Kimagure Orange Road "Love in a Video!" Volume 10, Story 6 WB Volume 6, Story 6 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 : 08-18-95 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 107 (107) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 107 (107)--TITLE PAGE [Madoka stands in a long black dress, black nylons and black flats. Hands on her knees, she crouches down slightly and looks off to the side.] MAIN TITLE (at top) Love in a Video! SUB-TITLE (at bottom) I Know You Have Your Reasons, But You Still Want to Fool Around with Fire.* <*Commentary: The word = "playing (fooling around) with fire" has the additional meaning of "playing with love".> --------------------------------------------------- p 108 (108) 1 [Hikaru, in school uniform, looks off-panel in surprise.] 2 [Kyousuke portrait--he looks off to the side.] 3 Hikaru: So you were here after all. 4 Kyousuke: You... 5 [View pans way back to show the two on a pedestrian overpass. Hikaru throws herself at him.] Hikaru: I wanted to see you! --------------------------------------------------- p 109 (109) 1 Komatsu: [through a megaphone] CU-U-UT!! 2 Komatsu: Oh, Hikaru-chan! Your performance was simply overflowing with realism! Magnificent! Komatsu FX: Hikaru: [smiling] Really...? Eh-heh . 3 Komatsu: On the other hand, Kasuga's performance... What can I say? It's sorta... A bit more in this scene... You're finally meeting after 3 years... So... Maybe more moving... [Kyousuke closes his eyes and sweats.] narration: Eh?! What am I doing, you ask? Kyousuke: .......... 4 [Profile shot of Akane, operating a movie camera.] narration: Basically, 2 or 3 days ago, Komatsu started talking about making a video drama and entering it in the local Autumn Video Contest... 5 [Exterior shot of ABCB.] narration: Komatsu's goal is first prize in the contest--a video camera! So he borrowed a camera from Hatta, and... Komatsu: [off] Everyone, I need your cooperation. I'm making a cool "seishun" drama.* <*Translation note: = "springtime of life/youth," "salad days," etc...> 6 [Komatsu crosses his arms and closes his eyes. Kyousuke and Hikaru watch him in puzzlement.] narration: But... Casting was a problem... Komatsu, who likes to stand out... Komatsu: (What shall I do? I want to play the leading role, but there's no way I can appear on film at the same time I'm operating the camera...) --------------------------------------------------- p 110 (110) 1 [Komatsu stares at the camera in his hands.] narration: ...reluctantly resigned himself to his fate! Komatsu: But still, I don't know how to operate a video camera... Akane: [brightly] Oh, I know how. 2 Akane: [smiling] Then I'll be your cameraman. It sounds like fun. Komatsu: Then I'll be the, uhh, director. 3 Komatsu: And so the question is, who will play the leading roles...? Hikaru: [raising her hand] ME-E-EE!! 4 [She reads from the prepared script...] Hikaru: [excited] And the two gazed at each other with love... Ohh, and there's even a love scene! [Kyousuke recoils.] Kyousuke FX: 5 [Hikaru clings to Kyousuke's upper arm.] Hikaru: Don't you think these roles are just perfect for Sempai and me? Hikaru FX: Komatsu and Akane FX: Akane: Yes! The two of you--it's settled!! 6 [Exterior shot of some buildings.] narration: And so, right now, we're in the middle of filming--acting out the scenario that Komatsu wrote. Komatsu: [off] So-o-o, that only leaves scene 10--in other words, the love scene! The deadline for the contest is tomorrow, so let's do our best to finish this. sign: Lily of the Valley --------------------------------------------------- p 111 (111) 1 [Exterior shot of ABCB.] Madoka: [off] Oh, tonight! 2 [Madoka takes a break, reading the newspaper behind the counter. Kyousuke looks on.] Madoka: TV's Movie Playhouse is running "East of Casablanca." Kyousuke: Is that right? I really like that movie... 3 Madoka: [smiling] Me too! It starts just when the shop closes. 4 [She turns about to face the TV screen set on the wall behind the counter.] Madoka: Maybe I'll stay and watch it here. narration: I'll be filming all evening with Komatsu and the others. 5 Madoka: [brightly] Hey, if you like, let's watch it together. Kyousuke: EH?! 6 [His pov. She touches index finger to her chin, and gives him a small smile.] Madoka: I'll close the store, turn down the lights, and with a glass in one hand... That's not bad, is it? narration: "Not bad" is hardly the phrase!! 