Kimagure Orange Road
"The Summer Vacation of Partings"
Volume 14, Story 5
WB Volume 8, Story 9
Written and illustrated by Matsumoto Izumi
Translation & full-script typesetting by : Craig H. Nishida
Editing and Additional help by : Paul Hirose
Craig Nishida
Matthew Akira Klippenstein
Frederick Gallagher
Last revision : 08-27-95
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 171 (87) are only in the WBs!
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p 171 (87)--TITLE PAGE
[A sun-bronzed Hikaru walks away from us on a white sand beach towards the
sea. She's left her bikini top draped on the fronds of a bush, and her white
bikini bottoms are tiny indeed.]
MAIN TITLE (at top)
The Summer Vacation of wakare no NATSU YASUmi
Partings a-farewell/parting/ 's summer-break
separation
SUB-TITLE (at bottom) _______
Bronzed and Shy, She Seems buronzu IRO shita hanikami ga
to Reach to the Horizon. bronze-colored shy/coy (S)
SUIHEISEN made todoki -sou
up-to-horizon reach/get-to look-as-if
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p 172 (88)
1
[A view looking straight up the face of a school building.]
narration:
Our school is finally on waga GAKUEN mo iyoiyo NATSU YASUmi!!
summer break!! our-school too at-last summer-break
2
[Komatsu pumps both fists in the air.]
Komatsu:
Wel-l-ll! saa----_
It's summer vacation-n-n! NATSU YASUmi daa--_
If you compare it to a JINSEI no NAKA demo SEISHUN wa
human's life, summer is even-within-human-life springtime- (T)
the time of youth! of-youth
tatoereba NATSU da!
if-liken-to summer is
3
[Komatsu wags his forefinger at us. His face is half-crazed.]
Komatsu:
I'M...! ore wa!
Komatsu:
GONNA PLAY AND PLAY AND ASOnde ASOnde ASObi makuru zoo----_!!
PLAY AROUND!! play-(and) play-(and) play ?????? !!
4
[Kyousuke, Hatta and Komatsu walk off together.]
Komatsu: ___
Starting tomorrow, I'm ore ashita kara UMI ni ISSHUUKAN hodo
going to the beach for I from-tomorrow to-sea about-a-week
about a week to chase _____
girls!! nampa ni iku n da ze----_!!
to-girl-chasing go (explan) !
You come too, Kasuga! KASUGA mo koi yo--
also come!
5
[Isolated shot of a bulletin board set on school grounds.]
narration:
But, it's just that if you tokoro ga NATSU no MEGAMI wa
ask too much, the Goddess but summer 's goddess (T)
of Summer gets a little
mean! so-- wa TON'YA ga
like-that (T) wholesaler (S)
orosanai to bakari ni
if-not-sell-wholesale for-the-simple-reason
choppiri IJIWARU o shita n desu!
a-little bullied/teased/was-mean (explan)
Komatsu: [off]
Huhhh? are~~~~
Something's posted! nanka hatte-aru ze~~~~~~_
something is-posted !
Hatta: [off]
Maybe there are swimming SUIEI KYOUSHITSU demo
classes or something? swimming classroom or-something
aru n ja nai no--?
there-is (explan/neg)
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p 173 (89)
1
posting:
Beginning this year, our KOTOSHI kara waga GAKUEN de wa
school will hold a week of from-this-year at-our-school (T)
refresher classes for the
following people. IKA no MONO ni TAIshi ISSHUUKAN no
for-the-following-persons a-week 's
HOSHUU JUGYOU o OKOnau
supplementary/refresher classes (O) hold
First year... ICHI-NEN
Second year... NI-NEN
2
narration:
And then... soshite...
In junior high as well... CHUUTOU-BU mo
[Hikaru and Kurumi flinch back from us, horrified.]
Hikaru/Kurumi:
NO WAY-Y-Y!! uso~~_!!
