Kimagure Orange Road "A Star Is Born!" Volume 17, Story 1 WB Volume 9, Story 15 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 303 (7) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 303 (7)--TITLE PAGE [Madoka approaches the microphone.] MAIN TITLE (at top) A Star Is Born! SUB-TITLE (at bottom) The Dream of a Wounded Generation Intensively Gleams a Deep Red... --------------------------------------------------- p 304 (8) 1 [Exterior shot of the assembly hall.] sign: Yukitani Town Hall banner: Yamato TV. *You*--A Star Is Born. Audition Caravan. 2 [A crowd of girls presses around the door to a dressing room.] girls: Mitsuru-u-u! Can I have your autograph?!! Mitsuru-u-u!! Meet with me! I brought a box lunch. sign: Dressing Room A 3 [Inside, Mitsuru sits at one dressing table, turning to face Kyousuke who stands nearby.] Mitsuru: Today's... 4 Mitsuru: ...performance is being recorded, but it will be telecast nationwide later on. --------------------------------------------------- p 305 (9) 1 [Rising, Mitsuru heads for the door.] Mitsuru: Last night, to put it bluntly, came as a shock to me... Mitsuru FX: 2 [He casts one last glance over his shoulder as he opens the door.] Mitsuru: I think that I should speak out after all. door FX: 3 Kyousuke: W-wait! 4 girls: Mitsuru-u! Mitsuru: Umm, can you let me through? girls: Can I have your autograph?! 5 [Mitsuru pauses and turns back to look at Kyousuke, who stands at the open door.] Mitsuru: I'm looking forward to the show after this. Stay until the end! --------------------------------------------------- p 306 (10) 1 girls: Kyaaaaaa! Mitsuru-u-u-u! 2 Kyousuke: WAIT A MINUTE!! 3 backstage director: Hayakawa-kun, please stand by. narration: Wh-what's with him?! I thought he was a nice guy!! 4 [Isolated shot of the TV cameras.] narration: Not only today's performance, but a national telecast as well...?! 5 narration: When my Power is revealed on TV, not only will Ayukawa and Hikaru-chan know... But I won't be able to transfer schools anywhere any more!! --------------------------------------------------- p 307 (11) 1 Kyousuke: SH... 2 [Kyousuke clenches a fist.] Kyousuke: SHIT-T-T! Am I going to let Hayakawa Mitsuru do something like that?!! 3 [Kyousuke turns and runs off.] Manami: [off] Oniichan, oniichan. Kyousuke FX: 4 [Filler art. From p 304, panel 3, Mitsuru sits.] --------------------------------------------------- p 308 (12) 1 [Kyousuke turns to see Manami behind him.] Manami: Where were you going? The second half of the contest has started already. 2 [He yells in her face. Manami flinches.] Kyousuke: This isn't the time for that! 3 [Their view of the auditorium doors.] Kyousuke: [off] Manami, listen to me!! Hayakawa Mitsuru is going to tell about the Power... Manami: [off] Madoka-san's band is performing. 4 (inset) [Kyousuke does a double-take...] Kyousuke: ! 4 [...and runs for the doors.] narration: That's terrible...! Kyousuke FX: 5 [The two rush for the doors.] narration: Even though she only performs on keyboards for a bit, I'd like to see Ayukawa's performance!! --------------------------------------------------- p 309 (13) 1 [Their pov as the doors...] 2 [...slowly...] voice: [off] ONE... 3 [...open. Bright lights from onstage are visible.] voice: [off] TWO! --------------------------------------------------- p 310-311 (14-15) 1 [Two-page panoramic view of the entire auditorium, as seen from the back. A band is onstage. Many in the audience are standing and clapping wildly.] banner: Yamato TV. *You*--A Star Is Born. Audition Caravan. --------------------------------------------------- p 312 (16) 1 [Several guys go wild. Yup, there's Klippenstein-san himself in the front row.] guy FX: crowd: OOHHH! 2 guys: What a gorgeous girl! Camera, camera! So pretty-y-y! I'm moving closer. 3 [Kyousuke is surprised by something seen off-panel.] Kyousuke: Huh...? The vocalist... Isn't the usual girl...!?! 4 [Madoka, looking hip and sexy, is at the microphone, flanked by the two guitar players. She's wearing a minidress, belt, shoes with knee-high socks and racing gloves.] --------------------------------------------------- p 313 (17) 1 [Madoka addresses the mike.] 2 [Kyousuke is astounded.] narration: EHHHH!?! singing...?! How come...?! 3 [So is Hikaru, watching from the wings.] Hikaru: Huh? Madoka-san's singing. 