Kimagure Orange Road "The Photogenic Girl" Volume 13, Story 6 WB Volume 8, Story 1 Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi Translation by : Larry Greenfield (with special thanks to Hitoshi Doi) Compilation & Additional translation by : Craig Nishida Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose Craig Nishida Leo Hourvitz 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 6 (110) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 6 (110)--TITLE PAGE [A half-portrait of Madoka, done in the style of a charcoal-drawing.] MAIN TITLE (at top) The Photogenic Girl SUB-TITLE (at bottom) I Want to Color the Canvas of My Dreaming Heart... With the Color of You... --------------------------------------------------- p 7 (111) 1 [Exterior evening shot of the Hiyama residence.] sign: Hiyama 2 [Tight shot of the phone.] phone FX: 3 Mrs. Hiyama: Hikaru, it's a phone call from Madoka-san. 4 [Isolated shot of the closed door to Hikaru's bedroom.] Mrs. Hiyama: [off] Hikaru. 5 [Half-portrait, 1/4 rear view of Hikaru in her bedroom. She appears somber.] Mrs. Hiyama: [off] Can you hear me? Phone call! --------------------------------------------------- p 8 (112) 1 [Pov shifts to show her face. She looks subdued, looking off-panel.] 2 Hikaru: Tell her I don't want to talk now! 3 [Her mother stares at the closed door.] Mrs. Hiyama: ? 4 [Madoka stands at ABCB, in apron, phone in hand.] Madoka: I see. Well... Sorry to bother you. 5 [Madoka looks down at the phone looking a bit bewildered.] phone receiver FX: 6 Master: Ayukawa-kun, a customer! Madoka: Okay... --------------------------------------------------- p 9 (113) 1 [Exterior shot of a store.] Kyousuke: [off] Hey... Which one do you think is nice? 2 [Inside, Kurumi smiles at a teddy bear she holds up in her hands. Manami watches her and Kyousuke yells.] Kurumi: I like this cute one! Kyousuke: We didn't come to buy a toy for you! 3 [Manami holds a porcelain cup.] Manami: I think something like this is nice... 4 [Shot of some fine china displayed on shelves.] Manami: [off] But Ayukawa-san is very mature, so I wonder if she wouldn't prefer something that's chic and not just ornamental. Kyousuke: [off] Yeah, but at these prices... It's beyond the reach of my allowance. 5 [He holds a porcelain duck in one hand and a china carafe in the other. His sisters cross their arms in obvious annoyance.] Kyousuke: That one! This one! Kurumi/Manami: Hurry up and decide! You've already been like that for 2 hours, going back and forth... 6 Manami/Kurumi: You indecisive guy!! Kyousuke: [recoiling] Ulp! --------------------------------------------------- p 10 (114) 1 [Exterior evening shot of the Kasuga apartment building.] narration: Tomorrow is Ayukawa's 17th birthday... 2 [Pov from outside, as he opens the sliding door to the balcony.] sliding door FX: narration: But... When it comes to presents... I can't easily make up my mind. 3 [He stares off into the distance.] narration: What sort of thing would make Ayukawa happy? Kyousuke: Presents for girls are so difficult... 4 [He turns to look back over his shoulder at Manami.] Manami: What sort of thing does Ayukawa-san want? If you're her classmate, oniichan, shouldn't you naturally know? 5 [He stares at her wide-eyed.] narration: I don't know... Now that you mention it, I have absolutely no idea! --------------------------------------------------- p 11 (115) 1 Kyousuke: [yelling] It's *because* I don't know that I'm asking! Manami: You don't have to yell. 2 [His pov of Manami, who raises a forefinger and smiles.] Manami: But... If that's the case... Then wouldn't it be nice if you gave her something that means a lot to you, oniichan? 3 Kyousuke: Something... That means a lot to me? 4 [Smiling, she turns and leaves.] Manami: Whatever it is, girls are happy about receiving that kind of thing. 5 Kyousuke: Hmm... 6 [He turns to look outside, up at the sky.] Kyousuke: Something that means a lot... Hmm. --------------------------------------------------- p 12 (116) 1 [Takashi enters carrying a huge stack of photo albums.] Takashi: Kyousuke, could you give me a hand for a bit? 2 [The albums lie piled on the table. Kyousuke looks through one and picks up a picture.] Takashi: I want to arrange these files of pics that were taken for work in order, and... 3 Kyousuke: Ah! This is the picture of Ayukawa that Dad took a while back. 4 Kyousuke: [blushing] (Oh, this is cute!) 5 [The picture in question--Madoka facial portrait.] 