3
posting:
Junior High, 3rd year: CHUUTOU-BU SAN-NEN
jr-high-section 3rd-year
Hiyama Hikaru. Kasuga HIYAMA hikaru KASUGA kurumi
Kurumi.
4
[Hikaru stares off into the sky. Kurumi does the same.]
Hikaru:
Ahhhh, it's because my a~~~~a ICHI GAKKI no SEISEKI SAIAKU
first term marks were first-term 's marks the-worst
the worst...
datta kara naa
was that's-why (rhet)
Kurumi:
A week passes in no time. ISSHUUKAN nante sugu jan
a-week the-likes-of soon
5
Hikaru FX: _____
goku_
Hikaru: [looking serious]
But on the last day of the demo HOSHUU SAISHUU-BI ni wa mata
refresher course it's said but on-refresher-final-day (T) again
there's another test... ______
tesuto ga aru tte yu-- shi
test (S) have say-that consider
And if you do badly on that sore ga WARUkattara
one, I hear it puts making that-(one) (S) if-bad
it into high school at risk,
too! KOUTOU-BU SHINGAKU mo
high-school-section-of-school too
abunai tte!
danger (quote)
6
Hikaru:
And you--for all that you're anta mo SEMPAI no IMOUTO no kuse
Sempai's sister--you're you too 's kid-sister even-tho
pretty dumb, hm? ___
shite so--to-- aho ne
doing rather stupid (rhet)
Kurumi: [smiling]
But, it's because I didn't datte atashi BENKYOU no be no JI
study my characters. but I study 's letters/
characters
mo shinakatta n da mon
too didn't-do (is-the-reason)
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p 174 (90)
1
[An expression of shock comes to Hikaru's face.]
narration:
Oh no-o-o. ya da--
Come to think of it, being KANGAete-mireba
told I can't go to high if-come-to-think-about-it
school is like being told
to break up with Sempai. KOUTOU-BU ikenai tte
high-school-section can't-go (quote)
SEMPAI to o-WAKAreshiro tte yu--
with-Sempai part-(command) say-that
you na mono ja nai
it-looks-like reason
2
[She stares off-panel in fierce determination.]
Hikaru:
(All right. I have to give (yo--shi HOSHUU gambarenakya
it my all in the refresher all-right refresher must-do-best
class.
That's it! so-- yo!
After all, Sempai is waiting nantatte KOUTOU-BU ni wa
for me in high school...!) after-all in-high-school-section (contrast
SEMPAI ga matte-ru n desu mono...!)
(S) is-waiting (explan) reason
narration:
Just for the time being, kono KIKAN dake ASObanai de
I should study and not play. just-this-period not-play-(and)
BENKYOU surya i-- no yo
should-study
Okay, it's settled!! yoshi KImeta!!
3
[Still staring off-panel, Hikaru speaks out loud. Kurumi looks perplexed.]
Hikaru:
Starting now... atashi...
I think I'll stop seeing kore kara ISSHUUKAN SEMPAI ni Au no
Sempai for a week! from-now-on a-week seeing-Sempai
yoso-- to OMOu no!
shall-stop think-that
Kurumi:
How come? nande?
4
[Waving, Hikaru runs off.]
Hikaru:
In a sense, it's for the iwaba o-tagai no SHOURAI no tame ne!
sake of our future! in-a-sense mutual future for-the-
sake-of
See ya. ja ne
5
Kurumi: ______
kyoton
6
[Hikaru races down the street, her face set in grim resolution.]
narration:
I've made up my mind. atashi KESSHIN shita n desu
I made-up-(my)-mind (explan)
For a week, I won't see ISSHUUKAN SEMPAI ni wa Awanai de
Sempai and devote myself a-week not-see-Sempai-(and)
to my studies!
BENKYOU ni uchikomu n da!
devote-(myself)-to-studying (explan)
For you Sempai, I'll make SEMPAI no tame ni kitto
it to high school no matter for-the-sake-of surely
what, so please wait for me!
