Kimagure Orange Road "The Man Who Can't Return" Volume 16, Story 2 WB Volume 9, Story 7 Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi Translation by : Tonghyun "Vajra" Kim (13 May 1992) Special thanks to : Peter Payne Compilation & Additional translation by : Craig Nishida Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose Matthew Akira Klippenstein Craig Nishida Scott Henry 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 144 (26) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 144 (26)--TITLE PAGE [Madoka stands in a blouse, miniskirt, jacket, shoes and knee-high stockings --with one hand on a hip and the other brushing her hair back.] MAIN TITLE (at top) The Man Who Can't Return SUB-TITLE (at bottom) Oh yeah! She is a J-girl! --------------------------------------------------- p 145 (27) 1 [A schoolgirl's attention is caught off-panel.] Grandpa: [off] Excuse me, miss. 2 [Grandpa displays a drawing of Kyousuke.] Grandpa: Would you happen to know a young man like this? drawing caption: Line drawing. 3 blonde girl: Hmm, I don't know him. Mariko, do you? Take a look. Mariko: No, I don't. Wow, mister. That's a good drawing... Are you a manga artist? [Grandpa blushes and looks embarrassed.] Grandpa: Really? C'mon... Ha ha ha ha! Maybe I should apply some tones, too. 4 [Grandpa smiles at a lady walking by.] Grandpa: Just a minute, ma'am! 5 [She walks away.] lady: I don't know. lady FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 146 (28) 1 Grandpa: Obaachan. old lady: I don't know. 2 [View down a street.] little girl: [off] I know him! 3 [Grandpa's pov of the little, blonde, long-haired girl.] 4 Grandpa: Eh?! Really?! Where did you see him? Where is he now? You're such girl. Here, have some manju! [She beams and holds out both hands.] little girl: Kyaaaa! Thank you-u-u! --------------------------------------------------- p 147 (29) 1 [Flashback view of young Madoka kissing Kyousuke under the Tree of Memories.] 2 [Blushing, he touches his lips and looks off into the distance.] narration: Although she's a fifth-grader... 3 [View pans back. Kyousuke sits with his back against the tree.] narration: She was the genuine Ayukawa!! 4 [He visualizes young Madoka.] narration: But... The Ayukawa of the past... Has an image that's completely different from the present... --------------------------------------------------- p 148 (30) 1 little girl: [off] HEY-Y-Y! Kyousuke: [reeling] Wahhh! 2 Kyousuke: Wh-what...?! 3 [The little girl stands nearby.] little girl: Eh heh! Surprised? 4 narration: O-ohh, it's the girl who picked up my book... 5 little girl FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 149 (31) 1 [View pulls back. The sun sets.] little girl: Oniichan, are you a friend of the oneechan who was here just now? Kyousuke: Eh? 2 [The little girl blushes and looks at him bright-eyed. Kyousuke forces a nervous smile.] little girl: Say, how do you know her? Friends? Or... narration: This girl is precocious, too... little girl FX: 3 [Kyousuke smiles back at the little girl.] Kyousuke: Someday... We'll become friends. little girl: ? 4 [He gazes up at the sky.] Kyousuke: From now... Let's see... In three years, we'll meet again in this town. little girl FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 150 (32) 1 [He rests his head back against both arms and looks dreamily up at the sky.] Kyousuke: But... A tomboyish, lively Ayukawa like that is also nice... 2 [He visualizes Hikaru.] narration: That's right... She's just like the present-day Hikaru-chan. Kyousuke FX: 3 [The little girl puts a finger against her pursed lips.] 4 little girl: Hmm. [He looks at the little girl.] 5 [The little girl smiles down at him, arms behind her back.] little girl: You prefer boyish girls! Kyousuke: [blushing] Ah! Were you listening? Ha ha ha ha! --------------------------------------------------- p 151 (33) 1 [The little girl brushes her hands through her long blonde hair.] little girl: Then maybe I'll cut my hair just like Madoka-oneechan. 2 [Kyousuke stops short.] 3 [He gets a really close look at the little girl's face. She stares up at him, blankly.] Kyousuke FX: 4 [His view of the little girl.] narration: This beauty spot. This silky hair. And these large eyes... The appearance and the atmosphere are feminine and strikingly different, but... 5 [Pov shifts. He bends down and stares at the little girl from 4 inches away. The little girl looks up at him, wide-eyed.] narration: W-without a doubt, this girl is...!! --------------------------------------------------- p 152 (34) 1 Kyousuke: H-HIKARU-CHAN!! [She smiles and throws her arms wide.] young Hikaru: RIGHT-T-T! AMA-A-AZING!! 2 young Hikaru: [happily] Oniichan. How did you know my name?! Just like an ESPer!! 