Kimagure Orange Road "I'm a Man!" Volume 13, Story 3 WB Volume 7, Story 14 Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi Translation & compilation by : Craig H. Nishida Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose Craig Nishida 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 271 (51) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 271 (51)--TITLE PAGE [Madoka sits in a chair, dressed in sweatshirt and pants. She looks back at us, unhappily.] MAIN TITLE (at top) I'm a Man! SUB-TITLE (at bottom) I Want to Bother the Cool You, and After Being a Bit Peevish, I Try to Play the Coquette. --------------------------------------------------- p 272 (52) 1 [Exterior shot of a sunny day with buildings in the distance.] narration: Golden Week enters the stage at last. Today, the weather is fine! 2 [Exterior shot of the Kasuga apartment.] narration: To study, and to love! Because of the great explosion of youthful energy, it literally *is* Golden Week! 3 [Looking depressed, Kyousuke lies on his stomach on the floor, reading manga.] narration: Perhaps... It's like that, out in the real world. Kyousuke FX: 4 [From out of nowhere, Grandpa comes a-shrieking. Kyousuke and his manga go flying.] Grandpa: KAAAA!! 5 Grandpa: [sternly] Sheesh, a young man lounging about at home on a nice day... Is, how does one say, unhealthy!! Kyousuke: But... --------------------------------------------------- p 273 (53) 1 [Flashback to ABCB. Kyousuke staggers back as the parrot blurts out...] parrot: Can't do it here! If we only had a bed too, it would be great!! 2 [Flashback. Madoka blushes and frowns.] 3 [Flashback. Kyousuke looks back, aghast.] 4 [Kyousuke looks up at the ceiling and lets out a sad sigh.] narration: Ever since then... I've felt somewhat depressed... 5 narration: With the long-awaited holiday, I find myself, all the more, with time on my hands... 6 Grandpa: [smiling] How's this? As a diversion, why don't you go and see a bonsai exhibition with me now? [Kyousuke looks at us from the corner of his eye, and sweats it.] narration: Then, it's Silver Week... 7 [But Grandpa opens up the newspaper.] Grandpa: Oh, that's right. There's a program I want to watch. --------------------------------------------------- p 274 (54) 1 [Grandpa waves a forefinger.] Grandpa: Voila! TV FX: 2 Kyousuke: [glaring] Ojiichan, please don't use the Power for no good reason! Kyousuke: This place isn't like the countryside. Grandpa: [smiling] Don't say such strict things. 3 [Tight view of the TV screen. Two men and a woman are onscreen, with the guy in the middle yelling up towards the skies...] actor: I'M A MA-A-AN! 4 [View pans back to show three guys swimming off towards the sun. Two others flounder in the water. The same guy points to the sun and says...] actor: Say farewell to whomever. Farewell to the snail. actor: It's a race towards that gigantic setting sun! 5 [Grandpa crosses his arms and watches the TV, happily. Kyousuke sweats.] Grandpa: See, Kyousuke. A young man must present himself like that. Being high-spirited is good! 6 Kyousuke: That's TV... There's not a human alive who has nothing but bizarre situations like that. --------------------------------------------------- p 275 (55) 1 [Grandpa crosses his arms and solemnly drops his gaze.] Grandpa: You don't seem to have any good points in particular... So if you'd only use the Power, perhaps you could become someone popular like that. Kyousuke: NO THANKS! 2 [Kyousuke eyes the white parrot sitting in its cage.] narration: Because of that Power... Because of a strange bird that ojiichan brought along, Ayukawa doesn't like me... 3 Grandpa: All right. Then I'll just turn you into a hero like the one on TV! Kyousuke: MIND YOUR OWN BUSI... 4 [Grandpa taps his forefinger on Kyousuke's forehead, much like Kurumi did to hypnotize him in previous stories.] Grandpa: Primal hypnosis! Grandpa fingertip FX: 5 [Exterior shot of the Kasuga's front door.] sign: Kasuga Takashi Kyousuke Manami Kurumi 6 [The door bursts open to reveal a decisive Kyousuke standing there.] door FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 276 (56) 1 [He raises a fist and shouts.] Kyousuke: THAT'S RIGHT! IT'S NO USE MOPING AROUND! I'M A MAN!! 2 [He races down the hall.] Kyousuke: I'm going!! Kyousuke running FX: 3 [Grandpa stands at the door and smiles.] Grandpa: Uh-huh... With that, he is truly a man... 4 [View down a sidewalk.] 