Kimagure Orange Road"Message in Rouge"Volume 6, Story 9WB Volume 4, Story 4Written and illustrated by Matsumoto IzumiTranslation by : Hitoshi Doi (19 Jan 1992)Additional translation/revision by : Scott HenryFull-script typesetting by : Craig NishidaEditing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose                                 Scott Henry                                 Craig Nishida                                 Spencer Hastings                                 Jay Harvey                                 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 both normal and WB manga, so there may be a      few extras to those of you not having both.      Example: The subtitles on page 71 (181) are only in the WBs!---------------------------------------------------p 71 (181)MAIN TITLE: [at top]              ______  Message in Rouge                ru--ju  no  DENGON                                  rouge   's  message1[An empty bedroom.  Sunlight streams in through open blinds.]door FX:                          _____  <slam>                          batan2[Madoka, wrapped in a towel, sits in front of her mirror...]Madoka sit-down FX:               ___  <plop>                          ton3[...and tosses back her hair.]Madoka hair FX:                   _____  <flutter!>                      pasa_---------------------------------------------------p 72-73 (182-183)--TITLE PAGES[Double-page title page spread.  Madoka sits on the left-hand page with her reflection in the mirror on the right-hand page.  Through the mirror she looks directly into our eyes.]MAIN TITLE                        ______  Message in Rouge                ru--ju  no  DENGON                                  rouge   's  messageSUB-TITLE (at bottom)  Even Alone, She Doesn't         hitori kiri    demo  NAitari shinai.....  Cry...                          just-1-person  even  not-cry-(and)---------------------------------------------------p 74 (184)1[She sits and dries her hair with a hand-held hair dryer.]hair dryer FX:                    _____  <whirr>                         buo--narration: [flashback]  Say, Madoka...                  naa madoka----                                        _______  Don't you feel like going to    omae  amerika no KOUKOU ni       iku  high school in America?         you   to-high-school-in-America  go                                  tsumori   wa   nai       ka?                                  intention (T)  not-have  (?)narration: [flashback]  Enough already!                 i--kagen ni shite   yo                                  being-moderate-(in)  I told you that I absolutely    ZETTAI ni   iya da         tte itta  don't want to go!               absolutely  is-unpleasant  said-that                                  desho!                                  poss-be2[Madoka facial portrait--she brushes her hair.]3[Nondescript profile of her father.]narration: [flashback]  Why?  Is there some reason      naze da?  nani-ka    NIHON ni inakya-ikenai  that you have to stay in        why  is   something  must-be-here-in-Japan  Japan?                          _wake_                                  RIYUU   demo          aru no  ka?                                  reason  or-something  having  (?)narration: [flashback]  There's no need to tell you     sonna        no     oto--san ni  iu  something like that, Father.    that-kind-of (nom)  father  (IO) say/tell                                  HITSUYOU  nai      wa                                  need      not-have4[Madoka applies makeup.]narration: [flashback]  Then do whatever you like!      jaa moo              KATTE ni  shiro!                                  if-that-is-the-case  freely    be-doing---------------------------------------------------p 75 (185)1[She pauses in applying her lipstick...]2[...and uses it to write on the mirror.]writing FX:                       ___  <scribble!>                     ka_3writing FX:                       ___ ___ ___  <scribble! scribble!            ka_ ka_ ka_  scribble!>4[She walks away, unwrapping the towel from her body.]towel FX:                         ___  <swish!>                        ba_5[A door opens.]door FX:                          _____  <clack>                         gacha6[Madoka heads out, stylishly dressed for travel, with a large handbag hanging from her shoulder.]---------------------------------------------------p 76 (186)1[Tight shot of her lower legs.  She wears high heels.]footstep FX:                      ___  <tap!>                          ko_2[Through the open gates, we watch as Madoka walks away, down the street. In addition to her handbag, she also carries a larger travel bag.]3[A closeup of the writing on the mirror.]4[View pans back to show the entire message, with her empty bed reflected in the mirror.]message:  Sayonara.  