Maison Ikkoku Chapter 4 By Rumiko Takahashi Translated by Gavin Steyn Page 1 Caption: Showa 56, January 9. -------------------------- Caption: Young people suddenly become unstable... Clerk: Hold on, isr. -------------------------- Caption: One wonders why... Student 1: This problem... Student 2: That's definitely a problem... -------------------------- Kyo: That's right... Common exams start tomorrow. -------------------------- Page 2 Kyo: I should take care of of Godai-san. I'll be firm, and make Akemi-san and Yotsuya-san stop bothering him. -------------------------- Student 1: So what else is new? Shouldn't you hurry up and move somewhere else? Go: I can't do that. The manager is this amazingly beautiful woman. -------------------------- Go: I haven't done anything! Student 2: But your test is tomorrow! -------------------------- Go: No, I haven't done anything with the manager. Student 1: What were you thinking? Student 2: Another rival bites the dust. -------------------------- Page 3 Kyo: Akemi-san is first. -------------------------- Ak: Woo...the toilet, the toilet!! -------------------------- Kyo: Ah, Akemi-san!! -------------------------- Kyo: Godai-san... -------------------------- Ak: Aaah, what a relief. -------------------------- Page 4. Ak: It's cold, isn't it. Kyo: That's true; it is cold. -------------------------- Ak: What are you looking at, ronin?! -------------------------- Ak: It's that sort of thing that makes you a second-year ronin! Kyo: Akemi-san!! -------------------------- Ak: Oh, kanririn-san, you wanted something? Kyo: It's too late. -------------------------- Kyo: Godai's starting his common exams tomorrow, so don't irritate him or walk around nude in the apartment. -------------------------- Kyo: That's what I wanted to tell... Ak: Are you looking again, you pervert?! -------------------------- Page 5. Kyo: Yotsuya-san, Yotsuya-san. -------------------------- Kyo: I guess he''s not in. -------------------------- Go: Yotsuya-san's not around? Kyo: Yotsuya-san, aren't you in? -------------------------- Go: What a pity. Now, to finish this bunch of stuff... -------------------------- Yot: Guess who. Go: Wawawaaa! -------------------------- Page 6. Go: Yotsuya's here, Yotsuya's here! Yot: You guessed. Kyo: Yotsuya-san's in here!! -------------------------- Go: How long have you been here? Where did you come from? Yot: I've been here for a few minutes. -------------------------- Yot: Now, you ask where I come from... -------------------------- Yot: This way, through a secret hole. Go: Waa! You opened the hole again! Kyo: Where's the secret? Where... -------------------------- Kyo: Anyway, for today I forbid any mischief. -------------------------- Kyo: By the way, there's something I want to tell you. -------------------------- Page 7. Kyo: Don't say "slip," "fall," or "ronin again" in front of Godai, not even as a joke. [Note: Slip and fall can both also mean "to fail."] Yot: Huh? -------------------------- Yot: I didn't hear you very well. Could you say it a bit louder, please? -------------------------- Kyo: "slip," "fall," or "ronin again." Yot: Huh? -------------------------- Kyo: "SLIP", "FALL," or "RONIN AGAIN"! Yot: Oh! "Slip," "fall," or "ronin again," right? -------------------------- Kyo: Uh.... -------------------------- Page 8. Kyo: Are you leaving? Go: I'm going to the library for a while. -------------------------- Yot: Slip. -------------------------- Yot: Fall. -------------------------- Page 9. Yot: Interesting, isn't it. Kyo: Yotsuya-san...! -------------------------- Yot: Fly to the sky!! Go: How can I? -------------------------- Go: Damn...what can I do in this kind of environment... -------------------------- Go: Ah! -------------------------- Go: My...My shoelace snapped... Th-this is.... -------------------------- Ak: A bad omen. -------------------------- Page 10. Yot: This is very unlucky. Ak: I suppose it's a sign that you'll be a ronin again. -------------------------- Yot: Don't let your spirits drop. There's always next year. Go: That's a strange way to comfort me; please don't bother. -------------------------- Kyo: Would the two of you please not be so irresponsible. -------------------------- Yot: You're getting serious. Ak: I understand. You like the ronin. -------------------------- Kyo: What are you talking about?! If I didn't cut in, you two would never stop! Yot: You're pretending, you're pretending. -------------------------- Kyo: I'm just thinking of Godai. Akemi and Yotsuya: Obviously. -------------------------- Page 11 Yot: You've decided not to leave? Go: Yup. -------------------------- Go: Kanririn-san. Kyo: Yes? -------------------------- Go: I'll try really hard, in return for your believing