Kimagure Orange Road
"I Like Japan!"
Volume 3, Story 7
WB Volume 2, Story 8
Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi

Translation by Hitoshi Doi
Additional translation/revision by Craig Nishida
Compilation by Spencer C. Hastings
Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose
                                 Craig Nishida
                                 Spencer Hastings
                                 Andrew Wilson
                                 Peter Norby
                                 Tony Schrick

Last revision : 9-03-94

NOTE: [WBp#'s are printed first, Normal manga pages in parenthesis()]
NOTE: Translation is done from the WB manga. So there may be a few
extra's to those of you not having them.
Example: (The subtitles on page 157 (135) are only in the WB'S!)

COMMENT ON THE REVISION (CN)--
Changes were minor.  Added the honorifics, Kyousuke-stutters (many!), FX's,
the subtitles on the title page, about 4-5 untranslated lines, additional
newspaper text, the title of a book that Kurumi is reading (major chuckle
here), missing ! and ? from the Japanese text, parentheses for the
character's thoughts, that sort of stuff...  During the discussion phase
of the script preparation, some lines were re-worded, as well.

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p 157 (135)--TITLE PAGE

[Back view of a tanned Madoka, standing in bikini, T-shirt and hat at the
 beach.  Palm trees flank her as she looks out to sea.]

MAIN TITLE (at top)               __ _____ _____
  I Like Japan!                   ai raiku japan!

SUB-TITLE (at bottom)                           _____
  To the South the Weather        SUHADA ni     karitto       MINAMI
  Clears, Crisp Against My        on-bare-skin  (= karatto?)  the-south
  Skin.                                            weather-clearing/
                                                   weather-dry

  Listening to the Stirring       YASHI no zawameki       SE de
  of the Palm Trees Behind        stirring-of-palm-trees  in-back
  Me, My Secret Self Looks
  Back at the Summer!             kiite         HIMITSU no  WATASHI ga
                                  listening-to  secret      me     (S)

                                  furimuku         NATSU yo!
                                  to-look-back-at  summer

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p 158 (136)

1
[Kyousuke and Hikaru walk down a residential street.]
narration:                                       ___
  It hit me like a bolt from      sore      wa   ore ni   totte
  the blue...                     that(one) (T)  me (IO)  getting

                                  SEITEN no hekireki    datta----
                                  a-bolt-from-the-blue  was

2
[Kyousuke looks wide-eyed at Hikaru.]

3
Kyousuke:
  Uh, Hikaru-chan.  Say that      ano hikaru-chan mo-- ichido    itte kurenai
  again?                          uh              one-more-time  saying

Hikaru:
  Like I said...!                 da kara----_
                                  for-that-reason

4
Hikaru:                                      _______
  ...Madoka-san is going to       madoka-san amerika ni  itchau n desu tte
  America.                                   to-America  (=itte-shimau)
                                                           go-(finality/regret)

5
[Kyousuke is stunned.]

6
Kyousuke: [smiling brightly]
  Oh, that's nice.  Is she        i-- naa     RYOKOU       demo  iku no?
  going on vacation?              good        travel/trip  or-something
                                                                 going

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p 159 (137)

1
Hikaru:
  No.  She's going to live        chigaimasu yo--  SUmu    n desu yo--!
  there!                          differ           reside  (explan)

  The whole family is going       OYAKO tomodomo           EIJUU
  to move!!                       parent-&-child-together  perm.-residence

                                  shichau           n desu yo--!!
                                  (= shite-shimau)  (explan/emph)
                                     do-(finality/regret)

2
[Kyousuke stunned look #3...]

3
Kyousuke:
  N-no way...                     ma masaka...

4
Hikaru:
  Well, it's true!  Her           sou!        sono masaka    nan   desu
  parents are...                  like-that   that-"no-way"  that  is

                                  nan demo        go-RYOUSHIN        ga
                                  whatever-it-is  (hon-)both-parents (S)

5
Kyousuke: [sweating]
  W-wait a second.  Come to       chi chotto matte   so-- ieba
  think of it, Ayukawa's              wait-a-moment  come-to-think-of-it
  parents...
                                  AYUKAWA no RYOUSHIN tte......
                                  Madoka's-parents    (T)

6
[Shot looking up at the September sky.  Sunlight sparkles through breaks in
 the overhanging trees branches.]
Kyousuke: [off]
  ...what do they do?!            nani  yatte n no?!
                                  what  doing

