Kimagure Orange Road "A Report of Tragic Love" Volume 16, Story 7 WB Volume 9, Story 12 Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi Translation & compilation by : Craig H. Nishida Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose Matthew Akira Klippenstein Craig Nishida 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 243 (125) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 243 (125)--TITLE PAGE [Hikaru stands dressed in high heels, a cap and an oversized sweater. She smiles and bends one knee, showing off those fine legs.] MAIN TITLE (at top) A Report of Tragic Love SUB-TITLE (at bottom) Turning into a Girl Who Looks Good in High Heels! --------------------------------------------------- p 244 (126) 1 [Exterior view of the hotel.] 2 [Looking straight back at us, Shiori lifts her towel up over her waist.] Shiori: Hey, hurry-y-y. I'm... 3 [She lies next to and embraces @Mitsuru, who blushes fiercely and stares back at her.] Shiori: ...all yours! @Mitsuru heartbeat FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 245 (127) 1 [@Mitsuru jets out a pint of blood.] @Mitsuru nosebleed FX: 2 [Wiping the blood from his nose, @Mitsuru snaps out of it and notices that Shiori is standing nearby, fully clothed.] @Mitsuru: Hm? 3 [Putting her hairband back on, she notices his attention on her.] Shiori: Hm? 4 Shiori: Oh, I'm sorry. You fell asleep, Kazuto, so I went in to take a bath. 5 [View looking out the window.] Shiori: [off] But this room seems pretty expensive, hmm. I wonder if I have enough money? 6 [Wide-eyed, he dabs at his nose with a hankie.] @Mitsuru: Kazuto...? --------------------------------------------------- p 246 (128) 1 @Mitsuru: [blankly] Who's Kazuto? [Shiori stares back at him over her shoulder.] 2 [Smiling, she slaps him on his back.] Shiori: C'mon-n-n. Gee. Behaving like a star, even in front of me. Really, Kazuto! Let me call you by your real name--Hayakawa Kazuto. 3 Shiori: [smiling] Aren't we childhood friends? 4 @Mitsuru: Eh? 5 [His pov of her. She looks at him in a friendly way.] Shiori: It's been a long time, hm, Kazuto. 6 [Exterior shot of the hotel. Very few rooms are still lit.] narration: Kazuto...? Childhood friends?! --------------------------------------------------- p 247 (129) 1 [Exterior view of ABCB. The exterior lights are off, but the interior lights are still on.] Madoka: [off] But... 2 [Inside, Madoka looks at @Kyousuke.] Madoka: For you to suggest going out until morning is so unusual, Kasuga-kun. Wonderful. You want to study that much? 3 Madoka: I guess you've come to realize a bit that you're going to be in 3rd-year high. 4 @Kyousuke: [sly grin] Study... I see. Then maybe I'll have you teach me by hand and by foot*. <*Translation note: is a colloquial expression meaning both "holding by the hands and feet" and "with utmost care and kindness".> @Kyousuke FX: 5 [Madoka smiles softly back over her shoulder as she walks away.] Madoka: .......... --------------------------------------------------- p 248 (130) 1 [View looking up at the night sky.] Madoka: [off] Huh? My house is this way. 2 @Kyousuke: Eh?! House? You mean *your* house? 3 [Another sly grin.] @Kyousuke: (I see... If we're gonna have fun, it could be in a house... In her room...) 4 @Kyousuke: Alone? Madoka: Uh-uh. Tonight, for the first time in a while, oneechan has come back, so it's crowded. Still, it's just the two of us... 5 [@Kyousuke turns aside and blushes furiously. He looks wide-eyed up at the sky.] @Kyousuke: (Oneechan...?! This girl has an oneechan...? Then... It's 3-way fun...) @Kyousuke FX: 6 [Night view of a darkened city.] --------------------------------------------------- p 249 (131) 1 [Exterior view of the hotel.] sign: [both] Mitsumori... 2 [View down the cocktail bar of the hotel's restaurant. No one is about.] 3 [At a table next to the window, @Mitsuru and Shiori sit.] @Mitsuru: (Hmm, so... Hayakawa Mitsuru was a stage name, huh...?!) 4 [Another view of the empty cocktail bar.] --------------------------------------------------- p 250 (132) 1 [His view of Shiori, who sips at her drink through a straw.] narration: It seems that this girl's name is Shiori, that she's a childhood friend of Hayakawa Mitsuru, is currently a college co-ed, and that the two were sweethearts during high school. 2 [@Mitsuru looks flustered. He wears the shades.] narration: Huh!?! That means Hayakawa Mitsuru is older than me after all. What the hell does he mean, "2nd-year high school student!" 3 [Shiori leans toward him. He sits up, unnaturally stiff.] Shiori: Hmm. 4 @Mitsuru: [sweating] What? 5 Shiori: [merrily] With this sort of fashion you seem like a pretty sophisticated and different person... 6 [Her expression turns a bit more serious.] Shiori: But... To think that you really did become a celebrity. 7 [@Mitsuru sits there, blank and wide-eyed.] --------------------------------------------------- p 251 (133) [This page, the next page and the first panel on the one after that are all black-bordered, denoting the flashback.] 1 [Exterior shot of a school building.] narration: During high school, Kazuto and I were members of the same broadcast club... 2 [Kazuto sits with mike in hand. Behind him, Shiori smiles. Shiori had longer hair which she braided back then.] narration: Kazuto was the announcer, and, what's more, he wanted to stand out... His was a character that would not let go of a held mike, and he was always a popular person at school. 