Kimagure Orange Road
"The Two Who Couldn't Go Back"
Volume 18, Story 6
WB Volume 10, Story 13
Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi
Translation by : Tonghyun Kim (7 Nov 1992)
Additional translation & full-script typesetting by : Craig Nishida
Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose
Craig Nishida
Alan Yue
Bart Bonneau
Last revision : 09-22-95
Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? Please send them to:
kor-trans@gnu.ai.mit.edu
NOTE: WBp#'s are printed first, Normal manga pages in parentheses()
NOTE: Translation is done from both the WB and normal manga, so there may
be a few extras to those of you not having both.
Example: The subtitles on page 245 (107) are only in the WBs!
NOTE: The wideban version of this chapter contains 4 additional pages not
found in the original manga.
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p 245 (107)--TITLE PAGE
[Exterior shot of ABCB.]
MAIN TITLE (at top)
The Two Who Couldn't Go KAErenai futari
Back can't-return 2-people
SUB-TITLE (at bottom)
The Town's Little Coffee OMOiDE ippai tsumatte-ru
Shop That Is Stuffed Full memory full-of is-being-crammed
of Memories...
MACHI no CHIIsana KISSATEN...
town 's small coffee-shop
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p 246 (108)
1
[View up at trees, sky and sun.]
2
[Exterior shot of a travel agency.]
sign: [vertical] ______
...rist ...risuto
sign: [horizontal] ___________
Japan Tourist NIHON tsu--risuto
3
[Manami portrait. She looks back at us, without her glasses on.]
Manami:
I'd like to reserve an KOUKUU-KEN no ZASEKI YOYAKU
airline ticket, please! airline-ticket 's seat reservation
o-NEGAi shimasu!
please
4
[Pov shifts. She stands at the center of a long counter, being helped by a
woman wearing glasses. Manami wears a sleeveless dress with a short skirt.
To her left is another girl being helped.]
Manami:
A round-trip to Hokkaido. o--fuku de HOKKAIDOU hitori
on-round-trip one
Yes... It's for my father. ee... CHICHI no desu
yes father (nom) is
sign:
10-day Okinawa Tour OKINAWA no TABI 10 HI-AI
's tour 10-day-interval
5
[Manami looks to her left.]
Madoka: [off]
It's Ayukawa Madoka... AYUKAWA madoka desu......
6
[Madoka stands to Manami's left and talks to the agent who is off-panel.]
Madoka: _rosuanjeresu_
To Los Angeles on the 20th. 20-KA kara #LA#
Yes... One. ee... hitori
Manami:
(Huh... Ayukawa-san...!) (are... AYUKAWA-san...!)
brochure: _______
America amerika
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p 247 (109)
1
Madoka: _____
No... A one-way ticket will ie... kippu wa KATAMICHI de
be fine. no ticket (T) by-one-way
kekkou desu
enough is
Yes... It's for myself. ee... atashi HONNIN desu
yes I self is
2
Manami:
Mado... mado...
3
[Manami pauses.]
narration:
Hm...? One way ticket?! n...KATAMICHI tte?!
4
[Madoka turns.]
Madoka:
Oh! ara!
Manami:
... Hello. ...konnichi wa
5
[View looking up at buildings, trees and sky.]
Manami: [off] _______
Are you taking a trip to amerika e RYOKOU desu ka?
America? to-America traveling are (?)
6
Manami: [smiling]
Again... To see your mata... go-RYOUSHIN no moto e...?
parents...? again parents go-back-to
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p 248 (110)
1
[A view up some stairs.]
Manami: [off] _____
But, it's just a one-way demo kippu KATAMICHI dake da
ticket... but ticket one-way just is
nante......
the-likes-of
2
[Madoka stares at the ground.]
3
Manami:
Is it a long trip this NAGAi n desu ka?! KONKAI wa
time?! long (nom) is (?) this-time (T)
4
Madoka:
Yeah... I might not come sou... mo-- kaette-konai
back at all. any-more not-come-and-return
__
ka mo ne
maybe
Manami: [merrily]
C'mon-n-n! You're kidding ya da----_ mata jo--dan o
again. again joke (O)
5
[Smiling and chatting, Madoka and Manami walk through the park.]
6
[Manami's pov of Madoka, who looks at the ground, pensive.]
7
[Manami's pov. Madoka looks back.]
Madoka:
Say... Manami-chan. nee... manami-chan
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p 249 (111)
1
Madoka: [off] _______
About me going to America... atashi ga amerika e iku tte koto...
I (S) to-America go (T) (nom)
I don't want you to tell mada DARE ni mo Iwanai de hoshii
anyone yet... yet to-anyone don't-tell want
n da...
(explan)
2
[Manami's pov. Madoka looks pensive again.]
3
Manami:
Huh? ha?
4
[Madoka claps her hands together before her.]
Madoka:
Please! o-NEGAi ne!
Manami:
S-sure! ha...hai_!
5
Madoka: [off]
School begins tomorrow! ashita kara GAKKOU ne!
from-tomorrow school
____
I wonder if Kasuga-kun KASUGA-kun chanto zemi ukete-ta
sat in on the seminars properly seminars was-taking
as he should have?
no ka na?
(nom) I-wonder
Manami: [off]
Ah, well... a sore ga...
Oniichan, as usual... oni--chan aikawarazu
6
Madoka: [off]
I wonder if Kasuga-kun will KASUGA-kun DAIGAKU ikeru no
be able to go to college?! college can-go (nom)
ka na--?!
I-wonder
Manami: [off] _ __ __
Ah ha ha! I have no idea. a ha ha shirimasen
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p 250 (112)
1
[The top panels of this page and the next form a panoramic view of several
buildings at Kouryou school.]
narration:
Summer break ended, and NATSU YASUmi ga akete
an incident occurred at summer-break (S) be-over-(and)
school.
GAKKOU de wa hitotsu no JIKEN ga
at-school (T) one-incident (S)
okotte-ita
was-occurring
2
[View down a hallway.]
narration:
A teachers' meeting was SHOKUIN SHITSU de wa awatadashiku
hurriedly held in the in-faculty-room (T) hurriedly/in-a-flurry
faculty room...
SHOKUIN KAIGI ga hirakare...
faculty-meeting (S) is-opened/held
sign:
Faculty Room SHOKUIN SHITSU
3
[Exterior shot of a school building.]
narration:
Various rumors flew about SEITO no AIDA de wa ironna uwasa ga
among the students... among-student (T) various rumor (S)
tobikai......
fly-about
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p 251 (113)
1
[The left half of the previous page's first panel.]
2
[Several students chatter away in a classroom.]
narration:
It was now the sole topic GAKKOU-CHUU ga IMA sono WADAI de
of conversation at school. within-school (S) now in-that-subject-
(of-conversation)
mochikiri datta
sole-topic was
3
narration:
But... shikashi...
4
[Kyousuke sits at his desk.]
narration:
I never imagined that things masaka konna koto ni naru
would turn out like this... impossible turn-into-this-kind-of-thing
nante...
the-likes-of
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p 252 (114)
1
[Komatsu and Hatta approach Kyousuke, who is deep in thought. Komatsu turns
to Hatta.]
Komatsu:
Hey, have you heard?! oi ki--ta ka yo!
hey heard (?)
2
Komatsu: ____________
The story is that many ikutsu-mo no GEINOU purodakushon
show-biz production people many (nom) entertainment-production
want to make Ayukawa a star,
and they're turning up at KANKEI-SHA ga AYUKAWA o
school here! the-persons-concerned (S) (O)
_______
tarento ni shitagatte
want-(3rd-person)-as-talent-(and)
kono GAKKOU ni yatte-kite-ru tte
at-this-school are-turning-up (quote)
HANASHI!
story/talk
3
[Kyousuke portrait.]
4
Komatsu: _________
At any rate, it seems nan demo kono MAE no o--dishon de
they have their eye on at-any-rate on-acc't-of-previous-audition
Ayukawa because of that
audition back then! AYUKAWA no koto ME o tsuketa
about-Ayukawa had-their-eye-on
rashii zee
look-like !
_____
How awesome! sugee naa!
