Kimagure Orange Road "Spring Is for Idols" Volume 16, Story 4 WB Volume 9, Story 9 Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi Translation by : Edward Weinstein and Albert Nakano (Sep 1994) Compilation & Additional translation by : Craig Nishida Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose Craig Nishida Matthew Akira Klippenstein Last revision : 09-02-95 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 183 (65) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 183 (65)--TITLE PAGE [Madoka stands at the mike, one shoulder bared.] MAIN TITLE (at top) Spring Is for Idols SUB-TITLE (at bottom) The Beat of My Heart Is a Hurricane!! --------------------------------------------------- p 184 (66) 1 [A male idol singer belts out a song onstage.] 2 crowd: Mitsuru-u-u! Kyaaaa! --------------------------------------------------- p 185 (67) 1 [Mitsuru sings.] 2 Kurumi: Kyaaaa! He's so great!! 3 [View pans back. Kurumi is watching TV. She looks back at the rest of the family and points at the TV.] Kurumi: Look, look! Isn't he great?!! 4 [Kyousuke eyes his sister.] Kyousuke FX: 5 [She eyes him back.] Kurumi: Hey! What's with that look? dramatic FX: Kyousuke: What's so great about a guy like that? --------------------------------------------------- p 186 (68) 1 [She stares him in the eye and holds up a hand mirror to his face.] Kurumi: Handsome! tag: Mirror Kyousuke: .......... 2 Kyousuke: [lecturing] You two are already in your first year of high school.* Rather than watch TV all the time, don't you have things to think about? Don't you have more things to do?! <*Commentary (EW/AN): Equivalent to 10th grade in the U.S.> 3 Kurumi/Manami FX: Kyousuke: Wh-what is it? What's with that look...?! 4 [Kurumi crosses her arms and closes her eyes.] Kurumi: You should take your own advice, oniichan. Kyousuke: Eh?! 5 Kurumi/Manami: You're in third year high already, right! [Kyousuke flinches back.] Kyousuke: ULP! 6 [He sits in front of the TV with a nervous smile.] Kyousuke: Ooooh! This show's pretty interesting. --------------------------------------------------- p 187 (69) 1 Takashi: Well done... You truly are the eldest son. 2 [Kyousuke gets to his feet...] Kyousuke: Well... 3 [...and leaves the room, scratching his head. His sisters smile at each other.] Kyousuke: Study, study. Kyousuke FX: 4 [A view of one section of his room. A manga and a dumbbell sit on the floor.] manga: Shounen Dembu 5 [An open notebook lies on his desk.] 6 [Books and a pencil case sit on the desk.] 7 [Kyousuke reclines in his seat, legs up on the desk and arms behind his head.] chair FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 188 (70) 1 [He stares up at the ceiling.] Kyousuke: Third year in high school... 2 Kyousuke: There sure are lots of things to think about... chair FX: 3 [Takashi sticks his head in his room. Kyousuke suddenly sits up straight with a book in hand.] Takashi: Just thinking about it is useless!! You have to DO! door FX: Kyousuke FX: 4 Takashi: [off] You're going to college, aren't you! door FX: Kyousuke: Ye-e-es! 5 [View looking into his bedroom through the sliding glass door. Kyousuke looks outside.] narration: My school goes up to college in an escalator system! But if my test grades are bad too often, I might be in for it... --------------------------------------------------- p 189 (71) 1 [He leans his head back in his hands once more.] narration: That means... I should study properly for my exams, too. 2 narration: No matter how much Power I may have, there's nothing that can be done about this... 3 [Kyousuke looks towards his door.] Kurumi/Manami: [off] Kyaaaa! Are you kidding!?! Banza-a-ai!! 4 narration: That guy... 5 [He visualizes Mitsuru singing.] narration: He looked younger than me, but he's already in a world that has nothing to do with school and such... And the girls scream for him... 6 narration: ...... I'm jealous!! --------------------------------------------------- p 190 (72) 1 [Kyousuke rests his cheek in one hand, thinking.] 