Kimagure Orange Road "The Temptation Behind Closed Doors" Volume 15, Story 4 WB Volume 9, Story 1 Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi Translation & compilation by : Craig H. Nishida Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose Craig Nishida Matthew Akira Klippenstein Last revision : 08-31-95 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 7 (67) are only in the WBs! NOTE: KOR went on hiatus for a few months, and returned with this chapter in late February of 1987... (Chapter 15.3 appeared in September of 1986.) NOTE: Kyousuke and Madoka end their junior year in high school with the "Under the Tree of Memories" story-arc (beginning in 15.7), which of course became the central focus of the final two episodes of the TV series (which began airing in April of 1987). I am not sure if production of the TV series had anything to do with Matsumoto-sensei taking a 5-month break. --------------------------------------------------- p 7 (67)--TITLE PAGE [Kyousuke and Madoka, dressed for night out, stand at a mirrored wall with drinks in hand. A low counter runs down the length of the wall--a place to rest your drinks. A neon sign above them reads "Reckless in Tokyo" and printed on the mirror is "WBRU AM/ evolent St., Provide, fices & Broadcas."] MAIN TITLE (at top) The Temptation Behind Closed Doors SUB-TITLE (at bottom) In a Dream-Tinged Theater with Just the Two. An Adult Feeling That Wants to Make You Drunk... --------------------------------------------------- p 8 (68) 1 [A nighttime view of several high-rises.] 2 [Isolated view of a few windows at the top of a high-rise.] 3 [Madoka stands, wrapped only in a towel.] --------------------------------------------------- p 9 (69) 1 Madoka: *Ka* *su* *ga* *kun*... 2 [Decked in a coat with bowtie, Kyousuke staggers back at the sight.] Kyousuke heartbeat FX: Kyousuke: A-Ayukawa...!! 3 [He's sitting up on the bed. She kneels on the bed before him, the towel she was wearing dropping onto his knees. Yes, she's totally nude.] Madoka towel FX: Madoka: You're... The one that I... --------------------------------------------------- p 10 (70) 1 [View pulls way back. The bed that the two are on is in a hotel room.] Kyousuke: We mustn't do this kind of... We're still high school stu... 2 [She closes her eyes and leans her lips towards his.] Kyousuke: ...dents. 3 [The scene fades out.] Kyousuke: [off] MMM. --------------------------------------------------- p 11 (71) 1 [Panels 1-3 show various entangled limbs and torsos.] Kyousuke: ..........!! 2 bedsprings FX: 3 Kyousuke: A-Ayu...ka...?! 4 [A blank panel.] Madoka: [off] Ohh . 5 [Like a Cheshire cat, only Kyousuke's eyes and teeth are visible against the grey background. He looks like he's almost grimacing.] Kyousuke: Ah...? 6 [Scene fades back in. Tight shot of Kyousuke's face. Someone has a booted leg over his shoulder.] Kyousuke: Ah!?! Kyousuke arm-socket FX: 7 [View pans back. Madoka, in lady-wrestler garb, has Kyousuke in a combination arm and headlock.] Kyousuke: Ah-ow-ow-ow-ouch!! Kyousuke armlock/headlock FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 12 (72) 1 [Exterior view of a building.] Kyousuke: [off] A-AYUKAWA-A-A!! --------------------------------------------------- p 13 (73) 1 [Kyousuke, dressed in pajamas, sits up in bed. His left hand and wrist are encased in a large cast or bandage.] Kyousuke sit-up FX: Kyousuke: Ayuka...! 2 [Looking off-panel, he claps a hand over his mouth.] Kyousuke: Ah! 3 [His pov. Hikaru is asleep. She rests her head on his bedcovers.] Hikaru: Hm? 4 [She rubs her eye and looks at him.] Hikaru FX: Hikaru: Ma...doka-san? What's the matter with Madoka-san? 5 [View of the same building as in page 12. A face of a nervous Kyousuke is drawn on his speech bubble.] narration: It's been quite a while.* Kasuga Kyousuke here... This is... Well... As you can see, a hospital... <*Commentary: It's been reported that Matsumoto Izumi took about 5 months off between the appearance of chapter 15.3 and 15.4. This probably explains this comment of Kyousuke's.