Kimagure Orange Road "And Then, Da Capo" Volume 16, Story 3 WB Volume 9, Story 8 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 Craig Nishida Matthew Akira Klippenstein 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 163 (45) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 163 (45)--TITLE PAGE [Shoulders touching, Kyousuke and 17-year-old Madoka stand under the Tree of Memories. Kyousuke adjusts the red straw hat which sits upon his head.] MAIN TITLE (at top) And Then, Da Capo SUB-TITLE (at bottom) Worrying About the Shoulder That's Touched... The Destination of His Heart! --------------------------------------------------- p 164 (46) [This page and the next are black-bordered, denoting the dream sequence.] 1 [Flashback pic of young Madoka kissing Kyousuke under the tree.] 2 [Madoka pulls away from his lips. But this Madoka looks older than the young version who really kissed him.] narration: But... The person who first kissed Ayukawa... Was it really okay for it to be me...?! 3 narration: Could it be... That there was someone else she was supposed to kiss, but I simply cut in between the two...?! 4 [High-school-aged Madoka stands before him, arms crossed.] --------------------------------------------------- p 165 (47) 1 [She looks irritated.] Madoka: ...... Kasuga-kun. 2 Kyousuke: AH! Kyousuke FX: 3 [She raises her hand high.] Madoka: You were the one... Who tricked me as a child! You coward!! Madoka arm FX: 4 [Wide-eyed, he throws up both arms to ward off the blow.] Kyousuke: N-no. This is... Uhh...!! --------------------------------------------------- p 166 (48) 1 [View looking up at the trees. Beams of sunlight fill the air.] Kyousuke: [off] OO-WAHHH! 2 [Kyousuke comes to, lying under the tree.] Kyousuke: ...... Hm? 3 Kyousuke: ...... A dream? 4 [He sits up, rubbing his forehead.] narration: That's right... I was left behind by jiichan. In this world of 6 years ago... Kyousuke: --------------------------------------------------- p 167 (49) 1 [Young Madoka runs. She's dressed in a sweater over a blouse, the miniskirt from last chapter, dark stockings and shoes.] Madoka footsteps FX: 2 [Young Madoka stops and turns to look over her shoulder.] young Hikaru: [off] Madoka-sa-a-an! 3 [Madoka's pov of Hikaru. Hikaru is dressed in jeans and sweatshirt. Her hair's been cut so you can see her ears now.] young Hikaru: Heh heh! 4 [Eyes wide, the two point fingers at each other.] young Hikaru/Madoka: Huhhh!?! --------------------------------------------------- p 168 (50) 1 [Young Madoka bends to look little Hikaru in the eye.] young Madoka: Hikaru, what happened to you...?! young Hikaru: [smiling] You too, Madoka-san... 2 young Hikaru: [beaming] Wearing a skirt like that... Where are you going...? young Madoka: [forced smile] .......... Nowhere really! 3 young Madoka: See ya! 4 [A view down a deserted park path.] 5 [Young Madoka looks off to the side as she walks through the park. Off to the other side, Kyousuke does the same.] young Madoka: Huh? I guess he isn't here yet... 6 [He looks off-panel.] Kyousuke: (Th-that voice is...!!) --------------------------------------------------- p 169 (51) 1 [A hand comes to rest on Kyousuke's shoulder.] hand FX: 2 [Kyousuke is tugged into some bushes.] hand FX: bush FX: Kyousuke: Wah!! 3 Grandpa: HI!! Kyousuke: O-ojiichan. 4 [Grandpa sits and peels a large fruit with a knife.] Grandpa: I came for you!! Well, let's go. knife FX: 5 Kyousuke: H-huh? But, jiichan. I heard you weren't coming back until a month later... [Grandpa munches on his peeled fruit.] Grandpa FX: Grandpa: And so I came from the world of 6-years-and-1-month from now! 6 Kyousuke: Ah! 7 Kyousuke: I-I see! --------------------------------------------------- p 170 (52) 1 [Panels 1-3 are views of the sky overhead.] narration: And then I told ojiichan what happened after we were separated... That I became friends with the younger Ayukawa, and that I unavoidably saved her life even though I knew that I shouldn't interfere... 2 narration: That I tried to use the Power then, but couldn't use it in this world of the past...! 3 [View of the sky.] 4 [View across the park.] Grandpa: [off] Wh-wha-a-at?!! You saved Madoka-chan in this world?! 5 [Grandpa and Kyousuke sit on the ground, surrounded by bushes. Kyousuke holds a palm to his forehead.] Grandpa: You're saying that you were the one who saved her life? Kyousuke: Maybe I... Did a terrible thing... 6 Grandpa: No. Wait. Then what did she say 6 years from now about the actions carried out by that person who saved her life? Kyousuke: EH?! --------------------------------------------------- p 171 (53) 1 Kyousuke: .......... As I recall... 2 [A flashback of 1987 Madoka standing at the tree.] Madoka: [flashback] He saved my life. But before I could even thank him, he was gone. Instead, here... Madoka FX: [flashback] 3 Grandpa: You're coming home with me now, right? You're going to be gone, right? It'll be just like she said!! 4 [Kyousuke considers.] 5 Kyousuke: Ahhhh, I see! If I return home to 6 years from now... It'll be fine!! Grandpa: Exactly! 