Kimagure Orange Road
"Unintentionally the Cupid!"
Volume 16, Story 8
WB Volume 9, Story 13
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
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 263 (145) are only in the WBs!
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p 263 (145)--TITLE PAGE
[With feet slightly apart and knees pulled up tight against her chest, Madoka
sits on the grass. Dressed in black from head to toe, she beams a radiant
smile.]
MAIN TITLE (at top) __________
Unintentionally the Cupid! OMOwazu kyu--piddo!
involuntarily/
without-meaning-to
SUB-TITLE (at bottom)
The Highlands of Wind and MIDORI to KAZE no KOUGEN wa
Greenery Prosper Under a green/ and wind 's plateau/ (T)
Mysterious Premonition... verdure tableland
FUSHIGI na YOKAN ni tokimeite...
by-mysterious-premonition prospering/
is-influential/
beating-fast
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p 264 (146)
1
[Exterior night view of a school building.]
2
[Madoka clenches her eyes shut and rushes into @Kyousuke's arms.]
Madoka:
Kyaaaaaa!! kyaa------_!!
@Kyousuke:
Oh!! otto!!
3
[Madoka looks off-panel in nervousness.]
Madoka:
J-just now, a shadow over i...IMA soko ni HITOKAGE ga...
there... now at-there a-figure (S)
@Kyousuke:
Hm? n?
4
[They see themselves.]
5
Madoka: ______
O-ohh. It's a mirror. na nan da kagami ja nai ka
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p 265 (147)
1
[Isolated shot of windows and ceiling in a hallway.]
@Kyousuke: [off]
Are you that scared...? sonna ni kowai...?
that-much scary
2
[View down the long and dark hallway.]
Madoka: [off]
Meanie! ijiwaru!
As if you didn't know atashi ga ko-- yu-- no YOWAi tte
this sort of thing is my I (S) this-kind-of (nom) weak (T)
weakness!
shite-ru kuse ni!
am-doing despite-the-fact
3
@Kyousuke:
(Ohh. I thought she was a (he-- kekko-- KI ga tsuyoi KO da
pretty tough-minded girl, quite strong-minded girl is
but she's more timid than
I expected.) to OMOtte-ta kedo IGAI ni
was-thinking-that but unexpectedly
kowagari na n da na)
timid/coward is (explan)
4
@Kyousuke:
There, there. yoshi yoshi
5
[He puts a protective arm around her.]
@Kyousuke:
Come closer. motto soba ni oide
more near come
@Kyousuke FX:
gui_!
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p 266 (148)
1
[@Mitsuru and Shiori pause at a phone booth.]
2
@Mitsuru: [hanging up]
(It looks like she's not at (do--yara IE ni mo inai
home either.) look-as-if at-home too isn't-there
rashii)
seem
phone receiver FX: ______
gachan
3
@Mitsuru:
(It seems Ayukawa also hasn't (AYUKAWA mo mada IE ni wa
returned home yet...) too yet at-home (contrast)
kaette-nai mitai da shi...)
not-have-returned-home seems consider
phone booth door FX: ___
gii
4
[He walks down the street. Shiori follows, a few steps behind.]
narration:
I have a bad feeling nani-ka iya na YOKAN ga...
about this... something unpleasant-premonition (S)
Hayakawa Mitsuru... HAYAKAWA mitsuru...
Because he's a playboy...!! aitsu ONNAttarashi da tte yu--
that-guy playboy is called
kara naa...!!
that's-why (rhet)
5
[With a serious look, he visualizes @Kyousuke jumping all over Madoka.]
narration:
Can't be... masaka...
___
Is he using my body and ore no KARADA o tsukatte AYUKAWA ni
hitting on Ayukawa...?! my-body (O) use-(and) to-Ayukawa
sematte-iru n ja...?!
is-pressing-close (explan)
@Mitsuru FX: _____
gokun
6
[Exterior view of a school's front gate.]
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p 267 (149)
1
[Someone with a flashlight walks down the hallway.]
watchman FX: ___ ___
ko_ ko_
2
watchman:
I was certain... tashika...
