Kimagure Orange Road
"Let's Run the Marathon!"
Volume 4, Story 4
WB Volume 2, Story 14
Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi

Translation and full-script typesetting by : Craig H. Nishida
Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose
                                 Craig Nishida
                                 Spencer Hastings
                                 Peter Norby
                                 Andrew Wilson
                                 Tony Schrick

Last revision : 11-10-94

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 289 (73) are only in the WB'S!)
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p 289 (73)--TITLE PAGE

[Dream-image facial portrait of Madoka.]

MAIN TITLE (at top)               _______
  Let's Run the Marathon!         marason   shimasho!
                                  marathon  let's-do

SUB-TITLE (at bottom)                        ____
  When You Notice the Secret      HIMITSU no sain  ni   KI zuitara
  Sign, Transform the Glass       secret  's sign (IO)  when-notice
  Thorn Stuck in Your Heart
  into a Star with Drops of       KOKORO ni      SAsatta
  Love!                           in-heart/mind  stuck/be-stuck
                                  ______
                                  garasu no TOGE   o
                                  glass  's thorn (O)

                                  KOI no shizuku de
                                  by-using-drops/trickle-of-love

                                  HOSHI ni     shite!
                                  into-a-star  making

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p 290 (74)

1
[Shot of the blackboard.]
narration:
  Suddenly, the time for the      TOTSUZEN desu ga  mou sugu  TAIIKU-SAI desu!
  athletics festival was upon     suddenly is  (S)  soon      ath.-fest. is
  us!

blackboard: [top left]            ______
  Relay race.  <3 student         rire--
  names are listed below>         relay-(race)

blackboard: [top right, mostly blocked by narration panel]
  <3 more student names>

blackboard: [middle]                    ________
  80-meter hurdles.  <4 names     #80m# ha--doru
  listed below>                   80-m  hurdles

blackboard: [bottom]
  High jump.  

2
[View pans back slightly.  We see a boy and a girl standing in front of the
 blackboard.]
Boy class president:
  And now all that remains        sate  ato         NOKOtta  no wa
  is to name a boy and girl       now   later/back  remained
  to run in the marathon...
                                  DANJO        KAKU          ICHIMEI
                                  man-&-woman  each/various  another-name
                                      _______
                                  no  marason   desu  ga
                                  's  marathon  is

  Is there a volunteer?           DARE-ka  RIKKOUHO  wa?
                                  someone  announcing-one's-candidacy

blackboard: [left]
  

blackboard: [right]               _______
  Marathon.                       marason

3
[Pov shifts to point behind boy and girl.  Over their shoulders, we see the
 entire class seated.  No one speaks or moves.]
class FX:
                 shi~~~n
                                  

4
Kyousuke: [to Komatsu]                           _______
  Hey, how come no one            nee  dooshite  marason   wa  DARE-mo
  wants to take part in           say  why       marathon (T)  no-one
  the marathon?
                                  DEta          garanai         no?
                                  took-part-in  not-appear-to

5
Komatsu: [disinterestedly]        _______
  It's because the marathon       marason   dake wa   ICHI-I     ni   natte
  is the only event where         marathon  only (T)  1st-place (IO)  getting
  you don't get points--even
  if you come in first.           mo    TENSUU moraenai     kara     da yo
                                  even  not-getting-points  because  be

Kyousuke:
  Points?                         TENSUU?

6
Komatsu: [in surprise]
  Oh, that's right.               a so-- ka

  You're a transfer student       omae wa  TENKOU           -SEI
  so it's your first athletics    you (T)  changing-schools  student
  festival.
                                  da kara      kono GAKKOU no TAIIKU-SAI wa
                                  that's-why   this-school's  athletics- (T)
                                                                  festival

                                  HAJImete          nan da  na
                                  for-the-1st-time  it-is

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1
[Exterior shot--a bird's-eye view looking down at students engaged in
 various athletic events--well, actually it's a boy-girl three-legged
 race...  I hear it'll be an Olympic event in 1996.  ^_^]
Komatsu: [off]                                   ______
  In the festival, the            TAIIKU-SAI wa  kurasu  TAIKOU        no
  school's top classroom          ath-fest  (T)  class   confrontation 's
  is decided by a class
  competitive scoring             TOKUTEN         -SEI     de
  system.                         points-obtained  system  by
                                                      ______
                                  GAKKOU  ICHIBAN  no kurasu o   KImeru
                                  school  number-1 's class (O)  to-decide

                                  n da      kedo
                                  (explan)  but
                                  _______
  But only in the marathon        marason  dake wa   SHUTSUJOU NINZU     ga
  do so few people compete.       marathon only (T)  no-of-people-appearing
  Most people avoid it
  because the scoring system      SUKUnai     shi  TOKUTEN-SEI kara
  doesn't award points in         few/seldom  and  because-of-scoring-system
  that event.