Hatta: _________
You mean the audition that o--dishon yattoki-nagara
never got aired on TV? audition although-do-(for-future-sake)
____
#TV# de onea sarenakatta yatsu darou
on-TV wasn't-aired thing poss-be
5
Komatsu:
But... What's so good shikashi...yoo nande anna
about a girl like Ayukawa? but why like-that
AYUKAWA nanka i-- n darou nee
somewhat good (poss-explan) (rhet)
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p 253 (115)
1
Komatsu: _______
She certainly looks good, aitsu tashika ni rukkusu wa
and her singing--well--it that-girl certainly looks (T)
seemed like she was the
best one at that audition, i-- shi UTA mo maa
but... good and-besides sing too well
_________
ano o--dishon ja ichiban umakatta
at-that-audition-(T) best was-skillfully
yo-- da kedo...
look-as-if but
Hatta:
Then she meets all the ja jo--ken ZEMBU sorotte-ru jan
requirements. then conditions is-all-together
2
[Kyousuke portrait.]
3
[Komatsu raises his forefinger.]
Komatsu:
But... She's a delinquent! demo...aitsu FURYOU da ze
but that-girl delinquent is !
4
[Kyousuke portrait.]
5
[Kyousuke drops his gaze.]
Kyousuke:
In what way? doko ga?
Komatsu:
Eh?! e?!
6
[Exterior shot of a school building.]
Komatsu: [off]
But it was discovered that datte GEN ni GAKKOU ni MUDAN de
she actually appeared at but actually/ without-school's-
the audition without school really permission
permission, and even that _________
she was working part-time o--deshon ni DEta no ga
at ABCB, so now she's at-audition appeared (nom) (S)
suspended from school. ____
bareta no ya
was-discovered (nom) and
_______ _____
abakabu de baito shite-ta
at-ABCB was-doing-part-time-work
____
no made barete aitsu
even-that is-discovered-(and) that-girl
IMA TEIGAKU -CHUU ja nai ka
now suspension within
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p 254 (116)
1
[View looking up at school building, trees and sky.]
narration:
Sure... sou...
Because of that, Ayukawa's sono tame ni AYUKAWA wa IMA
now suspended from for-that-reason (T) now
school...
TEIGAKU -CHUU na n da...
suspension within is (explan)
2
[Kyousuke portrait.]
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p 255 (117)
1
narration: _________
But Ayukawa wasn't the kontesuto ni DEta no wa
only one who entered the in-contest appeared (nom) (T)
contest!!
AYUKAWA dake ja nai darou-- ga!!
only-Ayukawa poss-is-not but
2
[Kyousuke rises, eyes dropped and looking firm.]
Kyousuke: ___
I don't think Ayukawa is ore wa AYUKAWA ga FURYOU da
a delinquent! I (T) (S) delinquent is
to wa OMOtte-nai yo!
not-thinking-that
Kyousuke stand-up FX: _____
suku_
3
[Komatsu waves him away.]
Komatsu:
Well... They say the maa... DEru KUI wa utareru
nail that sticks out is well go-out stake (T) is-struck
hammered.*
tte koto sa
(quote) (nom)
<*Translation note (CN): Literally, Komatsu says "...the stake that emerges
is struck.">
4
[Kyousuke strides out the door.]
Komatsu:
Where are you going, doko iku n da KASUGA?!
Kasuga?! where go (explan)
5
[He looks back over his shoulder.]
Kyousuke:
Well... ......chotto
Ah, tell the teacher I'm a SENSEI ni wa SOUTAI suru
going home early. to-teacher (contrast) leave-school-early
tte ittoite
telling-that-(for-future-sake)
6
[Komatsu and Hatta stand, dumbfounded.]
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p 256 (118)
1
[Hatta stares out the window.]
Hatta: ___
But... Lately, I... demo...ore SAIKIN
but I lately
Can't imagine that Ayukawa AYUKAWA ga FURYOU da to wa OMOenai
is a delinquent... (S) delinquent is can't-think-that
n da kedo naa
(explan) but (rhet)
2
Hatta:
It's true she was pretty tashika ni CHUUGAKU JIDAI wa kekkou
rebellious and always sort certainly jr-high-days (T) quite
of uptight like this during _______
junior high. tsuppatte-te itsu-mo nanka
be-thrusting-away/ always somewhat
rebellious-(and)
________
ko-- piripiri shite-te sa
like-this being-uptight/on-edge
She seemed forbidding and, tottsukiniku so--de JISSAI yoku
in reality, seemed to fight forbidding look-as-if reality often
a lot, too, but... _____
kenka mo shite-ta mitai da kedo
fight too was-doing seems but
3
Hatta:
Perhaps it's just my KI no sei ka mo shirenai ga
imagination, but ever since a-mere-fancy it-may-be but
Kasuga transferred here,
Ayukawa... Has somehow KASUGA ga TENKOU shite-kite IRAI
changed. (S) since-come-and-transferring
AYUKAWA......nanka KAwatta yo na
somehow changed
4
[Hatta turns to look at Komatsu.]
Hatta:
Ayukawa... AYUKAWA tte...
Is actually a better person. motto HONTOU wa i-- yatsu na
more true (T) nice-person is
n ja nai ka
(nom)
5
Komatsu:
How come? nande?
6
Hatta:
Think about it a bit. SUKOshi wa KANGAero yo
a-little (T) think-about
___ _________
*We* took part in that ore-tachi datte ano kontesuto
contest, too! we also that-contest
DEta n da ze
took-part-in (explan) !
Even so, why is it that da no ni nande AYUKAWA
only Ayukawa got suspended? it-is even-though why
hitori dake ga TEIGAKU SHOBUN
only-one (S) suspension punishment
na n da?
is (explan)
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p 257 (119)
1
Hatta: ___
If it was just you and me... oMAE ya ore dattara
you and I if-it-is
We'd have blabbed. shaberu yo na
talk
Saying, out of concern for wagaMI kawaisa ni DEta
ourselves, that it wasn't based-on-love-of-self appeared
only us who appeared. ___
no wa ore-tachi dake
(nom) (contrast) only-us
ja nai tte
is-not (quote)
2
[Komatsu thinks about this.]
3
Komatsu:
All right...! Hatta, come! yoshi...! HATTA koi!
Hatta:
? ?
4
[Hikaru stares back angrily at us.]
Hikaru:
Should we allow this to minna kono mama de i-- no ka?!
go on, everyone?! all if-this-goes-on okay (nom) (?)
5
[Pov shifts. She's glaring at Manami and Kurumi.]
Hikaru:
Madoka-san was the only madoka-san dake ga SEKININ o hikkabutte
one forced to take just-Madoka (S) take-responsibility-
responsibility and got (and)
suspended!
TEIGAKU da nante!
suspension is the-likes-of
Kurumi:
It's not fair! yoku nai!
6
Manami:
Yeah... We should also un... atashi-tachi mo SHOUJIKI ni
openly declare our names. yeah we too honestly/frankly
nanori DEru-beki yo ne
name should-go-out
Hikaru:
All right! Then, it's yoshi! ja kimatta!
settled! all-right then settled/decided
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p 258 (120)
1
[Tight shot of a sign in a hallway.]
Master: [off] ________
Certainly, there is no tashika ni KANOJO ga arubaito
excuse at all for her certainly she (S) part-time-job
breaking the school
regulation prohibiting KINSHI no KOUSOKU o
part-time jobs... prohibition 's school-regulations (O)
YABUtta koto ni
violated above-all/in-particular
BENKAI suru YOCHI wa
make-an-excuse room/margin (T)
arimasen ga...
not-have but
sign:
Principal's Office KOUCHOU SHITSU
2
[The principal's pov of Master.]
Master:
But, since I was aware of sore o SHOUCHI de KANOJO o
that, I had a greater that (O) on-account-of-awareness her (O)
responsibility for having
employed her, kouchou-sensei TSUKAtte-ita watashi no SEKININ
(i.e., principal)! was-employing my-responsibility
no HOU ga OOkii no desu
greater (nom) is
KOUCHOU-SENSEI!
principal
3
[Pov shifts. Master stands before the principal, who sits behind his desk.]
Master:
Please, remove her do--zo IKKOKU mo HAYAku
suspension immediately!! if-you-please at-once/as-soon-as-possible
KANOJO no TEIGAKU o toite-yatte-kudasai!!
her-suspension (O) remove/dismiss-(please)
4
[The principal closes his eyes and thinks.]
principal:
...... ......
5
[He opens his eyes.]
principal:
Responsibility... How are SEKININ tte... do-- torareru no
you going to take it? responsibility (T) how are-taking
desu ka
are (?)
6
Master: [dropping his gaze]
Something like this will KONDO ko-- yu-- koto wa
never ever happen again. next-time this-kind-of-thing (T)
NIDO to itashimasen EIKYUU ni
never-do-again-(humble-form) for-good
So that your school isn't otaku no GAKKOU ni me--waku o kakenai
troubled... to-your-school not-be-a-nuisance
tsumori de...
intention being
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p 259 (121)
1
[Master stares back with firmness.]