Someone's voice came from kono atari de HITO no KOE ga
somewhere around here... somewhere-about-here person 's voice (S)
shita n da kedo...
made (explan) but
3
watchman:
But is it just my KI no sei ka?
imagination? a-mere-fancy (?)
watchman FX: ___ ___
ko_ ko_
4
sign:
Broadcast Club HOUSOU-BU
5
[@Kyousuke and Madoka hide in the darkness of the room.]
watchman FX: [off] ___ ___
ko_ ko_
6
@Kyousuke: ____
(Damn! It was such a great (che_ i-- toko datta no ni
spot, but unexpected damn! nice-spot was even-though
interference popped by!!) ____
tonda jama ga HAItchimatta ze!!)
unexpected-hindrance (S) entered-(finality)
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p 268 (150)
1
@Kyousuke FX: _____
baki_
@Kyousuke:
WAH! wa_!
2
@Kyousuke:
I stepped on something!! nani-ka... funda zo
something stepped-on !!
3
[He starts flipping switches on a control panel.]
@Kyousuke: _____
Let's see. Lights. etto raito wa
switch FX: ______
pachi_
4
@Kyousuke:
None of these. kore demo nai
switches FX: ______ ______
pachi_ pachi_
5
[He turns on a broadcast switch.]
switch label:
Broadcast to Entire School-- ZENKOU HOUSOU #ON#
ON the-whole-school broadcasting
switch FX: ______
pachi_
6
[Madoka flips a wall switch. The lights come on. @Kyousuke looks at her.]
wall switch: ______
pachi_
lights on FX: ___
pa_
7
[He looks down at his feet.]
@Kyousuke:
Hm? n?
8
[It's a shattered LP. His profile is on the cover.]
record:
...Mitsuru ...mitsuru
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p 269 (151)
1
[He lifts the record high.]
@Kyousuke:
AHHHH!! a----_!!
2
[Exterior night shot of external speakers on a school building. His "AHH!"
was broadcast outside.]
3
@Kyousuke: ________
MY RECORD!! ore no reko--do!!
4
[Madoka looks around at the control panel.]
Madoka:
This is the Broadcasting koko HOUSOU-BU SHITSU na n da
Club's room. this-place broadcast-club room is (explan)
@Kyousuke:
Eh? e?
5
[He looks about the room.]
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p 270 (152)
1
[View of a turntable...]
2
[...and a microphone.]
3
[@Kyousuke stares at something off-panel.]
4
[He stands and looks down upon the control panel.]
narration:
The Broadcasting Club, hmm? HOUSOU-BU kaa
This brings back memories... kore wa mata natsukashii naa
this-(one) (T) again longed-for (rhet)
5
[He grasps the mike.]
narration:
As I recall... tashika...
___
There was a mike like this ore no KOUKOU JIDAI no BU-SHITSU ni mo
in the club room during my my-high-school-time 's club-room in too
high school days, and... _____
konna maiku ga atta soshite...
like-this mike (S) there-was and
6
[He visualizes a smiling face from those days.]
Shiori: [flashback]
Kazuto...! KAZUTO...!
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p 271 (153)
1
[Madoka picks up the record album and glances at the back.]
Madoka:
Hayakawa Mitsuru? HAYAKAWA mitsuru?
2
@Kyousuke: [looking smug]
.......... ..........
You know him? shitte-ru
Madoka:
Yeah. un
3
Madoka: ______
He's that playboy idol ano ONNAttarashi no aidoru desho
star, isn't he. that-playboy 's idol poss-be
@Kyousuke pratfall FX:
zuruu_
4
@Kyousuke: _ ___
I-I'M NOT A PLAYBOY!! o ore wa ONNA tarashi ja nai!!
I (T) playboy am-not
Madoka: [blankly]
.......... ..........
It's Hayakawa Mitsuru. HAYAKAWA mitsuru ga yo
5
[Outside, Shiori and @Mitsuru are surprised by what they hear.]
@Kyousuke: [off] _ ___
I-I'm Hayakawa Mitsuru!! o ore wa HAYAKAWA mitsuru da!!