KOUTOU-BU ni ikimasu kara
go-to-high-school-section that's-why
matte-te-kudasai ne!
is-waiting-(please)
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p 175 (91)
1
[A view down the sidewalk.]
narration:
And then... Six days later. soshite... 6 KAGO
2
[Kyousuke and Komatsu pass by Hikaru, walking in the opposite direction. All
are in school uniforms.]
Kyousuke:
Oh! are!
3
Hikaru:
S-Sempai. se SEMPAI
Kyousuke: [smiling]
H-hi... ya yaa...
4
[Komatsu grins at Kyousuke and rubs him on the head. Kyousuke glares at him.]
Komatsu:
This guy's coming to sit in koitsu HOSHUU JUGYOU Uke ni kite
on a refresher course! this-guy refresher-class coming-to-sit
n da ze
(explan) !
Kyousuke:
You're here for that, too! omae datte so-- daro!
even-you like-that poss-be
5
[Komatsu glares up at the sky.]
Komatsu: _____
The beach... Youth... UMI... SEISHUN nampa... aa!!
Chasing girls... Ahhhh!! sea youth girl-chasing
Hikaru: [smiling nervously]
Wow. Even someone as smart he-- SEMPAI hodo ATAMA no i-- HITO demo
as Sempai has rare moments as-smart-as-Sempai even-person
when he doesn't do so well.
tama ni wa CHOUSHI WARUi
occasionally (T) in-poor-condition
TOKI mo aru n desu ne
time too there-is (explan) (rhet)
That's unusual! mezurashii!
Hikaru: ____
They say that even monkeys saru mo KI kara Ochiru
fall from trees...* monkeys too from-trees fall
to yu-- kedo...
say-that but
<*Commentary: Self-explanatory proverb.>
6
[Smiling, Komatsu drapes an arm around the shoulder of an irritated Kyousuke.]
Komatsu:
You're mistaken. chigau yo
___
We are monkeys who can't ore-tacha KI ni NOBOrenai
climb trees! we in-tree can't-climb
____
saru na no sa na_!
monkey are
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p 176 (92)
1
[Kyousuke smiles gently at Hikaru. Hikaru looks back in startlement.]
Kyousuke:
Oh, by the way, Hikaru-chan. a tokoro de hikaru-chan no
The movie you wanted to see by-the-way (S)
starts today.
ikita-gatte-ta EIGA KYOU kara
was-wanting-to-go movie starting-today
da ne
is
2
[He holds out the tickets to show her. Hikaru stares at them.]
Kyousuke: ___
I bought tickets. ore KEN KAttoita n da
I tickets bought-(for- (explan)
future-sake)
Today, after class... HOSHUU Owattara KYOU...
refresher when-end today
3
[His pov of her. She looks unhappy.]
Hikaru FX: _____
suza_
4
Hikaru:
N-no, I-I... i ie a atashi...
S-so, for now! ji ja kore de!
Hikaru FX: _____
suza_
5
[She turns and runs.]
Hikaru:
Sayonara!! sayonara_!!
Hikaru FX: ___
da_
Kyousuke:
Eh?! e?!
6
[Both boys watch her leave, wide-eyed.]
Komatsu:
What's the matter? do-- shita n da yo
_____
You guys fought or kenka demo shita no kaa?
something?
Kyousuke:
..........? ..........?
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p 177 (93)
1
[Kyousuke portrait.]
narration:
It's a movie she's been MAEmae kara TANOshimi ni shite-ta
looking forward to for a for-a-long-time was-looking-forward-to
long time!
EIGA na no ni...
movie is even-though
What the heck is the ittai do-- shita n daro?
matter? in-the-world what's-the-matter
2
[Hikaru continues to run, her eyes clenched shut.]
