Kimagure Orange Road "Heart on Fire!" Volume 17, Story 2 WB Volume 9, Story 16 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 322 (26) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 322 (26)--TITLE PAGE [View from behind as Mitsuru stands under a spotlight and addresses the huge audience.] MAIN TITLE (at top) Heart on Fire! Mitsuru: Yesterday, I arrived at this town and ran across a certain couple. SUB-TITLE (at bottom) A Happening Always Suddenly Turns Up...!! --------------------------------------------------- p 323 (27) 1 [Kyousuke in shock.] 2 [The audience grows restless. People talk amongst themselves.] crowd FX: 3 [Three girls turn towards girl 2.] girl 1: What's the matter with Mitsuru? girl 2: Shhhh! girl 3: Mitsuru's saying something. girl 4: What's that? 4 [Kyousuke is transfixed.] narration: I-it's about me!! 5 [He rushes down the aisle.] Kyousuke FX: narration: I'm not gonna let him say something like that!! sign: Emergency Exit --------------------------------------------------- p 324 (28) 1 producer: Does the new musical composition this time include a narration at the beginning, manager?! manager: No, no! We didn't talk about this beforehand!! 2 [Kyousuke, staring up at the stage, pushes his way through the crowd.] Kyousuke: I-I'm sorry. Please let me through!! 3 [Mitsuru drops his gaze.] Mitsuru: Because I met them, I had an unusual experience--as if I was hit on the head with a hammer. 4 [Madoka stares hard.] 5 [From behind two people in the audience, Kyousuke stares upward. The two look back at him.] narration: He's... Going to talk about the Power!! Kyousuke: Shit. I really should have brought a hammer! 6 [Profile of Mitsuru.] --------------------------------------------------- p 325 (29) 1 Mitsuru: Thank you... Thanks to them, I woke up. 2 [Kyousuke stops, stunned.] 3 [Madoka looks a bit surprised.] 4 [View from the front rows, looking up at Mitsuru on stage.] banner: Yamato TV. *You*--A Star Is Born. Audition Caravan. crowd FX: Mitsuru: From today on, I think I'd like to give up being an ordinary playboy idol star. --------------------------------------------------- p 326 (30) 1 Mitsuru: I have... A girlfriend with whom I've been going out ever since high school. 2 [A row of girls look on in dismay.] girls: Wha-a-a-at?! 3 [A view of a TV camera.] girls: No-o-o! 4 [The two men start pointing.] producer: What's he talking about? Stop the camera! manager: Someone shut him up!! 5 [The girls in the crowd turn angry, raising fists and throwing objects.] girl 5: No-o-o! Mitsuru-u-u!! girl 6: I won't forgive you-u-u! girl 7: I don't wanna hear it-t-t! girl 8: Break up! 6 [An empty aluminum soft-drink can bounces off Mitsuru's shoulder. He flinches.] can FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 327 (31) 1 [View looking up at the ceiling.] Mitsuru: [off] I wanted to become a star... 2 Mitsuru: I wanted to bask in the spotlight and sing! Mitsuru: All of that... 3 [He kneels...] 4 [...and sits back on the floor, dropping his head.] Mitsuru: ...was for her. --------------------------------------------------- p 328 (32) 1 crowd FX: 2 [A soft smile comes over Madoka's face.] 3 [Kyousuke is stunned.] 4 narration: Ohh. He... Was going to talk about his girlfriend, that Shiori? 5 [He wipes his brow.] Kyousuke: Phew! narration: I'm glad... He wasn't going to tell about the Power after all. 6 Mitsuru: And, from now on, I'll sing... Mitsuru: ...for everyone as a real pro singer! --------------------------------------------------- p 329 (33) 1 Mitsuru: I'm starting out fresh! Please... Allow me to sing!! 2 [The crowd is silent.] 3 man 1: Hayakawa Mitsuru... Has a lot of guts, huh. man 1 FX: man 2: Yeah. When an idol singer announces he has a lover, his popularity plummets. It's fatal. 4 man 1: If that was me, I wouldn't be able to say it. man 2: As a man, now I think better of him. man 2 FX: 5 man 3: Me too. crowd FX: man 4: Me too. 6 [The crowd cheers and waves.] man 5: Do your best, Hayakawa Mitsuru!! crowd: WAHHH! --------------------------------------------------- p 330 (34) 1 [Mitsuru stands and sings.] 2 [A view of a girl, sitting quietly in her seat near the back of the auditorium.] sign: Emergency Exit 3 [View zooms in. It is Shiori, who sits with her hands in her lap and gaze dropped.] 4 [View zooms in on her hands resting in her lap. They are splattered with tears.] Shiori tears FX: 5 [Facial portrait. Her head has dropped, eyes are closed. Tears pool in them.] narration: Kazuto... 6 [Tight shot of someone's head and someone else's shoes.] producer: This'll be cut. We can't telecast something like this! producer: Right, manager?! manager: Y-yeah... --------------------------------------------------- p 331 (35) 1 [Isolated shot of the speakers on stage.] 2 announcer: [off] Well, it's time to announce the judges' decisions. First... The judges' Special Prize. Kyousuke: Ah! 3 Kyousuke: (That's right! Ayukawa!! Although she said she had no intention of singing... What the heck was she trying to pull?!) 4 [Filler art. Mitsuru sits on the stage, page 327, panel 4.] --------------------------------------------------- p 332 (36) 1 [Beaming, Kurumi and Hikaru hold trophies.] Kurumi: Lucky-y-y! Hikaru: We're happy with second prize. 