Kimagure Orange Road"I Like Japan!"Volume 3, Story 7WB Volume 2, Story 8Written and illustrated by Matsumoto IzumiTranslation by Hitoshi DoiAdditional translation/revision by Craig NishidaCompilation by Spencer C. HastingsEditing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose                                 Craig Nishida                                 Spencer Hastings                                 Andrew Wilson                                 Peter Norby                                 Tony SchrickLast revision : 9-03-94NOTE: [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 157 (135) are only in the WB'S!)COMMENT ON THE REVISION (CN)--Changes were minor.  Added the honorifics, Kyousuke-stutters (many!), FX's,the subtitles on the title page, about 4-5 untranslated lines, additionalnewspaper text, the title of a book that Kurumi is reading (major chucklehere), missing ! and ? from the Japanese text, parentheses for thecharacter's thoughts, that sort of stuff...  During the discussion phaseof the script preparation, some lines were re-worded, as well.---------------------------------------------------p 157 (135)--TITLE PAGE[Back view of a tanned Madoka, standing in bikini, T-shirt and hat at the beach.  Palm trees flank her as she looks out to sea.]MAIN TITLE (at top)               __ _____ _____  I Like Japan!                   ai raiku japan!SUB-TITLE (at bottom)                           _____  To the South the Weather        SUHADA ni     karitto       MINAMI  Clears, Crisp Against My        on-bare-skin  (= karatto?)  the-south  Skin.                                            weather-clearing/                                                   weather-dry  Listening to the Stirring       YASHI no zawameki       SE de  of the Palm Trees Behind        stirring-of-palm-trees  in-back  Me, My Secret Self Looks  Back at the Summer!             kiite         HIMITSU no  WATASHI ga                                  listening-to  secret      me     (S)                                  furimuku         NATSU yo!                                  to-look-back-at  summer---------------------------------------------------p 158 (136)1[Kyousuke and Hikaru walk down a residential street.]narration:                                       ___  It hit me like a bolt from      sore      wa   ore ni   totte  the blue...                     that(one) (T)  me (IO)  getting                                  SEITEN no hekireki    datta----                                  a-bolt-from-the-blue  was2[Kyousuke looks wide-eyed at Hikaru.]3Kyousuke:  Uh, Hikaru-chan.  Say that      ano hikaru-chan mo-- ichido    itte kurenai  again?                          uh              one-more-time  sayingHikaru:  Like I said...!                 da kara----_                                  for-that-reason4Hikaru:                                      _______  ...Madoka-san is going to       madoka-san amerika ni  itchau n desu tte  America.                                   to-America  (=itte-shimau)                                                           go-(finality/regret)5[Kyousuke is stunned.]6Kyousuke: [smiling brightly]  Oh, that's nice.  Is she        i-- naa     RYOKOU       demo  iku no?  going on vacation?              good        travel/trip  or-something                                                                 going---------------------------------------------------p 159 (137)1Hikaru:  No.  She's going to live        chigaimasu yo--  SUmu    n desu yo--!  there!                          differ           reside  (explan)  The whole family is going       OYAKO tomodomo           EIJUU  to move!!                       parent-&-child-together  perm.-residence                                  shichau           n desu yo--!!                                  (= shite-shimau)  (explan/emph)                                     do-(finality/regret)2[Kyousuke stunned look #3...]3Kyousuke:  N-no way...                     ma masaka...4Hikaru:  Well, it's true!  Her           sou!        sono masaka    nan   desu  parents are...                  like-that   that-"no-way"  that  is                                  nan demo        go-RYOUSHIN        ga                                  whatever-it-is  (hon-)both-parents (S)5Kyousuke: [sweating]  W-wait a second.  Come to       chi chotto matte   so-- ieba  think of it, Ayukawa's              wait-a-moment  come-to-think-of-it  parents...                                  AYUKAWA no RYOUSHIN tte......                                  Madoka's-parents    (T)6[Shot looking up at the September sky.  Sunlight sparkles through breaks in the overhanging trees branches.]Kyousuke: [off]  ...what do they do?!            nani  yatte n no?!                                  what  doing---------------------------------------------------p 160 (138)1[Kyousuke arrives home.  He looks frantic.]door FX:                          _____  <slam>                          batan2[He races past his sisters.  Manami stands and watches him go by.  