Kimagure Orange Road"Snow Sketch"Volume 6, Story 2WB Volume 3, Story 13Written and illustrated by Matsumoto IzumiTranslation & full-script typesetting by : Craig H. NishidaEditing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose                                 Craig Nishida                                 Spencer Hastings                                 Matthew Klippenstein                                 Thomas Wyatt                                 Jerry LeeLast revision : 03-15-95Comments?  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 the WB manga. So there may be a few      extras to those of you not having them.      Example: The subtitles on page 268 (30) are only in the WB's!---------------------------------------------------p 267 (29)1[Shot of the lower slopes at a ski resort--skiers finish their run near the bottom of the ski lift.]2[Tight shot of a pair of ski boots on skis.]Yuusaku:  <puff puff>                     haa haa3Yuusaku:  Where on earth have they        ittai doko          made       itta  gone?                           where-in-the-world  as-far-as  gone                                  n darou                                  (poss-explan)title:                            ______     ________  Snow Sketch                     suno--  -  suketchi4Kyousuke: [pointing off-panel]  Ah, over there!                 a asoko!---------------------------------------------------p 268-269 (30-31)--TITLE PAGES[Two-page panel art.  Madoka on the right and Hikaru on the left.  They ski toward us, down a gentle, powdery slope.  Snow-capped trees glitter in the background.]MAIN TITLE (at top)               ______     ________  Snow Sketch                     suno--  -  suketchiSUB-TITLE (at bottom)  Flowery Forms Glide Through     FURI            HANA  a Silvery World.                form/condition  flower/spirit/youth/                                                  beautiful-woman                                  ________                                  sarasara                 GIN-SEKAI                                  flow/smoothly/with-ease  silvery-world/                                                           vast-snowy-scene                                           _________  You Chase After the Ski         MADO no  shupu--ru          Oikakete!  Tracks of a Window!             window's the-trace-of-skis  chasing<Translation note:  "Window" <mado>, is in reference to Madoka.>---------------------------------------------------p 270 (32)1[The two girls zip past, and on either side of, the stationary guys.  Hikaru looks back and smiles.]Hikaru:  Kya-hoo!                        kya_ ho--_Madoka/Hikaru ski FX:             ______  <whooshhh>                      zuza--2Yuusaku: [bug-eyed]  Wow!  They're pretty good...    hee--_    taishita     mon     da  naa                                       !    great/grand  people  are3[The two guys trade sinister stares.]Kyousuke and Yuusaku: (On the other hand, this guy     (sore ni hikikae  koitsu    sakki kara  hasn't tried to ski at all       on-the-contrary  this-guy  for-some-time  since we got here...                                  zenzen           subero-- to shinai  no wa                                  entirely/wholly  shall-ski   not-do  Could that mean...?)            moshi-ka-shite......)                                  it-is-possibleKyousuke and Yuusaku FX:          _____  <grin!>                         niya_4[Suddenly, Kazuya appears--skiing without ski poles--and gives the two guys a shove from behind that sends them both flying.]Kazuya: [grinning]  Hey you two!  Don't just        futari    tomo  so--       mottai  stand around.  Go ski!          2-people  both  like-that  (overemphasis)                                  burazu         ni   sube-ttara_!                                  loiter-around (IO)  ski-<I-tell-you!>Kazuya hands FX:                  ___  <WHUMP>                         don---------------------------------------------------p 271 (33)1[Isolated shot of Yuusaku and Kyousuke, butts raised and heads planted deep in the snow.]2[Springing to his feet, Yuusaku grabs Kyousuke around the collar.]Yuusaku:                               ______  You jerk!  What are you         kono yaro--    nani  suru  n da!  doing?!                                        what  do    (explan)Kyousuke: [wincing, pointing at Kazuya]  Over there, over there.         atchi atchi3[Yuusaku approaches Kazuya with mayhem on his mind.  