6 Kyousuke: Umm... Can I have this picture? Takashi: I have the negative, so if it's just a print, I don't mind. --------------------------------------------------- p 13 (117) 1 [He goes into his bedroom and closes the door behind him. With both hands, he holds the picture to his grinning face.] Kyousuke: (Heh heh... I got something nice. I'd better take good care of it!) door FX: 2 [He stares off-panel at his closet, while putting the photo in his shirt pocket.] narration: That's it!! 3 [He tosses things out of his closet.] Kyousuke FX: Kyousuke: (Let's see... I'm sure it was around here...) 4 Kyousuke: Found it! 5 [It's the disqualified picture from chapter 8.2, "The Shutter Chance." Kyousuke catches a smiling Madoka in his arms.] --------------------------------------------------- p 14 (118) 1 [Full-portrait of Madoka runs down the length of this page. She walks down the street in long pants and Herge sweatshirt.] narration: And then, the next day... 2 [Hikaru comes out of a store carrying a huge package in her arms. To her left, Madoka approaches. Madoka sees Hikaru.] awning sign: Writing Materials Hikaru: Hup. 3 [Hikaru sees Madoka and looks appalled.] awning sign: Stationery Hikaru: AH! sidewalk sign: Copies--15 yen. 4 [Hikaru runs off and hides around a corner.] Madoka: Hika... Hikaru FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 15 (119) 1 [Looking worriedly over her shoulder, Hikaru runs off.] Hikaru footsteps FX: 2 Madoka: ? 3 [Exterior daytime shot of the Kasuga apartment building.] phone FX: [off] 4 [Kurumi answers it.] Kurumi: Yes, hello! Ah, Hikaru-chan?! Huh? Oniichan? 5 [Holding her phone, Hikaru blushes in surprise to hear...] phone: Oniichan? He's in the TOILET right now. The big one! 6 [Sitting on the toilet with pants rolled down, Kyousuke slaps a palm to his forehead.] Kyousuke: (You... Idiot.) 7 [Hikaru smiles nervously.] phone: Shall I go call him? Hikaru: Ahh... No, that's okay. --------------------------------------------------- p 16 (120) 1 Hikaru: Sempai's father had the opportunity to take some pictures of Madoka-san and me before, didn't he... 2 [Kurumi smiles.] phone: So please, I need one of Madoka-san's pictures... Kurumi: Sure. Okay! I'll have oniichan deliver it!! 3 [Face flushed, Kyousuke stomps into the room. Kurumi turns to look.] Kyousuke: You. Don't humiliate me. I'll lose my image! Kurumi: [blankly] "Losing one's image" are words used to describe great people. 4 Kurumi: [matter-of-factly] For you, oniichan, there is nothing more to lose... [Kyousuke gets in her face.] Kyousuke: BY THE WAY, WHAT DID SHE WANT? 5 [She stares up at the ceiling, in thought.] Kurumi: .......... 6 [She smiles in embarrassment.] Kurumi: I forgot. Kyousuke: That's why you're useless. 7 Kurumi: Oh yeah, that's right. She said something about wanting you to come by! Kyousuke: [smiling] Then she probably said that we'll go to Ayukawa's place together. --------------------------------------------------- p 17 (121) 1 [Another view of the picture of Madoka carried in his arms.] 2 [He holds it in both hands and studies it.] narration: Anyway... I've decided on the present... Let's go!! 3 [He puts the picture in his shirt pocket.] picture FX: 4 [Closing the front door behind him, he smiles and pats his shirt pocket.] door FX: narration: Heh heh... This picture is the most important thing to me... I'll give it to Ayukawa! 5 [A view across a street at some stores.] --------------------------------------------------- p 18 (122) 1 [Exterior daytime shot of the Hiyama residence.] sign: Hiyama 2 [Hikaru answers the door. Kyousuke smiles.] Kyousuke: Hello-o-o. 3 [Surprising him, she drags him inside by the wrist.] Hikaru: Hurry, hurry! Hikaru/Kyousuke FX: 4 [His pov of her head as she continues to drag him along behind her.] Hikaru: Now, hurry and give me the picture, please! 