Kimagure Orange Road"Fire Lure Love Song"Volume 3, Story 4WB Volume 2, Story 5Written and illustrated by Matsumoto IzumiTranslation by Craig H. NishidaCompilation by Spencer C. HastingsEditing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose                                 Craig Nishida                                 Spencer Hastings                                 Andrew WilsonLast revision : 8-08-94NOTE: [WBp#'s are printed first, Normal manga pages in parenthesis()]NOTE: Translation is done from the WB manga. So there may be a fewextra's to those of you not having them.Example: (The subtitles on page 93 (71) are only in the WB'S!)---------------------------------------------------p 93 (71)--TITLE PAGE[Madoka and Kyousuke are caught in the glare of lights.  Behind them, Koto enters through a shoji door.]MAIN TITLE (at top)  Fire Lure Love Song             ISARIBI      KOI       UTA                                  fisherman's-fire-lure  songs-accomp.-                                               love        by-the-samisenSUB-TITLE (at bottom)  Fisherman's Fire Lures on       UMIBE no  ISARIBI  the Beach Cast the Strange      beach 's  fisherman's-fire-lure  Summer Silhouette of a  Beloved Lady with Long          KOIshikute     NAGAi KUROKAMI  Black Hair onto a Shouji        beloved/sweet  long-black-hair  Door...                                  SHOUJI ni utsusu                                  reflect-on-(paper-screen)-sliding-door                                  AYAshii  NATSU  no  KAGEBOUSHI...                                  strange/mysterious  silhouette/                                           summer 's     shadowy-figure<Translation note:  shouji = paper-screen sliding door.>---------------------------------------------------p 94 (72)1[Six people sit and eat at a long table in the inn's dining room--girls on one side, boys on the other.  Besides our gang of four, there sit at one end of the table a spooky-looking girl and some guy whose face we never see.]narration:  Ever since we came here,        tsuite-IRAI   iroiro   SOUDOU mo  there's been all kinds of       about  since  various  also-confusion  confusion.                                  atta      kedo     yappari    NATSU  wa                                  happened  however  after-all  summer (T)  But nonetheless the beach  is the only place to be         UMI ni kagirimasu!  in the summer!                  beach-is-the-best2[Our four listen in as the girl speaks to her companion...]Spooky girl:  I heard this a little           sakki               MINSHOKU no obasan ni  while ago from the old          a-little-while-ago  inn's-old-woman   (IO)  lady innkeeper!                                  ki--ta  n da      kedo  sa                                  heard   (explan)  but   (I-tell-you!)3Spooky girl:  It appears on this beach!       kono KAIGAN  DEru n     datte  yo                                  this-beach   appearing  even   (emph)Guy:  What does?                      nani ga?4Spooky girl:  This!                           kore![She does an imitation of an undead.]5[Shot of the four, sitting silent and wide-eyed]Guy: [off]  Really?!                        HONTOU ka yo--_narration:  We were together at the inn,    AYUKAWA-tachi to ISSHO no MINSHOKU  on what was supposed to be      all-of-us-together-at-the-inn  a cheerful evening, but...                                  TANOshii  ICHIYA no    hazu na                                  cheerful  one-evening  likelihood                                  no desu ga----                                     are  but...---------------------------------------------------p 95 (73)<Translation note: the story, while being told by the girl, is presented with stylized art, the words printed directly on the art itself (i.e., no borders).  To denote this, instead of labeling it "narration", the text will be labeled "the legend"...  This artistic style is used again by Matsumoto-san later on in this chapter, as the present-day Koto tells her own story...>1[The Koto of yesteryear stands in kimono near the sea.]the legend:  Long, long ago, in this         mukashi mukashi--  kono GYOSON ni  fishing village, there          long-long-ago      in-this-fishing-village  lived a beautiful girl  named Koto.                     