I (T) am
Madoka: [off] ___
Tee! C'mon-n-n. pu_ ya da--_
_ __ __ __ __
Ah ha ha ha ha! a ha ha ha ha
What makes you think that? nande so-- OMOtta wake?
why like-that thought reason
6
[@Mitsuru looks up at the school.]
narration:
Th-that's... a are wa...
Ayukawa's voice, and what's AYUKAWA no KOE sore ni...
more... 's voice moreover
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That's my voice!! ore no KOE da!!
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p 272 (154)
1
narration:
Which means... to yu-- koto wa...
Hayakawa Mitsuru is inside HAYAKAWA mitsuru ga kono GAKKOU no NAKA ni?!
this school?! (S) inside-this-school
2
[He looks back at Shiori.]
@Mitsuru:
Wait here for a bit! chotto... koko de matte-te!
a-bit at-this-place be-waiting
3
@Mitsuru:
I'll come back soon... sugu kaette-kuru...
soon come-and-return-home
And when I do, I'll soshite kaette-kita TOKI wa
be the real Hayakawa and/then gone-and-returned time (T)
Kazuto.
HONTOU no HAYAKAWA KAZUTO da yo
true am
4
Shiori:
Huh!?! e_?!
5
@Kyousuke:
To think I'm a playboy... ONNAttarashi da nante..........
playboy is the-likes-of
______
All idols are that aidoru nante minna
way!! idol the-likes-of everyone
so-- da ze_!!
like-that are !
Madoka:
A selfish motive! FUJUN na DOUKI ne!
6
[@Kyousuke stops short.]
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p 273 (155)
1
[Panels 1-2 are black-bordered, denoting the flashback. Here, high-school-
aged Shiori drops her gaze.]
Shiori:
A selfish motive! FUJUN na DOUKI!
2
[Kazuto holds her by the arms and stares into her eyes.]
Kazuto: ___
I'll become famous and ore ZETTAI ni YUUMEI ni natte
make you happy, Shiori. I absolutely become-famous-(and)
shiori o shiawase ni shitai n da
(O) want-to-make-happy (explan)
3
[Exterior view of the darkened school building.]
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p 274 (156)
1
@Mitsuru:
The Broadcasting Club room!! HOUSOU-BU SHITSU ka!!
@Mitsuru FX: ___
da_
2
narration:
If that guy... aitsu...
3
narration:
...has done anything AYUKAWA ni hen na koto shitara...
weird to Ayukawa, I to-Ayukawa strange-thing if-do
won't forgive him!!
SHOUCHI shinai zo!!
won't-forgive !!
4
[Quietly, @Kyousuke steps out into the hall, closing the door behind him.]
door FX: _______ _____
gachari pisha
5
[Staring at the ground, he walks away.]
@Kyousuke FX: ___
ko_
6
[@Kyousuke reflects, a bit sadly.]
narration: ___
I'm just an ordinary ore wa tada no ONNA ttarashi...?
playboy...? I (T) ordinary playboy
No! chigau!
___ ______
The reason I decided to be ore ga suta-- ni narou to KImeta
a star was for Shiori, who I (S) shall-become-a-star decided-that
I dated up through high
school... no wa KOUKOU-JIDAI made
(nom) (T) until-high-school-time
tsukiatte-ita shiori no tame
was-going-with for-sake-of
datta hazu...
was likelihood
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p 275 (157)
1
narration:
Despite that... sore na no ni...
___
I've been in my own ore wa koko SUUNEN
trance the last few years, I (T) the-last-few-years
and completely forgot about
Shiori... JIBUN no koto ni MUCHUU de
self 's especially in-a-trance/delirium
shiori no koto nante
about-Shiori the-likes-of
sukkari wasurete-shimatte-ita...
completely was-forgetting-(finality)
2
[@Mitsuru races up to @Kyousuke.]
@Mitsuru FX: ___ ___ ___
da_ da_ da_
@Mitsuru:
Found you! mitsuketa!
3
[@Kyousuke's face flushes and his eyes grow large.]
narration: _ ___
I-I'm here?! o ore ga kita?!
@Kyousuke FX:
gyo_
4
[@Mitsuru grabs @Kyousuke by the shirt front.]