                                      hazusarete-ru        n da      yo
                                  be-avoiding/evading  (explan)

2
[Kyousuke's pov of Komatsu and Hatta.]
Komatsu:
  That is, even if you come       tsumari         ICHI-I ni natte mo
  in first, it would have         that-is-to-say  even-getting-1st-place
  no bearing on the class'        ______
  chances of winning the          kurasu no  YUUSHOU                   ni wa
  school championship.            class  's  winning-the-championship (IO/T)

                                  MUSUbitsukanai          tte  wake
                                  not-become-connected         reason

Hatta:
  What a hassle...                kattarui          yo na--
                                  a-hassle-(slang)  (mild-emph)
                                                            ____
  To run 10 kilometers in         MACHI naka       o   #10# kiro  mo
  the city!                       inside-the-city (O)   10-km    (considered-
                                                                  large-no.)

                                  HASHIru  n da ze_!
                                  to-run   (explan/strong-insistence)

  The mere thought makes me       KANGAeta dake de  memai ga shite-ku    raa
  dizzy!                          in-thought-only   feeling-dizzy/giddy

3
Komatsu:
  Huh?  Kasuga, you haven't       are?  KASUGA omae   mada  ISSHUMOKU  mo
  signed up for even one                       you    yet   one-event  even
  event yet!
                                  KImattenai         n da     na~~~_!
                                  not-being-decided  (explan)

[Kyousuke sweats...]

4
Boy class president: [checking a list]
  The only guys not signed        ato OTOKO de           KImattenai no wa
  up are Komatsu and Kasuga.      of-the-guys-remaining  not-being-decided

                                  KOMATSU to KASUGA dake  da na
                                          and       only  be

Kyousuke & Komatsu heartbeat FX:  _____
                           dokin

5
Komatsu: [leaping to his feet, hand raised high]
  I hear that Kasuga-kun is       KASUGA-kun ga  DEru          so-- desu_!!
  volunteering!!                            (S)  to-take-part  (hearsay)!!!

Kyousuke FX:                      _____
                            gatan

6
Komatsu: [with an earnest look]
  At his last school, they        nan-to  MAE no GAKKOU de wa
  used to call him "Old           how!    at-former-school (T)
  Rapids" Kyousuke...      SE                      KO      KYOUSUKE
                                  current/torrent/rapids  old/ancient

                                  to YObarete-ita        to ittemashita...
                                  was-being-called-that  said-that

class: [quite impressed]
  Ooohh!                          o---_

Kyousuke: [to Komatsu]
  Not!                            ittemasen
                                  did-not-say

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1
[Tight shot of the blackboard.  A hand chalks in...]
blackboard:                               _______
  10-km marathon.                 #10 Km# marason

  Boy--Kasuga.                    OTOKO NO KO KASUGA

  Girl...                         ONNA...

2
[Komatsu turns and flashes Kyousuke the victory sign.]
Kyousuke:
 (While shutting him up it        (uyamuya no  uchi ni
  was all decided...)              hush-up     time-while

                                  KImerarete-shimatta..........)
                                  was-decided-(finality/regret)

3
Girl class president:
  All that's needed is one        ato       ONNA NO KO  ICHIMEI
  girl's name...                  the-rest  girl        another-name

                                  da  kedo..........
                                  be  however

  Isn't there someone?            DARE-ka  imasen       ka
                                  someone  isn't-there  (?)

4
girl #1: [standing]
  How about Ayukawa-san?          AYUKAWA-san ni  demo  shite-oitara
                                             (IO) even  if-do-(for-
                                                            future-sake)

                                  do--  desu  ka
                                  how   is    (?)

  Considering the fact            kono BA ni         wa  inai
  she isn't here...               in-this-situation (T)  isn't-here

                                  koto   da  shi
                                  thing  be  consider/besides

5
[A shot of Madoka's empty seat.  Nearby, a girl whispers to her neighbor...]
girl #2:                                            _________
  She's playing hooky             ano KO     mata   esuke--pu  yo
  again.                          that-girl  again  escape

6
girl #2: [speaking up louder]
  But I wonder if she'll          demo  ano HITO     DEru    kashira
  show up.                        but   that-person  emerge  I-wonder

  She's a selfish person          TAIIKU-SAI ni wa   ima made   KAO mo
  who has never even shown        at-ath-fest   (T)  until-now  even-face
  her face at an athletics
  festival.                       DAshita  koto nai   KATTE na HITO yo
                                  exposed       not   selfish-person

girl #3:
  Yeah!  That's right!  She's     so-- yo so-- yo    HONNIN ga
  never participated with                            the-person-herself
  us and shows no concern!
                                  DEnakutta tte     atashi-tachi ni wa
                                  not-participated  with-us        (T)