Master: _______
ABCB is... abakabu wa...
Closed as of today. KYOU o motte HEITEN itashimasu
by-today close-the-shop
2
[View of the upper level of the Ayukawa residence.]
3
[Looking in through a window, we see Madoka kneeling on the floor, looking
through several books.]
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p 260 (122)
1
[The books are photo albums.]
photo album page FX: _____
para_
2
[A picture of Madoka and Hikaru when they were very young.]
3
[Hikaru, Kyousuke and Madoka playing with a sparkler on the beach in chapter
15.2.]
4
[Kyousuke and Madoka seated together. This was interior art from volume 16
of the regular manga, also found at the back of wideban volume 10.]
5
[A photo of Kyousuke alone.]
6
[Madoka stares down at the pictures.]
narration:
With this, I've come to a atashi wa KONKAI no koto de aru
decision... I (T) by-this-time there-is
KESSHIN ga tsuita......
determination/resolution (S) reached
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p 261 (123)
1
[She removes the solo picture of Kyousuke from the album.]
narration:
And so... da kara...
I won't need this picture kono SHASHIN mo mou......
any more... this-picture too any-more
picture FX: ___
su_
2
narration:
I'm... Weak-willed, after yappari... AMAi na atashi tte......
all... after-all lax/lenient I (T)
3
[Madoka stares up at the ceiling. And because her feelings are bared, so is
her body... Go figure...]
narration:
What was I expecting...? nani o KITAI shite-ta n darou......
what (O) was-expecting (poss-explan)
4
[In the next 3 panels, we get various povs of Madoka sitting on the floor.]
narration:
That someday, something itsu-ka wa kitto NANI-ka ga
would surely change... someday (T) surely something (S)
KAwaru n ja nai ka tte......
change (nom)
5
narration:
...when I wake up one aru ASA ME ga SAmeru to...
morning... one-morning when-become-awake
nante... ne
the-likes-of (rhet)
6
narration:
But... Even if the Almighty demo...tatoe ZENNOU no KAMISAMA ga
God were to resolve this... but even-if omnipotence 's God (S)
toitatte...
even-tho-solve
Even so, the simple math kono itatte
is... this even-tho-there-is
kantan na SANSUU...
simple arithmetic/math
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p 262 (124)
1
narration:
Not...1 + 1 = 3. 1 + 1 = 3 ja......nai
2
[Deep in thought, Madoka hugs her knees against her chest.]
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p 263 (125)
1
[Despondent and framed in the sunlight splashing through the window, she sits
on the floor in the middle of her room, still hugging her knees to her chest.]
narration:
I wish... I hadn't been ONNA nanka ni......
born... A woman... by-woman-or-such
Umarenakya... yokatta......
if-isn't-born was-good
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p 264 (126)
1
phone FX:
#RRR...#
2
Madoka:
Hello...? moshi moshi...?
3
[Isolated shot of her phone.]
Madoka: [off]
...... Huh? You're...?! ...... e?! anata wa?!
4
[Exterior shot of the front gate of the Ayukawa residence.]
5
[Someone presses the doorbell at the gate.]
doorbell FX: ___ _____ ___ _____
pin po--n pin po--n
6
[It's Kyousuke.]
narration:
...... No one's home. ...... DARE-mo inai
7
[He's approached by a couple of men.]
talent scout 1:
Hey, you! yaa KIMI!
____________
Are you her classmate or KANOJO no kurasume--to ka nani-ka?
something? her-classmate or something
8
talent scout 1: [smiling]
Ayukawa Madoka--I wonder KANOJO AYUKAWA madoka doko itchatta
where she's gone?! she where went-(finality)
no ka na--?!
(nom) I-wonder
Do you know? KIMI SHIranai?
you not-know
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p 265 (127)
1
[Another man approaches.]
talent scout 2:
Wait a minute! choi machi!
2
talent scout 2: ___
Ah, I'm from Sun a watakushi san GEINOU no
Entertainment. I entertainment 's
mono desu ga
person am
talent scout 3:
Hey, hey. We were here kora kora uchi ga SAKI da ze!
first! one's-folks (S) first are
talent scout 1:
Ah, I'm a little late, but a mo--shiokuremashita ga
we're from Fujisan Music... was-able-to-send-word but
_______
uchi fujisan ONGAKU to yu--
we music called
3
[Kyousuke glowers.]
4
Kyousuke:
Get outta here!! kaette-kure!!
5
Kyousuke:
Ayukawa's suspended now antara no se-- de IMA
because of you people! because-of-your-(plural)-fault now
AYUKAWA wa TEIGAKU na n da zo!
(T) suspension is (explan) !!
6
Kyousuke: _______
Ayukawa will never be a AYUKAWA wa KASHU ya tarento nante
singer or a talent*!! (T) singer and talent the-likes-of
ZETTAI naranai!!
absoluteness not-become
<*Commentary (CN): "talent," as in "a person of talent.">
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p 266 (128)
1
[Exterior shot of a cafe.]
2
Madoka:
Me...?! A singer? atashi ga...?! KASHU ni nee
.......... ..........
3
[She drops her gaze.]
Madoka:
...... That doesn't sound ...... sore mo... i-- ka mo ne
too bad.
4
[She sits at the counter, next to former idol star Hayakawa Mitsuru. Mitsuru
wears dark glasses.]
Mitsuru:
Really?! sou ka!
___
I was so sure I'd be ore tekkiri KOTOWArareru to OMOtte-kita
turned down... I came-to-feel-quite-certain-that-
be-refused
n da kedo...
(explan) but
So I spoke fast!! ja HANASHI wa HAYAi!!
so talk (T) fast
5
Madoka:
I was wondering what TENKA no HAYAKAWA mitsuru-san ga
Hayakawa Mitsuru, the the-public 's (S)
public figure, wanted
with me... nanno YOU ka to OMOttara...
what-kind-of-business now-that-I-have-
thought
__________
Did your manager ask you mane--ja--san ni tanomareta
to...? Or... by-Mr-manager was-asked
n desu ka... soretomo
(explan) (?) or
6
Madoka: __________
Maybe your playboy blood mata... pureibo--i no CHI ga
has begun to churn again? again playboy 's blood (S)
sawagiDAshita no ka na
began-to-get-agitated (nom) I-wonder
Mitsuru: [sweating]
Hey, hey... oi oi...
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p 267 (129)
1
Mitsuru: [off] ___
I promised Shiori that I'd ore wa shiori to YAKUSOKU shita n da
give up being a playboy I (T) to-Shiori promised (explan)
already. __________
mou pureibo--i wa HENJOU
already playboy (T) give-up
What's more, I'm NOT here sore ni HITO ni tanomareta kara
because someone asked me to. moreover by-person was-asked that's-why
kita to yu-- wake demo nai
came wasn't-for-that-reason
2
[He sips at his drink.]
Mitsuru: ___
I guess... I'm like Salieri ore wa... EIGA "amadeusu" no
in the movie "Amadeus". I (T) movie "Amadeus" 's
_______
sarieri tte toko ka na
Salieri (quote) feature I-wonder
3
[Madoka looks over at him, without expression.]
4
Madoka: [smiling] _______
Oh, Salieri was a more ara sarieri wa motto DORYOKU-KA
industrious and serious Salieri (T) more industrious-man
musician.
de majime na ONGAKU-KA da wa
be-(and) serious musician is
5
Mitsuru: [rising]
Don't make fun of me... chakasanai de kure yo...
don't-make-fun-of-(me)
I'm talking about musical ONGAKU-TEKI SAINOU no koto da
talents. musical talents about is
6
Mitsuru: ___
Anyway, this is all I tonikaku ore ga KIMI ni i--takatta
wanted to say, Ms. Mozart. anyway I (S) to-you wanted-to-say
no wa kore dake da
(nom) (T) just-this is
____________
ONNA mo--tsuaruto-kun
woman Mozart
7
[He turns his back and heads out.]
Mitsuru: _______
It's foolish of me to MIRAI no raibaru ni SHIO o okuru no wa
encourage a future rival... to-future-rival salt (O) bestowing (T)
____
baka da ga...
stupid is but
But everyone in the music ONGAKU GYOUKAI wa sorotte
industry has been saying... music industry (T) all-together
ko-- itte-ita yo
like-this were-saying
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1
[He casts a final glance over his shoulder.]
Mitsuru: _____
...that they want to hear KIMI no boisu o mo-- ICHIDO
your voice once more! your-voice (O) once-more
kiite-mitai tte ne!
want-to-try-and-hear (quote)
2
[She doesn't turn to watch him leave.]
