Kimagure Orange Road
"Spring Is for Idols"
Volume 16, Story 4
WB Volume 9, Story 9
Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi
Translation by : Edward Weinstein and Albert Nakano (Sep 1994)
Additional translation & full-script typesetting by : Craig Nishida
Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose
Craig Nishida
Matthew Akira Klippenstein
Last revision : 09-02-95
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 the WB manga, so there may be a few
extras to those of you not having them.
Example: The subtitles on page 183 (65) are only in the WBs!
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p 183 (65)--TITLE PAGE
[Madoka stands at the mike, one shoulder bared.]
MAIN TITLE (at top) ______
Spring Is for Idols HARU wa aidoru
spring (T) idol
SUB-TITLE (at bottom) ______ _________
The Beat of My Heart Is a ha--to no KODOU wa harike--n!!
Hurricane!! heart 's beat/pulse (T) hurricane
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p 184 (66)
1
[A male idol singer belts out a song onstage.]
2
crowd: _____________
Mitsuru-u-u! mitsuru------_
Kyaaaa! kya------_
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p 185 (67)
1
[Mitsuru sings.]
2
Kurumi:
Kyaaaa! He's so great!! kyaa--_ sutteki--_!!
3
[View pans back. Kurumi is watching TV. She looks back at the rest of the
family and points at the TV.]
Kurumi: ______
Look, look! Isn't he mite mite--_ suteki ne----_!!
great?!! look splendid (rhet)
4
[Kyousuke eyes his sister.]
Kyousuke FX:
ji--_
5
[She eyes him back.]
Kurumi:
Hey! What's with that look? nani yo_! sono ME wa
what that-eye/attention (T)
dramatic FX:
kaa_
Kyousuke:
What's so great about a konna yatsu doko ga i-- no?
guy like that? fellow-like-this what-part (S) good
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p 186 (68)
1
[She stares him in the eye and holds up a hand mirror to his face.]
Kurumi: _______
Handsome! hansamu!
tag:
Mirror kagami
Kyousuke:
.......... ..........
2
Kyousuke: [lecturing]
You two are already in omaera mo mou KOU 1 darou
your first year of high you-(plural) too now 1st-yr-high poss-be
school.* ______
Rather than watch TV all terebi bakkari mite-nai de
the time, don't you have TV just don't-be-watching
things to think about?
motto KANGAeru koto ga aru darou
more think-about thing (S) poss-there-are
Don't you have more things motto yaru koto ga aru darou!
to do?! more to-do thing (S) poss-there-are
<*Commentary (EW/AN): Equivalent to 10th grade in the U.S.>
3
Kurumi/Manami FX:
ji~~~~_
Kyousuke:
Wh-what is it? na nan da
What's with that look...?! nan da sono ME wa...?!
4
[Kurumi crosses her arms and closes her eyes.]
Kurumi:
You should take your own sono KOTOBA sokkuri sono mama
advice, oniichan. those-words just-as-it-is like-that
oni--chan ni o-KAEshi shimasu
to-oniichan make-a-return/return-a-
compliment
Kyousuke:
Eh?! e?!
5
Kurumi/Manami:
You're in third year mou KOU 3 desho--_
high already, right! already 3rd-year-high poss-be
[Kyousuke flinches back.]
Kyousuke:
ULP! gu!
6
[He sits in front of the TV with a nervous smile.]
Kyousuke:
Ooooh! This show's pretty iya----_ nakanaka omoshiroi ne--
interesting. quite interesting (rhet)
kono BANGUMI
this-program
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p 187 (69)
1
Takashi:
Well done... You truly erai ne sasuga CHOUNAN da ne
are the eldest son. well-done truly eldest-son are
______
uo_hon
2
[Kyousuke gets to his feet...]
Kyousuke:
Well... saate
3
[...and leaves the room, scratching his head. His sisters smile at each
other.]
Kyousuke:
Study, study. BENKYOU BENKYOU
Kyousuke FX: ____ ____
pori pori
4
[A view of one section of his room. A manga and a dumbbell sit on the floor.]
manga: _____
Shounen Dembu SHOUNEN dembu
5
[An open notebook lies on his desk.]
6
[Books and a pencil case sit on the desk.]
