Kimagure Orange Road "The Stage of Dreams" Volume 16, Story 9 WB Volume 9, Story 14 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 283 (165) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 283 (165)--TITLE PAGE [Madoka stands in bikini bottom and tanktop, in front of a sparkling sea.] MAIN TITLE (at top) The Stage of Dreams SUB-TITLE (at bottom) The Lapping Sounds of the Marine Blue Are a Prelude to a Sparkling Time of Year!! --------------------------------------------------- p 284 (166) 1 [The Kasuga sibs cross a street together.] narration: The day of the auditions... Kurumi: Oh, Manami-chan, aren't you going to take part? 2 Manami: I'd be too embarrassed, so I'll just watch. 3 Manami: [winking] Do your best, Kurumi. I'll be rooting for you! 4 Kurumi: Oniichan, aren't you going to take pa... Kyousuke: [glaring in her face] NO! 5 [He drops his gaze and enters lecturing mode.] Kyousuke: In the first place, I can't understand why people would want to appear with airheads like that. 6 Hikaru: [off] Sempa-a-ai!! [His eyes pop wide.] --------------------------------------------------- p 285 (167) 1 [Full-length portraits of Madoka and Hikaru standing side-by-side in dresses.] 2 Kurumi: Hikaru-chan and Madoka-san are also taking part, right? [Madoka smiles and Hikaru winks and gives two thumbs-up to Kurumi.] Hikaru: Yup. Let's give it our best shot, 'kay?! 3 [Hikaru looks inquiringly at Kyousuke, who can't meet her gaze and mumbles into his fist.] Hikaru: By the way, what can't you understand, Sempai? Kyousuke: ...... Nothing. 4 [Exterior view of the audition hall.] banner: Yamato TV. *You*--A Star Is Born. Audition Caravan. --------------------------------------------------- p 286 (168) 1 [Kyousuke pauses outside. Manami and Kurumi rush for the entrance.] 2 [His feet come to a stop.] Kyousuke FX: 3 [He stares at the ground.] narration: There is one thing that bothers me. 4 [Flashback pic of Mitsuru and Kyousuke, slamming their heads together.] narration: That yesterday, I swapped places with Hayakawa Mitsuru with the Power... 5 [Two girls stop to read a poster set up outside the entrance.] narration: That he swapped bodies with me... What could he be thinking? poster: *You*--A Star Is Born. 6 [View of people standing near the entrance.] narration: And... What might he have thought about the relationship between Ayukawa and me...?! --------------------------------------------------- p 287 (169) 1 [View pans back. Kyousuke stands at the entrance.] narration: Today, at this assembly hall... 2 [People walk past and around him.] narration: He's come here as a judge, so... If he should see my face once more, yesterday's events might come up as he speaks. 3 Kyousuke: (Right in front of Komatsu and Hikaru-chan...!!) 4 [Exterior view of the assembly hall.] sign: Town Hall --------------------------------------------------- p 288 (170) 1 [He looks up at the sky.] narration: But. Well... Therefore, in short, it's better if he doesn't see me now! 2 [He spins about and walks away.] narration: I'd like to see Hikaru-chan's and Ayukawa's performances, but I better not go into the assembly hall today, after all! Kyousuke FX: 3 narration: Ah! Wait. Ayukawa's taking part, so that means that naturally, her face will be seen by Hayakawa Mitsuru on stage. narration: And then he might just easily reveal the fact that Ayukawa and I were together yesterday...hm. 4 Hikaru: Sempai!! What are you doing in a place like this?! Kyousuke: Ah! 5 [She hooks him by an arm and rockets off, smiling.] Hikaru: Hurry, hurry! I got you a seat!! Hikaru FX: 6 [He can only stare up at the sky as he's hauled away.] narration: Wait a sec... It looks like I'll be on pins and needles all day today... --------------------------------------------------- p 289 (171) 1 [A view looking up at the mezzanine level of this huge hall.] 2 [Kyousuke's pov of the smiling Komatsu and Hatta.] Komatsu: To get these seats! I had a very hard time! 3 [Hikaru smiles and waves to her left. Madoka, Kurumi and Manami sit to her right.] Hikaru: Thank you, Komatsu-san. Kurumi: [wide-eyed] Ama-a-azing! 