Kimagure Orange Road "Under the Tree of Memories" Volume 15, Story 7 WB Volume 9, Story 4 Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi Translation by : Tonghyun "Vajra" Kim (17 April 1992) Special thanks to : Peter Payne, Kevin Quinn Compilation & Additional translation by : Craig Nishida Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose Craig Nishida Matthew Akira Klippenstein Last revision : 09-01-95 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 84-85 (144-145) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 83 (143) 1 [Kyousuke lies asleep on his back under a large tree in a park.] narration: Spring break has arrived... 2 Kyousuke: ZZZ 3 (inset) [Tight shot of a foot.] foot FX: 3 [Someone with long black hair takes the end of that hair and tickles his nose.] tickle FX: TITLE: Under the Tree of Memories 4 (inset) Kyousuke: Ah... Ah-choo! 4 [He looks over at the girl who kneels beside him.] Kyousuke: Hey-y-y, who is it?!! Madoka: Ah ha ha ha ha! --------------------------------------------------- p 84-85 (144-145)--TITLE PAGES [Two-page title page spread. Madoka sits on the grass beside him, knees pulled up. Kyousuke sits up.] MAIN TITLE (at top) Under the Tree of Memories Madoka: If you take a nap in a place like this, you'll catch a cold. SUB-TITLE (at bottom) It's Easy to Feel the Spring of Awakening. To Catch Hold of a Mischievous Gentle Breeze... --------------------------------------------------- p 86 (146) 1 and 2 [Identical panels. Kyousuke stares back at us wide-eyed.] 3 [Madoka stands up and smiles down at his blank face.] Madoka: What are you doing? Kyousuke: Eh? 4 [He lies back and looks up at her.] Kyousuke: As you can see, I was taking a nap*. Madoka: In the middle of the day? 5 [He waves a forefinger.] Kyousuke: That's why it's called a nap*. <*Commentary (CN): Specifically, Kyousuke says he's taking an *afternoon nap*. In other words, a "siesta."> Madoka: ...... I see. --------------------------------------------------- p 87 (147) 1 [She looks down at him in slight surprise.] Madoka: Ah! Those words! Kyousuke: Eh? 2 Madoka: That's why it's called a nap... Hmm. 3 Madoka: It's the same... Kyousuke: ? 4 [A view looking upwards into the tree.] Madoka: [off] What's more... .......... It's even the same place. 5 [Madoka walks a short distance off, looking up at the sky.] Madoka: Such fond memories... This place hasn't changed a bit since then. 6 [Madoka portrait--she looks dreamily up at the sky.] 7 Kyousuke: Uhh... The same? With whom was it the same? --------------------------------------------------- p 88 (148) 1 [She casts a glance back at him over her shoulder.] 2 [She closes her eyes.] Madoka: A certain someone... 3 [In an inset, Kyousuke stares in surprise at her. In the panel, he smiles and raises a forefinger.] Kyousuke: I got it! Since you said, "it's the same," it must be your first love!! Kyousuke: Maybe I was being a bit cocky! 4 Madoka: Pin-pon! [He tosses both arms up in victory.] Kyousuke: Hooray-y-y! I got it-t-t!! 5 Kyousuke: EH? 6 [Madoka drops her gaze and turns away.] Madoka: Putting it that way, it sounds nice... But it isn't really like that... narration: Ehhhh?! Can't be, really?! --------------------------------------------------- p 89 (149) 1 [With back to the tree, she looks off-panel.] Madoka: To tell you the truth, we promised to meet here today, in a few years time... Under this tree... 2 [She touches a message carved into the bark of the tree.] Madoka: He saved my life. But before I could even thank him, he was gone. Instead, here... Madoka FX: 3 [Kyousuke portrait.] 4 writing: Here again, in six years. To Madoka. 5 [He steps up to the tree and reads the writing.] Kyousuke: Here again... In six years. To Madoka... 6 [View looking up at the sky.] Madoka: [off] And so... I came here today to say the thanks that I wasn't able to say back then... But it happened so many years ago, I didn't possibly think he'd come... --------------------------------------------------- p 90 (150) 1 [She smiles and tries to stifle a laugh. Kyousuke drops his gaze and looks irritated.] Madoka: But for you to be here taking a nap, Kasuga-kun... Madoka FX: Kyousuke FX: Kyousuke: S-sorry, huh. 2 [She starts to walk off. Did I mention she's wearing a delightfully tiny miniskirt?] Madoka: See ya! I was on my way to do some shopping... 3 Kyousuke: .......... 4 [He stares at the writing.] Kyousuke FX: 5 Kyousuke: What shitty handwriting! 