Kazuya flinches back, and backs up against Hikaru.]Yuusaku:                                __  You little br...                kono  ga...                                  this  <gaki> = brat4[View pans back to show Madoka there as well.  Both girls look at Kyousuke with concern.]Hikaru:  Sempai.                         SEMPAI5[Shot looking downslope at the ski lodge.]Hikaru: [off]                     ____  You aren't injured, are you?    kega shite-nai  desu kaa                                  aren't-injured  be   (?)Kyousuke: [off]  N-no.                           u un6[Hikaru talks to Kazuya.  Kyousuke eyes Madoka, who looks off-panel.]narration:  Why are we here, you ask?!      do--shite  koko ni iru  no ka  tte?!                                  why        are-here        (?) (quote)---------------------------------------------------p 272 (34)[Panels 1-6 are black-bordered, denoting a flashback.]1[Exterior shot of ABCB.]narration:  It all started when Kazuya      somosomo      wa   KAZUYA ga   said he wanted to go            to-begin-with (T)         (S)  skiing...                       ______                                  suki-- ni ikitai   tte i--dashite---                                  want-to-go-skiing  starting-to-say-that2[Kyousuke leans an elbow on the counter and replies to Kazuya.]narration:                                                    ___  Naturally, since I can't        to--zen    suberenai        ore wa  ski, I would have put an        naturally  not-able-to-ski  I   (T)  end to that, but...                                  koto   wa   ro-- to       shita  ga...                                  matter (T)  with-trouble  done   but3[As Madoka and Kazuya look on, Hikaru smiles and clings to Kyousuke.]narration:                                    ___  ...Kazuya said, in front        KAZUYA wa   ore ga   hikaru-chan to  of Ayukawa, that I                     (T)  I   (S)  with-Hikaru  wanted to go skiing with        ______  Hikaru-chan...                  suki-- ni ikitagatte-ru to                                  that-is-showing-signs-of-wanting-to-go-                                  skiing                                  AYUKAWA no MAE de    shaberi----                                  in-front-of-Ayukawa  chatter/gabbleKyousuke FX:                      _____  <urkk!>                         giku_4[Seated side-by-side, Kazuya and Kyousuke raise identical index fingers and put on identical smiles.]Kyousuke:  Y-yeah.  Why don't you come     so so-- da       AYUKAWA mo   ikanai?  too, Ayukawa?                      that's-right          too  not-go5Madoka:  Hmm, well...                    n so-- nee6Madoka:  Oh, okay!                       ma  i-- ka!Kyousuke/Hikaru/Kazuya:  Hooray!!                        yatta!!narration:  Things were fine up to that     soko made   wa   yokatta   n da    kedo-----  point, but...                   up-to-there (T)  was-fine (explan) but7[Back on the ski slope, Kyousuke grimaces at Yuusaku, who glares back.]narration:  How did he get wind of this?    doko de   kikitsuketa                ka                                  at-where  heard/learned/got-wind-of  (?)  This guy came along as well!    koitsu    made  tsuite-kitari shite!                                  this-guy  even  come-along-with/shadow-(and)Yuusaku:  What?                           nan da?---------------------------------------------------p 273 (35)1Hikaru:  Okay?                           i-- desu ka  Do it like this.                ko--       yatte-kou                                  like-this  shall-go-and-do2[View pans back to show Kyousuke and Hikaru skiing slowly side-by-side.]Hikaru:  Good, good.                     umai umaiski FX:  <swishhh>                       sui~~3Kyousuke FX:                      ______  <peek!>                         chira_4[His pov of a livid Yuusaku and peeved Madoka.]5[Looking back upslope at them, his face contorts into a sick expression.]narration:  Somehow, it felt like those     nan da ka  futari   no SHISEN ga  two were staring daggers at     somehow    2-people 's look   (S)  me!                                  HADA  ni   itai!                                  skin (IO)  painful6Kazuya:  Oneechan, let's ski!            one--chan subero_7[Madoka takes a final look back...]8[...and skis off after Kazuya.]Yuusaku:  Ah, wait a minute...!           a chotto MAtte...!---------------------------------------------------p 274 (36)1Yuusaku FX:                       ___ ___  <in-a-dither>                   oro oro2[A man comes barreling into the stationary Yuusaku, sending him flying.]man:  Don't just stand around!        