Kimagure Orange Road "I Turned into a Fish!" Volume 17, Story 9 WB Volume 10, Story 7 Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi Translation by : Craig Nishida & Leo Hourvitz Compilation by : Craig Nishida Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose Craig Nishida Matthew Akira Klippenstein Gary Kacmarcik 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 both the WB and regular manga, so there may be a few extras to those of you not having both. Example: The subtitles on page 125 (165) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 125 (165)--TITLE PAGE [Madoka sits at the beach wearing black bikini bottoms, a white bikini top, and an elastic hairband. She smiles off to her right.] MAIN TITLE (at top) I Turned into a Fish! SUB-TITLE (at bottom) Even in a Dream, A Wonderful Smile... --------------------------------------------------- p 126 (166) 1 [Exterior view of the Kasuga apartment building and the partly cloudy skies.] narration: At last, it's the long-awaited summer break. 2 [Kyousuke lies on his back on the floor, asleep.] Kyousuke FX: 3 phone FX: [He sits up, eyes wide open.] Kyousuke sit-up FX: 4 Kyousuke: [beaming on the phone] Ah, Hikaru-chan... Me? Now?! Yeah, I'm studying... Hikaru: [phone, smiling] Ohhhh! What a hassle... 5 Kyousuke: Eh?! To a fair?! Ayukawa's also going? Hikaru: [phone, smiling] Yup! Let's scoop goldfish! --------------------------------------------------- p 127 (167) 1 Kyousuke: [smiling] Well... I wonder what I should do... Hikaru: [phone] But if you're studying now, then inviting you would be bad, huh. 2 Kyousuke: [broad smile] No... I'll go! Ohhhh, it's all right. Ha ha ha ha ha! Kyousuke: I'll be finished soon! 3 Hikaru: [phone, smiling] Then, we'll come to pick you up later at your place, Sempai. Kyousuke: Sure, sure. 4 Hikaru: [phone] Then, in that case... Kyousuke: G'bye! 5 [He hangs up.] phone FX: 6 [He stretches his arms and looks up at the ceiling.] Kyousuke: We-e-ell! Then, maybe I really will study until Hikaru-chan comes... 7 [He sits at his desk and stares at the wall.] Kyousuke: Well... It can't be helped since my test results really were the pits... --------------------------------------------------- p 128 (168) 1 [He drops his head onto the desk and closes his eyes.] Kyousuke: Ahhhh. I want to turn into a goldfish or something. Really, there aren't any tests for goldfishes... 2-3 [Closer views of his face as he sleeps.] Kyousuke FX: 4-7 [Small panels that slowly fade to black.] 8 [Bubbles appear.] bubble FX: 9-12 [Small panels that go from black to grey.] 13 [View from underwater.] narration: Ah! 14 narration: ...... Huh? Where am I?! --------------------------------------------------- p 129 (169) 1 [Suddenly a huge scoop churns the water.] scoop FX: 2 [The scoop approaches rapidly.] narration: O-oo-wahhh!! 3 scoop FX: narration: Wh-what's this?! 4 [A frightened goldfish turns towards us. Other goldfish flee in panic.] goldfish 1: If you don't look sharp, you're gonna get caught!! narration: EH?! --------------------------------------------------- p 130 (170) 1 [The scoop takes away one goldfish. Another looks on in horror.] goldfish 2: Oo-wahhh! I'm caught!! scoop FX: 2 [Only a trail of bubbles is left in the scoop's wake.] bubbles FX: 3 [Kyousuke-goldfish stares at himself in the mirrored wall of the tank.] narration: Eh?! 4 narration: Th-this... Is me?! 5 [His pov looking up through the surface of the water. Kurumi looks gleeful, scoop and bowl in hand. Manami smiles at her.] Kurumi: Hooray-y-y! I caught one!! Manami: That was good, Kurumi! 