Kimagure Orange Road "Special Story: Matsumoto Izumi Goes to Chiba!" Volume 15, Story 2 WB Volume 8, Story 15 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 : 08-29-95 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 293 (27) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 293 (27)--TITLE PAGE [A kappa dressed in floral-print shirt and shorts lies back in a hammock slung between two palm trees.] MAIN TITLE (at top) Special Story: Matsumoto Izumi Goes to Chiba! SUB-TITLE (at bottom) Because I Always Want to Dream... --------------------------------------------------- p 294 (28) 1 [View looking up at a fluffy white cloud.] narration: A certain day in August, 1986. Tokyo, Setagaya ward. 2 [Isolated shot of an air conditioner.] air conditioner FX: 3 [View pulls back to show 3 men and a kappa working at their drafting tables.] narration: Matsumoto Izumi Productions. 4 [The kappa looks up and gazes out the window at a sunny day.] Matsumoto Izumi: .......... caption with arrow: [pointing at kappa] Matsumoto Izumi 5 [Two of his assistants eye the kappa nervously. Hey, wouldn't you?] assistant 1: Hey... Looks like he's here again! assistant 2 FX: 6 [A fourth man appears and stands behind the kappa, coughing into his fist.] caption with arrow: Person in charge, Mr. T. Mr. T: [The kappa starts to sweat while working.] Matsumoto Izumi FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 295 (29) 1 [A closeup of the kappa's artwork. Madoka smiles at us, wearing a bikini.] inking FX: Madoka caption: Pervert! 2 [Shot of the kappa staring down at his work.] 3 [He suddenly stands, dropping his pen to the ground. Assistants 1 and 2 eye him nervously still.] Matsumoto Izumi FX: falling pen FX: 4 [The kappa makes a break for it, carrying off a beach umbrella and a "Titanic" life-preserver. An assistant sticks his head out into the hall and yells.] assistant 1: Ah, sensei! Where are you going in the middle of work?!! Matsumoto Izumi FX: Matsumoto Izumi: Show me a samurai's *pity*... I'm so *piti*ful... Forgive me-e-e!! 5 Mr. T: Wha-a-at?!! Matsumoto ran away to the beach?! 6 [The kappa stops at a pay phone.] narration: A short hour later, Matsumoto was placing a phone call to H.I.-kun, a friend and a designer. Matsumoto Izumi: Yeah. Why don't you go to Chiba Beach from today, too? It'll be about 3-days and 2-nights. Okay?! All right, it's settled! --------------------------------------------------- p 296 (30) 1 [A car runs down a highway.] sign: Urayasu. Toukan Highway. narration: And so the irresponsible Matsumoto suddenly began a trip to Chiba with a friend. car FX: 2 [A view inside the car. The kappa is driving.] H.I.: I'm in the middle of my vacation right now, but aren't you in the middle of work? Matsumoto Izumi FX: 3 Matsumoto Izumi: Nahhh, the draft was finished a long time ago. Ha ha ha ha! Matsumoto Izumi FX: 4 H.I.: Stupid! In front!! Matsumoto Izumi: Wahhh! brakes/tires FX: 5 [His car nearly rear-ends a stopped car in front.] car FX: 6 H.I.: H.I.: Are you all right?! Matsumoto Izumi: Ha ha ha... Wha-a-at...? No problem. narration: Sleep-deprived and still suffering from the fatigue of work, it was an uneasy start. But, nevertheless... Heading off hell-bent to the beach was something more absurd than admirable. --------------------------------------------------- p 297 (31) 1 [The kappa pokes his head out his window to get a better look at another car.] car FX: 2 [His view of the car. A long-haired brunette girl sits in the right front (passenger) seat and a short-haired blonde girl sits behind her. Our pov is from the rear.] people in car: Kyaa. You're kidding. C'mon-n-n. 3 H.I.: Ah, how nice... Getting to ride with cute girls... Matsumoto Izumi: I bet they're going to the beach! 4 [A front view of the car in question. Master drives, with Madoka, Hikaru and Kyousuke as passengers.] 