Kimagure Orange Road "The Happening Kiss!" Volume 16, Story 1 WB Volume 9, Story 6 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 125 (7) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 125 (7)--TITLE PAGE [On a table sits a cup of coffee on a saucer, a spoon with a cube of sugar sitting on it, lipstick, a wristwatch and a photo of the young, tomboyish, brunette girl smiling and wearing the red straw hat.] MAIN TITLE (at top) The Happening Kiss! SUB-TITLE (at bottom) If I Could Turn the Pages of Time, I'd Like to Return to That Day I Fell in Love... --------------------------------------------------- p 126 (8) 1 [The young girl tumbles down, headfirst.] girl: KYAA!! 2 [Kyousuke stares upward while rushing forward.] Kyousuke: LOOK OUT!! 3 narration: B-but... This is the past! In that case... It often shows up in SF stories and such... That if you go to the past, you mustn't step on a single leaf, or kill a single bug. In other words, my saving this girl would mean... --------------------------------------------------- p 127 (9) 1 [Eyes closed, she continues to scream as she falls.] narration: Is that okay, Kyousuke...?! You'll change this girl's future as well!! 2 [Kyousuke races forward with a determined look in his eye.] 3 [He dives forward.] narration: But if I don't save her, she'll die!! Kyousuke FX: 4 [A view looking up into the tree.] FX: [off] Kyousuke head-on-tree FX: [off] --------------------------------------------------- p 128 (10) 1 [View looking down on the pair. Kyousuke lies on his stomach, his head against the base of the tree. The girl lies on her back on top of him, one eye open.] girl: ...... Huh? 2 [Sitting up, she notices that Kyousuke's head has shattered the bark of the tree. Sugoi!] girl: AH! 3 [View looking up at the sky.] girl: [off] H-hang on-n-n!! 4 [View down a park path.] Kyousuke: [off] Ow-ow-ow-ow-ouch... 5 [View of one entrance to the park.] sign: 'O-X' Park girl: [off] Are you all right? 6 [View down a sidewalk.] --------------------------------------------------- p 129 (11) 1 [Kyousuke pauses on the sidewalk, bending over for a breather. The girl checks his head.] Kyousuke: Wait a sec... Am I bleeding? girl: A huge lump!! That must hurt! 2 [She smiles softly at him.] girl: But hey... Good thing it's just a lump, huh! It made such an awful sound... "THUNK"! 3 [He gets in her face, glaring. She flinches, eyes grown wide.] Kyousuke: You-u-u...! 4 [Several passing pedestrians turn at the ruckus.] Kyousuke: [off] If I hadn't saved you--look at that height now! If you were lucky, you'd have broken bones. I mean, you'd be dead!! 5 Kyousuke: Just accept... 6 [She holds the soccer ball and smiles back.] girl: Never mind that... Aren't you looking for someone? What kind of man is he? --------------------------------------------------- p 130 (12) 1 Kyousuke: He's getting bald. 2 [She tries to stifle a laugh...] girl: 3 [...and slaps him on the back.] girl: girl FX: 4 [Kyousuke watches her in surprise.] 5 [He smiles.] narration: I'm worried about this girl's future. If she were a bit more graceful, and wore a skirt or something... 6 [His pov of her. She has one eye closed from laughing.] narration: ...she'd be so cute. --------------------------------------------------- p 131 (13) 1 [Beneath a pedestrian walkway, Kyousuke looks off-panel.] narration: But... Where the hell is that old man wandering around? He couldn't possibly have left me here, 6 years in the past, and returned home, could he... 2 [Elsewhere, Grandpa also looks off-panel.] Grandpa: (Where the hell is that idiot traipsing about?! I have to find him quick and go home!) 3 [Kyousuke's attention is diverted by 3 small schoolboys walking towards him.] young Hatta: But hey, Komatsu-kun. You're amazing. 4 young Hatta: I hear you had the highest score in the juku's mock exam again.* <*Commentary (TK): A is a private school for exam preparation. It is not part of the formal education system.> young Komatsu: [looking embarrassed] Nahhh... 5 [Kyousuke stares wide-eyed.] narration: .......... Komatsu and... Hatta! 6 [Stopped in front of a bookstore, with magazines stacked on a sidewalk display, the third boy opens up a centerspread and flashes it at Komatsu. Komatsu turns his back and blushes.] other boy: Look, Komatsu-kun! He-e-ere! It's a nude picture! nude picture caption: Perverted!! pages FX: young Komatsu: Stop it. I don't like perverted stuff like that. 7 [The third boy and Hatta run off. Komatsu watches them leave.] other boy: Damn! As usual, Komatsu-kun, you're such a serious kid. Bye! --------------------------------------------------- p 132 (14) 1 [Komatsu blushes deeply and stares wide-eyed at the stack of magazines.] young Komatsu heartbeat FX: 2 [Komatsu's fingers grow twitchy.] 3 [Kyousuke smiles merrily.] Kyousuke: 4 [Kneeling, Kyousuke takes the magazine and hands it to the startled little boy.] Kyousuke: Here. magazine: The Lech 5 [Komatsu's twitchy hand reaches for it.] 6 [He snatches it and quickly turns his back towards Kyousuke.] young Komatsu FX: 7 [Kyousuke crosses his arms and drops his gaze in contemplation. Before him, young Komatsu ogles and drools over the magazine.] narration: I see... This day was the turning point in his life. young Komatsu: Eh heh . Wowww. So dirty-y-y. --------------------------------------------------- p 133 (15) 1 [Kyousuke's attention is diverted off-panel.] young Yuusaku: [off] Ahh, mama! The girls are teasing me again!! Yuusaku's mom: [off] Don't cry, Yuusaku. Aren't you a man?! 2 [Kyousuke stares off-panel, in the direction of Yuusaku.] narration: In 6 years time... Do things change THIS MUCH?! 3 [He looks back towards the tomboyish girl, who's busy balancing the soccer ball on her head.] girl: Hup! 4 [View pans back. He walks on up the sidewalk, turning back to watch the girl as she follows him while kicking the ball.] narration: But... Then... Who the heck... Is this girl? girl: Oh, wait! --------------------------------------------------- p 134 (16) 1 [A view of a modern downtown street.] 