urochoro  sun na!                                  loiter    (= suru na) = don't-doman/Yuusaku FX:                   ___  <thud>                          donYuusaku:  AH!                             a_3[Yuusaku careens down a steep slope.]Yuusaku: [pinwheeling his arms]  WAHHHHHH!                       wa------_Yuusaku ski FX:                   _______  <swishhhh!>                     sha----4Yuusaku:  AH!                             ha_!5Yuusaku:  I-I skied!                      su subereta6[Hikaru smiles at Kyousuke and applauds.]Hikaru:  You've really started to        daibu  get the hang of this.           very-(much)                                  _____                                  kotsu ga nomikomete-kimashita  ne                                  started-to-get-the-hang-of7[The two stop to look at a passing streak.]Yuusaku ski FX:                   _______  <swishhhh!>                     sha----8[Yuusaku grins at them as he passes by.]Yuusaku:                           ___ (Heh!  Look at me now.           (fu_...  donna mondai                                           see-what-I-have-done  With this, Hikaru-chan's        kore de        SUKOshi          wa  sure to think better of me.)    now/with-this  a-little-(while) (T)                                                     ___                                  hikaru-chan  mo    ore no koto minaosu  ni                                               even  thinks-better-of-me (IO)                                  chigainai)                                  am-sure---------------------------------------------------p 275 (37)[Panels 1-4 are framed in black, denoting a dream sequence.]1[Hikaru elbows Kyousuke aside to rush over to Yuusaku.]Hikaru:                                         ______  Oh, Yuusaku!  That was          maa  YUUSAKU  suteki!  wonderful!Hikaru FX:                        ___  <thud>                          don2[Yuusaku's pov of Hikaru.]Hikaru:  I think better of you,          atashi  YUUSAKU no koto  minaoshichatta!  Yuusaku!                        I                     (= minaoshite-shimatta)                                          thought-better-of-Yuusaku-(finality)  Will you ski with me,           ISSHO ni  subette-kudasaru?  please?                         together  ski-(please)3Yuusaku:  Is that okay?  To leave him     i-- no kai    aitsu     hottoite  by himself?                     okay   (?)    that-guy  leave-(him)-aloneHikaru: [clinging to his arm]                       ____  Sure.  Such a worthless         i-- no yo    anna dame OTOKO!  guy!                                         that-kind-of-no-good-guy  Let's go.                       ikimasho4Yuusaku: [smirking back over his shoulder at Kyousuke]  Hey, that's the way it is.      so-- yu-- koto      da                                  that-kind-of-thing  it-is  Don't feel bad.                 waruku  OMOu na           yo                                  badly   don't-feel/thinkKyousuke: [stricken]  H-Hikaru-chan.                  hi hikaru-chan5[Back to reality.  Tight shot of Yuusaku as he chortles diabolically.]Yuusaku:  Serves him right!  Kasugaaa!    zama-- miro  KASUGA--_                                  ____________  ____________  Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!     ha_ha_ha_ha_  ha_ha_ha_ha_  Ha!6[Kyousuke and Hikaru watch Yuusaku as he skis by...]Yuusaku: [looking ahead]          ___  Ah!                             ha_Yuusaku FX:                       ________  <swishhhh!>                     sha----_7[...down the wrong slope.]Yuusaku:  S-somebody stop me-e-e-e!       da dare-ka   tomete-kure~~                                     somebody  stop-(favor-to-me)Hikaru:  That guy...  What is he         aitsu...    nani  KANGAete-ru  n darou  thinking?                       that-guy    what  be-thinking  (poss-explan)sign:  DANGER                          KIKEN  Steep slope and cliff ahead.    KEISHA ga   KYUU          de                                  slope  (S)  steep/danger  being-(and)                                  ____                                  gake   ari                                  cliff  there-is                                  ____  Bears are also found.           kuma   mo   DEmasu                                  bears  too  be-found/emerge/come-outKyousuke:  Dunno...                        saa...