                                  KANKEI nai  mon    ne!
                                  no-concern  person

girl #4:                                                    ______
  C'mon, it's okay.  Anyway,      i-- ja nai   do--se       kurasu no TENSUU
  that athletic event has no                   in-any-case  class'-score
  bearing on the class'
  score...                        ni wa   KANKEI     no nai
                                  on (T)  connection 's not

                                  KYOUGI nan           da  shi
                                  that-athletic-event  be  consider

7
[Kyousuke is irritated by the sniping...]
Girl class president: [off]
  Then, for now, we've            de wa          ICHIOU           ONNA NO KO
  decided on Ayukawa-san as       in-that-case   for-the-present  girl
  the girl.
                                  wa   AYUKAWA-san ni  KImarimashita
                                  (T)  on-Ayukawa      was-decided

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1
[Street-level view of a house and power lines.]
Kyousuke: [off]                        ____
  10 kilometers...                #10# kiro kaa......

2
Kyousuke: [walking home from school]
  That's gonna be tough...        TAIHEN     da yo na--
                                  difficult  be
                                  ___
  I'm not athletic enough         ore  sonna         ni   UNDOUSHINKEI
  for that, and...                I    that-kind-of (IO)  motor-nerves

                                  ii    ho--          ja nai  shi...
                                  good  (comparison)  be-not  and/consider

  ...I don't have the             KONJOU       mo   nai  shi...
  determination...                spirit/guts  too  not  and

  Well, I guess it'll be          ma--  tekito--         ni   HASHIttereba
  okay if I just run it out...    well  competent-to-do (IO)  if-be-running

                                  ii ka......
                                  passably-well

3
Kyousuke:
  And I'll be running together    sore ni   AYUKAWA to ISSHO    ni
  with Ayukawa...                 moreover  together-w/Ayukawa (IO)

                                  HASHIreru      n da     shi..........
                                  to-be-running  (explan) consider

  Ah, wait!                       ha  MAte yo_!

4
[Kyousuke pauses to visualize the scene in panel 292-6.]
girl #2: [flashback]
  But I wonder if she'll          demo  ano HITO     DEru    kashira
  show up.                        but   that-person  emerge  I-wonder

  She's a selfish person          TAIIKU-SAI ni wa   ima made   KAO mo
  who has never even shown        at-ath-fest   (T)  until-now  even-face
  her face at an athletics
  festival.                       DAshita  koto nai  KATTE na HITO yo
                                  exposed  nothing   selfish-person

5
Kyousuke:                          ______
 (Sure enough, everyone           (kurasu no minna   tte  yappari
  in class misunderstands          everyone-in-class (T)  sure-enough
  Ayukawa.)
                                  AYUKAWA no koto  GOKAI shite-ru    yo na)
                                                   be-misunderstanding

6
[View from down-the-street as Kyousuke walks away.]
narration:
  No one understands her          minna AYUKAWA no koto yoku  wakattenai
  well!                           everyone              well  not-understand

                                  n da!
                                  (explan)

Kyousuke:                                                  _
  All right.  I'm going to        yo--shi    minna     o   a_
  make everyone say "wow"!                   everyone (O)  "ah!"

                                  to iwasete-yaru_!
                                  to-make-(someone)-say-that-(give-favor)

sign on pole:
  Fujita Store                    FUJITA SHOUTEN

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p 294 (78)

1
[Exterior shot of ABCB.]
Madoka: [off]
  Forget it!                      DEnai!
                                  not-taking-part

2
[A resolute Madoka wipes a plate.]

3
[She works behind the counter.  Kyousuke stands at the counter.]
Kyousuke:
  Wh-why?                         do do--shite?

Madoka:
  That's none of your             atashi no  KATTE            desho
  business.                       my         own-convenience  poss-be

4
Madoka:
  But why are you trying so       demo  nan-de  sonna ni         atashi o
  hard to get me to run?          but   why     in-that-kind-of  me    (O)

                                  HASHIrasetai no
                                  want-to-run

5
Kyousuke: [blushing]
  That...  That is...             sono...  tsumari

[Madoka looks expectantly at him, blushing very slightly.]

narration:
  I want to run together          AYUKAWA to ISSHO    ni  HASHIritai   n da
  with Ayukawa.                   together-w/Ayukawa (IO) want-to-run (explan)

6
Kyousuke: [lowering his gaze]     ______
  I think that some of your       kurasu no minna   tte  AYUKAWA no koto
  actions are being               everyone-in-class (T)  your-matter
  misunderstood by everyone
  in class.                       GOKAI shite-ru    tokoro ga  aru
                                  be-misunderstood  but        there-is

                                  to OMOu        n da
                                  to-think-that  (explan)

  That's why, if you run...       da kara     AYUKAWA ga  HASHIreba......
                                  that's-why         (S)  if-run

[Madoka's eyes widen...]