2 narration: An uneasy thought just crossed my mind... 3 [He visualizes the shimmering goddess.] narration: I wonder if Ayukawa is going on to college? 4 [He stares off-panel...] 5 [...and smiles.] narration: Of course she is...! Yeah! 6 [Exterior night shot of the Kasuga apartment building.] --------------------------------------------------- p 191 (73) 1 [Exterior shot of the door to studio number 2.] 2 [Inside, someone plays an electric guitar.] 3 [It's the bass player in Shuu's band. A drummer, Shuu on lead guitar and Yukari on vocals round out the band.] Shuu: Okay, how about something like this? drummer: Good work. Yukari: Still... --------------------------------------------------- p 192 (74) 1 [Madoka sits at keyboards, drinking from a can of Coke.] 2 Yukari: [smiling] I'm glad you made the decision, Madoka-chan. Shuu: We're depending on you! 3 [Madoka raises her can to them, smiles and winks.] 4 [Exterior daylight shot of the Kasuga apartment building.] narration: The next morning... Kurumi: [singing, off] The scream of the accelerator from squealing tires.* A strange woman; a coupe dashed out. <*Commentary (CN): Kurumi sings the opening song to the first season of the KOR TV series, which began airing in April of 1987. The title of this song is "Night of Summerside", sung by Ikeda Masanori, composed by *NOBODY*, arranged by Niikawa Hiroshi, with lyrics by Urino Masao.> 5 [Kurumi stands in her school uniform, holding a spoon for a mike. Kyousuke claps his hands over his ears and shuts his eyes.] Kurumi: [singing] Encounter at a highway junction. When I saw the harbor, I noticed I'd fallen in love. --------------------------------------------------- p 193 (75) 1 Kurumi: [singing] Saying you want tenderness more than a kiss, Night of Summerside. Hidden by innocence, your eyes were grown-up... 2 [Kyousuke bellows in Kurumi's face.] Kyousuke: Arrggghhhh! Shut up!! Starting so early in the morning! 3 Kurumi: [happily] Hey, listen, listen. On the show they did last night, they said they'd do a "talent scout caravan" next time! 4 [He turns to Manami.] Kyousuke: What's that? Manami: It's a contest to recruit new stars. A contest! 5 Kurumi: [in elation] And the very first one will be here in our town!! 6 Kyousuke: And... You can't possibly be thinking of turning out for that? What's more... Kurumi: Pin po-o-on! is the bell sound on Japanese quiz shows which signals a correct answer.> writing at bottom of page: Japan Music Copyright Association (issued from) Permit Number 9251774-201 --------------------------------------------------- p 194 (76) 1 [Kurumi blushes and claps her hands to her cheeks.] Kurumi: Maybe I'll become a singer! Kurumi FX: 2 [She notices that her brother is eyeing her.] Kyousuke FX: Kurumi: Ah! 3 [Kyousuke slaps his side in mirth. Kurumi is steamed.] Kyousuke: Bwa-ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! Kyousuke FX: Kurumi FX: 4 [Exterior shot of the Kasuga apartment building. Facial portraits appear on each speech bubble. Kurumi pumps her fists and glares. Kyousuke flinches.] Kurumi: What's so funny, you jerk!! Kurumi FX: Kyousuke: Gyaaaa! 5 [Kyousuke's pov as he approaches the main gate of Kouryou school.] narration: Oh brother... After all... girls: Good morning. 6 [Tight shot of the sign to classroom 3-C.] narration: ...it's spring, isn't it... --------------------------------------------------- p 195 (77) 1 [Komatsu smiles and holds up a ruler as a mock-microphone.] Komatsu: First up, Komatsu Seiji, now singing!! 