> Kyousuke: Ayukawa? Hmm. Did I say something like that? Ah ha ha ha! 6 [Pov pulls up. Hikaru is kneeling on the floor at his bedside, hands resting on the bedcovers. Kyousuke is sitting up in bed.] narration: Actually, I'm in the hospital because of a minor injury. Hikaru: Oh, Sempai! --------------------------------------------------- p 14 (74) 1 Hikaru: [smiling] Let's take your pajamas off now, 'kay! Kyousuke: Huh? 2 Hikaru: [off] If you wear the same one all the time, it'll be dirty. I'll wash it for you! narration: How sweet... Hikaru-chan... 3 narration: ...in this way, has been tending to me all the while I've been in the hospital, and looking after me in all sorts of ways. Kyousuke: B-but, I'm sorry! To have you do so much. Hikaru: No, please let me! Looking after you, Sempai... I... 4 [She closes her eyes in quiet bliss.] Hikaru: Experience the joys of a woman! Hikaru FX: 4(inset) [Kyousuke facial portrait--he looks nervous.] dramatic FX: 5 [Hikaru holds his pajama top in one hand. With the other, she points to his lap.] Hikaru pointing FX: Kyousuke: Huh? 6 [Kyousuke lifts up his sheets a bit and stares down at his lap.] Kyousuke FX: 7 [He looks back up at her, nervously. She's nodding and smiling.] Hikaru FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 15 (75) 1 [Smiling, she leans toward him. He pulls up his sheet to cover his chest and smiles nervously back at her.] Hikaru: Sempai, you can't use your hand, so please leave it to me!! Kyousuke: N-no. Wait a sec. Right now is...!! 2 [View pans back. Hikaru has knelt on the floor, sticking her head under his sheets. Her head is somewhere over his knees.] Hikaru: Heave-ho! Kyousuke: A-argghh!! 3 [Closeup of Kyousuke's horrified face.] Kyousuke: D-don't!! 4 [View looking up at the ceiling.] Hikaru: [off] I really don't mind doing stuff like this. Hikaru/Kyousuke FX: Kyousuke: [off] I'm telling you *I* mind!! 5 [View shifts. Hikaru still has her upper body under the sheets. Kyousuke has clutched the sheets to his chest and is blushing furiously.] Hikaru: Huh? What's this? It's caught on something! Hikaru FX: Kyousuke: ! 6 [Kyousuke visualizes his hotel-room love-dream with Madoka and gnaws on the edge of the sheet.] narration: O-oh no! I had a dream like that just now. Ahhhh... Even though I'm injured and hospitalized... It's so embarrassing!! --------------------------------------------------- p 16 (76) 1 [Hikaru suddenly stands, his shorts raised high.] undershorts FX: Hikaru: YEEARGGHH! 2 [She pulled the shorts off so violently that she loses her balance...] Hikaru: KYA! 3 [...does a complete flip, and lands on his lap, legs in the air. Her skirt rides up. Kyousuke grabs at his crotch.] Hikaru FX: Kyousuke: Ow! 4 [She lifts herself up to a sitting position...] Hikaru: I-I'm sorry... Kyousuke: Ow-ow-ow-ouch... 5 [...and ends up straddling him in his lap, facing him. At this point, Takashi and Kurumi enter.] door FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 17 (77) 1 [Manami clenches her eyes shut and rushes to Kurumi. Kurumi stares wide-eyed. Komatsu's eyes boggle. Hikaru and Kyousuke look back. Kyousuke has a sick look.] Manami: KYA! Komatsu: Ohhhh! Hikaru: Oh my. Kyousuke: WAH! 2 [Takashi politely and nervously clears his throat.] Takashi: Sorry to trouble you when you're busy. Kyousuke: [smiling nervously] No... 3 [Blushing furiously, Hikaru takes his pajamas and rushes out of the room.] Hikaru: How embarrassing!! Hikaru footsteps FX: Kyousuke: Oh! My pants... 4 door FX: [off] Takashi: .......... What were you two doing? Kyousuke: Nothing, really... 5 Komatsu: How did you get injured like this? Kyousuke: [smugly] I did a small act of kindness. Ohh, let's call it a wound of honor. 6 Kurumi: Why does Colonel Sanders merit an act of kindness? --------------------------------------------------- p 18 (78) 1 [Exterior view along a sill of the hospital building. Faces are drawn on each speech bubble.] Kurumi: He got drunk on New Year's from drinking too much spiced sake, rushed outside, and, thinking that a dummy floating in the river was a person, got hurt trying to save it! Komatsu: .......... I get it... Kyousuke: 2 [Kyousuke drops his gaze.] narration: For some reason, I feel like something's missing... Komatsu: We're here for a sympathy visit, so it's sorta gloomy! 