7
Kyousuke: [embarrassed, with forced grin]
  Isn't it to your own            ne JIBUN no            tame     ja nai ka
  benefit?  So let's run!            one's-own-personal  benefit  is-not (?)

                                  HASHIro--         yo_!
                                  run-(imperative)

8
[Madoka looks at him with a slightly hurt look.]

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1
Madoka:
  That sort of thing doesn't      sonna koto..........
  matter to me either way...      that-kind-of-thing

                                  do-- demo i--          wa yo
                                  not-matter-either-way

  I've said this before...        MAE ni  mo   itta desho
                                  before  too  this-be-said

  Such things don't cross         nan-to mo  OMOttenai tte...
  my mind...                      even-that  not-thinking-about

2
Madoka: [exploding, gaze lowered]
  Well!  If it's like that,       yareyare  sonna koto nara
  then I refuse!                  oh-boy!   if-it's-that-kind-of-thing

                                  o-kotowari     yo!
                                  (hon)-refusal

  Once more, I...                 atashi wa mata...
                                  I     (T) again

3
Kyousuke: [flinching back, wide-eyed]
 "Once more..." what?             mata...  nani?

4
[Madoka facial portrait--slight blush, slightly lost look.]

5
[Kyousuke facial portrait--wide-eyed and clueless.]

6
[Madoka leans over the counter to get in his face.  Kyousuke, eyes bulging,
 sways back under the onslaught.]
Madoka:
  Anyway!  I'm saying it's        tonikaku!   atashi ga ii    tte itte-ru
  fine.                           anyway      I     (S) fine  be-saying-that

                                  n da kara
                                  (for-that-reason)

  And that's all!                 sore de   i--   ja nai
                                  and/then  okay  that's-not

  Thanks but no thanks for        so-- yatte       oshitsukerareru
  forcing that on me!             doing-like-that  be-compelled

                                  notte               gomen da  wa_!
                                  feeling-like-doing  be-sorry

7
[Madoka turns her back to him, and goes back to wiping dishes.]
Kyousuke FX:                      ______
    

8
Kyousuke: [angry, with gaze lowered]
  Stubborn.                       hesomagari
                                  perverseness/having-a-crook-in-one's-
                                                                character

Madoka:                           ___
  Hmphh!  Pretending so hard      fun   majime       burikKO!
  to be a serious boy!                  seriousness  manner-boy-(trying-to-be)
                                                     

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1
[Kyousuke facial portrait--irritated.]

2
[Madoka facial portrait--irritated.]

3
Kyousuke: [pausing at the door for a parting shot]
  Fine.                           i-- yo

  Do as you please!               KATTE ni shiro yo
                                  do-as-you-please-(imperative)
                                  ___
  I, on the other hand, can       ore hitori      no ho-- ga
  run freely when I'm alone!      I   one-person  (comparative)

                                  kaette           nobinobi
                                  on-the-contrary  free-from-care

                                  HASHIreru  yo!
                                  be-running

Madoka: [angrily]
  Then fine.  Please do your      ja    se--ze--
  best to take first place!       then  try-to-the-best-of-one's-ability

                                  ICHI-I     demo          totte    -kudasai!
                                  1st-place  or-something  take/get  please

4
Kyousuke:
  All right.                      wakatta yo
                                  understood

  First place would be fine.      ICHI-I     toreba   i--   n desho
                                  1st-place  if-take  fine  (poss-explan)

door FX:                          _____
                          karan

5/6
[In panel 5, Kyousuke stands outside ABCB, his back to the closed door.  He
 sweats and looks to have cooled his anger.  In panel 6, Madoka stands with
 arms crossed, still looking peeved.]
narration:
  That stubborn...                ano   wakarazuYA----
                                  that  obstinate-person

7/8
[In panel 7, Kyousuke walks down the street.]
narration:
  But...                          demo----

8/9
[In panel 8, Madoka looks a little worried perhaps, and slightly hurt.]
narration:
  ...a strange stubbornness...    hen na   IJI        wa tte----
                                  strange  obstinacy

9
Kyousuke: [sweating, walking away, still just outside ABCB]
  What's more, what was           sonoue       ICHI-I ni naru     nan-te
  I doing, talking about          what's-more  getting-1st-place  etc.
  winning the race.
                                  itchatte            do--  shiyou
                                  (=itte-shimatte)    what  poss-do
                                    saying-(finality/regret)