Madoka:
...... I'll think about ...... KANGAete-miru wa
it. think-about-and-see
3
Mitsuru:
Thank you. arigatou
__________
I'll tell my manager. mane--ja-- ni ittoku yo
to-manager say-(for-future-sake)
4
[Mitsuru drives off in his sportscar.]
Madoka: [off]
But... Before that, there demo...atashi sono MAE ni
is something I must do... but I before-that
yaranakereba ikenai koto ga aru...
must-do there-is-something
car FX: _____
vuaun
5
Mitsuru: [off]
I'll be waiting patiently KINAGA ni... mate tte ittoku sa
for your reply. with-patience wait say-that-(for-
future-sake)
6
[Exterior shot of a school building.]
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1
sign:
Principal's Office KOUCHOU SHITSU
principal: [off]
Wait. Now calm down. machinasai maa ochitsuite
wait calm-down
You don't have to go that nani-mo soko made suru
far, Master. anything that-far do
________
koto wa nai masuta--
there-is-no-need-to
2
[The principal opens the door to his office. He and Master look out into the
hall.]
principal:
Please look at that. are o mite-kudasai
that (O) look-(please)
door FX: _____
gacha
3
[Komatsu, Hikaru, Kurumi, Manami and Hatta angrily confront a teacher in the
hall.]
Komatsu:
That's why-y-y! da karaa!
___ _________
We also took part in that ore-tachi mo ano kontesuto ni
contest. we too in-that-contest
DEta n da kara
took-part (explan) that's-why
So please don't suspend AYUKAWA hitori o TEIGAKU ni shinai de
Ayukawa by herself!! 1-person (O) don't-suspend
kudasai!!
please
Hikaru:
That's right. so-- desu
Please suspend all of us!! atashi-tachi ZEN'IN o
we all-the-members (O)
TEIGAKU ni shite-kudasai!!
suspend-(please)
4
Toba-sensei:
That's right. so-- desu
Although I'm a teacher, I watashi mo KYOUSHI nagara
watched that contest, too. I too teacher although
_________
ano kontesuto mimashita
that-contest watched
Why can't students freely SEITO ga JIYUU ni ONGAKU o
enjoy music?! student (S) freely music (O)
TANOshinde naze ikenai!
enjoying why can't-go
principal: [off]
Now, now. Even maa maa TOBA-SENSEI made...
Toba-sensei...
5
principal:
...It's certainly true ...tashika ni SEITO ga MUDAN de
that the topic of students certainly student (S) without-
taking part in the contest permission
without permission was _________
brought up at a teachers' kontesuto ni DEta koto o
meeting... in-contest took-part (nom) (O)
SHOKUIN-KAIGI de toriageta koto wa
in-faculty-meeting took-up (nom) (T)
JIJITSU da ga...
as-a-matter-of-fact is but
But no one decided on any TEIGAKU SHOBUN nado
suspension! suspension punishment or-something
dare-mo kimecha-oran!
anybody not-decided
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1
[Hatta, Hikaru, Komatsu, Manami and Kurumi stare back, blankly.]
Komatsu:
Huh...!?! ha_...?!
2
[As does Master.]
principal: [off]
Ayukawa Madoka-kun phoned AYUKAWA madoka-kun wa JIBUN kara
the school herself and said (T) by-oneself
this!
GAKKOU ni DENWA de kou
to-school be-phoning-(and) like-this
itte-kita n da!
came-to-say (explan)
"I don't want to be a GAKKOU ni MEIWAKU kaketakunai
nuisance to the school, so to-school not-want-to-be-nuisance
please let me be confined
to my home for now." kara shibaraku
that's-why for-the-present
JITAKU KINSHIN sasete-kure tte ne
make-(me)-confined-to-(my)-house (quote)
3
principal: [off]
That is something we're watashira ga IMA MONDAI ni shitoru
discussing now. we (S) now are-calling-into-question
no wa sono koto na n da
(nom (T) that-thing are (explan)
A student deciding something SEITO no KATTE de sonna koto o
like that on her own puts us on-student's-own-accord thing-like-that (O)
in a jam.
kimerarecha komaru
must-not-be-decided
We want her in school as ikkoku mo HAYAku TOUKOU suru you
soon as poss... as-soon-as-possible attend-school
4
Hikaru: [dumbfounded]
Madoka-san... madoka-san ga...
Herself...?! JIBUN kara...?!
5
principal: [off]
I can't very well put our uchi no GAKKOU ga ICHIDO ni konna
school to shame like that, our-school (S) at-once like-this
by suspending this many
students at once... takusan no SEITO o TEIGAKU SHOBUN
plenty-of-students (O) suspension punishment
____
nado sonna haji o sarasu
or-something be-put-to-shame-like-that
wake ni wa ikan shi...
can't-very-well and-besides
_____
And we don't have any data ONGAKU ya baito o shita
just now that says grades music and part-time-work (O) did
get worse because of music
or working part-time. kara tte SEISEKI ga WARUku
that's-why (quote) marks (S) bad
______
natta tte iu de--ta wa ima no
became say-that data (T) now 's
tokoro nai
case not-have
6
principal: [off]
Especially... In TOKU ni... AYUKAWA-kun no BA-AI
Ayukawa-kun's case. especially 's case
On the contrary, and all the GYAKU ni FUSHIGI na koto ni
more strangely, her marks on-the-contrary of-all-the-strange-things
suddenly jumped to the top
of her class after the CHUUTOU-BU SAN-NEN no HARU IGO
spring of her 3rd year in jr-high-section 3rd-year 's spring after
junior high. _____ ______
SEISEKI wa KYUU ni toppu kurasu
marks (T) suddenly top-class
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1
Manami:
.......... ..........
2
[Hikaru contemplates, sadly.]
Hikaru:
Madoka-san... madoka-san...
Confining herself to her JIBUN kara JITAKU KINSHIN da
home... by-oneself confinement-to-home is
nante...
the-likes-of
What could she be nani KANGAete-ru n darou
thinking? what is-thinking-about (poss-explan)
3
[Manami thinks.]
4
Manami: [flashback] _______
To America...? amerika e...?
Madoka: [flashback]
Yeah... I might not come sou... mo-- kaette-konai
back at all. any-more not-come-and-return
__
ka mo ne
maybe
5
[Manami portrait.]
narration:
If I'm not mistaken... atashi no...KANGAe ga
my thinking (S)
machigatte-nakereba...
if-not-mistaken
narration:
Somehow... nan da ka...
I have a bad feeling... iya na YOKAN ga suru...
unpleasant have-a-presentiment
6
[Sayuri stands outside on school grounds.]
Komatsu: [off]
Who the hell was it-t-t! ittai DARE da yo~~~~_!
in-the-world who is
Who's the one tossing around AYUKAWA ga TEIGAKU nante
the false rumor that Ayukawa (S) suspended the-likes-of
was suspended?! ____
dema tobashita YATSU wa~~~~_?!
groundless-rumor flew fellow (T)
Sayuri FX: _____
bikun
7
[She stands and reads "ABC Murders," by Agatha Christie. Knowing Sayuri's
character, this is pretty sinister... She stares nervously over the top of
her open book.]
Sayuri:
.......... ..........
8
[She smiles and returns the wave of Komatsu.]
Komatsu:
Oh! Hey-y-y, Sayuri-chan!! a_ iyo~~_! sayuri-chan!!
Sayuri:
O-ohh, hello. a...ara~~ konnichi wa
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1
[Sayuri grins at the others.]
Sayuri: ____
Hmmph! A false rumor...? fu~~n! dema...nee
Sayuri:
I bet it's because she was kitto KASUGA toka yu-- OTOKO to
flirting around with that surely with-so-called-Kasuga-guy
Kasuga guy.
ichatsuite bakari iru kara yo
only-flirt-with is-there that's-why
Serves that girl right! ano ONNA wa i-- ki mi yo!
that-girl (T) serves-one-right
Sayuri:
Yeah, so I'm the guilty one! do--se atashi ga HANNIN desu yo--!
anyhow I (S) offender am
2
[Split panel. Top, Hikaru, Manami and Kurumi stare back, blankly. Bottom,
so do Komatsu and Hatta.]]
3
[Split panel. Right, Hikaru stares back. Left, Manami looks on, nervously.]
4**
Hikaru:
Hey, what do you mean, nee anata *ano* ONNA tte?
"*that* girl?" hey you *that*-girl (quote)
5**
[Sayuri portrait.]
