Kimagure Orange Road "The Summer Vacation of Partings" Volume 14, Story 5 WB Volume 8, Story 9 Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi Translation & compilation by : Craig H. Nishida Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose Craig Nishida Matthew Akira Klippenstein Frederick Gallagher Last revision : 08-27-95 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 171 (87) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 171 (87)--TITLE PAGE [A sun-bronzed Hikaru walks away from us on a white sand beach towards the sea. She's left her bikini top draped on the fronds of a bush, and her white bikini bottoms are tiny indeed.] MAIN TITLE (at top) The Summer Vacation of Partings SUB-TITLE (at bottom) Bronzed and Shy, She Seems to Reach to the Horizon. --------------------------------------------------- p 172 (88) 1 [A view looking straight up the face of a school building.] narration: Our school is finally on summer break!! 2 [Komatsu pumps both fists in the air.] Komatsu: Wel-l-ll! It's summer vacation-n-n! If you compare it to a human's life, summer is the time of youth! 3 [Komatsu wags his forefinger at us. His face is half-crazed.] Komatsu: I'M...! Komatsu: GONNA PLAY AND PLAY AND PLAY AROUND!! 4 [Kyousuke, Hatta and Komatsu walk off together.] Komatsu: Starting tomorrow, I'm going to the beach for about a week to chase girls!! You come too, Kasuga! 5 [Isolated shot of a bulletin board set on school grounds.] narration: But, it's just that if you ask too much, the Goddess of Summer gets a little mean! Komatsu: [off] Huhhh? Something's posted! Hatta: [off] Maybe there are swimming classes or something? --------------------------------------------------- p 173 (89) 1 posting: Beginning this year, our school will hold a week of refresher classes for the following people. First year... Second year... 2 narration: And then... In junior high as well... [Hikaru and Kurumi flinch back from us, horrified.] Hikaru/Kurumi: NO WAY-Y-Y!! 3 posting: Junior High, 3rd year: Hiyama Hikaru. Kasuga Kurumi. 4 [Hikaru stares off into the sky. Kurumi does the same.] Hikaru: Ahhhh, it's because my first term marks were the worst... Kurumi: A week passes in no time. 5 Hikaru FX: Hikaru: [looking serious] But on the last day of the refresher course it's said there's another test... And if you do badly on that one, I hear it puts making it into high school at risk, too! 6 Hikaru: And you--for all that you're Sempai's sister--you're pretty dumb, hm? Kurumi: [smiling] But, it's because I didn't study my characters. --------------------------------------------------- p 174 (90) 1 [An expression of shock comes to Hikaru's face.] narration: Oh no-o-o. Come to think of it, being told I can't go to high school is like being told to break up with Sempai. 2 [She stares off-panel in fierce determination.] Hikaru: (All right. I have to give it my all in the refresher class. That's it! After all, Sempai is waiting for me in high school...!) narration: Just for the time being, I should study and not play. Okay, it's settled!! 3 [Still staring off-panel, Hikaru speaks out loud. Kurumi looks perplexed.] Hikaru: Starting now... I think I'll stop seeing Sempai for a week! Kurumi: How come? 4 [Waving, Hikaru runs off.] Hikaru: In a sense, it's for the sake of our future! See ya. 5 Kurumi: 6 [Hikaru races down the street, her face set in grim resolution.] narration: I've made up my mind. For a week, I won't see Sempai and devote myself to my studies! For you Sempai, I'll make it to high school no matter what, so please wait for me! --------------------------------------------------- p 175 (91) 1 [A view down the sidewalk.] narration: And then... Six days later. 2 [Kyousuke and Komatsu pass by Hikaru, walking in the opposite direction. All are in school uniforms.] Kyousuke: Oh! 3 Hikaru: S-Sempai. Kyousuke: [smiling] H-hi... 4 [Komatsu grins at Kyousuke and rubs him on the head. Kyousuke glares at him.] Komatsu: This guy's coming to sit in on a refresher course! Kyousuke: You're here for that, too! 5 [Komatsu glares up at the sky.] Komatsu: The beach... Youth... Chasing girls... Ahhhh!! Hikaru: [smiling nervously] Wow. Even someone as smart as Sempai has rare moments when he doesn't do so well. That's unusual! Hikaru: They say that even monkeys fall from trees...* <*Commentary: Self-explanatory proverb.> 6 [Smiling, Komatsu drapes an arm around the shoulder of an irritated Kyousuke.] Komatsu: You're mistaken. We are monkeys who can't climb trees! --------------------------------------------------- p 176 (92) 1 [Kyousuke smiles gently at Hikaru. Hikaru looks back in startlement.] Kyousuke: Oh, by the way, Hikaru-chan. The movie you wanted to see starts today. 