Kimagure Orange Road"Alcohol Blues"Volume 2, Story 4WB Volume 1, Story 12Written and illustrated by Matsumoto IzumiTranslation & full-script typesetting by : Craig H. NishidaEditing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose                                 Craig Nishida                                 Spencer Hastings                                 Ramon Galindo                                 Wes Shull                                 Gary Kacmarcik                                 Scott HenryLast revision : 02-07-95Comments?  Corrections?  Suggestions?  Please send them to:     kor-trans@gnu.ai.mit.eduNOTE: WBp#'s are printed first, Normal manga pages in parenthesis()NOTE: Translation is done from both the normal and WB manga, so there may      be a few extras to those of you not having one or the other.      Example: The subtitles on page 259 (73) are only in the WB's!---------------------------------------------------p 259 (73)--TITLE PAGE[Kyousuke and Madoka appear to walk on top of this panel (i.e., as though the panel was a floor).  It is a night view looking up at a lit skyscraper.]MAIN TITLE (at top)               _________  Alcohol Blues                   aruko--ru  buruusu                                  alcohol    bluesSUB-TITLE (at bottom)                               ______  Silvery Stars Glittering        YOZORA ni         kirara  in the Night Sky...             in-the-night-sky  <kirakira = glitteringly>                                  GIN no   HOSHI......                                  silvery  stars                                                       _________  A Silhouette of a Wonderful     FUSHIGI na  KOI  no  shiruetto!  Love!                           wonderful   love 's  silhouette---------------------------------------------------p 260 (74)1[Exterior view of the Komatsu residence.]sign:  Komatsu                         KOMATSU2[In Komatsu's bedroom, Kyousuke sits and looks about.]Kyousuke:  Wow!  You live in a pretty      hee----_    nakanaka  i-- tokoro  ni  nice place.                            !    very      nice-place (IO)                                  sunde   n da     na                                  living  (explan)Komatsu:  Not really.                     so-- demo nai sa3[Kyousuke looks back at the huge poster of Hori Chiemi on the wall above Komatsu's bed.]Kyousuke:                                    ________  Humongous poster.               dekkai     posuta--                                  humongous  posterposter writing:                                    ____  Drawing copyright, Assistant    E  #(c)#         ashi-<H?>  H                               drawing/picture  <name--"Assistant H"?>                                  _______  <something>, hmm?               irenasu    ne~~  --#Chie...#              --Chiemi            <?????>   (rhet)   <signed>-"Chie<mi>"                                  <not-sure-about-this-katakana><Commentary: Yet another appearance of "ashi-H" or "ashi-M" (ie, "Assistant H or Assistant M) in the background of the early KOR chapters.>Kyousuke:                                    _________  The fan club is really worth    sasuga ni  fankurabu ni   haitte-ru  joining, huh.                   really     fan-club (IO)  be-joining                                  dake no koto wa aru     ne                                  is-worth-(it)           (rhet)Komatsu: [smirking]  I had a tough time getting      KUROU shita       n da    za!  my hands on it!                 had-a-hard-time  (explan)                                  TE ni ire  n no                                  get/obtain4[Komatsu flings his arms across the poster of Chiemi-chan.]Komatsu:  So there's no way I'll give     ZETTAI ni   yaran     kara       na!  it up!                          absolutely  not-give  that's-whyKyousuke:  Nobody said anything about      DARE-mo  kure  tte Ittenai     yo--!!  "giving"!!                      nobody   give  <not>-say-that5[A thought strikes Komatsu...]Komatsu:  Hmm...                          fu--n......6Komatsu:  For some reason, you don't      do--mo   KASUGA tte  ko-- yu--     no ni  seem interested in this         somehow         (T)  this-kind-of  although  sort of thing.                                  KYOUMI     nasaso-- da     na                                  interest   looks-as-if-do  Considering the fact that       CHUUGAKUSEI      no   kuse-ni  FUKENKOU  you're a junior high student,   jr-high-student  are  though   unhealthy  don't you think that's  unhealthy?                      da  to OMOwan       ka?                                  is  not-think-that  (?)Kyousuke: [clenching his teeth] (Taking outrageous shots at      (hidoi              i--gakari)  me.)                             outrageous/severe  pick-a-quarrel---------------------------------------------------p 261 (75)1Kyousuke:  It's not that I'm               betsu ni            KYOUMI nai      wake  uninterested, but...            <not>-particularly  not-interested  reason                                  ja nai  kedo                                  is-not  butKomatsu:  Oh, I see.                      a  so-- kaa2Komatsu: [grinning]  That's right.                   so-- datta  yo na  You already have...             KASUGA ni  wa   cha--nto...                                        (IO) (T)  quite/reallyKyousuke:  Wh-what?                        na nan da yo3Komatsu:  But...  Is a delinquent that    shikashi...    sonna ni FURYOU      ga  nice?  I can't possibly         but            delinquent-like-that (S)  imagine that it is.                                  i--       no ka ne                                  nice/okay                                  ___                                  ore ni wa          totemo                                  to-me  (contrast)  can't-possibly                                  i--   to wa  OMOen        ga                                  okay         not-imagine  but4[Kyousuke, visualizing the lovely Madoka, smiles and blushes slightly.]narration:  Is he talking about Ayukawa?    koitsu    AYUKAWA no koto  Itte n no ka----                                  this-guy  about-Ayukawa    saying    (?)Kyousuke:  Ah?                             ha?5Kyousuke: [indignant]  That girl you're thinking       ano KO    wa   KOMATSU  nan-ka  ga  about isn't such a              that-girl (T)           somehow (S)  delinquent.                                  OMOtte-ru    hodo    FURYOU      ja nai  yo                                  be-thinking  extent  delinquent  is-not6Komatsu:  But despite the fact that       demo  ICHI-NENSEI  no  kuse-ni      kekko--  she's a first-year, she's       but   first-year   is  even-though  quite  rather cheeky...!               _______                                  namaiki                da  shi     na--_                                  cheeky/impudent/saucy  is  consider    !Kyousuke:  First year?                     ICHI-NENSEI?7Kyousuke:                                 ______  Isn't she in the same class     onnaji  kurasu  daro?  as us?                          same    class   poss-beKomatsu:  Why would Hiyama Hikaru?        nande         HIYAMA hikaru  daro?                                  why/what-for                 poss-be  Isn't she a first-year?         ICHI-NEN    jan     aitsu                                  first-year  is-not  that-person---------------------------------------------------p 262 (76)1[He visualizes a radiant Hikaru-chan.]Kyousuke:  EH?!  Hikaru-chan?              e    hikaru-chan?2Komatsu:  Whaaat?!  You have someone      nan da--_?!    hoka ni  DARE-ka   omae!  else?!                          what's-that    besides  somebody  you3Kyousuke:  Eh?  No, not really...          e  iya  betsu ni...narration:  That's right.  I completely     so-- datta   hikaru-chan no koto  forgot about Hikaru-chan!                    about-Hikaru                                  _______                                  sukkari     WASUrete-ta!                                  completely  was-forgetting4Kyousuke:                               ___  But I'm not going out with      demo  ore  hikaru-chan to  tsukiatte-ru  Hikaru-chan...                  but   I    w/Hikaru        be-going-about                                  wake    ja nai  n da      kedo   naa                                  reason  is-not  (explan)  butKomatsu:  Quit hiding, quit hiding!       kakusu na    kakusu na                                  don't-hide/conceal-(neg-command)5[A shot of Komatsu's stereo deck.]Komatsu: [off]  But I tell you, Kasuga...       demo ne  KASUGA  ittoku       kedo                                  but              (= itte-oku)  but                                                      tell-(for-future's-sake)  Whether it's with Hikaru        hikaru to ii  or <our classmate> Ayukawa,     whether-w/Hikaru  if you keep being friendly      ____    ______  you're going to get into        uchi no kurasu no AYUKAWA to ii  big trouble.                    or-whether-with-our-class's-Ayukawa                                  a-- yu-- no to  SHITAshiku shite-ru to                                  if-like-that    if-being-intimate/friendly                                  IMA ni           tondemonai ME ni au  zo                                  sooner-or-later  meet-with-misfortune6Komatsu:  After all, Ayukawa used to      nan tatte  AYUKAWA  nan-ka   MUKASHI  wa...  be...                           after-all           somehow  formerly (T)Kyousuke:  Eh?  Wh-what?  Ayukawa was      e  na nani    AYUKAWA ga   nan da  yo  what?                                 what            (S)  what's-that7Mrs. Komatsu: [off]  Seijiii!  Dinner's ready.       SEIJI--_    gohan   dekita     wa yo                                         !    dinner  completedKomatsu:                          ________  Thank you.  Can you bring       sankyu--   mottekite-kureru?  it to me?                       thank-you  bring-(favor-to-me)8Komatsu:  Well...  Nowadays it's sure     maa......    chikagoro wa   TASHIka ni  a wonder that she seems so                   nowadays  (T)  to-be-sure  well-behaved...                                  FUSHIGI to        otonashii                                  a-wonder/mystery  well-behaved                                  mitai da     kedo  ne                                  seems-to-be  but                                    Oh yeah.  Since you're here,    so-- so--   sekkaku  stay and have dinner.                       for-all-(your)-troubles                                              _____                                  da kara     meshi  kutte-ke yo                                  that's-why  meal   go-eat-(command)Kyousuke:  ..........                      ..........---------------------------------------------------p 263 (77)1[Evening shot of the buildings downtown as seen from the sidewalk.]2[Kyousuke walks home.]3narration:  I've been able to be a bit      saikin  AYUKAWA to wa    SHITAshiku nareta  more friendly with Ayukawa      lately          (define) has-become-friendly  lately...                                  mitai da    kedo------                                  seem-to-be  but4[He visualizes Madoka.]narration:                        ___  But, I don't know a thing       ore  AYUKAWA no MUKASHI no koto  nan-te  about Ayukawa's past!!          I    about-Ayukawa's-past        and-such                                  nanni mo  SHIranai    n da    yo na!!                                  nothing   <not>-know  (explan)5narration:  And yet...  Just then,          shikashi------   nan-de  sakki  why did Ayukawa and not         yet/still        why     a-little-while-ago  Hikaru-chan immediately  come to mind?                   hikaru-chan  ja nakute    AYUKAWA no koto                                               not-being    about-Ayukawa                                  tossa ni  ATAMA ni ukanda  n darou                                  promptly  crossed-my-mind  (poss-explan)6voice: [off]  Kasuga-kun!                     KASUGA-kun!7Kyousuke: [turning to look]  EH?!                            e?---------------------------------------------------p 264 (78)1[It's Madoka in shorts and shirt.]2Kyousuke:  Huh?  But today's Sunday.       are   KYOU  wa   NICHIYOUBI  desho                                  huh   today (T)  Sunday      poss-be                                  _______    _____  Aren't you working at ABCB?     abakabu no baito wa?                                  ABCB's-work      (T)Madoka: [smiling]                 ________  For reasons of his own,         masuta-- no IPPOU      -TEKI  Master decided to close                  's unilateral  (adj-ending)  the place and take a day  off!                            tsugou ni yori       KYUUJITSU HEITEN!                                  for-certain-reasons  day-off   close-shop  So, today's a holiday!          shitagatte    KYOU  wa   oyasumi!                                  therefore     today (T)  a-holiday                                  ___________  I've got free time.             furi--taimu  datta  no                                  free-time    was3[His pov of Madoka as she looks at him.]Madoka:  Children who play around        kodomo   ga   konna TOKORO de  these sorts of places get       children (S)  in-this-kind-of-place  taken away by terrifying  people.                         asonde-ru to    kowai HITO ni                                  if-are-playing  by-scary-persons                                  TSUrete-karechau          yo                                  (= TSUrete-karete-shimau)                                     be-taken-away-(finality/regret)4Kyousuke:  Oh, you're so cruel.  I'm       a  hide-- na  JIBUN tte  kodomo  ja nai  ka  not a child.                       (hidoi)    self  (T)  child   am-not                                      cruel/severe5Madoka: [bright-eyed]  I'm okay!                       atashi wa   HEIKI       yo!                                  I      (T)  indifferent  Because I'm brave.              shikkari shite-ru  kara                                  be-firm/brave      that's-whyKyousuke: [wincing]                        ___      ____  Yes, yes.  I'm a brat.          hai hai  ore wa   gaki  desu yo                                           I   (T)  brat  am6[A view down the sidewalk.]Madoka: [off]                             _____  On days that I don't have       atashi  baito ga   nai       HI  wa   yoku  to work I usually hang          I       work  (S)  not-have  day (T)  often  around this neighborhood.                   ________                                  kono hen    burabura shite-ru  n da                                  this-'hood  be-loitering       (explan)Kyousuke: [off]  That's just like you...         AYUKAWA rashii  ne                                  Ayukawa-like    (rhet)Madoka: [off]  What do you mean by that?!      do-- yu--     IMI      yo!                                  what-kind-of  meaning---------------------------------------------------p 265 (79)1Kyousuke: [looking off-panel]  Huh?!                           are_Madoka:  What?                           naani?2[A shot of the entrance to Disco Moebius.]Kyousuke: [off]                       ______  That's the disco we went to     ano disuko  kono MAE     itta......  before...                       that-disco  this-before  wentMadoka: [off]                         _______  Ohh, "Moebius"!                 aa  mebiusu  ne!                                      Moebius3narration:  The last time we came here...   kono MAE     koko ni        kita  TOKI wa                                  this-before  to-this-place  came  time (T)[Madoka grabs him by the wrist and heads for the entrance.]Madoka:  Then, you wanna go dancing      ja  chotto  ODOtte-ko--     ka  for a bit?                          a-bit   shall-go-dance  (?)Kyousuke:  Eh?!                            e_4narration:  I'd never even thought she'd    konna ni   SHITAshiku naru     to wa  get this close...               