7 [Exterior night shot of ABCB.] Kyousuke: [off] (Just the two of us alone, on a long autumn night... How nice...) --------------------------------------------------- p 112 (112) 1 Kyousuke: (But I'll be with Komatsu and the others... Grr... Who cares!!) Kyousuke: (I have the Power in me!) 2 [Panels 2 and 3 show the Komatsu residence.] narration: And so, after a long while, here I am cheating on them again! 3 narration: We decided to shoot *the* love scene at Komatsu's house... sign: Komatsu 4 [Profile shot of Komatsu and Akane as they watch the scene off-panel. Akane works the camera.] Komatsu: All right, and... Action!! 5 [Pov shifts to show all four. Hikaru faces Kyousuke.] Hikaru: Tonight, come to my room ... 6 [He stares back...] Kyousuke: .......... 7 [...and pulls out a copy of the script.] Kyousuke: Let's see... What was it? Komatsu and Akane: Hey hey hey! --------------------------------------------------- p 113 (113) 1 [Angrily, Akane hauls Kyousuke off to the side.] Akane: You goof! Come here a sec! 2 Akane: You're with Hikaru-chan, so come out looking more determined!! Got it?! [He sweats.] 3 Akane: Although it's just acting, it's a love scene. A love scene! 4 Akane: Isn't this is your chance? Kyousuke: Eh?! 5 [Isolated shot of a corner of the room.] Akane: [off] Take advantage of the situation and do it already. Kyousuke: [off] Wha!?! 6 [His pov of a wide-eyed Akane.] Akane: Then, a torrid scene is set down in the drama, so you, you and Hikaru-chan... What a deal! --------------------------------------------------- p 114 (114) 1 Hikaru: [gaze downcast] I'll definitely be waiting... 2 [He can't meet her eyes.] Kyousuke: But I... 3 Hikaru: [turning aside] I know! You have someone else... Kyousuke FX: 4 Hikaru: [sadly] Even tonight, you intend to go to her place, right? Kyousuke FX: 5 [Kyousuke bows his head toward Hikaru in shame, clapping a hand to the back of his head. Hikaru is surprised.] Kyousuke: N-no... Th-that's... Oo-wahhh!! I-I'm sorry!! Kyousuke FX: 6 Kyousuke: [nervous smile] B-but we're only watching a movie together, and that... Hikaru: Huh? [Komatsu and Akane also look at him blankly.] --------------------------------------------------- p 115 (115) 1 Kyousuke: [opening the script again] Ah! Oops. Komatsu: What are you doing? script: "East of Casablanca" SCRIPT 2 Komatsu: Can't be helped, can it. Then, let's take a short break. [Kyousuke exits, smiling nervously and holding up the script book.] Kyousuke: Oh! I'll go and memorize the script for a bit, okay?! 3 [Surrounded by crackling energy, he rematerializes outside ABCB.] Kyousuke teleport FX: 4 [He and Madoka sit side-by-side at the counter, watching TV. They chat.] 5 [Tight shot of the TV.] actress: I'll definitely be waiting... 6 actor But I have... --------------------------------------------------- p 116 (116) 1 [Kyousuke looks at the TV in surprise...] 2 [...and recites the actress's lines. Madoka turns to him in surprise.] Kyousuke/actress: I know! You have someone else... 3 [He opens up the script book.] narration: Huh? It's the same as Komatsu's script! script book FX: Kyousuke: (That Komatsu... Ripping off this movie.) script: "East of Casablanca" SCRIPT 4 Madoka: [picking up the script] What's that? Kyousuke: Ah, no, nothing really. 5 Madoka: [reading] But... I'll be waiting. 6 [View looking up at the ceiling.] Kyousuke: [off] (Yikes, I have to go now.) 7 [He exits with a forced smile. Madoka still holds the script.] Kyousuke: Excuse me for a bit! --------------------------------------------------- p 117 (117) 1 [Overhead view. Hikaru lies on a bed. The other three stand nearby.] narration: Finally, the scene in question... The hero sneaks into the room where the heroine is sleeping. She wakes up. And then the two of them... Komatsu: Okay, let's get rolling. 2 [Akane turns to Kyousuke and winks.] Akane: [winking] Got it?! This is your chance, okay?! Go for it! 3 Kyousuke: B-but... Something like that. In front of them... Akane: [concerned] True... With your personality, it'll be tough. 4 [With a smile, Akane hustles Komatsu out of the room...] Akane: Could you leave us alone for a sec? Kyousuke says he's embarrassed! 