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1
[Kyousuke, in "Converse" warmups, jogs out the school entrance.]
narration:
  The next day, after school...   YOKUJITSU  HOUKAGO---
                                  next-day   after-school-is-over

sign: [top kanji blocked from view]
  ryou Secondary School      ...RYOU           GAKUEN  CHUUTOU
  Section                         ...imperial-tomb  school  secondary-grade

                                  BU
                                  section

2
[A street-level view looking up at some tall buildings.]
Kyousuke: [off]                   ________
  Starting from the playground    guraundo kara
  and leaving school, I           beginning-from-playground
  pass through the street         ________
  in front.                       suta--to shite  GAKKOU o DEte
                                  starting        leaving-school

                                  MAE no TOUri     o   nukeru
                                  street-in-front (O)  go-thru

  All the way through, I found    kono aida        wa   HITODOUri
  that pedestrian traffic was     all-through-this (T)  pedestrian-traffic
  too heavy to allow me to use
  the Power to teleport.          mo    OUku         _CHIKARA_ o
                                  even  abundantly   (kanji = NOURYOKU)
                                                      Power   ability

                                  TSUKAtte  hito_tobitte
                                  using     person-flying/jumping
                                            i.e.,-teleport

                                  wake ni wa ikanai
                                  cannot-very-well

  Too heavy even to easily        amari ni mo   HITOME       ni
  escape public view.             too-much-too  public-gaze (IO)

                                  tsuki-yasui
                                  easily-strike-against

3
[He runs past a public restroom near a park.]
Kyousuke:
  If I'm going to do that         da to sureba  kono HEN            da!
  then I should check out         if-do-this    this-vicinity/side  be
  this area!

Kyousuke FX:                      ___ ___
                     ta_ ta_

4
Kyousuke:                              _____
  If I rush into this             kono toire   ni   kakekomeba..........
  restroom...                     this-toilet (IO)  if-rush-into

5
[He stops to peer into the restroom--the ladies' side.  From the street,
 Hikaru spots him.]

6
Hikaru: [off]
  SEMPAAAI!!                      sempa~~i_!!

[Kyousuke nearly jumps out of his skin.]

Kyousuke heartbeat FX:            _____
                          doki_

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1
[Full-portrait pic of Hikaru standing in school uniform and holding her
 schoolbag.]
Hikaru:
  What are you doing?!            nani  shite  n desu   ka--_?
                                  what  doing  (explan) (?) !?

2
Kyousuke: [forcing a grin, acting nonchalant]
  Nothing really...  Ha ha.       betsu ni......  ha ha
                                                         _____
  Truly, this is a splendid       jitsuni       rippa na toire        da na
  restroom.                       truly/indeed  fine/splendid-toilet  be

  And what an entrance, too!      kono IRIKUCHI ga   nan-to      mo
                                  this-entrance (S)  what!/how!  too

  Also...                         mata...

Hikaru: [interrupting]
  That's the women's side.        soko        JOSEIYOU         desu yo
                                  that-place  for-ladies'-use  is

3
Kyousuke: [stopping short, blushing]
  Oh...  Right.                   a...soo

crows-in-background FX:
  

4
Hikaru: [clasping him by the hands]
  Congratulations!                omedeto--        gozaimasu_!
                                  congratulations  (formal-form)

Hikaru:                                ____ _______
  You're in the 10-km marathon,   #10# kiro marason      DEru
  aren't you!                     10-kilometer-marathon  take-part-in

                                  n desu    tte        ne_!
                                  (explan)  (hearsay)  (right?)

5
Hikaru:
  I'm sure you'll take first      kitto   SEMPAI nara     machigai naku
  place without fail!             surely  if-it's-Sempai  without-fail

                                  ICHI-I     da wa--_
                                  1st-place  be

Kyousuke: [highly embarrassed]                  ______
  No...  That...  Ha ha ha.       iya--  sonna  hahaha

6
Hikaru:
  But, this is great!             demo...   erai na--
                                  but       excellent!/great!

  You have so much athletic       SEMPAI hodo           no UNDOUSHINKEI no
  ability, yet you're still              to-this-extent 's motor-nerves 's
  training...
                                  MOchiNUSHI       demo
                                  possessor/owner  or-something
                                                     ___________
                                  sono tame-ni       tore--ningu shite-ru
                                  that-benefit/sake  be-training

                                  nan-te
                                  etc.