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p 160 (138)

1
[Kyousuke arrives home.  He looks frantic.]
door FX:                          _____
                            batan

2
[He races past his sisters.  Manami stands and watches him go by.  Kurumi
 looks up from the book she is reading.]
Kyousuke running FX:              ________
                       dotadota
                                  footsteps on the wooden floor

Book title: [open book in Kurumi's hands]
  "Origin of Species"             SEIMEI no  SHU -KA(SU)
                --C. Darwin       life   's  evolution-of-species
                                                          _______
                                  to   KIGEN        #C.#  da--uin
                                  and  origin        C.   Darwin



3
[Kyousuke dives into a stack of newspapers.  Kurumi peers from the side to
 watch.]
newspaper FX:                     ________
                         parapara

4
Kyousuke:
  Found it!!                      atta!!

5
[An angled view of the newspaper article...]
Page header:
  ...Newspaper  13 August 1984    SHIMBUN    #1984#  #8# GETSU
                                  newspaper              month

                                  #13# JITSU (GETSU)
                                       day/date

Headlines:                        _______ _______________
  CHICAGO PHILHARMONI...          shikago fuiruha--mo--ni...
                                              ____________
  WORLD-RENOWNED VIOLINISTS       SEKAITEKI   baiorinisuto
                                  world-wide  violinist

  MR. AND MRS. AYUKAWA'S          AYUKAWA FUSAI       TOTSUZEN no KIKOKU!!
  SUDDEN HOMECOMING!!                     Mr.-&-Mrs.  suddenly 's homecoming
                                  _______
  ARE THEY PREPARING TO           amerika EIJUU      no  JUMBI ka!?
  EMIGRATE TO AMERICA?!?                  perm.-res. 's  preparation

Story text: [some lines cut off at edges]
  Both gifted violinists...       TOMO ni  TENSAI-TEKI
                                  both     prodigy-(adj.-ending)
                                  ____________
                                  baiorinisuto to shite...
                                  violinists   w/respect-to-being

  Presently, the world-           ima  ya          SEKAITEKI ni YUUMEI na
  renowned Ayukawas...            now  as-soon-as  world-famous

                                  AYUKAWA FU...
                                                                _____
  ...arrived early this           KESA HAYAku         KI...     ameri...
  morning from Ameri...           early-this-morning  (KIKOKU?)
                                                       homecoming

6
[Tighter shot of the headlines in panel 5]
narration:
  I can't believe it.             masaka  AYUKAWA no RYOUSHIN ga
  Ayukawa's parents were                          's parents (S)
  world-famous musicians...
                                  SEKAITEKI na  ONGAKUKA   datta nante----
                                  world-wide    musicians  were

narration:
  Come to think of it, I          so-- ieba     AYUKAWA no KATEI no koto
  didn't know anything about      if-that's-so  about-Ayukawa's-family
  Ayukawa's family.
                                  nante zenzen      shiranakatta na
                                        not-at-all  not-came-to-know

7
Kyousuke: [reading on]
  Still more...                   mashite     ya----
                                  increasing

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p 161 (139)

[This page is bordered in black, denoting a flashback...]

1
[Kyousuke and Hikaru continue the conversation which opened this chapter.]
Hikaru:
  Because of work, Madoka's       madoka-san no go-RYOUSHIN   tte
  parents are often away                     's (hon-)parents (T)
  [i.e., more often than
  they are present in Japan].     SHIGOTO de       NIHON ni inai
                                  because-of-work  not-be-in-Japan

                                  TOKI no HOU ga OOi  shi
                                  all-the-time        and-besides

  She can't just travel           ISSHO ni tsuite mawattachi
  around with them or it          if-she-traveled-around-w/them
  would mess up her studies.
                                  GAKU ni  mo     ikenai
                                  study    too    bad

                                  to yu--   WAKE_ de
                                           (kanji = RIYUU = reason)
                                  for-that-reason

2
[Kyousuke stunned look #4...]
Hikaru: [off]
  So ever since she was           madoka-san  chiisai koro kara  zutto
  little, she's been left                     since-when-small   all-along
  in the care of her
  grandfather.                    ojiisan      _CHI_ ni
                                  grandfather  (kanji = UCHI)
                                                at-home

                                  azukerarete-ita   n desu
                                  was-being-left-(in-someone's-care)