4 [Kyousuke glares off-panel.] narration: Damn. Doing something totally uncalled-for, these guys! Of all the things... 5 [View pans back. The seven sit in front-row, center-stage.] narration: .......... That it's the front row... 6 [Young women in the crowd go wild.] girls: Kyaaaa! --------------------------------------------------- p 290 (172) 1 [View from behind the two as a woman and Mitsuru stand onstage. Mitsuru waves.] woman emcee: Here is our guest and special judge, Hayakawa Mitsuru-san! crowd: KYAAAAAA!! 2 crowd: [off] Mitsuru-u-u! KYAAAAAA! 3 [Hikaru and Komatsu look questioningly at the weird guy sitting between them. Kyousuke is trying to hide his head under his arms.] 4 Komatsu: What are you doing, Kasuga-a-a? Kyousuke: Shut up. Don't mind me. --------------------------------------------------- p 291 (173) 1 [Mitsuru spots someone off-panel.] 2 [Madoka realizes he's looking at her.] 3 [Mitsuru smiles and waves at her.] Mitsuru FX: 4 [Her eyes widen.] Madoka: ..........?! 5 [Hikaru swivels her head from stage to Madoka, her eyes wide with wonder. Madoka has dropped her gaze.] Hikaru: Ama-a-azing. Didn't Hayakawa Mitsuru wave his hand to you just now, Madoka-san?! Madoka: ...... It's just your imagination. 6 [Kyousuke still has his face buried, but he's heard Hikaru.] Kyousuke: .......... 7 Kyousuke: (O-oh no...! If this continues, then, everything really will be spilled!) --------------------------------------------------- p 292 (174) 1 [A 5-man band appears on stage. Its leader is a kappa.] narration: And then... The auditions began. Matsumoto Izumi: [as kappa] Entry number two! Junkie Matsumoto and the TranquiRiders! With a tune called "Another Drink of Dawn's Yunkeru*!" <*Commentary: is a class of drinks whose purpose is to increase stamina. One such example is the product called "Lipovitan-D". This song would appear to be a popular one sung by all manga artists pulling an all- nighter under an imminent deadline.> crowd: WAHHH! 2 [The kappa pounds on the drums while doing vocals.] Matsumoto Izumi: [singing] Hey, you good-looking girl going by; won't you apply some tones with me? Hey! drums FX: 3 [A bass player and a guy playing a triangle stand at another mike.] bass player: [singing] I'm sle-e-epy. percussionist: [singing] Don't give up. triangle FX: 4 [The two other band players stand at a third mike.] another band player: [singing] It's another three pages! band players FX: lead guitarist: [singing] Do your best, do your best. sheet music: DX-7. 5 [The kappa grasps the microphone with one hand, and raises a bottle of yunkeru (with a straw inserted) with the other.] Matsumoto Izumi: [singing] Ahhhh. Another drink of Dawn's Yunkeru. bottle label: Yunkeru 6 [The kappa launches into his drum solo with a vengeance.] drum solo FX: 7 [A man rushes up.] man running FX: nametag: Mr. T label: 8 [Mr. T hooks the kappa by the shirt and hauls him offstage.] Mr. T: [singing] Three more pages, one more hour. Matsumoto Izumi FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 293 (175) 1 [Kurumi stands at the mike and sings.] 2 boy 1: Great!! boy 2: So cu-u-ute! boy 3 FX: 3 [Smiling, the emcee aims a microphone at Kurumi.] woman emcee: Oh, what a cute little lady. What's your name? 4 Kurumi: Kurumi. 