Kurumi looks up from the book she is reading.]Kyousuke running FX:              ________  <step step>                     dotadota                                  footsteps on the wooden floorBook title: [open book in Kurumi's hands]  "Origin of Species"             SEIMEI no  SHU -KA(SU)                --C. Darwin       life   's  evolution-of-species                                                          _______                                  to   KIGEN        #C.#  da--uin                                  and  origin        C.   Darwin<Translation note and commentary:  Yes, 13-year-old Kasuga Kurumi (KURUMI!?!) is reading English naturalist Charles Darwin's 1859 treatise on evolution!  My respect for the Japanese education system grows and grows...  ^_^>3[Kyousuke dives into a stack of newspapers.  Kurumi peers from the side to watch.]newspaper FX:                     ________  <scatter>                       parapara4Kyousuke:  Found it!!                      atta!!5[An angled view of the newspaper article...]Page header:  ...Newspaper  13 August 1984    SHIMBUN    #1984#  #8# GETSU                                  newspaper              month                                  #13# JITSU (GETSU)                                       day/dateHeadlines:                        _______ _______________  CHICAGO PHILHARMONI...          shikago fuiruha--mo--ni...                                              ____________  WORLD-RENOWNED VIOLINISTS       SEKAITEKI   baiorinisuto                                  world-wide  violinist  MR. AND MRS. AYUKAWA'S          AYUKAWA FUSAI       TOTSUZEN no KIKOKU!!  SUDDEN HOMECOMING!!                     Mr.-&-Mrs.  suddenly 's homecoming                                  _______  ARE THEY PREPARING TO           amerika EIJUU      no  JUMBI ka!?  EMIGRATE TO AMERICA?!?                  perm.-res. 's  preparationStory text: [some lines cut off at edges]  Both gifted violinists...       TOMO ni  TENSAI-TEKI                                  both     prodigy-(adj.-ending)                                  ____________                                  baiorinisuto to shite...                                  violinists   w/respect-to-being  Presently, the world-           ima  ya          SEKAITEKI ni YUUMEI na  renowned Ayukawas...            now  as-soon-as  world-famous                                  AYUKAWA FU...                                                                _____  ...arrived early this           KESA HAYAku         KI...     ameri...  morning from Ameri...           early-this-morning  (KIKOKU?)                                                       homecoming6[Tighter shot of the headlines in panel 5]narration:  I can't believe it.             masaka  AYUKAWA no RYOUSHIN ga  Ayukawa's parents were                          's parents (S)  world-famous musicians...                                  SEKAITEKI na  ONGAKUKA   datta nante----                                  world-wide    musicians  werenarration:  Come to think of it, I          so-- ieba     AYUKAWA no KATEI no koto  didn't know anything about      if-that's-so  about-Ayukawa's-family  Ayukawa's family.                                  nante zenzen      shiranakatta na                                        not-at-all  not-came-to-know7Kyousuke: [reading on]  Still more...                   mashite     ya----                                  increasing---------------------------------------------------p 161 (139)[This page is bordered in black, denoting a flashback...]1[Kyousuke and Hikaru continue the conversation which opened this chapter.]Hikaru:  Because of work, Madoka's       madoka-san no go-RYOUSHIN   tte  parents are often away                     's (hon-)parents (T)  [i.e., more often than  they are present in Japan].     SHIGOTO de       NIHON ni inai                                  because-of-work  not-be-in-Japan                                  TOKI no HOU ga OOi  shi                                  all-the-time        and-besides  She can't just travel           ISSHO ni tsuite mawattachi  around with them or it          if-she-traveled-around-w/them  would mess up her studies.                                  GAKU ni  mo     ikenai                                  study    too    bad                                  to yu--   WAKE_ de                                           (kanji = RIYUU = reason)                                  for-that-reason2[Kyousuke stunned look #4...]Hikaru: [off]  So ever since she was           madoka-san  chiisai koro kara  zutto  little, she's been left                     since-when-small   all-along  in the care of her  grandfather.                    ojiisan      _CHI_ ni                                  grandfather  (kanji = UCHI)                                                at-home                                  azukerarete-ita   n desu                                  was-being-left-(in-someone's-care)3Kyousuke:  But they've been separated      da kedo zutto           hanarebanare de  for a long time.  