3
Kyousuke:
  But they've been separated      da kedo zutto           hanarebanare de
  for a long time.  Why take         but  the-whole-time  separated-from-
  Ayukawa to America at this                                     each-other
  late date...?    
                                  nan-de  imasara
                                  why     at-this-(belated)-point
                                             _______
                                  AYUKAWA o  amerika ni...?
                                         (O)        (IO)

4
[Shot of the sky.]
Hikaru: [off]
  At first, they planned to       nan demo        hajime wa  izure wa
  return to Japan, but they       whatever-it-is  at-first   sometime-soon
  received great recognition
  abroad...                       NIHON ni  KAEtte kuru      YOTEI  datta
                                  to-Japan  begin-returning  plan   was

                                  rashii       kedo     KAIGAI de
                                  I-hear-that  however  abroad

                                  HYOUKA sarete...
                                  are-being-appraised/evaluated

Hikaru: [off]                                 _______
  And they bought a house         UCHI   mo   amerika ni  motta
  in America, and her             house  too  in-America  came-to-own
  sister got married, so
  Madoka is all by herself        shi          one--san      mo
  now...                          and-besides  older-sister  also

                                  KEKKON shite     madoka-san hitorikiri ni
                                  getting-married             1-person-alone

                                  natchau           kara...
                                  (= natte-shimau)  because
                                     become-(finality)

5
Hikaru: [brightly]
  There is a wonderful            madoka-san ni wa  mukou de       no
  life waiting for her over                 (IO)(T) at-over-there  's
  there.
                                  subarashii SEIKATSU ga
                                  wonderful  life     (S)

                                  MAtte-iru   n desu yo
                                  be-waiting  (explan/emph)

6
[End of flashback.  In the present, Kyousuke still stares wide-eyed at the
 open newspaper.]
Kyousuke:
  A wonderful life, huh...?       subarashii SEIKATSU....ka

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p 162 (140)

1
Kyousuke:
 (But it might be some kind of    (demo moshi-ka-shitara  nani ka   no
  mistake.  It's not like she      but  perhaps           something 's
  told me herself...!)
                                  machigai ka mo    shirenai
                                  mistake     even  not-coming-to-know

                                  shi           mada
                                  and-besides   (not)yet

                                  HONNIN no KUCHI kara  iku    to ki--ta
                                  from-her-mouth        to-go  heard-that

                                  wake    de    wa  nai...!)
                                  reason  being     not

2
[Cut to Madoka, standing at a railing on a walkway (at the park?).  She
 looks out over the city.]
narration:                        _______
  America...                      amerika kaa---

3
[A young couple and their small daughter walk by.  The father carries the
 girl on his shoulders.]

4
[Madoka turns to watch the girl as the girl laughs.]

5
[The girl smiles and pulls on her father's hair.  Mom laughs at the look on
 Dad's face.]

6
[Madoka looks on, deep in thought.]

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p 163 (141)

[This page is bordered in black, denoting a flashback...]

1
[Present-day Madoka visualizes her young (approx.) 4-year-old self...]
Madoka:
  I want to go to America too!!   madoka mo amerika iku_!!
                                         too        go !

2
Father:
  We'll come back right away.     naani  sugu        KAEtte-kuru       sa
                                  what   right-away  begin-returning  (emph)

Madoka:
  No, I wanna go with!            yada           ISSHO ni iku       no!!
                                  is-unpleasant  to-go-together-with

3
Mother:
  Madoka, you listen to what      madoka obaachan-tachi    no
  grandma says and be polite.            grandma(&-others) 's

                                  iu koto      yoku kiite    otonashiku
                                  things-said  hearing-well  well-behaved

                                  shite-ru            n desu yo
                                  be-coming-to-have  (explan/emph)

4
[Madoka chases after her departing parents. Someone--her sister?--stands
 and watches.]
Madoka:                           ____ ____
  Papa, Mama!                     papa mama

5
[She stands next to her sister, watching her parents leave.]

5(inset)
[Closeup of Madoka as she weeps.]

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p 164 (142)

1
[Exterior shot of ABCB.]

2
[Madoka looks in through the window.]

3
[She sees Hikaru and Kyousuke, sitting at the counter, chatting with Master.]

4
[Shot of Hikaru clinging in happiness to the arm of her Darling.  Kyousuke
 sorta finds an interesting spot on the ceiling to look at.]

5
[Madoka facial portrait--sadness.]

