Kimagure Orange Road "The Talking Parrot" Volume 13, Story 2 WB Volume 7, Story 13 Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi Translation & compilation by : Craig H. Nishida Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose Craig Nishida Leo Hourvitz Ramon Galindo 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 249 (29) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 249 (29)--TITLE PAGE [Madoka stands and smiles at us in this lovely full-portrait. Dressed in leotard and knee-high socks, she sets her feet apart and places her hands behind her head.] MAIN TITLE (at top) The Talking Parrot SUB-TITLE (at bottom) The Shining of This Splendid Sprite in Dazzling Pink Dims Even the Most Magnificent Rubies. --------------------------------------------------- p 250 (30) 1 [Exterior shot of the Kasuga apartment building.] narration: Golden Week has arrived! 2 [Kyousuke collects some text- and notebooks together.] narration: ...it is true, but I can't just be playing around... An exam lies waiting for me at the end of Golden Week. books FX: 3 [He heads out, books strapped together and slung over a shoulder.] narration: And so, today, before ABCB opens, Ayukawa-sensei will give private lessons... Kyousuke: (My first-year grades were so awful... If this keeps up, I'll find myself in another flunking crisis...) 4 [He's stopped by a cheerful-looking Kurumi.] Kurumi: Come over here, oniichan. Ojiichan took the time to come and play! --------------------------------------------------- p 251 (31) 1 [Grandpa flashes Kyousuke the "V" sign.] Grandpa: Hi, Kyousuke! Kyousuke: Ah, hello. 2 [Isolated shot of a bird cage that's partly covered.] Grandpa: [off] I came here because I wanted to see all your faces... I brought something a little interesting today!! 3 [Grandpa holds up a large white parrot on his wrist.] Grandpa: Look! Isn't he pretty? 4 [The parrot flies over to Kurumi's shoulder. The twins smile in joy.] Manami/Kurumi: Wowww! A pretty parrot! parrot wings FX: 5 Kurumi: Kya! kya! 6 [Kurumi stops and looks at Grandpa.] Kurumi FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 252 (32) 1 parrot: BALDY!! [Grandpa staggers back. Kurumi stares at Grandpa with eyes grown large.] 2 [Takashi and Manami confront Kurumi.] Takashi: [blushing] H-how DARE you say something rude like that!! Manami: Kurumi! 3 Kurumi: [pointing] It's not me! It's this parrot! others: [off] Liar!! 4 Grandpa: Now, now, it's fine. I'm sure it was the parrot just now. others: Eh?! 5 [The parrot flies back to Grandpa's shoulder.] Takashi: [off] That parrot. It talks? parrot FX: 6 parrot: WHAT AN ILL-BRED GIRL!! [Takashi lowers his eyes in apology. Kurumi squints at Grandpa.] Takashi: I-I am very sorry! --------------------------------------------------- p 253 (33) 1 Grandpa: [pointing] Th-that wasn't me. It was the parrot. The parrot! Wah ha wah ha ha ha ha! 2 [Closeup of the parrot.] Grandpa: [off] To tell you the truth, this parrot possesses a certain Power. 3 Manami: The Power!! That parrot?! 4 Grandpa: Exactly! If the heart of the person that this parrot is riding on is pure and honest, then it's very useful... But if you have even the slightest of wicked hearts, then... You're done for! 5 Grandpa: [off] That is to say, this bird is a telepath that can read a person's mind... In other words, he blurts out completely one's true thoughts. 6 Manami/Kurumi: Wowww. 7 [Kyousuke finds himself the object of the bird's attention.] parrot FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 254 (34) 1 [He beats a hasty exit.] Kyousuke FX: Kyousuke: Well, I promised to study with a friend, so... 2 [His sisters watch him leave, wide-eyed.] Manami: Ohh?! That's unusual. Kurumi: Maybe he's gotten strange because of his cheerfulness. 3 Kyousuke: Even I'll do it when the time comes. Things are difficult when you become a high school student!! 4 [He visualizes Madoka, casting a come-hither look over her shoulder.] narration: Or so I coolly said, but... In truth, instead of studying... It's because I'll be alone with Ayukawa. dream Madoka: I'll teach you something that's more fu-u-un . 