Hikaru:
(Sempai, I'm sorry. (SEMPAI gomennasai
But I mustn't behave like demo IMA koko de
a spoiled child now!) but now at-this-place
AMAecha ikenai n desu!)
mustn't-behave-like-a-spoiled-child (explan)
3
[Exterior shot of ABCB.]
phone FX: [off]
#RRR#
4
[Madoka talks on the phone. Hikaru's smiling face appears on her speech
bubble. Seated at the counter, Kyousuke stares at the two tickets in his
hands.]
Hikaru: [phone]
And so, please go to the so-- yu-- koto de
movie with Sempai. because-of-that-kind-of-thing
SEMPAI to EIGA o-NEGAi shimasu ne
with-Sempai movie please do
Madoka:
Yes. Sure... hai tashika ni...
5
[After hanging up, Madoka looks up at Kyousuke, who looks back at her,
guiltily. Madoka reaches back to untie her apron.]
Madoka FX: ______
chira_
Kyousuke FX: ______
chira_
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p 178 (94)
1
[Madoka turns aside and takes off her apron. Kyousuke looks back at the
tickets in his hand.]
Madoka:
Well... sate to...
Madoka FX:
tokotoko
Kyousuke:
(What should I do about (do-- shiyou kono KEN......
these tickets...? what-shall-do these-tickets
Maybe Ayukawa will go if AYUKAWA sasottara ikanai ka na...)
I invite her...) if-invite not-go I-wonder
2
[Madoka returns, dressed to leave.]
Madoka:
C'mon, let's go! saa ikimasho!
3
[She smiles, wraps a hand around his arm, and deftly plucks a ticket out of
Kyousuke's hand.]
Madoka:
Wow, I wanted to see this waa kono EIGA atashi mitakatta n da
movie. this-movie I wanted-to-see
Kyousuke heartbeat FX: ____
doki
Madoka FX:
shikka
4
[They walk down the street. Madoka smiles at him and hangs on to his arm.
He looks back at her, totally perplexed.]
narration:
Wh-what's this? What's na nan da nan da?!
this?
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p 179 (95)
1
[He looks back over his shoulder, a bit unhappily.]
narration:
But, for some reason, I demo yappari nan-da-ka
feel guilty, after all... but after-all for-some-reason
ushirometai yo na--
feel-guilty (rhet)
This is a movie I was hikaru-chan to iku hazu datta
going to see with with-Hikaru should-have-gone
Hikaru-chan...!
EIGA da mon naa--_
movie is reason (rhet)
2
[He looks over at the girl on his arm, and smiles.]
narration:
But... da kedo...
Oh well, that's okay! maa ii ka!
3
[A view down the sidewalk.]
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p 180 (96)
1
[He spots something off-panel.]
Kyousuke: ___
AH! ha_
2
[Both Kyousuke and Madoka flinch to see Hikaru and Kurumi walking by, both
dressed in school uniforms. The two younger girls fail to notice the couple
walking arm in arm.]
Kyousuke FX: _____
giku_
3
[Kurumi looks up, just as Kyousuke and Madoka dive away from each other.]
Kyousuke FX: __
pa
Madoka FX: ___
pa_
Kurumi:
Oh! a_
4
[Kyousuke portrait--horror.]
narration:
H-Hikaru-chan!! hi hikaru-chan!!
5
[His view of Hikaru--she pointedly ignores him and gazes down at the ground.]
6
[Kyousuke looks on in shock. Behind him, Madoka watches, but doesn't seem
perturbed.]
narration:
D-damn! shi shimatta
What an awful time to be TAIHEN na toko mirarechatta!!
seen!! serious occasion was-seen-(finality)
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p 181 (97)
1
[Hikaru walks on past him, not even acknowledging his presence.]
Hikaru FX: ___
su_
Kyousuke:
This is... Uhh... Um... kore wa ano... sono...
