Kimagure Orange Road "The Strange Watch" Volume 13, Story 4 WB Volume 7, Story 15 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 291 (71) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 291 (71)--TITLE PAGE [Madoka stands in a leopard-spotted swimsuit, in thigh-deep water at the beach. With eyes closed and hands at her sides, she tilts her head back slightly.] MAIN TITLE (at top) The Strange Watch SUB-TITLE (at bottom) It Appears that Even the Hands of a Clock Are Stopped by the Coconut-Colored Sprite... --------------------------------------------------- p 292 (72) 1 [Exterior shot of the Kasuga apartment building.] narration: Ojiichan has finally gone home to the countryside, and peace has returned to the Kasuga household! 2 [Tight shot of a watch that sits in Kyousuke's hand.] narration: But... There's just one thing he forgot... 3 [Kyousuke and his sisters stare at the watch he holds up in his hand.] Kyousuke: What is it? It looks like a watch... Manami: It's stopped... Is it broken? 4 Manami: Oniichan, you're going out now, aren't you? Why don't you deliver it to ojiichan? If you hurry, he might still be at the station. Kyousuke: [holding a tennis racket] Okay... 5 [He runs down the sidewalk.] Kyousuke: --------------------------------------------------- p 293 (73) 1 [At the station, he swivels his head, searching.] train/whistle FX: [off] 2 Kyousuke: He isn't here... 3 [Kyousuke watches a train pulling out from the platform.] train doors FX: train FX: 4 Kyousuke: It looks like he's already gone... train/station FX: sign: Station 5 [Shot of the men's room sign.] 6 [Grandpa, his face red with rage, kicks at the door of a stall.] Grandpa: Yeeargh! Hurry up and get out of there. person in toilet stall FX: person in toilet stall: S-sorry-y-y. Grandpa kick FX: 7 train FX: [off] Grandpa: O-oh no. --------------------------------------------------- p 294 (74) 1 [He searches the wide sleeves of his robe.] Grandpa: Th-that's it!! At a time like this... If I have that watch... Grandpa FX: 2 Grandpa: That's strange... It's not here! 3 [Smiling up at the sky, Kyousuke makes his way down the sidewalk.] narration: Today, I'm playing tennis with Akane, Hikaru-chan and Ayukawa! 4 [Pov shifts. In the foreground, Kyousuke stares at the watch in his hand while walking down the sidewalk. Across the street, Hikaru walks in the same direction.] narration: It looks like it'll be the awesome event in the middle of Golden Week! sign on tree: 5 [Hikaru's face brightens as she notices who's across the street.] Hikaru: SEMPAI! 6 [Unaware of Hikaru, he continues to stare raptly at the watch.] Kyousuke: (Still, this watch... It looks like a stopwatch... But what's this button?) --------------------------------------------------- p 295 (75) 1 [His thumb rests on the button on the watch.] 2 [Waving and smiling, Hikaru races across the street.] Hikaru: Sempa-a-ai! 3 [Kyousuke turns at the sound of...] car brakes/tires FX: [off] Kyousuke: ! 4 [Pov shifts. A car bears down on a frightened Hikaru. Inside, the driver grimaces and braces for the impact.] car brakes/tires FX: [off] 5 [Kyousuke facial portrait--stark horror.] Kyousuke: H-HIKA... 6 [His thumb pushes down on the watch button, in reflex. The single hand of the watch begins to move from the "XII" position.] watch FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 296 (76) 1 [Hikaru freezes and faces the oncoming car...] 2 [Same as panel 1. That is, Hikaru freezes...period. A spectator and the car are also unmoving.] 3 Kyousuke: [staring] ...ru-chan. 4 [He swivels his head at his fellow pedestrians. All are unmoving.] Kyousuke: .......... 5 Kyousuke: Th-they're frozen. narration: Wh-what the hell is going on?! 6 [Kyousuke stares at the watch in his hand. The single hand is now between "I" and "II".] watch FX: 7 [He looks about again.] narration: This watch, which was stopped until a moment ago, is... Even though everything around me has stopped, only this watch has started running... --------------------------------------------------- p 297 (77) 1 [He decides to do something about Hikaru, and trots out onto the street.] Kyousuke: (That's right! Hikaru-chan...) 2 [He carries her frozen form in his arms and returns to the sidewalk.] Kyousuke: Upsy-daisy. 3 [No sooner does he get there when the car once more springs into action.] car FX: 4 [Standing on the sidewalk, Kyousuke looks about at the moving people. Hikaru slumps in his arms.] bicycle FX: car FX: pedestrian staring at the accident: ? 