6**
[Manami looks on with apprehension.]
narration:
..........! ..........!
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1**
Hikaru:
Are you talking about madoka-san..........no koto?
Madoka-san?
2**
Sayuri: [sly smile]
That's right! sou yo!
Oh, don't you know about ara anata ano futari no *KANKEI*
their *relationship*? on you those-two 's relationship
SHIranai no?
not-know (?)
3**
[Hikaru's expression grows dark.]
Hikaru:
Relationship...? KANKEI tte..........?
What do you mean by that? do-- yu-- IMI yo sore
what-kind-of meaning that
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1**
[Sayuri tosses her hair back.]
Sayuri:
*Those* *two* are, y'know... *ano* *futari* wa nee......
*those*-*two* (T) (rhet)
Sayuri:
To tell you the truth... jitsu wa..........
2**
[Hikaru merely stares back.]
3
[Exterior shot of the Kasuga apartment building.]
4
sign:
Kasuga KASUGA
Takashi TAKASHI
Kyousuke KYOUSUKE
Manami manami
Kurumi kurumi
5
[Their front door.]
Kurumi: [off]
Please. Come in, come in! sa-- do--zo HAItte HAItte!
Hikaru: [off]
... Hope I'm not intruding. ... o-jama shimasu
6
[Manami, Kurumi and Hikaru enter the apartment. Manami is staring wide-eyed
at Hikaru, who appears to be tensed-up.]
Manami:
!! !!
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1
[Hikaru and Kurumi lose their composure.]
Hikaru:
HEE-HEE! pu-----_!
__ __ __ __ __
a_ ha ha ha ha
Kurumi:
Your face back then, hikaru-chan no ano TOKI no KAO ttara!!
Hikaru-chan!! (nom) that-time 's face I-tell-
you
__ __ __
ha ha ha
2
[Hikaru and Kurumi hold their sides. Their faces are flushed with laughter.]
Hikaru:
But. But-t-t! datte dattee!
Kurumi:
Ahhhh. My sides are all a~~~~ o-naka no KAWA ga yojire -sou
sore. insides 's skin (S) twist seem
3
[They sit on the living room floor.]
Kurumi:
Why didn't you say hikaru-chan nande itte-yaranakatta
something, Hikaru-chan?! why didn't-say
no yo----_!
(nom)
Hikaru: _________
Because, instead of datte ano KO no kanchigai
getting angry at her because that-girl 's misunderstanding
misunderstanding, I was
amazed... okoru yori mo----_ akirechatte...
than-get-angry being-amazed-(finality)
4
Kurumi:
She didn't know that the HONTOU no KANOJO ga ME no MAE ni
real girlfriend was right real girlfriend (S) before-eyes
there before her eyes!
iru no mo SHIrazu ne--_!
being-there too not-know (rhet)
5
Manami:
.......... ..........
6
Kurumi:
To think that our oniichan uchi no oni--chan to madoka-san ga
and Madoka-san are a our and (S)
couple tied by unbreakable
bonds...! nanko--furaku no KIZUNA de musubareta
impregnable by-bonds were-knotted
_______
kappuru da nante...!
couple are the-likes-of
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1
[Smiling, Hikaru raises thumb and forefinger in the air.]
Hikaru:
Next time I'll tell atashi KONDO madoka-san ni
Madoka-san. I next-time to-Madoka
ittoita ke yo
told-(for-future-sake) ??
I wonder what sort of kono koto madoka-san donna KAO
expression Madoka-san will this-thing what-kind-of-face
make over this?!!
suru ka na--_!!
make I-wonder
Kurumi:
Isn't it obvious? kimatte-ru jan
I'm sure she'll burst into kitto yappari fukiDAshite
laughter and her sides will surely sure-enough burst-into-laughter
ache...
o-naka no KAWA ga...
inside 's skin (S) = seem-twist
2
[Manami looks stricken...]
3
[...and tears pour from her eyes.]
4
[Hikaru is surprised to find Manami hugging her tightly around the neck.]
Manami:
H-Hikaru-chan!! Anything hi hikaru-chan!! sore dake wa yamete
but that! just-that (T) quit
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1
[Manami continues to hug the surprised Hikaru.]
2
Hikaru:
Manami-chan...?! ......?! manami-chan
3
[Wide-eyed, Hikaru blushes slightly.]
Hikaru:
What...? What's this about? nani...? nan no koto?
what about-what
___
Did I say something bad atashi IMA nani-ka iya na koto
just now? I now something unpleasant-thing
itta?
said
4
[Eyes closed, Manami shakes her head.]
5
[She visualizes Madoka.]
Manami:
Nothing... nan ni mo...
narration:
Only... If it goes on like tada... kono mama ja
this, maybe... simply if-this-continues
moshi ka shitara...
maybe
Madoka: [flashback]
I might not come back at mo-- kaette-konai
all. any-more not-come-and-return
__
ka mo ne
maybe
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1
[Manami pulls back, takes Hikaru firmly by the shoulders and stares directly
into her eyes.]
Manami:
Hikaru-chan! hikaru-chan!
2
[Hikaru's pov.]
Manami:
There's... Just one atashi... hitotsu dake hikaru-chan ni
thing I want to ask you, I just-one to-Hikaru
Hikaru-chan.
KIkitai koto ga aru no
want-to-ask there-is-something
3
[The view from inside Kyousuke's empty bedroom. The door slowly opens.]
door FX: _____
kacha
Manami: [off]
Don't come in, Kurumi! kurumi wa konai de!
(T) don't-come
Kurumi: [off] _______
Meanie! Why-y-y?! kechi-- nande--?!
mean/miser why
4
[Manami opens the closet door.]
Manami:
Whenever I clean the closet oni--chan no HEYA no OshiIre ni
in oniichan's room, what 's room 's in-closet
catches my eye is...
itsu-mo so--ji suru to ME ni tsuku
always when-clean catch-eye
n da kedo
(explan) but
door FX: _____
kacha
5
[The red straw hat.]
Manami: [off]
...this. kore......
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1
[Hikaru's pov as Manami holds it up.]
Manami:
Is this hat yours, kono BOUSHI hikaru-chan no?
Hikaru-chan? this-hat 's
2
Hikaru:
...... Huh? No. ...... uun? chigau
3
[Manami drops her gaze. Hikaru has put on the hat and is smiling merrily.]
Manami:
I see... Just as I ...... yappari sou...ka
thought.
Hikaru:
What a pretty straw hat! kawaii MUGIwara bo--shi!
pretty straw hat
4
[In realization, she looks down at the hat in her hands.]
Hikaru:
Huh...? ...are?
5
Hikaru:
Is this... Madoka-san's? kore...... madoka-san no?
6
[Split panel. Right, Manami looks on without expression. Left, Hikaru stares
downward.]
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1
[Manami's pov of the suddenly-worried Hikaru.]
Hikaru:
Why?! Why does Sempai naze?! naze kore SEMPAI ga?!
have this?! why why this (S)
2
Manami:
How do you know...? ......do--shite wakaru no?
how know (?)
That it's Madoka-san's. madoka-san no da tte
's is (quote)
3
[A photo of 11-year-old Madoka, wearing the red straw hat. From the title-
page art to chapter 16.1, "The Happening Kiss!"]
Hikaru: [off]
Because, ever since I was datte CHIIsai TOKI kara...
little... because since-little-time
Whenever I've gone, this iku to itsu-mo ZETTAI kore
has always been hanging in when-go always absoluteness this
Madoka-san's room.
madoka-san no HEYA ni kakatte-ita
in-Madoka's-room was-hanging
n da mon
is-the-reason
After all, back then, it was nantatte HATSUKOI no HITO ni moratta
Madoka-san's most treasured after-all by-first-love-person received
item, which she got from her
first love. ano koro no madoka-san no ICHIBAN no
that-time 's 's best 's
TAKARAMONO datta hazu...
treasured-thing was likelihood
4
Hikaru: [off]
Come to think of it, I've so-- ieba itsu kara ka
been thinking I haven't seen come-to-think-of-it from-sometime
it from some time back...
minaku natta to OMOtte-ita kedo...
not-see became was-thinking-that but
5
[Hikaru stares at the hat held in her hands.]
Hikaru:
As I recall, did it happen ...tashika anta-tachi ga
around the time you as-I-recall you-(plural) (S)
transferred to our school?
TENKOU shite-kita KORO atta
came-and-transferred time happened
kke naa
(?) (rhet)
This?! kore?!
6
[Manami looks back somberly.]