2
[He can only watch as she walks off, alone.]
narration:
Ahh... Hikaru-chan was aa... hikaru-chan sakki mo
acting strange back then, a-little-while-ago too
too...
HEN datta shi
was-strange and-besides
If she sees us like this...! konna tokoro o MOKUGEKI sarecha...!
this-kind-of-case (O) is-witnessed
Kyousuke FX: ______
orooro
3
[Madoka watches him as he stares off-panel.]
4
[He grabs Kurumi around the collar and glares into her face.]
Kyousuke:
H-hey. Did Hikaru-chan o oi hikaru-chan na nani-ka
s-say anything about me?! something
___
ore no koto itte-nakatta?!
about-me was-said
Kurumi:
About you, oniicha-a-an? oni--chan no koto~~~~?
5
Kurumi:
Oh, come to think of it... a so-- ieba
6
[Kurumi ponders, looking up at the sky.]
Kurumi:
I think she was saying that, kore kara ISSHOU oni--chan to
starting now, she'll stop from-now-on all-thru-life with-oniichan
seeing you for the rest of
her life! Au no yosu tte itte-ta kke!
stop-seeing was-saying-that (?)
= "one's whole life". She said = "a week".>
[Kyousuke stands and looks extremely cartoonish, sweating profusely.]
Kyousuke:
saa~~_
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p 182 (98)
1
[Madoka stifles a laugh. Kyousuke turns to stare wide-eyed at her.]
Madoka: ___
pu_
2
[His pov of her. She looks up at him with a soft smile.]
3
[He looks nervously and puzzled at her.]
narration:
Wh-why is Ayukawa laughing? na nande WARAtte-ru no? AYUKAWA...
why is-laughing
4
[Still pondering the sky, Kurumi continues...]
Kurumi:
Oh, and she was also saying a sore to ne--
that it was all for your
and her future sake. nan demo sore ga o-tagai no
everything that-(one) (S) mutual
SHOURAI no tame toka itte-ta yo--
future for-the- was-saying
sake-of
[Again, Kyousuke looks extremely cartoonish and stunned.]
Kyousuke heartbeat FX:
dokki--n
5
Kyousuke: [angrily]
But, did Hikaru-chan really shikashi HONTOU ni hikaru-chan ga
say such things?! but really (S)
sonna koto itta no ka yo--?!
that-kind-of-thing said (?)
Kurumi: [angrily]
See! Just like that, you hora sugu so-- yatte
quickly doubt me. Hmmph! easily doing-like-that
___
atashi no koto SHINYOU shinai fun!
about-me not-trust
6
[He visualizes Hikaru, walking off past him, without a word.]
Kyousuke: [off]
(H-Hikaru-chan!!) (hi hikaru-chan!!)
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p 183 (99)
1
[Madoka watches him as he looks off in the direction of Hikaru.]
2
[With a bright smile she shoves him in the back. He pitches forward.]
Madoka:
Go on!! itte-rasshai!!
Madoka FX: ___
don
Kyousuke:
Eh!?! e_?!
3
Madoka:
But tomorrow, ask me sono kawari ashita atashi o
out, 'kay! but/instead tomorrow me (O)
sasotte ne!
inviting (rhet)
I'm free in the morning! GOZENCHUU nara aite-ru
in-the-morning if-it-is am-free
kara!
that's-why
Kyousuke: [nervously]
S-sure!! u un!!
4
[View into the distance, across town.]
Hikaru: [off]
Ahhhh! Darn it! a~~_ moo_!
5
[Hikaru grabs her head in her hands and clenches her eyes shut.]
Hikaru: ______
Although the test is ashita tesuto na no ni
tomorrow, no matter how tomorrow test is even-tho
much I study, it doesn't
go in my brain! ikura BENKYOU shite-mo
no-matter-how... even-tho-study
ATAMA ni hainnai yo--_
in-head not-enter
I'm not cut out for atashi tte tsukuzuku BENKYOU ni
studying at all! I (T) utterly at-study
muite-nai n da naa--_!
not-suited-for (explan) (rhet)
Hikaru hair FX:
kusha kusha
6
[Kyousuke catches up to her and grabs her by an elbow.]