5 [Exterior view of ABCB.] 6 [The heroic-looking Kyousuke enters.] door FX: Kyousuke: --------------------------------------------------- p 277 (57) 1 [Master is behind the counter. Kyousuke searches about.] Kyousuke: Ayukawa! Is Ayukawa-kun here?!! 2 [Master portrait--surprise.] 3 Master: Ayukawa-kun is resting at home today with a cold... 4 Kyousuke: EH?! A C-COLD?! 5 [Master portrait.] 6 Master: I wonder if she's lying around at home alone, feeling lonely about now. 7 Master: [looking up at the ceiling] How sad! If only I didn't have to mind the store I'd rush over there at once, but... --------------------------------------------------- p 278 (58) 1 Kyousuke: [exiting] Please leave it to me! door FX: 2 Master FX: 3 [He runs down the sidewalk.] Kyousuke footsteps FX: 4 [Running, he bumps against a guy who glares at him.] Kyousuke FX: Kyousuke: Ah, excuse me!! 5 narration: Arg, this is taking too long! 6 [To the astonishment of six pedestrians, his body fades away.] Kyousuke teleport FX: 7 [Exterior shot of the upper floors of the Ayukawa residence.] --------------------------------------------------- p 279 (59) 1 [Madoka lies under covers in her bed. She rests one arm over her head.] 2 narration: I have to eat something... I wonder if I can stand up? But unfortunately, no one is here, so I have to do it myself. 3 [Madoka rises.] narration: Hikaru went off on a trip with her family, so she isn't here... Madoka sit-up FX: 4 [Kyousuke fades into view in midair...] Kyousuke rematerialization FX: 5 [...and makes a clumsy landing onto the front porch.] Kyousuke landing FX: 6 [Madoka pauses.] doorbell FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 280 (60) 1 [She looks out the door. Kyousuke stands there.] door FX: Madoka: Who's there? 2 Madoka: Kasuga-kun... 3 Kyousuke: Now that I'm here, everything's all right!! 4 [Madoka portrait--face flushed, she stares back...] 5 [...and slams the door in his face. Kyousuke staggers back.] door FX: 6 Kyousuke: Hey, you don't have to do that! Open up! Kyousuke pounding FX: 7 [Back against the closed door, Madoka shouts angrily.] Madoka: My head already aches and I was sleeping in bed, so there's no way I'd ever let in a pervert like you!! --------------------------------------------------- p 281 (61) 1 [Kyousuke manages to pry the door open and sticks his head in.] Kyousuke: H-hold on, Ayukawa!! door FX: 2 Kyousuke: Could it be you haven't eaten anything? 3 Madoka: What's wrong with that? Kyousuke: [rolling up his sleeves] All right, then I'll make you something!! 4 [Winking over his shoulder, he trots off into the next room.] Kyousuke: Let me use your kitchen! 5 [Madoka watches him with a slightly nervous look.] Madoka: (I wonder what the heck he's trying to pull?) 6 [He returns with a bowl.] Kyousuke: Here you go! bowl FX: 7 Kyousuke FX: 8 [Madoka holds the bowl in surprise.] Madoka contemplation FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 282 (62) 1 [She raises a pair of chopsticks to her mouth.] Kyousuke: [smiling] Well? 2 Madoka FX: Madoka: ...... Mm. 3 [View pans back. They are in her bedroom. Kyousuke throws up both arms in joy.] Kyousuke: All ri-i-ight!! 4 [His pov of her. She smiles.] Madoka: .......... First time, hm? 5 [Her pov of him.] Kyousuke: What is? 6 Madoka: That you've prepared food for me... --------------------------------------------------- p 283 (63) 1 [Madoka portrait--gentle smile.] narration: I bet he came by to make up! He's feeling embarrassed so that's why he's acting like this... 2 [He peers closely at her forehead.] Kyousuke: You're sweating an awful lot... You'd better change your clothes, hmm? 3 [He puts on a sinister look and approaches with both hands held towards her. She crosses her arms, glares and flinches away.] Kyousuke: Where's your clothes? Let me do it for you. Madoka: No!! 4 [She ushers him out of her room. Madoka: I can change my own clothes! 