Kimagure Orange Road"A Romantic Night"Volume 6, Story 3WB Volume 3, Story 14Written and illustrated by Matsumoto IzumiTranslation & full-script typesetting by : Craig H. NishidaEditing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose Craig Nishida Spencer Hastings Jerry Lee Thomas Wyatt Jordan Lampe Matthew KlippensteinLast revision : 04-11-95Comments? 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 289 (51) are only in the WB's!---------------------------------------------------p 289 (51)--TITLE PAGE[Head and shoulders portrait of Madoka, her face framed by a shawl.]MAIN TITLE (at top) __________ _____ A Romantic Night romantikku - naitoSUB-TITLE (at bottom) Both the Anguish and KOI no NAYAmi mo tamerai mo Uncertainty of Love Somehow both-love's-anguish and-hesitation/waver Melt Away Under the Eye of _aya_ a Beguiling, Flickering naze-ka YOU shiku yurameite Star... somehow <*> flickering/quivering HOSHI no HITOMI ni star 's pupil-(of-the-eye) (IO) tokete-yuku...... go-and-be-dispelled/cleared/ go-and-be-solved/go-and-come-loose <*ayashiku = fascinating/strange/ incredible/suspicious YOU = attractive/bewitching/calamity>---------------------------------------------------p 290 (52)1[Similar to the closing panel of the previous chapter. Exterior night shot of the ski lodge with triple-insets of Kyousuke, Hikaru and Madoka in stunned, mouth-open states.]2Yuusaku: [bursting into the room] Wait, wait, wait...! mate mate mate----_ I'll handle this! koko wa ore ni makasete! this-place (T) leave-(a-matter)-to-medoor FX: ___ ban3Yuusaku: Kasuga! You've finally KASUGA_ kisama to--to-- shown your true colors. ! you at-last SHOUTAI o arawashi-yagatta na one's-true-colors (O) revealed-(contempt) You pervert! kono sukebe! ___ In the name of God, I'll TEN ni kawatte kono ore ga punish you for th... on-behalf-of-God this I (S) SEIBAI shite... punishing wa ha ha ha ha[Hikaru sweats and looks wide-eyed at something off-panel.]---------------------------------------------------p 291 (53)1[It's Kazuya in the buff. Surprised, he covers up his privates.]2Hikaru: [blushing] S-Sempai! You've shrunk so se SEMPAI! konna ni chiji n ja tte much. so-(much) shrunk (cause)Kazuya: ____ ____ It's me. ME! Kazuya! boku da yo boku! KAZUYA da yo I is I3Yuusaku: Eh?! e_?!Hikaru: Th-that voice... so sono KOE wa...... that voice (T)4Hikaru: ...Kazuya-kun?! KAZUYA-kun?!Yuusaku: How come you're here?! nande omae ga iru n da! why you (S) be-here (explan)Kazuya: Ah! a_5Kazuya: (O-oh no! The room numbers (i ikene_ HEYA BANGOU kaeta are still reversed.) room number exchanged mama datta) as-it-wasYuusaku: [going back out to look at the door] That's funny. I was sure HEN da na TASHIka ni this was Room Te... strange is certainly koko wa 1O GOU... this-place (T) = room6[Isolated shot of the door plaque. The number 11 appears.]7Yuusaku: Huh...? Room Eleven?! are...... 11 GOUSHITSU?! ___ It IS our room...! ore-tachi no HEYA da----_ our room it-is !Hikaru: [smiling and skipping out into the hall] Oh no! I mistook this one ya da--_ tonari no HEYA to for the room next door! oh-no ! with-next-room machigaeta wa! made-mistake---------------------------------------------------p 292 (54)1[Meanwhile, Madoka (in a bath towel) covers up as Kyousuke stares.]2[Blushing, she scurries back into the bathroom.]Madoka FX: sasa_3[Door still open, she hides around the corner, back against the wall.]Madoka: [blushing] (Wh-why is Kasuga-kun (na nande KASUGA-kun ga iru no yo...) here...?) why (S) being-hereMadoka heartbeat FX: ____ ____ doki doki4Madoka: How rude! SHITSUREI ne! Coming in as you please. KATTE ni haitte-kite without-leave coming-to-enter What's the meaning of this? do-- yu-- tsumori yo what-kind-of-intention/meaning5Kyousuke: [blushing] Th-that... I thought I'd so sono... o-FURO ni hairou to OMOtte... take a bath... that shall-take-a-bath