3 [Panels 3-4 show Kyousuke (still shirtless) sitting.] narration: In this way, my friends, Hikaru-chan and my family are always dropping by... 4 narration: But, Ayukawa... When will she come by? 5 Komatsu: Is she here every day? Kyousuke: Eh? 6 [Komatsu takes a seat near the foot of his bed. The twins cheerfully chat between themselves.] Komatsu: Hikaru-chan! Kyousuke: ...... Uh-huh. Kurumi: Right from the start, wasn't it? Thanks to her, we don't need to look after him at a-a-all, so it's very nice...! --------------------------------------------------- p 19 (79) 1 Komatsu: Hmm... 2 [Komatsu smiles and slaps Kyousuke on the back.] Komatsu: You've got a nice girlfriend! Komatsu FX: Kyousuke: Ow! 3 [Komatsu looks up at the ceiling.] Komatsu: I've watched you two till now... But it's times like these when the depth of the love between you two appears. 4 [Kyousuke portrait--he looks back, thoughtfully.] 5 Komatsu: There aren't any girls as nice as that! Like Hikaru-chan! Running to me first, staying with me all the time, looking after me... 6 [Komatsu turns to look Kyousuke in the eye. Beyond them, the twins silently and raptly watch Komatsu.] Komatsu: As for me, without a girlfriend... I'm a bit jealous. I envy you. Manami/Kurumi: .......... --------------------------------------------------- p 20 (80) 1 Manami: Komatsu-san speaks well, hm. Occasionally... Kurumi: Cool! Komatsu: Well... 2 [Komatsu turns to Takashi, who crosses his arms and looks stern.] Komatsu: Otousan, did you understand my character?! Takashi: ...... And then? 3 Komatsu: I won't ask for both girls, but at least give me one, please! Takashi: I understand your character ju-u-ust fine! 4 Takashi: [to Kyousuke] But is everything all right with you at school, being in the hospital at this critical time? Kyousuke: I guess I'm pretty much at the safety limit for number of absences allowed. 5 Komatsu: But they say it's risky if you fail the next test! I hear it's the critical time when it's decided whether you can advance to 3rd year or not. Kyousuke: .......... How are you doing? 6 Komatsu: [inset] Me? I'm... [Komatsu clasps Kyousuke by both hands.] Komatsu: Kasuga-kun! Let's do 2nd-year together once more! Kyousuke: NO!! Komatsu FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 21 (81) 1 Komatsu: [dropping his gaze] Anyway, everyone in class has changed lately. Hatta is like a completely different person, studying hard... So unsociable... Even that Ayukawa stays behind after school and crams. 2 Kyousuke: Wha-a-at? 3 [Everyone waves goodbye as they leave.] Komatsu: So, well, take care! Takashi: Guts. Kurumi: Later! 4 door FX: [off] narration: So that's why... Ayukawa hasn't come? 5 narration: .......... For some reason, I feel like I was the only one left behind... 6 [Kyousuke raises a hand and a clothes bag rises in the air.] bag levitation FX: Kyousuke: Let's see... My change of clothes... Is inside that bag. 7 [Takashi suddenly sticks his head in the door. Kyousuke is standing on the bed, dressed only in a bandage around his torso. The bag is floating before him.] Takashi: Oh, that's right... I forgot to tell you... Not to use the Power just because you're inconvenienced!! door FX: Kyousuke FX: Kyousuke: Oops! 8 Takashi: If others see the Power and find out... --------------------------------------------------- p 22 (82) 1 [Kyousuke stares at the closed door.] Takashi: [off] ...there'll be a huge uproar and we won't be able to stay in this town! Okay?! door FX: 2 [Out in the hall, Madoka watches Takashi, Komatsu, Manami and Kurumi walk away.] Kurumi: And... 3 [Madoka talks to a nurse at the nurses' station.] Madoka: Excuse me... 4 [Kyousuke sits on his bed and opens his bag. He still hasn't put on any clothes.] narration: No matter how important they say studying is... Ayukawa is still somewhat cold... Kyousuke FX: 5 [While pulling out clothes he visualizes his hot dream.] narration: Damn. Even though she boldly pressed so tight in the dream... Kyousuke: [flashback] ...dents. --------------------------------------------------- p 23 (83) 1 [Madoka looks back over her shoulder.] Madoka FX: Madoka: Ahh . What are you saying?! 2 [Panels 2-4 show a nude Madoka kneeling. Behind her are splashed various images of herself or Kyousuke.] Kyousuke heartbeat FX: 3 Kyousuke: [off] Ah, it's coming back to me again...! Madoka FX: 4 Kyousuke heartbeat FX: Madoka FX: 5 [He grimaces.] Kyousuke: Damn! Ayukawa, you pervert! 6 [Someone opens his door.] door FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 24 (84) 1 [Madoka walks in, dressed very casually and carrying a large duffel bag.] Madoka FX: 2 [She stops in surprise.] 