KOTO    to iu        NAno                                  (name)  to-say-that  (self-introduction)                                  sore wa sore wa UTSUKUshii MUSUME ga                                  that (T)        beautiful  girl  (S)                                  otta  -sou na                                  looking-as-if-existed2the legend:  Her beauty won her immediate    sono UTSUKUshisa wa tachimachi   HYOUBAN  fame.                           that-beauty     (T) immediately  fame                                  tonari---                                  in-the-area  When this reached the           uwasa wa TOUku  kono KUNI no TONOsama  attention of the lord of        rumor/a-report  this-province's-feudal-lord  this land, he summoned her           (T) far-away  to him.                                  no MIMI  ni wa  iri           KOTO wa                                  's ear     (T)  audience      Koto (T)                                  TONOsama ni  MEsareru    koto ni natta                                  by-lord      was-called-in                                                           was-decided-that3the legend:  But Koto had a fiance--a        tokoro-ga  KOTO ni  wa  young villager--and so the      but            (IO) (T)  night before she was to go  to the castle, they slipped     iikawashita             NAKA no  out the village,                exchanged-vows-of-love  relationship-w/  hand-in-hand.                                  MURA no WAKAMONO  ga   ite---                                  village's-youth   (S)  having-(relationship)                                  iyoiyo KOTO ga  o-SHIRO ni  yuku HI                                  still      (S)  to-castle   go-away-day                                  futari   wa   TE ni TE      o                                  2-people (T)  hand-in-hand (O)                                  kotte             MURA o   NUkedashita                                  becoming-devoted  village  slipped-out[Close-up of the ill-fated couple's clasped hands; in the background is a castle and the night sky.]4[Cut to Kyousuke, Hikaru and Madoka, in rapt attention.]Kyousuke FX:                      _____  <gulp!>                         goku_5the legend:  But the lord found out,         sore       o   SHItte   TONOsama wa  and in a blazing rage           that(one) (O)  knowing  lord    (T)  chased after them, finally  cornering them on this          HI no you ni IKAri  OTTE o  cape.                           rage-like-fire      soon-after                                  hanatte   futari    wa   toutou                                            2-people  (T)  in-the-end                                  kono SEN no MISAKI ni  Oitsumerare---                                  to-this-former-cape    were-cornered[Koto facial portrait overlaid on silhouettes of 3 torch-bearing soldiers.]---------------------------------------------------p 96 (74)1the legend:  The young man, trying to        WAKAMONO   wa   KOTO o kabatte  protect Koto, was shot          young-man  (T)  protecting-Koto  through the chest by an  arrow and fell to the           OTTE no      YA ni      MUNE o  sea.                            soon-after   by-arrow   chest                                  inukare            UMI ni Ochita                                  was-shot-through   fell-to-the-sea  Upon seeing that, Koto          sore o mite  HANKYOURAN  to natta  became half-crazed and soon     seeing-that  half-crazed    became  followed him, casting  her body into the sea.          KOTO mo    WAKAMONO o Otte                                  Koto also  soon-after-young-man                                  UMI ni MI o    nagete-shimatta---                                  body-into-sea  cast-(finality/regret)[The soldiers stand at the edge of a cliff, looking down at the turbulent sea.]2the legend:  They say that since then,       sore kara   to iu     mono  on this beach at night when     since-then  say-that  person  the fishermen light their  fire torch lures, a             kono UMI ni    ISARIBI                ga  beautiful but forlorn           on-this-beach  fisherman's-fire-lure (S)  ghost appears...                                  mieru       YORU ni   wa                                  to-be-seen  at-night  (T)                                  UTSUKUshii keredo sabishige na KAO o shita                                  beautiful  but    having-lonely-expression                                  YUUREI ga   deru    to iu---                                  ghost  (S)  appear  say-that...[Distant view of cliffs, sea, and torchlights on the horizon.]3[Cut back to dining room at the inn.]Spooky girl:  ...and on her arm, there's      nan demo        UDE ni  MInagede dekita  supposed to be a scar she       whatever-it-is  on-arm  able-to-drown-self  got when she threw herself      ____  from the cliff!                 kizu ga aru  to iu     koto    da yo                                  has-a-wound  say-that  matter  be (emph)4Kyousuke: [sweating] (Sh-shoot.  Ghosts?...           (fu fu--n)  (YUUREI ka...  kowai na--_)  So spooky!)                      humph       ghosts (?)    scary     !5Yuusaku: [sweating] (Man, that was pretty bad.       (ya na koto        ki--chimatta  I'm not gonna be able to         unpleasant-thing  (= kiite-shimatta)  go to the bathroom                                    finished-listening-to  tonight.)                       _____                                  toire ni     Ikenai  ja nai  ka)                                  use-toilet   bad     be-not  (?)6Hikaru: [brightly]  Excuse me!  Seconds, please!!   suimase--n  okawari         kudasa---i!!                                  excuse-me   second-helping  please---------------------------------------------------p 97 (75)1Kyousuke:  Hikaru-chan, aren't you         hikaru-chan kowakunai   no?  scared?                                     not-scared2Hikaru:  About what?                     nani  ga  desu  ka?                                  what (S)  be   (?)3Kyousuke:  About the ghost; the            nani ga tte obake toka     YUUREI toka...  spirit...                       what        ghost such-as  ghost/spirit4Hikaru:  That stuff doesn't bother       atashi so-- yu-- no  zen_zen  me!                             me     that-kind-of  completely                                  he--ki na    n desu!                                  unbothered   (explan)!5Kyousuke:  Hmmph.                          fu--n[He looks over at Madoka.]Kyousuke FX:                      ______  <peek!>                         chira_6Madoka: [sweating]  W-what!                         na nani yoKyousuke:  Oh, nothing.                    e i--e betsu ni7Madoka: [looking a bit unnerved]  But...                          da kedo...8[Kyousuke stares at her, eyes wide.]narration:  Why does Ayukawa look so        do-- shita  n daro         AYUKAWA  unhappy?                        how  did    (poss reason)                                  nan da ka        ukanai KAO shite                                  for-some-reason  looking-gloomy---------------------------------------------------p 98 (76)1[Kyousuke ambles down a hallway.]2Kyousuke: (Darn!  Where was our room?      (aree  HEYA  doko   datta kke                                         room  where  was  They all look alike!)           onnaji yo--na   HEYA    bakkari de                                  same   it-looks-like    only                                                  room                                  yoku   wakannai  na---_)                                  a-lot  not-know       !3Kyousuke: [opening a door]  Is it this one?                 koko  ka na?                                  this  I-wonder?door FX:                          ____  <rattle>                        gara4[Caught in the light from the room, his eyes grow large at whatever he is seeing...]5[Pov changes to view over-his-shoulder; we see a beautiful dark-haired woman sitting on the floor.]6[Closeup of the woman.]---------------------------------------------------p 99 (77)1Koto FX:                          _____  <smile!>                        niko_2[Kyousuke sweats.]Kyousuke FX:  <shiver!>                       zoku_3[He stands in the hall, back against the now-closed door.]Kyousuke:  I-I made a mistake!  I'm        ma machigaemashita_  gomennasai!  sorry!                             made-mistake   !  sorrydoor FX:                          ______  <slam!>                         pisha_4Kyousuke: (Wow!  There's a beauty like     (he--_     anna          kire--na HITO  that staying here?)              really?!  that-kind-of  beautiful-person                                  tomatte-ru               no kaa)                                  is-lodging/staying-over     (?) (But she has such awfully        (sore ni       shite           mo  pale skin.)                      besides-that  coming-to-have  also                                  eraku    IROJIRO          HITO    da naa)                                  awfully  pale-complexion  person  be5[Later, Yuusaku is stopped in the hallway...]Koto:  Excuse me...                    ano...6Koto: [handing book to Yuusaku]  This is the hotel register.     kore  YADOCHOU        da  sou desu  The inn's lodgers are being     this  hotel-register  be  like-that  asked to sign in their  names and then pass it on       NAMAE o   kaite    tonari no HEYA ni  to the next room...             name (O)  writing  to-the-next-room                                  mawashite kurette                                  doing-favor-of-passing-around                                  MINSHUKU no KATA ga...                                  innkeeper        (S)Yuusaku's T-shirt (front):  Calm. Goodness. Scene.          SHIZU  TOKU                                  calm   goodness/power-to-command-respect                                  KEI                                  scene<What the heck does this mean?!?  Some kind of mantra?