6
[Madoka enters, eyes downcast.]
door FX:                          _____
                          karan

7
Hikaru: [brightly]
  Hey!                            a_!

[Kyousuke has a stricken look.]

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p 165 (143)

1
[Madoka facial portrait--she gives Kyousuke a look of trepidation.]

2
[Kyousuke facial portrait--there is some anxiety on his face as well.]

3
Madoka: [smiling to Hikaru]
  Oh, I didn't know you were      ara  kite-ta      no hikaru
  here.                           oh   were-coming

Hikaru: [smiling back]
  We're here to get in the        o-jama             MUSHI!
  way!                            (hon-)obstruction  vermin/bad-company

4
[Madoka walks past Kyousuke.  Kyousuke watches her go by.]
Madoka:
  Work, work.                     sa--te  SHIGOTO SHIGOTO
                                  well    work    work

5
narration:
  Ayukawa...                      AYUKAWA----

narration:                                  _______
  Are you really going to         HONTOU ni amerika ni  itchau no ka?!
  America?!                       really    to-America  (= itte-shimau)
                                                           go-(regret)

6
[Kyousuke watches as Madoka puts on her ABCB apron.]

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p 166 (144)

1
Hikaru:
  Madoka-san, when are you        madoka-san SHUPPATSU wa  itsu nan desu ka
  leaving?                                   departure (T) when     is  (?)

  Is the date fixed?              mo-- KImatte        n desu   ka?
                                       being-decided  (explan) (?)

Kyousuke FX:                      _____
                          doki_

[Kyousuke looks to be near cardiac arrest; Madoka spins around in surprise.]

2
[Kyousuke and Madoka exchange a glance.]

3
Madoka: [looking away]
  ......yeah.                     ......un

4
[Kyousuke stares at the counter in front of him.]
Madoka: [off]
  The day after tomorrow.         asatte

5
Hikaru:
  Wow, you're in a hurry.         zuibun  KYUU   desu nee
                                  a-lot   haste  is  (rhet.-inquiry)

Madoka:
  Well, I have busy parents.      nan se  go-TABOU na
                                          (hon-)pressure-of-work

                                  RYOUSHIN  dakara      ne
                                  parents   that's-why  (confirm.)

6
narration:                        _______
  She's going to America.         amerika iku   tte    ya yappari
  S-so the story was true,        go-to-America (T)       after-all
  after all!  A-and the
  day after tomorrow?!            HONTOU datta no ka!    shi shikamo
  S-so soon...                    true   was                 furthermore

                                  asatte?!            so sonna ni hayaku----
                                  day-after-tomorrow     to-that-extent
                                                                  fast/quick

7
Hikaru:                                    _______
  I wish I could go to            i-- na-- amerika kaa
  America, too!                   good

                                  atashi mo   itte   mitai       na--_
                                  I      too  going  appear-to-be    !

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p 167 (145)

1
Hikaru:                           _______
  She's so lucky to get to        amerika de  SEIKATSU  dekiru
  live in America!                in-America  life      to-be-able-to-do

                                  nan-te   ura yamashi--  desu yo ne--
                                  or-such  jealous-of     am

2
Kyousuke:                         ___
  I... I like this city better!   ore...  kono MACHI no  HOU ga ii
                                  I       this-town  's  compares-better

3
[Kyousuke gazes at Madoka...]

4
[...who looks back at him in some surprise.]

5
Hikaru: [whacking Kyousuke on the back]
  What are you saying, Sempai?!   na--ni itte    n desu ka      SEMPAI!
                                  what   saying  (reason/query)
                                  _______
  Everyone knows America is       amerika no ho-- ga i-- ni
  better!                         America-better        (IO)

                                  KImatte-ru   ja nai desu ka
                                  be-deciding
                                  _______
                                  amerika_!

Hikaru whack-on-the-back FX:      ___
                           don

[Kyousuke pitches forward against the counter.]

6
[Exterior shot of ABCB.]
Hikaru: [off]
  Madoka-san, we'll go see        madoka-san KUUKOU ni  wa   MI-OKUri ni
  you off at the airport!!                   at-airport (T)  to-see-off/bid-
  Right, Sempai?                                                    farewell

                                  ikimasu kara  ne!!   ne-- SEMPAI?
                                  go      since        (inqu.)