Thanks for           sayonara    osewa ni narimashita  everything.                     farewell    thank-you-for-your-kind-help               --Madoka                                  #MADOKA#---------------------------------------------------p 77 (187)1[View down a street.]2[From the overpass above us, Madoka stops at the railing and looks out at the traffic below.  Pedestrians pass by her.]3[She pauses to watch a crowd gathering around some street performers.]4[Tight shot of her lower legs.]Madoka FX:                        _____  <stop short!>                   pita_5[She looks unhappily back at us...]6[...and abruptly turns about.]7[Exterior shot of the upper levels of the Kasuga apartment building, as seen from street level.]---------------------------------------------------p 78 (188)1[Kyousuke carries a bowl to the dining room table.]Kyousuke:  Hot, hot, hot!                  achichi!                                  <atsui>2Kyousuke: [lifting noodles with his chopsticks]  I'm really tired of eating      sasuga ni     KUiakita              yo~~  the same thing...               truly/really  was-tired-of-routine-diet3Kyousuke: [eating and glaring]                                 _____  Man, but that makes me so       shikashi... hara tatsu na--  oyaji-tachi  mad--Dad and the others         but         get-angry        dad-(and-assoc)  always making me watch the               ___  house.                          itsu-mo  ore ni   RUSUBAN sase-yagatte                                  always   me (IO)  make-housesit/                                                    make-stay-home-(contempt)                                  ____  I don't know what to do         hima       o   moteamashichau         yo  with all this free time.        free-time (O)  (moteamashite-shimau)                                                  don't-know-what-to-do-                                                  (with)-(finality/regret)Kyousuke eating FX:               _______  <slurppp!>                      zururu_4[Madoka looks across a playground at the Kasuga apartment building.]5Kyousuke: [still eating] (I wish Ayukawa would            (TOTSUZEN              AYUKAWA demo  suddenly come and visit...!)     suddenly/unexpectedly         even                                  tazunete-konai      ka na~~~~_)                                  not-come-and-visit  I-wonderdoorbell FX:                      ___ _____  <ding donnng>                   pin po--n6[He stops eating to look at the door in surprise.]7door FX:                          _____  <clack>                         gachaKyousuke:  I'm coming...                   ...hai---------------------------------------------------p 79 (189)1[Komatsu, smiling and waving, appears in the doorway.]Komatsu:  HI!                             yoo_2[Kyousuke's face falls.]narration:  Ohhh.  It's just Komatsu!       nan da----    KOMATSU ka!Kyousuke FX:                      _______  <sigh>                          gakkari                                  disappointed3Komatsu: [smiling]                            ____  I had nothing to do so I        anmari      hima na    mon     de  came over...                    too-(much)  leisurely  person  because                                  kite-mita      kedo...                                  tried-to-come  but                                                      ____  But you look like you've        omae mo   so--to--  hima        so-- da naa  got tons of free time, too.     you  too  fairly    spare-time  looks-as-if  You wanna go somewhere?         doko-ka    ikanai  ka                                  somewhere  not-go  (?)narration:  There's no way she'd come...    kuru hazu nai   yo ne    AYUKAWA ga----                                  ought-not-come                   (S)4[Madoka walks up the stairs.]Madoka footstep FX:               ___ ___  <click! click!>                 ko_ ko_5[Kyousuke, leaving with Komatsu, closes and locks the door behind him.]door FX:                          _____ _____  <clack clack>                   kacha kacha6[Just as Kyousuke and Komatsu turn the corner, Madoka comes up from the other direction.]7[Ayukawa stares at the intercom outside the Kasuga's door.]Madoka footstep FX:               ___  <click!