5 [Kyousuke facial portrait--he looks wide-eyed off panel.] FX: crowd FX: 6 [Still being carried, Hikaru stares into Kyousuke's eyes.] Hikaru: S-Sempai!! narration: Everything's moving. What the heck is this?! --------------------------------------------------- p 298 (78) 1 [She hugs him tight around the neck in glee.] Hikaru: WO-O-ONDERFUL, SEMPAI!! 2 [Everyone stares at him in amazement. Well, except for Hikaru, who's still being carried in his arms and is nestling contentedly against him.] crowd FX: man: That's an amazing boy. 3 [She opens her eyes and gazes into his.] Hikaru: You saved me! Faster than the eye can see! Sempai, you're just like Superman!! 4 [Blushing, Kyousuke glances at the watch in his hand.] Kyousuke FX: 5 [The single hand is stopped at the "XII".] 6 [Against the backdrop of a partly cloudy sky, Kyousuke bears his blissful bundle of blonde bubblyness. ^_^] narration: Maybe... It was because of this watch that everyone froze? 7 [Exterior shot of the Kasuga apartment building.] Grandpa: [off] Oh no-o-o. That was a valuable thing I left behind. Actually, that watch... --------------------------------------------------- p 299 (79) 1 [Grandpa's pov of a stunned Manami and Kurumi.] Kurumi: Wha-a-at?! A watch that stops time?! 2 Grandpa: To be precise, if someone who possesses the Power uses that special watch, then time will run fast just for him. Grandpa: As I recall, time is controlled so that a second feels like a minute... 3 Grandpa: But... If Kyousuke has gotten hold of that... Then there's only one thing that worries me... That is... 4 [View of the tennis courts.] --------------------------------------------------- p 300 (80) 1 [Another view of the tennis courts.] 2 [Kyousuke and Hikaru arrive. While Kyousuke is busy staring at the watch, Hikaru clings happily to his arm.] narration: No way... That this watch stops time... Can't be... 3 [His pov of Akane (in shorts and tanktop) and Madoka (in miniskirt tennis whites).] 4 [Akane grins knowingly and elbows him in the chest. Kyousuke staggers back.] Akane: Hey, hey. Getting friendly and walking arm-in-arm--you're doing pretty well! Akane elbow FX: 5 [He lands on his back.] Kyousuke FX: 6 [Tight shot of the watch in his hand.] watch FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 301 (81) 1 [He stares up at Akane, her figure frozen in a friendly nudge-nudge pose. Behind her, Hikaru stares at him, wide-eyed.] 2 [Same as panel 1.] 3 [He gapes at the watch in his hand.] narration: Are you kidding?! watch FX: 4 [Getting to his feet, he approaches the frozen Madoka.] narration: I don't really understand it, but everything stops while this second hand goes 'round. 5 [He waves a hand in front of Madoka's face. No response.] Kyousuke hand FX: 6 [He stares down at her tiny skirt.] 7 [He kneels to get a look up her skirt.] Kyousuke FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 302 (82) 1 [Standing again, he knuckles his head.] Kyousuke: (Ah! No, no. Why am I like this lately? Think about it!) narrative: Mustn't misuse it!! Kyousuke head FX: 2 [Kyousuke and Hikaru have changed into tennis clothes and face off against Madoka and Akane.] 3 [Akane raises a forefinger and addresses the others.] narration: The game turned out to be doubles, because of Akane's forceful choosing of teams... Akane: It's no fun just playing a game, so I have a suggestion... 4 Akane: That partners on the winning team bless each other with a kiss. How's that? Kyousuke: [recoiling] Ehhhh!?! 5 [Akane leans toward and smiles at Madoka, who flinches slightly.] Akane: Don't you think that's a good idea?! Right, Madoka-chan?! 6 [Hikaru beams and clings to Kyousuke's arm.] Hikaru: That's a wo-o-onderful idea! Let's win for sure, 'kay, Sempai?! Kyousuke: [nervous and wide-eyed] Y-yeah... --------------------------------------------------- p 303 (83) 1 [Kyousuke looks over at Madoka.] Madoka FX: Kyousuke heartbeat FX: 2 narration: This is no joke. If I win, then I'll have to kiss Hikaru-chan in front of Ayukawa! 3 [Akane hits a vicious overhand.] Akane FX: 4 [A determined Kyousuke returns it.] narration: But if the other side wins, Ayukawa and Akane will kiss... Kyousuke FX: Kyousuke: I won't allow that!! 5 [Hikaru leaps back to reach for the ball.] Hikaru: AH! Hikaru FX: 6 [Tight shot of the watch in his hand.] watch FX: 7 [He walks over to Hikaru and, from behind, gently adjusts her posture.] narration: If I straighten her up like this, she won't get hurt, and besides that, we won't lose the point, either... --------------------------------------------------- p 304 (84) 1 [He tumbles and she falls back on top of him.] Hikaru/Kyousuke FX: Kyousuke: WAHHH! 