---------------------------------------------------p 276 (38)1[Shot of a snow-covered street in town.]2[Kyousuke ambles down the sidewalk, looking at the shops.]3[He comes upon a familiar brunette.]Kyousuke:  Huh?                            n?4[She holds out a trinket to the store clerk.]Madoka:  This one.                       koreclerk:  Certainly.                      maido--                                  always/often5Kyousuke:  Wowww!  That's well-crafted.    wa--_    yoku  dekite-ru  ne    sore                                           well  made             that-(one)[Madoka turns in surprise.]6Kyousuke: [to clerk]              ___  Same for me, please.            ore mo   ONAji yatsu  kudasai                                  me  too  same  thing  pleaseMadoka: [picking up item #2]  Oh, I'll go with this one,      a  yappari    kotchi    ni   shimasu  after all.                         after-all  this-way (IO)  do7[His pov of Madoka, whose gaze suggests she wants nothing to do with him.]narration:  Still seems to be in a bad      mada   go-KIGEN naname  mitai----  mood...                         still  (hon)-bad-mood   seems---------------------------------------------------p 277 (39)1[Kyousuke raises an identical item #2 up high.  There is a look of wild determination on his face.]Kyousuke:                               ___  Then I'll take this one,        ja    ore  kore        mo......!  too...!                         then  I    this-(one)  tooMadoka: [holding out item #3, a bird trinket]  Then I'll pass on that and      ja    sore        yamete     kore  take this one.                  then  that-(one)  giving-up  this-(one)2Kyousuke: [shouting]  Then I'll take this one         ja    kore        mo   kudasai!  too, please!                    then  this-(one)  too  please[Madoka blushes and goes wide-eyed.]3Madoka:  What are you doing, buying      sonna ni   KAtte   do--  sun no  yo  so much?                        so-(much)  buying  what  doing4Kyousuke:  I want to have the same         AYUKAWA to  ONAji mono  motte-itai  thing as you, Ayukawa.          w/Ayukawa   same-thing  want-to-be-having                                  n da mon                                  (is-the-reason)5[They hold up their final choices--identical bird trinkets.]Kyousuke:                                    ___  Look...  They're a pair.        hora...    pea   da  yo                                  look       pair  is---------------------------------------------------p 278 (40)1[Kyousuke's pov of a pensive Madoka.  She looks back at him.]2[She spins about and starts to walk off, feigning irritation.  Kyousuke smiles.]Madoka:  What?  You copycat!             nani yo    mane       shimbo  ne_!                                  what       imitation  ??????narration:  I wonder if we've made up       do--yara  NAKAnaori         dekita  ka na?  somehow?                        somehow   a-reconciliation  was-able-to-do                                                                      I-wonder3[He runs after her with a wide smile.  She turns to look back, not unhappily.]4[View from just behind the tattered pants leg of Yuusaku.  He stands on the street watching Madoka and Kyousuke depart.]5[Yuusaku looks like he's been dragged through a swamp.]narration:  That bastard.  He's the         annyaro--  hitori dake    anna ni  only one having such a                     1-person-only  so-(much)  good time...                                  i-- OMOi shi-yagatte...                                  having-a-good-experience-<contempt>  Just you wait.                  mite-ro yo  Today--TODAY--I'll teach        KYOU   to yu--   KYOU  wa  him a lesson!                   today  say-that  today (T)                                  ME ni mono misete-yaru!                                  teach-a-lesson-(favor-to-him)6[View pans back to show Kazuya standing far behind Yuusaku and watching.]7Kazuya: [with a snicker] (This looks like it's getting    (korya  omoshiroi koto     ni  nariso--)  interesting.)                    this   interesting-thing (IO) looks-as-                                                                 if-become---------------------------------------------------p 279 (41)1[Exterior night shot of the ski lodge.]2[Inside the lodge, Kazuya runs after Madoka.]Kazuya:  Huh?  Where are you going,      are  one--chan  doko   iku  no?  oneechan?                                       where  go3[Yuusaku looks on as Madoka stops, smiles and bends down to speak to Kazuya.]Madoka:                                                       _______  I'm all sweaty so I'll go       asekaichatta kara     ne    shawa-- yo  take a shower.                  (= asekaite-shimatta)       shower                                     since-perspired-(finality/regret)  Wanna take one with me?         issho ni  hairu?                                  together  go-inKazuya: [taken aback]                   _ ___     ___  Ehh?!  M-me?  I can take one    e--_  o ore?    ore  hitori de  haireru  by myself.                              me      I    by-myself  be-going-in                                  mon                                  person4Yuusaku: [rubbing his chin]       ____  Hmmm.                           fumu5Kazuya:  What's wrong?  You're making    do-- shita no    hidoi KAO         shite  an awful face.                                   awful-expression  makingYuusaku:  Bug off!                        hottoke_!6Yuusaku: (That's it!  Just had a good     (so-- da!  i-- koto    OMOi tsuita     zo!!  idea!!                                     good-thing  happened-to-think-of  It'll be bad for                AYUKAWA-SEMPAI ni  wa          warui  kedo  Ayukawa-sempai, but this is                   (IO) (contrast)  bad    but  for the future of Hikaru-chan                    ___  and me...)                      kore        mo   ore to                                  this-(one)  too  I   and                                  hikaru-chan no SHOURAI no tame...)                                              's future  's benefitYuusaku:  Never mind that.  I have a      sore yori         omae ni tanomi ga aru  favor to ask of you.            rather-than-that  I-have-a-favor-to-ask-                                                                    of-you7Kazuya: (Here it comes!)                 (sora    kita)                                   there!  cameKazuya FX:                        _____  <grin!>                         niya_---------------------------------------------------p 280 (42)1[Isolated shot of the door to Room 10.]2[Madoka enjoys a shower.  Male readers will also enjoy the shower.]3[Kazuya and Yuusaku continue their conversation.]Kazuya:  "Take Kyou-niichan to the       KYOU-ni--chan o   one--chan-tachi    no  oneechans' Room 10?"                         (O)            (plural) 's                                  10 GOUSHITSU ni   tsurete-ke  tte?                                  Room-10     (IO)  take-(one)-to-(someplace)                                                                (quote)4[Kazuya thinks this over.]5Kazuya: (Madoka-oneechan should be       (IMA  sono HEYA wa   madoka-one--chan ga  taking a bath in that room       now  that-room (T)                   (S)  right now...                                  o-FURO ni haitte-iru hazu...                                  should-be-taking-a-bath                                  _______  I see this guy has thought      haha--n  koitsu    yokaranu      koto   o  up something evil.)             I-see    this-guy  evil/bad/ill  thing (O)                                  OMOi tsuita           na)                                  happened-to-think-of---------------------------------------------------p 281 (43)[This page is black-bordered, indicating the hypothetical situation narrated by Kazuya to Yuusaku.  Of course, Kazuya's picked this all out of Yuusaku's brain to begin with...]1[Kyousuke and Kazuya stand outside the door to Room 10.  Kazuya smiles and points at it.]narration:  So it's like this...            ko-- yu-- koto      deshou                                  this-kind-of-thing  poss-be  Giving some sorta reason        RIYUU o tsukete  oni--chan o  I lure oniichan into that       on-a-pretext              (O)  room.                                  sono HEYA  ni   sasoi-dasu                                  that-room (IO)  lure-one-out2[Elsewhere in the lodge, Yuusaku speaks with Hikaru.]narration:  And right then, Yuu-niichan     sono  ato    sugu ni     YUU-ni--chan ga  says to Hikaru-oneechan...      that  after  right-away               (S)                                  hikaru-one--chan ni                                                  (IO)Hikaru:  What?!  Sempai is waiting       e?!  SEMPAI ga   atashi-tachi no HEYA de  for me in my room?                          (S)  in-our-room                                  atashi o   MAtte-ru    tte?                                  me    (O)  be-waiting  (quote)3[Inside Room 10, Madoka, in a towel, comes upon Kyousuke.]narration:  And right about then, in        choudo          sono koro  Room 10, Madoka-oneechan        just/precisely  at-that-time/then  will be coming out of the  bath.                           10 GOUSHITSU de wa   madoka-one--chan ga                                  in-Room-10      (T)                   (S)                                  o-FURO kara  dete-kite                                  from-bath    beginning-to-emergeMadoka:  KYAAAA!                         kya~~4[Hikaru enters Room 10.  She is shocked by what she sees.]narration:                        ________  And right on cue,               taimingu  yoku        hikaru-one--chan mo  Hikaru-oneechan will come       timing    well/right                   also  in, too, and see it with  her own eyes...                 haitte-kite      sore        o                                  coming-to-enter  that-(one) (O)                                  MOKUGEKI suru----                                  witness/see-with-her-own-eyesHikaru:                                             ________  Kyaa!  Sempai, you pervert!!    kya--_  SEMPAI no etchi--_!!                                                       _____  Scum!  I hate you!              SAITEI yo            kirai!                                  the-lowest/the-pits  dislike/hate5narration:  Finally, to top it off,         SAIGO   no SHI-Age      wa  you rush in.                    the-end 's be-finishing (T)                                  YUU-ni--chan ga   kaketsukete                                               (S)  rushing-(to-the-spot)[Yuusaku uncorks a right jab that sends Kyousuke reeling.]Yuusaku:                                ____  YOU BASTARD!!                   kono  gesu         YAROU!!                                  this  vulgar/base  fellow6[Hikaru clings to Yuusaku's arm as Yuusaku beams a smile.]narration:                                                _________ _________  And then the two lived          soshite   futari   wa   medetashi medetashi!  happily ever after!             and/then  2-people (T)  joyful---------------------------------------------------p 282 (44)1[Yuusaku claps a hand over Kazuya's chattering mouth and looks about anxiously.]Yuusaku:                          __ ____  D-dummy!  D-don't shout it      ba baka  de dekkai     KOE    dasu na_!  out!                                        humongous  voice  don't-utter!2Yuusaku:                                                        ____ (But...  How does this brat      (shikashi...  do--shite  kono gaki  ni  knows what I'm thinking?)        but          why        this-brat (IO)                                  ___                                  ore no  KANGAete-ru  koto   ga   wakaru                                  my      be-thinking  matter (S)  know                                  n darou)                                  (poss-explan)Kazuya: (If you're a man, it's           (OTOKO nara      motto do--do-- to  better to meet it boldly         guy   if-it-is  if-more-imposing  head-on...                                  SHOUMEN kara         butsukareba                                  from-the-front/face  if-strike/if-meet-with                                  i--   no ni...                                  good  even-though  This guy's a creampuff,         koitsu    mo   taishita koto nai wa----)  too...)                         this-guy  too  nothing-serious3Kazuya:                                                           _____ (But...  He did go through       (demo...  sekkaku           no  aidea  da)  the trouble of coming up         but      with-much-trouble 's  idea   is  with the idea.) (It wouldn't be bad to try       (notte miro no               mo   WARUkunai)  and play along with it.)         shall-try-and-be-a-part-of  too  not-bad4[Kazuya and Yuusaku stop to watch Kyousuke and Hikaru walk by.  Hikaru clings to his arm.]5Kazuya: (And it might also be good       (sore ni   darashinai no   wa  medicine for Kyou-niichan's      moreover  slipshod/loose  (T)  hopeless ways.)                                  o-tagai-sama        KYOU-ni--chan ni  wa                                  mutual/one-another               (IO)                                  i-- KUSURI     kamo           ne)                                  good-medicine  maybe/possiblyKazuya:  Got it.  I'll help!             wakatta     TETSUDAu yo!                                  understood  assist/help6[Kazuya pulls Kyousuke down the hall.]Kyousuke:  What is it?                     nan da yo--Kazuya:  Just a sec!                     chotto!7[Shot of the registration desk.]Kyousuke: [off]  "Help me take a bath"?  