>                        ko_sign:  Kasuga Takashi                  KASUGA TAKASHI         Kyousuke                        KYOUSUKE         Manami                          manami         Kurumi                          kurumi---------------------------------------------------p 80 (190)1[She sets down her bag and rings the doorbell.]doorbell FX:                      ___ _____ ___ _____  <ding donnng ding donnng>       pin po--n pin po--n2[She takes out a pen and a pad of paper.]pen FX:                           ______  <click!>                        kacha_3message:  To Kasuga-kun.                  KASUGA-kun e4[Tight shot of her face as she stares at what she's written so far.]5[Isolated shot of a crumpled wad of paper flying through the air.]paper FX:                         _______  <crumple!>                      kussha_6[Exterior shot of the entryway to a coffee shop.]---------------------------------------------------p 81 (191)1[Kyousuke and Komatsu sit at a table, but their attention is on another table.  There, a man and a woman have a conversation.]Mrs. Ayukawa:  Maybe we should've called       yappari    KEISATSU ni  todoketa  the police, after all.          after-all  to-police    reported                                  hou ga i--  n ja nai     no                                  better      (neg/explan)Mr. Ayukawa:  But Mother, that's going        shikashi  KAAsan  sore       wa   chotto  a bit too far.                  but       mother  that-(one) (T)  a-bit2Mr. Ayukawa:  I can't believe that she        masaka      ano KO    ga  would run away from home...     impossible  that-girl (S)                                  IEDE suru           nante                                  run-away-from-home  the-likes-ofKomatsu:  Hey, did you hear that?         oi   ki--ta  ka   IEDE     da  to    yo  Someone ran away.                    heard   (?)  runaway  is  (quote)3Mr. Ayukawa:  If it was going to be like      konna koto nara              anna ni  this, I should never have       if-it-is-this-kind-of-thing  so-(much)  pushed her so strongly about              _______  going to America.               TSUYOku   amerika Iki    o   semaru                                  strongly  go-to-America (O)  press/urge                                  n ja nakatta                                  not-have  I won't say anything more--     moo   nani-mo   iwanai         kara  I just want her back home.      more  anything  not-be-saying  that's-why                                  KAEtte-kite hoshii                                  want-coming-to-return-home4Mrs. Ayukawa:  There must be some very         ano KO ni    shite-mirya       kono MACHI ni  important reason, from her      by-that-girl if-try-&-consider in-this-city  point of view, to want to  stay in this city.              NOKOritai       yohodo        no  RIYUU                                  want-to-remain  extraordinary 's  reason                                  demo          aru       n daro        nee                                  or-something  be-there  (poss-explan) (rhet)  Because she's just not the      ja nakya       konna koto          suru  kind of girl that does this        (nakereba)  this-kind-of-thing  do  sort of thing.                      if-there-isn't                                  yo-- na   KO     ja nai  mono                                  resemble  child  is-not  person5Kyousuke: (Oh.  That man...)               (are...   ano OTOKO no HITO)                                   huh      that-man6narration:  I have a feeling that I've      doko-ka de    ICHIDO    MIta  yo-- na...  seen him once somewhere...      at-somewhere  one-time  saw   likelihood  But I can't remember where!     u--n  OMOiDAsenai!                                        can't-recall[Komatsu and Kyousuke wave and go their separate ways outside the coffee shop.]Komatsu:  Bye.                            ja na7[At his apartment building, Kyousuke stops short at something seen off-panel.]---------------------------------------------------p 82 (192)1[Full-portrait shot of Madoka, in her minidress, high heels and cap, leaning back against the Kasuga's door, deep in thought.]2Kyousuke:  Ayukawa...?!                    AYUKAWA...?!3[Madoka portrait--surprise.]4[Madoka portrait--soft smile.]5narration:  What's this?  What's the        nan da       do-- shita n darou  matter with Ayukawa today?      what's-this  what's-the-matter                                  KYOU no  AYUKAWA                                  today's  Dressed like she's going        yoso            iki no  kakkou de  off somewhere...                somewhere-else  go      in-appearanceKyousuke:  Come...                         do...6Kyousuke: [opening the door]  Come in!                        doozo!Madoka:  Oh, but...                      a demonarration:  Well, no matter what, how       maa  nan ni se     yo  kite-kureru  lucky I am to have her here!         no-matter-what    come-(for-me)                                         _______                                  nante  rakki--!                                  