2 [He holds out the tickets to show her. Hikaru stares at them.] Kyousuke: I bought tickets. Today, after class... 3 [His pov of her. She looks unhappy.] Hikaru FX: 4 Hikaru: N-no, I-I... S-so, for now! Hikaru FX: 5 [She turns and runs.] Hikaru: Sayonara!! Hikaru FX: Kyousuke: Eh?! 6 [Both boys watch her leave, wide-eyed.] Komatsu: What's the matter? You guys fought or something? Kyousuke: ..........? --------------------------------------------------- p 177 (93) 1 [Kyousuke portrait.] narration: It's a movie she's been looking forward to for a long time! What the heck is the matter? 2 [Hikaru continues to run, her eyes clenched shut.] Hikaru: (Sempai, I'm sorry. But I mustn't behave like a spoiled child now!) 3 [Exterior shot of ABCB.] phone FX: [off] 4 [Madoka talks on the phone. Hikaru's smiling face appears on her speech bubble. Seated at the counter, Kyousuke stares at the two tickets in his hands.] Hikaru: [phone] And so, please go to the movie with Sempai. Madoka: Yes. Sure... 5 [After hanging up, Madoka looks up at Kyousuke, who looks back at her, guiltily. Madoka reaches back to untie her apron.] Madoka FX: Kyousuke FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 178 (94) 1 [Madoka turns aside and takes off her apron. Kyousuke looks back at the tickets in his hand.] Madoka: Well... Madoka FX: Kyousuke: (What should I do about these tickets...? Maybe Ayukawa will go if I invite her...) 2 [Madoka returns, dressed to leave.] Madoka: C'mon, let's go! 3 [She smiles, wraps a hand around his arm, and deftly plucks a ticket out of Kyousuke's hand.] Madoka: Wow, I wanted to see this movie. Kyousuke heartbeat FX: Madoka FX: 4 [They walk down the street. Madoka smiles at him and hangs on to his arm. He looks back at her, totally perplexed.] narration: Wh-what's this? What's this? --------------------------------------------------- p 179 (95) 1 [He looks back over his shoulder, a bit unhappily.] narration: But, for some reason, I feel guilty, after all... This is a movie I was going to see with Hikaru-chan...! 2 [He looks over at the girl on his arm, and smiles.] narration: But... Oh well, that's okay! 3 [A view down the sidewalk.] --------------------------------------------------- p 180 (96) 1 [He spots something off-panel.] Kyousuke: AH! 2 [Both Kyousuke and Madoka flinch to see Hikaru and Kurumi walking by, both dressed in school uniforms. The two younger girls fail to notice the couple walking arm in arm.] Kyousuke FX: 3 [Kurumi looks up, just as Kyousuke and Madoka dive away from each other.] Kyousuke FX: Madoka FX: Kurumi: Oh! 4 [Kyousuke portrait--horror.] narration: H-Hikaru-chan!! 5 [His view of Hikaru--she pointedly ignores him and gazes down at the ground.] 6 [Kyousuke looks on in shock. Behind him, Madoka watches, but doesn't seem perturbed.] narration: D-damn! What an awful time to be seen!! --------------------------------------------------- p 181 (97) 1 [Hikaru walks on past him, not even acknowledging his presence.] Hikaru FX: Kyousuke: This is... Uhh... Um... 2 [He can only watch as she walks off, alone.] narration: Ahh... Hikaru-chan was acting strange back then, too... If she sees us like this...! Kyousuke FX: 3 [Madoka watches him as he stares off-panel.] 4 [He grabs Kurumi around the collar and glares into her face.] Kyousuke: H-hey. Did Hikaru-chan s-say anything about me?! Kurumi: About you, oniicha-a-an? 5 Kurumi: Oh, come to think of it... 6 [Kurumi ponders, looking up at the sky.] Kurumi: I think she was saying that, starting now, she'll stop seeing you for the rest of her life! = "one's whole life". She said = "a week".> [Kyousuke stands and looks extremely cartoonish, sweating profusely.] Kyousuke: --------------------------------------------------- p 182 (98) 1 [Madoka stifles a laugh. Kyousuke turns to stare wide-eyed at her.] Madoka: 2 [His pov of her. She looks up at him with a soft smile.] 3 [He looks nervously and puzzled at her.] narration: Wh-why is Ayukawa laughing? 4 [Still pondering the sky, Kurumi continues...] Kurumi: Oh, and she was also saying that it was all for your and her future sake. [Again, Kyousuke looks extremely cartoonish and stunned.] Kyousuke heartbeat FX: 5 Kyousuke: [angrily] But, did Hikaru-chan really say such things?! Kurumi: [angrily] See! Just like that, you quickly doubt me. Hmmph! 6 [He visualizes Hikaru, walking off past him, without a word.] Kyousuke: [off] (H-Hikaru-chan!!) --------------------------------------------------- p 183 (99) 1 [Madoka watches him as he looks off in the direction of Hikaru.] 