4 [View of an overhead spotlight.] --------------------------------------------------- p 314 (18) 1 [Split panel. At top, the crowd is boisterous. In the middle, they register surprise. At bottom, all are silent and staring raptly.] guy 1 FX: guy 2: Date me-e-e! crowd FX: 2 [Kyousuke is wide-eyed and speechless.] 3 [The Toshiba-EMI judge raises his eyebrows.] judge: ..........! name plaque: Toshiba EMI 4 [Mitsuru is in shock.] name plaque: ...kawa Mitsuru 5 [Madoka is singing and cutting a fine portrait.] --------------------------------------------------- p 315 (19) 1 [Mitsuru facial-portrait. He stares, blankly--sweating a bit.] narration: ...... You mean, she wasn't just an ordinary cheeky babe...? 2 [He blushes and rests his cheek in one hand.] narration: I'm impressed... As one might expect from someone who cut down a pro singer like me as being an ordinary playboy... Mitsuru: Hmm... 3 [The cameraman turns to speak to the director, who stands nearby.] cameraman: You know... Doesn't that girl sing better than our guest, Hayakawa Mitsuru? director: Shhhh. 4 [Pov shifts. We see that the camera is focused tightly on Madoka. The other band players may as well not be there.] cameraman: On top of that, she presents such a far better picture than any idol singer that I can't believe she's an amateur. 5 Hikaru: TERRIFIC!! MADOKA-SAN'S SO COOL!! 6 [Kyousuke continues to stand at the back of the auditorium, face in stark wonder.] narration: I... Don't know much about music, but... I can honestly say that Ayukawa onstage... Was more wonderful than any singer I've ever seen on TV. --------------------------------------------------- p 316 (20) 1 [Another panoramic view of the auditorium as seen from the rear. The crowd is on their feet.] narration: If an angel descended to earth, then she would surely sing a song like this that would ring every bit as clear... 2 [Manami stands beside her brother and is equally impressed.] Manami: Wowww! Ayukawa-san... Should be a singer. 3 [Kyousuke portrait. A bit unhappy, he contemplates.] 4 Kyousuke: ...... Yeah. narration: Although I definitely wouldn't want it to turn out that way... I honestly replied like that. 5 [View from the first row, looking up at Madoka, now singing with microphone in hand.] narration: Her father is a world-famous classical musician... narration: Familiar with music since childhood, he received special education for the gifted at home, not ever knowing friendship... --------------------------------------------------- p 317 (21) 1 [Full-page pic of Madoka under a spotlight, singing.] narration: But, in a strict environment like that, she surely must have resisted... narration: ...and lived a life of complete freedom, even while being called a delinquent... narration: ...not showing even a bit of her own talent in front of us. narration: But, without a doubt, Ayukawa is... --------------------------------------------------- p 318 (22) 1 [Full-page half-portrait of Madoka, singing.] --------------------------------------------------- p 319 (23) 1 narration: ...a girl of musical genius...!! 2 [Split panel. Top, a crowd of faces filled with wonder. Middle, a few hands begin to clap. Bottom, a sea of clapping hands raised high in the air.] crowd FX: crowd FX: 3 [View from the back of the auditorium as many raise their fists in approval.] crowd: WAHHHHH! --------------------------------------------------- p 320 (24) 1 [Mitsuru walks on stage. Madoka exits, stage-left, wiping her brow and looking relieved.] announcer: [off] And now, before we announce the judges' decision, let's have our guest, Hayakawa Mitsuru, sing...! HERE HE IS!! Madoka: Phew. 2 [Mitsuru stands, holding the mike. He gazes downward, deep in thought. Music plays in the background.] 3 [View from behind him. He still does not sing.] 4 crowd FX: guy: What's the matter? What's the matter? Hurry up and sing! --------------------------------------------------- p 321 (25) 1 [Kyousuke stands in the darkness at the back of the auditorium.] Kyousuke: ? 2 Mitsuru: Ev... 3 Mitsuru: EVERYONE!! [He stares with resolution at the audience.] Mitsuru: Today, there is something I want all of you here to listen to!! 4 [Split panel. Right, Hikaru stares from stage-right. Center, Madoka turns around and stares from stage-left. Left, Kyousuke reaches a hand forward and looks on in shock from the back of the auditorium.] narration: O-oh no!! ---------------------------------------------------