6 narration: W-wow! That means the person who saved Ayukawa's life... narration: And the person who kissed her... Was me... I'm so glad it was me!! --------------------------------------------------- p 172 (54) 1 [Kyousuke happily clasps Grandpa's hands.] Kyousuke: O-ojiichan!! Grandpa: Now the future won't be changed! 2 [Kyousuke looks blankly at Grandpa, off-panel.] Grandpa: [off] But more than that, if you hadn't come to the past... And if you hadn't saved her with a split-second decision... 3 narration: I... 4 narration: Could never have met Ayukawa!! 5 [He sags to the ground and stares up at the sky.] Kyousuke: .......... Kyousuke FX: 6 Kyousuke: If you hadn't brought me here... .......... Thank you. [Grandpa stands with hands in his pockets and smiles.] --------------------------------------------------- p 173 (55) 1 [Young Madoka continues to walk through the park.] young Madoka: (How strange. He isn't here...) young Madoka FX: 2 Kyousuke: .......... But I'm not supposed to have met her twice! Grandpa: Really?! Let's go home right now. You mustn't meet her again. 3 [The two emerge from the bushes.] Kyousuke: Ayukawa... She isn't here now. Good! 4 [Kyousuke looks over at the tree.] Kyousuke: Oh! That's right! 5 Kyousuke: Ojiichan, you had a knife, right?! Grandpa: Hm? 6 [Kyousuke writes on the tree with the knife.] knife FX: Grandpa: What are you carving? 6 (inset) Kyousuke: [smiling] Heh heh! You'll see! --------------------------------------------------- p 174 (56) 1 Kyousuke: Ojiichan, if I'm going back to six years from now... There's a place I want to return to. Grandpa: Okay! 2 writing: Here again, in six years. To Madoka. 3 [Kyousuke smiles and remembers his first reaction when he read the writing on the tree.] narration: How stupid of me. That means I was just being jealous of my own self...! Kyousuke: [flashback] What shitty handwriting! 4 [A view down a park path.] narration: I feel a little sorry to leave here, but... 5 [Smiling softly, he looks up at the sky, and visualizes young Madoka and her soccer ball.] narration: Sayonara, Ayukawa... 6 [Grandpa and Kyousuke walk away.] narration: Sayonara, 1981! --------------------------------------------------- p 175 (57) 1 Kyousuke: But... Hey, ojiichan. Wouldn't Ayukawa remember my face that she saw 6 years ago? 2 [Grandpa looks back in consideration.] 3 Grandpa: [merrily] As for that, you needn't worry. A face like yours would be forgotten right away! Kyousuke pratfall FX: 4 [A view up at the sky.] Grandpa: [off] Well... --------------------------------------------------- p 176 (58) 1 Grandpa: [smiling] It's not like your picture was taken, and no one would remember someone they'd met for half a day or so six years ago. 2 [Kyousuke portrait.] narration: That's true... 3 [This panel and the next 3 panels are bordered in gray. Panels 3 and 5 here show young Madoka in near full-portrait, wearing her red straw hat.] narration: But... What really surprised me was that red straw hat... 4 [Kyousuke portrait.] narration: I can't believe it was a present I gave her... 5 [Young Madoka smiles while holding the hat in her hands.] narration: She kept it as though it was so precious... But... Something that dear to her... --------------------------------------------------- p 177 (59) 1 [Another flashback. Madoka glances back at Kyousuke at the top of the 99.5 Steps. Kyousuke wears the red straw hat on his head.] narration: When we first met 3 years ago... Ayukawa gave it to me, who she'd never met before! 2 narration: This, after all... Seems like something nice that I can be happy about! 3 [Young Madoka walks near the large tree.] 4 [She looks off-panel.] young Madoka FX: 5 [Her attention is caught by a knife stuck into the side of the tree.] --------------------------------------------------- p 178 (60) 1 [Kyousuke lies on his back under the tree.] caption: Spring 1987... narration: And I'm at this spot again, pretending to be asleep... 2 [He feigns sleep.] narration: Watch... She'll turn up soon! Kyousuke: ZZZ 3 (inset) [Someone approaches.] foot FX: 3 narration: And tickle my nose... [Someone with long black hair uses a few strands to tickle his nose.] tickle FX: 4 (inset) Kyousuke: Ah... Ah-choo! 4 Kyousuke: Hey-y-y, who is it?!! Madoka: Ah ha ha ha ha! narration: I sneeze once! --------------------------------------------------- p 179 (61) 1 [View pans back. Madoka sits beside him, knees up.] narration: And then she'll say... Madoka: If you take a nap in a place like this, you'll catch a cold. 2 [Kyousuke smiles.] narration: See!?! --------------------------------------------------- p 180 (62) 1 Madoka: [merrily] What are you doing? 2 [Kyousuke looks up.] 3 [His pov of the writing on the tree.] writing: Here again, in six years. To Madoka. 4 Kyousuke: Of course...!! --------------------------------------------------- p 181 (63) 1 Kyousuke: I was waiting for you, Ayukawa! [A portrait of the tree, under which Kyousuke sits, looking up at Madoka who stands before him.] ---------------------------------------------------