Kimagure Orange Road "The Terrifying Legend of Winter Mountain" Volume 11, Story 6 WB Volume 6, Story 15 Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi Translation by : Hitoshi Doi (15 Oct 1989) Compilation & Additional translation by : Craig Nishida Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose Craig Nishida Dan Root Thomas Wyatt Scott Henry Last revision : 08-19-95 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 287 (107) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 287 (107)--TITLE PAGE [Half-portrait of an elegant-looking Madoka. She stands in a black bra, or low-cut slip, with hair done up. Back-lit, her hair shimmers like a halo.] MAIN TITLE (at top) The Terrifying Legend of Winter Mountain SUB-TITLE (at bottom) If This Is a Wonderful Dream, Don't Awaken Me... If This Is a Bitter Lie, Don't Tell Me... --------------------------------------------------- p 288 (108) 1 [Madoka and Hikaru bathe in the altogether in a very large tub. Hikaru stands, clutching a towel to her chest, and gazes up at the ceiling. Madoka sits at the edge, dangling her legs in the water, and looks back at us.] Madoka and Hikaru FX: 2 [Madoka enters the water. She notices that Hikaru is staring at her chest.] Hikaru FX: 3 [Hikaru's pov. Madoka blushes a bit and wipes her cheek with a towel.] Madoka: What's with you, Hikaru? Staring at someone like that. Madoka/towel FX: 4 Hikaru: [staring in wonderment] Madoka-san, you're the type that looks slimmer when wearing clothes, aren't you. Madoka: Huh?! --------------------------------------------------- p 289 (109) 1 [Shot of the sliding door to the furo (washroom). It slowly slides open a bit.] Hikaru: [off] I wonder if I can be well-built like you when *I'm* a high-school student. Madoka: [off] Don't say brazen stuff like that! door FX: 2 [An eye appears at the gap in the door.] Grandpa FX: 3 [Looking over his shoulder we can see Hikaru emerge from the water.] Hikaru: Ohh?! I wonder where the shampoo is. Hikaru FX: 4 [Hikaru looks up with a smile to find a hand enter through the crack in the door. It holds a bottle of shampoo.] Hikaru: Oh. Thanks! hand FX: shampoo: Loofa Shampoo 5 [Holding the shampoo in her hand, Hikaru's expression turns to a skeptical glare. Madoka stares at the shampoo in surprise.] Hikaru: HM?! 6 [Grandpa beats a hasty retreat. Looking both ways, he pauses at the hallway door to the changing room. Kyousuke ambles down the hall towards him.] Grandpa FX: 7 [Kyousuke stops in puzzlement to watch Grandpa scurry down the hall, turn right and continue on his way.] Grandpa FX: 8 [Looking inside the open door to the changing room, he sees a stricken Hikaru (wearing a towel) and Madoka (in panties, just putting on her bra).] Hikaru/Kyousuke: AHH!?! --------------------------------------------------- p 290 (110) 1 [Exterior night view of the grandparents' home. Snow blankets the ground, trees and roof; the skies are clear. It is a tranquil scene...] Hikaru: [off] Kyaaaa! Sempai, you perve-e-ert!! 2 [Grandpa, Hikaru, Madoka, Yuusaku and Kyousuke sit around the open fire pit in the living room. A pot hangs over the fire, suspended from a long wooden pole hanging down from the ceiling. Grandma arrives with a tray of food.] narration: Right now, we're here at ojiichan's place to ski. 3 [Hikaru casually slips the sweater she is wearing down off her left shoulder. Kyousuke and Yuusaku stare across at that bared shoulder and blush.] Hikaru: That was a nice hot bath. Look! My skin's so smooth! Hikaru sweater FX: Kyousuke/Yuusaku heartbeat FX: 4 [Puffing on his pipe, Grandpa turns to Hikaru.] Grandpa: We get the water from a nearby hot spring... Hikaru: Really?! No wonder I thought the water was delightfully warm! 5 Grandpa: [smiling] But... I'm really glad you all came!! Hikaru: [cheerfully] Again, thank you for your hospitality! [Kyousuke and Yuusaku, sitting side-by-side, pause in drinking tea to squint at one another.] Kyousuke/Yuusaku: (But... Wherever I go, this guy's always there...) --------------------------------------------------- p 291 (111) 1 Hikaru: [stretching her arms] Well, tomorrow I'm gonna ski all-out!! [Hand to chin, Yuusaku ponders...] Yuusaku: But this ski slope doesn't have a lift, so it's going to be very tiring... 