7
[Kyousuke reclines in his seat, legs up on the desk and arms behind his head.]
chair FX: ______
gishi_
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p 188 (70)
1
[He stares up at the ceiling.]
Kyousuke:
Third year in high school... KOUKOU 3-NENSEI kaa...
high-school 3rd-year
2
Kyousuke:
There sure are lots of KANGAeru koto...
things to think about... think-about things
tashika ni iroiro aru yo naa
certain several there-are (rhet)
chair FX: ______
gishi_
3
[Takashi sticks his head in his room. Kyousuke suddenly sits up straight with
a book in hand.]
Takashi:
Just thinking about it KANGAete-ru dake ja
is useless!! are-thinking-about just
dame na n da zo
no-good is (explan) !!
You have to DO! yaranakya na_!
door FX: _____
gacha
Kyousuke FX: _____
gatan
4
Takashi: [off]
You're going to college, SHINGAKU suru n daro!
aren't you! go-to-a-school-of-higher-grade (poss-explan)
door FX: _____
batan
Kyousuke:
Ye-e-es! e~~i!
5
[View looking into his bedroom through the sliding glass door. Kyousuke looks
outside.]
narration:
My school goes up to college uchi no GAKKOU wa DAIGAKU made
in an escalator system! my-school (T) up-to-college
_____________
esukare--ta-- SHIKI!
escalator system
But if my test grades are demo amari ni fudan no SHIKEN no
bad too often, I might be but too-(much) constant exam 's
in for it...
SEISEKI ga WARUi to yabai wake de...
marks (S) if-bad chancey reason
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p 189 (71)
1
[He leans his head back in his hands once more.]
narration:
That means... to yu-- koto wa..........
I should study properly SHIKEN BENKYOU mo chanto
for my exams, too. exam study too properly
shinai to ikenai wake de
if-not-do bad reason being
2
narration:
No matter how much Power kore bakkari wa
I may have, there's nothing only-this-(one) (T)
that can be done about _chikara_
this... ikura NOURYOKU ga atte-mo do-- suru
no-matter-how-much-Power what do
koto mo dekinai mon naa
(nom) too impossible thing (rhet)
3
[Kyousuke looks towards his door.]
Kurumi/Manami: [off]
Kyaaaa! Are you kidding!?! kya----_ uso----_?!
Banza-a-ai!! banza--i!!
4
narration:
That guy... aitsu...
5
[He visualizes Mitsuru singing.]
narration: ___
He looked younger than me, ore yori TOSHISHITA mitai datta kedo
but he's already in a world than-me younger seemed but
that has nothing to do with
school and such... mou GAKKOU toka to wa
already with-school-and-such (contrast)
KANKEI no nai SEKAI ni ite...
not-have-connection be-in-a-world-(and)
_____ _____
And the girls scream for ONNA no KO ni kya-- kya-- iwarete...
him... by-girls is-said-(and)
6
narration:
...... I'm jealous!! ...... urayamashii!!
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p 190 (72)
1
[Kyousuke rests his cheek in one hand, thinking.]
2
narration:
An uneasy thought just IMA futo ATAMA o yogitta FUAN...
crossed my mind... now suddenly mind (O) crossed anxiety
3
[He visualizes the shimmering goddess.]
narration:
I wonder if Ayukawa is going AYUKAWA wa SHINGAKU suru
on to college? (T) go-to-a-school-of-higher-grade
no ka na?
I-wonder
4
[He stares off-panel...]
5
[...and smiles.]
narration:
Of course she is...! suru yo na mochiron...!
do of-course
Yeah! un_!
6
[Exterior night shot of the Kasuga apartment building.]
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p 191 (73)
1
[Exterior shot of the door to studio number 2.]
2
[Inside, someone plays an electric guitar.]
3
[It's the bass player in Shuu's band. A drummer, Shuu on lead guitar and
Yukari on vocals round out the band.]
Shuu:
Okay, how about something yoshi konna mon daro
like this? all-right thing-like-this poss-be
drummer:
Good work. o-tsukare-sa--n
Yukari:
Still... sore ni shite mo...
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p 192 (74)
1
[Madoka sits at keyboards, drinking from a can of Coke.]