Can't   o-FURO ni  irete-kure            tte  you just do that by yourself?   to-bath    let-in-(favor-to-me)  (quote)                                  omae  JIBUN de  hairenai          no ka                                  you   by-self   not-able-to-go-in    (?)Kazuya: [off]                              ______  Bu-u-ut...  I'm not used to     datte--  hoteru no o-FURO tte  yoku  the hotel's bathroom.           but      hotel  's bath   (T)  well/fully                                  wakannai        yo                                  not-understand  It's Western-style...           YOUSHIKI       da  shi                                  Western-style  is  consider8[Kyousuke trots after the running Kazuya.]Kyousuke:  Ahh, it's no use...             mo--  sho-- ga nai        naa                                        nothing-can-be-done---------------------------------------------------p 283 (45)1Kyousuke: [pausing, looking off to the side]  Huh?  Still, I haven't seen     are  sore ni shite mo  AYUKAWA no sugata ga  Ayukawa...                           still/but                 's form   (S)                                  MIenai                  kedo...                                  not-be-seen/be-missing  butKazuya FX:                        _____  <urkk!>                         giku_2[Kazuya grabs Kyousuke by the wrist and drags him down the hall.]Kazuya:                                           ___  H-hurryyy!  I have to go to     ha HAYAku--_    ore mo--  neru   n da  bed soon!                          soon         I   soon  sleep  (explan)                                  kara_!                                  that's-why3[Rooms 10 and 11 have their signs exchanged.]narration:                        _chikara_  If I use the Power to           NOURYOKU o TSUKAtte  HEYA no BANGOU  o  change the room numbers,        using-the-Power      room 's number (O)  then oniichan will  automatically think it's        Irekaereba  oni--chan wa   JIDOU-TEKI ni  his room, and should go         if-change             (T)  automatically  into Madoka-oneechan's  room...                         JIBUN no HEYA  da  to OMOtte                                  self  's room  is  thinking-that                                  madoka-one--chan-tachi no HEYA e                                  to-Madoka-(and-assoc)'s-room                                  hairu hazu...                                  supposed-to-go-inPower FX:                         ___  <click!>                        pa_4Kazuya:  Over there, oniichan.           oni--chan  sotchi   wa                                             that-way (T)  This is the oneechans' room.    one--chan-tachi    no HEYA  da yo                                            (plural) 's room  isKyousuke:  Huh?  You're right.             are?    so-- da kke5[Kyousuke stands at the open door.]door FX:                          _____  <clack>                         gacha---------------------------------------------------p 284 (46)1Kazuya:  Oh no!                          o  ikkenai!                                        ________  I forgot to bring shampoo.      boku  shampu--  motte-kuru no                                  I     shampoo   to-bring   (nominalizer)                                  wasurechatta                                  (= wasurete-shimatta)                                     forgotten-(finality/regret)2Kazuya: [running off]  Hang on.  I'll go and buy       chotto  KAtte-kuru  kara   saki ni  some.  You go on in ahead!              go-and-buy  since  following                                  haitte-te!                                  be-going-in3[Kyousuke, shirt off, starts unzipping his pants when he hears...]shower FX:                        ____  <splishhh!>                     zaa_4[He opens the bathroom door.]Kyousuke:  Huh?  Somebody's inside.        are  DARE-ka   haitte-ru                                       somebody  have-gone-indoor FX:                          _____  <clack>                         kacha5[Madoka, in profile in the shower, turns at the sound...]door FX:                          _____  <clack>                         kacha6Madoka:  Wait just a sec, 'kay?          chotto MAtte-te  ne  I'll be right out.              sugu ni     deru      kara                                  right-away  emerging  that's-why7[Kyousuke blushes and his eyes goggle.]narration:  AYUKAWA-A-A?!                   AYUKAWA----?!Kyousuke heartbeat FX:            _____  <THUMP!