2 Grandpa: Lift?! You don't need anything like that! Kyousuke FX: 3 Grandpa: Kyousuke! Use the Power to carry everyone... Mmph. [Kyousuke claps his hand over Grandpa's mouth.] Kyousuke hand FX: 4 [Madoka and Yuusaku watch in blank puzzlement. Hikaru pooh-poohs it with the palm of one hand. Grandpa struggles under Kyousuke's hand, while Kyousuke smiles nervously at his friends.] Madoka: The Power? Hikaru: Oh, c'mon...! Even considering that it's Sempai, that's not humanly possible, right! Grandpa FX: 5 [With a single upraised finger, Grandpa levitates Kyousuke.] Grandpa: There! Kyousuke FX: Kyousuke: AH! 6 [Tight shot of Kyousuke's hand as it grasps the wooden pole that hangs from the ceiling.] Kyousuke hand FX: 7 [Kyousuke, with body extending perpendicular to the pole, seemingly slides himself up and down the pole by his hands. Hikaru stares up in unadulterated hero-worship. Grandpa smiles. Yuusaku studies this act with some skepticism. Madoka looks on with wide-eyed concern.] Kyousuke FX: Kyousuke: Oo-wah! Ah ah ah. Hikaru: Oh, my! Amazing, Sempai!! --------------------------------------------------- p 292 (112) 1 [Isolated shot of the open fire-pit. A kettle of tea hangs above the fire.] Hikaru: [off] But even though this is a pretty fantastic ski slope, it looked like no one was skiing at all... Grandpa: [off] None of the locals will ever ski there... 2 [Grandpa's pov of Hikaru, Madoka and Yuusaku. He has their attention.] 3 Grandpa: Especially... Young folks. 4 Grandpa: [with a serious expression] That's right. Just a quick word before you go skiing on that mountain. 5 Grandpa: [sternly] KYOUSUKE!! Kyousuke: Y-YES! 6 Grandpa: [pointing] Which one is your girlfriend?! [Kyousuke does a pratfall. Hikaru goes wide-eyed with embarrassment. Madoka looks surprised.] 7 [With a smile Hikaru slaps Grandpa in the back. Grandpa reels.] Hikaru: C'mon-n-n! Really, ojiisama! Hikaru backslap FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 293 (113) 1 Kyousuke: [nervous smile] That has nothing to do with skiing! Grandpa: [solemnly] Oh, but it does so... Very much! 2 Grandpa: If either one is your sweetheart, you must never be together with her on the ski slope! 3 [The four youngsters stare back in surprise. Hikaru looks stricken as well.] 4 Grandpa: Especially since it looks as if you can't ski, Kyousuke... crows-in-background FX: 5 [Grandpa leans over towards a surprised Kyousuke. Grandpa's face is becoming flushed.] Grandpa: That is... You'll somehow tell her to coach you, by hand and by foot...! Grandpa FX: 6 [Grandpa goes highly-theatrical, raising both fists up near his face and glaring up at the ceiling.] Grandpa: ...and then just kinda "happen" to fall down, and just "happen" to kiss... What am I saying?! Oh, how shameless... Yuusaku: [nervously] Mister. Mister... 7 [Grandpa wipes his brow with a towel and holds out his tea cup. Hikaru pours.] Grandpa: Oh, thank you. --------------------------------------------------- p 294 (114) 1 [Grandpa addresses Kyousuke solemnly, and rests a hand on his shoulder. Kyousuke gets angry.] Grandpa: ...shouldn't do such a youthfully reckless thing! Grandpa hand-on-shoulder FX: Kyousuke: I WON'T! 2 Hikaru: [wide-eyed] But why can't two lovers ski together? 3 Grandpa: [dropping his gaze] Kyousuke. You know, right. Kyousuke: Eh?! 4 Grandpa: The "Stark Naked" legend handed down in our village... 5 [Kyousuke portrait--he studies his Grandpa.] 6 Kyousuke: Isn't that... Just a superstition? Grandpa: [rising to his feet] If you value your life... 7 [Grandpa exits the room.] Grandpa: Listen a little to what old people have to say!! --------------------------------------------------- p 295 (115) 1 [Kyousuke's attention is turned to Yuusaku. Meanwhile, Grandma has entered.] Grandma: Well, well. Your beds have been made. Yuusaku: [to Kyousuke] What is it? The superstition? 2 Kyousuke: [small smile] It's nothing, it's nothing. 3 [Kyousuke turns and discovers how the beds have been made... The futons have been laid out flush up against each other on the floor, and the pillows are set side-by-side. Kyousuke blushes and staggers back.] dramatic FX: Kyousuke FX: 4 [The two girls' eyes grow large. Hikaru covers her open mouth with the palm of one hand.] Madoka/Hikaru heartbeat FX: 5 [Grandma shoves Madoka forward, into Kyousuke. Both are surprised.] Grandma: Now, now. Please rest easy. Grandma shove FX: Madoka/Kyousuke heartbeat FX: 6 Kyousuke: [wincing] H-hold on, obaachan! Grandma: [pushing a surprised Hikaru forward] Oh? Then you want this one...? 7 [Exterior night shot of the home and surrounding trees.] Kyousuke: [off] Th-that's not it!! Grandma: [off] Then you want to make it a threesome? You lech! --------------------------------------------------- p 296 (116) 1 [Full-portrait of Hikaru as she gleefully skis through the powder.] narration: And then, the next day... Hikaru skiing FX: 2 [From high overhead, we look down upon a building (ski lodge?) and tiny people as they go about their skiing.] Hikaru: [off] What the heck is it? The "Stark Naked" legend...? Kyousuke: [off] I don't know it well either, but... It's said that if two lovers flirt together on this mountain, they always lose their way. 3 Hikaru: [stricken] WHAAAT?!! Kyousuke: Also, for some reason, when their bodies were discovered, they were naked, even in the dead of a cold winter... They wore expressions of terror, just as if they'd met a vengeful ghost... 