Kyousuke: [glancing off to the side]    _____
 (Yeah,  to rush        (kono toire   ni   kakekomu
  into this restroom...)           this-toilet (IO)  to-rush-into
                                                   __
                                  tame          no ne...)
                                  in-order-to     (confirmation-stressed)

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1
Hikaru:
  But, even if you come in        demo...  tatoe ICHI-I ni natte mo
  first your class won't          but      even-if-come-in-first
  benefit from the marathon       ______
  --so why the heck did you       kurasu no tame ni wa  naranai
  feel like entering?             class's-benefit  (T)  not-getting
                                  _______
                                  marason   nan-ka    ni
                                  marathon  somewhat (IO)

                                  doushite  mata  DEru
                                  why       also  to-enter

                                  KI ni nan-ka natta  n desu    ka?
                                  felt-somewhat-like  (explan) (?)

2
[Kyousuke considers this...]

3
[...thinking deeply upon it...]

4
Kyousuke:
  Why...  Well, if anything...    doushite tte......  maa   shiite ieba
                                  why      (T)        well  if-anything

5
[Shot through a fish-eye lens at the sky--trees, streetlamps and some
 buildings are also visible.]
Kyousuke: [off]
  I guess it's for a certain      aru HITO         no tame..........ka na
  someone's sake...               a-certain-person 's sake          I-wonder

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p 300 (84)

1
Kyousuke: [embarrassed and laughing it off]
  What am I saying!               nan   chatte
                                  what  (= itchatte)
                                        (= itte-shimatte)
                                           saying-(finality)

Kyousuke:                         ______            ____               __
  Ha ha ha.  For a moment         hahaha  chotto    kiza    deshita    ne!
  there, I was being a                    a-little  showy/conceited   (right?)
  little melodramatic, huh?!                                was

2
[Looking at Hikaru's dewy eyes, Kyousuke is aghast...]
Hikaru FX:
                         uttori

3
[She springs at him.]
Hikaru:                                                           __
  It's like that after all!       yappari    so--       datta  no ne!
                                  after-all  like-that  was

  I've been earnestly longing     atashi  sono kotoba  _MAJI_
  for those very words!           I       those-words  (kanji = HONKI)
                                                                earnestness

                                  matte-ta           n desu!
                                  was-waiting-(for)  (explan)

Hikaru FX:                        ____
                            zui_
                                  zunzun = rapidly/fast

4
Hikaru:
  SEMPAI, I LO-O-O-OVE YOU!!      SEMPAI da~~~iSUki!!
                                         great-fondness-for

[She leaps into him and they fall into a bush.]

Kyousuke and Hikaru FX:           _____
                         zusa_
                                  zusan = careless/slipshod

old man:
  Oh!                             o_

5
[A huge crowd gathers.  All are astonished by what they hear emanating from
 the bush.]
Kyousuke: [off]
  W-wait a minute, Hikaru-chan!   chi chotto hikaru-chan!

crowd:
  HUUUHHH?                        o~~i

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p 301 (85)

1
[Madoka leans back against the school building, talking to Hikaru.]
Madoka:                                                  ____ _______
  What?!  Kasuga-kun is           e_  KASUGA-kun ga #10# kiro marason
  training for the 10-km                        (S)  10-kilometer-marathon
  marathon?!
                                  no tame no TOKKUN o?!
                                  's sake 's (go-through)-special-training

2
Madoka:
  No way...                       masaka..........

3
Hikaru:
  He really is.                   HONTOU desu yo

  Running without saying a        mokumoku to        HASHItte-yuku
  word--Sempai is so cool...      with-silence/mute  running-(process-of)

                                  SEMPAI tte  kakko yokatta na--
                                         (T)  cool/stylish

4
Madoka:
  Hmm...                          soo...

5
Hikaru: [winking]
  Still, the athletics            iyoiyo              ashita    desho
  festival is tomorrow.           still/all-the-more  tomorrow  poss-be

                                  TAIIKU-SAI
                                  athletics-festival

  In order for Sempai to          atashi ashita    wa  SEMPAI ni  ICHI-I    o
  come in first, tomorrow         I      tomorrow (T)        (IO) 1st-place(O)
  I'll make him a super-deluxe,
  stamina-boosting bento     totte-morau            tame ni
  lunch!                          receiving-(get-favor)  in-order-to
                                                ________
                                  totteokino    sutamina  BENTOU
                                  super/deluxe  stamina   box-lunch

                                  tsukutte ageru        n da--  _!
                                  to-make-(give-favor)  (explan)!!