5 woman emcee: [smiling] Are you in elementary school? You aren't in junior high yet, are you-u-u! 6 [Kyousuke points and holds his sides.] Kyousuke: WAH! HA! HA! HA! HA! 7 [Kurumi slings the microphone overhand...] Kurumi: What's so funny, you! Kurumi arm FX: 8 [...and it lodges in Kyousuke's mouth.] Kyousuke FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 294 (176) 1 [A long-haired rocker jams on his guitar.] guitar FX: 2 [The image focuses into Komatsu wearing leather and a wig, backed up by Hatta on drums. Hatta also wears a wig.] Komatsu: [yelling into the mike] That was Hell's "XXXX"!! drum solo FX: labels in the margins: Komatsu Hatta 3 Komatsu: [singing] I'll write you a love letter!! rock music FX: 4 [View pans way back. The drums are actually a picture painted on a propped-up board. Smoke fills the stage.] rock music FX: smoke FX: kanji on drums: Hatta 5 [The crowd screams in unison.] crowd FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 295 (177) 1 [A tight view onstage shows that Hatta is merely sticking his head through a hole in the drum set picture.] Komatsu: L-look, Hatta! At the girls cheering!! Hayakawa Mitsuru isn't worth our attention!! Hatta: [singing] Crash, bang. 2 [The girls start tossing cans.] crowd: SHUT UP!! Don't treat heavy metal like trash! crowd: Give it up!! 3 bottles and cans FX: [Komatsu's wig is knocked off. Hatta and the drum set picture go flying.] 4 [Hikaru sings onstage. She's dressed in a sleeveless top, miniskirt and large bow in her hair.] --------------------------------------------------- p 296 (178) 1 [Pov from behind her lovely legs. The guys go apeshit.] crowd: So cute!! Date me! Look over here! 2 Toshiba EMI judge: (Yeah... Not bad.) Mitsuru: (Huh?! ...... That girl...) name plaques: Toshiba EMI ...kawa Mitsuru 3 [Kyousuke stares up at the girl onstage.] Kyousuke: (...... Hmm. Hikaru-chan looks pretty sharp.) 4 Kyousuke: [wincing a bit] (Now, if she only had a musical beat... Hikaru-chan is rather tone-deaf, huh. Ha ha ha!) 5 [He rubs his chin and stares up raptly at Hikaru.] Kyousuke: (If only she could have rehearsed more beforehand!) Kyousuke: But her dancing is truly...! 6 [He stops short.] Kyousuke: (AH!!) --------------------------------------------------- p 297 (179) 1 [Hikaru continues to sing.] narration: That's it! Beforehand...huh. 2 [She twirls her skirt, flashing her panties, and glances his way. Kyousuke stares wide-eyed.] narration: That's right. In that case, it'll be fine!! Kyousuke heartbeat FX: 3 [A view of some equipment backstage.] voice: [off] We'll take a break here for 10 minutes. 4 [Kyousuke stands around a corner from a hallway of dressing room doors.] backstage FX: Kyousuke FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 298 (180) 1 narration: If I see Hayakawa Mitsuru beforehand and tell him I don't want him to talk about the Power or about Ayukawa, then that should seal his lips! 2 narration: He seemed to be a pretty nice guy at heart... If I ask him, I'm sure he'll understand. 3 [A crowd of girls press against the closed door to a dressing room.] girls: Kyaaaaaa! Mitsuru-u-u!! sign: Dressing Room A 4 [Kyousuke stands and looks around a corner.] narration: As things stand, I can't get in, can I... 5 [He hides around that corner...] 6 [...and disappears.] --------------------------------------------------- p 299 (181) 1 [View of an empty dressing room.] 2 [Mitsuru is deep in thought.] Kyousuke footstep FX: [off] 3 [He turns to look.] Mitsuru: Hey...! 4 [He sees Kyousuke standing there.] Mitsuru: You're... 5 Kyousuke: .......... I have a favor to ask. 6 Mitsuru: Eh?! A favor? --------------------------------------------------- p 300 (182) 1 Kyousuke: Actually, I'd like for you to decide that you didn't see anything yesterday, and that nothing...happened! 2 Mitsuru: Yesterday? 3 [Kyousuke looks silently down at the seated Mitsuru.] 4 Mitsuru: .......... Ahh, I see. 5 Mitsuru: That... I can't do. --------------------------------------------------- p 301 (183) 1 Kyousuke: EH!?! 2 Mitsuru: This stage presents a good opportunity. I definitely want to talk about you onstage... 3 [Kyousuke looks very worried.] 4 [Exterior shot of the assembly hall.] Kyousuke: [off] No... No way-y-y!! sign: Yukitani Town Hall ---------------------------------------------------