>7Yuusaku: [eyes growing large]  T-thank you for all your        so sore wa  wazawaza  do--mo             _  trouble!                           that (T) to-go-to-all-the-trouble-of  !                                                        thank-youYuusaku FX:  <po!>                           po_<FX of his eyes growing large>8[Koto walks away down the hall; Yuusaku watches her go.]Yuusaku: (Beautiful lady.)                (kire--na ne--chan)Yuusaku T-shirt (back, partial view):                                  KI?            ???                                  vessel/tool                                  KUNI           NEN                                  land/province  idea/thought/feeling---------------------------------------------------p 100 (78)1[Exterior night shot of their room at the inn.]Yuusaku: [off]  What a coincidence.             are   GUUZEN           da  na                                  that  chance/accident  be  (confirm.)2[The others turn to him, expectantly.]3Yuusaku: [reading hotel register]  It says here that that          ano ONNA no HITO no NAMAE   KOTO  woman's name is Koto.           that-woman's-name          "Koto"                                  tte yu--   n da      na                                  says-that  (explan)  (confirm.)  Just now...  In that story      sakki  SHOKUDOU de  KAKU  ga  HANA shiteta  that girl was telling...        a-little-while-ago  guest (S) telling  Wasn't the name of the                 in-the-dining-room  ghost also Koto?                                  ONNA no YUUREI no NA    mo                                  lady 's ghost  's name  also                                  KOTO datta  yo na                                  was-Koto   (emph/conf)4Kyousuke:  You mean the lady with the      ONNA no HITO tte okappa de IROJIRO no?  Dutch-cut hair and pale         lady         (T)           pale-complexion  skin?                                           (girl-w/)-Dutch-cut5Yuusaku:  You met her, too?               nan   da  omae mo   Atta no ka                                  what  be  you  too  met    (?)Kyousuke: [looking at register]  Ah!  That really is the         a    HONTOU da onnaji  NAMAE!  same name!                      ah!  really be same    name6Hikaru:  Like...maybe she's the          sono ONNA no HITO YUUREI  dattari shite...  ghost.                          that-woman        ghost   is-(or)7[View of the four in reaction to what Hikaru has said.]---------------------------------------------------p 101 (79)1Kyousuke & Yuusaku: [sweating/disturbed]  N-NO WAY!                       ma masaka~~~_Kyousuke & Yuusaku FX:  <shudder!>                      zo~~_2Kyousuke:  But if she really is the        demo HONTOU ni sono HITO    ga YUUREI nara  ghost, then there should        but  really    that-person (S) if-is-ghost  be a scar on her arm...                ____                                  UDE ni kizu   ga  aru hazu...                                  wound-on-arm (S)  likely-exists3[Madoka shows nervousness.]4Madoka: [getting up]  That's unlikely!  This is       sonna no...   aru hazu nai       yo  silly.                          that-kind-of  not-likely-exists  (emph)                                  bakabakashii                                  absurd/ridiculous  C'mon Hikaru.  Let's go         hikaru o-furo  iko--     ka  take a bath.                             bath  shall-go  (?)5[Exterior night shot of the entire inn.]lodge sign:  Inn-by-the-Bay                  MINSHUKU  KIN   KOU        -YA                                  inn       near  bay/inlet  (business)---------------------------------------------------p 102 (80)1[Outside the door to the furo <washroom>, they spot a folded stack of clothes.]Hikaru:  Huh?                            are?2Hikaru:  Someone's already inside.       DARE ka  haittemasu  ne                                  someone  going-in    (confirm.)3[Hikaru and Madoka disrobe...]4[...and enter the furo.]Hikaru:  Excuse us!                      SHITSUREI shima--su!                                  <lit.,  "I will behave rudely!">door FX:                          _____  <rattle!>                       gara_5Hikaru:  Hmm?                            n?6[They stand--with bare backsides toward us--in the empty room.]Hikaru:  No one's here.                  DARE-mo imasen ne                                  no-one  (not)-hereMadoka:  Strange, huh?                   hen nee7[Koto appears from somewhere off to the side, catching Madoka's eye.]---------------------------------------------------p 103 (81)1[Full-portrait of Koto in towel.]2[Hikaru and Madoka show their surprise.]Hikaru & Madoka heartbeat FX:     _____  <thump>                         dokin3Koto:  I'm leaving!                    o-saki ni!                                  (hon.