Kimagure Orange Road "Nights Are an Adventure" Volume 16, Story 6 WB Volume 9, Story 11 Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi Translation & compilation by : Craig H. 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 223 (105) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 223 (105)--TITLE PAGE [Our favorite set of ESPer twins (well, the ESPer Ogi twins from "Karura Mau" are also cute...) stand in sailor-suit tops and unmatched skirts. Both pull down their eyelids and stick out their tongues.] MAIN TITLE (at top) Nights Are an Adventure SUB-TITLE (at bottom) Mustn't, Mustn't Forget Us! --------------------------------------------------- p 224 (106) 1 [View across the cityscape at night.] 2 [Exterior view of the large Dai-Ichi Hotel.] traffic FX: [off] sign: [both] Mitsumori Bank 3 [View down a hotel hallway.] 4 [View of a room door.] --------------------------------------------------- p 225 (107) 1 [A view of the hotel room.] 2 [Shiori's blouse and skirt lie on the carpeted floor.] 3 [So do her bra and panties.] 4 [@Mitsuru lies on his back on one of the beds. He's still in his clothes, but he's out cold.] 5 [A view looking towards the room's door. Light streams through the ventilation slats of the bathroom door.] 6 [Closer view of the closed bathroom door.] shower FX: [off] --------------------------------------------------- p 226 (108) 1 [Full-length frontal view of a showering Shiori.] shower FX: [off] 2 [@Mitsuru opens his eyes.] @Mitsuru: Hm? @Mitsuru FX: 3 [He sits up on the edge of the bed. Kyousuke's face appears on the speech bubble.] @Mitsuru: Ah?! Where am I?! 4 [He flashes back to when he was surrounded by girls.] narration: That's right! A lot of girls suddenly started swarming around me in town... And I ran to escape them. @Mitsuru: [flashback] Wh-what's this-s-s!?! --------------------------------------------------- p 227 (109) 1 [Flashback. He and Shiori sit in the back of the cab.] Shiori: [flashback] Let's go, Mr. Driver!! narration: And then a girl in a taxi rescued me... 2 [Flashback. Shiori leans over to kiss him on the cheek.] narration: And then suddenly, she boldly came on to me, and kissed me... Shiori FX: [flashback] 3 [He stands and looks out the window.] narration: And then we came to this hotel... Because I was exhausted after running around trying to escape, I fell asleep... 4 [He catches sight of his reflection in the window.] @Mitsuru: Hm? 5 @Mitsuru: H-huhhh!?! 6 @Mitsuru: (Th-this-guy is... That idol star, Hayakawa Mitsuru!!) --------------------------------------------------- p 228 (110) 1 narration: Wh-why have I turned into someone like that idol singer?! 2 [He stares at the ground in contemplation, and visualizes the collision at the street corner.] narration: I-it was then! It's when I collided at that street corner!! I swapped bodies with the Power!! @Kyousuke: [flashback] ..........! 3 [@Mitsuru stares out the window at the city lights.] narration: Come to think of it, were they saying that this idol star was showing up to be a judge at tomorrow's talent scout caravan...? But, to think I could have swapped bodies with this guy... 4 narration: And so that's why the girls suddenly swarmed over me...? It wasn't because *I* was popular with girls... @Mitsuru FX: 5 [He stares closely at his reflection in the window.] @Mitsuru: But... @Mitsuru FX: 6 @Mitsuru: No matter how you look at it, he isn't younger than me! He's around 18 or 19. He's cheating on his age! --------------------------------------------------- p 229 (111) 1 [He visualizes Shiori.] narration: By the way... That girl who brought me here... Who the heck is she?! 2 [His pov of Shiori's top on the floor.] @Mitsuru: [off] Hm?! 3 [He picks it up.] @Mitsuru: Th-this is... 4 [He picks up her tiny panties and blushes.] @Mitsuru: Th-this is...?! 5 [Shiori stands under the shower.] shower FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 230 (112) 1 [Nighttime, and Hikaru and @Kyousuke stand outside her home.] Hikaru: Sempai, having you come with me, and on top of that you even treated me to dinner... Thank you. @Kyousuke: Then, you can "treat" me, too. Ah, no, what a thing to say. @Kyousuke: You look so delicious... Ah, no, what a thing to say. 2 Hikaru: [beaming] Please come to see the audition tomorrow! 3 [Mitsuru's face appears within @Kyousuke's speech bubble.] @Kyousuke: S-sure... @Kyousuke: (Huh? Is this girl turning out for that audition?) 4 [She stares forcefully into his eyes and clings to his arm. He flinches back.] Hikaru: But, please don't worry!! It isn't really because I want to become a star!! 5 [She pulls back to look up at him.] Hikaru: Actually, if you take first prize at that audition, they present you with an enormous amount of prize money! 6 [A calculating expression comes over his face.] @Kyousuke: ...... Hmm. Jumping into the fire... --------------------------------------------------- p 231 (113) 1 [Hikaru smiles and clings to his arm once more.] Hikaru: After all, this too is for our future life together!! Hikaru FX: Hikaru: I haven't sung any songs before, but I'll give it my best shot! 2 [He looks down at the pretty girl on his arm.] @Kyousuke: (Somehow, I don't completely understand, but... This girl's cute!) 3 [His pov of her. Hikaru has closed her eyes and looks content, resting her head on his shoulder.] @Kyousuke: [off] Unlike the girls I often see around the TV station, she hasn't lost her naivete and seems innocent like a freshly-picked fruit. 