Kimagure Orange Road"A Summer Snow Love Story"Volume 9, Story 4WB Volume 5, Story 11Written and illustrated by Matsumoto IzumiTranslation & full-script typesetting by : Craig H. NishidaEditing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose                                 Jun Watatani                                 Craig Nishida                                 Jerry Lee                                 Thomas WyattLast revision : 08-14-95Comments?  Corrections?  Suggestions?  Please send them to:     kor-trans@gnu.ai.mit.eduNOTE: WBp#'s are printed first, Normal manga pages in parentheses()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 219 (71) are only in the WBs!---------------------------------------------------p 219 (71)--TITLE PAGE[Madoka, in a dress with long skirts, sits back on her heels and plays with a puppy.]MAIN TITLE (at top)  A Summer Snow Love Story        NATSU   YUKI  KOI   IRO      BOJOU                                  summer  snow  love  colored  longing/                                                               affectionSUB-TITLE (at bottom)  Missing--Is My Heart.           YUKUE FUMEI na no   atashi no KOKORO                                  missing/lost        my-heart/mind  I Am Crying and Looking for     tsubura na HITOMI no KO-INU  no you ni  You Like a Round-Eyed Puppy.    round-eyed        's puppy   like-a                                  anata o   SAGAshite       NAite-masu                                  you  (O)  look-for-(and)  am-barking/                                                            crying/yelping---------------------------------------------------p 220 (72)1[Three-quarter portrait of Madoka in light kimono.  She stands and looks off to the side.]2[Grandpa and Kyousuke watch her.]Kyousuke: (Ayukawa...  So cute!)           (..........  AYUKAWA  kawaii!)Grandpa:  Yes, yes.  It looks really      un un  HONTOU ni  yoku o-niai  ja  good on you.                           really     well-suited  is3Grandpa:  Truly, it's because she         omae no ka--san ni  jitsu ni  bears a striking resemblance    to-your-mother      truly  to your mother.                                  yoku  nite        ja  kara                                  well  resembling  be  that's-whyKyousuke:  ..........  Is it Mom's?!       ..........ka--san no?!4Hikaru: [off]  Look, look, Sempa-a-ai!!        MIte MIte sempa--i!![Kyousuke starts in surprise.]---------------------------------------------------p 221 (73)1[Full-length portrait of Hikaru in light kimono.  She stands and looks back at us.]2Grandpa: [peering close at Hikaru]  Ohh, and this one too...        oo  kore       mo   mata...                                      this-(one) too  as-well  It's as if your mother is       marude  omae no ka--san ga  standing right before my        as-if   your-mother     (S)  very eyes.                                  ME no MAE ni iru      yo-- ja    no                                  there-before-my-eyes  appearingKyousuke: [wincing]  Hey!                            ano ne!3[Shot looking up at the night sky at a fireworks show.]narration:  Today--three days since         inaka no       oji--chan CHI ni kite  coming to ojiichan's place      rural/country  coming-to-ojiichan's-place  in the country--is the  summer festival.                haya     3-KA    KYOU  wa   NATSU matsuri                                  already  3-days  today (T)  summer-festival                                  desu                                  isfireworks show FX:  <BANNNG>                        do----n4[Grandpa and his four young visitors sit on the porch and watch the show.]fireworks show FX:  <BANNNG>  <pop pop>             do----n  paraparaHikaru:  Beautiful...                    tama      ya--                                  jewel/gem---------------------------------------------------p 222 (74)1[Grandpa takes a swallow from a glass.]Grandpa FX:                       ____  <guzzle!>                       gui_2Hikaru:                                            _______  Wow, ojiisama.  Whisky.         wa--  oji--sama  uiski--  nante                                                   whisky   the-likes-of                                  _______  How dandy.                      haikara               desu  ne--                                  dandyism/stylishness  are   (rhet)Grandpa:  Oh!  Does everyone want         ou   minna     mo   yaru  ka?  some, too?                      oh!  everyone  too  do    (?)3[He pours her a glass.]Hikaru:                                              _  Wahhh, all right!  Thanks.      wa-- yatta!  do--moobottle FX:                        ____ ____  <glub glub>                     toku tokuKyousuke: [sweating]  Hey, wait a sec...              chotto chotto...4Madoka: [looking closely at her glass]  This...  Is snow.               kore...  YUKI ja nai5Hikaru:  Wowww!  It's true!!             uwa--  honto da!!Grandpa:                                  ___  Look how stylish it is!         doo ja  iki na        mon    jaro                                  look!   stylish/chic  thing  <darou>                                                                poss-be6Grandpa: [pointing]  It's snow from that mountain.   ano YAMA      no YUKI  ja yo                                  that-mountain 's snow  is7Hikaru:  Ohhhh?!  But how did you go     he----_  demo  do--  yatte  tottekita  and get it?                           !  but   how   doing  went-and-brought                                  n desu   ka                                  (explan) (?)Grandpa:  Naturally, I flew over...       sorya moo  washi ga   hitottobi...                                  naturally  I     (S)  one-jump/fly---------------------------------------------------p 223 (75)1[Kyousuke claps his hand over Grandpa's mouth.]Grandpa FX:  <OOF>                           uguKyousuke:                         ____________  By helicopter or something...   herikoputa-- ka nani-ka de                                  by-helicopter-or-something  That's what he meant!           