Kimagure Orange Road "Escape, Escape!" Volume 18, Story 3 WB Volume 10, Story 10 Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi Translation & compilation by : Craig H. Nishida Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose Craig Nishida Leo Hourvitz Matthew Akira Klippenstein Bart Bonneau Last revision : 09-21-95 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 185 (47) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 185 (47)--TITLE PAGE [Wearing large earrings and with her hair pulled up wildly by an elastic hairband, Madoka lifts a finger to her lips.] MAIN TITLE (at top) Escape, Escape! SUB-TITLE (at bottom) Bewitching, Gleaming, Secret Rouge! --------------------------------------------------- p 186 (48) 1 [The rowboat explodes from the impact of the bolt.] explosion FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 187 (49) 1 [Kyousuke rematerializes about 3 meters above one of the islands. He carries Madoka under his arm.] Kyousuke/Madoka teleport FX: 2 Kyousuke/Madoka FX: [off] 3 [He looks over at the burning boat, which lies perhaps 100-meters offshore.] Kyousuke: Phew! .......... In the nick of time! 4 [Madoka sits up and stares at him.] Madoka: .......... What amazing jumping strength... --------------------------------------------------- p 188 (50) 1 [They get to their feet.] Madoka: Every now and then, you do some amazing things that seem to make no sense, Kasuga-kun. Kyousuke: ...... Ha ha. narration: I can't possibly say it was due to the Power... 2 [Both stare up at the dark skies.] Kyousuke: Still, that lightning... Was no ordinary lightning... 3 [The hole in the cloud brightens once more.] thunder FX: 4 [Staring at the sky, he races towards Madoka. She stands and stares upward.] thunder FX: Kyousuke: Look out! --------------------------------------------------- p 189 (51) 1 [Another bolt is fired...] lightning: 2 [...striking the ground near where they stood. Madoka and Kyousuke run.] explosion FX: Madoka: Kyaa!! 3 [They stop and stare up at the crackling skies.] Kyousuke: H-hey! This lightning is a little strange!! lightning FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 190 (52) 1 [Another bolt lands nearby. Kyousuke dives across Madoka, knocking her out of the way and shielding her with his body.] lightning FX: Kyousuke: Wah!! 2 [Kyousuke looks up in realization.] narration: Ah, that's it...!! I've remembered ojiichan's words!! 3 [He runs, pulling Madoka along by the wrist. He keeps a watchful eye on the sky.] narration: That's no lightning!! 4 [The hole brightens once more.] narration: There's a Guardian on these islands, and if a stranger who lacks the Power tries to come to these islands... 5 narration: Then the Guardian's Sword of Light will strike him... --------------------------------------------------- p 191 (53) 1 Kyousuke: (But... Why... Shouldn't anyone come to these islands?!) 2 [The two continue to run.] Kyousuke: (What the hell is on these islands?!) 3 lightning FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 192 (54) 1 Madoka: [wide-eyed] Hey! You know, it's like that lightning is striking down, aimed at me... 2 narration: There's no possible way I could tell Ayukawa about an ESPer family legend like this... 3 Kyousuke: Are you carrying something metallic?! 4 [She pulls out and stares at the pendant.] Madoka: Ah... This. 5 Kyousuke: Hurry and take that off! Madoka: But this is something special that you...!! 6 [Another bolt is fired from that hole in the clouds.] lightning FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 193 (55) 1 [View looking up at trees and sky.] Kyousuke: [off] Over here, over here. 2 [The two race towards a well...] Kyousuke: It's a well! 3 [...and look inside.] Kyousuke: It's an empty well!! Inside! 4 [Another bolt is fired...] lightning FX: 5 [...striking the well.] explosion FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 194 (56) 1 [At the bottom of the well, Madoka and Kyousuke cover their heads with their arms.] pebbles FX: 2 pebble FX: 3 [They look up at the sky.] Kyousuke: .......... We're saved. 4 [View of the shattered well and the ominous skies.] 5 [Rain begins to fall...] rain FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 195 (57) 1 [Kyousuke looks up and holds out his palms.] rain FX: 2 [Heavy rain falls into the well.] rain FX: 3 Kyousuke: Oo-wahhh! If this keeps up, we'll be drenched!! [Madoka gets on her hands and knees and explores a dark corner of the well.] Madoka: Kasuga-kun. Wait a minute. 4 [She points to an opening in the wall.] Madoka: Look at this! 5 Madoka: A cave opening... --------------------------------------------------- p 196 (58) 1 [A light shines in the inky blackness.] Kyousuke: [off] At the other end... I see a light! 2 [They kneel at the opening.] Kyousuke: It's connected to the outside. 3 [Panels 3-4 are a single view of the top of the well. Lightning continues to flash in the distance.] Kyousuke: Shall we go and look? If we stay here like this, we'll get drenched... 4 Kyousuke: And if we come out from here right now, the lightning will target us again. 5 [Kyousuke looks back at Madoka as she gingerly slides into the opening.] Kyousuke: Careful! Madoka foot FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 197 (59) 1 [The two walk down the roughly cylindrical cave.] 2 Kyousuke: There's a lot of space in here. 3 Madoka: It looks like this cave was dug by people. 4 [He stops to study the wall.] Kyousuke: Maybe coal or something was found here... Or a gold mine?! --------------------------------------------------- p 198 (60) 1 Kyousuke/Madoka FX: 2 [Kyousuke stops to ponder the ceiling. Madoka looks off-panel.] Kyousuke: (Ojiichan didn't mention anything about this cave, but... Maybe... The Guardian of those islands lives here?) Kyousuke/Madoka FX: 3-4 [The ceiling, walls and floor contain openings to side-tunnels.] 5 [Kyousuke stops to look down one such hole in the floor.] Kyousuke: Spooky, huh... It's like it goes to the center of the earth. --------------------------------------------------- p 199 (61) 1 [A view down the tunnel.] FX: [off] 2 Kyousuke/Madoka: ?! 3 [They look to either side.] Kyousuke: F-footsteps?! FX: [off] 4 FX: [off] 5 Kyousuke: It's getting closer. FX: [off] 6 [Madoka clings to his shoulder.] Kyousuke/Madoka FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 200 (62) 1 FX: [off] 2 [The footsteps stop. They look to either side.] Kyousuke: Where the hell is it coming from? The footsteps came that close! Madoka: No one's around. 3 [Unknowingly, Madoka stands perilously close to a hole in the tunnel floor.] 4 [A closer view of her leg.] 5 [A hand reaches out and latches onto her ankle.] hand FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 201 (63) 1 [Madoka looks down.] Madoka: Huh!?! 2 [She grabs at the side of the hole as she falls in.] Madoka FX: 3 [Kyousuke turns...] Kyousuke: ? 4 [...but Madoka has fallen completely in. Someone has grabbed both her legs and pulled her in.] Madoka: Kyaaaaa!! fall FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 202 (64) 1 Kyousuke: AYUKAWA!! 2 [Kyousuke peers into the hole.] Kyousuke: AYUKAWA!! Kyousuke FX: 3 [As he looks down with horror into the hole, four lights begin to shine in the darkness behind him.] --------------------------------------------------- p 203 (65) 1 [The lights resolve into four of the six eyes of a three-headed giant.] Madoka: [off] KYAAAAAA! Kyousuke: AYUKAWA-A-A!! ---------------------------------------------------