-)beforehand4[In raising her arm to her hair, Koto reveals a scar on her right forearm.]5Madoka:  Whew!                           ha_                                  (exhale)6[Koto exits.]door FX:                          ____  ________  <rattle>  <slam>                gara  pisha--n7[Madoka reflects on what she just saw.]narration:                                              ____  Now, as I recall, there was     IMA  TASHIka   UDE ni kizu   ga  a scar on her arm...            now  if-I-remember-correctly                                                 wound-on-arm  (S)                                  atta     wa----                                  locatedHikaru:  What's with her!                nani  aitsu!Madoka:  C-can't be.                     ma masaka---------------------------------------------------p 104 (82)1[Back in their room...]Madoka:  Oh, no.                         a ikenai2Madoka: [to Hikaru]                   ______  I think I left my T-shirt       #T# shatsu  UMI ni    WASUrete kita  at the beach.  I'm going to     T-shirt     at-beach  forgetting-came-back  go look for it.                                  mitai        chotto    tottekuru                                  looks-as-if  a-moment  go-searching-for-                                                               and-collect3[Madoka runs down the stairs, passing Kyousuke near the entrance.]Madoka footsteps FX:              ___  <tap tap!>                      da_4Kyousuke:  Where are you going?            doko iku no?Madoka:  Kasuga-kun.                     KASUGA-kun5[Exterior shot.]lodge sign:  Inn-by-the-Bay                  MINSHUKU  KIN  KOU  -YA                                  <same as p 101, panel 5>Kyousuke: [off]  Okay, if you're going...!       ii_tara~~!                                  (= ii    ittara?)                                     fine  if-go6Kyousuke:  ...I'll go with you, okay?      tsukiao--           ka?                                  shall-keep-company  (?) 'Cause they say ghosts           nan   se    YUUREI ga  deru  appear when you turn your       what  back  ghost (S)  appear  back.                                  so-- da        kara                                  they-say-that  that's-whyKyousuke: [imitating an undead]  Out for revenge...!             urameshi~~_                                  harboring-resentment/holding-grudge[Madoka sweats.]7Madoka: [a bit frightened]  Surely I'm mistaken--it         are   wa...  kitto   mimachigai yo  couldn't be!                    that (T)     surely  mistake    (emph)                                  sonna         hazu nai    wa!                                  that-kind-of  not-likely  (mild emph)8[Outside, Madoka walks on ahead of Kyousuke.]Kyousuke:  Eh?                             e---------------------------------------------------p 105 (83)1[Bat zooms by.]bat FX:                           _____  <rustle!>                       gasa_Kyousuke & Madoka:  Wah!                            wa_2Kyousuke:  W-was that a bat attacking      na naa--n da       ko--mori ka  us?  Stupid bat!                   what   is-that  bat      (?)                                  odokashi-ya-gatte                                  giving-menace-(displeasure)3Kyousuke: [noticing a pleasant warmth clinging to his arm]  Hmm?                            n?4[Madoka recovers and quickly spins away.]Madoka FX:                        ___  <fwip!>                         pa_5[Kyousuke looks at her wide-eyed as she composes herself.]6Kyousuke:                         _______  Ha ha.                          haha--nMadoka:  What!                           nani yo!7Kyousuke:  Nothing...  Well.  Shall        iya  nan demo....  sa    iko-- ka  we go?                          no   no-matter     well  shall-go?8[Madoka portrait.]narration:  It looks as if ghosts are       AYUKAWA do--yara  YUUREI  ga  NIGATE  Ayukawa's weakness.                     it-looks-as-if        weak-point                                                    ghosts (S)                                  mitai          da  na--                                  appears-to-be  be  (confirm.)narration:  How cute it is, pretending      kawai-- mon    da  tsuppatte  otherwise.                      cute    thing  be  insisting-on                                  te mo              ko--yu-- tokoro  wa                                  whether...-or-not  such-a-thing    (T)  She's a girl, after all.        yappari    ONNA no KO  da  ne                                  after-all  girl        be  (confirm.)---------------------------------------------------p 106 (84)1Madoka:  All the same, that lady...      yappari                ano ONNA no HITO                                  likewise/all-the-same  that-lady2Kyousuke: [smiling, as though Madoka is joking]      ____  Whaaat?  