2
Yukari: [smiling]
I'm glad you made the madoka-chan yoku KESSHIN shite-kureta ne
decision, Madoka-chan. well decided-(to-us)
Shuu:
We're depending on you! tanonda ze----_
3
[Madoka raises her can to them, smiles and winks.]
4
[Exterior daylight shot of the Kasuga apartment building.]
narration:
The next morning... YOKUASA----
Kurumi: [singing, off] _______ _____
The scream of the accelerator akuseru no HIMEI kishimu taiya kara
from squealing tires.* accelerator's-scream from-squeaking-tires
_hito_ ______
A strange woman; a coupe mishiranu ONNA noseTObi-dashita ku--pe
dashed out. stranger/ began-dashing-out
strange-woman coupe
<*Commentary (CN): Kurumi sings the opening song to the first season of the
KOR TV series, which began airing in April of 1987. The title of this song
is "Night of Summerside", sung by Ikeda Masanori, composed by *NOBODY*,
arranged by Niikawa Hiroshi, with lyrics by Urino Masao.>
5
[Kurumi stands in her school uniform, holding a spoon for a mike. Kyousuke
claps his hands over his ears and shuts his eyes.]
Kurumi: [singing] ______ _________
Encounter at a highway DEai wa haiuei - jankushon
junction. meeting (T) highway-junction
________
When I saw the harbor, ha--ba-- miru koro
harbor see when
I noticed I'd fallen in KOI ni Ochita to KIzuita
love. in-love fallen noticed-that
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p 193 (75)
1
Kurumi: [singing]
Saying you want tenderness KUCHIzuke yori yasashisa ga HOshii to
more than a kiss, than-kiss tenderness (S) want (quote)
_____ ___ ___________
Night of Summerside. naito - obu - sama--saido
Hidden by innocence, your adokenasa de kakushita HITOMI wa
eyes were grown-up... by-innocence hidden pupil-of-eye (T)
otona datta ne
adult were
2
[Kyousuke bellows in Kurumi's face.]
Kyousuke:
Arrggghhhh! Shut up!! e------i urusai_!!
Starting so early in the ASAppara kara!
morning!
3
Kurumi: [happily]
Hey, listen, listen. nee ki--te ki--te
On the show they did last kinou no YORU yatte-ta BANGUMI de
night, they said they'd do last-night were-doing on-program
a "talent scout caravan" _______ _______ ________
next time! KONDO tarento - sukauto - kyaraban
next-time talent-scout-caravan
yaru n da tte!
do (explan) (quote)
4
[He turns to Manami.]
Kyousuke:
What's that? nani sore?
Manami: _______
It's a contest to recruit SHINJIN tarento o BOSHUU suru
new stars. A contest! new-star-talent (O) recruit/invite
_________ _________
kontesuto yo kontesuto!
contest
5
Kurumi: [in elation]
And the very first one will de nanto DAIICHI KAI -me wa
be here in our town!! and-so what! the-first-time (T)
atashi-tachi no MACHI ni kuru no yo!!
to-our-town coming
6
Kyousuke:
And... You can't possibly de...... masaka omae ga DEru
be thinking of turning out impossible you (S) appear
for that? What's more...
wake? sore ni
reason moreover
Kurumi: ___ _____
Pin po-o-on! pin po--n!
is the bell sound on Japanese quiz shows
which signals a correct answer.>
writing at bottom of page:
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Association (issued from) Japan music copyright association
Permit Number 9251774-201
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origin permit number
-GOU
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p 194 (76)
1
[Kurumi blushes and claps her hands to her cheeks.]
Kurumi:
Maybe I'll become a atashi KASHU ni naro-- ka naa!
singer! I shall-become-a-singer I wonder
Kurumi FX: ___
po_
2
[She notices that her brother is eyeing her.]
Kyousuke FX:
ji~~~~_
Kurumi: ___
Ah! ha_
3
[Kyousuke slaps his side in mirth. Kurumi is steamed.]
Kyousuke: ____________________________________
Bwa-ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! puaha_ha_ha_ha_ha_ha_ha_ha_ha_ha_ha_
ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!
Kyousuke FX: ___
pan
Kurumi FX: ______
kachin
4
[Exterior shot of the Kasuga apartment building. Facial portraits appear on
each speech bubble. Kurumi pumps her fists and glares. Kyousuke flinches.]