hitottobi  tte koto da  yo ne!                                  one-fly    it-means2[A tight shot of what I *think* is an incense burner used for mosquito repellant-type incense.]3Grandpa: [sipping from his glass]  Oh, that's right.               sou sou  Speaking of snow...             YUKI to ieba...  There's this story...           konna HANASHI   ga   aru...                                  story-like-this (S)  have/exist4Grandpa:  I guess it was something        are        wa   20-NEN-gurai MAE  like 20 years ago.              that-(one) (T)  around-20-years-ago                                  no     koto ni naru    ka nou                                  (nom)  supposed-to-be  <ka na> = I-wonder5[A view of a forest.]cicada FX:                        _______  _______  _______  <miiin miiin miiin>             mi----n  mi----n  mi----n6[A bird lies on the ground.]hawk FX:                          ____ _____  <flutter flutter!>              basa basa_7[A young man, bearing a stunning resemblance to Kyousuke, stops to render aid.]photographer:                                   ____  How sad.  Are you hurt?         kawaiso-- ni  kega o shite-iru  no ka                                  pitiable      are-injured          (?)narration:  Around the time of the          MURA    ga   NATSUmatsuri no koro  summer festival, a young        village (S)  around-the-time-of-the-  man from the city turned                     summer-festival  up in the village.                                  TOKAI kara  hitori    no                                  from-city   1-person  (nom)                                  WAKAMONO     ga   yatte-kita                                  young-person (S)  turned-up8[He ties a shoelace around the bird's injured leg.]photographer:  Now it's all right!             kore de        yoshi!                                  with-this/now  all-right---------------------------------------------------p 224 (76)1[As the bird flies off, he looks down, off-panel.]hawk FX:                          ____ ____  <flap flap>                     basa basaphotographer:  It's going to be a bit          chotto  ARUki nikui   ka na?  awkward to walk, I guess.       a-bit   hard-to-walk  I-wonder2[Isolated shot of his left shoe.  It's lacking a shoelace.]3[Overhead view of Kyousuke's grandparents' home.  The bird comes flying back.]4[It lands on its outdoor perch.  A girl standing nearby turns towards it.]hawk FX:                          ____  <flap>                          basadaughter:  Oh, Tsubasa.                    ara tsubasa5daughter:                                  ____  Your leg...  Is it hurt?        ASHI...  kega shita no?                                  leg      injured6[Tight shot of the bird's leg.]daughter: [off]  A shoelace...?                  kutsuhimo......?7[Our first good look at her face--she looks identical to Madoka.]daughter:  You were treated...             TEAte o shite-moratta  no ne...                                  got-(a-wound)-treated  Who on earth could it be?       ittai         DARE  deshou                                  in-the-world  who   poss-be  Such a kind-hearted person.     yasashii      HITO    ne                                  kind-hearted  person  (rhet)8[Back in present-time, Kyousuke looks back over his shoulder with a forced smile at Madoka and Hikaru, who look back at him in puzzlement.]narration:  When listening to an old        MUKASHI no HANASHI o   kiku    TOKI  story, anyone would imagine     old-tale          (O)  listen  when  substituting in his own  face and those of familiar      HITO   wa   DARE shi mo  JIBUN   ya  people.                         people (T)  anyone       oneself and                                  MIJIKA na HITO no KAO ni        okikaete                                  in-the-face-of-familiar-people  substituting                                  SOUZOU o suru  mono    desu                                  imagine/guess  person  are---------------------------------------------------p 225 (77)1[He stands on a bridge with camera in hand.]narration:  Meanwhile, the young man        IPPOU      WAKAMONO     wa  was taking pictures at the      meanwhile  young-person (T)  village lake.                                  kono MURA no MIZUUMI de  SHASHIN o totte-ita                                  at-this-village's-lake   was-taking-picturescamera FX:                        _____  <click-whirr>                   bashaphotographer:  Hmm, nice scenery!              u--mu  ii KESHIKI!2[He looks up in surprise at something off-panel.]photographer:                     ___  Ah!                             ha_3[It's Tsubasa's beautiful mistress, playing in the water with 3 other girls.]daughter FX:                      _____ _____  <splash splash>                 basha bashadaughter:  Kya!  Kya!                      kya_ kya_4photographer: [blushing]  So cute...                      kawaii...crows-in-background FX:  <kaa!>                          kaa_narration:  It seems he had fallen in       do--yara  love at first sight...          it-looks-as-if                                  hitomebore o shite-shimatta   rashii...                                  fell-in-love-at-first-sight-  look-like                                  (finality)5narration:  But this innocent young         tokoro-ga  ONNA no KO ni  man had never called upon       but        on-girl  a young lady!                                  KOE nado kaketa  koto no nai                                  called           not-have                                  JUNJOU             SEINEN!                                  purehearted/naive  young-manphotographer: [aiming his camera]  At least a picture...           semete    SHASHIN  demo...                                  at-least  picture  or-something6[The most homely of the four girls comes looming into view, blocking his view of the daughter.]camera FX: [off]                  _____  <click-whirr>                   pashagirl FX:                          ___  <zip!