7
Manami:
That... Has been here since sore...oni--chan ga hikkoshite-kita
the day oniichan moved in. that (S) came-and-moved
HI kara koko ni aru no
since-day at-here being-here
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1
Manami:
...... I felt sure all ...... atashi zutto kono BOUSHI
along that this hat was I all-the-time this-hat
something you gave to
oniichan. tekkiri hikaru-chan ga oni--chan ni
<*> (S) to-oniichan
_________
purezento shita mono da
presented thing is
to OMOtte-ita
<*>-was-feeling-quite-certain-that
2
[Flashback pic of Kyousuke wearing the red straw hat.]
narration:
I asked oniichan on the day HAJImete oni--chan motte-kita
he first brought it. the-first-time brought
HI ni ki--ta n da
on-day asked (explan)
____
And then oniichan got soshitara oni--chan sugoku terechatte
awfully embarrassed, and, then awfully embarrassed
as though he were joking,
he said this... soshite JOUDAN no you ni ko-- itta
and/then like-a-joke like-this said
3
[Manami looks up towards the ceiling.]
Manami: ____
"I fell in love with horechatta! ...tte
her...!" fell-for-(finality) (quote)
"But I don't know her name demo NAMAE mo doko no dare-ka mo
or anything else about but name and where 's somebody too
her..."
wakaranai tte...
not-know (quote)
4
[Hikaru reflects and recalls the first time she met Kyousuke. When he caught
Madoka and Hikaru smoking on school grounds.]
narration:
Come to think of it... so-- ieba...
The day I first met Sempai atashi ga HAJImete SEMPAI to Atta HI
is the day he transferred I (S) first met-Sempai day
to our school.
SEMPAI ga TENKOU shite-kita HI da
(S) came-and-transferred day is
Kyousuke: [flashback]
Y-you're the one who gave ki...kimi wa tashika kinou no...
me... you (T) certainly yesterday's
5
Kyousuke: [flashback]
...the hat yesterday. BOUSHI o kureta......
hat (O) gave
6
[Looking a bit nervous, Hikaru stares at the hat again.]
Hikaru:
That's right. The hat. so-- da BOUSHI yo
I'm sure he said "hat" back ano TOKI tashika ni BOUSHI to itta
then. that-time certainly hat said-that
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1
[View of Kyousuke's desk.]
Hikaru: [off]
And then I asked Madoka-san. soshite atashi ga madoka-san ni
and I (S) to-Madoka
KI--ta n da
asked (explan)
Because it seemed Sempai ano TOKI SEMPAI wa madoka-san no koto
knew Madoka-san back then. that-time (T) about-Madoka
SHItte-ru mitai datta kara
is-knowing seemed that's-why
2
[More flashback panels from chapter 1.1.]
narration: _____
"Is he your friend, madoka-san no dachi ka tte
Madoka-san?" 's pal (?) (quote)
Hikaru: [flashback] _____
Eh? Whaaat? Ayukawa-san, e-- nani--- AYUKAWA-san no dachi?
is he your friend? what 's friend
3
narration:
And Madoka-san said... soshitara madoka-san......
Madoka: [flashback]
I wouldn't know a guy like shiranai yo... konna yatsu!
this! not-come-to-know this-kind-of-guy
4
Hikaru:
Madoka-san... Why...? madoka-san... naze...
___
Tell such a lie?! sonna uso o?!
5
[Kurumi suddenly sticks her head in the door.]
Kurumi:
Ahhhh, I know! a---- atashi SHItte-ru!
I am-knowing
You and Madoka-san were hikaru-chan-tachi ano TOKI
smoking then! (and-assoc) that-time
______
tabako sutte-ta n da----!
cigarettes were-smoking (explan)
Manami: [angrily]
Hey-y-y, Kurumi!! koraa kurumi!!
6
[Hikaru covers her face in embarrassment.]
Hikaru:
Please don't say that! sore iwanai de yo!
that don't-say
To think that Sempai... SEMPAI ni...
______
To be seen smoking by the SUki na HITO ni tabako sutte-ru
one I love... by-liked-person is-smoking-cigarettes
toko mirareta nante...
occasion was-seen the-likes-of
____
To be thought of as a gurete-ru to OMOwareta nante
delinquent... is-going-astray was-thought-that or-such
For a girl... ONNA no KO to shite...
in-the-capacity-of-a-girl
7
[Hikaru stops short, pulling her hands slightly away from her face. Her
expression is one of shock and realization.]
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1
[Manami turns her head aside and shuts her eyes.]
Manami:
You weren't the only one so-- OMOtta no
who thought that way, like-that thought (nom)
Hikaru-chan...
hikaru-chan dake ja...nai n da...
just-Hikaru is-not (explan)
2-4
[Hikaru stares downward in shock.]
Hikaru:
...... Can this be... ...... masaka... sonna...?!
Possible...?
5
[Exterior shot of the Kasuga apartment building. Rain is falling heavily.]
Hikaru: [off]
I'm... Leaving!! atashi... kaeru!!
Manami: [off]
Ah! Hikaru-chan! a_ hikaru-chan
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1
[Shot of a freeway underpass. It is night, and the skies continue to pour.]
2
Yuusaku:
.......... Nice to see you yoku kita na hitori de
came alone. well came alone
rain FX: ________
za------
3
[Shin'ichi stares back nervously, a band-aid on one cheek.]
Shin'ichi:
You, too... ...oMAE koso na
you indeed
4
Yuusaku: [defiantly]
I'll say it once more. mo-- ICHIDO iu oMAE hikaru-chan o
Give up Hikaru-chan! once-more say you (O)
akiramero
give-up
5
Shin'ichi:
...... Let's get this over ...... hayai toko yaro-- ze
with fast! fast occasion shall-do !
With this, how many times NANKAI SEN -ME
have we fought? how-many-times battle (ordinal-counter)
da kore de
are with-this
Yuusaku:
Seven times... 7-KAI-ME...
No matter how many times NANDO yatte-mo ONAji koto
we do this, the result will how-many-times no-matter-do same-thing
be the same!!
da zo
is !!
graffiti:
Dipshit, Die!! bakayarou SHInjimae!!
6
Shin'ichi: [off]
I'LL DO IT TILL I WIN!! KAtsu made yaru sa!!
until-win do
fighting FX: _____
doka_
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p 285 (145)
1
[Kyousuke leaves ABCB and runs through the rain.]
Kyousuke FX: _____ _____
bacha bacha
2
[Master looks up.]
Master:
Welcome... irasshai...
door FX: [off] _____
karan
3
[It is Madoka, who stands a bit wobbly at the open door.]
4
[Her face is flushed.]
Madoka:
Sorry. suimasen
________
For being absent several masuta-- NANNICHI-mo MUDAN
days without notice, Master. several-days without-permission
KEKKIN shichatte
being-absent-(finality)
_____
hikku
Madoka FX: _____
fura_
5
[She collapses against Master.]
Master:
Madoka-kun!! madoka-kun!!
Master:
What's the matter?!! do-- shita n da!!
To drink this much... konna ni naru made nonde...
this-much become up-to drinking
6
[He holds her.]
Master:
Hey, hey. I'm not cast for oi oi ko-- yu-- YAKU wa watashi ja
this kind of role. this-kind-of-role (T) by-me
_misukyasuto_
YAKU chigai da yo
mis-cast/wrong-role is
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p 286 (146)
1
[He pours a glass of water.]
Master:
Huh? Didn't you see him? are? Awanakatta no ka ne
huh not-seen (nom) (?)
____
He was worried about you kimi no koto SHIMPAI shite IMA made
and was here until a moment about-you worry-(and) till-now
ago...
koko ni itta n da ga
was-here (explan) but/and
2
Master:
Kasuga-kun, that is. KASUGA-kun ni
3
[Madoka rests her head on the counter.]
Madoka:
No... I... Hid. ie... atashi... kakurechatta
glass FX: ___
ton
4
Master: [wide-eyed]
Why...? naze...?
5
[She closes her eyes and runs a hand through her hair.]
Madoka:
.......... I don't have .......... JISHIN ga nai
the confidence. self-confidence (S) not-have
n desu
(explan)
If I meet him now... IMA Au to...
now if-meet
If I see Kasuga-kun's KASUGA-kun no KAO miru to...
face... 's face if-see
6
Madoka:
I... Don't know what I atashi... nani iidasu ka
might blurt out... I what start-to-say (?)
wakaranai...
not-know
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p 287 (147)
1
[Rain continues to fall outside.]