thinking-that6Madoka: Your room is next door! anata no HEYA wa tonari desho! your-room (T) vicinity poss-beKyousuke: Eh?!! e_!! ___ B-but this is the guys' da datte koko wa ore-tachi room... but this-place (T) I (and-assoc) OTOKO no HEYA ja... in-guy's-room (T)---------------------------------------------------p 293 (55)1[Shot of the closed door to Room 10.]Hikaru: [off] Sempaaai! sempa--i!door FX: ___ ___ kon kon2/3[In adjacent panels Madoka and Kyousuke go into shock.]Madoka/Kyousuke FX: _____ giku_4Hikaru: [off] It's me-e-ee... Can I come atashi-- haitte ii?! in?! I entering okayKyousuke: Wha...! na_...!5Kyousuke: [looking back at the door] Wh-what'll we do? do do-- shiyouMadoka: [sticking her head out the bathroom door] What do you mean, "What'll do-- shiyou tatte we do?"6[With an irritated look, Madoka grabs Kyousuke by the hand and pulls him in the bathroom...]Madoka: Grr! moo!Madoka FX: gui7[...just as Hikaru enters.]door FX: ______ gacha_---------------------------------------------------p 294 (56)1Hikaru: Huh? are?2[Hikaru looks about, walking past Kyousuke's clothes which are piled on a bed.]Hikaru: Not here... Sempaaai! inai... sempa--i!3Madoka/Kyousuke: [leaning back against the door] fuu4narration: If Hikaru-chan catches me konna tokoro o hikaru-chan ni like this, there'll be no this-kind-of-place (O) by-Hikaru making excuses. MIraretara BENKAI no shiyou ga nai if-be-seen shall-make-excuses (S) not-have[He looks over at Madoka, who has her eyes closed.]Kyousuke heartbeat FX: _____ doki_5[His pov of Madoka.]---------------------------------------------------p 295 (57)1Kyousuke: [flushed] H-hot, isn't it...? a atsui ne...narration: A-Ayukawa's so sexy! a...AYUKAWA IROppoi!Kyousuke cheeks FX: ______ bo~~~_2Madoka: [testily] Of course it is. We're in atarimae desho o-FURO no NAKA na no yo the bathroom. natural poss-be inside-the-bath is3narration: Th-that's true as well, so sore mo aru ga... but... that-(one) too there-is but That's not the only reason sono sei dake ja nai! why! that-cause only is-not This hot rush is... kono ATSUi hoteri wa------ this hot glow/heat (T)crows-in-background FX: ____ kaa_4Hikaru: [about to exit] Strange. Sempai isn't okashii naa SEMPAI inai nante..... here... strange not-here the-likes-of5Kyousuke: AH! a_![Madoka turns to him in surprise.]narration: Oh no! My clothes are out ikenai FUKU SOTO ni aru n da! there! clothes are-outside (explan)6[Hikaru pauses and turns to look at the closed bathroom door.]---------------------------------------------------p 296 (58)1[Hikaru studies the bathroom door. Behind her, Kyousuke's clothes vanish.]clothes teleport FX: ____ shu_2[Isolated shot of the bathroom sink and bathtub.]drain FX: ____ mogo...3Madoka: [angrily clapping her hand over his mouth] What's with the shout?! nante KOE dasu no yo! what! cry-out What if she hears? kikoetara do-- sun no if-hear what-do4Kyousuke: S-sorry... go gomen...[Behind his back, Kyousuke catches his clothes.]clothes rematerialize FX: ____ shu_5[Hikaru looks at the door.]6[Close-up of Madoka and Kyousuke as they freeze, nervously--she still has her hand over his mouth.]7[Isolated shot of Hikaru's lower legs as she approaches the door.]---------------------------------------------------p 297 (59)1[Her hand reaches for the doorknob.]2Kyousuke: ______ ______ Meow! Meow! nya--_ nya--_[Madoka looks at him in surprise.]3Hikaru: [turning away] ____ Oh... It's a cat. nan da... neko ka what cat (musing)4door FX: _____ batan5Madoka: [wiping her brow] Whew. fuu6Kyousuke: [joyous] Saved! tasukatta!Madoka: [perplexed] ____ What would a cat be doing o-FURO ni neko ga iru ka ne-- in a bathroom? cat-in-the-bath (S) there-is (?) (rhet)7[In nervous relief, she sits down on the seat cover of the toilet.]Madoka: Jeez... mattaku... ________ Don't make me jumpy, huh?! harahara sasenai de yo ne--_ not-make-nervous