>                          sa_---------------------------------------------------p 226 (78)1[He leans way out over the railing of the rope bridge he's on.]photographer:  A little bit more.              mo-- chotto  That girl...!                   aitsu~~!photographer FX:  <extreme effort!>               gu_2[His pov thru the viewfinder of his camera.  She smiles.]photographer: [off]  Great!                          yoshi!camera FX:                        _____  <click-whirr>                   pasha3narration:  He leaned forward too far       noriDAshi    -sugite    MIZU no NAKA ni  and fell headlong into the      lean-forward  too-much  into-the-water  water!                                  massakasama!                                  fall-headfirstphotographer:  Wahhh!!                         waa_!!4[The four girls rush over to the unconscious man, lying on his back in the water.]daughter:  Hey, someone's drowning!        chotto--  HITO   ga   oborete-ru  wa yo!                                            person (S)  is-drowning5[She takes a good look at his left shoe...]daughter:  Ah!                             a_6[...and visualizes the shoelace on her bird's injured leg.]daughter:  This person is...               kono HITO ga...7narration:  And when the young man          soshite   SEINEN    ga   KI ga tsuku to  regained consciousness...       and/then  young-man (S)  when-recover-                                                           consciousnessphotographer: [opening his eyes]  Hmm?                            un?---------------------------------------------------p 227 (79)1[View pans back to show him sitting up in bedding inside a room.  The daughter kneels before him.]photographer:  Ow-ow-ow-ouch.                  atetetedaughter:                         ____  Don't overdo it--your leg       muri       shinai de  is injured...                   excessive  don't-do                                           ____                                  ASHI o   kega shite-ru  kara...                                  leg (O)  be-injuring    that's-why2photographer:  Ah!                             ha_ (This girl is...)                (kono MUSUME wa...)3daughter:  The one who you treated...      anata ga   TEAte o shite-kureta                                  you   (S)  treated-(a-wound)-(for-me)                                  no    wa                                  (nom) (T)  Is a bird that I'm raising...   atashi ga   KAtte-ru            TORI...                                  I      (S)  am-raising/keeping  bird  Thanks to you he can fly        okage de         mata   TOberu  again.                          thanks-to-(you)  again  can-fly                                  yo-- ni narimashita                                  reached-the-point-where4daughter: [blushing]  Now, in return, I'd like to     okaeshi ni  KONDO     wa   atashi ga  care for you while your leg     in-return   this-time (T)  I      (S)  heals.                                  anata no ASHI o   naoshite-agetai      no                                  your-leg     (O)  want-to-care-for-youcrows-in-background FX:           ____  <kaa!>                          kaa_5[She drops her gaze.  The photographer blushes and smiles back.]narration:  This is exactly what they       NIKU        o   KIrasete     HONE o   TAtsu!!  mean by, "Let your opponent     flesh/meat (O)  letting-cut  bone (O) cut  cut your flesh, while you  cut through his bones*"--       ja nakatta...  no, wrong one...  They          was-not  say, "Good luck out of  misfortune"!!                   wazawai  TENjite           FUKU to                                  evil     turning-(around)  with-fortune/luck                                  nasu            to      wa                                  accomplish/make (quote) (T)                                  masa ni    kono koto!!                                  precisely  this-thing<*Translation note (JW):  This is a well-known samurai doctrine.  It is cited here to suggest that paying a minor sacrifice yields the greater gain.>6[Under the shade of a tree on a hill, the two stand and kiss.]narration:  And then...                     soshite...  Unnoticed, the two fell in      itsu shika          futari   wa  love...                         unnoticed/unawares  2-people (T)                                  KOI ni ochi...                                  fell-in-lovecicada FX:                        _____ _____  <miiin miiin>                   mi--n mi--n---------------------------------------------------p 228 (80)1[Facial portrait of Grandpa, who is, of course, the father of the "daughter" in this story--that is, Kyousuke's mom...  He glares back at us.]father:  Whaaaat?!  Give you my          nani~~~~?!  MUSUME    o   kure  da  tte  daughter?!                      what        daughter (O)  give  is  (quote)narration:  It was her father who became    okotta       no    wa   MUSUME   no OYA  angry.                          became-angry (nom) (T)  daughter 's parent2[The daughter and photographer wince under the verbal blast.]father: [off]  Never!!                         dame ja!!  I can't very well give her      doko  no  UMA   no HONE          tomo  to some guy I don't know        where 's  horse 's bones         includi*     <= person-from-nowhere/a-nobody>                                  wakaran   yatsu ni   yaru  wake ni wa ikan!!                                  not-know  to-fellow  give  can't-very-well3father:  First of all...                 daiichi...  An ordinary man like you        MUSUME to  is not a suitable match         with-daughter  for my daughter!                                  omae no yo-- na futsu-- no NINGEN to wa                                  with-normal-human-being-like-you     (T)                                  tsuriawan!                                  not-match/not-balance/not-in-harmony-with  We are a different kind!!       SHUZOKU           ga  chigau       n ja!!                                  family/race/tribe (S) is-different ('cause)photographer:  Eh?                             e?4[Hikaru and Kyousuke appear startled.]5Hikaru:  What do you mean by "we         nan no koto  desu  ka  are a different kind?"          about-what   is    (?)                                  