Why take         but  the-whole-time  separated-from-  Ayukawa to America at this                                     each-other  late date...?                                      nan-de  imasara                                  why     at-this-(belated)-point                                             _______                                  AYUKAWA o  amerika ni...?                                         (O)        (IO)4[Shot of the sky.]Hikaru: [off]  At first, they planned to       nan demo        hajime wa  izure wa  return to Japan, but they       whatever-it-is  at-first   sometime-soon  received great recognition  abroad...                       NIHON ni  KAEtte kuru      YOTEI  datta                                  to-Japan  begin-returning  plan   was                                  rashii       kedo     KAIGAI de                                  I-hear-that  however  abroad                                  HYOUKA sarete...                                  are-being-appraised/evaluatedHikaru: [off]                                 _______  And they bought a house         UCHI   mo   amerika ni  motta  in America, and her             house  too  in-America  came-to-own  sister got married, so  Madoka is all by herself        shi          one--san      mo  now...                          and-besides  older-sister  also                                  KEKKON shite     madoka-san hitorikiri ni                                  getting-married             1-person-alone                                  natchau           kara...                                  (= natte-shimau)  because                                     become-(finality)5Hikaru: [brightly]  There is a wonderful            madoka-san ni wa  mukou de       no  life waiting for her over                 (IO)(T) at-over-there  's  there.                                  subarashii SEIKATSU ga                                  wonderful  life     (S)                                  MAtte-iru   n desu yo                                  be-waiting  (explan/emph)6[End of flashback.  In the present, Kyousuke still stares wide-eyed at the open newspaper.]Kyousuke:  A wonderful life, huh...?       subarashii SEIKATSU....ka---------------------------------------------------p 162 (140)1Kyousuke: (But it might be some kind of    (demo moshi-ka-shitara  nani ka   no  mistake.  It's not like she      but  perhaps           something 's  told me herself...!)                                  machigai ka mo    shirenai                                  mistake     even  not-coming-to-know                                  shi           mada                                  and-besides   (not)yet                                  HONNIN no KUCHI kara  iku    to ki--ta                                  from-her-mouth        to-go  heard-that                                  wake    de    wa  nai...!)                                  reason  being     not2[Cut to Madoka, standing at a railing on a walkway (at the park?).  She looks out over the city.]narration:                        _______  America...                      amerika kaa---3[A young couple and their small daughter walk by.  The father carries the girl on his shoulders.]4[Madoka turns to watch the girl as the girl laughs.]5[The girl smiles and pulls on her father's hair.  Mom laughs at the look on Dad's face.]6[Madoka looks on, deep in thought.]---------------------------------------------------p 163 (141)[This page is bordered in black, denoting a flashback...]1[Present-day Madoka visualizes her young (approx.) 4-year-old self...]Madoka:  I want to go to America too!!   madoka mo amerika iku_!!                                         too        go !2Father:  We'll come back right away.     naani  sugu        KAEtte-kuru       sa                                  what   right-away  begin-returning  (emph)Madoka:  No, I wanna go with!            yada           ISSHO ni iku       no!!                                  is-unpleasant  to-go-together-with3Mother:  Madoka, you listen to what      madoka obaachan-tachi    no  grandma says and be polite.            grandma(&-others) 's                                  iu koto      yoku kiite    otonashiku                                  things-said  hearing-well  well-behaved                                  shite-ru            n desu yo                                  be-coming-to-have  (explan/emph)4[Madoka chases after her departing parents. Someone--her sister?--stands and watches.]Madoka:                           ____ ____  Papa, Mama!                     papa mama5[She stands next to her sister, watching her parents leave.]5(inset)[Closeup of Madoka as she weeps.]---------------------------------------------------p 164 (142)1[Exterior shot of ABCB.]2[Madoka looks in through the window.]3[She sees Hikaru and Kyousuke, sitting at the counter, chatting with Master.]4[Shot of Hikaru clinging in happiness to the arm of her Darling.  Kyousuke sorta finds an interesting spot on the ceiling to look at.]5[Madoka facial portrait--sadness.]6[Madoka enters, eyes downcast.]door FX:                          _____  <rattle>                        karan7Hikaru: [brightly]  Hey!                            a_![Kyousuke has a stricken look.]