There really was a     na--ni  HONTOU ni  kizu  demo  atta to ka  scar there?                     what    really     wound even  was    (?)3[Kyousuke loses the grin as he realizes Madoka is dead serious.]4[They proceed to the beach.]Kyousuke:  N-no way...  Really?!           ma masaka...  HONTOU?!Madoka:  But it's true!                  sono masaka yo                                  that "no-way" (is-true!)5[Aerial shot of the beach.]gentle wave FX:                   ______  <lap-lap-lap>                   zazaza6Madoka: [searching the sand]  I'm pretty sure I left it       TASHIka  kono HEN ni   oitoita  around here somewhere.          sure     in-this-area  left-it                                  hazu        da  kedo                                  likelihood  be  butKyousuke: [running off]           ___  I'll start looking at this      ore  MUkou           mite-kuru  end.                            I    opp.-direction  begin-looking-there7[Someone taps Madoka on her shoulder...]FX:                               ______  <tap tap>                       tonton8[...and she turns to look.]---------------------------------------------------p 107 (85)1[She sees a shimmery Koto holding out a T-shirt to her.]Koto:  Are you looking for this?       sagashiimono       wa kore?                                  thing-to-look-for     this?2[Madoka goes into shock...]3[...and falls, unconscious.]Madoka FX:  <faint!>                        kura_                                  get-dizzy4Kyousuke: [returning]  AYUKAWA!!                       AYUKAWA!!5[Koto flashes him a friendly smile...]6[...which freaks him out.]7Kyousuke: [running away, shouting]  I-it's appeared!!               de deta--_!!---------------------------------------------------p 108 (86)1Kyousuke: [stopping]  O-oh no!  I have to help        i ikenai_  AYUKAWA TASUke-nakya_!!  Ayukawa!!                         bad   !          if-not-help !!!2narration:  I-is there something I can      na nani-ka    BUKI ni naru       mono wa?!  use as a weapon?!                  something  weapon  to-become  thing3narration:  There!                          are da_!4[He uses the Power to levitate an oar.]oar FX:                           _____  <wobble!>                       gata_side of boat:  Property of Terashima           TERA               SHIMA   KA    <"Temple Island">             (Buddhist)-temple  island  property                                  <or-a-family-name?>5[He catches it in his hand and twirls it.]oar FX:                           ___  <fwip!>                         ba_6[Kyousuke approaches with resolve.]narration:  All right, ghost.  Come and     sa--     koi          YUUREI  me!  get me!                         well...  intentional  ghost   look-out!7Kyousuke:  Don't touch her!!               sono KO ni  sawaruna   _!!                                  that girl   don't-touch!!!8Koto: [apprehensive]  Oh, you're scaring me!          ara kowai!  DAIJOUBU yo  mada  It's okay.  I haven't laid          scary   all-right    not-yet  a finger on her.                                  YUBI IPPON furete nai   wa                                  not-bring-fingertouch-gently-into-contact---------------------------------------------------p 109 (87)1Kyousuke:  Huh?!                           ha_?!2[View of Madoka, out cold.]Koto: [off]  I wasn't trying to scare        odokasu tsumori    nakatta      n da  her, but she took one look      menace  intention  not-existed  (explan)  at me and suddenly fainted.                                  kedo  kono KO    atashi no KAO  mite                                  but   this-girl  at-my-face     looking                                  KYUU ni   KI o ushinatchatta  mitai                                  suddenly  fainted <*>         looking-like                                  <* = ushinatte-shimatta>3Kyousuke FX:                      ______  <duh...!>                       kyoton!                                  vacant-look/stupefied4[Shot of clear, star-lit sky and the calm sea.]wave FX:                          ______  <lap-lap-lap...>                zazaza...5Koto:  Oh, I see!  Are you             naruhodo   sore de  atashi o   sono  mistaking me for the ghost      oh-I-see!  by-that  me    (O)  that  in that legend?                                  DENSETSU no YUUREI-san    to                                  legend   's ghost(-hon.)  with                                  kanchigai shitatte             wake   ka                                  even-though-you-misunderstand  reason (?)6Koto: [showing her legs under her skirt]  Hmm...  So the ghost and        shikashi...  sono YUUREI-san to atashi ga  I have the same name, huh?      but          that with-ghost    I     (S)  But see!  I have legs!                                  