4 [His pov of Madoka and Yuusaku. Madoka looks apprehensive.] Madoka: .......... Yuusaku: C-can't be. --------------------------------------------------- p 297 (117) 1 [Yuusaku smiles at Madoka, who turns to look.] Yuusaku: Then, Madoka-san, let's ski together. Ha ha ha! It'll be safe this way! Hikaru: [angrily] What are you thinking? 2 Hikaru: It's a shame, but if Sempai and I are together, something bad will happen... So in this case... 3 Hikaru: ...the solution is this! I'm with Yuusaku. Sempai, please ski with Madoka-san. Yuusaku: [nervously] Wh-why is it like this?! [Kyousuke and Madoka look at each other blankly.] 4 [Hikaru and Yuusaku ski off.] Hikaru: Let's go, Yuusaku. Hikaru/Yuusaku skiing FX: 5 [Kyousuke smiles in nervousness and embarrassment. Madoka stares at him blankly.] Kyousuke: Ha... Ha ha ha ha! Madoka: .......... --------------------------------------------------- p 298 (118) 1 [Kyousuke, a little wobbly, leans toward Madoka. She crosses her arms over her chest and flinches away.] Kyousuke: Well, sh-shall we ski? Madoka: H-hey! Don't come near me! 2 Kyousuke: [wide-eyed] Huh? Why not? 3 Madoka: [slight blush] Huh? 4 [Madoka portrait--her eyes go a bit glassy.] 5 [A bit miffed, she starts to ski off. Coming near Kyousuke, she causes him to stumble.] Madoka: Then look! Here I go! Kyousuke: Oh, I forgot to tell you. I-I can't sk... Madoka skiing FX: Kyousuke FX: 6 [He lands on her back and they hit the snow.] Madoka: KYA! --------------------------------------------------- p 299 (119) 1 [View looking up at the clear skies.] Kyousuke/Madoka FX: 2 [Madoka lies on her back with Kyousuke sprawled on top of her. Both are wide-eyed with surprise.] 3 [As they stare into each other's eyes, an image of Grandpa appears.] narration: Two lovers should never be together on the ski slope! 4 [Split panel. Kyousuke, in the top half, stares nervously off to one side. In the bottom half, Madoka stares up at him.] Kyousuke: 5 [He stares at her.] FX: [off] 6 [View pulls back somewhat. The two still stare raptly into each other's eyes.] FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 300-301 (120-121) 1 [This panel is spread across the tops of two pages. The two look up to see an avalanche approaching. Between the wall of snow and themselves lies the opening to a cave.] avalanche FX: 2 [He looks up in horror.] Kyousuke: LOOK OUT!! 3 [He sees the cave mouth.] Kyousuke: AH! 4 [The wall of snow hits.] avalanche FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 302 (122) 1 [Arms around Madoka, he propels her into the cave. Behind them, snow completely blocks the entrance.] avalanche FX: 2 [Panels 2-4 depict the dark interior of the cave.] Kyousuke: [off] Phew... 3 Kyousuke: [off] W-we're saved. 4 Madoka: [off] But... We're snowed in. 5 [Overhead, in the darkness, a bat flies.] bat FX: 6 Madoka: S-something's here! 7 bats FX: Madoka: KYA! [She dives into his arms.] --------------------------------------------------- p 303 (123) 1 [Both look up to see the bats.] Kyousuke: Th-they're only bats. bats FX: 2 [Madoka portrait--she looks a bit unsettled.] 3 [Kneeling at the wall of snow, Kyousuke examines it.] Kyousuke: I-it's no good! This wall of snow is pretty thick. It doesn't look as if we could possibly move it... 4 narration: Shit...! If I use the Power, it's no problem... But not right in front of Ayukawa... 5 Madoka: Say... This cave... 6 Madoka: Somehow, it's strange. [Kyousuke stares at her back.] --------------------------------------------------- p 304 (124) 1 [Pov shifts. Madoka still has her back turned towards him.] 2 [He reaches out a hand in apprehension.] Kyousuke: Ayu... 3 [Isolated shot of the top of the blocked entrance.] Madoka: [off] It's hot. 4 [Kyousuke facial portrait--he stares back at us.] Kyousuke FX: 5 [Pov shifts. Madoka begins to take off her jumpsuit. Behind her, Kyousuke stares and blushes.] Madoka remove-jumpsuit FX: Kyousuke heartbeat FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 305 (125) 1 [A sudden thought hits him.] narration: When their bodies were discovered, they were naked, even in the dead of a cold winter... They wore expressions of terror, just as if they'd met a vengeful ghost... 2 Kyousuke: [aghast] A...Ayukawa... 3 [Tight shot of her jumpsuit as it hits the ground.] jumpsuit FX: 4 [His pov of Madoka, a half-portrait, standing in her bra, and wearing a sultry look.] Madoka: You too, Kasuga-kun... Take off your clothes. ---------------------------------------------------