Kimagure Orange Road "Pattern of a Misty Spring Love" Volume 12, Story 9 WB Volume 7, Story 11 Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi Translation & compilation by : Craig H. Nishida Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose Craig Nishida Ramon Galindo Leo Hourvitz Ka-Ping Yee Last revision : 08-26-95 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 207 (167) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 207 (167)--TITLE PAGE [Hikaru stands in full-portrait, back to us, dressed in baggy black sweater and overalls with her pants cuffs rolled up. She clasps her hands behind her and looks back at us over her left shoulder.] MAIN TITLE (at top) Pattern of a Misty Spring Love SUB-TITLE (at bottom) Even Though I'm Told "Let's Play," I Feel Dissatisfied. With Sweet You. --------------------------------------------------- p 208 (168) 1 [View looking up at the cherry blossoms.] narration: The cherry blossoms are in full bloom! Today is the start of the new school term. 2 [View of the front gate at Kouryou school. Students arrive.] Kyousuke: [off] You're already a 3rd-year junior high student, Hikaru-chan... 3 [Kyousuke and Hikaru arrive together.] Kyousuke: Time sure flies. Hikaru: But I want time to go by faster... Because I want to hurry and become grown up... 4 [She clasps him tight around the upper arm and gazes lovingly into his wide, nervous eyes.] Hikaru: And then, you and I... Hikaru FX: 5 [View pans back. They stand at the front gate. Arriving students stop and gape.] students: 6 [Kyousuke disengages and races off. He waves to a surprised Hikaru over his shoulder.] Kyousuke: [blushing] Well, see ya later-r-r!! Kyousuke FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 209 (169) 1 [Hikaru stands there, looking a bit dejected.] Hikaru: .......... 2 narration: That Sempai is feeling easily embarrassed, as usual... 3 [Tight shot of her lower legs as she executes a lazy pirouette.] narration: I love Sempai, but there is just one thing that leaves me dissatisfied. 4 narration: It's... A positive attitude, or a firmness of action... 5 [She hugs her schoolbag to her chest and closes her eyes in quiet bliss.] Hikaru FX: Hikaru: (Even if we're in public, if he would just boldly hug me...!) 6 [Hikaru walks towards a school building.] narration: Once in a while, a girl wants to be treated firmly by the one she loves. --------------------------------------------------- p 210 (170) 1 [A view of Hikaru's new class. The natives are restless, and downright wild.] class noise FX: 2 [Shin'ichi enters the classroom with his bag slung over one shoulder. On the way in he elbows a girl in the back. She turns in irritation. The girl she's talking to looks at Shin'ichi with adoring eyes. Hikaru watches all this from her seat.] Shin'ichi: Step aside! You're in the way!! Shin'ichi elbow-in-back FX: adoring girl: Kyaa, it's Harada-kun! 3 [Shin'ichi walks past Hikaru, not noticing her.] Shin'ichi: Ahhhh, it's another school term... What a hassle. dramatic FX: 4 [He plops down in the seat to her right and kicks up his legs on his desk. Placing his hands behind his head, he leans back lazily.] Shin'ichi sit-down FX: 5 [Hikaru glances at him.] narration: Huh? It seems I've seen this guy somewhere... 6 [He finally notices her.] Shin'ichi: Huhhh? 7 [Hikaru flashes back.] narration: That's it! He's the sweet guy who gave the exchange diary to Sempai and me last year! --------------------------------------------------- p 211 (171) 1 Shin'ichi: .......... Ohh, it's you. Hikaru: Nice to meet you. 2 Shin'ichi: Still going out with him? Hikaru: Huh? 3 [Shin'ichi turns aside and drops his gaze.] Shin'ichi: With that high school guy--that Kasuga or whatever... 4 Hikaru: [soft smile] Yup. 5 [Turning back to look at her.] Shin'ichi: Really... 