being (rhet)---------------------------------------------------p 298 (60)1[They both stop to reflect on where they are and how they're dressed...]2[Kyousuke exits the bathroom just ahead of various small airborne bathroom articles.]Madoka: [off] Grr...! Get the hell outta moo--_ sassato dete tte here! ! quickly/at-once go-out/go-away3Yuusaku: [exploding] Eh?! Not there?! e_?! inai?!4Hikaru: [pondering the ceiling] Strange. Where on earth okashi-- naa SEMPAI ittai doko has Sempai gone? strange where-in-the-world itta n daro gone (poss-explan)5[Kyousuke, clothed now, starts to step out into the hall, but sees Yuusaku and Hikaru approaching.]Kyousuke: ___ Ah! ha_6Yuusaku: That can't be right! sonna hazu wa nai ne---_! that-kind-of-likelihood (T) not-there (rhet) Maybe we should check mo-- ICHIDO mite-mite-iru once more... once-more are-trying-to-see kamoshirenai shi... perhaps consider7[Kyousuke closes the door and turns to Madoka, who's also dressed.]Kyousuke: Arg! Here she comes again! yabai! mata kita done-for again cameMadoka: Huh?! e_?!---------------------------------------------------p 299 (61)1Madoka: [opening the window] Over here. kotchi kotchiKyousuke: Eh?! e?!2Kyousuke: Huh?! It opens just fine. are_ chanto aku ja nai ka properly/perfectly open3Kyousuke: [climbing out] Hurry, hurry. HAYAku HAYAku4[He slips and falls out, taking Madoka with him.]Kyousuke FX: _____ zuru_Madoka: KYA! kya_5[Exterior night shot of some cabins downslope from the ski lodge.]Madoka/Kyousuke FX: [off] _____ dosa_---------------------------------------------------p 300 (62)1[Yuusaku and Hikaru enter the room.]Hikaru: Huh? That voice! are IMA no KOE! now 's voicedoor FX: _____ batan2[Hikaru looks at the open window.]3[Pov from outside. Yuusaku and Hikaru look out from the first-floor window. Off to the side, Kyousuke and Madoka crawl away on hands and knees.]4[He grabs her hand and they run away from the lodge.]Kyousuke: For now... Run! toriaezu... nigero! for-the-time-being run!---------------------------------------------------p 301 (63)1Kyousuke: We're okay now. mo-- DAIJOUBU ne now all-right2Madoka: Huh?! are?!Kyousuke: ? ?3Madoka: ___ ha_Madoka: Why did I have to run, too? nande atashi made nigenakya ikenai why I as-well must-run no yoKyousuke: [amused] ___ pu_4[She gives him a look of irritation.]Madoka: Grr... This is all your moo... daitai fault, Kasuga-kun. generally-speaking KASUGA-kun no sei de 's fault being5[Kyousuke looks up and away--at the crystal-clear sky.]6[Panoramic view of the sky beyond them.]Kyousuke: Somehow... nan da ka...... It seems like I could touch HOSHI ni TE ga todokisou da ne the stars. stars (IO) hand (S) seems-as-if-reach---------------------------------------------------p 302 (64)1[Kyousuke spies a gondola on the overhead ropeway.]2Kyousuke: [pointing] Say, why don't we try and nee are ni NOtte-minai? ride that? say that-(one) (IO) not-try-and-ride3[He runs off.]Kyousuke: It's still running. mada UGOite-ru yo still is-running/operating4[Madoka lets out a puff of air, and gives a soft smile.]5[She's about to follow Kyousuke onto gondola #17 when...]ropeway operator: Ah, hold on, you two! a chotto kimi-tachi!6ropeway operator: [face flushed] I'm sorry, but we're closed warui kedo KYOU wa moo for the day. bad but today (T) already o-shimai da yo the-end isropeway operator FX: _____ hikku7[Madoka and Kyousuke walk away.]Kyousuke: ____ Damn! What a shame. che_ ZANNEN da na-- damn! regrettable is That operator was drunk but ano KAKARI-IN yopparatte-ta kedo I guess he was telling the that-operator was-drunk but truth. HONTOU ka na-- true I-wonderMadoka: [noticing something] Huh? are?8Madoka: _______ Kasuga-kun, your jacket...?! KASUGA-kun jaketto wa......?!Kyousuke: Ah! It's back in the a--_ sakki no gondola!! ! a-little-while-ago 's _______ gondora no NAKA da_!! inside-gondola