5 Kyousuke: EH? 6 [Stopping, she looks back at him with a serious expression.] Hikaru: You brought Madoka-san's picture, didn't you? Kyousuke FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 19 (123) 1 [A horrified look comes to his face.] narration: Wh-what? H-how does Hikaru-chan know? I-I see. That Kurumi must have blabbed it!! 2 [A view looking back down the hall to the front door.] Hikaru: [off] Hurry and show it to me, please! narration: I can't very well show her that picture!! Kyousuke: [off] N-no... 3 [With a smile, Hikaru reaches over to the photo sticking out of his shirt pocket.] Hikaru: Ah, this is it! Kyousuke: AH! 4 [He tries to grab it, but she deftly snatches it away.] Kyousuke: N-no!! Hikaru FX: 5 [She loses her grip on it and it falls to the floor.] photo FX: 6 [They both stare down at it.] Kyousuke: AH! --------------------------------------------------- p 20 (124) 1 [She kneels to pick it up.] 2 [Kyousuke can only stare in horror.] Kyousuke: (I-it's all over-r-r!!) 3 [His portrait of Hikaru as she turns the picture over and studies it.] 4 Hikaru: [smiling] Hmm! It sure is Sempai's father!! He took a great one... 5 Kyousuke: EH?! 6 Hikaru: I didn't have a picture of Madoka-san with a nice expression on her face... I remembered that your father took some pictures, and asked Kurumi-chan. --------------------------------------------------- p 21 (125) 1 [Kyousuke leans over Hikaru's shoulder to look at the picture.] 2 [It's the first photo. A facial portrait of a smiling Madoka.] 3 [He nervously and with wide eyes reaches for his shirt pocket.] narration: Oh, I see. This picture... Come to think of it, I put it in this pocket yesterday and left it there... 4 [Hikaru leads the way into her bedroom.] Hikaru: The details should go well with this! door FX: 5 [Standing before an easel, she puts on an apron. Kyousuke stares.] Hikaru: Now for... The finishing touches! 6 [A view of Hikaru's drawing. It is an excellent half-portrait of Madoka.] --------------------------------------------------- p 22 (126) 1 [Kyousuke stares wide-eyed.] 2 Kyousuke: Wowww! Hikaru-chan, you're a great artist! Hikaru: [beaming] Eh heh! Really? I like drawing a lot. 3 Hikaru: This is my birthday present to Madoka-san! 4 [Another view of the drawing.] narration: What a surprise! 5 [He leans in real close to get a good view of the drawing.] Kyousuke: ...... Yeah. It's a good likeness. Hikaru: If I asked her to be a model, I'm sure she'd feel embarrassed and refuse. And just from my mind's eye, it doesn't quite look like her, y'know. 6 narration: I've discovered a secret talent of Hikaru-chan! Kyousuke: Why don't you become a manga artist? Hikaru: [delighted] C'mon-n-n! Really, Sempai! --------------------------------------------------- p 23 (127) 1 [Exterior shot of ABCB.] 2 [Madoka holds up the drawing and looks at it, visibly happy and surprised.] Madoka: Wahhh. This is for me?! 3 Master: Wowww! It's really good. Hikaru: [embarrassed] Ohh! 4 Hikaru: I've been drawing all night since yesterday. I was worried that I wouldn't finish in time! Madoka: You went to a lot of trouble! 5 Madoka: So that's why you didn't come to the phone, and gave me the cold shoulder when we met... Hikaru: I'm sorry... 6 Madoka: Thank you, Hikaru! I'll treasure this!! --------------------------------------------------- p 24 (128) 1 [Kyousuke's pov as the other three turn to look at him.] Hikaru: By the way, Sempai, are you...? Hikaru/Master/Madoka FX: 2 [He stands and imitates a deer caught in the headlights.] 3 Kyousuke: [nervously] M-me? 4 [He holds a hand to his shirt pocket.] narration: I give up. I can't possibly hand over that picture in front of Hikaru-chan... 5 [He winks and waves at Hikaru while turning to leave.] Kyousuke: Ah... I forgot it. I-I'll just go and get it real quick. narration: I'll somehow substitute something else and secretly give her the picture later on... Right?! 6 [He returns to the cash register, where Madoka stands, and reaches for his shirt pocket.] Kyousuke: Oh yeah, that's right. I'll pay for the coffee for now. Madoka: You can do that later! --------------------------------------------------- p 25 (129) 1 [He pulls out his wallet, and a photo comes out.] photo FX: 2 [The two of them watch as it flutters down to the counter.] 3 [It lands face-down.] writing on back of photo: To Ayukawa. Happy Birthday. 4 [Blushing, he turns and hightails it out the door.] Kyousuke: Ah, th-that's for the coffee! Keep it! B-bye!! door FX: 5 [Madoka smiles gently as she turns the photo over and studies it in her hands.] narration: May 25th... Starting today, Ayukawa Madoka is 17! ---------------------------------------------------