5 narration: Somehow, because of my fever, I've started to feel dizzy... door FX: 6 Madoka FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 284 (64) 1 [Smiling, he looks down at the bowl he prepared. He dips a finger and licks it.] Kyousuke: Ayukawa was very pleased... Must taste pretty good. Kyousuke: Let's see now... Kyousuke FX: 2 [His face flushes...] 3 [...and he claps a hand over his mouth. His eyes try to pop out of their sockets.] Kyousuke: BLEAUGH! 4 [The shock snaps him out of his hypnosis.] Kyousuke: Ah! 5 [He stares down at the bowl in his hands.] Kyousuke: H-huh? What am I doing? 6 Kyousuke: (Is this Ayukawa's house?! What am I doing here?) 7 [He turns towards a sound behind a closed door...] Madoka FX: [off] --------------------------------------------------- p 285 (65) 1 [Opening the door, he looks in.] door FX: 2 [View pans back. Madoka lies on the floor, out cold.] Kyousuke heartbeat FX: 3 Kyousuke: (A-Ayukawa!!) 4 [Split panel. At top, Kyousuke stops short. At bottom, Madoka lies unconscious.] Kyousuke: Hm? 5 [He reaches over to touch her forehead.] Kyousuke: (Wh-what an awful fever!!) 6 Kyousuke: (O-oh no!! I have to get her in bed. B-but the way she looks...) Kyousuke FX: 7 Kyousuke: (If I touch her clumsily she might treat me like a pervert again!!) --------------------------------------------------- p 286 (66) 1 [He edges toward the door.] narration: She hasn't noticed me. I better get out of here... 2 [She speaks from the depths of her fever.] Madoka: Kasu... 3 [Kyousuke stops and stares down at her.] 4 [Eyes still closed, she says...] Madoka: .......... I'm not really angry... 5 [He blushes.] narration: I-is that her fever talking? 6 [He spies a hand towel draped over the back of a chair.] 7 [He ties it over his eyes.] narration: This is indeed the right sort of time to use the Power!! --------------------------------------------------- p 287 (67) 1 [Blindfolded, he carries her in his arms...] 2 [...and takes her to her bed.] narration: Even though I'm blindfolded, if I sharpen all my senses with the Power... 3 [Dressed in clean clothes, Madoka lies mostly under her covers.] narration: I can put her safely to bed and avoid touching her in weird places! 4 [He finally removes the blindfold and rests the towel on her forehead.] --------------------------------------------------- p 288 (68) 1 [Madoka opens her eyes and smiles gently at him.] 2 [But he's fallen asleep, kneeling at her bedside with his head resting on the bed.] 3 [View pans back. She quietly watches him as he sleeps.] 4 [Exterior night shot of the Ayukawa residence.] 5 [Exterior day shot of the Ayukawa residence.] birds FX: [off] 6 [Kyousuke comes awake, still kneeling at bedside. He stares at the sleeping beauty.] narration: Yikes! It's dawn... Kyousuke FX: 7 [He checks her forehead.] narration: Now... Everything's all right! --------------------------------------------------- p 289 (69) 1 [He pauses at the bedroom door, and smiles back at her.] 2 [Madoka opens her eyes.] 3 [He sits at the front entrance and ties on his shoes while looking up at the ceiling in thought.] Kyousuke: (It seems that what ojiichan was saying wasn't altogether bad. Anyway, I patched things up... For some reason, I feel great.) 4 [Madoka comes running up. He turns to look.] Madoka: Wait, Kasuga-kun! 5 [She clings to his upper arm. He looks at her in surprise.] Madoka: Stay with me a while longer! narration: It looks as though my real Golden Week is starting right now! ---------------------------------------------------