Kimagure Orange Road "The Yearned-for Hikaru-chan!" Volume 17, Story 6 WB Volume 10, Story 4 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 : 09-09-95 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 65 (105) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 65 (105)--TITLE PAGE [Rather simple line-drawing of Hikaru, who looks at us in profile out of the corner of one eye. Her hair is pulled up and banded at the top of her head, making her look like a turnip. A very beautiful turnip, though. ^_^] MAIN TITLE (at top) The Yearned-for Hikaru-chan! SUB-TITLE (at bottom) Looking a Bit Serious, a Lovely Girl! --------------------------------------------------- p 66 (106) 1 [Exterior shot of the school. Rain falls heavily.] narration: It's the rainy season! When you go out, don't forget your umbrella... 2 [View from the shoe lockers out the open main doors of the school.] 3 [Shot of rain and puddles.] rain FX: 4 [Hikaru stands at the entrance to the school building, and looks up at the sky in distress.] Hikaru: Oh no-o-o! I forgot my umbrella!! --------------------------------------------------- p 67 (107) 1 [The two-headed Hikaru looks left and right.] Hikaru: It wasn't raining this morning... 2 narration: Ahhhh. At a time like this, if only Sempai would come by and freely offer me his umbrella... 3 [As if on cue, a hand holds out an umbrella towards her.] hand/umbrella FX: 4 [View pans back. It is Shin'ichi who holds out the umbrella .] Shin'ichi: Why don't you come under? es su !" ^_^> --------------------------------------------------- p 68 (108) 1 [Her pov of the dashing Shin'ichi. Yah, okay. So he looks good.] 2 Hikaru: Oh... 3 Shin'ichi: Hi... 4 Hikaru: [beaming] Wowww! You made it into high school. I'm so glad! Shin'ichi pratfall FX: 5 Hikaru: You were pretty stupid, so I was quite sure you were still in junior high. 6 Shin'ichi: [angrily] What are you talking about? Aren't we in the same class again?! Hikaru: [smiling apologetically] I know! That was a joke!! --------------------------------------------------- p 69 (109) 1 [He whistles while combing his hair. See? He *can* do two things at the same time... Hikaru looks aside at us, sweating.] Shin'ichi: narration: But this guy, Harada Shin'ichi, is crude and seems pushy, and I don't like guys of this type. 2 [Smiling, Shin'ichi holds up his umbrella again. Hikaru drops her gaze and frowns.] Shin'ichi: By the way, this umbrella... Hikaru: I'm sorry, but maybe I shouldn't. 3 Shin'ichi: Damn! Why not?! [She turns her back on him.] Hikaru: If I'm seen by anyone sharing an umbrella with you, then it'll be misunderstood in a weird way. 4 Shin'ichi: .......... 5 Shin'ichi: Are you still going out with that Kasuga guy? Hikaru: [threateningly] That's none of your business! --------------------------------------------------- p 70 (110) 1 [Yuusaku walks out the building with his umbrella. He looks to his left to see Hikaru.] Yuusaku: Ah! 2 Hikaru: [brightly] Oh, Yuusaku! 3 Hikaru: What perfect timing. Won't you share your umbrella with me?! Yuusaku: [wide-eyed] Eh? 4 Yuusaku: [blushing] M-me?! S-sure. With pleasure!! 5 [Yuusaku takes note of Shin'ichi.] 6 Yuusaku: Hm? 7 [Shin'ichi stares daggers back.] --------------------------------------------------- p 71 (111) 1 [Hikaru hooks Yuusaku by an arm and leads him away. Yuusaku continues to stare back at Shin'ichi.] Hikaru: Well, let's go, Yuusaku! Yuusaku: S-sure. 2 [Shin'ichi stands and watches the pair walk away.] 3 Shin'ichi: [glaring] THAT GUY! 4 [Yuusaku looks back.] 5 Yuusaku: .......... What is it? 6 [Yuusaku's pov of Shin'ichi.] --------------------------------------------------- p 72 (112) 1 [View looking up at the sky.] Shin'ichi: [off] The rain's stopped! 2 [Hikaru holds out a hand and looks up at the sky.] Hikaru: Oh. It's true. 3 [She walks away.] Hikaru: Then there's no need to have you share your umbrella any more! Yuusaku: Eh?! 4 Hikaru: [waving] See ya! 5 Yuusaku: [waving, blushing] Ah! S-see ya! Shin'ichi: Wait a minute! 6 [Shin'ichi holds out his umbrella to her.] Shin'ichi: Take this umbrella. Yuusaku FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 73 (113) 1 [She studies it.] Hikaru: .......... Hmm. 2 Hikaru: [beaming] Then, I'll borrow it! Thank you. G'bye! 3 [The two boys stand side-by-side, smiling and waving.] Yuusaku/Shin'ichi: G-g'by-y-ye! 4 [Same as panel 3.] 