Kyousuke:
Hikaru-chan, wait! hikaru-chan matte!
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p 184 (100)
1
[He forces a bright smile and holds out both tickets to her. She watches him
with worry.]
Kyousuke:
H-hey, the movie! ne nee EIGA!
Let's go! It's the one hora hikaru-chan no mitagatte-ta
you've been wanting to see! (S) was-wanting-to-see
yatsu iko-- yoo!
thing shall-go
tickets FX: ____ ____
pera pera
Hikaru:
S-Sempai... se SEMPAI...
2
[With an anguished look, she turns from him and tries to run off. He grabs
her by the wrist. He tries to put on a pleasant and cheerful face.]
Hikaru:
B-but... I... de demo... atashi
Hikaru FX: ___
da_
Kyousuke: __ __ __ __
A-anyway, let's see it. to tonikaku miyou yo ha ha ha ha
Ha ha ha ha! anyway shall-see
3
[His pov as she looks back at him, nervously.]
narration:
I-I want to go...! i ikitai...!
4
[She turns from him and clenches her eyes shut.]
Hikaru:
(No, no. It's no good. (dame yo dame dame
If I fall to temptation IMA koko de YUUWAKU ni MAketara
right here and now, I won't now at-this-place if-fall-to-temptation
be able to go to this high
school!) atashi KOUTOU-BU ni ikenaku
I to-high-school-section can't-go
natchau!)
become-(finality)
5
[Kyousuke has a bit of a wild look on his face.]
Kyousuke:
(Breaking up with Hikaru-chan (hikaru-chan to kono mama WAKAreru
like this has gotta be some from-Hikaru like-this part-from
joke!!)
nante jo--dan ja nai yo!!)
the-likes-of joke
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p 185 (101)
1
Kyousuke:
I bought these tickets for kono KEN hikaru-chan no tame ni
*you*, Hikaru-chan!! these-tickets for-the-sake-of-Hikaru
KAtta n da yo!!
bought (explan)
2
[Hikaru freezes...]
3
[...and turns back to look at him, with a blush.]
Hikaru:
S-Sempai... se SEMPAI...
4
[Hikaru stands, takes him by both hands and gazes up at him. In the
foreground, Madoka stands with arms crossed and gaze downcast.]
Hikaru:
Yes... I'll go to the hai... EIGA ni ikimasu
movie. yes to-movie go
Madoka:
(..........) (..........)
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p 186 (102)
1
[Shot of a billboard over a theater entrance.]
theater sign: ________
Sabrina Theater saburina GEKIJOU
billboard: [partial view] ________
su--dare...
????????
lower sign: _________ _______
Golden Cinema go--ruden - shinema
2
[Inside, a view of the big screen. An Indiana Jones-type character slugs it
out with a bad guy.]
3
[Kyousuke flinches from Hikaru when she leaps out of her seat and shouts at
the screen with emotion.]
Hikaru:
Go get 'im! Over there!! ike----_ soko da----_!!
4
[He can only stare blankly at her as she breaks out in a cheerful smile at the
screen.]
5
[She wraps both arms around his neck.]
Hikaru:
Hooray! Hooray-y-y!! yatta yatta----_!!
6
Kyousuke:
..........?! ..........?!
7
[She continues to cling to his neck. Little hearts bubble up over her head.]
Kyousuke:
(What the heck is going on?!) (ittai do-- natte n no...?!)
in-the-world what becoming
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p 187 (103)
1
[A night view at the city lights.]
Hikaru: [off]
Ahh, that sure was fun!! a-- yappari omoshirokatta!!
sure-enough was-fun
2
Kyousuke:
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
3
[She winks at him, and rolls up her sleeve.]