5 [...and shuts the door, leaving him in the hall.] door FX: Akane: [off] Don't come in for about 5 minutes! 6 [Hikaru lies back in bed, looking up at the ceiling with a small smile. She rests the back of a hand on her forehead.] Hikaru: .......... --------------------------------------------------- p 118 (118) 1 [She closes her eyes.] Hikaru heartbeat FX: Hikaru: (A love scene with Sempai, hmm... Here's my chance. I'll take advantage of the situation... ) 2 [Isolated shot of the camera.] Akane: And... Action!! narration: In the script, it's roughly 2 minutes from this point to when the heroine wakes up... 3 [Kyousuke stands at bedside...] Kyousuke: Let's see... 4 Kyousuke: (Oh no! I forgot my line!) 5 Kyousuke: Akane, do you have the script? Akane: What are you talking about? You're holding the only one we have. 6 [He looks about the room.] Kyousuke: My script... Kyousuke FX: 7 [He visualizes leaving it with Madoka.] narration: Ah! That's right!! I left it behind with Ayukawa!! --------------------------------------------------- p 119 (119) 1 Kyousuke: [teleporting out] Wait a sec. I'll go get it. Kyousuke teleport FX: Akane: Ah! There's not much tape left! It's no good doing it over again. We've cut it too close. 2 Madoka: Oh! Where'd you come from? Kyousuke: Hello... 3 Madoka: [smiling] Look, you came at just the right moment. 4 [On the TV, the actor bends over the sleeping woman, preparing to kiss her.] narration: Wahhh! It's the same scene!! 5 [He sees the script, in front of Madoka.] Kyousuke: (Oh, there it is!) 6 [Tight shot of the script.] script: "East of Casablanca" SCRIPT Komatsu Seiji 7 [Glancing from the script to his watch, he reaches over to grab the script.] Kyousuke arm FX: Kyousuke: (Oh no! If I don't get back soon...) --------------------------------------------------- p 120 (120) 1 [He misses the script and his hand comes to rest on Madoka's.] 2 [She looks at him. He blushes back.] Kyousuke heartbeat FX: 3 [Madoka smiles.] narration: Wh-what'll I do? This is great, but... If this keeps up, Hikaru-chan will wake up!! 4 Kyousuke: (Wahhh! I'm already too late!!) 5 [Hikaru sits up and looks around.] --------------------------------------------------- p 121 (121) 1 [Kyousuke stands there...] 2 [...and takes her by the hand.] @Kyousuke: You're the one I... 3 [He embraces her tightly.] @Kyousuke: ...love, after all! @Kyousuke/Hikaru FX: 4 Hikaru: [blushing] Oh my! 5 [Exterior night shot of ABCB.] --------------------------------------------------- p 122 (122) 1 [Kyousuke laughs at something Madoka said. Both hold glasses in their hands. Food sits on plates before them.] 2 [Kyousuke laughs...] narration: Ha ha... Surely by now... 3 [...and his expression turns to nervous sweating.] narration: The lead actor turning up missing... I bet they're all pissed off. 4 [Exterior shot of the Komatsu residence.] sign: Komatsu 5 [Kyousuke nervously sticks his head in the door.] door FX: 6 [Akane and Hikaru turn to look. Hikaru smiles. Kyousuke's face goes into shock.] Hikaru: Oh! --------------------------------------------------- p 123 (123) 1 [Her look turns dark.] Hikaru: SEMPAI!! 2 [Kyousuke flinches back against the wall.] Kyousuke FX: 3 Hikaru: Really Sempai, back then!! 4 [She claps her hands to her cheeks and smiles. Komatsu looks on. Akane crosses her arms and watches.] Hikaru: My heart was beating wildly! Hugging me with such boldness... Kyousuke pratfall FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 124 (124) 1 [Kyousuke stares back at Hikaru, wide-eyed and nervous.] 2 [He glances at Akane.] Kyousuke FX: 3 Akane FX: 4 [She lifts a forefinger.] Akane: I don't know where you went, but... It's gonna cost you big time!! 5 Kyousuke: (Oh! That's it!! So Akane disguised herself as me and played my part...!!) 6 [Exterior night shot of the Komatsu residence.] narration: I-I'm glad... --------------------------------------------------- p 125 (125) 1 [View of the sky.] narration: And the next day... 2 [Shot of a building.] narration: At the contest meeting hall... 3 [The judges and audience cringe in horror at what they view off-panel.] narration: The problematic love scene... judges: OHHHHHH!! 4 [On the big screen, Akane and Hikaru embrace.] narration: Was the big topic of conversation! narration: The conclusion is... The camera never lies! ---------------------------------------------------