Kimagure Orange Road "The Everlasting Summer" Volume 18, Story 7 WB Volume 10, Story 14 Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi Translation by : Hitoshi Doi (19 Mar 1990) and Tonghyun Kim (7 Nov 1992) Compilation & Additional translation by : Craig Nishida Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose Craig Nishida Last revision : 09-22-95 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 normal manga, so there may be a few extras to those of you not having both. Example: The subtitles on page 311 (169) are only in the WBs! NOTE: The wideban version of this chapter contains 6 additional pages not found in the original manga. --------------------------------------------------- p 311 (169)--TITLE PAGE MAIN TITLE (at top) The Everlasting Summer 1 [Jets pull into their gates at Narita International Airport.] jet plane FX: 2 [Panels 2-4 are Madoka's pov.] Hatta/Komatsu: Are you really going? 3 [Manami and Kurumi hold bouquets and smile.] Manami: Good luck! 4 Master: [smiling] Take care of yourself! SUB-TITLE (at bottom) Someone Sets Out on a Trip. A Farewell at Narita. Maybe, possibly... --------------------------------------------------- p 312 (170) 1 [Madoka and Kyousuke stand and stare at each other.] 2 [Madoka portrait. She blushes slightly.] 3 [Kyousuke portrait. So does he.] 4 [Flashback to the rest of the conversation on the pier.] Madoka: [off] I'll... Come back when I'm sure I can come straight out and say my own feelings. --------------------------------------------------- p 313 (171) 1 Kyousuke: And that's... When? 2 [She looks unhappily at the ground.] 3 Madoka: [looking back] I still... Don't know. 4 Kyousuke: [smiling] But... I'll be waiting. For you, Ayukawa. 5 [A look of surprise comes over her face.] 6 [She turns away from him and stares straight up at the sky.] Madoka: I'm... Whimsical. I don't know how long you'll be kept waiting... 7 Kyousuke: [soberly] I'll wait forever... [She blushes.] --------------------------------------------------- p 314 (172) 1 [View across the water at the lit skyline. This is a flashback.] Kyousuke: [off] To America?! 2 Madoka: [off] Yes. My parents had a recommendation... A music school in L.A.! They said it might be good to study abroad... 3 Kyousuke: Why...? Why all of a sudden? 4 [Again, she looks up towards the night sky.] 5 [She looks down at the pier.] Madoka: You're also important to me, Kasuga-kun... And Hikaru is an important sister... I don't want to destroy these precious people now just because of my own selfishness. --------------------------------------------------- p 315 (173) 1 Madoka: [off] That sounds so cool, but... 2 Madoka: [smiling] Actually, it's probably just that I'm an awful coward. Maybe that's all it is. 3 [Kyousuke stares back, blankly.] 4 [He too, drops his gaze.] Kyousuke: I... Like Hikaru-chan. But I think of her tenderly more as an older brother than as a sweetheart... A feeling like that is a lot... 5 Kyousuke: Different... From the feeling I have towards you, Ayukawa. --------------------------------------------------- p 316 (174) 1 [Her face is turned aside.] 2 [She turns towards him.] Madoka: 'Like' or 'love'? 3 [Kyousuke portrait.] 4 Kyousuke: Hikaru-chan is 'like'... You, Ayukawa, are... --------------------------------------------------- p 317 (175) 1 Kyousuke: I love you. 2 [Madoka stares back, a bit surprised.] 3 [A 747 takes off.] jet FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 318 (176) 1 [Everyone mills about. Except Madoka, who isn't in view.] public address: Your attention, please. JAL flight 415, departing at 2:05 PM, will soon... Master: But... Hasn't Hikaru-chan come yet? 2 [Hikaru comes racing across the terminal, smiling, waving and wearing the red straw hat.] Hikaru: Madoka-sa-a-an! 3 Hikaru: I'm sorry I'm late! The bus was crowded... 4 Madoka: .......... Hikaru! Hikaru: [smiling] Ahh, I made it in time. --------------------------------------------------- p 319 (177) 1 [Kyousuke lowers his gaze.] Kyousuke: Hikaru-chan... 2 [Hikaru looks at him, face expressionless.] 3 [Kyousuke drops to his hands and knees on the floor before her, and bows his head.] --------------------------------------------------- p 320 (178) 1 Kyousuke: [head bowed, eyes closed] I'm sorry... Hikaru-chan! 2 [Manami, Kurumi, Komatsu and Hatta stand, stunned. Madoka looks on, with feeling.] 