SHUZOKU     ga   chigau       tte                                  family/race (S)  is-different (quote)Kyousuke: (Maybe this story is about...)   (hyottoshite     kono HANASHI...)                                   maybe/possibly  this-story6Grandpa:  Naturally...                    KImatte-ru jaro                                  poss-be-sure-to-do/poss-be-bound-to                                                  _chikara_  My daughter possesses the       MUSUME      wa   NOURYOKU o   motta...  Power...                        my-daughter (T)  Power   (O)  possessednarration:                        _____     _______  This is about Mom and Dad?!     oyaji to  ofukuro no koto?!                                  dad   and mom     (about)[Kyousuke claps his hand over Grandpa's mouth once more.]Kyousuke FX:                      ______  <urghhhh>                       mugugu7[Back to the story...  Father and photographer sit face-to-face and shout at each other.]father:  ANYWAY, GO BACK TO THE CITY     tonikaku  tottoto  TOKAI ni  KAEre_  AT ONCE!                        anyway    at-once  to-city   return!FX: <POSITIVELY>                     kippariphotographer:  NO!                             iya desu!---------------------------------------------------p 229 (81)1[View pans back to show the daughter at the photographer's side.]photographer: [pounding the floor]  I'm not moving one step         ojo--san       o   itadaku      made  wa  from here until I receive       your-daughter (O)  have/accept  until (T)  your daughter!                                  koko        o   IPPO   mo    UGOkimasen!                                  this-place (O)  a-step even  not-movephotographer FX:                  ___  <bang>                          banfather: (This young fellow talked        (KANPATSU irezu ni       i--otte  back to me without any           without-any-hesitation  saying-(with-  hesitation...)                                           disdain)                                  kono WAKAZOU...)                                  this-lad/youngster/stripling<Commentary (JW):  That is, despite the tone of his voice, Grandpa was impressed with his earnestness.  But Grandpa does not *want* to be impressed.  It's his bias that outsiders, esp. ones from a city, are all wimps, and thought a stubborn, forceful "no" would easily scare the city boy away.>2father:  All right.  I'll give you       yoshi      sore nara   MUSUME    o  my daughter.                    all-right  then/if-so  daughter (O)                                  yarou                                  shall-give  But I have one condition!       tadashi  JOUKEN    ga  aru!                                  however  condition (S) existfather FX:                        ______  <grin>                          niyari3[Night view of booths at a fair.]father: [off]  This very day is the village    KYOU  wa   cho--do  kono MURA    no  summer festival.                today (T)  exactly  this-village 's                                  NATSUmatsuri                                  summer-festival4[View of the fireworks in the skies over the rope bridge at the lake.]father: [off]  How's this?  Why not drink      do-- da  washi to  sono HANABI  some sake with me here while    how  is  with-me   those-fireworks  we watch some fireworks?                                  demo          MI   nagara  koko de                                  or-something  see  while   at-this-place                                  SAKE   demo  kumikawasan        ka?                                  liquor       not-drink-together (?)photographer: [off]  EH?!                            e?!5photographer: [smiling]  O-ohh...                        na nan da...  If that's all it takes to       sore de  ojo--san       o  get your daughter, I'll         by-that  your-daughter (O)  have as many...                                  moraeru nara        ikura demo                                  if-able-to-receive  any-numberfather:                                                   ________  However...  I am one of         tadashi...   washi wa   uisuki--  those who prefers whisky.       however      I     (T)  whiskey                                  TOU de      no                                  in-a-clique6father:  Even though it's summer,        ano YAMA      no CHOUJOU  CHIKAku ni wa  there is permanent snow         that-mountain 's peak     close-to   (T)  around that mountain peak.                                  NATSU demo          tokenai                                  even-though-summer  not-be-melted/thawed                                  MANNEN YUKI    ga   aru                                  perpetual-snow (S)  there-is  It's been my hope for a         sono YUKI de    watta  SAKE de  long while to have a drink      with-that-snow  mixed  with-liquor  of sake mixed with that  snow while watching the         HANABI     o  MI nagara    ippai  fireworks.                      fireworks (O) while-watch  one-drink                                  yaritai to     MAEmae kara                                  if-want-to-do  for-a-long-time                                  TANOshimi ni shite-ita  tokoro  ja                                  was-looking-forward/    case    is                                  had-expectations7[Photographer and daughter stare back in surprise.]---------------------------------------------------p 230 (82)1photographer:  In other words...               tsumari...  Go and get that snow.           sono YUKI  o   totte-koi   to                                  that-snow (O)  go-and-get  (quote)father:  You got it.                     sono toori2father:  If you bring back some snow,    HANABI    ga   owaru made ni  BUJI  and drink sake with me          fireworks (S)  by-the-end     safe(ly)  before the fireworks end...                                  