Kimagure Orange Road "A Prayer to a Stone Statue..." Volume 18, Story 4 WB Volume 10, Story 11 Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi Translation & compilation by : Craig H. Nishida Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose Craig Nishida Matthew Akira Klippenstein Leo Hourvitz 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 205 (67) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 205 (67)--TITLE PAGE [A wet Madoka stands in tiny bikini top, wearing the pendant that Kyousuke gave her, and earrings, and with her hair tied behind her head. She looks off to her lower left.] MAIN TITLE (at top) A Prayer to a Stone Statue... SUB-TITLE (at bottom) I Want to Dream Right This Instant! --------------------------------------------------- p 206 (68) 1 [Kyousuke yells down the hole that Madoka disappeared into.] Kyousuke: AYUKAWA-A-A-A! 2 [Someone approaches him from behind.] FX: 3 [A nondescript figure watches him.] Kyousuke: AYUKAWA-A-A!! 4 shadowy figure: (Kyousuke...?! Why is Kyousuke here?) --------------------------------------------------- p 207 (69) 1 [He gets to his feet.] Kyousuke: Th-this is awful!! I have to save her!! 2 [He notices something off-panel.] 3 [It is a giant, 3-headed, 6-armed figure.] Kyousuke: !! --------------------------------------------------- p 208 (70) 1 Kyousuke: A M-MONSTER!! 2 [A closer view of the figure. It is unmoving.] 3 [Kyousuke looks up at the statue.] 4 [Another view of the statue. One of the faces is solemn, the other two are gaping masks.] Kyousuke: Th-this is... A statue?! Oh... Ohh... It's not alive. --------------------------------------------------- p 209 (71) 1 [He gazes upward in wonder.] Kyousuke: How humungous... Why is something like this here? 2 Kyousuke: [off] Maybe... This is the islands'... Guardian? 3 [The figure watches from around the base of the statue.] shadowy figure: .......... 4 [He turns away from the statue and looks back towards the hole.] Kyousuke: Ah! Oh no! Ayukawa!! 5 [He lowers himself into the hole.] Kyousuke: Ayukawa, are you okay?! --------------------------------------------------- p 210 (72) 1 [She lies unconscious at the bottom. Her lower calves are knotted in roots.] 2 [A closer view of her lower legs.] 3 Kyousuke: Oh... Her ankles were caught on these tree roots and she fell... 4 [Carrying her in his arms, he teleports to the top of the pit.] Kyousuke/Madoka teleport FX: 5 [He sets her down on the ground.] Kyousuke: (But... If we just go out on the surface like this... Ayukawa will be attacked by lightning again. What's to be done?) --------------------------------------------------- p 211 (73) 1 [Kyousuke looks up...] 2 [...at the silent statue.] 3 [He forcefully addresses the statue.] Kyousuke: You... If you're the Guardian of these islands, I have a request. 4 [The shadowy figure continues to watch.] 5 Kyousuke: I want you to stop aiming any more lightning at this girl... 6 [Profile of the solemn face of the 3-headed statue.] --------------------------------------------------- p 212 (74) 1 [Kyousuke turns and looks back over his shoulder.] Kyousuke: Well, I can tell that to a stone statue like this, but there's no way it'll hear me, is there... 2 voice: .......... That's impossible. [Kyousuke gapes.] 3 [His view of the statue.] 4 [He staggers back, face contorted.] Kyousuke: Th-the statue... Spoke. 5 voice: Because that girl is not a member of the ESPer clan... --------------------------------------------------- p 213 (75) 1 [It is the shadowy figure who speaks.] shadowy figure: I will not allow strangers to come near the islands. That is why I am here, to guard the islands. 2 [Kyousuke stares up in silence.] 3 voice: However, if you, an ESPer clan member, intend to bring her into the clan... Then I will not target that girl any more!! Just like your dad... 4 [Kyousuke considers.] 5 Kyousuke: I see. So that's why Dad, who's an outsider, can visit and leave these islands freely, and hasn't been targetted by lightning, either... --------------------------------------------------- p 214 (76) 1 Kyousuke: Just like with Dad's and Mom's relationship... I stand before the Guardian for permission to love... 2 [He stops, looking off to the side.] 3 Kyousuke: You're a meddling Guardian, aren't you. 4 voice: Eh? 5 [He lifts the unconscious Madoka with the Power. She floats in the air behind him.] Kyousuke: Where's the exit? Madoka FX: 6 [Madoka settles gently onto his back.] Kyousuke: If that's how it is, then I'll return when I've decided. Madoka FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 215 (77) 1 voice: W-wait!! Why are you so indecisive?!! One moment... 