like-this  get-close/friendly  even-though                                  OMOtte mo               minakatta  na------                                  even-though-want/think  wasn't-looking-atKyousuke:  Wait a minute.                  chotto matte yo[Madoka now has him grasped firmly around the arm and drags him off.  A couple of pretty but tough-looking girls look on with irritation.]5brunette girl:  Hey, hey.  C'mon, you           o-- o--  misetsukete-kureru      jan  show-offs.                               show-off-(favor-to-me)  are-not  You two over there!             soko no       o-futari-san!                                  that-place's  (hon)-2-people-(hon)6[Madoka whips her head around to look sternly at them.]7both girls: [horrified]           ___  Arg!  M-Madoka!                 ge_    ma_ madoka!---------------------------------------------------p 266 (80)1blonde girl:  Wh-what'll we do?               do  do-- shiyou  Of all the people to mouth      ere-- yatsu ni    KOE kakechimatta!  off to, it had to be her!       at-famous-person  (= KOE kakete-shimatta)                                                       called-out-(to)-                                                            (finality/regret)  L-let's run away!               ni NIGEyo--  yo                                     shall-runbrunette:                         __ ____  St-stupid.  We can't retreat    ba baka  IMA kara  hikkomi tsukanai   yo!  now!                                     from-now  be-left-in-awkward-                                                                position2[Kyousuke looks on in confusion.]narration:  Wh-what's with these            na nan da       koitsura----  people...?                         what's-this  these-persons3brunette: [gritting her teeth]  L-long time no see, Madoka.     hi HISAshiburi               jan    madoka                                     1st-time-in-a-long-while  is-not4brunette: [sweating]  Th-thought I hadn't seen you    chi chikagoro  KAO   MInai  in a while.  So this is what        lately     face  not-see  you were up to...                                  to OMOtte-tara         ko-- yu-- koto                                  when-am-thinking-that  this-kind-of-thing                                  datta  no kai                                  was       (?)  You were famous for not         TOKUBETSU na OTOKO o   tsukaranai  taking up with a special guy.   special-guy       (O)  not-take/get  <i.e., not choosing to have  a boyfriend>                    koto de    YUUMEI            datta                                  in-matter  notorious/famous  were  Inside your tough exterior      ko--      wa   NAKA   no  ko--ha        no  you were like this, hmm...      like-this (T)  inside 's  a-young-rough 's                                  madoka-san ga  nee                                                 (rhet)5[View of Kyousuke and Madoka.  She has her eyes closed and seems a bit displeased.  Kyousuke peeks at her, wide-eyed.]narration:  Eh?  Not take up with a         e?    TOKUBETSU na OTOKO o  special guy...?!                      special-guy       (O)                                  tsukuranakatta------?!                                  not-take/get6blonde: [to brunette]  I-it seems to be all right.     da DAIJOUBU   mitai da    yo                                     all-right  seems-to-begirls FX:                         ________  <whisper whisper>               hisohisobrunette:  G-good.  I've gone this far,    yo yoshi      kono sai          motto  so I might as well go on.          all-right  at-this-juncture  more                                  Itte-yaro--              ze                                  shall-say-(favor-to-her)7brunette:                                              ______  Dating a cute kid tonight?      KON'YA  wa   kawaii  bo--ya   AITE ni                                  tonight (T)  cute    kid/boy  companion                                  ______                                  de--to  kai?                                  date    (?)8narration:                        __ ______  K-kid?!                         bo bo--ya?!Kyousuke FX:                      _____  <irritation!>                   muka_---------------------------------------------------p 267 (81)1blonde:                           ______  Kid, you better be careful      bo--ya  madoka ni wa          KI o tsuketa  around Madoka.                  kid     w/Madoka  (contrast)  take-care/                                                                was-careful                                  ho-- ga i--  yo                                  better2[Both Madoka and Kyousuke go wide-eyed with surprise.]Kyousuke:  EH?                             e?3blonde:  Madoka used to be really        madoka tte  MUKASHI  wa   honto-- ni  terrible...!                                formerly (T)  really                                  hidokatta                no yo ne----_                                  was-terrible/outrageousbrunette:  Yeah, that's right.  Listen     so-- so--  yoku  okiki  yo  well.                                      well  (kike?)4[Kyousuke portrait--he does a slow burn.]girls: [off]  She did that sort of thing.     