4 [With a grin, he reaches out with his free arm for her.] @Kyousuke: I'LL TAKE IT! While it's fresh...! 5 [He misses, because Hikaru is already skipping and twirling into her house. She smiles and waves to him.] Hikaru: Well, thank you for the delightful meal. Good ni-i-ight! Hikaru footstep FX: @Kyousuke missed-grab FX: @Kyousuke: Huh? 6 @Kyousuke: .......... It's an eat-and-run. --------------------------------------------------- p 232 (114) 1 [View looking up at the hotel. A bank sits below it.] sign: [both] Mitsumori Bank 2 [@Mitsuru stands outside the bathroom door.] @Mitsuru: E-excuse me...! @Mitsuru FX: 3 [A view of her legs (and a bit more--woo woo!) as she showers.] Shiori: Ahh . Wait-t-t! I'm coming out now! 4 [He staggers away from the door.] @Mitsuru heartbeat FX: 5 [He blushes.] narration: Th-this is... Maybe... Sh-she's what they call a "groupie"?! After all, idol stars... 6 @Mitsuru: [smiling] (...do wild things!!) --------------------------------------------------- p 233 (115) 1 [He sits and leans back against the closed closet.] @Mitsuru FX: narration: If this goes on, then this... 2 [View looking up at billboards and a building. This is downtown.] 3 [The picture fades.] 4 [@Kyousuke walks down the crowded street.] @Kyousuke: But... Why has my appearance changed so much like that of a stranger? --------------------------------------------------- p 234 (116) 1 @Kyousuke: (I prayed that I wanted to go back to being an ordinary guy... I wonder if God was there and granted my wish?) 2 [He looks up at the sky.] @Kyousuke: Can't be, can it... 3 narration: But... Thanks to this, nobody suspects that I'm Hayakawa Mitsuru, the star! 4 [He stops to stare at some music billboards.] @Kyousuke: (If there aren't any girls chasing after me, then there aren't people who stare and point curiously at me, either!) 5 [Arms high, he stretches. Two drunken men walk by, arms around each other's shoulders.] @Kyousuke: (A nice feeling...!) two men: --------------------------------------------------- p 235 (117) 1 [He blushes slightly and stifles a laugh.] @Kyousuke: (All right-t-t! Now this means I can womanize freely, to my heart's content...!!) 2 [He rolls up a sleeve.] @Kyousuke: (Well-l-l. I can take my pick...!) @Kyousuke FX: 3 [He gives a look of determination and clenches both fists.] @Kyousuke: (Tonight... I'm gonna do as much as I like!!) @Kyousuke FX: 4 [He takes off across the street...] @Kyousuke: Yee-hahhhh! 5 [...crossing at a crosswalk...] 6 [...before tripping over the far curb and falling flat on his face.] @Kyousuke FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 236 (118) 1 [Exterior night shot of the hotel.] 2 [Shiori, wrapped in a towel, reaches for the bathroom doorknob.] 3 [She opens the door.] door FX: Shiori: Can I... Come out? 4 @Mitsuru: [wild-eyed and blushing] Ye... @Mitsuru heartbeat FX: 5 @Mitsuru: Yes... @Mitsuru heartbeat FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 237 (119) 1 [Night view looking up at some low buildings.] @Kyousuke stomach FX: [off] 2 [@Kyousuke places a hand on his stomach.] @Kyousuke: Hm? Somehow, I got hungry... All right... First of all... 3 [He looks up and spies a convenient four-letter coffee shop...] @Kyousuke: I'll satisfy my appetite!! 4 [Exterior shot of ABCB.] --------------------------------------------------- p 238 (120) 1 [Another exterior shot of ABCB.] 2 [Madoka half-portrait. She smiles back at us.] Madoka: How is it? Good? 3 [Her pov of @Kyousuke, who pauses wide-eyed with a spoon lifted to his mouth.] 4 [He stares across the counter at Madoka.] @Kyousuke: (Oo-oo-oo! A beautiful girl!!) 5 @Kyousuke: (But... For a while now, this girl has been mistaking me for, and calling me, Kasuga-kun...) 6 [He eyes her as she refills his water glass.] @Kyousuke: (But is she an acquaintance of his? Or his girlfriend?! They seem to be on strangely familiar terms, hmm...) @Kyousuke FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 239 (121) 1 [Out of her apron, Madoka sits on a table, dressed in blouse and micro- miniskirt.] 2 @Kyousuke: [face flushed] (The more I look at her, the prettier she gets...! There isn't anyone like this even in the world of show-biz...!!) @Kyousuke FX: 3 [A predatory look comes over his face.] @Kyousuke: All right... I've decided! 4 [His pov of Madoka.] narration: TONIGHT... narration: I'M TAKING THIS GIRL! --------------------------------------------------- p 240 (122) 1 [Shiori, wrapped only in a towel, emerges from the steam-filled bathroom.] Shiori: Sorry to have kept you waiting... 2 [@Mitsuru is lying on his back on a bed, hands behind his head and eyes closed. She approaches the bed.] @Mitsuru: (Sh-she's here...!!) Shiori footsteps FX: 3 [His eyes grow huge as her silhouette nears.] @Mitsuru: (This girl... She thinks that Hayakawa Mitsuru is me! But, what'll I do...?!) @Mitsuru heartbeat FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 241 (123) 1 [Exterior view of ABCB. The exterior lights have been turned off.] Madoka: [off] Ahhhh! 2 [Inside, Madoka looks up a clock. It is 11:30 PM.] Madoka: The bus is gone already... It's because you came at this late hour, Kasuga-kun... 3 [She looks back at us with a slightly mischievous grin.] Madoka: Take responsibility, hm. 4 [Her pov of him. He smiles.] narration: I wonder if she's tempting me... Heh heh heh heh... For me, who's widely known as a playboy, this is naturally... @Kyousuke: Then, will you go out with me till morning? 5 [She tosses her hair back.] Madoka: .......... Okay. ---------------------------------------------------