Kurumi:
What's so funny, you jerk!! nani ga okashi---- kono yaro----_!!
what (S) funny
Kurumi FX: ____ ____
baka suka
Kyousuke:
Gyaaaa! gya----_!
5
[Kyousuke's pov as he approaches the main gate of Kouryou school.]
narration:
Oh brother... After all... yareyare... nanse......
girls:
Good morning. ohayo--
6
[Tight shot of the sign to classroom 3-C.]
narration:
...it's spring, isn't it... HARU da mon naa...
spring is reason (rhet)
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p 195 (77)
1
[Komatsu smiles and holds up a ruler as a mock-microphone.]
Komatsu:
First up, Komatsu Seiji, ICHIBAN KOMATSU SEIJI UTAimasu_!!
now singing!! number-one sing
2
[Kyousuke watches with a forced smile.]
Komatsu: [singing]
Changing into a dark KURO no jakketto hirugaeshi
jacket, jacket-of-black/dark change/turn
You said, "follow me," tsuite-koi tte
conceitedly. follow/come-along-(command) (quote)
____ ______
kiza na serifu
affected/conceited/showy words
narration:
There's someone here who's koko ni mo ikareta no ga
lost it, too...! at-this-place too was-beaten (nom) (S)
hitori...!
one-person
3
[Komatsu smiles and takes the surprised Kyousuke by the arm.]
Komatsu:
Here you go! Next up! hai_ TSUGI!
Kasuga Kyousuke-kun! KASUGA KYOUSUKE-kun
narration:
But... Well, right now I demo... maa IMA wa nan demo waratte
feel like laughing at, and but well now (T) anything laugh-(and)
forgiving, anything!
yuruse-sou na KIBUN na n da!
look-as-if-forgive feeling is (explan)
4
[He faces off-panel and sings into the ruler.]
classmate 1: [off]
Great! umai!
class FX: [off] __________
pachipachi
classmate 2: [off]
Hey-y-y. iyo--
Kyousuke: [singing] ___________
Suddenly, everyone felt fui ni minna merankori--
melancholy, suddenly everyone melancholy
Mysteriously, the same. KANjiru FUSHIGI ONAji yo
feel mystery same
narration:
"Why?" you ask? naze ka tte?
why (?) (quote)
5
[Tight shot as the door opens and a girl's leg enters.]
door FX: _____
gara_
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p 196 (78)
1
[It's Madoka, who takes in the scene without much expression.]
2
[Komatsu cheers on the gyrating Kyousuke.]
Komatsu:
Hey, Mr. President! iyo--_ DAITOURYOU
3
[Kyousuke backs into Madoka, surprising her.]
Kyousuke FX: ___
don
Kyousuke: [singing]
Don't forget... WASUrenai de ne
A single teardrop NAMIDA wa hitotsubu koraete IMA
suppressed now. tear (T) a-drop suppressing now
4
[He looks back at her, wide-eyed...]
narration:
This year, once again... KOTOSHI mo mata...
this-year too again
5
[...and blushes.]
crows-in-background FX:
kaa_
6
[Exterior shot of a school building.]
narration: ____________
...we're classmates! kurasume--to!
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p 197 (79)
1
[In a hall, two boys sing into a fist or a fork.]
2
[Near the stairs, two girls sing as well.]
3
[Kyousuke walks past them, glancing up at the ceiling.]
narration:
What in the world is minna ITTAI nani
everyone thinking...? everyone in-the-world what
KANGAete n darou......
thinking-about (poss-explan)
4
[Exterior shot of a school building.]
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p 198 (80)
1
[Exterior shot of ABCB.]
2
[Hikaru and Kyousuke sit at the counter. She looks over at him, as he stares
up at the ceiling.]
Kyousuke:
But I wonder if everyone shikashi minna HONTOU ni KOU 3
realizes that they're but everyone really 3rd-yr-high
really in their 3rd-year
of high school... da to yu-- JIKAKU
are say-that self-consciousness
aru no ka na--
having I-wonder
Hikaru:
Huh? e?
3
Kyousuke: [off]
That's right...! sou da...!
You're a 1st-year high hikaru-chan mo KOU 1 da ne
school student, hm. too 1st-yr-high is
[Hikaru smiles softly.]