6 [From the door, a boy waves to him.] boy 1: Hey-y-y, Harada! Shin'ichi: Yo. 7 Shin'ichi: Hurry and split up with a guy like that. Shin'ichi stand-up FX: Hikaru: WHAT?! --------------------------------------------------- p 212 (172) 1 Shin'ichi: Any time, I'll be waiting!! 2 [Hikaru blushes.] 3 [And her expression turns dark.] 4 Hikaru hand FX: 5 Hikaru: [angrily] Mind your own business!! narration: What a rude jerk! 6 [Clutching a hand to his injured cheek, Shin'ichi stares at her with huge, surprised eyes.] 7 [Stopping at the door, he offers her a smile.] Shin'ichi: You're very attractive even when you're mad! --------------------------------------------------- p 213 (173) 1 [Hikaru, still blushing, turns to see a crowd of boys exchanging whispers.] boys FX: 2 [She goes ballistic, and kicks a few chairs at them. They flee in panic.] Hikaru: What are you looking at?! Hikaru kick FX: dramatic FX: narration: First one, then another! 3 [She stares at the door with a worried look.] Hikaru: (But... What he said just now...) 4 [Flashback portrait of Shin'ichi.] narration: I wonder if... He was making a confession to me... Shin'ichi: [flashback] Any time, I'll be waiting!! 5 [Staring at the ceiling, her eyes grow wide.] Hikaru: AH! 6 [She clenches her eyes shut and shakes her head violently.] Hikaru: (No, no. What the heck am I thinking of?) Hikaru head FX: 7 [Clasping her hands before her, she looks solemnly off-panel.] Hikaru: (I'm sorry, Sempai! I only have eyes for you... Absolutely!!) 8 [Outside, Shin'ichi crouches on the ground next to two other delinquent boys. He clutches his face in pain. One boy laughs.] Shin'ichi: I was decked... boy 1: Don't cry-y-y. You were only decked by a girl! --------------------------------------------------- p 214 (174) 1 boy 1: You should give her up already. A stubborn and fierce girl like that... Isn't something you can handle! Shin'ichi: But... That's good, too. 2 boy 2: You're pretty popular with girls. And there are a lot of them chasing after you... 3 [Shin'ichi visualizes Kyousuke and Hikaru together.] Shin'ichi FX: 4 Shin'ichi: On the contrary, I'm the type who fights even harder, when faced with something that's tough to get. 5 [Walking away, he raises his fingers in a "V" towards his sweating friends.] Shin'ichi: Well, from now on we're in the same class... And the battle begins now! boy 2: It doesn't matter to me, but don't come crying every single time... 6 boy 1: But... If he succeeds in getting Hiyama... We'll also... boy 2: ...get the fallen crumbs. Heh! heh! heh! boys FX: 7 [The two boys look down at Madoka and Kyousuke walking together near the track.] boy 2: Huh? It's Ayukawa-san. --------------------------------------------------- p 215 (175) 1 Kyousuke: We're in the same class again. Madoka: [smiling] Yup. 2 [The two boys merely stare, in obvious shock.] boy 1: Ohh. That's amazing... That guy... Is speaking to Ayukawa-sempai as an equal... 3 boy 2: Perhaps it's just my imagination, but somehow, Ayukawa-sempai also seems lady-like... I've never seen anything like that before. 4 boy 1: Maybe one of these days he'll be a famous gang leader. boy 2: Hmm. 5 [Hikaru leaps backwards and over the high-jump bar, arching her back gracefully.] Hikaru high-jump FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 216 (176) 1 [Her leg hits the bar on the way down.] Hikaru leg FX: 2 Hikaru: [sitting on the mat] Ow-ouch... Shin'ichi: What are you doing? 3 [He helps her up.] Shin'ichi: You must approach the jump with more resolution!! Hikaru: [irate] Mind your own business!! [She yanks her arm out of his grasp.] Hikaru hand FX: 4 [The girl class president stands at the blackboard.] blackboard: Textbook Monitor. 