6
Hikaru: [leaving]
  Bye now.                        ja kore de

7
Hikaru: [stopping, with a tickled-pink look on her face]
  Oh, that's right.               a sou sou
                                                        _______
  When I asked Sempai why he      SEMPAI ni   doushite  marason   nan-ka
  was participating in the              (IO)  why       marathon  somehow
  marathon...
                                  DErukatte      kiitara    ne
                                  participating  when-asked

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p 302 (86)

1
Hikaru: [eyes closed in joy]
  ...he said it's for a           aru HITO         no tame  nan datte!
  certain someone's sake!         a-certain-person 's sake  that-is

2
[Madoka's eyes grow wide.]

3
Hikaru: [racing off, fist raised in the air]
  I'm so happy...                 ureshii na--

  To think he likes me that       sonna         ni   atashi no koto
  much!                           that-kind-of (IO)  about-me

                                  OMOtte-kurete-ru            nan-te
                                  to-be-thinking-(get-favor)  how!

  ONWARD to make the bento!       o--shi  bento--  tsukuru  zo
                                  push             to-make  (strong-insist.)

4
[Madoka facial portrait--considering this bit of news.]

5
[View pans back to show her leaning back against the building, deep in
 thought.]

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p 303 (87)

1
[Shot of some kids cheering, standing under a canopy outside on school
 grounds.]
narration:
  Then finally, it was the        soshite   iyoiyo   TAIIKU-SAI
  day of the athletics            and-then  finally  athletics-festival
  festival...
                                  TOUJITSU----
                                  the-appointed-day

2
[The 80-meter hurdles...]

3
[The ever-popular eating-a-donut-that-dangles-on-a-string-without-using-
 your-hands track-and-field event...  Well, it's probably not a donut, but
 you get the idea...]

4
[View of a bento feast.]
bento FX:                         ______
                         zura~~
                                  zurari = in-a-row

5
[They stand in a classroom, Hikaru's bento spread out on a desk.]
Kyousuke: [aghast]
  Ehhh!  Eat all of this?!        e----_   kore   ZEMBU     TAberu no_?!
                                       !   these  entirely  to-eat

Hikaru: [smiling]
  Exactly.  Because I want        so_   SEMPAI ni wa  zettai ICHI-I ni natte
  to be absolutely sure you         !         (IO/T)  absolutely-getting-1st
  come in first!
                                  hoshii  n desu mono_!
                                  desire  is-the-reason

6
Hikaru: [tickled with joy]
 (This is how a wife helps        (kore ga   NAIJOU            no KOU  tte
  out.)                            this (S)  one's-wife's-help 's assistance

                                  mono   nan   da wa)
                                  thing  what  be

7
Hikaru: [feeding him]             ______                 ______
  Turtle soup, garlic and         suppon              no su--pu  ni
  yam salad, liver and leeks,     soft-shelled-turtle 's soup   (IO)
  and vitamin-fortified miso      _______                  ______
  soup.                           ninniku to   YAMAimo no  sarada
                                  garlic  and  yam     's  salad
                                  ____        ____
                                  nira        reba   itame  soshite
                                  chive/leek  liver  fried  and-then
                                  _______
                                  yunkeru         ko--te--   EKI   no
                                  herbal-vitamin  ?a-march?  juice 's

                                  omiotsuke
                                  miso-soup

Hikaru:
  Say "ah"...                     a--n

Kyousuke:
 (S-somehow I also feel a bit     (na nan-ka    chotto    chigau
  different...)                       somewhat  a-little  different

                                  KI mo suru       ga...)
                                  also-feel/think

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p 304 (88)

1
[Shot of students in the toss-the-small-balls-into-the-basket-on-a-pole
 contest.]
students:
  Waaahh!                         wa~~~~_

2
[View pans back to show Kyousuke looking on with determination.]

3
Kyousuke: [holding a strip of cloth in his hands]
 (Now that that's over...)        (are       ga   owareba     iyoiyo......)
                                   that(one) (S)  if-be-over  finally

announcer: [off]                       ____ _______
  Participants in the 10-km       #10# kiro marason ni   SHUTSUJOU suru
  marathon, please meet in        10-km-marathon   (IO)  to-participate
  front of the gymnasium.
                                  SENSHU wa   TAIIKUKAN-MAE ni
                                  player (T)  in-front-of-gymnasium

                                  SHUUGOU shite  kudasai
                                  meeting        please

4
[Kyousuke ties the cloth around his forehead.]
announcer: [off]                                       ____ _______
  I repeat.  Participants in      kurikaeshimasu  #10# kiro marason ni
  the 10-km marathon...
                                  SHUTSUJOU no SENSHU wa

5
[Exterior shot of ABCB.]

6
[Inside, Madoka, dressed in jeans and T-shirt, sits at the counter, studying.]

7
[She looks up from her book.]

8
[View shifts to a point behind her.  We see that she's looking out the window.]

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p 305 (89)

1
[View looking down at the marathon runners gathering at the starting line.]