5 [View from behind as the kappa's car speeds off down the highway.] Matsumoto Izumi: [off] But... Don't be discouraged!! The sea awaits us! And by the way, girls await us, too. LET'S GO-O-O! sign: [right] Chiba sign: [left] Kyouyou? Highway license plate: Shinagawa 33 0101 car FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 298 (32) 1 [View of a desolate beach. Empty soft-drink cans litter the sand.] narration: But... Caught in a terrible traffic jam, they arrived at Chiba-Tateyama at 6PM... waves FX: 2 [The two stand and survey the empty beach.] Matsumoto Izumi and H.I.: .......... waves FX: [off] narration: The beach was deserted... 3 Matsumoto Izumi: Yeearrgghh! We can't swim now. Let's get into the swing of things at the hotel!! Matsumoto Izumi FX: 4 [Exterior view of a lovely hotel.] Matsumoto Izumi: [off] Ohh! Reservations at such a super-deluxe hotel thanks to H.I.-kun!! 5 [The kappa smiles and laughs into his hand as the two walk into the hotel.] Matsumoto Izumi: A place such as this ought to have pretty girls staying over. We'll get to be friends, hm?!! doors FX: H.I.: Was that your goal...?! 6 narration: But... For some reason, there were hardly any girls staying at that hotel... Just elderly gentlemen. [A sea of Grandpa-aged men crowd the lobby.] Matsumoto Izumi: [off] What the hell is this?!! Matsumoto Izumi: [off] We didn't come here to become friends with old men!! old man: Miss, is there any karaoke? --------------------------------------------------- p 299 (33) 1 [Outside once more, they spy bright lights at a stadium in the distance.] narration: Then, lights that seemed to come from a night game 1-2 kilometers off in the darkness...! H.I.: Is it my imagination just now or does that sound like Hawaiian music coming from the "open garden" I see over there. 2 H.I.: I bet some fun event's being played that's drawn young folks there... That's why there aren't any young people here. Matsumoto Izumi: I see...! 3 narration: Indeed, I'm walking with an analytical fellow, the famous H.I.-kun. Incidentally, he's type AB. Matsumoto Izumi: Let's go and see. [The kappa strides off.] 4 narration: But the place we reached was a gathering spot for young families full of children, with goldfish- scooping and anime- screenings and such... [Parents and children scoop goldfish and eat cotton candy.] Matsumoto Izumi: [off] Wrong. Somehow, something's wrong... 5 [The two look back at the lit hotel.] narration: The hotel that was back down the path they just came rose into view, looking like someplace fun. H.I.: Maybe the hotel... Has started to liven up. 6 [They run back down the road.] Matsumoto Izumi: Let's go back!! narration: Could something pleasant be happening there that they didn't know about...? Driven by that sort of anxiety and anticipation, they ran in desperation!! --------------------------------------------------- p 300 (34) 1 narration: But when they got back to see, that liveliness was just some men from the lobby in a karaoke contest... old man: [singing] Lech-h-h, lech-h-h, lech-h-h. 2 [Portrait of the two, dumbfounded.] 3 [The kappa points back towards the lit stadium.] Matsumoto Izumi: What's that light? Maybe... narration: Going overboard... Is what they call that. H.I.: [off] Isn't that just where we went?!! 4 [The kappa lies under his covers, out cold.] narration: For the time being, that night... He slept. Matsumoto Izumi FX: 5 [A car speeds down the street.] narration: Dawn, the next day... H.I.: [off] What's this? There should be a country club here...! Matsumoto Izumi: [off] Naturally there'd only be old men...! 6 [View looking up at some palm trees.] narration: But... The scenery in that direction was something so wonderful and un-Japanese-like that it looked like it came right out of a Kataoka Yoshio or Asai Shimpei photo. --------------------------------------------------- p 301 (35) 1 [Inside the car, H.I. puffs on a cigarette as the kappa drives.] H.I.: Oh, today will be different! We'll aim for Katsuura Onjuku!! Matsumoto Izumi: Onjuku? 2 H.I.: You don't know? Lots of famous surfers like Niijima and Kugenuma of Shounan gather there! 