anna koto           yatta                                  that-kind-of-thing  did  She did this sort of thing.     konna koto          yatta                                  this-kind-of-thing  did  Etc., etc.                      nantara kantara                                  this-and-that5Kyousuke: [exploding]  H-hey!  Cut it out!!            ko koraa!    DAMAtte-ki--terya                                               (= DAMAtte-kiite-reba)                                                  if-become-silent                                  i--tai ho--dai i--  yagatte!!                                  talk-as-you-like    (contempt)6Kyousuke: [yelling]  You're being rude!              SHITSUREI  ja nai  ka!                                  rudeness   is-not  (?)  Apologize!                      ayamare yo!7Madoka: [surprised]  Kasuga-kun!                     KASUGA-kun!---------------------------------------------------p 268 (82)1both girls:  Whaaat?!                        nan da tte----_Kyousuke: [still yelling]                   ___      ______  And I'm not a kid!!             sore ni   ore wa   bo--ya  ja nai_!!                                  moreover  I   (T)  kid     am-notMadoka: [pulling him by the wrist]  Let's go!                       iko_2Kyousuke:  Heyyy.                          koraa3[Shot down the street at the brightly lit signs.  Reading signs clockwise from large vertical one...]large vertical sign:  Moriya Palace                   MORIYA no YAKATA                                  <name> 's palace  Play upstairs.                  GAN                    NOBO(RU)                                  play/take-pleasure-in  climb/rise/ascend  <something> Single admission    <2-blurry-kanji>  DAI         ICHIGEN NO  fee.                                              fee/charge  unitarysign behind it:  <something> Hamamoto            <blurred> makku hamamotovertical signs:  <some kinda shop>               <?>  MISE        <?>                                       store/shop                                                   _____  <something> Ribbon              <blurred-kanji>  ribon  <?>                             DAI    <a-kanji>                                  greatstreet-level signs:                                         ______  Single admission fee.           DAI         ICHIGEN NO    ge--mu  Games.                          fee/charge  unitary       game  Haircutting                     RIHATSU  <?>                             <undeciphered-kanji>large horizontal sign:            ______  _______  Game Center                     ge--mu  senta--signs on left:  The Great Court <something>     OUNIWA           <blurred-kanji>                                  the-great-court  <something>                     DAI    <2-blurred-kanji>                                  great4[Isolated shot of their feet as they walk down the sidewalk.]5Kyousuke:  Why didn't you talk back at     nan-de  i--kaeshite-yannakatta   no  them, Ayukawa?!                 why     not-answered-back-(favor-to-them)                                  AYUKAWA!  Didn't that stuff they were     anna koto     iwarete     hara tatanai  no?  saying make you angry?          that-kind-of  being-said  not-be-offended6[She looks back at him with a soft smile...]7[...and tosses her hair back.]Madoka:  Kasuga-kun, you said enough     ju--bun  KASUGA-kun ga   itte-kureta  yo  for me.  So it's okay, now.     enough              (S)  said-(favor-to-me)                                  da kara       mo--         i-- no                                  that's-why    already/now  okay---------------------------------------------------p 269 (83)1Madoka: [smiling]  Right?!                         ne!2Kyousuke: [taken aback slightly]  Yeah...                         un...3[Kyousuke smiles.]narration:  It's not that it doesn't        KI ni naranai  wake ja nai             kedo  bother me...                    not-concerned  is-not-for-that-reason  but  But her past is her past!       MUKASHI no koto wa   MUKASHI no koto!                                  about-past      (T)4[His dreamy pov of Madoka.]narration:  She's not as bad a girl as      KOMATSU ya  aitsura      ga   yu-- hodo  Komatsu and those girls say             and those-people (S)  say  extent  she is!                                  WARUi KO  ja nai  yo ne!    AYUKAWA wa------                                  bad-girl  is-not5[Shot across the street at a department store.]sign:  Morning announcement:           ASA      HIRO(ME)      <blurry-katakana>  <something>                     morning  announcementtaxi:  [on top] Japan                  DAI NIPPON                                             _________  [on side] Japan Taxi            DAI NIPPON takushi-----------------------------------------------------p 270 (84)1[Isolated shot of a building and a streetlamp.]Kyousuke: [off]  But...                          shikashi......2Kyousuke: [in a huff]  Still, I'm angry...!            yappa  hara tatsu         na------_                                  still  be-angry/offended3Madoka: [patting him on the back]  All right.  Then there's        yoshi    ja  konna TOKI            wa  only one thing to do at a                    this-kind-of-occasion (T)  time like this!                 ___                                  are         shika nai!                                  that-(one)  only-haveMadoka hand FX:                   ___  <bop>                           pon4Kyousuke:                         ___  Huh?                            are?5[Exterior shot of the entrance to a cafe.  The stairs lead down.]6[Closeup of 2 cocktails.]7[View pans back to show them seated at a table, drinks before them.]---------------------------------------------------p 271 (85)1waitress: [smiling]  Madoka, I haven't seen you      madoka--    zuibun  HISAshiburi  ne----_  in quite a while, hmm?!                     quite   a-long-while (rhet)!Madoka:                                                _______    _____  That's because lately, I've     SAIKIN  atashi mo    abakabu de baito  also been working at ABCB!      lately  I      also  work-at-ABCB                                  da mon!                                  is-the-reason2waitress:  Oh, then you're the             otto  ja  SHOUBAI ga taki  da  competition.                              trade-rival      beMadoka:  Yup.  We came to scout you      so  KYOU  wa   TEISATSU ni kita  no yo  out today.                          today (T)  came-to-scout3Kyousuke:  Do you come here often?         koko  yoku   kuru     no?                                  here  often  to-comeMadoka: [resting cheek in hand, gazing gently at him]  Sorta.                          maa ne4[Kyousuke reaches for his drink.]narration:  But both she and the            shikashi  TEN'IN    tomo       KAO  waitress seem to know           but       waitress  including  face  each other...                                  mishiri no       yo-- da       shi------                                  acquainted-with  appear-to-be  considerKyousuke:  Hmm.                            fu--n5[He drinks through the straw.  Madoka still gazes raptly at him.]narration:                                               ___  Ayukawa really knows the        AYUKAWA tte  honto ni  ore no    SHIranai  world that I don't know!                (T)  really    I         not-know                                  SEKAI      bakari       SHItte   n da    na!                                  the-world  only/nearly  knowing (explan)6[He stares down at his drink.]Kyousuke: [blushing]  Huh?  Th-this...                are?   ko kore...7Madoka:  How is it?  Isn't it good?!     doo?    oishi--    desho!                                  how     delicious  poss-be---------------------------------------------------p 272 (86)1Kyousuke: [wide-eyed]  Yeah...                         un......  B-but...                        de demo......Kyousuke FX:                      ____  <gulp>                          goku2Kyousuke:  Does this, by any chance,       kore        moshi-ka-shite  o-SAKE  have alcohol in it?             this-(one)  possibly/maybe    alcohol                                  ja nai   no?                                  not-have3Madoka:  It's all right!                 DAIJOUBU yo!  It only has a tiny bit.         honno  choppiri  shika haittenai  kara                                  mere   a-bit     only-contains    that's-why4Kyousuke:  Oh.  I see.                     a    soo5Kyousuke: [looking up at the ceiling] (W-well.  It's okay.  Just       (ma maa   i-- ka  KYOU   dake  wa......)  today...)                                         today  only  (T)6narration:  My first taste of sake...       hajimete      nonda  o-SAKE   no                                  for-1st-time  drank    liquor                                  AJI   wa------                                  taste (T)narration:  Perhaps it was because I was    AYUKAWA to issho    datta  se--  ka  drinking with Ayukawa but       together-w/Ayukawa  was    cause  there was no trace of the  rumored bitterness, but         uwasa ni ki--ta    nigasa wa naku  rather, it even actually        listened-to-rumor  become-bitter  tasted sweet...                                  mushiro  AMA~~ku kanjirarete------                                  rather   be-thinking-sweet  That's scary!                   JIBUN ga   kowai!                                  self  (S)  frightening/shocking---------------------------------------------------p 273 (87)1[Shot of the other patrons of the cafe.  They turn to look at a commotion.]Kyousuke: [off]  Excuuuuse me.                   suimase~~~~n2Kyousuke: [visibly sloshed]  Yesss.  This one tasted         iya~~~~    koitsu      wa   oishi-- ya~~~_  great!                                     this-person (T)  delicious    !  Can I have another...?          okawari  moraemasu~~~~~~?                                  seconds  can-get3Madoka:  Hey, are you all right?         chotto DAIJOUBU?  I think your eyes are           nan-ka    ME ga suwatte-kita  starting to look glazed...      somewhat  <your>-eyes-came-to-be-fixed/set                                  yo-- na  KI ga suru  n da      kedo......                                  appear   think/feel  (explan)  but4Kyousuke:  Huh?                            n?5[A grey panel.]Kyousuke: [off]  But...  It's only my 6th        datte...    mada  6 -pai me   da  yo~~~~_  glass...!                       but         only  6th-glass   be  Huh?                            arya?6[His pov of Madoka, who has now blurred into two identical images.  