ONNAji NAMAE to  wa ne   hora                                  with-same-name           look!                                  chanto     mite     yo                                  precisely  looking  (emph)                                  ASHI  aru   desho!                                  legs  have  poss-beKyousuke: [kneeling & raising Madoka so that she leans against him]  S-sorry.                        su_ suimasen7Koto:  So, a ghost?...                 soo ne YUUREI ka...  I believe that ghosts are       YUUREI demo ii    kara     mou      ICHI  okay, because of a painful      ghosts even okay  because  another  one  experience of mine.                                  TABI itai              na                                  painful-time/occasion  (confirm.)---------------------------------------------------p 110 (88)1[Koto stands and looks out to sea...  And begins her story...]Koto:  My boyfriend died 3 years       atashi no KARE  #3# TOSHI-ZEN  ago on this beach.              my-boyfriend     3-years-ago                                  kono UMI de    SHInda no                                  on-this-beach  died   (confirm)2[Kyousuke looks like he's had enough of storytelling for one night...]3[Translation note: like the earlier story, the narration appears directly on the art.  Here we see several surfers on the beach.]Koto's story:  Up until several years ago,     kono HAMA   SUUNEN-ZEN-made  waves ran good and high         this beach  until-several-years-ago  here, and this beach was  thriving with surfers.          wa   ii    NAMI  ga   TAtte                                  (T)  good  wave  (S)  running-high                                  _________                                  sa--fua-- de        nigiwatte-ite...                                  because-of-surfers  be-flourishing                                                        _________  My boyfriend and I were         atashi to KARE   mo   sa--fua-- datta no  surfers, too.                   I-and-boyfriend  too  surfers   were4Koto's story:  One day, in stormy weather,     aru HI   atashi  shike de  I headed out to the open        one-day  I       in-stormy-weather  sea.  The seas were rough  and even my boyfriend had       Arete-ru         UMI ni  KARE      ga  enough sense not to go...       was-being-rough  sea     boyfriend (S)                                  tomeru no mo    kikazu                                  stop      even  use-one's-head                                  OKI e...                                  to-the-open-sea[Koto heads out to sea with her surfboard, waving back to her boyfriend who stands on the beach.]5Koto's story:                                ______  But my board flipped over       tokoro-ga  bo--do wa   TENTOU-shi  and I was swallowed up by       but        board  (S)  turn-upside-down  the waves.                                  atashi wa  NAMI ni nomareta        no                                  I     (T)  was-swallowed-up-by-waves  When he saw that, he            sore o mite  KARE       ga  came to my rescue...            seeing-that  boyfriend (S)                                  TASUke ni kite kureta  n da     kedo                                  came-to-rescue        (explan)  but[The two flounder in rough seas.  Along the left side of the panel, Koto's face is overlaid on the panel's art.]Koto: [showing the scar]                      ____  That's when I received          kono UDE no kizu  wa   sono TOKI  this scar on my arm.            this arm 's wound (T)  that time                                  dekita        mono na no                                  came-to-have  thing6Koto's story:  I was certain to be hurled      IWA ni  against some large rocks,       against-very-large-rocks  but my boyfriend  sacrificed himself for me.      tatakitsuke-rare-sou ni natta                                  came-to-likely-being-hurled-(against)                                  atashi o   kabatta     KARE       wa...                                  me    (O)  protected*  boyfriend (T)                                  <* "protected" in the sense of "diving                                   on a live grenade" sort of protection>[Koto kneels on the beach, sobbing, next to the lifeless body of her boyfriend.  Two lifeguards are nearby.]7Koto:  Every year since then I         atashi...  sore kara   MAINEN  return to this beach in         I          since-then  every-year  love and appreciation for  what he did here.               kono UMI ni kite-ru no   KARE no                                  am-coming-to-this-beach  boyfriend                                  AIshita              kono UMI ni                                  love/admiration/appreciation                                                       at-this-beach  Because he still lives on       KARE       wa  atashi no NAKA de  inside of me...                 boyfriend (T)  inside-of-me                                  mada   Ikite-iru  kara...                                  still  is-living  because8[Kyousuke is moved...]