Kimagure Orange Road "The Summer Finale!" Volume 18, Story 5 WB Volume 10, Story 12 Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi Translation by : Melinda Miller (19 Sept 1994) Compilation & Additional translation by : Craig Nishida Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose Craig Nishida Matthew Akira Klippenstein 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 225 (87) are only in the WBs! --------------------------------------------------- p 225 (87)--TITLE PAGE [Madoka stands on tiled and leaf-covered ground, dressed in a light dress and hat. Her waist is cinched tight with a bow tied behind her back. She faces away from us, raising one hand to shield her eyes from the bright sun.] MAIN TITLE (at top) The Summer Finale! SUB-TITLE (at bottom) A Bygone Summer's Day. A Sensation on the Back. A Slightly Grown-Up Autumn Beckons. --------------------------------------------------- p 226 (88) 1 [View of the lake and the lake shore.] 2 [Grandma, Kyousuke and Madoka walk on the surface. They are dressed in the same clothes as the previous chapter, so perhaps they just exited the caves.] Grandma: Weren't you brought here by your dad once when you were little, Kyousuke? Kyousuke: I don't really remember it... --------------------------------------------------- p 227 (89) 1 [Their view of a graveyard. Several dozen granite markers cover the grounds.] cicadas FX: 2 [Grandma stops in front of a headstone. Kyousuke and Madoka stand behind her.] 3 [Kyousuke watches as Grandma kneels and prays.] 4 Kyousuke: .......... It's been a while, hasn't it... --------------------------------------------------- p 228 (90) 1 [He smiles at the grave marker. Sunlight bathes the scene.] Kyousuke: .......... Mother! 2 headstone: Kasuga Akemi 3 [Madoka stares in surprise.] 4 [He continues to gaze at the gravestone. This is Madoka's pov from his right.] Kyousuke: I haven't told you yet, have I, Ayukawa. --------------------------------------------------- p 229 (91) 1 Kyousuke: My mom... Right after giving birth to Manami and Kurumi... 2 Grandma: The time's sure flown... 3 [Pov pans back and up. It is a large and well-tended graveyard.] Kyousuke: It's been... 15 years already. --------------------------------------------------- p 230 (92) 1 [Madoka looks around her.] Madoka FX: 2 [She sees some flowers growing in the wild.] 3 [She heads off in that direction. Kyousuke turns to look.] Madoka footsteps: 4 Kyousuke: [blankly] Ayukawa... Where are you going? 5 Madoka: .......... I'll just be a sec. 6 [His pov of his mother's gravestone. Some flowers already rest at its base.] --------------------------------------------------- p 231 (93) 1 Kyousuke: ...... Oh. What are these flowers? Grandma: .......... Probably Takashi-san. 2 Kyousuke: Dad? He was here? 3 Grandma: [smiling] It seems he comes out here every year about this time to see her--in part for us--without fail. 4 [Kyousuke is silent.] 5 Grandma: But, Kyousuke. The fact that you brought that girl to this island... That girl... Does she... Know about our Power? --------------------------------------------------- p 232 (94) 1 [He stares down at the ground.] Kyousuke: .......... I don't think she knows. 2 Grandma: So... Why don't you tell her? You like her, don't you? 3 cicadas FX: 4 Kyousuke: That's why... Up until now, I couldn't talk about the Power. 5 Kyousuke: If... She knew about the Power... I wouldn't ever be able to see her again... --------------------------------------------------- p 233 (95) 1 [His view of his mother's gravestone.] 2 Grandma: [smiling] .......... Your mother revealed the Power to your dad on this island, too!! But... Your dad didn't treat our Power as monstrous. 3 [Kyousuke stares at the flowers.] 4 [Smiling, Madoka appears with a bouquet of flowers.] Madoka: Sorry to have kept you waiting! Since this is our first meeting, I thought it would be rude to come empty-handed! --------------------------------------------------- p 234 (96) 1 [Madoka kneels before the grave. Kyousuke looks at her with surprise.] 