6 [Kyousuke-goldfish looks up.] narration: Th-them!! --------------------------------------------------- p 131 (171) 1 narration: M-maybe I've turned into a goldfish!! 2 [Hikaru and Madoka also kneel at the side of the tank. Hikaru holds her paper scoop high.] Hikaru: But I wonder where that Sempai disappeared to? 3 narration: Ah! Hikaru-chan and Ayukawa! [His pov. Both girls looks straight back at us.] 4 [With fierce determination, Hikaru plunges her scoop into the water.] Hikaru: ALL RI-I-IGHT, IT'S THIS GUY!! scoop FX: 5 [Kyousuke swims for his scaly life, the scoop hot on his tail.] narration: Wahhhhh! H-Hikaru-chan! It's me! Me! scoop FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 132 (172) 1 [She looks down in disappointment.] Hikaru: Ahh, he got away-y-y. 2 [She stares at the goldfish in the tank.] Hikaru: (Hmm. A rather nimble goldfish... Pretty athletic, huh.) 3 Hikaru: [smiling] (Just like Sempai.) Hikaru FX: 4 [His pov. Two groups of goldfish have gathered in the two far corners of the tank.] goldfish: [right] Hey-y-y. Over here. Swim over here. goldfish: [left] Hey-y-y. This way's safer!! 5 [Franticly, Kyousuke-goldfish looks at one corner and then the other.] narration: Oo-oo-wahhh! Which way should I swim?! Kyousuke-goldfish FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 133 (173) 1 [Madoka watches the antics of this lone goldfish.] Madoka: (This goldfish can't decide which way to go, hm. What an indecisive guy!) 2 Madoka: [merrily] (Just like a certain somebody from around here!) Madoka FX: 3 [Madoka stares at her paper scoop...] Madoka: All right! 4 [...and plunges it into the water.] Madoka: Yah!! scoop FX: 5 [The scoop looms near. Kyousuke-goldfish fans his tiny fins in panic.] scoop FX: narration: Oo-wah! Even Ayukawa!! --------------------------------------------------- p 134 (174) 1 [Both girls smile and hold their scoops high.] Hikaru: Huh? You're going after this goldfish, too, Madoka-san? Madoka: Ah ha ha! 2 Hikaru: All right. Then, you're on!! Madoka: Whichever one catches this goldfish first...right?! 3 [Kyousuke-goldfish finds two scoops plunging into the water.] scoops FX: 4 Kyousuke-goldfish FX: 5 narration: Wh-why the heck are they only going after me? --------------------------------------------------- p 135 (175) 1 [Madoka looks determined.] scoop FX: Madoka: Yah!! 2 [He spins about in a circle.] Kyousuke goldfish FX: narration: No way! 3 [Hikaru looks equally determined.] Hikaru: Gotcha-a-a!! scoop FX: 4 [Kyousuke-goldfish finds himself trapped in a corner, with Hikaru's scoop closing in.] narration: Wahhh!! --------------------------------------------------- p 136 (176) 1 [He stares helplessly at the white circle of doom.] Kyousuke-goldfish: (I'm done for-r-r!!) 2 [The scoop slams into him, but he bursts through the paper.] Kyousuke-goldfish FX: 3 [Hikaru stares at her ruined scoop in dismay.] Hikaru: Ahhhh! No way-y-y!! --------------------------------------------------- p 137 (177) 1 [Madoka's pov of Kyousuke-goldfish.] narration: S-sa-a-aved!! 2 [The fish looks up.] narration: ...... Hm?! 3 [He has a view up her short skirt, and spies her panties.] up-skirt FX: 4 [Kyousuke-goldfish blushes.] narration: Huh!?! Kyousuke-goldfish heartbeat FX: 5 [Madoka bends towards him, showing a bit of cleavage.] Madoka: C'mere... Little goldfish! shoulder-strap FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 138 (178) 1 [He stares up at