3 [Kyousuke continues to kneel and bow his head.] 4 Hikaru: Please stand up... Sempai. --------------------------------------------------- p 321 (179) 1 [He looks up at her.] narration: ......! Ah, this hat!! 2 Hikaru: Sempai... I... 3 Hikaru: Heard it all from Manami-chan and Kurumi-chan! About you and Madoka-san. 4 [Kyousuke flinches a bit from the force of Hikaru's words.] 5 Hikaru: Sempai, please shut your eyes and clench your teeth! Kyousuke: ...... Eh?! --------------------------------------------------- p 322 (180) 1 [With a determined look, she slaps him on the cheek. He winces.] Hikaru hand FX: 2 [Madoka is surprised.] 3 [So is Kyousuke.] 4 Hikaru: Now... It's all right! sign: Travel Insurance 5 Hikaru: [smiling] Sempai! I'm borrowing this hat for a bit!! Kyousuke: Eh?! --------------------------------------------------- p 323 (181) 1 [Hikaru runs after Madoka, who had started to head for her gate.] Hikaru: Madoka-sa-a-an! 2 Madoka: .......... Hikaru. 3 Hikaru: .......... Madoka-san. 4 [Glaring, she takes Madoka by both arms.] Hikaru: I'm very angry!! Because you weren't frank with me! 5 [But her glare disappears and she looks up, a little sadly.] Hikaru: That you were the one Sempai liked... --------------------------------------------------- p 324 (**) <**This page only exists in the wideban version.> 1** [Hikaru portrait.] 2** [Madoka portrait] 3** [Kyousuke holds his injured cheek in his hand and stares off to one side.] 4** [Master, Manami, Hatta and Komatsu look on in surprise.] Hatta/Komatsu: Ehhhh?! --------------------------------------------------- p 325 (**) <**This page only exists in the wideban version.> 1** Hikaru: Such an important thing. Why... Did you hide it from me? 2** [Madoka looks aside.] Madoka: What are you talking about? How silly... Kasuga-kun is yours, Hikaru. 3** Hikaru: No-o-o! Please don't keep any more secrets!! Oneesan!! You're going to America because of me, right! Hikaru: We aren't real sisters, but... I came to think of you as more than a real sister, Madoka-san!! --------------------------------------------------- p 326 (**) <**This page only exists in the wideban version.> 1** [Madoka still looks at the floor.] Madoka: Then... Now... We're finished... Because I was an incredibly stupid big sister, hm. 2** Hikaru: To tell you the truth, Madoka-san... I... Hate you! 3** Hikaru: [closing her eyes] But, up to now, you... Always went and suffered for my sake. You acted as go-between for Sempai and me, and gave way for me. Hikaru: And so, this time, I'll take a step back. 4** [She looks over towards Kyousuke.] Hikaru: I'll... Set Sempai free. Hikaru: I feel better after slapping him. 5** Kyousuke: .......... H-Hika... --------------------------------------------------- p 327 (**) <**This page only exists in the wideban version.> 1** Hikaru: On the whole, you're a coward, Madoka-san!! Where are you running away to after toying with the feelings of Sempai and me?! Hikaru: That's not like you, Madoka-san! 2** [Hikaru buries her face in her hands. Kyousuke watches, stunned.] Hikaru: Please... 3** Hikaru: That's why... Please don't run away... Even I... Find it painful when I think of Sempai. It's hard... I feel so lonely... Hikaru: I think... This can't be... Happening to me... 4** [Kyousuke portrait. With a lump in his throat.] 5** [Madoka portrait. Wide-eyed and touched.] 6** [Hikaru still has her face buried in both hands.] Hikaru: This can't be... --------------------------------------------------- p 328 (182) 1 Madoka: .......... Hika...ru. 2 [Hikaru clasps Madoka by both arms and stares into her eyes with emotion.] Hikaru: And so, oneesan! Please come back soon!! For my sake... And... 3 [Hikaru removes the red straw hat from her head and places it on Madoka's. Madoka looks up at the hat's brim...] hat FX: 4 [...then stares into Hikaru's damp eyes.] Hikaru: ...for Kyousuke-sempai's sake... --------------------------------------------------- p 329 (183) 1 [Tears welling, the two girls stare into each other's eyes. Tears tumble down Hikaru's cheek.] 2 [View pulls back. In the middle of an oddly empty terminal, the two girls embrace tightly.] --------------------------------------------------- p 330 (184) 1 [The jet flies off into the bright sky.] jet FX: 2 [Hikaru shields her eyes from the sun as she watches the jet disappear. A somber Kyousuke stands beside her. Master watches from behind.] Hikaru: Ahh, she's gone. 3 [Hikaru stares straight ahead.] Hikaru: Sempai... Right now, I still... To tell you the truth, find it hard to talk to you... 4 [She looks up towards the sky. Kyousuke turns towards her.] Hikaru: But I understand your feelings for Madoka-san. Because Madoka-san is so wonderful. --------------------------------------------------- p 331* (185*) <*Translation note (CN): Completely different panels exist for panel 1 in the wideban vs the normal versions.