2 [With a bright smile she shoves him in the back. He pitches forward.] Madoka: Go on!! Madoka FX: Kyousuke: Eh!?! 3 Madoka: But tomorrow, ask me out, 'kay! I'm free in the morning! Kyousuke: [nervously] S-sure!! 4 [View into the distance, across town.] Hikaru: [off] Ahhhh! Darn it! 5 [Hikaru grabs her head in her hands and clenches her eyes shut.] Hikaru: Although the test is tomorrow, no matter how much I study, it doesn't go in my brain! I'm not cut out for studying at all! Hikaru hair FX: 6 [Kyousuke catches up to her and grabs her by an elbow.] Kyousuke: Hikaru-chan, wait! --------------------------------------------------- p 184 (100) 1 [He forces a bright smile and holds out both tickets to her. She watches him with worry.] Kyousuke: H-hey, the movie! Let's go! It's the one you've been wanting to see! tickets FX: Hikaru: S-Sempai... 2 [With an anguished look, she turns from him and tries to run off. He grabs her by the wrist. He tries to put on a pleasant and cheerful face.] Hikaru: B-but... I... Hikaru FX: Kyousuke: A-anyway, let's see it. Ha ha ha ha! 3 [His pov as she looks back at him, nervously.] narration: I-I want to go...! 4 [She turns from him and clenches her eyes shut.] Hikaru: (No, no. It's no good. If I fall to temptation right here and now, I won't be able to go to this high school!) 5 [Kyousuke has a bit of a wild look on his face.] Kyousuke: (Breaking up with Hikaru-chan like this has gotta be some joke!!) --------------------------------------------------- p 185 (101) 1 Kyousuke: I bought these tickets for *you*, Hikaru-chan!! 2 [Hikaru freezes...] 3 [...and turns back to look at him, with a blush.] Hikaru: S-Sempai... 4 [Hikaru stands, takes him by both hands and gazes up at him. In the foreground, Madoka stands with arms crossed and gaze downcast.] Hikaru: Yes... I'll go to the movie. Madoka: (..........) --------------------------------------------------- p 186 (102) 1 [Shot of a billboard over a theater entrance.] theater sign: Sabrina Theater billboard: [partial view] lower sign: Golden Cinema 2 [Inside, a view of the big screen. An Indiana Jones-type character slugs it out with a bad guy.] 3 [Kyousuke flinches from Hikaru when she leaps out of her seat and shouts at the screen with emotion.] Hikaru: Go get 'im! Over there!! 4 [He can only stare blankly at her as she breaks out in a cheerful smile at the screen.] 5 [She wraps both arms around his neck.] Hikaru: Hooray! Hooray-y-y!! 6 Kyousuke: ..........?! 7 [She continues to cling to his neck. Little hearts bubble up over her head.] Kyousuke: (What the heck is going on?!) --------------------------------------------------- p 187 (103) 1 [A night view at the city lights.] Hikaru: [off] Ahh, that sure was fun!! 2 Kyousuke: ? ? ? ? ? 3 [She winks at him, and rolls up her sleeve.] Hikaru: All ri-i-ight. I feel like doing it all now! I'm gonna hit the books hard again!! 4 [She clasps him by both hands. He still looks quite puzzled.] Hikaru: Thank you, Sempai!! Hikaru FX: Kyousuke: .......... 5 [She puts a hand behind her head and sticks a cute tongue out.] Hikaru: It seems I have to play with you after all, or I have no heart for studying! 6 Kyousuke: H-huh...??? --------------------------------------------------- p 188 (104) 1 [His pov of Hikaru, sporting a cute smile.] narration: I wonder what the heck is going on?! 2 [View pans back. The two stand on the sidewalk. Kyousuke grimaces and flinches back.] narration: But... It looks as though the source of the misunderstanding is... Kyousuke: Ehhhh!?! You mean you weren't seeing me for just a week because of the refresher class?! 3 [He glares into he distance.] Kyousuke: (Kurumi, you jerk!) (Confusing "one week" with "the rest of my life"...* That idiot!!) <*Translation note: As stated previously, Kurumi mistook = "all one's life" for = "one week".> 4 [A view of some buildings on the school campus.] narration: And then dawned the day of the test... --------------------------------------------------- p 189 (105) 1 [Hikaru and the rest of her class work on the test.] 2 [She looks at it with bright eyes.] Hikaru: Oo-wahhh! You're kidding. I can solve these problems easily! 3 [She winks at us and flashes a 'V'.] narration: Sure enough, it looks like humans also need to take a breather now and then, hm. Hikaru: Now I'll make it to high school without a hitch! 4 [In another room, Hatta, Kyousuke and Komatsu take their test. I guess they're still the three worst students in their grade. Both Komatsu and Kyousuke grimace at the paper before them.] Komatsu: Oo-wahhh! I don't understand this at all! Kyousuke: (Ayukawa-a-a. A date on the morning of the test... So mean!) narration: People who *only* take breathers are another matter... ---------------------------------------------------