in me. Kyo: Do... Do your best. -------------------------- Yot: He's pretty serious, isn't he. Ak: You've got a comfoting personality. Kyo: I'm tired... -------------------------- Page 12 Go: A winter rain... I'll just get myself settled down... -------------------------- Go: What the hell is that! -------------------------- Ken: Aa! -------------------------- Ken: Watch out! Get down! -------------------------- PAge 13 Ken: Don't hit me! Go: Kids should play outside. -------------------------- Ken: It's raining outside. Go: It'll be raining fists inside! -------------------------- Ken: Waah! Go: Victory. -------------------------- Page 14 Ken: Mom, mom! -------------------------- Ken: I was hit by the ronin. Ich: Oh. -------------------------- Ken: Don''t you have anything to say except "Oh"? Ich: Be brave. -------------------------- Ich: The enemy has exams tomorrow, so he's irritable. Ken: What should I do to him?! -------------------------- Ich: Keep quiet. When he's done with exams, you can take twice as much vengeance. Ken: I don't want to wait taht long. -------------------------- Ken: Damn. Everyone's being nice to the ronin. -------------------------- Page 15 Go: I didn't get anything done all day; now I have to get back to completely concentrating on my work. -------------------------- Go: Let's work hard. -------------------------- Go: This must be a joke. -------------------------- Ak: Hey, manager, what's going on? -------------------------- Page 16 Ak: We've got the only house with a blackout. Kyo: A fuse must have blown. -------------------------- Go: I'll help out. Kyo But your studying... -------------------------- Go: I can't study anything during a blackout. Kyo: That's true, I duppose. -------------------------- Kyo: That's strange; there's nothing wrong with the fuses. -------------------------- Kyo: I suppose there's a problem in the wiring. Hmm... Here's a rough sketch of it. Go: Do you think you can fix it? -------------------------- Kyo: We've got all sorts of tools, and I understand this stuff a little, so... --------------------------- Page 17 Kyo: Wow, this is the clock tower. -------------------------- Kyo: This is a huge mechansim. Go: WE're alone in the dark. -------------------------- Kyo: Ah. I'm sorry, I didn't see you. Go: Wah! Excuse me, excuse me. -------------------------- Kyo: Eh? Go: Nothing. -------------------------- Kyo: Lets go find the source of the prblem right away. Go: That's a good idea. -------------------------- Page 18 Kyo: I've got to work hard, because of your test tomorrow. -------------------------- Go: Um... Kyo: Yes? -------------------------- Go: You're being very serious for my sake. Kyo: Eh? -------------------------- Kyo: No! You've got it wrong! -------------------------- Kyo: I... I was just thinking of your... Go: Thank you. -------------------------- Kyo: Wait, Godai-san. Go: I'm happy. -------------------------- Page 18 Kyo: Aah! -------------------------- Kyo: Ka-kanririn-san! Kyo: Ah... -------------------------- Ak: I wonder what's going on? Yot: Something's happening. -------------------------- Ak: Let's go see. Yot: I'm burning to find out. -------------------------- Go: Come on, Kanririn-san, get up! -------------------------- Page 20 Ak: Interesting. Yot: Feel free to continue. Go: What are you talking about? -------------------------- Kyo: Ha! -------------------------- Kyo: Kyaa! -------------------------- Kyo: Soichiro-san, I'm sorry Soichiro-san! Yot: She's apologizing to her dog. Go: It looks like she hit her head when she fell. -------------------------- Ak: Yuck. I found a mouse. -------------------------- Yot: He must've been eating the wires. Kyo: Well, I'll fix it. -------------------------- Kyo: There; it's been fixed. Voice: You're great, kanririn-san. -------------------------- Page 20 Sound effects: Booong. Booong, etc. -------------------------- Voice 1: What's that sound? Voice 2: Isn't that the clock's bell? -------------------------- Ak: But this clock's broken! Caption: Unfortunately, once switched on, the clock was like an electric music box... -------------------------- Caption: Through the storm, the sound continued all night. -------------------------- Voice 1: Turn it down. Voice 2: I can't sleep. -------------------------- Caption: So, the next morning... -------------------------- Page 21 Ak: Since I didn't sleep all night, I may as well see you off. Yot: Do as much as you can. Kyo: Do your best, ok. Go: Sure. -------------------------- Caption: After the rain and freezing cold, the road downhill... Go: I'm off. -------------------------- Caption: is slippery... -------------------------- Caption: and frozen. Yot: He slipped and fell. Ak: This is a bad sign.