YUKI  o   mochikaeri  washi to                                  snow (O)  carry-back  with-me                                  SAKE o kumikawasu      koto  ga  dekireba                                  drink-liquor-together  thing (S) if-can-do  Then you can have my            MUSUME      wa   yarou!  daughter!                       my-daughter (O)  shall-give3photographer: [resolute]  I understand!                   wakarimashita!daughter:  Wait a minute, otousan.         chotto oto--san                                  ____  A thing like that is            muri        da  wa    sonna koto  impossible.                     impossible  is        that-kind-of-thing  It takes 2 days for a           ano YAMA made     OUFUKU suru no      wa  normal human to go to that      to-that-mountain  going-and-returning (T)  mountain and back.                                  FUTSUU no HITO ni  wa          2-KA   wa                                  for-a-normal-human (contrast)  2-days (T)                                  kakaru    wa                                  requires  Furthermore, he only just       mashite     kono HITO   wa  recovered from a leg injury.    still-more  this-person (T)                                          ____                                  ASHI no kega   ga   iete                                  leg  's injury (S)  being-cured-of                                  mamonai          KARADA                                  in-a-short-time  body4daughter:  I'll go instead!                atashi ga   kawari ni!                                  I      (S)  in-place-offather:  No!                             naran!                                  <naranai> = not-become  You'll wait here.               omae wa   koko de        matte-ru   no ja                                  you  (T)  at-this-place  be-waiting (explan)5father: [sauntering away]  Why don't you go and            KOYOI   no BANSHAKU       no  prepare tonight's drink...      tonight 's evening-drink  (nom)                                  shitaku       demo          shite  na...                                  want-to-make  or-something  doing                                  ___ ___ ___ ___ __  <wah! ha! ha! ha! ha!>          wa_ ha_ ha_ ha_ ha6father FX:                        ______  <grin>                          niyarifather: (He won't be able to climb       (ano YAMA      wa   TOZAN-KA nara  that steep mountain, which       that-mountain (T)  as-for-a-mountaineer  has possibly only been                       _________  scaled by mountaineers and      tomokaku     kamoshika  gurai  antelopes.                      apart-from   antelope   extent                                  shika noborenu  kewashii           YAMA                                  only-climbed    steep/precipitous  mountain  There's no way he can climb     ayatsu ga   noboreru        wake ga nai  that.                           that-  (S)  able-to-ascend  it-is-impossible                                  fellow-(disdainful)  It'll cause him to turn tail    shippo o maite       TOKAI ni  and run back to the city.)      turn-one's-tail-and  to-city                                                           ____                                  nigekaeru          no ga ochi)                                  run-back/fly-back  result-in7[The photographer heads off with just a canteen.  The daughter sees him off with worry on her face.]photographer:  Don't worry!  I'll be back      DAIJOUBU!  kitto   HANABI made      ni  in time for the fireworks,                 surely  until-fireworks (IO)  no matter what!!                                  KAEtte-kuru      yo!!                                  going-to-returnnarration:  And the young man set           soshite   WAKAMONO     wa   DEte-itta...  off...                          and/then  young-person (T)  went-and-                                                              departed---------------------------------------------------p 231 (83)1[Tight shot of a hand grasping a rock on a cliff face.]narration:  But...                          shikashi...  The mountain was steep,         sasuga ni  YAMA     wa   kewashiku  indeed.                         indeed     mountain (T)  steep/precipitousphotographer FX:                  ___  <seize!>                        ga_2[The rock comes loose and he plummets, backwards.]rocks FX:                         ____  <clatter>                       garaphotographer:  Wahhh!                          waa_3photographer: [lying on his back]  Ouch...                         atete...narration:  Perhaps I might as well         isso    kono mama       YAMA o orite  climb down the mountain         rather  this-situation  descending-mountain  and return to the city.                                  TOKAI ni  kaero--      ka                                  to-city   shall-return (?)4[A shot looking up past the trees to a circling hawk.]---------------------------------------------------p 232 (84)1[Still lying exhausted on his back, the photographer stares up at the circling bird.]narration:  Ahh...  If only I could fly     aa...  ano TORI no yo-- ni  SORA o  through the air like that              like-that-bird       sky (O)  bird, I'd be able to fetch  the snow with just a single     tobetara    hitottobi ni  YUKI  o  motte  flight...                       if-can-fly  in-one-jump   snow (O) have                                  kaeru        koto  ga  dekiru   no ni...                                  return-home  thing (S) possible even-tho2[Tight shot of the soaring hawk.]3[Elsewhere, the daughter stands in thought...]4[Hikaru, overcome with sadness, grabs Grandpa by his collar.]Hikaru: [shouting]  How sad!!                       kawaiso--!!  Do something, please!!          nantoka             shite-agete!!                                  one-way-or-another  do/make-(for-them)*                                  <*the <-agete> implies <-agete-kudasai>>Grandpa:  Hey, hey.  "Treat the           o-toshi yori   wa     taisetsu ni  elderly with care!