how!   lucky---------------------------------------------------p 83 (193)1[Isolated shot of Kyousuke's pair of shoes left at the door.]Kyousuke: [off]                                      ___  This weekend I'm all alone      kono SHUUMATSU wa  ore hitori   na n da  because my old man and the      this-weekend   (T) I   1-person am (explan)  others have already gone to     _____  Kyuushuu on a business          oyaji-tachi         wa   SHIGOTO o  trip...                         father-(and-others) (T)  work   (O)                                  kanete   KYUUSHUU ni  itte-ru   kara...                                  already  to-Kyuushuu  be-going  that's-why2[Closeup of Madoka's troubled face.]3Kyousuke:  The way you're dressed--        sono kakkou      doko-ka    iku no  are you going out somewhere,    that-appearance  somewhere  going  or on your way back home?                                  soretomo  KAEri?                                  or        returning-home4Madoka:  I came to stay over at your     KASUGA-kun CHI ni  tomari ni     kita  no  place.                          at-your-place      to-stay-over  cameKyousuke: [smiling]  Ohhh.  So that's it...          na--n da      so--       datta  no...                                  what's-that   like-that  was5[He does a double-take and turns to stare at her.  She looks back at him with a serious expression.]---------------------------------------------------p 84 (194)1Madoka: [looking up at the ceiling]  What would you do if I said     to ittara    do--  suru  that?                           if-say-that  what  doKyousuke: [bug-eyed]  ..........                      ..........2Kyousuke: [smiling]  Ahh, you surprised me!          a--  bikkuri shita!3narration:  Springing a joke on me like     ikinari   JOUDAN  kitsui       yo na  that.                           suddenly  joke    harsh/severe4[Isolated shot of Kasuga's TV and stereo entertainment system.]Madoka: [off]  Please excuse me.               o-jama shimasuKyousuke: [off]  Come on in.                     do--zo5Madoka: [looking at a stack of empty instant noodle containers.]  It's true...  Everyone's        honto ni...   DARE-mo  inai       no ne  gone.                           really        nobody   <not>-herebowl: [top]  Yellow <something>              KI IRO no  tame <a-character>                                  yellowcup: [middle]  Noodles!!                       MEN!!cup [bottom]                                  ______  <something> Noodles             TEN(?) USU  nudoru6[As she looks off to the side, Kyousuke turns his back to her, hiding a magazine against his chest.  He puts on a nervous smile.]Madoka:  Say, I...                       ne atashi...Kyousuke:  What a mess...!                 chirakatte-ru         na----_                                  is-being-in-disordermagazine:                          __ ________  Playboy                         <pu>reibo--i7Madoka: [smiling]  Shall I make you some dinner    gohan  tsukutte-ageyo--           ka!  then?!                          meal   shall-make-(favor-to-you)  (?)Kyousuke:  Ehh?  Really?                   e--  honto--?---------------------------------------------------p 85 (195)1[Madoka chops onions in the kitchen.  Note the kappa on her apron.  <The kappa is how Matsumoto Izumi depicts himself.>  No "piyopiyo" chicks on this pretty girl!  ^_^]Madoka knife FX:                  ___ ___  <chop chop>                     ton ton2[Seated at the kitchen table, Kyousuke rests his cheeks in his hands and contentedly watches the back of Madoka as she works at the stove.]narration:  This kind of look really        AYUKAWA no ko-- yu-- SUGATA  suits Ayukawa...                        's this-kind-of-figure/form                                  _______                                  pittari  da  na--                                  closely  isfrying FX:                        ____  <sizzle>                        ju--narration:                                ___  It's as though we're...         marude  ore-tachi----                                  as-if   we3[Panels 3-8 are black-bordered, denoting a dream sequence.  Here, Kyousuke, wearing a business suit and hat, comes home.  He is greeted by Madoka in her apron.]Kyousuke:                                         ______  Oh, curry tonight.              o  KON'YA  wa   kare--  ka                                     tonight (T)  curry   (musing)Kyousuke FX:                      _____  <sniff sniff>                   pu~~nMadoka  Welcome ho-o-ome.               o-kaerinasa--i4[He takes a bite.]Kyousuke FX:                      _____  <chomp!