3 H.I.: [off] Therefore, the beach is packed with cute girls! Matsumoto Izumi: Wowww! narration: Indeed, to walk with the Chief of Intelligence, the famous H.I.-kun, who isn't an advertising executive just for show! 4 [Front view of their car.] --------------------------------------------------- p 302 (36) 1 [View of highway signs.] narration: But... Once again, the highway was completely snarled and they got to Onjuku at 3 PM... sign: Onjuku traffic noises: 2 [The two walk, carrying small beach bags.] narration: Two days since leaving Tokyo, and still, not even once, did they spend time at the beach. Matsumoto Izumi: H.I.: Got here at last... 3 [The beach is packed with babes.] narration: But what a surprise when they came out onto the beach! Yesterday, there weren't that many people around, but... As though that was a lie, it's people, people everywhere. crowd FX: H.I.: Where there are people, there really are people... Matsumoto Izumi: Wowww. Full of girls!! 4 [The kappa notices a lot of buff dudes in another direction.] Matsumoto Izumi: Hmm. This is trouble. narration: But... It was even more full of guys! 5 [H.I. sits on the mat and removes his shirt. The kappa stands.] H.I.: Well, anyway, let's get tanned! Matsumoto Izumi: I'll take interviews immediately. Matsumoto Izumi stand-up FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 303 (37) 1 [The kappa races off after a short-haired blonde in a bikini.] Matsumoto Izumi: Hey-y-y, where are you from? H.I.: .......... So, it's girl-chasing, is it. 2 Matsumoto Izumi: As it stands, any... Huh? Hikaru: Huh? 3 Matsumoto Izumi: H-Hikaru-chan. Can't be. Ha ha ha! No, it's nothing. Excuse me... Hikaru FX: 4 [Hikaru calls out to Kyousuke, who sits near Madoka on the beach.] Hikaru: Sempa-a-ai! I went and bought some juice!! sign 1: Shaved Ice sign 2: Refrigerated Flowers sign 3: Baked sign 4: Taishou ice 5 narration: Hardly an hour on the beach and it began to get dark... H.I.: Hey, hey. Everyone's going home already! After all, it was past 3:00 when we got here... girls FX: 6 [H.I. leans over a flushed and sweating kappa, who lies on his back on the beach mat.] H.I.: Hm? What's the matter...? Matsumoto Izumi: I... Seem to be feeling a bit ill. narration: Can't be... I caught another cold or something... Matsumoto Izumi FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 304 (38) 1 [Tight shot of a sign.] sign: Minshuku? Masuda Shop narration: And so, once again, they didn't go into the sea... 2 [The kappa lies on his back in a room. H.I. sits nearby.] Matsumoto Izumi: Phew... narration: Just when they'd finally found their way to paradise. H.I.: Are you all right? 3 Matsumoto Izumi: It seems like my tonsils are getting swollen. H.I.: Ehhhh!?! narration: He was cursed by a lack of sleep, too much air- conditioning from sitting in heavy traffic, and skipping lunch! 4 H.I.: I didn't bring any medicine!! narration: But... Even though H.I.-kun was on the same schedule, he remained healthy. 5 H.I.: But... Even though up until yesterday you had no problems at all, here, the moment you saw lots of girls, you got feverish... It's funnier than your manga! Matsumoto Izumi FX: 6 [Raging with an inner fire, the kappa pumps a fist and declares...] Matsumoto Izumi: Arrgg! How can I shamefully leave the Chiba trip like this when I went so far as to toss aside my work?! I'll play with fireworks at the beach! dramatic FX: H.I.: Whoa!! Such single-mindedness! --------------------------------------------------- p 305 (39) 1 narration: He should have quit... 9 PM... car FX: 2 [H.I. looks out his window off-panel.] narration: But the sight that awaited us at the beach far exceeded our expectations...!! H.I.: Yow! 3 [View of a parking lot filled with cars and young folks, and lit by fireworks.] narration: By the light from the beach, there rose into view... guy 1: How ya doing? fireworks FX: cars FX: guy 2: It's no lie... narration: ...the smoke of fireworks! The noise of firecrackers!! The sound of car exhaust. --------------------------------------------------- p 306 (40) 1 [The kappa gazes out his window at the multitude of pretty girls.] narration: Although they were leaving, it looked like a motorcycle gang meeting, or a rock concert... A crowd of hundreds of young guys and girls who'd come to meet at the small seaside district. 