*"            for-one's-age/ (T)    carefully/with-care                                  considering-one's-age<Commentary (JW):  <o-toshi yori wa taisetsu ni> = "treat the elderly with care" is a well-known slogan for <keirou no hi> = "Respect for Elderly Day" (Sept. 15).>Grandpa:                                   ________  W-wait.  <cough cough>          ma mate  gehogeho  Gyaaaa.                         gya~~~~5[View of an exploding skyrocket in the night sky.]narration:  But then...                     tokoro-ga ja...fireworks FX:                     _______  <whummmp>                       do----n6[The smiling and smug father fans himself.]father:                           ___ ___ ___ ___  <bwa! ha! ha! ha!>              ku_ ha_ ha_ ha-  Pitiful guy!                    nasakenai         YATSU!                                  pitiful/wretched  fellow  Just as I thought, he didn't    yappari      kaette-konakatta  wai!!  come back!                      as-expected  did-not-returnfan FX:                           ________  <flap flap>                     patapata7[Appearing at the father's side, the photographer stands, holding a large amount of snow in his bare hands.  Father does a spectacular pratfall.]photographer:  Here's the snow, otousan!       oto--san  YUKI  desu!                                            snow  isfather pratfall FX:               ____  <slip>                          zurufather:  Ooh.                            u---------------------------------------------------p 233 (85)1father: [aghast]  H-how?!                         do do--shite?!2[In magical storytelling style, the daughter now appears as an exact twin of Hikaru.  Clearly, this is Hikaru's pov of the story.  The photographer (still as Kyousuke) puts his arm around her shoulder and she smiles happily.]photographer:  With your daughter's help!      MUSUME-san no  okage      desu!                                  daughter   's  thanks-to  isfireworks FX:                     _______  <whummmp>                       do~~~~ndaughter:  <musical note>                  <musical note>3Grandpa:  And then...                     soshite...  As they say, the couple tied    futari   wa   musubareta  to yu-- koto ja!  the knot!                       2-people (T)  knotted/    it-is-said-that                                                concludedHikaru:  Banza-a-ai!!                    banza~~i!!4[Hikaru blushes, her hands clasped before her, and she looks up at the sky.]Hikaru:  Sure enough, a man can          yappari      AI suru HITO  turn into a superman if         sure-enough  person-one-loves  it's for the sake of the  one he loves!                   no tame          nara      OTOKO no HITO tte                                  for-the-sake-of  if-it-is  man           (T)                                  ___________                                  su--pa--man ni nareru   no ne!                                  can-turn-into-supermanHikaru FX:                        ______  <blush>                         bo~~~~5[Hikaru executes a flying neck-tackle of Kyousuke.  He, Madoka and Yuusaku look on with eyes grown large.]Hikaru:                                      _______  Just like Darling!!             marude     da--rin  mitai!!                                  just-like           seems  A "man" is truly mighty!        OTOKO no HITO tte      IDAI          da  wa!                                  man           (quote)  great/mighty  is6[Tighter shot of Kyousuke--he still wears Hikaru around his neck.  Kyousuke stares pensively off into the distance.]narration:  It can't be...                  masaka...                                  ____    _____            ___________  My dad shouldn't be able        uchi no oyaji ga   sonna su--pa--man  to do something superhuman      my-dad        (S)  that-kind-of-superman  like that...                                  mitai na  koto   dekiru hazu nai                                  it-seems  thing  shouldn't-be-able-to-do                                  kedo  na...                                  but7[View of the night fair.  Booths line both sides of a midway.]---------------------------------------------------p 234 (86)1[Yuusaku, Madoka, Hikaru and Kyousuke walk down that midway.  Grandpa walks on ahead.]banner:  Festival                        SAIREI2[Hikaru uses a paper scoop to catch goldfish in a cup.  Obviously trying for the one that looks like Darling... ^_^  Yuusaku watches from over her shoulder.]3[Kyousuke and Grandpa turn to look at a booth.  A boy tries his hand at hitting objects with a cork-shooting rifle.]gun FX:                           ____  <pop>                           paan4Kyousuke: [rifle in hand]                            ______  Ojiichan, shall I get you       oji--chan  SAKE no sakana       demo  a side dish for your 'sake'?               side-dish-for-'sake' or-something  <i.e., liquor>                                  totte-ageyo--            ka                                  shall-get-(for-someone)  (?)Grandpa:                          _chikara_  With the Power?                 NOURYOKU de ka?5Kyousuke: [wincing]                                          ___  In a place like this, I'll      ko-- yu-- tokoro de   wa   fea ni  play fair!                      in-this-kind-of-place (T)  by-fair                                  yarimasu!                                  do6Kyousuke: [winking at Grandpa]  Well, just count on me!         maa  makashitoki-natte!                                       <makashite-oki-nasai>                                        rely-on-(future-sake)-(command)                                  ___  I'm pretty good at this         ore  ko-- yu--     no   chotto wa  sort of thing.                  I    this-kind-of (nom) a-bit  (T)                                  JISHIN           aru   n da                                  self-confidence  have  (explan)banner 1:  Founder                         GANSObanner 2:  Broiled...                      ...YAKI---------------------------------------------------p 235 (87)1Grandpa:  Oho.  Then let's have a look    hoho--  ja    hitotsu  MAGO no UDEMAE  at my grandson's skill!                 