3 [@Mitsuru's view of Shiori, as she sits across the table.] Shiori: And so you were quite popular with girls, and on top of that, you, who love girls... Are the one I was always just burning with jealousy over. 4 [Exterior shot of a school building.] narration: In those days, Kazuto always happily told me his dream. 5 [In a hall, Kazuto and Shiori stand and talk.] Kazuto: I... Want to become a singer. --------------------------------------------------- p 252 (134) 1 [View looking up at trees.] narration: If I close my eyes like this, I can see the stage that awaits me. 2 [Kazuto stares up dreamily at the sky.] narration: The audience stirs on the other side of the curtain... It's my turn to go onstage! 3 Shiori: [merrily] And what if I was the only spectator there... Kazuto: [aghast] How cruel... 4 Kazuto: They'll be there. The seats will all be filled! There will even be those who can't get into the concert. Shiori: You're thinking it'd be great if all of them were cute girls, aren't you. 5 [Shiori drops her gaze.] Shiori: A selfish motive! 6 Kazuto: [solemnly] You're wrong. --------------------------------------------------- p 253 (135) 1 [He holds her by the arms and stares into her eyes.] Kazuto: I'll become famous just because I want to make you happy, Shiori. 2 [Shiori's pov of @Mitsuru.] 3 [@Mitsuru looks up at the ceiling in contemplation.] narration: Hmm... I was thinking that Hayakawa Mitsuru was just a playboy, but he has a lot of good points. 4 [Exterior view of the hotel.] sign: [both] Mitsumori Bank 5 [Tight shot of a pair of shoes and lower legs as they walk down a sidewalk.] --------------------------------------------------- p 254 (136) 1 [It's @Kyousuke and Madoka.] @Kyousuke: (When I show my manager a beautiful girl like this, I bet he'll be delighted with this find!) 2 @Kyousuke: Say... Do you have any interest in becoming a celebrity? 3 [Madoka looks back without expression.] 4 [She stares straight ahead.] Madoka: Absolutely none. 5 [@Kyousuke looks blankly at her.] 6 @Kyousuke: [irked] (Cheeky girl.) @Kyousuke FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 255 (137) 1 [He eyes her as she walks a bit ahead.] @Kyousuke: (But... That's why it's worth taking her down! Just you wait. I'll show you I'm no ordinary playboy.) 2 [View down a dark downtown street. The night sky is clear.] 3 [The buildings become more residential.] 4 [The front gate to a school.] --------------------------------------------------- p 256 (138) 1 [Exterior shot of a darkened school building.] 2 [@Kyousuke looks up as they walk by.] @Kyousuke: Hmm. Madoka: Huh? 3 [Madoka turns to look at what he's looking at.] @Kyousuke: A school, huh... 4 [@Kyousuke visualizes his days in the broadcast club with Shiori.] @Kyousuke: (What fond memories of my high school days. I was in a broadcast club in school.) --------------------------------------------------- p 257 (139) 1 @Kyousuke: Say, can we stop by for a bit? Madoka: Huh?! 2 [Exterior view of the hotel.] 3 [A waitress recognizes something off-panel.] 4 [She stops to talk to another waitress.] girl 1: Hey, isn't that Hayakawa Mitsuru? girl 2: Come to think of it, he's wearing sunglasses... 5 girl 1: Then, who's that woman?! girl 2: This... Smells like a scandal. 6 [Shiori notices the attention.] --------------------------------------------------- p 258 (140) 1 Shiori stand-up FX: 2 [She pauses and looks into his eyes.] Shiori: I'm sorry... I came to this town because I heard that you'd show up as a guest judge on a TV program, Kazuto... 3 [She begins to walk away.] Shiori: So I wanted to see you... But it looks like there'll be trouble if you stay here with me... 4 [She picks up her room key, which had been sitting on the table.] Shiori: Really, it'll be enough just to watch you in the assembly hall from afar. keys FX: 5 [She manages a wink and a smile.] Shiori: Your female fans are wild about you, hm. Terrific popularity! Such appeal with girls! 6 [@Mitsuru stares back speechless.] --------------------------------------------------- p 259 (141) 1 Shiori: You achieved your dream... Congratulations. But don't succumb to FF!! So, now I'll be... 2 [He removes his dark glasses.] 3 [Shiori turns her back on him.] Shiori: Do your best from now on, too, Hayakawa Mitsuru-kun! 4 Shiori: I'm... Your fan forever. 5 [She races off.] Shiori FX: @Mitsuru: AH! --------------------------------------------------- p 260 (142) 1 narration: That girl... I don't think those were her true feelings. 2 [He drops his gaze, deep in thought.] narration: If this goes on, how sad. But on the other hand, I'm not the true person, so I can't do anything for her... 3 narration: I want to at least let her meet the real Hayakawa Kazuto. [He rises and goes after her. Shiori stops and looks back.] @Mitsuru: I have something to show you! 4 [They leave the restaurant together.] narration: Anyway, I'll look for the guy himself, who I'm sure is inside my body. @Mitsuru: Come with me for a bit. Shiori: Huh? 5 [Exterior shot of the school building.] Madoka: [off] Wait a minute... --------------------------------------------------- p 261 (143) 1 [The darkened entryway, shoe lockers and stairs.] 2 [Madoka clings to his arm in nervousness.] Madoka: Why come here? Madoka FX: 3 [He looks down at her with a dark grin.] @Kyousuke: (Here's my chance!!) @Kyousuke FX: 4 [Exterior shot of the school building.] Madoka: [off] KYAAAA!! ---------------------------------------------------