Both Madokas look back, wide-eyed.]7[He points at her.]Kyousuke:                         ________  Wowww!  Look, look, these       oya~~~~_    kore       wa   kore wa  are the two close Ayukawa              !    this-(one) (T)  sisters!                                  futari de  naka yoku      AYUKAWA  SHIMAI!                                  2-people   on-good-terms           sisters                                             ____  Just like my <sisters>          marude     uchi no kurumi to manami  Kurumi and Manami!              just-like  my             and                                  ja nai  ka!                                  are-notMadoka: [nervous, forced smile]  ...  Shall we go now?           ..........sorosoro  KAEro--        ka                                            now       shall-go-home  (?)---------------------------------------------------p 274 (88)1[Night view of residences and the starry sky.]Kyousuke: [off]  Oops.                           otto2[Kyousuke stumbles along, supported by one arm over Madoka's shoulder.]Kyousuke FX:                      _____ _____  <stagger!> <totter!>            fura_ yoro_Madoka:  Are you all right now?!         moo--_  DAIJOUBU?3Kyousuke: [blitzed]  I'm okay, I'm okay.  This is    DAIJOUBU DAIJOUBU  nan no  nothing.                                           what-kind-of                                  kore shiki                                  this-trifling-(thing)  I'm all riiiight!               DAIjo--bu  de----su!Madoka: (It looks as if mixing           (yappari     KASUGA-kun to  o-SAKE   tte  Kasuga-kun with alcohol was      after-all              and   liquor (T)  asking the impossible, after  all...)                         muri ga                  otta     ka na--)                                  unreasonable/impossible  carried  I-wonder<Or "(It looks as if Kasuga-kun and alcohol don't mix, after all...)">4Kyousuke: [quieter now]  Those folks a while back...!    sakki            no  yatsura  sa--_                                  little-while-ago 's  people       !  Your acquaintances?             AYUKAWA no SHIriai?                                          's acquaintances[Madoka's eyes widen.]5[View from behind them.  She's also supporting him with her arm around his back.]Madoka:  Kinda...                        ..........maa ne6Kyousuke: [exploding]  They really bug me!             attama kuru       yo na--_                                  (atama kuru)                                   get-on-my-nerves                                  ___          ______  Calling me a kid!               ore no koto  bo--ya  yobawari shiyagatte!                                  about-me     kid     calling-(contempt)7Kyousuke:  Somehow, little by little,      nan-ka   mata   dandan  I'm getting mad again!          somehow  again  little-by-little                                  hara-- tatte-kita!                                  began-getting-angry/offended---------------------------------------------------p 275 (89)1Madoka: [gently smiling]  You should forget about         anna yatsura  hottokya           i-- no yo  those people.                   those-people  (= hotte-okereba)  okay                                                   if-leave-alone-(for-                                                          future's-sake)2Kyousuke:  That's true, but...             so-- da  kedo sa------_                                           but                                          ___      ______  Why must I be called a kid!!    nan-de  ore ga   bo--ya                                  why     I   (S)  kid                                  yobawari sarenakya ikenai         no!!                                  (= yobawari sarenakereba ikenai)                                     must-be-called3[View looking up at a streetlamp and the starry sky.]Kyousuke: [off]  Besides...                      sore ni...4Madoka:  Besides...?                     sore ni...?5[Kyousuke twists out of her grasp.]Kyousuke:  I-I don't like it.              i iya  nan daKyousuke FX:                      _____  <wobble!>                       fura_Madoka:  C-careful.                      a abunainarration:  They're talking trash about     AYUKAWA no koto  WARUku  iwareru   no wa!  Ayukawa!                        about-Ayukawa    be-speaking-ill6Madoka: [wide-eyed]  Oh brother.                     yareyare7[Kyousuke looks off to the side and starts talking--probably imagining he's talking to those 2 girls from earlier.]Kyousuke:                                                 ___  Generally speaking, I hate      daitai                  ore  FURYOU      tte  delinquents the most...!!       generally/on-the-whole  I    delinquents (T)                                           _____                                  ichiban  kirai  nan da  zo~~~~~~_!!                                  most     hate   that-isKyousuke FX:                      ________  <totter>                        furafura---------------------------------------------------p 276 (90)1[Madoka looks on without expression.]2Madoka: [stern gaze downcast]  If that's so, then from         ara  dattara     atashi mo  KASUGA-kun kara  your point-of-view, I'm a            if-that-is  me-too     from-you  delinquent, too?!                                  