5 [The parrot takes the opportunity to land on the shoulder of this goober.] parrot FX: Kyousuke FX: 6 [Kyousuke has a sick, stunned look as the parrot throws its head back and bellows out...] parrot: IT'S JUST THE TWO OF US. --------------------------------------------------- p 255 (35) 1 [Horrified, he squirms.] Kyousuke: Hey! Shh shh! Somebody take him for a whi-i-ile! I'm busy. 2 Kurumi: [to parrot] Come over here! 3 parrot shake-head FX: 4 [Kurumi turns to Manami.] Kurumi: He says no! 5 [Kyousuke buries his head in his hand.] parrot: IT'S JUST THE TWO OF US. Manami: He's taken a real shine to you, huh, oniichan. 6 Kyousuke: Jiichan, do something! [Grandpa stares back.] 7 Grandpa: .......... 8 [Grandpa lowers his eyes and crosses his arms.] Grandpa: Resign yourself! That's the way that bird clung to me all the way in from the countryside... [Kyousuke does an impressive pratfall.] --------------------------------------------------- p 256 (36) 1 Grandpa: Since you said you were going outside, he probably decided he wanted to go sightseeing. Take him with you. He's pretty clever, so he'll eventually return. [Kyousuke glares at Grandpa.] 2 parrot: This is no joke. Jeez! 3 [Kyousuke turns to stare eye-to-eye with the parrot.] parrot: Resign yourself... 4 [View down a street.] 5 [In panels 5-6, we get Kyousuke's pov of other pedestrians as they turn to study this odd pair.] people FX: 6 people FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 257 (37) 1 [Kyousuke walks along, the parrot still perched on his shoulder with wings outstretched.] Kyousuke: (How embarrassing...) 2 [He notices a little girl pulling on her mother's arm and pointing at the parrot.] 3 little girl: Mr. Bird, Mr. Bird. [Kyousuke smiles and bends over so the girl can reach up towards the parrot.] 4 parrot: IT'S JUST THE TWO OF US. [Kyousuke freezes, staring down at the little girl. The mother looks ill.] 5 [Kyousuke beats a hasty retreat and the bird clings on for dear life. The mother has boiled over and is yelling at him. The little girl stands quiet and blushes.] 6 [View looking up at the sky.] --------------------------------------------------- p 258 (38) 1 [Kyousuke stops and tries to shake the bird loose.] Kyousuke: Enough already. Go away. Shh! Shh!! narration: Jeez... I can't go bringing something like this to Ayukawa! 2 Komatsu: [waving] HI, KASUGA! 3 Komatsu: [pointing] .......... What's this? Kyousuke: Just what it looks like. It's a parrot. 4 [Komatsu's attention is drawn elsewhere.] Komatsu: But when it's spring the young and lively girls become all the more dazzling, don't they. Komatsu FX: 5 [Komatsu looks over his shoulder to find the parrot perched on his back. Kyousuke takes the opportunity to run off.] parrot FX: narration: Th-thank God!! 6 Kyousuke: He's all yours till later-r-r!! --------------------------------------------------- p 259 (39) 1 parrot: AHHHH! I WANT TO SEE A NAKED WOMAN!! 2 [Everyone stops and turns towards him.] Komatsu: EH!?! EH!?! girl: .... people FX: 3 [Exterior shot of ABCB.] 4 [A closer view.] --------------------------------------------------- p 260 (40) 1 [Kyousuke reaches the doorstep and pushes on the door.] Kyousuke: Great. I-I'm saved. 2 [Walking in, he casts one last glare back over his shoulder.] narration: Now, that pesky thing... I mean, pesky bird, is gone! door FX: 3 [The bird lands on his shoulder.] parrot FX: Kyousuke FX: 4 [Kyousuke and the parrot turn to look at each other.] Kyousuke/parrot FX: 5 [Noticing that Madoka is staring hard at him (or maybe the parrot), Kyousuke claps a hand on the bird's chattering beak.] parrot: AHHHH! I WANT TO SEE A NAKED WOMA... Kyousuke: Ah, wah, wah. --------------------------------------------------- p 261 (41) 1 Madoka: [wide-eyed] That bird... What is it? 2 Kyousuke: I-it's nothing. Please don't worry about it. Ha ha ha ha ha! 3 [He walks off, hand behind his head.] Kyousuke: Wel-l-ll, then shall we study?!! 4 [The two sit across a table from each other. Madoka states a point and Kyousuke listens raptly.] 5 [Flashback view of Grandpa.] narration: This bird is a telepath that can read a person's mind... In other words, he blurts out completely one's true thoughts. 6 [Kyousuke profile as he contemplates more of the flashback.] narration: But if you have even the slightest of wicked hearts, then... You're done for! --------------------------------------------------- p 262 (42) 1 [He stares at his notebook in nervousness. Madoka continues to lecture.] narration: Today, I have to cast aside all evil thoughts, and just be serious! 