Master: [off]
Ayukawa-kun... ...... AYUKAWA-kun
2
Master: [dropping his eyes]
I didn't hear a thing KON'YA no koto wa boku wa nani-mo
tonight. about-tonight (T) I (T) anything
kikanakatta koto ni suru
not-heard to-decide-to-do
3
[Madoka puts her head down and closes her eyes.]
Madoka: ________
Thank you... Master... ...... arigato masuta--...
4
[She opens her eyes once more.]
Madoka: ________
Say... Master, please fire nee... masuta-- atashi o
me. say me (O)
____
kubi ni shite-kudasai
fire-(please)
5
Master:
Okay... ...wakatta
6
Madoka: [off]
That's good... Now, I'm a yokatta... kore de atashi wa JIYUU no
free person. was-good now I (T) free
KARADA ne
person/body
________
I won't be a nuisance to masuta-- ni mo me--waku kakenai shi
you, too, Master... to-Master too not-be-a-nuisance consider
Master: [off] ____
But... I didn't fire you. demo... kubi ja nai
but firing is-not
It's a happy retirement! ENMAN TAISHOKU da yo!
harmony retirement is
7
Master:
Ayukawa-kun... Go back to AYUKAWA-kun... HAYAku GAKKOU ni
school soon. quickly to-school
modorinasai
return
Your friends and teachers, TOMOdachi mo SENSEI mo minna
and everyone, are waiting. friends and teachers and everyone
matte-iru
are-waiting
8
[Madoka stares at the countertop.]
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p 288 (148)
1
Madoka: [off] ________
Master... masuta--...
2
Madoka:
Maybe I'll... Quit school atashi... GAKKOU yamete ONGAKU
and have a try at music. I school quit-(and) music
yatte-miyou ka na
have-a-try-at I-wonder
3
[He closes his eyes.]
Master:
For who's sake?! nan no tame ni... da ne?!
what for-the-sake-of is
4
[Madoka stares silently at the countertop.]
5
Master:
For... Hikaru-chan's hikaru-chan... no tame ni... ka ne?
sake...? for-the-sake-of (?)
6
[Madoka doesn't answer, nor move.]
7
Master:
If that's the case, so-- da to shitara AYUKAWA-kun
Ayukawa-kun... that's-it (quote) if-do
____
You're just a bit kimi wa SUKOshi dake machigatte-iru
mistaken. you (T) just-a-little are-mistaken
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p 289 (149)
1
[She closes her eyes, wearily. Her head is still cradled in her arms.]
Madoka:
Maybe you're right... ...... sou ka mo shirenai
like-that maybe
2
Madoka: [weakly smiling] ___ _ ________
I was just kidding, Master! uso desu yoo masuta--! ya da naa
C'mon-n-n... lie is
Taking me seriously... maniukechatte...
3
Madoka: ________
Say... Master... nee... masuta--...
Madoka:
Three years ago, when Hikaru hikaru ga 3-NEN MAE ni hajimete
first called Kasuga-kun her (S) 3-years-ago first
boyfriend...
KASUGA-kun no NAMAE o KARE to yu--
's name (O) boyfriend called
KOTOBA de KUCHI ni shita TOKI
by-words said time
4
[Master continues to stand behind the counter, eyes downcast.]
Madoka: [off]
I said... atashi wa...
"I see. Then, do your best. sou ka ja gambari na yo
I-see then do-your-best
I'll root for you!" atashi mo OUEN suru kara sa!
I too back-you-up that's-why
tte...
(quote)
5
[Eyes still closed, she rests her head on one arm on the counter.]
Madoka:
I definitely... Promised... tashika ni YAKUSOKU...shita...no
Her. certainly promised
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p 290 (150)
1
Madoka:
ZZZ... #ZZZ...#
2
[Master drapes his coat over the sleeping Madoka.]
Master:
You held up well, yoku taete-kita na AYUKAWA-kun...
Ayukawa-kun... well came-and-endured
The role of big sister who's IMOUTO omoi no ii one--san
concerned for her little younger-sister thought 's good big-sister
sister...
YAKU o
role (O)
Master:
...was long and tiring. o-tsukare-san...
3
[Master steps outside to pull in the sidewalk sign...]
sign FX: _____
koto_
4
[...and finds a despondent Hikaru sitting on the front steps, her back to the
door.]
rain FX: _______
za----_
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p 291 (151)
1
Master: [blushing, aghast]
H-Hikaru-chan!! hi...hikaru-chan!!
narration:
O-oh no... Was she here i ikan... zutto koko ni?!
all along?! regret all-the-time at-here
2
[Hikaru turns to look up at him. Her expression is angry, but her eyes are
filled with tears.]
3
Master:
H-Hikaru-chan... hi hikaru-chan...
[She clutches her head with both hands, clenches her eyes shut and shakes her
head.]
4
[She turns towards him, tears streaming down her cheeks.]
Hikaru:
Why? do--shite
Why am I... I the one that do--shite minna de atashi
everyone...!!! why by-everyone me
atashi nii...!!!
by-me
Hikaru:
K-keeps secrets from?!!! kakushigoto bakari su suru no!!!
just-secrets do (?)
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p 292 (152)
1
Hikaru FX: ___
da_
2
[She runs. The rain is coming down in sheets.]
narration: ________
Madoka-san, Sempai and madoka-san mo SEMPAI mo masuta-- mo...!!
Master, too...!! and and too
Master: [off]
Hikaru-cha-a-an! hikaru-cha--n
Hikaru FX: _____ _____ _____ _____
3
[She's blinded by tears and rain, yet still she runs.]
narration:
What am I...?! atashi wa nan na no...?!
I (T) what am (nom)
_____
Was I merely a clown...?! tannaru piero datta wake...?!
mere/simple clown was reason
narration:
Was I completely fooled 3-NEN KAN mo... zutto minna ni
by everyone for three for-3-years too all-the-time by-all
years?!
damasarete-kita tte wake...?!
came-and-be-fooled (quote) reason
Hikaru FX: _____
basha
4
[Exterior night shot of the Kasuga apartment building.]
narration:
SEMPA-A-AI! sempa--i!
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p 293 (**)
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1**
[Hikaru stands in a phone booth and holds the receiver to her ear.]
phone booth sign:
Setagaya Ward 1-2-10 SETAGAYA -KU 1-2-10
ward/district
rain FX: _______
za----_
2**
[Pov shifts. We see her face. Eyes closed and hair drenched, she holds the
receiver with both hands.]
phone FX: ________ ________
torururu torururu
3**
narration:
Sempai... Tell me it isn't SEMPAI... uso da to Itte... SEMPAI...
true... Sempai... lie is telling-that
4**
[Kyousuke approaches the ringing phone.]
phone FX: __________
torurururu
5**
Kyousuke:
Hello, Kasuga residence. hai KASUGA desu
6**
[Hikaru stares at the ground, face flushed.]
Hikaru:
......! ......!
7**
Kyousuke:
Hello...?! ...moshi moshi...?!
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p 294 (**)
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1**
[Hikaru holds onto the phone, unable to speak.]
2**
Kyousuke:
Hello...? moshi moshi...?
Hello... Who is this? moshi... DARE?
3**
Kyousuke:
Ayukawa? Is this Ayukawa? AYUKAWA? AYUKAWA daro?
Where in the world are you? ittai doko ni iru n da
in-the-world at-where are-there (explan)
I'm worried about you! SHIMPAI shite-ru n da ze
am-worrying (explan) !
4**
[Hikaru is stunned.]
Kyousuke: [phone]
Hello. Ayukawa-a-a! moshi moshi AYUKAWA--!
5**
[She hangs up...]
phone FX: ______
gachan
6**
[...and crumples to the floor of the booth, hugging her knees to her chest and
sobbing.]
rain FX: _______
za----_
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p 295 (153)
1
[Kyousuke sits quietly at his desk.]
rain FX: _____
za--_
2
[Pov shifts. He's staring down at the red straw hat which sits on his desk.
Seated on the edge of his bed is Manami.]
Manami:
...... I'm sorry... ...... gomennasai......
3
Kyousuke:
I see... ...sou ka
4
[Manami bows her head and closes her eyes.]
Manami:
I'm so sorry... ...... gomennasai
5
[Kyousuke still stares down at the hat, without expression.]
Kyousuke:
It can't be helped any mou... shikata ga nai yo
more... any-more can't-be-helped
___
It's my problem... ore no MONDAI da shi...
my problem is and-besides
6
Kyousuke: ___
And this is all... My ZEMBU ore ga... WARUi n da
fault. all/entirely I (S) at-blame (explan)
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p 296 (154)
1
[Hikaru stands in the park across the street from the Kasuga apartment
building. She stares at the building through the pouring rain.]
rain FX: ______
za----
2
[She closes her eyes. Tears continue to stream down her cheeks.]
narration:
Please...! nee......!
narration:
Sempai...!! SEMPAI...!!
