Hikaru sits at the counter, gaze downcast and sad.] Madoka: What's the matter? You look dejected... 6 Hikaru: .......... Even though I took the trouble to try to act like an adult... 7 Madoka: [wide-eyed] You bid farewell to your childhood?! --------------------------------------------------- p 82 (82) 1 [Hikaru rests her chin on the edge of the counter and stares wide-eyed at her hands before her.] Hikaru: And even though Yuusaku helped me go and bid farewell to Kumagorou-chan and the others, Sempai... 2 [Madoka reflects...] 3 [...then looks up at the ceiling, face expressionless.] 4 Madoka: [serving a drink] Kasuga-kun really said that? That you're childish? glass-on-counter FX: 5 [Hikaru has sunk even lower in her seat. Now, only her head is visible, chin resting on the counter. She closes her eyes in misery.] Hikaru: No... Kurumi-chan said that Sempai said that... 6 Madoka: I wonder if Kasuga-kun is the kind of person that would seriously say such a thing? 7 [Sitting up, Hikaru suddenly visualizes Kurumi.] Hikaru: Ah! Come to think of it!! Kurumi: [flashback] I'm not doing an exchange diary, so I'm an adult! --------------------------------------------------- p 83 (83) 1 Hikaru: [looking down] But I'm doing box lunches and exchange diaries, which is so much like playing house... Madoka: [merrily] Shouldn't a girl of the School of Direct Action be showing more spirit?! 2 Hikaru: I'm so simpleminded that I believe anything a person says. Madoka: [smiling, arms crossed] You're an innocent and sweet girl who brings cheer to this place! 3 [Madoka facial portrait--gentle smile.] Madoka: That's the sort of Hikaru I love! 4 Hikaru: [perking up] R-really? 5 [Blushing, Hikaru reflects.] narration: It's true. Moping around and pouting isn't like me. 6 [The two converse cheerfully.] narration: Thank you, Madoka-san! --------------------------------------------------- p 84 (84) 1 [Exterior shot of the entrance to a school building.] narration: The next day... 2 [Kyousuke nervously approaches Hikaru, who stands with back towards him.] narration: She said she wants to talk to me... H-Hikaru-chan is finally... 3 [She turns towards him with a glare. Kyousuke cringes.] Hikaru: Sempai! Let's stop doing the exchange diary already! 4 Kyousuke: J-just as I thought. Yuusaku is... Hikaru: Huh?! What's this about "Yuusaku?!" 5 [He looks up with a slightly hopeful smile.] Kyousuke: Eh?! 6 [Beaming, she holds out a pair of necklaces--one is a heart pierced by an arrow, the other is Cupid with an arrow cocked.] Hikaru: Say, Sempai. Don't you think this is better than the exchange diary? Kyousuke: Huh?! --------------------------------------------------- p 85 (85) 1 [She takes him by an arm and gives him a wink. Kyousuke now holds the Cupid necklace.] Hikaru: This is much more adult! Now we have a mature relationship! 2 [He blushes and stares at the pendant that he holds up to his eye.] Kyousuke: (How on earth did it come to this?!) 3 [View shifts. Madoka watches the two. Hikaru happily hangs on to Kyousuke's arm.] 4 [With a toss of her hair, Madoka walks away.] narration: That girl is... Whimsical after all! ---------------------------------------------------