2 [The bird seems to study his notebook as well.] narration: Especially in front of Ayukawa, I'll cast aside all fleshly desires and think pure and honest thoughts! Kyousuke: (Besides... If I don't study hard, then it'll have an impact on my test...) 3 [Madoka drops her gaze as Kyousuke looks up and across the table at her.] Kyousuke FX: 4 [His pov of the lovely girl.] --------------------------------------------------- p 263 (43) 1 [His face flushes.] Kyousuke FX: 2 [His pov--he's tightly focused on her cleavage.] 3 Madoka: [looking up] The answer is B. In other words... 4 parrot: *B*... Your *B*ust looks like it's over 80 ! [A sick and horrified look comes over his face. Madoka is taken aback.] 5 [Too late, he slaps a hand over the parrot's beak.] Kyousuke: Ah wah wah wah wah. parrot FX: 6 Kyousuke: [highly embarrassed] Wel-l-ll, let's study, let's study!! [Madoka blushes and gives him a piercing look.] Madoka FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 264 (44) 1 [She rises to her feet and slams her palms down on the table. Kyousuke flinches back.] Madoka: Behave yourself! Are you really interested in studying? Madoka FX: 2 [Angrily, he points at the parrot.] Kyousuke: Th-that wasn't me just now. I-it's this... 3 [The bird bends down to look at him, inquiringly. Kyousuke's face turns pale.] narration: Ah! Oh no! There's no way a normal parrot would be saying such things, is there. 4 Madoka: There's something weird going on here. What the heck is that bird? Kyousuke: EH?! 5 narration: I can't do anything that might reveal the secret of the Power! Kyousuke: What are you saying? It's just a parrot. 6 [Madoka gives him the eye...] Madoka: .......... 7 [Exterior shot of ABCB.] Madoka: [off] Well, okay then... But if you really don't do well on the test, I won't care! --------------------------------------------------- p 265 (45) 1 [He hits the books once more. The parrot also studies from his shoulder. Madoka rests her chin in her hands, elbows on the table, and stares hard at him.] narration: Oh no, oh no! I have to be more serious! pencil FX: 2 [His pov of Madoka as she looks away and tosses back her hair.] narration: But, if Ayukawa sits before my eyes... To tell you the truth, studying is the furthest thing from my mind... 3 [Closer view as she closes her eyes.] narration: Long eyelashes! Red lips!! So beautiful... 4 parrot: I WANT TO GET CLOSER! [Kyousuke's eyes goggle once more. Madoka stares at him.] 5 [His face flushes.] crows-in-background FX: 6 [Madoka stares across the table.] --------------------------------------------------- p 266 (46) 1 [His pov of her. She seems quite taken aback.] 2 [She rises and walks around the table to his side.] Madoka: That's true... If we sit closer together like this, it's... chair FX: 3 [She takes a seat at the side of the table, rests her elbows on its surface, and leans in close.] Kyousuke heartbeat FX: Madoka: [gently smiling] I'll guide you... By hand and by foot! 4 parrot: I'd like to do something more pleasant, if it's still by hand and by foot! [Kyousuke goes apoplectic.] 5 [Madoka moves in even closer.] Kyousuke: Ah! Madoka FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 267 (47) 1 Madoka: You say you want to do... What? 2 [Madoka portrait.] 3 [Kyousuke blushes back.] Kyousuke heartbeat FX: 4 [View pans back to show the two seated at the table, staring into each other's eyes.] --------------------------------------------------- p 268 (48) 1 parrot: CAN'T DO IT HERE! IF WE ONLY HAD A BED TOO, IT WOULD BE GREAT!! [Kyousuke staggers back once more.] 2 [Madoka portrait--face flushed and looking irritated. Somebody should have cashed in his chips earlier!] 3 [Kyousuke portrait--aghast.] Kyousuke: Ah! 4 [Exterior shot of ABCB.] Madoka FX: [off] Kyousuke: [off] Ouch! 5 [Exterior shot of the Kasuga apartment building.] --------------------------------------------------- p 269 (49) 1 [He closes his eye over his bruised cheek, and tenderly touches it.] Kyousuke cheek FX: Kyousuke: Ow-ow-ow-ouch. 2 Kurumi: Hey, your cheek. What happened? 3 Kyousuke: .......... Nothing! 4 [Kurumi stage-whispers into Manami's ear. Manami and Grandpa stare at Kyousuke.] Kurumi: I bet he did something lecherous again. Kyousuke: You're wrong!! 5 parrot: KASUGA-KUN, YOU PERVERT! I HATE YOU!! [Kyousuke drops his gaze and lowers his head.] Manami: Wahhh. I thought so... narration: This parrot that jiichan brought along... It's a terrible nuisance. --Kyousuke ---------------------------------------------------