2 Kyousuke: Hey... You didn't get rid of that pendant? 3 [Smiling, she lifts it up.] Madoka: But... This pendant protected us. 4 [He gives a soft smile.] 5 [View past some wildflowers and across the lake.] Kyousuke: [off] .......... Yeah! --------------------------------------------------- p 235 (97) 1 [Madoka kneels before the grave, praying. Grandma and Kyousuke stand respectfully behind.] 2 [View looking up at the clear skies.] cicadas FX: 3 [With Madoka walking on ahead, Kyousuke looks back at Grandma.] Kyousuke: Eh?! 4 Grandma: [smiling] .......... She's a nice girl! 5 Kyousuke: [smiling] .......... Of course! --------------------------------------------------- p 236 (98) 1 [Exterior night shot of Grandpa's house.] 2 [Tight shot of two sparklers.] sparklers FX: 3 [View pulls back. Hikaru and Kurumi hold them. Manami watches nearby. In the background, Kyousuke and Madoka approach.] 4 [Madoka points off-panel.] Madoka: Oh! A shooting star! --------------------------------------------------- p 237 (99) 1 [View of the sparkling night sky. A star streaks across it.] 2 Kyousuke: Ah, it's true! 3 [Kyousuke portrait.] 4 Kyousuke: Nahhh, but I dunno. Maybe it's a UFO. Madoka: [smiling] Ha ha ha! No way-y-y! 5 Kyousuke: [off] Hey! Madoka: Huh? --------------------------------------------------- p 238 (100) 1 Kyousuke: Hey... Do you believe, Ayukawa? Madoka: [blankly] Huh? 2 [He stares off into the distance.] Kyousuke: In the existence of UFO's and ESP... 3 [Madoka considers.] 4 Madoka: .......... Well... 5 [He looks up at the sky.] Kyousuke: If... I were an alien... Or an ESPer... What would you do? Madoka: Huh? Why this all of a sudden...? --------------------------------------------------- p 239 (101) 1 [He drops his gaze.] Kyousuke: If... I had ESP Powers... 2 [She looks at him and considers.] 3 Madoka: .......... If you did... 4 [She studies the sky. He watches her.] Madoka: Well... --------------------------------------------------- p 240 (102) 1 [Full-page art. She points up to the crescent moon. Kyousuke looks up.] Madoka: I'd have you take me to the moon! --------------------------------------------------- p 241 (103) 1 [He goes cross-eyed.] 2 Kyousuke: [wincing] I-I can't go that far! At best, instead of by taxi, I could take you somewhere that's a little too far to walk... [Madoka stares back at him, blankly.] 3 Kyousuke: .......... Or predict next month's lottery, or... 4 [She stifles a laugh.] Madoka: 5 Madoka: [smiling] You aren't a perfect superman, are you! 6 Kyousuke: [embarrassed, blushing] ... Ha ha ha ha ha! 7 Madoka: But... Whether or not you're a superman... --------------------------------------------------- p 242 (104) 1 [She gazes into his eyes.] Madoka: You're the same Kasuga-kun... And either one is fine. 2 [She looks away, but he continues to watch her with eyes grown huge.] 3 Madoka: But... What does that matter? Kyousuke: Ahh... Nothing... narration: If... I talk about the Power... 4 [View of the crescent moon overhead.] narration: How in the world will everyone react? 5 [View of a mountain slope.] narration: Will they be surprised? Sure, they'll probably be surprised! --------------------------------------------------- p 243 (105) 1 [The sky as viewed with time-lapse photography. The stars appear as circular streaks as they rotate around the North Star.] narration: Maybe... They won't speak to me. 2 narration: And then... I'd have to transfer again. No, but maybe at the very least... 3 [He smiles at Madoka. She notices he's staring at her.] narration: Somehow... I have the feeling that Ayukawa would say, with an unaffected expression... Kyousuke FX: Madoka: ? 4 narration: "But... What does that matter?!" [His pov of her. She smiles and nervously brushes at her cheek.] Madoka: Hm? Is there something on my face? ---------------------------------------------------