>                        doki_---------------------------------------------------p 285 (47)1[He staggers back and sits on the floor, staring at the now closed bathroom door.]narration:                                  ___  Wh-why OUR room?                na nande  ore-tachi HEYA ni                                     why    in-our-room  A-and taking a bath!            shi shikamo   o-FURO nanka         haitte                                      moreover  bath   the-likes-of  going-in  What's she thinking?!           nani  o   KANGAete-ru  n da!                                  what (O)  be-thinking  (explan)2[He visualizes what Madoka might look like when she emerges from the bath.]Kyousuke: (C-can't be...!)                 (ma masaka......!)dream Madoka:  I've been waiting for you.      anata o   MAtte-ita   no yo                                  you  (O)  was-waiting3[He goes catatonic.]narration: "Wait just a sec.  I'll be       chotto MAtte-te ne  sugu ni  deru kara  right out..."                   <this is a repeat of Madoka's line above>                                  nante----                                  the-likes-ofnarration:  I wonder if girls get bold      yappari    ko-- yu-- TOKORO ni    kuru to  when they come to this sort     after-all  to-this-kind-of-place  when-come  of place, after all.                                  ONNA no KO tte  daitan ni naru  no  ka naa                                  girls      (T)  become-bold         I-wonder4narration:  Oka-a-ay.  If it's like this    yo--shi  ko-- nattara  then even I'm decisive!                  if-become-like-this                                  ___                                  ore datte  KOKORO o KImete!                                  I   even   settling-(my)-mind[He resolutely tosses his pants in the air over his shoulder...]Kyousuke toss-pants FX:           ___  <fwip!>                         ba_5[...but staggers at the sound of...]Hikaru: [off]  Sempaaai!                       sempa~~i!---------------------------------------------------p 286 (48)1Hikaru: [softly, cuddling up against the door]  *It's* *me* *ee*!  Can I        a  -  ta  -  shi!    haitte ii?  come in?                        I                    enter  okay2[Kyousuke portrait--a deer caught in the headlights...]3[He scampers about aimlessly.]narration:  Auggh!!                         gie~~~_!!Kyousuke confusion FX:            ___ ___ ___ ___  <lose head>                     uro uro uro uro4Kyousuke: [flashing with the Power]             __________ (Th-that's it!  Teleport.)       (so so-- da!  terepo--to)5[But nothing happens...]6narration:                                _chikara_  Wh-why can't I use the          na nande NOURYOKU ga  TSUKAenai     n da?!  Power?!                            why   Power    (S) can't-be-used (explan)[Still only in undershorts, he pulls hard at the closed window.]Kyousuke FX:  <Nnngghh>                       u~~nKyousuke: (To make matters worse, the      (omake ni               MADO   mo   akanai)  window won't open, either.)      to-make-matters-worse  window too  not-open7Kazuya: [crackling with the Power]                       _chikara_ (Sorry.  My Power is just        (gomen ne  oni--chan no NOURYOKU  yori  a bit superior to yours,         sorry               's Power     than  oniichan!)                               _chikara_                                  boku no  NOURYOKU                                  my       Power                                  no ho-- ga chotto bakari UE  na  n da!)                                  just-a-bit-superior          is  (explan)8[Yuusaku stands with arms crossed and a grim look of satisfaction on his face.]Yuusaku:  Now, Hikaru-chan is mine...!    kore de        hikaru-chan wa                                  now/with-this              (T)                                  ___                                  ore no mono......!                                  my     person---------------------------------------------------p 287 (49)1/2[Madoka emerges from the bathroom in panel 1.  In panel 2, Hikaru opens the door to the room and looks in.  Both share the same speech bubble.]Madoka and Hikaru:  Sorry to keep you waiting...!   omachido--_doors FX:                         _____  <clack>                         gacha3[Exterior night shot of the ski lodge.  In each of the triple insets we see the surprised, blushing faces of Kyousuke, Hikaru or Madoka.]Hikaru/Madoka:                    ______  Kyaaaa!                         kya--_---------------------------------------------------