---------------------------------------------------p 165 (143)1[Madoka facial portrait--she gives Kyousuke a look of trepidation.]2[Kyousuke facial portrait--there is some anxiety on his face as well.]3Madoka: [smiling to Hikaru]  Oh, I didn't know you were      ara  kite-ta      no hikaru  here.                           oh   were-comingHikaru: [smiling back]  We're here to get in the        o-jama             MUSHI!  way!                            (hon-)obstruction  vermin/bad-company4[Madoka walks past Kyousuke.  Kyousuke watches her go by.]Madoka:  Work, work.                     sa--te  SHIGOTO SHIGOTO                                  well    work    work5narration:  Ayukawa...                      AYUKAWA----narration:                                  _______  Are you really going to         HONTOU ni amerika ni  itchau no ka?!  America?!                       really    to-America  (= itte-shimau)                                                           go-(regret)6[Kyousuke watches as Madoka puts on her ABCB apron.]---------------------------------------------------p 166 (144)1Hikaru:  Madoka-san, when are you        madoka-san SHUPPATSU wa  itsu nan desu ka  leaving?                                   departure (T) when     is  (?)  Is the date fixed?              mo-- KImatte        n desu   ka?                                       being-decided  (explan) (?)Kyousuke FX:                      _____  <thump!>                        doki_[Kyousuke looks to be near cardiac arrest; Madoka spins around in surprise.]2[Kyousuke and Madoka exchange a glance.]3Madoka: [looking away]  ......yeah.                     ......un4[Kyousuke stares at the counter in front of him.]Madoka: [off]  The day after tomorrow.         asatte5Hikaru:  Wow, you're in a hurry.         zuibun  KYUU   desu nee                                  a-lot   haste  is  (rhet.-inquiry)Madoka:  Well, I have busy parents.      nan se  go-TABOU na                                          (hon-)pressure-of-work                                  RYOUSHIN  dakara      ne                                  parents   that's-why  (confirm.)6narration:                        _______  She's going to America.         amerika iku   tte    ya yappari  S-so the story was true,        go-to-America (T)       after-all  after all!  A-and the  day after tomorrow?!            HONTOU datta no ka!    shi shikamo  S-so soon...                    true   was                 furthermore                                  asatte?!            so sonna ni hayaku----                                  day-after-tomorrow     to-that-extent                                                                  fast/quick7Hikaru:                                    _______  I wish I could go to            i-- na-- amerika kaa  America, too!                   good                                  atashi mo   itte   mitai       na--_                                  I      too  going  appear-to-be    !---------------------------------------------------p 167 (145)1Hikaru:                           _______  She's so lucky to get to        amerika de  SEIKATSU  dekiru  live in America!                in-America  life      to-be-able-to-do                                  nan-te   ura yamashi--  desu yo ne--                                  or-such  jealous-of     am2Kyousuke:                         ___  I... I like this city better!   ore...  kono MACHI no  HOU ga ii                                  I       this-town  's  compares-better3[Kyousuke gazes at Madoka...]4[...who looks back at him in some surprise.]5Hikaru: [whacking Kyousuke on the back]  What are you saying, Sempai?!   na--ni itte    n desu ka      SEMPAI!                                  what   saying  (reason/query)                                  _______  Everyone knows America is       amerika no ho-- ga i-- ni  better!                         America-better        (IO)                                  KImatte-ru   ja nai desu ka                                  be-deciding                                  _______                                  amerika_!Hikaru whack-on-the-back FX:      ___  <whump>                         don[Kyousuke pitches forward against the counter.]6[Exterior shot of ABCB.]Hikaru: [off]  Madoka-san, we'll go see        madoka-san KUUKOU ni  wa   MI-OKUri ni  you off at the airport!!                   at-airport (T)  to-see-off/bid-  Right, Sempai?                                                    farewell                                  ikimasu kara  ne!!   ne-- SEMPAI?                                  go      since        (inqu.)Kyousuke: [off]  Y-yeah.                         u un---------------------------------------------------p 168 (146)1[Later...]Madoka:  I'm home!                       tadaima!door FX:                          _____  <bang>                          gatan2Mother:  Did you decide, Madoka-san?     doo   madoka-san  KESSHIN   tsuita?                                  