Sempai, please tell me it's SEMPAI uso da to itte-kudasai...!!
a lie...!! lie is say-that-(please)
3
[Pov from the building looking down. She stares up.]
narration:
That Madoka-san. That SEMPAI ga madoka-san no koto
Madoka-san is the one that (S) about-Madoka
Sempai...!!
madoka-san no koto o...!!
4
[Her pov. The lighted bedroom of Kyousuke.]
5
[Hikaru looks up with anguish.]
narration:
I c-can't go...!! i...Ikenai...!!
6
[She clenches her eyes shut and shakes her head violently.]
narration:
I can't go!! Even though Ikenai!! ME no MAE made kite-ru
I'm right here under his can't-go even-before-eyes am-coming
nose...
no ni
even-though
Even though I want to see SEMPAI ni Aitai no ni...!!
him...!! want-to-see-Sempai even-though
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p 297 (155)
1
[She turns and races away.]
narration:
I just can't see him yappari IMA wa Aenai yo----_!!
right now!! sure-enough now (T) can't-see/meet
2
[Down the street, two blurred figures appear in the pouring rain.]
Yuusaku: ____
Hey, pull yourself hore shikkari shiro yo
together. hey pull-yourself-together
Jeez, you're nothing but ttaku KUCHI bakkari na n da
a big mouth. really just-mouth are (explan)
_____
kara ome-- wa
that's-why you (T)
Shin'ichi:
Shut up. Lemme go. usse-- na hanase yo
It's embarrassing. I can hazukashi-- hitori de ARUkeru yo--
walk by myself. embarrassing by-myself can-walk
Yuusaku/Shin'ichi FX: _____
pasha
3
[Closeup. Yuusaku supports Shin'ichi with an arm over his shoulders. Both
boys look up in surprise off-panel.]
4
[It's a thoroughly drenched Hikaru, standing silently in the rain. She stares
back at them, looking rather lost.]
Yuusaku/Shin'ichi: [off]
Hikaru-chan!! hikaru-chan!!
rain FX: ______
za----
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p 298 (156)
1
[Hikaru portrait.]
2
[She looks sadly at the ground...]
Hikaru:
I... atashi......ne
Hikaru:
...was rejected. ......furarechatta
3
[...and throws herself at the two boys.]
4
[She clings to them both, resting her head against their shoulders and grabbing
hold of Yuusaku's tie.]
Hikaru:
...... I... ...... atashi...
Think I'll cry every night 1-NEN KAN gurai MAIBAN...
for about a year... for-about-a-year every-night
naki-sugoshi -sou......
pass-crying look-as-if
_____ _____
hikku hikku
5
[The two boys blush and look at each other blankly.]
Yuusaku/Shin'ichi:
H-Hikaru-chan. hi...hikaru-chan
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p 299 (157)
1
[The rain begins to abate. The skies begin to clear. Hikaru pulls slightly
back from the two boys, who look back at her with kindness.]
Yuusaku:
.......... It'll still be .......... sono ato demo ii kara
okay with us even after that even-that-afterward okay
long a time. ___
So please look our way SUKOshi wa ore-tachi no HOU o
a bit... a-little (T) our-direction (O)
muite-okure yo...
look-(on-us)
Shin'ichi: ___
Yeah. Even if that takes un ore-tachi sore made itsu made mo
10 or 20 years, we'll be we until-that forever
waiting forever, fighting
like this... 10-NEN demo 20-NEN demo ko-- yatte sa
either-10-or-20-years doing-like-this
_____
kenka shi-nagara matte-iru kara...
although-fighting are-waiting that's-why
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p 300 (158)
1
[Kyousuke tries the doorbell at the gate to the Ayukawa residence.]
doorbell FX: ___ _____ ___ _____
pin po--n pin po--n
narration:
It's already been a week AYUKAWA no KAO o minaku natte
since the last time I saw 's face (O) not-see becoming
Ayukawa's face...
haya ISSHUUKAN...
already one-week
2
[He looks up at the sky.]
narration:
Not here... inai...
That suspension was a shock, yappari TEIGAKU to iu no wa
after all... after-all suspension say-that (nom) (T)
______
shokku da yo na..........
shock is
3
[A view down the street.]
narration:
Where the hell have you ittai... doko ni itta n da
gone, Ayukawa...?! in-the-world to-where gone (explan)
AYUKAWA...?!
4
[Kyousuke looks from side to side as he walks down the street.]
narration:
Anyway, I have to see tonikaku AYUKAWA ni Atte soshite...
Ayukawa and... anyway see-Ayukawa-(and) and/then
5
narration:
And... soshite...
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p 301 (159)
1
[Exterior view of ABCB.]
2
[Master looks up from wiping a glass.]
Master:
No... I haven't seen her... iya... Atte-nai ga...
no wasn't-seen
3
Kyousuke:
.......... I see. .......... sou desu ka
4
[Kyousuke heads out the door.]
door FX: _____
karan
5
Master: [off]
Kyousuke-kun! KYOUSUKE-kun!
[He turns to look back.]
6
[Master portrait.]
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p 302 (160)
1
Master:
People around here are mawari ga amari ni
making too much fuss. neighborhood (S) too-(much)
sawagi -sugiru n da
fuss to-excess (explan)
2
[Master crosses his arms and stares up at the ceiling.]
Master:
She's... An 18-year-old KANOJO datte... 18-SAI no
girl. even-she 18-year-old 's
ONNA no KO na n da
girl is (explan)
For now... IMA wa...
I wish they'd leave her sotto shitoite-agetai ne
alone. want-to-leave-(her)-alone
3
[Kyousuke portrait.]
4
Master: [off]
But Kyousuke-kun... demo KYOUSUKE-kun...
5
Master:
Ayukawa-kun... AYUKAWA-kun o...
I leave to your care. tanomu
6
[Kyousuke portrait.]
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p 303 (161)
1
[View of some modern downtown buildings.]
sign: ______ ______
Ladies' Shop redisu shoppu
narration:
The places in this town kono MACHI no AYUKAWA no
that Ayukawa might have this-town (nom) (nom)
gone to...
iki -so-- na tokoro wa...
go look-as-if place (T)
2
[The entrance to a building.]
3
[Kyousuke stands out on the street, looking off-panel.]
narration:
All of them, I searched subete sagashimawatta
through. all searched-about
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p 304 (162)
1
[Shot of a platform at a train station.]
sign: [left]
Emergency Exit HIJOUGUCHI
2
[View of streets under a double-decker freeway.]
3
[A busy street downtown. Night has fallen.]
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p 305 (163)
1
[The neon sign at the entrance to Disco Moebius.]
2
[The rocking scene inside.]
3
[Madoka sits alone at a table.]
4
[She puts a cigarette in her mouth.]
5
[And strikes a match.]
match FX: ______
shubo_
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p 306 (164)
1
[She removes the cigarette from her mouth and stares at it...]
2
[...and then sets it on its end on the table.]
cigarette FX: ___
ton
3
[Someone walks down the stairs.]
Kyousuke FX: ___ ___
ko_ ko_
4
[Kyousuke looks about...]
5
[...and finds himself standing before Madoka. Madoka looks up in surprise.]
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p 307 (165)
1
[View across the water towards the bright skyline.]
Kyousuke: [off]
I was worried. SHIMPAI shita yo
I was wondering where the AYUKAWA ittai doko e
heck you went, Ayukawa... in-the-world to-where
Itchatta no ka to......
went-(finality) (nom)
2
[Madoka profile. She stares off-panel, deep in thought.]
3
[Kyousuke watches her.]
4
[View pans back. The two stand on a pier. A night skyline lies across the
water.]
Madoka:
I... atashi ne..........
Kyousuke: ___
I... ......ore
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p 308 (166)
1
[Madoka portrait. She is somber.]
2
[Kyousuke stares back.]
3
Kyousuke:
I'll quit being YUUJUUFUDAN.......... HENJOU suru yo!
indecisive! indecisiveness give-up
And... soshite......
4
[Madoka looks back, quietly.]
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p 309 (167)
1
Madoka:
Is it really okay for you HONTOU ni Itchatte ii no?
to say that? really saying-(finality) okay
Kyousuke:
Eh? e?
2
[She drops her gaze.]
Madoka:
I decided... KImeta n da... atashi
decided (explan) I
_______
To go to America. amerika e...
to-America
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