6 [Kyousuke kicks at a tuft of grass.] narration: But... Even though he saved her life, to think he was trying to meet her here again... Wasn't there an ulterior motive?! Kyousuke FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 91 (151) 1 [His view across a field at a small stand of trees.] narration: Although I'm sure that Ayukawa wouldn't have such feelings, he better not have been thinking about meeting her again condescendingly, and hitting on her, huh. That scumbag!! 2 Kyousuke FX: 3 [He glares at a passing guy.] narration: Is it *him*? 4 [He glares at a passing Hikaru-chan.] narration: Or *hi...* 5 Hikaru: Sempai! 6 [She smiles and flashes him a "peace" sign. Hikaru is in a long-sleeved striped top, pants, striped socks and shoes.] Hikaru: When I went to ABCB just now, Madoka-san told me you were here... What are you doing in a place like this? --------------------------------------------------- p 92 (152) 1 [Hikaru looks up dreamily.] Hikaru: This park, I'm pretty sure, is... 2 [A view looking up at the tree.] Hikaru: [off] Oh. This tree... I heard about it from Madoka-san a long time ago... So this is it, hm. 3 [View looking down from up in the tree. Hikaru looks up. Kyousuke stands nearby and looks at Hikaru.] Hikaru: This is the tree where Madoka-san had her first kiss! 4 [Kyousuke stands stunned.] --------------------------------------------------- p 93 (153) 1 Kyousuke: Eh? 2 [He smiles nervously and rests a hand behind his head. Hikaru blushes furiously and claps her hands to her cheeks.] Kyousuke: What did you say just now? Hikaru: Kyaa! I'm so embarrassed. Hikaru: I mean, Madoka-san had her first kiss. Under this tree! 3-8 [A sequence of six panels, alternating between Madoka in the embrace of a generic guy (their lips gradually approach one another's) and a facial portrait of a shocked Kyousuke.] 9 [View looking up at a tree-framed sky. In his speech bubble, Kyousuke clutches his head.] Kyousuke: E-EHHHH!?! --------------------------------------------------- p 94 (154) 1 [View of treetops and sky.] narration: Ayukawa had...?! 2 [Exterior view of an apartment building.] narration: Her first kiss...?! --------------------------------------------------- p 95 (155) 1 [Exterior view of the Kasuga apartment building.] 2 [Kyousuke walks in the front door.] door FX: 3 [View zooms in. He is unhappy.] door FX: Kyousuke: First kiss... First... Kyousuke FX: 4 [Without turning to look, he walks past his smiling and waving Grandpa.] Grandpa: Hey, Kyousuke! I'm making myself at home!! Kyousuke: narration: Spring break... Trouble-maker ojiichan is here. 5 [Manami rushes out of the kitchen, holding a ladle in hand. Kyousuke merely glances at her.] Manami: Where have you been, oniichan?! Ojiichan was waiting a-a-all this time! He said he wanted to see you! Manami footsteps FX: 6 [He falls on his back in bed.] Kyousuke FX: narration: .......... That's why I went out. Kyousuke: Phew! --------------------------------------------------- p 96 (156) 1 [He visualizes Hikaru and Madoka from earlier in the day.] Hikaru: [flashback] This is the tree where Madoka-san had her first kiss! Madoka: [flashback] A certain someone... 2 [He rests his head back in his hands and closes his eyes.] narration: There's no reason to worry. It's Ayukawa we're talking about... And that happened a long time ago... Everyone has a memory or two. That's right! Can't fault her. Kyousuke: Heh heh. 3 [His face turns into a frown.] narration: I shouldn't be concerned!! 4 [A very big frown...] Kyousuke: .......... 5 [Madoka and some guy begin to kiss. The guy has one of those black bars covering his eyes (to protect the innocent).] inset FX: 6 [He sits up, fists clenched and his face a grim mask.] Kyousuke: (But still, I'm worried!!) Kyousuke FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 97 (157) 1 [Kyousuke realizes Grandpa is in his room, leaning back against the closed door.] Grandpa: Ho! ho! ho! What a greatly-troubled generation. Kyousuke FX: Kyousuke: When did you... 2 Grandpa: What's distressing you so much? Kyousuke: .......... Nothing really...! 3 Grandpa: Oho! 4 [Grandpa zips over and elbows him in the side.] Grandpa: So, your heart was broken, wasn't it?! Grandpa: Ehh? How about it? Hey! Grandpa FX: 5 [Kyousuke drops his gaze and looks unhappy.] Kyousuke: .......... It's none of your business, ojiichan! Please go away! Kyousuke FX: 6 Grandpa: I'm going shopping for a bit, so I came to invite you. 7 [Smiling, Grandpa points at the front of a book he holds in one hand.] Grandpa: This gourmet book says there's a shop that sells delicious manju nearby! Let's go together! are buns filled with a variety of stuff--the most common being a sweet bean-jam paste.