is---------------------------------------------------p 303 (65)1[Isolated shot of gondola #17. The area is unlit.]2[Madoka, kneeling inside the gondola, finds it.]Madoka: Here it is. hai koreKyousuke: ________ Thank you. sankyu--3lights-on FX: ___ pa_4[The gondola jolts to a start, nearly sending Madoka flying out the door.]gondola FX: _____ gakun5Madoka: Oh no. It's started to move. ya da UGOki-dashichatta (UGOki-dashite-shimatta) began-to-move-(finality)6Kyousuke: [hopping on] Hey, what a break! mo--ke mono kono mama a-godsend/good-bargain just-as-this-is Let's ride! NOtchae_! (NOtte-shimae) = get-on/ride-(finality)---------------------------------------------------p 304 (66)1[Exterior shot of the gondola as it travels up the ropeway.]Madoka: I wonder if this is okay... i-- no ka na...... okay I-wonder To get on by ourselves. KATTE ni NOtchatte without-leave/ (NOtte-shimatte) freely getting-on-(finality)narration: ___ _chikara_ If worse comes to worst, I iza to narya ore ni wa NOURYOKU ga have the Power... if-I-must in-me (T) Power (S) aru n da shi is-there (explan) considerKyousuke: It's fine, it's fine. HEIKI HEIKI2[The ropeway operator has fallen asleep in his chair, feet up on the control panel.]ropeway operator FX: gua~~3[As he tosses about his foot bumps against the switch, but it is already in the "on" position.]4[Exterior shot of the ski lodge.]5[Hikaru and Yuusaku sit at the bar.]Yuusaku: (But where has that jerk (sore ni shite mo ano YAROU doko ni disappeared to?) but/for-all-that that-jerk to-where KIeta n da) disappeared (explan)6Yuusaku: (Well, whatever. (maa dotchi ni se yo well in-what-way ____ That obstacle's gone... jama MONO wa KIeta... in-the-way-person (T) disappeared Which means...) to yu-- koto wa......)narration: ______ Tonight's my chance to KON'YA koso uchiakeru chansu da! confess! tonight indeed confess chance is7narration: ...the throbbing in my kono MUNE no tokimeki o!! heart!! this-heart's throbbing (O)[He gets to his feet and turns towards Hikaru.]Yuusaku: H-Hikaru-chan... hi hikaru-chan......---------------------------------------------------p 305 (67)1Yuusaku: [flushed] ____ __ I-I love...* bo boku kimi ga su...... I you (S) = be-liking2[Hikaru portrait--she looks back at him.]3Yuusaku: __ ______ Love... Your skiing.* su... suki-- umai desu ne skiing great isHikaru: ...Thank you. ...... do--mo arigato<*Translation note: Actually, Yuusaku starts to say "I love you" but he pauses at "love/like" = and changes it to = ski great. So his line comes out as "I think you ski great.">4Yuusaku: [pounding the counter in anger] (C-can't say it after all!) (ya yappari ienai yo----_!) after-all not-able-to-say5[Isolated shot of three skiers, holding flares, making their way downslope-- they signal the end of the skiing day.]6[View pans back to show the bottom of a gondola as a group of 12 such skiers ski down the slope below it.]---------------------------------------------------p 306 (68)1Madoka: [gazing raptly out the window, past her own reflection] Beautiful. kirei ne2Kyousuke: Truly. Just like in the honto sakki no o-FURO to ii bathroom, tonight's just real a-little-while-ago 's bath that become a feast for the eyes. KON'YA wa ME no HOYOU ni naru tonight (T) become-a-feast-to-one's-eyes koto bakkari de thing just/only being[Madoka blushes.]3[Kyousuke realizes what he said, and he in turn blushes.]4Kyousuke: [waving his hands] Ah, I didn't see anything! a MIte-nai yo! Besides, it was full of hora ano TOKI wa YUGE ga steam then... look! that-time (T) steam (S) ippai de...... filled being[Madoka looks down, still blushing.]5Madoka: [turning to him] I wonder... Was there sonna ni YUGE nante atta kashira that much steam? so-(much) steam or-such had I-wonder[Kyousuke gives her a nervous smile.]6Kyousuke: [scratching his head] But... I really didn't demo... HONTOU ni hakkiri to wa