2 [Lying flat on his back, he stares up, goggle-eyed, at the frozen Hikaru lying on top of him.] Kyousuke: H-hey... Th-this is... Kyousuke FX: 3 [Looking aside, he notices that the ball that Hikaru had been reaching for has landed on the court.] ball FX: narration: O-oh no!! They've started moving! 4 [View pans back to show Akane and Madoka observing the two lying on the court. Akane grimaces.] Akane: Hey-y-y, quit making out in a place like this!! 5 [He stands, but Hikaru drapes her arms over his shoulders and gazes with meaningful eyes into his.] Hikaru: Ohh, really, Sempai... Hikaru FX: Kyousuke FX: Kyousuke: Th-this was a m-mistake!! 6 [Looking across court, he again spies Madoka glaring at him.] Madoka FX: Kyousuke: 7 [Hikaru takes an overhand swipe at the ball.] Hikaru FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 305 (85) 1 [Shading her eyes, she searches about for the ball.] Hikaru: Hey, the ball's gone!! 2 [While Akane and Madoka look about, Kyousuke notices that Hikaru has THREE bumps on her chest...] Kyousuke heartbeat FX: narration: I-in such a place... 3 [He pulls out the watch.] watch FX: narration: I don't want to lose the point here! 4 [With Hikaru frozen and staring off to the side, he sticks his right hand down the front of her dress.] Kyousuke: Sorry. Pardon me for a bit... Kyousuke FX: 5 [He buries his right arm to the elbow and rummages around in there...] Kyousuke: Huh?! Where is it...?! Ah! This! Damn it! Kyousuke FX: 6 [Tight shot of the watch. The hand has reached "XII".] watch FX: 7 [Wide-eyed, Akane, Madoka and Hikaru stare at Kyousuke, who has about 2/3rds of his arm down the front of Hikaru's dress. He stares back in horror at Madoka. Hikaru blushes.] Akane/Madoka FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 306 (86) 1 [View looking up at the sky and an adjoining building.] Akane: [off] Kyousuke! That's going just a bit too far! Hikaru: [off] You're so bold, Sempai... Kyousuke: [off] Th-that's not it!! 2 [Madoka uncorks an overhand smash...] Madoka FX: 3 [...which lands smack between his eyes.] ball FX: Kyousuke: Yelp! 4 [Madoka turns away in a huff as Kyousuke rubs his injured face.] Madoka: Ohhhh, I'm sorry! Madoka FX: narration: .......... Impressive control... 5 Akane: I'm thirsty. Let's have lunch! Hikaru: I made sandwiches, so I brought some. [The two head off.] 6 [Madoka enters the building next to the courts. Kyousuke stares at her.] Madoka: Well... Maybe I'll take a shower. --------------------------------------------------- p 307 (87) 1 [He approaches her as she pulls out her coffee from a vending machine.] Madoka: [glaring] What do you want? Pervert! Don't follow me! Kyousuke: [wincing] Hold on. 2 [Tight shot of a sign in a hall.] Madoka: [off] How far do you intend to follow me?! sign: dies' Dressing Room Kyousuke: [off] Please, listen a bit to what I have to say... 3 [He grabs the wrist of the hand which holds the coffee.] Madoka FX: 4 Madoka: Let go of me!! Madoka FX: 5 [The hot coffee lands in his crotch.] coffee FX: 6 [He prances about like a bug on a frying pan.] Madoka: I-I'm sorry! Are you all right?! Kyousuke: Hot hot hot hot! --------------------------------------------------- p 308 (88) 1 Madoka: Take off your pants! Kyousuke: Ah-ow-ow-ow-ouch. [He pulls down his shorts, revealing his briefs.] 2 [His pov of Madoka's concerned face.] Madoka: Was it hot? I'm sorry... 3 [He stares back at her, face flushed.] 4 [Akane and Hikaru enter the locker room. Kyousuke, with his shorts in hand, stares back at them in horror.] door FX: Kyousuke: AH! 5 narration: O-oh no!! 6 [He pulls out the watch.] narration: Th-that's right. The watch...!! --------------------------------------------------- p 309 (89) 1 watch FX: 2 Hikaru: S-Sempai!! Akane: Kyousuke!! 3 [He gapes at the watch.] narration: I-it's not stopping!! Kyousuke FX: 4 [Hikaru and Akane's pov of the two. Kyousuke stands in his shirt and briefs, looking back with a sick look. Madoka is wide-eyed and sweating, and finds herself holding Kyousuke's shorts.] Kyousuke: U-uh... Umm... watch FX: narration: Is Kasuga Kyousuke done for now?! 4 (inset) [Grandpa crosses his arms, solemnly.] Grandpa: If that watch isn't wound up soon, it'll stop running. ---------------------------------------------------