3 [He blushes and looks embarrassed.] Kyousuke: Eh?! Uhh... Well... 4 [View of the tree through a weird lens.] narration: But... To think this girl is Hikaru-chan... Jeez... This wonderland is full of surprises! --------------------------------------------------- p 153 (35) 1 [A view through the trees in the park.] narration: That Hikaru-chan is so feminine and Ayukawa so boyish... 2 [The sun is setting.] narration: It's the exact opposite from the present!! 3 young Hikaru: Oh, that's right. 4 young Hikaru: Say, oniichan. Maybe you know that bald ojiichan? Kyousuke: ?! --------------------------------------------------- p 154 (36) 1 [A view down the sidewalk.] Kyousuke: [off] Wh-what'd you say-y-y?!! 2 [Pov shifts. Kyousuke and young Hikaru stand on the sidewalk.] Kyousuke: Ojiichan told you he'd come for me in a month, and went back?! 3 [She happily munches on the manju in her hands.] young Hikaru: He told me to tell you that if I saw you, oniichan, and gave me this manju . 4 narration: Ca... Can't be...!! --------------------------------------------------- p 155 (37) 1 Kyousuke: (W-wait a minute. What will become of me "in a month"?!) 2 [Kyousuke gazes up at the sky in a sweat.] narration: Is he telling me to wait alone during all that time in this world of 6 years ago?! [Little Hikaru holds out a manju to him.] young Hikaru: Won't you have one? 3 [A view of the large tree in the now-deserted park.] --------------------------------------------------- p 156 (38) 1 [Exterior evening shot of the Ayukawa residence.] 2 [A closer view of the home.] sign: Ayukawa 3 [Young Madoka walks in the door.] door FX: 4 young Madoka: I'm home! --------------------------------------------------- p 157 (39) 1 [View of a door.] door FX: 2 [Young Madoka sticks her head in the door. Her sister is seated, dressed in a nightgown.] young Madoka: Say, oneechan. Do you have a minute? door FX: 3 [Madoka enters, holding something behind her back. Her sister turns around from her seat at her dresser.] sister: Oh, how unusual. That you want to see me... 4 young Madoka: [soft smile] Heh heh! 5 [Sister brushes her hair.] sister: [humming] Hm . 6 [Madoka watches.] --------------------------------------------------- p 158 (40) 1 young Madoka: [smiling] Somehow, you look happy today, oneechan. Something nice happened, didn't it. sister: Ohh, you can tell? 2 [Her sister turns on a hand-held hair dryer.] young Madoka: Maybe something like a date with your boyfriend in the park! hair dryer FX: 3 sister: [turning to face Madoka] Hey-y-y! How do you know that? So, you were watching, huh! young Madoka: [merrily] I don't know! 4 [Profile of her sister.] 5 sister: [off] And *you*... Acting unusual like that... You're usually more tight-lipped. What happened to you today? --------------------------------------------------- p 159 (41) 1 sister: Something nice happened, didn't it? Maybe you found a boyfriend? 2 young Madoka: [slight blush] Huh? 3 sister: [off] Even so, you're such a tomboy without even one skirt...! It can't be that, could it? 4 [Madoka's smile fades.] --------------------------------------------------- p 160 (42) 1 young Madoka: Say, oneechan. 2 [A close view of what young Madoka is hiding behind her back.] 3 [She holds it out for her sister to see. It is a miniskirt.] young Madoka: This skirt... Would it look good on me? 4 [Exterior night view of the Ayukawa residence.] sister: [off] HUH!?! --------------------------------------------------- p 161 (43) 1 [Panels 1-3 are night views of downtown streets.] sign 1: [right, middle] Porno Bookstore sign 2: [right, lower] Gentleman... sign 3: [left] Disposition 2 narration: But... On second thought, it turns out that I was the one who gave Ayukawa her first kiss... 3 narration: Is that okay...?! sign 4: [left, upper] Konan Shop--Cantonese Cuisine sign 5: [left, middle] Wizard 4 [He walks through the crowded sidewalk, hands in his pockets.] Kyousuke: (To save Ayukawa from falling out of a tree, and to kiss her past self... Far from killing a single bug, I've altered her past considerably.) 5 Kyousuke: (That means I might have altered her future!!) --------------------------------------------------- p 162 (44) 1 [Panels 1-2 are more night views of the downtown streets.] narration: Even if I make it back to 1987, in the worst case... 2 narration: Ayukawa might not know me at all, or she might not be here in this town, or she might have become a completely different person... sign 7: [right] Yakiniku sign 8: [right] sign 9: [right] sign 10: [left] MK Home sign 11: [left] Snack Maruna sign 12: [left] Record Renta sign 13: [left] Credit sign 14: [left] Spain 3 [He stops and stares upward. Other pedestrians walk around him.] narration: WH-WHAT'LL I DO?!! ---------------------------------------------------