> Kyousuke: [yelling] If you wanna go, go by yourself! book: Shuueisha's Manju of Japan Everything you always wanted to know about manju!! --------------------------------------------------- p 98 (158) 1 [On the street in front of the Kasuga apartment building, Grandpa hauls off a reluctant Kyousuke.] Grandpa: I'm not of this town, so I don't know that place very well. Oh, anyway just come! Grandpa FX: Kyousuke: Oh! oh! oh! 2 [Kyousuke raises his eyes to the sky.] Kyousuke: This is no time to be eating manju! 3 [Kyousuke's pov. He's looking across the street at a park. On this side of the street are various stores.] 4 [Kyousuke stares wide-eyed at the open book held in his hands.] Kyousuke: Huhhh? This shop is near the park I just came from! 5 [Their pov of a donut and coffee shop.] Grandpa: [off] Here it is. Kyousuke:[off] Ojiichan, there's no manju shop here... 6 [Kyousuke looks up from the open book in his hands.] Grandpa: Kyousuke, close your eyes for a moment! Kyousuke: My eyes? Okay, but... Kyousuke: Why... --------------------------------------------------- p 99 (159) 1 [He closes them.] Kyousuke: ? Grandpa: [off] Okay? Don't open your eyes until I count three!! 2 [Panels 2-3 are grey panels.] Grandpa: [off] Three. 3 Grandpa: [off] Two. Grandpa: [off] One. 4 Grandpa: All right! 5 [Kyousuke looks up to find himself standing before a different shop.] Kyousuke: Huh? sign: Motozaki Manjuu banner: Manju 6 [Grandpa enters the shop. Still holding the book, Kyousuke just stands and stares. From one side, a small, blonde, long-haired girl rushes up.] Grandpa: Hey, give me some manjuu! narration: Was there a building like this here?! little girl footsteps FX: 7 [The little girl ends up tripping over Kyousuke's legs. Kyousuke drops the manju book he was holding.] little girl: Kya!! little girl/Kyousuke FX: Kyousuke: Ah! --------------------------------------------------- p 100 (160) 1 [The little girl lies flat on her face on the pavement, arms spread wide. Kyousuke rises on one elbow and looks over at her unmoving body.] Kyousuke: Ah! Oh no-o-o! Is she going to cry...?! little girl: .......... 2 [The little girl wears a dress. She bears a strong resemblance to Kazuya's girlfriend, Kyouko--except this girl is more feminine. Here, she lifts up her face. Tears well in her eyes. Her nose is bruised.] little girl: I... I won't cry...! little girl FX: little girl tears FX: 3 [Kyousuke helps her to her feet.] Kyousuke: I'm sorry! Are you... All right? little girl: .......... Uh-huh. 4 [Just then, Kyousuke spies a long-haired brunette girl walk by.] Kyousuke: Hm? brunette girl FX: 5 [He looks across the street. At the entrance to the park stands the girl, looking off to one side.] Madoka FX: Kyousuke: (Huh? Ayukawa?!) 6 Kyousuke: (.......... It looks like she's waiting for someone.) --------------------------------------------------- p 101 (161) 1 Madoka: [flashback] We promised to meet. Under this tree... Kyousuke: [flashback] Here again... In six years. To Madoka. 2 [Kyousuke races off.] Kyousuke FX: narration: She came to meet him, after all!! 3 [The little girl spots the fallen book.] 4 [She raises it high and cries out after him.] little girl: .......... You forgot something! 5 [Grandpa exits the store, looking embarrassed and carrying a small package.] Grandpa: Hey, Kyousuke. Do you have some money? I forgot to bring my wallet!! Ohhhh. Ha! ha! ha! 6 Grandpa: Kyousu... ...... Huh? Hmm. Where'd he go? --------------------------------------------------- p 102 (162) 1-3 [Panels 1-3 show his surroundings streaking past as he runs.] narration: If I'm not mistaken... In this park, Ayukawa... 4 [Kyousuke pauses as he hears something off-panel.] man: [off] I wanted to see you... Kyousuke: ! 5 [Wide-eyed, he peers through the bushes.] Kyousuke FX: Madoka: [off] I was sure... 6 [View pans back. Madoka is in the tight embrace of a guy (who we can't see because she's in the way). Kyousuke can only gape.] Madoka: ...you'd come. --------------------------------------------------- p 103 (163) 1 [His pov. Rising on tiptoe, she kisses the guy. The video seems to be breaking up.] 2 [He focuses in on the kiss.] 3 [Kyousuke's stunned face.] ---------------------------------------------------