3 [Still nude, he grimaces in shock.] Kyousuke: Ah... Ah ha! Ah ha ha ha! 4 [She waits patiently behind a curtain while he puts on a shirt.] narration: .......... I wonder what she thought of that? 5 Kyousuke: ...... It's okay now. Madoka: [coldly] I'm relieved to see that you're healthier than I thought. --------------------------------------------------- p 25 (85) 1 [She sets her duffel bag down on a table, and turns to talk to him.] Madoka: If you're in that shape, I didn't have to go so far as to come for a sympathy visit. 2 [He drops his gaze in irritation.] Kyousuke: .......... So I'm just a guy whose only redeeming trait is his health anyway... 3 [Madoka facial portrait. She smiles very softly.] 4 [View outside the window towards the city skyline. It is evening.] Madoka: [off] But... I feel relieved to see that expression on your face. Madoka: [off] Soon, you'll leave the hospital, hm. 5 [Kyousuke portrait. He looks at her with a slight frown.] 6 [He turns away.] Kyousuke: Then... You really needn't have come! Kyousuke FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 26 (86) 1 [Madoka portrait--she looks back without expression.] 2 Kyousuke: I hear... You've been studying hard, lately! 3 [She walks over to the window.] Madoka FX: 4 [View from outside as she rests her palm against the window and smiles out.] window FX: Madoka: That's right... For the first time in quite a while, I've stayed up all night these past 2-3 days. 5 Kyousuke: [looking irritated] What an idiot... Then hurry and go home! Don't trouble yourself any over me!! 6 [Madoka turns to look at him.] --------------------------------------------------- p 27 (87) 1 [With a solemn expression, she open her duffel bag...] zipper FX: Madoka FX: 2 [...pulls out a stack of about a dozen notebooks...] 3 [...and drops them in his lap.] Madoka: For you! notebooks FX: 4 [She closes her eyes and tosses her hair back.] Madoka: If you just lie around in bed, then you'll also... Turn into an idiot like me. 5 [She heads out the door.] Madoka: Well, take care! 6 Kyousuke: [wide-eyed] Eh!?! 7 Madoka: [sternly] I won't be back! door FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 28 (88) 1 [With a look of anguish he reaches a hand towards her back.] Kyousuke: Wai...! 2 [She turns away and heads out the door.] 3 door FX: 4 [Just outside his closed door, she pauses and smiles.] Madoka: (...for today, that is.) 5 narration: She's so cold, after all... So cold. 6 [He looks closely at one of the books in his lap.] Kyousuke: Hm? 7 [A view of a page in a notebook.] page FX: notebook: AYUKAWA MADOKA-SENSEI'S ENGLISH LECTURE If you get careless, we can't be together in 3rd year!! Study this well until the next time sensei comes by. Okay? --------------------------------------------------- p 29 (89) 1 [His view of the pile of notebooks on his lap.] Kyousuke: [off] A-Ayukawa did all this just for me...?! 2 Komatsu: [flashback] Even that Ayukawa stays behind after school and crams. Madoka: [flashback] That's right... For the first time in a while, I've stayed up all night these past 2-3 days. 3 [A view of another page in a notebook.] notebook: Since Hikaru is looking after your livelihood, I'll see to your studies, although that's not girl-like. The next test will settle it. Let's be together in 3rd-year. 4 [Pov shifts. Kyousuke silently reads the notebook.] narration: This was the reason... Now, at last... I understand... Ayukawa... --------------------------------------------------- p 30 (90) 1 [Another view of all the notebooks on his bed.] narration: This is the first time I've seen so much of Ayukawa's handwriting... Notes that are relevant and easy to understand, and from her writing, it was clear that she's terribly worried about my injury... Kyousuke: Still, what an amazing amount... To write this one page must have taken an hour... 2 [He visualizes her.] Kyousuke: [off] (Ayukawa... Thank you...) 3 narration: Despite that, I said such terrible things to Ayukawa...!! Kyousuke: [flashback] What an idiot... Then, go home soon! Don't trouble yourself any over me!! 4 Madoka: [flashback] I won't be back! 5 Kyousuke: AH! 6 narration: I-I have to apologize! Otherwise, she really won't be coming back!! Kyousuke FX: 7 [He spies the telephone on a table.] narration: Th-that's it. I'll do it by phone!! --------------------------------------------------- p 31 (91) 1 [He tries to reach for it without getting out of bed.] Kyousuke: Mmmfff. O-out of reach... 