4
Kyousuke: [smiling]
Congratulations. omedetou
Hikaru: [smiling]
Heh heh! Thank you. hehe----_ arigatou gozaimasu
5
[Hikaru pauses and looks up.]
Hikaru:
But I want the time to pass demo atashi motto HAYAku JIKAN ga
by faster... but I more-quickly time (S)
tatte hoshiku tte...
want-to-elapse
Kyousuke:
Hm? n?
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p 199 (81)
1
[He rests his head back against his hands and looks mournfully up at the
ceiling.]
Kyousuke:
......? ......?
I don't want time to go ore wa mou kore IJOU
by any faster than this. I (T) -more beyond-this
HAYAku sugite hoshikunai naa
too-fast not-want (rhet)
JIKAN nante
time the-likes-of
Studying... BENKYOU...
I've got a headache... ATAMA itai......
2
[Hikaru launches herself at him with a smile.]
Hikaru:
Because I'm definitely datte atashi ZETTAI
going to be your bride, because I absoluteness
Sempai!
SEMPAI no o-YOME-san ni naru n desu mon!
become-Sempai's-bride is-the-reason
I'm even starting to think futari no SEIKATSU SEKKEI mo
about plans for our life 2-people 's life-plan too
together now!
IMA kara chanto KANGAete-ru
from-now thoroughly am-thinking-about
n desu yo!
(explan)
Hikaru:
First is a one-story, mazu IE wa
4-LDK* house. first home (T)
4 #LDK# IKKO -date desho
4-LDK house level/feature poss-be
Then, children--a boy and soshite KODOMO wa OTOKO no KO to
girl each... and/then children (T) boy and
ONNA no KO ga hitori-zutsu de...
girl (S) 1-person-apiece being
<*Commentary (CN): LDK = Living-room/Dining-room/Kitchen. Space is at a
premium in Tokyo, so that a 4-LDK house (i.e., one with 4 bedrooms) is a
veritable mansion.>
3
[Smiling, Madoka walks in, carrying a sack of groceries.]
Madoka:
Huh?! What are you talking nani nanno HANASHI?
about? what what-kind-of talk
Hikaru: [off]
Oh! Madoka-san! a madoka-san!
4
[She sets the sack down on the counter, next to Hikaru.]
Madoka:
Come to think of it, I so-- ieba hikaru ki--ta wa yo
heard, Hikaru. come-to-think-of-it heard
groceries FX: ___
ton
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p 200 (82)
1
Madoka:
Hikaru, are you trying out hikaru DEru n da tte?
for that contest? appear (explan) (quote)
_________
ano kontesuto
that-contest
[Hikaru smiles back at Madoka in embarrassment.]
Hikaru:
Eh heh! You found out. hehe--_ barechatta
Kyousuke: [wide-eyed]
Eh?! e?!
2
[Kyousuke stares off-panel.]
Madoka: [off]
You'll win the contest and YUUSHOU shite
become a star! win-the-championship-(and)
_______
tarento ni natchattari shite!
become-a-talent-(and)
Hikaru, it might suit you. hikaru niatte-ru ka mo ne
is-suiting it-may
Hikaru: [off]
Wha-a-at?! No way-y-y. e--_! sonnaa
3
narration:
E-even Hikaru-chan...?! hi hikaru-chan made...?!
4
Hikaru: [merrily]
Oh, but you're trying out, ara demo madoka-san koso
too, Madoka-san! oh but indeed
DEru n desu yo ne!
appear (explan)
[Madoka smiles and blushes slightly, raising a finger to her lips.]
Madoka:
Ah! Shhhh! a_ shi--_!
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p 201 (83)
1
[Kyousuke sweats and stares off-panel.]
narration:
..........?! ..........?!
2
[His view of the two smiling girls.]
narration:
Wh-what the hell...? na nan da HONTOU ni...... ittai...
Really... what is really in-the-world
narration:
Even though... It's ikura... HARU da to wa ie...
spring... no-matter-how... spring is although
3
[Exterior view of ABCB.]
narration:
What are you thinking nani KANGAete-ru n desu ka?!
about?! what are-thinking-about (explan) (?)
Everyo-o-one! minasa...n!
every...one
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