2 [The sidewalk is filled with people.] 3 [Inside a store, a red straw hat hangs on a wall.] girl: [off] Ahh, I've wanted this. --------------------------------------------------- p 135 (17) 1 [Full-page nearly-full-portrait view of the girl wearing the red straw hat. Skirt, nothing! Those high-cut shorts she's wearing make her look plenty feminine, thank you! She smiles brightly.] 2 [Her smile fades as she hears Kyousuke, off-panel.] Kyousuke: [off] Tsurikichi Sampei!!* Just like a boy! <*Commentary (TK): Tsurikichi Sampei was a boy with an instinct for fishing --from a famous fishing manga of the same title.> 3 [Face flushed, she drops her gaze and removes the hat. Kyousuke smiles apologetically.] girl: .......... I don't need it, after all... Kyousuke: Ahhhh. Just kidding! 4 Kyousuke: [off] It's red and feminine... And it looks good on you! [She reconsiders.] --------------------------------------------------- p 136 (18) 1 girl: Really?! 2 [He opens his wallet and approaches the clerk.] Kyousuke: All right. I'll buy it for you. How much, mister? shop clerk: 1500 yen. 3 [The clerk stares nervously and wide-eyed at the 500-yen coin Kyousuke holds out.] 4 [A grey panel.] shop clerk: [off] .......... What's this? What's this huge 100-yen coin? And this toy-like 1000-yen bill! Kyousuke: [off] Ah! I-I'm sorry-y-y! narration: Sh-shoot. Six years ago, there weren't any 500-yen coins and new bills in circulation yet! 5 [Out on the street again, Kyousuke watches the girl as she walks on ahead of him. She wears her new hat and a smile.] 6 Kyousuke: (.......... Hmm. A red straw hat...) --------------------------------------------------- p 137 (19) 1 [He looks up at the sky.] narration: Speaking of a red straw hat... 2 narration: When I first met Ayukawa... 3 [Flashback view of the red straw hat (chapter 1.1) flying through the air.] narration: Her hat was blown off by the wind... 4 [He leaps to catch it.] Kyousuke: [flashback] Arg! 5 Madoka: [flashback] The wind just took it away. hair/blouse FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 138 (20) 1 narration: And then... She gave it to me. Madoka: [flashback] It's yours! You look good in it. 2 [Kyousuke's face takes on a look of contemplation.] 3 Kyousuke: (Somehow... It looked just like this one...) Kyousuke FX: [The girl looks back at him, blankly.] 4 [A view of the tree in the park. The sun sets.] Kyousuke: [off] Ojiichan wasn't around, after all... --------------------------------------------------- p 139 (21) 1 [Kyousuke sits against the base of the tree. The girl stands nearby.] Kyousuke: .......... What should I do? girl: You have nowhere to go? 2 girl: Say... Why not come to my house? 3 [A view across the park towards some buildings.] girl: [off] There are extra rooms at my place right now. Father and Mother aren't here; it's just oneechan and me. 4 [He drops his gaze, and tosses his hands in the air.] Kyousuke: .......... You gotta be kidding. Never mind that. You better go home now...! 5 [Eyes shut, he rests his hands behind his head.] Kyousuke: It's getting dark, *boy*! --------------------------------------------------- p 140 (22) 1 [The girl kneels beside him and kisses him on the lips.] 2 [A closer view.] 3 [She pulls away. He's motionless.] --------------------------------------------------- p 141 (23) 1 [She smiles and winks at him. He blushes, eyes wide.] girl: I'm a *lady*! 2 [Still blushing, Kyousuke touches his lips.] 3 [He raises his eyes to the sky, in contemplation.] 4 [He rises, and yells at the girl, who is heading off. She turns.] Kyousuke: Hey-y-y! You precocious brat!! 5 girl: [smiling] Thanks for this hat! I, Madoka, will treasure it!! And thanks for saving my life. I'll treasure it, too, along with the hat! --------------------------------------------------- p 142 (24) 1 [Kyousuke stops short.] writing at bottom margin: Who is this girl? 2 [A view of the sky.] Kyousuke: [off] Hey! What did you say just now?! young Madoka: [off] Huh? Kyousuke: [off] Your name! 3 [He points at her.] Kyousuke: You just said your name!! young Madoka: ? 4 young Madoka: My name? I'm Madoka. Ayukawa *Ma*do*ka*! --------------------------------------------------- p 143 (25) 1 [He's stunned and speechless.] 2 [She trots off towards the setting sun, one hand on her hat to keep it from blowing off.] young Madoka: See you here again tomorrow, 'kay! It's a promise! narration: That girl is... Ayukawa?! 3 [Eyes wide, he touches fingers to his lips.] narration: It was lightly, but... I'm sure her lips touched mine... 4 [He falls backward, towards the tree.] Kyousuke FX: 5 [View looking up at the tree.] Kyousuke head FX: [off] Kyousuke: [off] Oww... narration: .......... This isn't a dream! ---------------------------------------------------