Kyousuke: [off]
  Y-yeah.                         u un

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p 168 (146)

1
[Later...]
Madoka:
  I'm home!                       tadaima!

door FX:                          _____
                            gatan

2
Mother:
  Did you decide, Madoka-san?     doo   madoka-san  KESSHIN   tsuita?
                                  what              determination



3
Madoka:
  Mother...                       ...... oka--san

4
[Madoka pauses in thought.]

5
Madoka:
  You always have it your         KATTE na     mon     ne!
  way!                            selfishness  person  (confirm.)

6
Madoka:
  You left me alone for so        NANNEN          mo    atashi o
  many years.  Then you           how-many-years  even  me    (O)
  suddenly say you want me
  to go to America...             hotta       chikashinishi  toite
                                  left-alone  ?????????????  urging-to-do
                                            _______
                                  ikinari   amerika ni koi    da nan-te...
                                  suddenly  come-to-America!  be etc...

7
Mother:
  But from now on we can live     demo kore kara  wa   anata to ISSHO ni
  together.                       but  this from  (T)  together-w/you

                                  KUraseru   yo-- ni naru       no yo
                                  be-living  to-come-about-that (conf/emph)

  Wasn't that your dream?         anata mo  sore ga  YUME  datta n ja nai?
                                  you   too that (S) dream was   not-reason

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p 169 (147)

1
Madoka:
  You're right...                 sou ne...

2
[Madoka watches her mother as she walks away.]
Mother: [off]
  Well!  Don't be so lazy.        sa--_  nombiri            shitenai de
                                  well!  feel-easy/carefree not-be-engaging-in

  Did you finish packing?         JUMBI         wa  sunda no?
                                  preparations (T)  became-finished

  Oh yeah...                      a  so-- so--

3
Mother:
  I have to go talk to your       anata no GAKKOU no SENSEI    gata ni mo
  teachers tomorrow, too!         your     school 's teachers          too

                                  ashita    o-HANAshi        ni
                                  tomorrow    speak/explain (IO)

                                  ikanakutcha        ne!
                                  (= ikanakutte wa)
                                     not-going

Mother:
  Ah!  Busy, busy.                a--  isogashi isogashi

4
[Exterior shot of the Ayukawa home.]

5
[Madoka lies back in bed, wide awake.]

6
[She visualizes Kyousuke.]
Kyousuke: [flashback!]            ___
  I...like this city better!      ore......  kono MACHI no HOU ga ii!
                                  I          this-town     compare-better

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p 170 (148)

1
[Exterior shot of the Kasuga apartment building.]

2
[Tight shot of a clock--it's 4:00 AM.]

3
[Kyousuke lies back in bed, wide awake.]

4
[He visualizes Madoka in her ABCB apron.]
narration:
  The day after tomorrow...       asatte

5
narration:                                     _______
  ...Ayukawa will go to           AYUKAWA ga   amerika e   itchau!!
  America!!                               (S)  to-America  (= itte-shimau)
                                                              go-(regret)

6
[He sits up.]
narration:
  It wasn't just a story,         ya yappari    jo--dan  ja nai  zou!
  after all!!                        after-all  joke     not-be  (str-exclam)

Kyousuke FX:                      ____
                         gaba

7
[He stands.]
narration:
  Shit!  There's nothing I can    kuso---_  demo KONDO      bakari wa
  do this time!                          !  but  this-time  only   (T)

                                  do-- shou       mo nai ja nai ka!
                                  what undertake  nothing

8
[Tight shot of his feet as he walks out his apartment building.]

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p 171 (149)

1
[Madoka stands on the sidewalk.]

2
Kyousuke:
  Ayukawa!                        AYUKAWA!

3
Kyousuke:
  Wh-what are you doing at        do do-- shita   no     konna JIKAN ni......
  this hour...                       what-is-the-matter  at-this-kind-of-time

4
[Madoka looks back at him with a slightly sad look.]

5
Madoka: [gazing down, smiling]
  I couldn't sleep, and by        nan-da-ka...     NEMUrenakutte
  the time I noticed, I'd         for-some-reason  can't-be-sleeping
  already walked this far.
                                  KI ga tsuitara  kono HEN made
                                  when-noticed    until-this-vicinity

                                  ARUite kite-ta     no
                                  had-begun-walking

6
[Kyousuke facial portrait--he watches her.]

7
Kyousuke: [small smile]            ___
  I couldn't sleep either.        ore mo  nan-da-ka...     NEMUrenakutte
                                  I-too   for-some-reason  can't-be-sleeping

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p 172 (150)

1
[Exterior shot of a building, a lit streetlamp, and the night sky.]