2 [Kyousuke and Manami smile and clap.] announcer: [off] Now... At last, the announcement of the Grand Prize winner. Kyousuke/Manami FX: 3 Hatta: Wh-what'll we do? I'm sure it's us!! Hatta/Komatsu heartbeat FX: Komatsu: Settle down. Have you gone to the restroom? Brushed your teeth? You mustn't say anything like "good evening"!! 4 announcer: [off] The Grand Prize...! 5 [Kyousuke clenches a fist and looks onstage with great worry.] narration: Wh-what if... It's Ayukawa's group?! What'll I do? I want Ayukawa to get the Grand Prize... 6 narration: But, if that's the case... --------------------------------------------------- p 333 (37) 1 [Exterior view of a sign and door backstage.] sign: Dressing Room C posted sign: General Participants 2 [Madoka stands and bends over a seated Yukari.] Madoka: Are you all right, Yukari-san? Yukari: ...... Uh-huh. 3 [Yukari looks up, weakly.] Yukari: I'm sorry, Madoka-chan. It must have been a lot of trouble, being asked to stand in for me. 4 [Their pov of a worried Shuu. He smokes a cigarette.] Shuu: Really, Yukari. Don't go catching colds so suddenly. I was worried. Really. Telling me you've lost your voice on *the* day... 5 Yukari: [smiling] But, Madoka-chan's singing was really great. Madoka: Oh, come on! Please don't make fun of an amateur. --------------------------------------------------- p 334 (38) 1 [Profile view of Shuu. He stares at the ground, in thought.] 2 [He turns his back on the rest.] Shuu: Hey, we're leaving!! others: [off] Wha-a-at!?! 3 bass player: What a waste! The judges haven't made their announcement yet!! Yukari: Yeah. What'll you do if we win the Grand Prize?! 4 [He turns on them.] Shuu: You idiots!! Madoka isn't a regular member of our group!! 5 [Shuu smiles softly at his cousin.] Shuu: Right?! 6 [Madoka gently smiles back.] Madoka FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 335 (39) 1 [Shuu turns his back on the others once more.] Shuu: It's like Hayakawa Mitsuru was saying. 2 [He turns to face them, with a small smile.] Shuu: We can start out fresh again. 3 [A man runs up to the producer with a sick expression on his face.] go-fer: It's another serious problem, Mr. Producer. producer: What is it this time?! 4 go-fer: The Grand Prize band has... Gone home! 5 producer: [sickly incredulous] WH-WHA-A-AT?!! --------------------------------------------------- p 336 (40) 1 narration: Later on... [People stream out of the auditorium.] narration: In the end... It was announced that no one qualified for the grand prize... 2 [View of a pair of buildings.] narration: Because of Hayakawa Mitsuru's announcement that he had a lover, and other stuff cropping up one after the other... building sign: YTV--Yamato TV 3 narration: ...the program wasn't telecast... --------------------------------------------------- p 337 (41) 1 [Exterior view of ABCB.] 2 [Hikaru sings onstage on one of ABCB's TV monitors.] 3 [View pans back. The monitor sits on the counter. Hikaru leans her elbow on it, winks and flashes a "V" sign. Kurumi sits at the counter and watches, wide-eyed. Both are dressed in school uniforms.] Kurumi: Kyaaaa! Hikaru-chan looks so sharp. Hikaru: Thank you. Peace, peace. 4 [View from behind the monitor as Kurumi looks at it in horror. Manami smiles.] Kurumi: Gyaaaa! I'm not that fat! Manami: I hear that TV makes you look fatter. 5 [View looking up at the sky.] Kurumi: [off] But Hikaru-chan a little while ago didn't look that fat. Manami: [off] Then, you're eating too much after all. Manami/Hikaru: [off] Kya ha ha! --------------------------------------------------- p 338 (42) 1 [View looking up at a power pole.] Kyousuke: [off] Ohhhh! 2 [Madoka, in apron, and Kyousuke stand outside ABCB.] Kyousuke: Hayakawa Mitsuru sent us that video?! 3 [View looking through trees at the clear and sunny sky.] Kyousuke: [off] But... It's too bad, huh. 4 Kyousuke: I... Definitely thought your singing should have won the Grand Prize! Madoka: Huh? 5 [Madoka smiles softly.] --------------------------------------------------- p 339 (43) 1 [Her apron goes flying in the air.] Madoka: I'm... The Phantom Singer, Ayukawa Madoka! apron FX: 2 [She strikes a dramatic pose.] 3 [Kyousuke blushes slightly and stares blankly.] 4 Madoka FX: 5 [View looking up over the top of ABCB.] Madoka: [off] Ah ha ha ha ha! narration: That's true, isn't it! --------------------------------------------------- p 340 (44) 1 [The two stand outside, Madoka holding her apron in one hand. Sunlight falls gently upon the two figures.] narration: Ayukawa wouldn't become a singer...would she! narration: But... Once in a while, right there in front of me, I'll hear the singing of... That... 2 [Madoka sings on the TV monitor.] narration: ...beautiful voice! ---------------------------------- At bottom: [wideban only] Kimagure Orange Road 9 (End) ---------------------------------------------------