2 [He stops and turns.] 3 Kyousuke: First of all, even if I decide... I have Ayukawa's situation to consider, too. --------------------------------------------------- p 216 (78) 1 Kyousuke: Right? 2 [Pov shifts. A pair of feet.] 3 [It is Kyousuke's grandma who is the one hiding in the shadows.] Grandma: Sure... That's true. 4 [Pov shifts. Grandma is hiding behind the statue. Kyousuke stares straight at her.] Kyousuke: That's the way it is... So no more playing weird pranks using the Power. Don't hide in such a place, obaachan. 5 Grandma: Huh?! Grandma FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 217 (79) 1 Kyousuke: [smiling] I see the true character of God... 2 Grandma: How did you know? Kyousuke: [smiling] I'd know your voice if I heard it. 3 [Their view of the multiple passageways.] Kyousuke: [off] Well, obaachan. Where's the exit?! Grandma: [off] It's the farthest... Cave on the left. 4 [A torrent of water cascades into a pit in the floor.] water FX: Kyousuke: [off] It's just like... A maze. --------------------------------------------------- p 218 (80) 1 [View pans back. It is a waterfall.] Kyousuke: [off] But... Why in the world was this cave dug? water FX: 2 Kyousuke: Where the heck does this connect to? Baachan. 3 Grandma FX: 4 Grandma: Why do we have to protect these islands...? Why do you suppose that is, Kyousuke? 5 Kyousuke: Why...? Well... --------------------------------------------------- p 219 (81) 1 Grandma: [off] Why are those who have something called the Power different from people? 2 Grandma: What in the world... Are we? 3 Grandma: Below the ground here, the entire secret of our ESPer clan is concealed. 4 [Kyousuke stares back, wide-eyed.] --------------------------------------------------- p 220 (82) 1 [A view of the lake and the two islands. The storm has passed.] Grandpa: [off] At the bottom of that lake lies a village which, a long time ago, was surrounded by mountains, and at the heart of that village are two mountains... 2 [Exterior shot of Grandpa's house.] Grandpa: [off] It's said that there lay the village of our ESPer clan's ancestors... 3 [Manami sits at Grandpa's side, listening raptly.] Grandpa: The people of the village lived in peace, but the secret of the village seemed to be repeatedly threatened by outside intruders. The people feared that the Power would be used by the authorities back then (today, it would be used by the military). By their own hand, they submerged the village beneath the lake... --------------------------------------------------- p 221 (83) 1 [View looking across a forest towards the distant mountains.] Grandpa: [off] On those islands are tunnels that lead to the village that sleeps at the bottom of the lake. But... So that that village wouldn't be discovered by intruders again, the descendants of the villagers made a rule that a Guardian must protect the islands. 2 Manami: Ah!! Then that means the Guardian is real...?! 3 [Grandpa lowers his eyes.] 4 Manami: Say... Ojiichan. 5 Grandpa: Hm? --------------------------------------------------- p 222 (84) 1 Manami: Where did our ancestors come from? 2 [He looks up into the sky.] Grandpa: .......... Well... 3 [View looking up at the sky over Grandpa's house.] Grandpa: [off] But, perhaps from far beyond the Heavens... Manami: [off] C'mon-n-n! Really, ojiichan. --------------------------------------------------- p 223 (85) 1 [A dead end lies ahead.] 2 Kyousuke: [smiling] Umm... 3 [He turns to Grandma, with a nervous smile. Madoka still lies unconscious, carried on his back.] Kyousuke: It doesn't really matter, but this is a dead end... Grandma: ...... Huh!?! 4 Grandma: Oh my! Oops! I made a mistake with the exit! Grandma: Hmm... Then I wonder what we have to do to get out of this cave? Kyousuke: (.......... This senile baasan!) Madoka: [coming to] .......... ---------------------------------------------------