> 1 <*normal version> [A view out the window and onto the tarmac.] Hikaru: [off] Until now, I had you all to myself... But from now on, Sempai, I want you to be more free. 1 <*wideban version> [Hikaru and Kyousuke stare out the window, still standing side by side but not meeting each other's gaze. A soft smile comes to Hikaru's face.] Hikaru: Sempai... Don't give up! Hikaru: I'm sure Madoka-san will return! 2 [Kyousuke turns to her. Hikaru still stares out the window.] 3 [Kyousuke wears a look of amazement. Hikaru studies the sky.] Kyousuke: .......... Hikaru-chan. Hikaru: Everyone... Is still unrequited, hm. 4 Kyousuke: Hm?! 5 Kyousuke: (Come to think of it, I... Still haven't heard how Ayukawa feels!) --------------------------------------------------- p 332 (186) 1 [A view of the sky.] narration: But... I'll wait forever, Ayukawa... 2-3 [View of trees and sky.] narration: Before long... The following spring arrived... I, Kasuga Kyousuke, made it safely into college, and I was feeling relieved, when... Kyousuke: [off] 97, 98... 4 [Kyousuke approaches the top of the 99.5 steps.] Kyousuke: 99... 5 Kyousuke: ...100! Kyousuke step FX: [He spots something off-panel.] --------------------------------------------------- p 333 (187**) <**Panels 4-5 only exist in the wideban version.> 1 [Madoka stands in full portrait, carrying a travel bag in one hand and holding down the red straw hat on her head with the other. She wears a bright smile.] Madoka: You miscounted again. 2 Kyousuke: It's 99 steps that are infinitely close to 100! 3 [Madoka portrait. She smiles merrily.] 4** [Kyousuke portrait.] 5** [Madoka portrait.] --------------------------------------------------- p * (187) <*These are panels 4-5 in the normal version.> 4* [Kyousuke confronts her.] Kyousuke: Will you answer me? 'Like' or 'love'? Madoka: Like! 5* [She rushes forward, her hat flying off.] Madoka: That is infinitely close to LOVE... --------------------------------------------------- p 334 (**) <**This page only exists in the wideban version.> 1** Kyousuke: Welcome back, Ayukawa. 2** Madoka: I'm home, Kasuga-kun. 3** [Madoka's pov as he looks up at her.] Kyousuke: .......... Did you return to answer my question? 4** [She smiles softly back...] 5** [...and, holding the red straw hat down on her head, she nods.] Madoka FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 335 (**) <**This page only exists in the wideban version.> 1** [He confronts her. She answers with eyes downcast.] Kyousuke: 'Like' or 'love'? Madoka: Like! 2** Kyousuke: [stunned] Eh?!! Madoka: [off] But... 3** [She takes a step down to step number 99.] Madoka: It's infinitely... Madoka footstep FX: 4** [She closes her eyes and leans toward him for a kiss.] Madoka: ...Close to LOVE. --------------------------------------------------- p 336-339** (188-189) <**The final line below appears on the 2 pages of art (pp 338-339) found only in the wideban. In the normal manga, that final line appears with the rest of the text on page 189.> [Two-page art. Kyousuke and Madoka kiss on the 99th step. The red straw hat blows away in the breeze.] narration: Summer--no matter how many months and years pass by, we probably won't forget this "season." April-- under the sunlight that would make one doze off, we first met. June-- in the sparkling light and wind... August--the hot beach that the two of us ran across... That wasn't just a passing season, but also the everlasting summer that we passed through. The 80's that were like a dream... [Wideban two-page art on pp 338-339. A view of the partly-cloudy sky. The red straw hat eclipses the sun.] narration: This throbbing heart... I will not forget. --------------------------------------------------- p 340 (**) <**This page and text only exists in the wideban version.> 1 [No art. Just a white page.] Kyousuke: [off] Say... Ayukawa... Don't be surprised when you hear this. To tell you the truth, I'm... ---------------------------------- At bottom: [wideban only] Kimagure Orange Road 10 (End) ---------------------------------------------------