see all that clearly. but really clearly (define) MIte-nai n da not-be-seeing (explan) Blood was rushing into to yu-- ka hotondo ATAMA ni CHI ga my head, and I scarcely (say)-that scarcely to-head blood (S) remember a thing... nobotte-te oboete-nai be-rising-(and) not-be-remembering n da kedo... (explan) but---------------------------------------------------p 307 (69)1[Madoka gives him a measuring look...]2[...turning it into a look of irritation. She gives him a mock-punch and Kyousuke smiles and flinches.]Madoka: H! <"Hentai" = perverted> #H#_!3[Kyousuke portrait--he laughs.]narration: But... da kedo---- This much I clearly kore dake wa hakkiri oboete-ru remember... this-much (T) clearly be-remembering4[Madoka portrait-she playfully clenches a fist. In the background a scent seems to waft from her body, over across to panel 3 where Kyousuke is...]narration: Even now, could it only IMA mo AYUKAWA no KARADA kara have been the smell of soap now even from-Ayukawa's-body from Ayukawa's body...? tada yotte-kuru ho no ka na merely/only come-to-be-due-to I-wonder ______ sekken no kaori---- soap 's smell5[Exterior shot looking up at gondola #17 as it travels up the ropeway.]narration: I feel like I want to be kono mama zutto with her, just like this, just-as-this-is all-the-time forever! ISSHO ni itai KIBUN! want-to-be-together feelingKyousuke: [off] _________ (It'd be nice if the ropeway (ro--puuei tomatchaeba would stop...) ropeway (tomatte-shimaeba) if-stop-(finality) i-- no ni...) good if-only---------------------------------------------------p 308 (70)1[The ropeway operator sits asleep as before.]ropeway operator FX: gua~~_2[This time his foot kicks the switch in the other direction.]switch FX: _____ kacha3[Madoka pitches back into the lap of Kyousuke, who in turn slams back against the side of the gondola.]Madoka on Kyousuke FX: _____ gawa_Kyousuke FX: ___ do_4[Exterior shot of the swaying gondola.]gondola FX: _____ pita_5ropeway operator: Oh no... ikene... Looks like I accidentally ukkari NEchimatta yo-- da fell asleep. carelessly (= NEte-shimatta) appears slept-(finality/regret)6ropeway operator: [getting up and yawning] Well, I guess I'll go home sa--te sorosoro KAEru ka na now. well now/soon go-home I-wondersign: Restricted Area--Authorized AIDA KAKARI MONO Persons Only. space people-in-charge/operator IGAI NI TACHI-IRU KINSHI w/the-exception-of enter prohibition7[Outside, he walks away from the building.]ropeway operator: Oo-ooh, it's cold! u-- samu--!sign: [right] ______ Village Lift Operations SON-EI rifuto Control Room Entrance operated-by-the-village lift SAGYOU SHITSU IRIGUCHI operation room entrancesign: [left] DANGER KIKEN Restricted Area--Authorized AIDA KAKARI MONO Persons Only. space people-in-charge/operator IGAI NI TACHI-IRU KINSHI w/the-exception-of enter prohibition---------------------------------------------------p 309 (71)1[Madoka gets up to look out the window. Kyousuke remains sprawled on the floor.]2Madoka: We've stopped... tomatta...narration: We really stopped! HONTOU ni tomatchatta HEN da na--_ Strange... really (= tomatte-shimatta) is-strange stopped-(finality/regret) ___ _chikara_ Though I don't remember ore NOURYOKU TSUKAtta oboe nante nai using the Power... I used-Power not-remember-such no ni na although3[Madoka and Kyousuke are splashed over an exterior shot of the gondola. Madoka looks slightly worried. Kyousuke eyes her and looks nervous.]narration: But if we aren't moving, da kedo UGOkanai tte koto wa then that means it's just but not-move/run case-that the two of us, in the dark... kono KURAYAMI no NAKA de AYUKAWA to within-this-darkness with-Ayukawa futari kkiri tte koto de---- just-2-people that-meansKyousuke heartbeat FX: ____ ____ ____ ____ doki doki doki dokinarration: In that case... to yu-- koto wa-------------------------------------------------------