then  one      grandson's-skill                                  HAIKEN to iku      ka!                                  go-have-a-look-at  (?)Kyousuke gun FX:                  ___  <pop>                           pan2[He misses twice.  His targets are cans and jars of food.]Kyousuke: (Huh?)                           (are?)can 1:  <something> Namasu              <a-kanji>  SUITOU          namasu                                             near-the-water  vegetables-in-                                                             vinegarcan 2:  <something> boiled in Miso      todo  misoNI                                  ????  boiling-with-miso-(a-bean-paste)jar 1:  Uni Kurage                      uni              kurage                                  sea-urchin-eggs  jellyfish<Commentary:  Not that I'm an expert on Japanese cuisine, but <namasu> is vegetables flavored with vinegar, <miso> is the soup base or paste derived from soybeans, <uni> are sea urchin eggs (also a type of chestnut?) and <kurage> is jellyfish.>3[Another cork goes awry.]Kyousuke: (Huh?)                           (are?)can 3:                                     ______  Curried Pumpkin                 kabocha  kare--                                  pumpkin  curryjar 2:  <something> scallions           GANSO    <a-kanji>  rakkyo                                  founder             scallions4[From a couple booths away, Yuusaku looks at Kyousuke over his shoulder.  In the foreground, Grandpa watches Kyousuke, and Hikaru looks happily at her plastic bag filled with goldfish.]Yuusaku:  What?  He hasn't hit            nan  da    zenzen  Ataranai  ja nai ka  anything.                       what is    at-all  not-hit  Let's go, let's go!             iko iko!gun FX:                           ___ ___  <pop pop>                       pan panKyousuke:  Huhhh?!                         are~~~~?!5Kyousuke: [blushing and sweating]  Shit!                           kuso_!  Now of all times, I'm           ko-- yu-- TOKI ni    -kagitte  missing.                        at-this-kind-of-time  of-all-(times)                                  Ataranai  n da      yo na--                                  not-hit   (explan)  But now that I've shot          da kedo  OOGUCHI tataita  kara ni wa  off my big mouth, I can't          but   talked-big       now-that/since  back out without getting  something!                      IJI                demo                                  obstinacy/temper/  even-if                                  disposition/willpower                                  toranai koto ni      wa                                  to-not-get-something (contrast)                                  kaerenai!                                  can't-return6[Madoka appears at his elbow.  Kyousuke pauses in his futile shooting to look at her in surprise.]Madoka:  Your side--it's too loose!      waki           ga       AMAi!                                  another-place/ (S)      sweet/simple/loose                                  side-of-chest/the-side---------------------------------------------------p 236 (88)1Madoka: [merrily]  What's the matter?              do-- shita no?  "I'm pretty good," didn't you   JISHIN           aru   n desho  say?                            self-confidence  have  (poss-explan)[Kyousuke winces.]banner 3:  Cuttlefish--Delicious!          ika               BIMI                                  cuttlefish/squid  delicacy/good-flavor2Madoka: [off]                                          ___  Hey!  Pull in your chin         hora_!  motto        ago   o  hiite  more.                           see !   more/longer  chin (O) pullingKyousuke: [aiming]  Y-yes!                          ha hai!3[Direct hit!]cork on can FX:                   _____  <ka-plonk>                      pakoncan 4:                                     ______  Takenoko Soup                   takenoko su--pu<Commentary:  <takenoko> = bamboo shoots>Kyousuke: [off]  Gotcha!                         Atatta!                                  hit/strike4[Madoka's pov of him as he looks over his shoulder at her.]Kyousuke: (But...)                         (shikashi...)5[Kyousuke's pov of her as she looks at the targets.]narration:  The delicate smell of soap...   honoka na           sekken no kaori  to...                                  faint/dim/delicate  soap   's smell  So sexy...                      IROppoi na--6Madoka: [sharply]  Pay close attention to          shikkari    MAE          o   MIte!!  what's in front of you!!        resolutely  in-front-of (O)  lookingKyousuke:  R-right.                        ha haibanner 4:  Broiled <something>             ta <blocked hiragana> YAKIbanner 5:  Tasty <something>               BIMI                  ingo...                                  delicacy/good-flavor  ????---------------------------------------------------p 237 (89)1[Isolated view of a booth selling windchimes.]Madoka: [off]  Say...                          nee...  Wasn't ojiisan's story back     sakki              no oji--san no HANASHI  then about your mother and      a-little-while-ago 's          's story  father?                                  KASUGA-kun no oto--san to oka--san no koto                                  about-your-father-and-mother                                  ja nai?                                  is-notKyousuke: [off]  Eh?                             e?2[His pov of her--she smiles gently back.]Madoka:  For some reason, that young     nan-da-ka  sono WAKAMONO  tte  guy reminds me of you.          somehow    that-young-man (T)                                  KASUGA-kun ni nite-ru  n da mon                                  is-resembling-you      is-the-reason3Madoka:  If that's so, then it could     moshi  so-- da to sureba   ano HANASHI  have been your mother who       if     if-that's-the-case  that-story  helped out in that story.                                  jitsu wa  oka--san ga   TASUkete-ageta no                                  actually  mother   (S)  helped-him                                  kamo   ne                                  maybebanner 6:  Founder--Corn                   GANSO    toumo...                                  