what              determination<Note the use of the honorific "-san" by her mother.  Mom's likely being sarcastic.>3Madoka:  Mother...                       ...... oka--san4[Madoka pauses in thought.]5Madoka:  You always have it your         KATTE na     mon     ne!  way!                            selfishness  person  (confirm.)6Madoka:  You left me alone for so        NANNEN          mo    atashi o  many years.  Then you           how-many-years  even  me    (O)  suddenly say you want me  to go to America...             hotta       chikashinishi  toite                                  left-alone  ?????????????  urging-to-do                                            _______                                  ikinari   amerika ni koi    da nan-te...                                  suddenly  come-to-America!  be etc...7Mother:  But from now on we can live     demo kore kara  wa   anata to ISSHO ni  together.                       but  this from  (T)  together-w/you                                  KUraseru   yo-- ni naru       no yo                                  be-living  to-come-about-that (conf/emph)  Wasn't that your dream?         anata mo  sore ga  YUME  datta n ja nai?                                  you   too that (S) dream was   not-reason---------------------------------------------------p 169 (147)1Madoka:  You're right...                 sou ne...2[Madoka watches her mother as she walks away.]Mother: [off]  Well!  Don't be so lazy.        sa--_  nombiri            shitenai de                                  well!  feel-easy/carefree not-be-engaging-in  Did you finish packing?         JUMBI         wa  sunda no?                                  preparations (T)  became-finished  Oh yeah...                      a  so-- so--3Mother:  I have to go talk to your       anata no GAKKOU no SENSEI    gata ni mo  teachers tomorrow, too!         your     school 's teachers          too                                  ashita    o-HANAshi        ni                                  tomorrow    speak/explain (IO)                                  ikanakutcha        ne!                                  (= ikanakutte wa)                                     not-goingMother:  Ah!  Busy, busy.                a--  isogashi isogashi4[Exterior shot of the Ayukawa home.]5[Madoka lies back in bed, wide awake.]6[She visualizes Kyousuke.]Kyousuke: [flashback!]            ___  I...like this city better!      ore......  kono MACHI no HOU ga ii!                                  I          this-town     compare-better---------------------------------------------------p 170 (148)1[Exterior shot of the Kasuga apartment building.]2[Tight shot of a clock--it's 4:00 AM.]3[Kyousuke lies back in bed, wide awake.]4[He visualizes Madoka in her ABCB apron.]narration:  The day after tomorrow...       asatte5narration:                                     _______  ...Ayukawa will go to           AYUKAWA ga   amerika e   itchau!!  America!!                               (S)  to-America  (= itte-shimau)                                                              go-(regret)6[He sits up.]narration:  It wasn't just a story,         ya yappari    jo--dan  ja nai  zou!  after all!!                        after-all  joke     not-be  (str-exclam)Kyousuke FX:                      ____  <sproing>                       gaba7[He stands.]narration:  Shit!  There's nothing I can    kuso---_  demo KONDO      bakari wa  do this time!                          !  but  this-time  only   (T)                                  do-- shou       mo nai ja nai ka!                                  what undertake  nothing8[Tight shot of his feet as he walks out his apartment building.]---------------------------------------------------p 171 (149)1[Madoka stands on the sidewalk.]2Kyousuke:  Ayukawa!                        AYUKAWA!3Kyousuke:  Wh-what are you doing at        do do-- shita   no     konna JIKAN ni......  this hour...                       what-is-the-matter  at-this-kind-of-time4[Madoka looks back at him with a slightly sad look.]5Madoka: [gazing down, smiling]  I couldn't sleep, and by        nan-da-ka...     NEMUrenakutte  the time I noticed, I'd         for-some-reason  can't-be-sleeping  already walked this far.                                  KI ga tsuitara  kono HEN made                                  when-noticed    until-this-vicinity                                  ARUite kite-ta     no                                  had-begun-walking6[Kyousuke facial portrait--he watches her.]7Kyousuke: [small smile]            ___  I couldn't sleep either.        ore mo  nan-da-ka...     NEMUrenakutte                                  I-too   for-some-reason  can't-be-sleeping---------------------------------------------------p 172 (150)1[Exterior shot of a building, a lit streetlamp, and the night sky.]2[Kyousuke and Madoka sit in adjacent swings at the playground.]3Kyousuke: [looking up at the sky]  It's going to be light soon.    moo   AKAruku naru  koro  da ne                                  soon  become-light  time  be4[Madoka looks at him, wistful.]swing FX:                         ___  <squeak...