5 [They turn to each other.] Yuusaku/Shin'ichi: Ah! 6 Yuusaku: That goodbye just now wasn't directed at you. Shin'ichi: Oho. Then, who besides me would she have said it to? Heh heh heh. --------------------------------------------------- p 74 (114) 1 [The skies turn dark. Lightning shatters the heavens.] lightning FX: 2 Shin'ichi: [glaring] What are you to Hiyama? 3 [Yuusaku glares back.] 4 [The two face off in the open, just outside the entrance to the school building.] Yuusaku: A childhood friend!! Shin'ichi: Oho! Yuusaku: And what are *you*? Shin'ichi: A classmate! --------------------------------------------------- p 75 (115) 1 [Tight shot of the umbrella grasped in Yuusaku's left hand.] 2 [The umbrella explodes.] Yuusaku FX: umbrella FX: 3 [Shin'ichi's eyebrows rise and he sweats.] 4 Yuusaku: ...... I better tell you... I'm a 2-dan in karate...! 5 Shin'ichi: 6 Shin'ichi: Do you know the "Hot Rod" motorcycle gang? That name's known a bit around this area... --------------------------------------------------- p 76 (116) 1 Shin'ichi: My close pal is the leader. He's a 3-dan in karate... 2 Yuusaku FX: 3 Yuusaku: [darkly] .......... Don't know him... 4 Shin'ichi FX: 5 [Overhead view of the stormy skies.] lightning FX: thunder FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 77 (117) 1 [View looking up. The skies cut loose in a torrent of rain.] rain FX: 2 [Exterior shot of the school building.] 3 [A view of rain and puddles.] --------------------------------------------------- p 78 (118) 1 [Shin'ichi stands, drenched.] Shin'ichi: ...... Hey! 2 [Yuusaku stands, drenched.] Yuusaku: ...... What?! 3 [View pans back. They square off.] rain FX: 4 Shin'ichi: How are we gonna get home? 5 [Yuusaku stares at his demolished umbrella.] Yuusaku: .......... 6 [Exterior view of the school building.] Shin'ichi/Yuusaku: [off] AH-CHOO! --------------------------------------------------- p 79 (119) 1 [Rain falls at an intersection.] rain FX: 2 sign: Takeyama Beauty Parlor 3 [Kyousuke stands alone against the side of the building.] 4 [Hikaru walks by under her borrowed umbrella. She spots him.] Hikaru: Ah, Sempai!! 5 [He blushes and looks nervous and surprised.] Kyousuke: Ah, Hikaru-chan!! Kyousuke heartbeat FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 80 (120) 1 [Smiling, she extends the umbrella towards him. He flinches back, looking a bit reluctant.] Hikaru: Here you go, Sempai. Please come under!! 2 [Sweating, he glances to his right.] Kyousuke: .......... 3 [Embarrassed and face flushed, he forces a smile.] Kyousuke: Eh? B-but... 4 [Beaming, Hikaru hooks his arm and hauls him off.] Hikaru: It's okay, it's okay! Kyousuke: Ah! 5 Hikaru: Lucky! I'm under the same umbrella with you, Sempai! 6 [Kyousuke casts a backwards glance as he walks off with Hikaru.] Kyousuke FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 81 (121) 1 [Pov shifts. Madoka hides behind the corner of the building they just left.] 2 [She sneaks a peek around the corner.] 3 Kyousuke: (She might get mad at being left behind...) Kyousuke FX: [Kyousuke looks unhappy.] 4 [But his face changes to one of surprise.] 5 [Madoka is beaming and waving to him.] Madoka FX: 6 [He waves back, but his smile is a sickly one.] narration: Ahhhh. That smile means it'll get scary later on... --------------------------------------------------- p 82 (122) 1 [Madoka watches, hand still raised in farewell.] 2 [She drops her hand. Her gaze, too.] 3 [She stands there for a moment, watching without expression.] 4 [Overhead, a bolt pierces the air.] lightning/thunder FX: 5 [Madoka portrait. She's pensive.] 6 [She stands under the awning, looking out.] Madoka: Terrible... Downpour... rain FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 83 (123) 1 Madoka: I can't very well avoid this either...can I. 2 [She steps out into the rain. And says something prophetic.] Madoka: I'll go, after all! Madoka FX: 3 [Holding her schoolbag over her head and grimacing, she races through the pouring rain.] narration: It looks as though there's a forecast of heavy rain for the triangle relationship, too! ---------------------------------------------------