>                        paku_5Kyousuke: [moving it around in his mouth]  ..........                      ..........Madoka: [raptly watching him, cheeks resting in her hands]  How is it?                      doo?6Kyousuke:  It's delicious!                 un_  umai![Madoka beams.]narration:  ...a newlywed couple!           SHINKON FUUFU!7[Kyousuke sits under the covers of their bed.  Madoka sits at the edge, back to him.]narration:  Speaking of newlyweds...        SHINKON    to ieba----                                  newlyweds  speaking-ofKyousuke:  Madoka, come over here.         madoka  kotchi ni    oide                                          to-this-way  come8[Kyousuke moves in for a kiss.  Madoka awaits it with a smile.]Kyousuke:  Madoka!                         omae!Madoka:  Dear!                           anata!---------------------------------------------------p 86 (196)1[He sits at the table, eating his curry and staring up at the ceiling. His face is flushed and sweaty.]narration:                                        ______              ___  I've become a bit of a lech     SAIKIN  chotto  sukebe     da  na   ore  lately...                       lately  a-bit   lecherous  am       Icrows-in-background FX:           ___  <kaa>                           kaaMadoka: [wide-eyed]  Oh, was it too hot?             ara    karakatta  kashira?                                         was-hot    I-wonder2[They engage in cheerful conversation.  Perhaps Kyousuke here is talking about a recently overheard conversation in a coffee shop...]Kyousuke:  And...  He did...               de sa--    aitsu    ga   ne--                                             that-guy (S)  (rhet)3[Madoka's smile disappears and she drops her gaze.]4Madoka:  Hey...  What would you do       nee...   sakki              no HONKI  if I was serious about what              a-little-while-ago 's true  I said before?                                  dattara  do-- suru?                                  if-was   what doKyousuke: [beaming]  Ohh...  Sure.                   a--  i-- yo  You can sleep over.             tomatte-ttara                                  when-go-and-sleep-over5Madoka:  Then I will.                    ja    tomatchau                                        (tomatte-shimau)                                  then   sleeping-over-(finality)6Kyousuke: [laughing]              __  Ba...                           ba...7[And laughter turns to shock as he realizes that Madoka is serious.]---------------------------------------------------p 87 (197)1[He slaps himself violently.]Kyousuke FX:                      _____  <slam!>                         pishaKyousuke:  OW!                             a ita!2Kyousuke:  That hurts.                     itetenarration:  This is real, after all!        yappari    GENJITSU  da----!                                  after-all  reality   is3[He stares at a closed door.]narration:  But, is it okay for something   shikashi----  konna koto         ga  like this to happen?            but           this-kind-of-thing (S)                                  atte       i--   mono   darou   ka?                                  happening  okay  thing  poss-be (?)  Ayukawa sleeping over...        AYUKAWA ga   tomatte-iku       nante                                          (S)  go-and-stay-over  the-likes-ofKyousuke:  (If this continues...)          (kono mama        ikeba...)                                   just-as-this-is  if-have/if-is-thereKyousuke heartbeat FX:            ____ ____  <thump thump>                   doki doki4[Tight shot of a shower head and the top part of Madoka's head.]shower FX:                        _____  <stop!>                         pita_faucet FX: [off]                  ___ ___  <squeak squeak>                 kyu kyu5[The door opens and Madoka enters dressed only in panties, clutching a towel to her front.  Kyousuke looks up in surprise.]door FX:                          _____  <clack>                         kacha---------------------------------------------------p 88 (198)1[His pov of her.]2[He goes into shock.]3[Still using the towel to cover strategic parts of her body, Madoka sits near him.  Kyousuke flinches back.]Madoka:  Do whatever you like...         SUki  ni   shite......                                  like (IO)  doing---------------------------------------------------p 89 (199)1[Isolated shot of blood splotches.]drops FX:                         ____ ____ ____  <plop plop plop>                pota pota pota2[Reality check again.  