>                     kii...Madoka:  ..........                      ..........5Madoka: [swinging, with a smile]  Say, Kasuga-kun.  Why do        nee KASUGA-kun wa  dooshite kono MACHI  you like this city?             say            (T) why      this-town                                  ga ii no?                                  better6[Kyousuke blushes and gazes down.]---------------------------------------------------p 173 (151)1Madoka:  There's nothing special         nanno         hentetsu       mo nai  about this city.                what-kind-of  just-ordinary     there's-not  It's the same as any other.     hoka to    so--       KAwannai                                  to-others  like-that  not-change                                  goku FUTSUU         no MACHI yo                                  extremely-ordinary  's town2[Against a backdrop of American icons, Madoka swings.]narration:                                           _______  Compared to that, America       sore ni kurabete   amerika wa---  has New York, Chicago,          comparing-to-that          (T)  Hollywood, Beverly Hills!       ____________  _______  ________                                  niyu--yo--ku  shikago  hariuddo                                  New-York      Chicago  Hollywood                                  ______________                                  bibari--hirusu!                                  Beverly-Hills3Madoka: [looking up to the sky]  There are a lot of people       ironna           HITO-tachi ga  and there are lots of fun       various/diverse  people     (S)  things waiting for me  there!                          ite       TANOshii koto ga   ippai                                  existing  joyful-things (S)  full-of                                  MAtte-ru               no yo ne--_!                                  be-looking-forward-to            !4Madoka: [smiling and looking down]  For that, I'd first have        so-- so--  sono tame ni   wa  to study English.  And          sure       for-that-sake (T)  then...                                  mazu          EIKAIWA               o                                  first-of-all  English-conversation (O)                                  BENKYOU shinakucha dame     yo ne                                          (=shinakute wa)                                  having-to-study                                  son   demo    tte...                                  that  however (T)5[Tight shot of Kyousuke's hand grasping one of Madoka's chains to stop her swinging.]6[He stands behind her.  Madoka is wide-eyed.]Kyousuke:                          ___  I...                            ore wa   ii ga...                                  I   (T)  better---------------------------------------------------p 174 (152)1[Tight profile shot as he stands behind her.]2[Pov pans back.]Kyousuke:  I like this place the best.     ichiban   KI ni itteru        n da                                  the-best  being-pleased-with  (explan)3[Shot of the meeting on the 99.5 steps--Kyousuke stands at the top with red hat on his head, watching Madoka walk down.  Overlaid on this is a half- portrait of Madoka as she speaks her flashback line below...]Kyousuke: [off]  Since the first time I came     kono MACHI ni  hajimete kita TOKI...  here...  Since I counted the    to-this-town   the-time-I-first-came  number of steps...                                  sou        ano KAIDEN no KAZO(ERU) kazoeta                                  like-that  that-steps 's count     counted                                  TOKI kara                                  time sinceMadoka: [flashback]  It can't be...  There should    uso~~~          #99# DAN       shika  only be 99.                     you're-kidding      (counter)  only                                  nai  hazu   yo                                  not  likelihood4[Eyes closed and solemn, Kyousuke flashes with the force of his words.]Kyousuke:                          ___  To me this is the most          ore ni  totte wa    ichiban  beautiful city!!                to-me   preferring  best                                  suteki na        MACHI nan  da!!                                  great/wonderful  town       be5[Madoka gives that some thought...]6[...and lowers her gaze and smiles.]---------------------------------------------------p 175 (153)1Madoka:                           ___ ___  Tee-hee.                        ku_ ku_[Kyousuke goes bug-eyed.]2Madoka:  A-HA-HA-HA                      a ha ha ha3Madoka: [smiling merrily]  Did you really think that I     HONTOU ni atashi ga   amerika ni iku  was going to America?!          really    I      (S)  go-to-America                                  to OMOtte-ta       no?!                                  was-thinking-that  (confirm)4Kyousuke: [blushing]  WHAT?!                          e_5[Madoka stands up, looking sweetly at him.]swing FX:                         ___  <squeak!