founder  <toumorokoshi?> = corn4[Kyousuke looks at her in surprise.]narration:  ...Ayukawa's so sharp!          ...surudoi naa  AYUKAWA wa!                                              ___  I certainly thought that        tashika ni  ore mo   so--     OMOtta!!  too!!                           certainly   I   too  like-so  thought5[The photographer and daughter stand on the slopes of a mountain--she points off-panel to one side.  Madoka narrates...]                                                   ______narration:                                        _pinchi_  Your mother must have heard     kitto   TORI ni  KIKI            o  about the crisis from the       surely  by-bird  crisis/a-pinch (O)  bird, and led him to a  shortcut that reaches the       kiita  oka--san ga   CHOUJOU e  noboru  peak...                         heard  mother   (S)  to-peak    ascend                                  CHIKAMICHI e  ANNAI shita  n da                                  to-shortcut   led-the-way  (explan)                                  to OMOu     no...                                  think-that  Maybe ojiisan knew, but he      oji--san    wa   sono koto   SHItte-ta  forgave the two of them,        grandfather (T)  that-thing  was-knowing  having lost out to their  feelings which were deep        kedo  i--tsuke ni      somuite     made  enough to make them disobey     but   in-instructions  disobeying  as-far-as  the rules*.                                  oto--san no  KIMOchi ni   MAkete                                           (S) to-feelings  being-                                                            defeated-(and)                                  futari no NAKA           o   YURUshita                                  2-people's-relationship (O)  forgave                                  n ja nai      kashira                                  (explan/neg)  I-wonder<*Commentary (JW):  <iitsuke> is actually a taboo or a rule that has been passed on for generations.  With respect to the Kasuga family, it is a taboo among those who have the Power that they cannot marry "ordinary" people.  Of course, Madoka couldn't have known that much, but she thought the village is one of those exclusive ones that don't allow outsiders to settle in, and so mistook the rule as being that only villagers marry villagers...  (In the countryside there has always been a problem of "workforce" and "bride" shortage, as younger generations tend to move to cities.  Grandpa's anti- city-dwellers sentiment in the past may have reinforced this idea as well.)>---------------------------------------------------p 238 (90)1Kyousuke:  But...                          demo...  How do you know all that...     yoku   wakaru  ne  sonna koto...                                  fully  know        that-kind-of-thing2[Madoka gazes off in the distance.  This is a profile shot of her.]Madoka:  Women always pray that          JOSEI tte  SUki na HITO ni  itsu-demo  things go well for the          women (T)  in-one's-liked   always  man they love.                                  umaku itte hoshii  to NEGAtte-ru    mono yo                                  want-to-go-well    be-praying-that  person3[Kyousuke facial portrait--he looks surprised.]4[The fireworks show begins overhead.]narration:  Somehow, I think it must        naze-ka  AYUKAWA no    itta  toori ni  be exactly as Ayukawa says.     somehow          (nom) said  just-like                                  chigainai     to iu     KI ga suru                                  must/am-sure  say-that  feel/thinknarration:  Only one thing...               tada hitotsu...                                  _______      _____  Mom must have used the          ofukuro ga   oyaji o   TASUkeru  no ni  Power to help Dad...            mom     (S)  dad  (O)  help      even-tho                                  _chikara_                                  NOURYOKU o TSUKAtta  hazu...                                  used-Power           ought-to  Aside from that...              to iu koto o    nozoite wa...                                  that-(in-gist)  aside-from/except-for---------------------------------------------------p 239 (91)1[Kyousuke--carrying lots of cans and jars--walks at Madoka's side down the fair's midway.  They smile and chat together.]narration:  The prizes the two of           futari de    totta  KEIHIN...  us received...                  by-2-people  got    premiums/prizes                                  _____    _______  The snow that was brought       oyaji to ofukuro de  motte  back by Mom and Dad...          by-Dad-and-Mom       on-acc't-of                                  kaetta YUKI...                                  snow-that-was-returned  There's some resemblance.       nani-ka    nite-ru      na                                  something  be-resemblingnarration:  Then, maybe the fact that       so-- suru to     ko-- yatte  Ayukawa is helping me like      if-do-like-that  doing-like-this  this also means...                                  AYUKAWA ga   TASUkete-kureru  no    mo                                          (S)  help-me         (nom)  also                                  moshi-ka-shite...                                  perhaps/maybe2[Pov from behind the two--light shines down upon Madoka's face and they look into each other's eyes.]narration:                                  _____  Illuminated by the lamps        YOMISE no rampu ni    terasareta  of the fair, Ayukawa's face     by-night-fair's-lamp  is-illuminated  is somehow blinding on this  summer festival night...        AYUKAWA no KAO  ga   naze-ka  mabushii                                          's face (S)  somehow  dazzling/                                                                blinding                                  NATSUmatsuri    no YORU...                                  summer-festival 's night---------------------------------------------------