her, mesmerized.] Kyousuke-goldfish heartbeat FX: 2 [He swims about in a stupor.] Kyousuke-goldfish FX: 3 [A scoop enters the water.] scoop FX: 4 [He notices it, but it's too late.] narration: Hm?! 5 [Madoka flips him high in the air, and smiles in triumph.] Madoka: Caught ya-a-a!! scoop FX: 6 [Kyousuke-goldfish falls to earth.] narration: Wah!! --------------------------------------------------- p 139 (179) 1 [Both girls stare up as he heads straight for Madoka.] narration: Wah wah wah! 2 [Madoka's cleavage, to be precise. He lands, face-first, nestled gently in the warm folds of... Uhh, never mind... ^_^] Kyousuke-goldfish FX: 3 [She makes like a dervish.] Madoka: Kya!! Madoka FX: 4 [Closeup of Kyousuke-goldfish. He's in shock or bliss or both...] narration: Oo-oo-wahhh!! crows-in-the-background FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 140 (180) 1 [Hikaru stares at the unmoving fish that Madoka lifts up by the tail.] Hikaru: It looks like you've won for now, Madoka-san. crows-in-the-background FX: Madoka: [blushing] .......... 2 [Overhead view of the fair.] sign: Yakisoba (chow mein) 3 [Hikaru smiles and stares at the plastic bag that Madoka holds in her hand.] narration: Ahhhh! In the end, I was caught. Hikaru: Hey, this goldfish's face is red! Madoka: Naturally, he's a goldfish, so he's red. 4 [Closeup of the Kyousuke-goldfish, whose face indeed looks red.] narration: But, well. I was caught by Ayukawa, so... crows-in-the-background FX: 5 [View looking up past the fair's paper lanterns to the clear night sky.] narration ...that's okay?! --------------------------------------------------- p 141 (181) 1 Hikaru: [off] But... That was so sad... Madoka: [off] Huh?! 2 [Unhappily, Hikaru looks off to the side.] Hikaru: I thought that goldfish, for some reason, looked like Sempai, so... I wanted it. 3 Madoka: .......... 4 Madoka: (She's thinking the same thing I did...) 5 [Smiling, Madoka offers the plastic bag to Hikaru.] Madoka: All right. Then, I'll give it to you, Hikaru! Hikaru: [beaming] Really-y-y? All ri-i-ight!! 6 Kyousuke-goldfish: .......... --------------------------------------------------- p 142 (182) 1 [Exterior shot of the Hiyama residence.] sign: Hiyama 2 [Hikaru empties the plastic bag into a bowl filled with water and a few aquatic plants.] water FX: 3 [She winks and waves as she exits her room.] Hikaru: Wait here a minute, little goldfish. I'll bring some food for you. 4 [Both Kyousuke-goldfish and a cat notice each other at the same time.] 5 [The cat rises up and opens its mouth wide.] cat: tag: Black narration: Oo-oo-wahhh! Save me-e-e!! 6 Kyousuke: Sav...!! [Kyousuke wakes and sits up, back in his real body.] Kyousuke FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 143 (183) 1 Kyousuke: A-a dream? doorbell FX: [off] 2 [His pov of a beaming Hikaru and a smiling Madoka. Ominously, they are both wearing what they were wearing in his dream.] Hikaru: We came to pick you up, Sempa-a-ai! 3 [Hikaru turns to Madoka, still smiling.] Hikaru: Let's catch lots of goldfish today, okay, Madoka-san?! Kyousuke FX: 4 [A light shines in the window of the Kasuga apartment.] 5 [Kyousuke sits at his desk with a pencil in hand, studying hard. Hikaru stands nearby, looking stricken.] Hikaru: Huhhh?! What's the matter, Sempai? That you aren't going, all of a sudden...! Kyousuke: Let's see. This turns into this... Kyousuke FX: narration: No more goldfish-scooping, thank you! Kyousuke: The integral... ---------------------------------------------------