2
[Kyousuke and Madoka sit in adjacent swings at the playground.]

3
Kyousuke: [looking up at the sky]
  It's going to be light soon.    moo   AKAruku naru  koro  da ne
                                  soon  become-light  time  be

4
[Madoka looks at him, wistful.]
swing FX:                         ___
                       kii...

Madoka:
  ..........                      ..........

5
Madoka: [swinging, with a smile]
  Say, Kasuga-kun.  Why do        nee KASUGA-kun wa  dooshite kono MACHI
  you like this city?             say            (T) why      this-town

                                  ga ii no?
                                  better
6
[Kyousuke blushes and gazes down.]

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p 173 (151)

1
Madoka:
  There's nothing special         nanno         hentetsu       mo nai
  about this city.                what-kind-of  just-ordinary     there's-not

  It's the same as any other.     hoka to    so--       KAwannai
                                  to-others  like-that  not-change

                                  goku FUTSUU         no MACHI yo
                                  extremely-ordinary  's town

2
[Against a backdrop of American icons, Madoka swings.]
narration:                                           _______
  Compared to that, America       sore ni kurabete   amerika wa---
  has New York, Chicago,          comparing-to-that          (T)
  Hollywood, Beverly Hills!       ____________  _______  ________
                                  niyu--yo--ku  shikago  hariuddo
                                  New-York      Chicago  Hollywood
                                  ______________
                                  bibari--hirusu!
                                  Beverly-Hills

3
Madoka: [looking up to the sky]
  There are a lot of people       ironna           HITO-tachi ga
  and there are lots of fun       various/diverse  people     (S)
  things waiting for me
  there!                          ite       TANOshii koto ga   ippai
                                  existing  joyful-things (S)  full-of

                                  MAtte-ru               no yo ne--_!
                                  be-looking-forward-to            !

4
Madoka: [smiling and looking down]
  For that, I'd first have        so-- so--  sono tame ni   wa
  to study English.  And          sure       for-that-sake (T)
  then...
                                  mazu          EIKAIWA               o
                                  first-of-all  English-conversation (O)

                                  BENKYOU shinakucha dame     yo ne
                                          (=shinakute wa)
                                  having-to-study

                                  son   demo    tte...
                                  that  however (T)

5
[Tight shot of Kyousuke's hand grasping one of Madoka's chains to stop her
 swinging.]

6
[He stands behind her.  Madoka is wide-eyed.]
Kyousuke:                          ___
  I...                            ore wa   ii ga...
                                  I   (T)  better

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p 174 (152)

1
[Tight profile shot as he stands behind her.]

2
[Pov pans back.]
Kyousuke:
  I like this place the best.     ichiban   KI ni itteru        n da
                                  the-best  being-pleased-with  (explan)

3
[Shot of the meeting on the 99.5 steps--Kyousuke stands at the top with red
 hat on his head, watching Madoka walk down.  Overlaid on this is a half-
 portrait of Madoka as she speaks her flashback line below...]
Kyousuke: [off]
  Since the first time I came     kono MACHI ni  hajimete kita TOKI...
  here...  Since I counted the    to-this-town   the-time-I-first-came
  number of steps...
                                  sou        ano KAIDEN no KAZO(ERU) kazoeta
                                  like-that  that-steps 's count     counted

                                  TOKI kara
                                  time since

Madoka: [flashback]
  It can't be...  There should    uso~~~          #99# DAN       shika
  only be 99.                     you're-kidding      (counter)  only

                                  nai  hazu   yo
                                  not  likelihood

4
[Eyes closed and solemn, Kyousuke flashes with the force of his words.]
Kyousuke:                          ___
  To me this is the most          ore ni  totte wa    ichiban
  beautiful city!!                to-me   preferring  best

                                  suteki na        MACHI nan  da!!
                                  great/wonderful  town       be

5
[Madoka gives that some thought...]

6
[...and lowers her gaze and smiles.]

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1
Madoka:                           ___ ___
  Tee-hee.                        ku_ ku_

[Kyousuke goes bug-eyed.]