---------------------------------------------------p 111 (89)1Koto: [bowing her head]  But today is the last time.     demo sore mo   KYOU de   o-shimai                                  but  that too  on-today  (hon-)end2Koto: [beaming at Kyousuke]  I'm going to get married        atashi  kono AKI  this fall!                      I       this-autumn                                  o-yome ni iku            n da!                                  going-to-become-a-bride  (explan)!3Koto: [facing away, towards the sea]  That is why I was here--        dakara      KARE to         SAIGO no  to say my final farewell        that's-why  with-boyfriend  final 's  to him!                                  o-wakare    o koko de  shiteta no yo!                                    farewell    on-here  was-doing4Koto: [leaning close and smiling]  Your girlfriend?                anata no KANOJO?Kyousuke:  Eh!                             e_Koto:  Such a cute girl!               kawaii _KO_  (kanji = MUSUME) ne!                                  cute    girl          young-woman5Koto: [gazing in his eyes]  You have a bright future        anata-tachi  wa   korekara     ne  ahead of you.  You protect      you-(plural) (T)  from-now-on  (right?)  her well now!                                  KANOJO      o   chanto                                  girlfriend (O)  properly                                  MAMOtte     -agenasai       yo!                                  protecting   give(command)  (emph)!Kyousuke: [blushing]  Y-yes!                          ha hai_!6[Kyousuke has a thoughtful look.]7[Koto leaves, waving back at him as he waves to her.]---------------------------------------------------p 112 (90)1[Kyousuke carries the still-unconscious Madoka on his back.]2[He looks back at her tenderly.]narration: "You protect her..."  Hmm?       anata ga  MAMOtte agete     ne     ...ka                                  you  (S)  giving-protecting (confirm) (?)3Kyousuke:  Are you up?                     KI ga tsuita?                                  are-aware-of4Madoka:  Kasuga-kun.                     KASUGA-kun5[Shot of a lighthouse on a distant cape.]Madoka: [off]  That lady just now...?          sakki              no ONNA no HITO wa?                                  a-little-while-ago 's ladyKyousuke: [off]  Oh, that person...              aa  ano HITO wa<Translation note:  Kyousuke seems to be implying that the lady/ghost vanished...>6Madoka:  She was a ghost after all?      yappari    YUUREI datta no?                                  after-all  ghost  wasKyousuke:  No.  She wasn't!                i--e  chigaimashita!                                        was-wrong(formal)7Madoka:  WHAT!                           e---------------------------------------------------p 113 (91)1[Madoka stares at the back of Kyousuke's head, digesting that fact and that she's being carried on his back...]2Madoka: [grabbing him in a headlock]  Hey!  Let me down!              chotto--_  oroshite      yo                                             setting-down  (emph)  I can walk by myself!!          hitoride ARUkeru wa yo!!                                  alone    walk       (emph)  I'm so embarrassed!             hazukashi-- ja nai!                                  ashamed-of     not3[Madoka storms off and Kyousuke chases after her.]Kyousuke:  H-hold on, Ayu...!!             chi chotto AYU...!!4[Madoka stops, spying something.]5Madoka: [pointing]  Oh, look!  Beautiful fire       a  mite  kire--na   ISARIBI  lures!                             look  beautiful  fisherman's-fire-lures6[They stand side-by-side and take in the lovely view.  In inset panel we see them up close.  Kyousuke sneaks a peek at her.]narration:  Those torches burning on        kono ISARIBI      wa  kitto  the beach where he died         those-fire-lures (T)  surely  are probably his funeral  flames...                       kono UMI de    SHInda  KARE e no                                  on-this-beach  died    for-boyfriend                                  tomurai HI     na no darou----                                  funeral-flame    (poss. explan)narration:  And yet, I think it's so        shikashi AYUKAWA  YUUREI ni  YOWAi nante  cute that Ayukawa has a         and-yet           of-ghosts  weak  fear of ghosts!                                  kawaii toko   aru   n da ne!                                  cute   thing  have  (explan/confirm)!---------------------------------------------------