Kyousuke kneels on the floor, hand covering his bleeding nose.  Concerned, Madoka approaches him, hands clasped behind her back.  She's dressed in sweatshirt and pants.]Madoka:                                                            ______  I guess the curry was too       yappari    sakki              no kare--  hot after all.                  after-all  a-little-while-ago 's curry                                  kara        sugita    no  ka na                                  that's-why  exceeded      I-wonderKyousuke:                         __ ____  N-nosebleed...                  ha hanaJI  ga...Kyousuke:                         ______  It's not the curry...           kare--  ja nai yo...                                  curry   is-not                                  ______  It's the nude...                hadaka      da     yo...                                  naked/nude  it-is3[He stops short, looking up at her.  She looks back in puzzlement.]4[Towel in hand, he wipes his face.]narration:  Of course it won't go that      nna      hazu wa     nai        ka----  way...                          <sonna>  likelihood  not-there  (musing)Madoka: [toying with her hair]  By the way, where...            tokoro-de   atashi...                                  by-the-way  I5Madoka: [soft smile]  ...should I sleep?              doko de   netara      i--   no?                                  at-where  when-sleep  okay6[Kyousuke portrait--hormone overload.]7[He takes her to the door of his sisters' bedroom, and gestures to it.]Kyousuke:                                                          _____  Here...  My sisters' beds       koko......    IMOUTO-tachi    no beddo ga  aren't being used.              here          younger-sisters 's bed   (S)                                  aite-ru         kara                                  are-being-free  that's-whyMadoka:  Thanks.  Good night.            arigato    oyasumi---------------------------------------------------p 90 (200)1[Kyousuke lies back in his bed staring at the ceiling.]2narration:  It can't be...                  masaka...  naKyousuke:  <hmm>                           fuu3[He turns over onto his side.]narration:  It's true that she's            tomatte-iku            ni  wa  sleeping over, but there's      go-and-stay-overnight (IO) (contrast)  no way it would smoothly go  that far.                       chigainai ga   yappari      na--                                  must/sure (S)  sure-enough                                  soko made  CHOUSHI    yoku   iku hazu nai                                  that-far   condition  fully  shouldn't-go                                  yo naKyousuke FX:                      _____  <roll!>                         goro_Kyousuke:                         ___    ___  I'm so stupid!                  ore no aho!                                  I      stupid/dummy4[Kyousuke lies on his side in bed, awake.]5[Madoka lies on her side in bed, awake.]6[Kyousuke rolls over onto his stomach, burying his face in his pillow.]narration:  But when I think that we're     da kedo  onaji YANE no MOTO de  alone under the same roof          but   under-the-same-roof  and that she is sleeping so  close by...                     futari   kkiri  sugu soba ni                                  2-people only   nearby/close-by                                  AYUKAWA ga   nete-ru      ka to OMOu to                                          (S)  is-sleeping  when-think-thatKyousuke:  Sure enough, I can't sleep...   yappari      nemurenai             yo~~~~                                  sure-enough  not-be-able-to-sleep7[He is startled by the sound of...]door FX:                          ___ ___  <knock knock>                   ton ton---------------------------------------------------p 91 (201)1[Kyousuke portrait--wide-eyed surprise.]narration:  Ayukawa...!                     AYUKAWA...!2Madoka: [meekly]  Can I come in?                  haitte    ii?                                  entering  okay3Kyousuke:  S-sure...                       u... un......Kyousuke heartbeat FX:            ____ ____ ____  <thump thump thump>             doki doki dokidoor FX: [off]                    _____  <clack>                         kacha4[Kyousuke's pov of a half-portrait of Madoka, wearing a rather tight, white T-shirt, and a solemn look on her face.  Kyousuke looks on wide-eyed in an inset.]Madoka:  It's lonely sleeping by         hitori de  neru no  wa   sabishii  no  myself.                         alone      sleeping (T)  lonely    isdoor FX:                          ______  <SLAM>                          battan---------------------------------------------------