1 boy and 1 girl. 5 [Shin'ichi stands and raises his hand.] 6 [He then raises Hikaru's, and points to both his smiling face and her angry one.] Hikaru: Me-e-e? With you-u-u? 7 [Two girls in the row behind Hikaru exchange whispers. Hikaru overhears and blushes.] girl: They're a pretty good match, hm! girls FX: 8 [Exterior shot of several school buildings. A seriously steamed Hikaru bubbles over in her speech bubble.] Hikaru: Hey-y-y!! I've got Kasuga-sempai, a high school student!! Don't say stupid things! --------------------------------------------------- p 217 (177) 1 [Shin'ichi and Hikaru walk under an outer covered walkway, both carrying a huge stack of books. Shin'ichi smiles at Hikaru. She glares at him out of the corner of her eye.] narration: Why am I a good match with this sort of guy?! 2 [Hikaru looks like she's struggling under the load.] Shin'ichi: It's heavy, isn't it. I'll take that!! 3 [Shin'ichi's pov as she looks up at him, wide-eyed.] 4 [She stares at his back as he walks away. Looks like he's taken a few of her books.] Shin'ichi: Hup! 5 [She drops her gaze and states dryly...] Hikaru: You have some rather nice points, hm. Shin'ichi: You didn't know? I'm nice to ladies! 6 [Kyousuke walks by in the opposite direction. They see each other.] Hikaru: AH! --------------------------------------------------- p 218 (178) 1 [Kyousuke looks blankly at a glaring Shin'ichi.] Kyousuke FX: 2 [Hikaru's pov of Kyousuke, who gives her a gentle smile.] Kyousuke FX: 3 [Hikaru's head pivots between Shin'ichi and the retreating back of Kyousuke.] Hikaru: (Th-this is bad. Sempai finally ended up seeing me together like this...) 4 [She looks sadly at Kyousuke's retreating back.] Hikaru: (Sempai, what did you think?) 5 [Still staring at Kyousuke, Hikaru dumps the rest of her books on Shin'ichi. He staggers and grimaces under the load.] Hikaru: Sorry, but please take these too!! books FX: Shin'ichi: Wah! 6 [Kyousuke turns at a shout.] Hikaru: Wait, Sempai! 7 Kyousuke: ..... What's up? Hikaru: [looking a bit stricken] U-umm... I don't really have anything to do with that guy. 8 [She blushes and drops her gaze in embarrassment and sadness.] Hikaru: Although we just happen to be in the same class, he's hanging around me all on his own... Guys other than you, Sempai, are guys that I... --------------------------------------------------- p 219 (179) 1 [Her pov of Kyousuke. He studies her without expression.] 2 [With a smile and a wink he pats her on the back. Hikaru is left perplexed.] Kyousuke: Wha-a-at? I'm not really thinking about stuff like that at all! Kyousuke hand FX: 3 Kyousuke: [waving] SEE YA! 4 [Hikaru portrait--she nibbles on a finger and stares into the distance.] narration: Sempai... Wasn't thinking about that at all... 5 narration: Even though I wanted Sempai to scold me... Even though I wanted him to say, "don't talk to a guy like that..." 6 narration: Sempai's so cold... 7 [Still walking, Kyousuke looks off to the side.] Kyousuke: (What's the matter with Hikaru-chan? She was looking so serious...) --------------------------------------------------- p 220 (180) 1 Kyousuke: (Sure, even if she's with a classmate, I'm a bit jealous... But then, saying that sorta stuff to Hikaru-chan is pretty childish...) 2 Kyousuke: (Well, I showed some mature open-mindedness back there...) Kyousuke FX: 3 [Exterior shot of a school building.] Shin'ichi: [off] EHH?! REALLY?! 4 [Hikaru sits on top of a desk and looks angrily at a happy Shin'ichi.] Shin'ichi: Then, you'll really go on a date with me after school?! Hikaru: No one said anything about a date! 5 Hikaru: [calmer] Because you said that just once, no matter what, you wanted to have tea with me, I... [He raises both fists up high.] Shin'ichi: That stuff doesn't matter. Great!! narration: It's Sempai's fault... --------------------------------------------------- p 221 (181) 1 [Exterior shot of a teashop.] 