2 narration: Over there, a pick-up was smoothly unfolding... [Two guys approach two girls.] guy 3: What did you come here to do? girl 3: What did we come here to do? Uhh-hh... 3 guy 3: Where are you going? girl 3: "Where?" 4 [Closeup of the two girls.] girl 3: Do we have to talk about the same thing again? 5 [The kappa stares out his window, wide-eyed and sweating.] Matsumoto Izumi: Look! Hey, they're picking up chicks. Over here and over there. Hey, the camera, the camera! H.I.: Quit scoping around! How embarrassing... --------------------------------------------------- p 307 (41) 1 narration: An amazing number of people! An amazing spectacle!! Matsumoto Izumi FX: 2 [The kappa collapses in his seat.] H.I.: H-HEY!! ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?! Matsumoto Izumi FX: 3 H.I.: Terrible fever! Matsumoto Izumi: [flushed and dazed] F-fireworks-s-s!! 4 H.I.: We'd better go back to the hotel and sleep now. Matsumoto Izumi: Well... 5 [Their car drives along a beachside road.] car FX: narration: I was relieved of driving, and having feverish nightmares when suddenly, I saw on the beach... 6 [Flushed and dazed, the kappa hangs his head out his window.] Matsumoto Izumi: Hu-u-uhh? --------------------------------------------------- p 308 (42) 1 [His pov of the beach. Hikaru, Kyousuke and Madoka play with sparklers on the sand.] 2 [The kappa wears a look of disbelief.] Matsumoto Izumi: H-hey-y-y! 3 [A view of the car as it drives off.] Matsumoto Izumi: [off] Let me join in, too... 4 [The car continues to drive into the distance.] Matsumoto Izumi: [off] Hey-y-y! 5 car FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 309 (43) 1 [Tight shot of a highway sign.] narration: And then, the next day... In the end, the fever didn't go away. sign: Tokyo 500-m 2 H.I.: [driving] But... You had a hard time, hm. 3 Matsumoto Izumi: Don't say that!! 4 H.I.: Anyway... Take it easy at home. You start work tomorrow again, don't you. 5 [A view through the rearview mirror.] H.I.: But... It's like I've seen those people riding in the car behind somewhere before... 6 Matsumoto Izumi: EH?! --------------------------------------------------- p 310 (44) 1 [A view inside Master's car. Hikaru now takes the front passenger seat. Madoka sits behind her, next to Kyousuke.] 2 Master: That was fun! It's been a while since I took a break from the store. Hikaru: [smiling] Master, please bring us along again! 3 [Kyousuke's pov as Hikaru turns around in her seat to talk to Madoka.] Hikaru: You're really popular, aren't you, Madoka-san. How many guys called out to you on the beach. Wow... But what a waste to just totally ignore them... There were some cool-looking guys among them! 4 [Kyousuke looks blankly over at Madoka, who smiles softly back.] --------------------------------------------------- p 311 (45) 1 Madoka: [winking at Hikaru] Oh! You were pretty popular, too, Hikaru! Hikaru: [blushing] I-I... 2 [Hikaru launches herself into the back seat, arms around Kyousuke's neck.] Hikaru: Sempai's the only one for me! Right, Sempai?! car brakes/tires FX: Master: Wah! Look out!! 3 [H.I. yells out his window.] H.I.: Ya jerk! Think ya own the road!! 4 Matsumoto Izumi: Wah! Look out!! car brakes/tires FX: [H.I. turns back to look where he's driving. Horror washes over the kappa's and H.I.'s faces.] 5 [View looking up at the highway signs.] car FX: sign: Exit: Tokyo narration: Fiction and nonfiction are as distinct as night and day... Having a vacation for the first time in a long while was so... Exhausting! ---------------------------------------------------