2
Madoka:
  A-HA-HA-HA                      a ha ha ha

3
Madoka: [smiling merrily]
  Did you really think that I     HONTOU ni atashi ga   amerika ni iku
  was going to America?!          really    I      (S)  go-to-America

                                  to OMOtte-ta       no?!
                                  was-thinking-that  (confirm)
4
Kyousuke: [blushing]
  WHAT?!                          e_

5
[Madoka stands up, looking sweetly at him.]
swing FX:                         ___
                         gi_

6
Madoka:                                                      _______
  From the beginning, I           atashi hajime_ kara        amerika nan-ka
  wasn't planning on going        I      from-the-beginning
  to America.
                                  iku    tsumori    nakatta  n da
                                  to-go  intention  was-not  (explan)

7
[Kyousuke stunned look #5...]

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p 176 (154)

1
Kyousuke:
  Wh-what!!                       na nan datte!!
                                     whatever-it-is

2
Madoka:
  That's right.  I was just       sou        minna     o   chotto
  teasing everyone!               like-that  everyone (O)  a-moment

                                  karakatte mita  dake!
                                  tried-&-teased  only

3
Kyousuke: [raising fist in mock anger]
  What's that?  That's mean.      na nan da yo--  hidoi naa
                                     what-be      cruel

[Madoka laughs in glee.]

4
narration:                                                       _______
  Anyway, Ayukawa's trip to       toni mo kaku ni mo  AYUKAWA no amerika iki
  America has been called         in-any-case-too             's America-trip
  off!
                                  wa   CHUUSHI ni natta!
                                  (T)  was-called-off

5
narration:
  And...  the most beautiful      soshite----  itsumo  toka waranu
  city to me is still here!       and          always  ???? ??????
                                  ___                 ______
                                  ore ni  totte no    suteki na
                                  to-me   preferring  wonderful

                                  MACHI ga   ii ni  aru!
                                  town  (S)  fine   to-exist

6
[They walk off under lightening skies.]
Kyousuke:                                              _____
  But, I didn't know that         demo...  AYUKAWA no  oyaji-san      ga
  your parents were so famous!    but              's  parents(-hon)  (S)

                                  anna ni    YUUMEIJIN      da to wa na---_
                                  that-much  famous-people  be

narration:
  Ayukawa's parents apparently    AYUKAWA no RYOUSHIN mo   KONKAI no tokoro
  gave up on bringing her                 's parents  too  at-this-time
  this time, but...
                                  wa   TSUrete iku no                o
                                  (T)  taking-(a-child)-with-(them) (O)

                                  akirameta   yo-- da  ga
                                  gave-up-on  seeming  but

Madoka:
  Were you surprised?             ODOroita        ka
                                  were-surprised  (?)

7
Kyousuke:
  No resemblance at all.          zenzen           nitenai   ne
                                  utterly/totally  not-resemble/take-after

Madoka:
  Anyhow...                       do--se

narration:
  ...I still have the uneasy      itsu  nandoki      AYUKAWA no
  feeling that she may change     when  at-any-time          's
  her mind on a whim...
                                  KI ga kawaru       ka mo shirenai
                                  change-intentions  it-may-be

                                  to yu--      FUAN    wa
                                  to-say-that  anxiety (T)

                                  nokotte-ru           wake da----
                                  be-remaining-behind  (reason)

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1
[Kyousuke walks down the hallway to his apartment.]
narration:
  But really...                   sore ni shite mo        HONTOU ni----
                                  but/still/for-all-that  really

2
[Madoka half-portrait.]

3
narration:                                            _______
  I wonder if she really          hajime_ kara        amerika e iku
  had no intention of going       from-the-beginning  go-to-America
  to America from the
  beginning?                      tsumori    nakatta       no ka na?
                                  intention  there-wasn't     I-wonder

  Ayukawa...                      AYUKAWA----

4
[At the airport, Madoka stands next to a woman (her sister?), smiles and
 waves good-bye to the departing plane.]
narration:
  But for now...                  demo maa   mazu wa
                                  but  well  first-of-all

5
[Shot of her parents in their seats.]
Mother:
  That Madoka.  Telling us        moo madoka_ tachi  kinou      ni  natte
  only yesterday that she                            yesterday (IO) becoming
  won't go!
                                  KYUU ni   ikanai     nante..........!
                                  suddenly  not-going  how!

Father:
  It's okay.  The next time       naani  KONDO      ISSHO ni
  we come, all three of us        what   next-time  together
  can go back together.
                                  KAEreru           yo
                                  to-be-returning

narration:                        ___
  ...I'm relieved!                hotto          hito    ANSHIN
                                  feel-relieved  person  peace-of-mind

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