2
[Kyousuke takes a deep breath.]
starter: [off]
  Take your positions.            ICHI      ni tsuite
                                  position  concerning

Kyousuke:
  Phew!                           fuu_

3
[He smiles and waves to his sisters, who cheer from the side.]
Kurumi:
  Do your best, oniichan!         gambatte ne--_ oni--chan

4
[Hand still raised in a wave, his smile slowly fades...]

5
[View of Madoka's book on the ABCB counter.  She's no longer there.]

6
[A pair of legs comes into view on the track surface.]

7
[Kyousuke is speechless.]

8
[A very fit and shapely lower body, in shorts and T-shirt, comes into view.]

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p 306 (90)

1
[Full portrait of Madoka, in a panel that runs down the entire right side of
 the page.  She walks toward us with a very tiny smile on her face and a
 headband on her head.  She sure changed out of her jeans and T-shirt in
 a hurry!]

2
starter pistol FX:                ___
                            don

3
[The students begin running...]

4
[Well, all except for Kyousuke and Madoka, who stand and look at each other.]

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p 307 (91)

1
[Kyousuke facial portrait--surprise hasn't quite worn off yet.]

2
[Madoka facial portrait--gaze slightly downcast, slightly sad.]

3
[Madoka gives a stern look as she starts running, and pushes him aside with
 her hand.]
Madoka:
  Hey!  C'mon, everyone's         hora_  moo  minna  itchatta          ja nai
  gone already.                   look!  already     (= itte-shimatta)
                                              everyone  gone-(finality/regret)

Madoka push FX:                   ___
                             pon

4
[Kyousuke is jarred into action.]

5
[He runs to catch up to her.  Madoka looks at him out of the corner of her
 eye.]

6
[Their classmates stand together and watch.]
Komatsu:
  What...!  Isn't that            are~~_   AYUKAWA ja nai ka?!
  Ayukawa?!

girl:
  Really.  I wonder what          honto   do-- yu--     KAZE no fukimawashi
  caused this?                            what-kind-of  developments

                                  kashira
                                  I-wonder

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p 308 (92)

1
[View of Madoka's and Kyousuke's legs as they run side-by-side.]

2
[Madoka looks over at Kyousuke, but Kyousuke stares straight ahead.]

3
[They look at each other.]
Madoka:                           ________
  Falling behind at the           suta--to kara   konna         ni
  start like this makes           from-the-start  this-kind-of (IO)
  finishing in first
  impossible.                     okurecha        totemo  ICHI-I  wa  muri ne
                                  (= okurete wa)  possible  (T)  imposs.
                                     falling-behind       1st-place

4
Madoka:
  Can I ask you one thing?        demo  hitotsu      kiite   ii?
                                  but   one-(thing)  asking  okay

5
Madoka: [smiling]
  You're running for a certain    aru HITO no tame         ni   HASHIrutte...
  someone's sake...               a-certain-person's-sake (IO)  running

  Whose?                          DARE no koto?

[Kyousuke blushes slightly.]

6
[Madoka facial portrait--she looks over at him with a gentle smile.]

7
[Kyousuke facial portrait--he looks back, and considers what to say.]

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p 309 (93)

1
Kyousuke: [smiling]
  Of course...                    mochiron..........

2
[But he suddenly seizes up.]
Kyousuke FX:                      __
                          u_

3
Kyousuke: [clutching his stomach]
 (Wh-what's this?  Somehow my     (na nan da      nan-ka  HARA no CHOUSHI ga
  stomach feels strange!              what's-this somehow stomach's-condition

                                  okashii  zo
                                  strange (strong-insistence)

  It's that lunch Hikaru-chan     sakki               hikaru-chan ga
  just fed me!)                   a-little-while-ago              (S)

                                  kureta BENTOU     da na--_!)
                                  gave   box-lunch  be

[Madoka looks on in surprise.]

4
[At the finish line, a boy from classroom 3-C breaks the tape.  In second
 place is a boy from 2-B.  No sign at all of either 3-A runners...]
crowd FX:
                           wa--_

5
[At the restroom, Madoka leans back against the entrance, waiting.  In triple
 corner insets we see Kyousuke's face looking pale and sweaty, Madoka's face
 looking irked and sweaty, and Hikaru back at school, looking perplexed...]
Kyousuke:                         _____
  I feel sick!                    kakko wari--_!
          look-uncool

Madoka:
  ..........!                     ..........!

Hikaru:
  What happened to Sempai...      do--  shita  n daro         SEMPAI...
                                  what  did    (poss-explan)

  It's already the closing        HEIKAI-SHIKI        na noni......
  ceremonies...                   closing-ceremonies     though

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