Hikaru:
All ri-i-ight. yoo----shi
I feel like doing it all yaru KI DEte-kichatta!
now! do intention came-and-gone-out
________
I'm gonna hit the books mata paripari BENKYOU suru zoo----_!!
hard again!! again crispy study !!
4
[She clasps him by both hands. He still looks quite puzzled.]
Hikaru:
Thank you, Sempai!! SEMPAI arigato-- gozaimasu!!
Hikaru FX:
shikka
Kyousuke:
.......... ..........
5
[She puts a hand behind her head and sticks a cute tongue out.]
Hikaru:
It seems I have to play yappari atashi SEMPAI to ASOnde-nakucha
with you after all, or I after-all I with-you must-be-playing
have no heart for studying!
BENKYOU mo TE ni tsukanai mitai desu!
study too have-no-heart-for seems
6
Kyousuke:
H-huh...??? ha haa..........???
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p 188 (104)
1
[His pov of Hikaru, sporting a cute smile.]
narration:
I wonder what the heck is ittai... nani ga do-- natte-iru
going on?! in-the-world what (S) how is-turning-out
no yara!
I-wonder
2
[View pans back. The two stand on the sidewalk. Kyousuke grimaces and
flinches back.]
narration:
But... shikashi...
It looks as though do-- yara machigai no MOTO wa......
the source of the it-looks-as-if mistake 's origin (T)
misunderstanding is...
Kyousuke:
Ehhhh!?! e----_?!
You mean you weren't HOSHUU no tame ni
seeing me for just a week refresher-(class) for-the-sake-of
because of the refresher
class?! ISSHUUKAN dake Awanai tte koto?!
just-one-week not-see (quote) case
3
[He glares into he distance.]
Kyousuke:
(Kurumi, you jerk!) (kurumi no yaro----_!)
(Confusing "one week" with (ISSHUUKAN to ISSHOU o
"the rest of my life"...* one-week and one's-whole-life (O)
machigaeru nante
confuse the-likes-of
___
That idiot!!) ano aho!!)
<*Translation note: As stated previously, Kurumi mistook = "all
one's life" for = "one week".>
4
[A view of some buildings on the school campus.]
narration: ______
And then dawned the day of soshite akete tesuto no HI...
the test... and/then opening test 's day
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[Hikaru and the rest of her class work on the test.]
2
[She looks at it with bright eyes.]
Hikaru:
Oo-wahhh! uwa----_
___ ________
You're kidding. I can uso mitai MONDAI ga surasura
solve these problems easily! lie seems problems (S) easily
tokechau!
able-to-solve-(finality)
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[She winks at us and flashes a 'V'.]
narration:
Sure enough, it looks like yappari NINGEN tama ni wa
humans also need to take sure-enough humans occasionally
a breather now and then, hm.
IKInuki mo HITSUYOU mitai desu ne
a-breathing- too necessity seems
spell/a-rest
Hikaru:
Now I'll make it to high kore de KOUTOU-BU
school without a hitch! with-this/now high-school-section
__
machigai na shi ne!
without-fail consider (rhet)
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[In another room, Hatta, Kyousuke and Komatsu take their test. I guess
they're still the three worst students in their grade. Both Komatsu and
Kyousuke grimace at the paper before them.]
Komatsu:
Oo-wahhh! I don't uwa----_ zenzen wakanne-- ya!
understand this at all! ! completely not-understand
Kyousuke: ______
(Ayukawa-a-a. A date on the (AYUKAWA~~~~ de--to wa GOZENCHUU tte
morning of the test... date (T) in-the-morning (T)
So mean!) ______
tesuto ja nai ka ijiwaru!)
test mean
narration:
People who *only* take IKInuki bakari shite-ru HITO wa
breathers are another just-a-breathing-spell are-doing people (T)
matter...
RONGAI desu......
are-out-of-the-question/
are-beside-the-point
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