2 [He crackles with the Power.] narration: Nobody's watching... It's just this once! 3 [The phone levitates.] telephone FX: 4 [Hikaru walks in, smiling and carrying his folded clothes.] door FX: 5 [She freezes at the sight before her eyes. Kyousuke looks back over his shoulder, one arm reaching out towards the floating phone.] 6 [Hikaru portrait. She stares hard.] --------------------------------------------------- p 32 (92) 1 [Split panel. Top--her view of him as he looks back at her. Bottom--he looks at the floating phone beside him.] Kyousuke: AH! 2 [Her eyes grow wide.] Hikaru: .......... You're kidding... 3 Kyousuke: (O-oh no! She saw the Power!!) 4 [The phone hits the floor. A corner of it cracks.] telephone FX: 5 [View pans back. She stands there. The clothes that she carried now lie scattered on the floor before her. Kyousuke staggers back in his bed.] Hikaru FX: Hikaru: Y-you're kidding-g-g! Kyousuke: H-Hikaru-chan!! --------------------------------------------------- p 33 (93) 1 [He clutches his head in anguish.] Kyousuke: (I'll have to change schools!!) 2 Kyousuke: (It's all over-r-r!) 3 [She scans about the room.] Hikaru: Nobody's... Here... 4 [He drops his gaze.] Kyousuke: H-Hikaru-chan, I'm sorry. To tell you the truth, I'm... narration: The only thing left to do is to tell it to her straight... That I possess the Power. 5 [Hikaru looks back with heartfelt emotion.] Hikaru: No! Don't say a thing!! --------------------------------------------------- p 34 (94) 1 [She closes her eyes.] Hikaru: [off] What I saw can't be helped!! 2 [View looking into the room through the window. She sits on the edge of his bed.] Hikaru: But... I definitely won't speak of this to anyone!! Kyousuke: EH? 3 [She tenderly clasps his bandaged hand and gazes up into his eyes. Her eyes glisten.] Hikaru: Not to anyone! Not even to Madoka-san!! 4 Kyousuke: H-Hikaru-chan... 5 [She rests her head on his shoulder, and looks up into his eyes.] Hikaru: This is just something between the two of us. 6 [Isolated shot of the broken phone on the floor.] --------------------------------------------------- p 35 (95) 1 Hikaru: [smiling] Sempai... Never mind that. Please get well quickly. 2 [Kyousuke profile. He smiles gently.] 3 [Hikaru curls her legs up on the bed.] Hikaru: I'll be so pleased when you get well, Sempai. Hikaru: Going to the amusement park together, and eating Haagen-Daaz ice... 4 [Rays of light cover this panel.] Hikaru: [off] ...cream. 5 [A surprised Hikaru finds herself being hugged tightly by Kyousuke. He rests his chin on her shoulder.] narration: I had a fight with Ayukawa, too... --------------------------------------------------- p 36 (96) 1 [Madoka tosses her hair back.] Madoka hair FX: 2 narration: Wait a minute... Maybe that was childish. I shouldn't have said that. 3 [She walks towards a phone booth.] 4 [Still wrapped in his embrace, Hikaru closes her eyes. Above them, a flashback image of Komatsu appears. Note the continuity flaw. Kyousuke's left hand (previously seen bandaged) now rests unbandaged against Hikaru's back.] Komatsu: [flashback] Hikaru-chan... There aren't any girls as nice as that! 5 [Exterior night shot of the hospital.] narration: I had never thought as tenderly of Hikaru-chan as I did now. Cute and diligent... And so sweet... 6 [The telephone remains on the floor, its receiver off the hook.] telephone FX: 7 [Madoka holds the phone to her ear.] Madoka: How strange... No answer... --------------------------------------------------- p 37 (97) 1 [Madoka walks back to the hospital.] 2 [Kyousuke still hugs Hikaru.] narration: There's... Nothing else to do but go and live with Hikaru-chan... It's clear that she thinks this much of me... So Ayukawa... That's all over... Besides, my Power was seen. 3 [View of Hikaru, her cheek resting on his shoulder.] narration: Sempai, I won't tell even if my mouth is ripped open! Sempai actually... 4 [Isolated shot of Kyousuke's rear end. He's in underwear and shirt. Hmm, strange-looking underwear.] 5 [View pans back and up. The two continue to embrace.] Hikaru: (Was wearing panties...!) dramatic FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 38 (98) 1 [Madoka walks down the hall.] 2 [The door opens...] door FX: 3 [...and Kyousuke and Hikaru turn to look.] ---------------------------------------------------