>                       gi_6Madoka:                                                      _______  From the beginning, I           atashi hajime_ kara        amerika nan-ka  wasn't planning on going        I      from-the-beginning  to America.                                  iku    tsumori    nakatta  n da                                  to-go  intention  was-not  (explan)7[Kyousuke stunned look #5...]---------------------------------------------------p 176 (154)1Kyousuke:  Wh-what!!                       na nan datte!!                                     whatever-it-is2Madoka:  That's right.  I was just       sou        minna     o   chotto  teasing everyone!               like-that  everyone (O)  a-moment                                  karakatte mita  dake!                                  tried-&-teased  only3Kyousuke: [raising fist in mock anger]  What's that?  That's mean.      na nan da yo--  hidoi naa                                     what-be      cruel[Madoka laughs in glee.]4narration:                                                       _______  Anyway, Ayukawa's trip to       toni mo kaku ni mo  AYUKAWA no amerika iki  America has been called         in-any-case-too             's America-trip  off!                                  wa   CHUUSHI ni natta!                                  (T)  was-called-off5narration:  And...  the most beautiful      soshite----  itsumo  toka waranu  city to me is still here!       and          always  ???? ??????                                  ___                 ______                                  ore ni  totte no    suteki na                                  to-me   preferring  wonderful                                  MACHI ga   ii ni  aru!                                  town  (S)  fine   to-exist6[They walk off under lightening skies.]Kyousuke:                                              _____  But, I didn't know that         demo...  AYUKAWA no  oyaji-san      ga  your parents were so famous!    but              's  parents(-hon)  (S)                                  anna ni    YUUMEIJIN      da to wa na---_                                  that-much  famous-people  benarration:  Ayukawa's parents apparently    AYUKAWA no RYOUSHIN mo   KONKAI no tokoro  gave up on bringing her                 's parents  too  at-this-time  this time, but...                                  wa   TSUrete iku no                o                                  (T)  taking-(a-child)-with-(them) (O)                                  akirameta   yo-- da  ga                                  gave-up-on  seeming  butMadoka:  Were you surprised?             ODOroita        ka                                  were-surprised  (?)7Kyousuke:  No resemblance at all.          zenzen           nitenai   ne                                  utterly/totally  not-resemble/take-afterMadoka:  Anyhow...                       do--senarration:  ...I still have the uneasy      itsu  nandoki      AYUKAWA no  feeling that she may change     when  at-any-time          's  her mind on a whim...                                  KI ga kawaru       ka mo shirenai                                  change-intentions  it-may-be                                  to yu--      FUAN    wa                                  to-say-that  anxiety (T)                                  nokotte-ru           wake da----                                  be-remaining-behind  (reason)---------------------------------------------------p 177 (155)1[Kyousuke walks down the hallway to his apartment.]narration:  But really...                   sore ni shite mo        HONTOU ni----                                  but/still/for-all-that  really2[Madoka half-portrait.]3narration:                                            _______  I wonder if she really          hajime_ kara        amerika e iku  had no intention of going       from-the-beginning  go-to-America  to America from the  beginning?                      tsumori    nakatta       no ka na?                                  intention  there-wasn't     I-wonder  Ayukawa...                      AYUKAWA----4[At the airport, Madoka stands next to a woman (her sister?), smiles and waves good-bye to the departing plane.]narration:  But for now...                  demo maa   mazu wa                                  but  well  first-of-all5[Shot of her parents in their seats.]Mother:  That Madoka.  Telling us        moo madoka_ tachi  kinou      ni  natte  only yesterday that she                            yesterday (IO) becoming  won't go!                                  KYUU ni   ikanai     nante..........!                                  suddenly  not-going  how!Father:  It's okay.  The next time       naani  KONDO      ISSHO ni  we come, all three of us        what   next-time  together  can go back together.                                  KAEreru           yo                                  to-be-returningnarration:                        ___  ...I'm relieved!                hotto          hito    ANSHIN                                  feel-relieved  person  peace-of-mind---------------------------------------------------