MIreba      FURYOU    nan  ja nai?!                                  if-look-at  delinquent     not-thereKyousuke: [looking at her]  Eh?                             e3[Kyousuke lurches over backwards...]Madoka:  Ah!                             a_!Kyousuke FX:  <STAGGER>                       furaa4[...then pitches forward into her arms.]Madoka:  Heyyy, look out!!               horaa  abunai!!5Kyousuke:  You're wrong...                 chigau  yo..........[Her eyes widen.]6[He pulls back to stare directly into her eyes.]---------------------------------------------------p 277 (91)1[His left hand goes to her right shoulder.  Madoka stares down at it in surprise.]2Kyousuke: [from 5-cm away]  You're different from them!     AYUKAWA wa   aitsura to wa    chigau  yo!                                          (T)  vs-those-people  different3[Closeup of his intent gaze.]4[Closeup of Madoka's wide-eyed expression.]5[View pans back to show Kyousuke leaning in for a kiss.]6[Fractured view looking straight up at a telephone pole and the starry sky.]FX: [off]                         ______  <SLAP!>                         patsu_Kyousuke: [off]  Yelp!                           gyan!---------------------------------------------------p 278 (92)1[Exterior shot of the Kasuga apartment building.  The sun shines brightly.]2[He opens his bleary eyes...]Kyousuke:                         ___  AH!                             ha_3[...to see his two sisters leaning over and studying him.  They are dressed in their school uniforms.]Kurumi:  Oh!  He's coming to!            a_   KI ga tsuita!4Kyousuke:  H-huh...?!                      a are~~~~_Kyousuke sitting-up FX:           _____  <sproing!>                      gaba_Kyousuke:                         ___  My room...?                     ore no HEYA.....?5Kyousuke: [grabbing his head]  Ow-ow-ouch.                     itetetete                                                                     ___  Wh-what's this?  What           na nan daa      do-- shita n daro  ore  happened to me?                    what's-this  what-happened      me6Kurumi:  Oniichan, don't you remember    oni--chan  nanni-mo  oboete-nai  no--  anything?                                  nothing   <not>-be-rememberingManami:                           ____  Of course not.                  muri       mo    nai  wa yo                                  impossible even  not-be  He was so drunk yesterday!      kinou      are dake   yopparatte-ta                                  yesterday  that-much  was-drunk                                  n da mon!                                  (reason)7[He sits on the edge of his bed, looking off-panel at his sisters who are apparently exiting the room.]Kurumi: [off]  But, getting so totally         shikashi  are dake   yopparatte     yoku  drunk and still able to         but       that-much  getting-drunk  fully  make it back home, hmm...                                  IE made  KAEtte-koreta            mono ne--                                  to-home  was-able-to-come-<home>  reasonManami: [off]  A junior high school student    CHUUGAKUSEI      no  kuse-ni     o-SAKE  and here you are drinking       jr-high-student  is  even-though   liquor  alcohol!                                  nan-ka   nonde!                                  somehow  drinking8Kyousuke:  Oh, that's it.  I was           a  sou ka  kinou      AYUKAWA to  drinking with Ayukawa                      yesterday  w/Ayukawa  yesterday...                                  o-SAKE o nonde...                                  drinking-liquor---------------------------------------------------p 279 (93)1[Now dressed for school, and carrying his schoolbag...]narration:  But I don't remember much       demo  ano ato          yoku  after that.                     but   that-afterwards  fully                                  oboete-nai          n da    yo na                                  not-be-remembering  (explan)2[Looking in a mirror, he sees that his right cheek has a mark on it.]Kyousuke:  AH!                             a3[He goes bug-eyed as it all comes back to him now.]narration: [flashback]  You're different from them!     AYUKAWA wa   aitsura to wa    chigau  yo!                                          (T)  vs-those-people  differentKyousuke FX:  <shiver!>                       zoku_4[Panels 4-6 replay the attempted kiss sequence.]narration:                                              ___  That's right!  Then I...        sou da!    ano TOKI   ore------                                             that-time  I5narration:  In a moment of drunkenness,     yotta      hazumi de           AYUKAWA ni  as I was about to kiss          got-drunk  in-a-moment/chance         (IO)  Ayukawa...                      ____                                  kisu shiyou  to shite------                                  shall-kiss   as6[He visualizes the Ayukawa Slap of the night before.  She looks seriously pissed.  Overlaid on this panel is Kyousuke's face.  He has a horrified expression.]narration:  That's terrible...!  O-oh       ta taihen   da------_    ko korya!!  god!!                              terrible be      !narration:  Ayukawa...  Is she mad at       AYUKAWA------  okotte-ru  daro--  na--_?!  me?!                                           be-angry   poss-be---------------------------------------------------