2 [Kyousuke watches with a forced smile.] Komatsu: [singing] Changing into a dark jacket, You said, "follow me," conceitedly. narration: There's someone here who's lost it, too...! 3 [Komatsu smiles and takes the surprised Kyousuke by the arm.] Komatsu: Here you go! Next up! Kasuga Kyousuke-kun! narration: But... Well, right now I feel like laughing at, and forgiving, anything! 4 [He faces off-panel and sings into the ruler.] classmate 1: [off] Great! class FX: [off] classmate 2: [off] Hey-y-y. Kyousuke: [singing] Suddenly, everyone felt melancholy, Mysteriously, the same. narration: "Why?" you ask? 5 [Tight shot as the door opens and a girl's leg enters.] door FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 196 (78) 1 [It's Madoka, who takes in the scene without much expression.] 2 [Komatsu cheers on the gyrating Kyousuke.] Komatsu: Hey, Mr. President! 3 [Kyousuke backs into Madoka, surprising her.] Kyousuke FX: Kyousuke: [singing] Don't forget... A single teardrop suppressed now. 4 [He looks back at her, wide-eyed...] narration: This year, once again... 5 [...and blushes.] crows-in-background FX: 6 [Exterior shot of a school building.] narration: ...we're classmates! --------------------------------------------------- p 197 (79) 1 [In a hall, two boys sing into a fist or a fork.] 2 [Near the stairs, two girls sing as well.] 3 [Kyousuke walks past them, glancing up at the ceiling.] narration: What in the world is everyone thinking...? 4 [Exterior shot of a school building.] --------------------------------------------------- p 198 (80) 1 [Exterior shot of ABCB.] 2 [Hikaru and Kyousuke sit at the counter. She looks over at him, as he stares up at the ceiling.] Kyousuke: But I wonder if everyone realizes that they're really in their 3rd-year of high school... Hikaru: Huh? 3 Kyousuke: [off] That's right...! You're a 1st-year high school student, hm. [Hikaru smiles softly.] 4 Kyousuke: [smiling] Congratulations. Hikaru: [smiling] Heh heh! Thank you. 5 [Hikaru pauses and looks up.] Hikaru: But I want the time to pass by faster... Kyousuke: Hm? --------------------------------------------------- p 199 (81) 1 [He rests his head back against his hands and looks mournfully up at the ceiling.] Kyousuke: ......? I don't want time to go by any faster than this. Studying... I've got a headache... 2 [Hikaru launches herself at him with a smile.] Hikaru: Because I'm definitely going to be your bride, Sempai! I'm even starting to think about plans for our life together now! Hikaru: First is a one-story, 4-LDK* house. Then, children--a boy and girl each... <*Commentary (CN): LDK = Living-room/Dining-room/Kitchen. Space is at a premium in Tokyo, so that a 4-LDK house (i.e., one with 4 bedrooms) is a veritable mansion.> 3 [Smiling, Madoka walks in, carrying a sack of groceries.] Madoka: Huh?! What are you talking about? Hikaru: [off] Oh! Madoka-san! 4 [She sets the sack down on the counter, next to Hikaru.] Madoka: Come to think of it, I heard, Hikaru. groceries FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 200 (82) 1 Madoka: Hikaru, are you trying out for that contest? [Hikaru smiles back at Madoka in embarrassment.] Hikaru: Eh heh! You found out. Kyousuke: [wide-eyed] Eh?! 2 [Kyousuke stares off-panel.] Madoka: [off] You'll win the contest and become a star! Hikaru, it might suit you. Hikaru: [off] Wha-a-at?! No way-y-y. 3 narration: E-even Hikaru-chan...?! 4 Hikaru: [merrily] Oh, but you're trying out, too, Madoka-san! [Madoka smiles and blushes slightly, raising a finger to her lips.] Madoka: Ah! Shhhh! --------------------------------------------------- p 201 (83) 1 [Kyousuke sweats and stares off-panel.] narration: ..........?! 2 [His view of the two smiling girls.] narration: Wh-what the hell...? Really... narration: Even though... It's spring... 3 [Exterior view of ABCB.] narration: What are you thinking about?! Everyo-o-one! ---------------------------------------------------