2 [The two boys from the previous scene stare back. This is Hikaru's pov.] boy 1: Ohhh?! boy 2: What the... 3 [The two boy's pov of Shin'ichi and Hikaru, who sit side-by-side on the other side of the table.] Shin'ichi: [looking back at the boys] Heh heh heh heh. Hikaru: [glaring at Shin'ichi] We're really only having tea. 4 boy 1: By the way, how far have you guys gone? "A"? "B"? Or... Shin'ichi: [blushing] Stop it! 5 [Hikaru's pov. Boy 2 leans towards her and aims a thumb over at a wide-eyed Shin'ichi.] boy 2: Actually, this guy is bad! He's rumored to be a playboy, so you better watch out! Shin'ichi FX: 6 boy 1: Instead of him, come with me... boy 2: Yeah, that's right. With us... 7 [Shin'ichi grabs one boy and yells at him.] Shin'ichi: What are you suggesting? What the hell are you guys trying to pull?!! --------------------------------------------------- p 222 (182) 1 [The boy stares calmly back.] boy 1 FX: boy 1: Quit trying to act cool. Pass her around to us, too. 2 [Boy 1 crashes out the front door and lands on his back on the sidewalk.] boy 1 FX: 3 [Shin'ichi bursts through the door, fists cocked. Behind him, boy 2 approaches with a chair in hand.] Shin'ichi: You bastard! Just try and say that again!! 4 [Shin'ichi is clobbered from behind...] chair FX: 5 [...and lies unconscious on the sidewalk.] boy 2: Even though he's weak, it's only this guy who's popular with the girls... Serves him right! 6 [Hikaru portrait--she looks a bit worried.] --------------------------------------------------- p 223 (183) 1 [The two boys turn on her.] boy 2: Even we like to get friendly with a girl once in a while... 2 [She glares back, but she also looks a bit nervous.] Hikaru: (It's not that I don't like to fight... But I can't handle ugly guys...!!) 3 [Approaching from behind, Kyousuke sees Hikaru...] Kyousuke: Oh? Hikaru-chan. 4 [...who turns to look at him.] Hikaru: Se... 5 [In great relief, she launches herself into his arms.] Hikaru: Sempai!! 6 [Kyousuke's shoulder is grabbed...] boy 1: Step aside! Who the hell are you?!! boy 1 FX: 7 [...and he's twisted around to come face-to-face with the boy. The boy recognizes him and his face turns to abject fear. Kyousuke merely looks back in puzzlement.] boy 1: AH! Kyousuke: EH? --------------------------------------------------- p 224 (184) 1 [The two boys visualize Madoka and Kyousuke "talking together as equals."] 2 [A third ugly boy appears.] boy 2: [to boy 1] H-he's... That guy who was with Ayukawa-sempai! boys FX: boy 3: ? 3 [The boys pov of an unflustered Kyousuke.] Kyousuke: What? 4 [The three boys grow extremely nervous.] boy 1: [to Kyousuke] N-no. It's nothi... boy 2: [to boy 3] This guy's a tough customer! His unfazed behavior is somehow ominous... boy 2 FX: 5 [Boy 2 makes an embarrassed and humble goodbye to Hikaru and Kyousuke. One of them hauls off the unconscious Shin'ichi.] boy 2: So now we'll be... boys FX: boy 3: Excuse us! 6 Shin'ichi FX: 7 [Kyousuke just watches them leave. Behind him, Hikaru goes into hero-worship, with bright eyes, and hands clasped before her.] Kyousuke FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 225 (185) 1 [She beams and launches herself at him.] Hikaru: AMA-A-AZING, SEMPAI!! Hikaru FX: 2 [She stops and blushes. A stricken look comes to her face.] narration: Guys who only use force... Are no good after all! Hikaru: I'm sorry, Sempai!! I was a naughty girl! 3 [But she smiles once more, kicks up a heel and clings to his arm in glee.] Hikaru: You're the most wonderful guy after all, Sempai!! narration: I've come to think better of Sempai! --Hikaru ---------------------------------------------------