@Mitsuru: __
Found you at last! Hey!! yatto mitsuketa_! oi!!
at-last found hey
@Mitsuru FX: _____
munzu
5
@Mitsuru: [angrily]
You better not have done omae issho ni ita ONNA no KO ni
anything weird to the girl you together was-here to-girl
you were here with!
HEN na koto shinakattarou naa_?!
strange-thing better-not-have-done
@Kyousuke:
N-no, no!! shi shite-nai shite-nai!!
I was thinking of doing it, shiyo-- to OMOtta kedo
but...
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p 276 (158)
1
@Mitsuru:
Even if you just thought it, OMOtta dake demo yurusen!
I can't forgive you! thought just even can't-forgive
2
@Mitsuru:
You bastar-r-rd!! kono yaro----_!!
[@Mitsuru slams his head against @Kyousuke's.]
@Mitsuru/@Kyousuke FX: ____
gon_!
3
narration:
And then... Finally, the soshite... yo--yaku sore de
both of us were able to and/then finally and-so/then
return to our original
bodies... futari tomo moto no KARADA ni
2-people both in-original-bodies
modoreta wake de...
were-able-to-return reason being
4
[Madoka rushes out of the broadcast club room.]
Madoka:
Hey! What's all the racket? nani nanno sawagi?
what what-kind-of uproar/disturbance
door FX: _____
gacha
5
[View pans back. Kyousuke clutches his head, and rises up on one knee.
Mitsuru lies on his back with a goofy expression on his face.]
Kyousuke:
Ow-ow-ow-ouch. tetetete
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p 277 (159)
1
Kyousuke: [smiling]
Ayukawa! AYUKAWA_!
2
[He holds her by the shoulders.]
Kyousuke:
Are you all right?! BUJI datta?!
Madoka:
? ?
3
Madoka:
What are you talking KYUU ni nani i--DAsu no yo
about all of a sudden? suddenly what beginning-to-speak
We've been together till IMA made issho ni ite
now. up-to-now being-together
Madoka FX: ______
kyoton
4
[She looks over at the guy lying on the floor.]
Madoka:
Oh, this guy... ara kono HITO
_______
The star, Hayakawa... tarento no HAYAKAWA...
Mitsuru?! mitsuru?!
5
Madoka:
What's he doing in a place do--shite konna TOKORO ni?!
like this? why in-place-like-this
.......... ..........
He's definitely the real tashika ni HONMONO da wa!
thing! certainly real-thing is
Kyousuke: ____
Yup. If you wanna get his sou sain morau nara
autograph, now's the time. sign(ature) get if-it-is
IMA no uchi da yo
now 's within is
6
[Mitsuru opens his eyes blearily.]
Mitsuru:
Nnnn... u...n
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p 278 (160)
1
[Kyousuke takes Mitsuru by a sleeve.]
Kyousuke:
Come here a sec! chotto koi yo!
Kyousuke FX:
gui
Mitsuru:
! !
2
Kyousuke:
At least for now, go back IMA dake wa HAYAKAWA KAZUTO ni
to being Hayakawa Kazuto. now just (T) to-Hayakawa-Kazuto
modotte-yari na yo
return-(you)
For her sake... KANOJO no tame ni...
her for-sake-of
3
Mitsuru:
...... Eh? ...... e?
4
Madoka:
.......... ..........
What's going on? do-- natte n no
what becoming
5
[Exterior view of the main gate to the school grounds.]
6
[Shiori sees something off-panel.]
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p 279 (161)
1
[Her pov of a wide-eyed Mitsuru.]
2
Mitsuru:
Shiori... shiori...
3
[His view of her.]
4
Shiori:
.......... ..........
Welcome back... o-kaerinasai...
Kazuto. KAZUTO
5
[He looks back at her, speechless...]
6
[...and slowly smiles.]
Mitsuru:
I-I'm back. ta tadaima
7
[Tears pool in Shiori's eyes.]
Shiori tears FX: ________
poroporo
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p 280 (162)
1
[She buries her face in his chest. He holds her.]
2
[Madoka and Kyousuke watch from a distance.]
Mitsuru: ____
How silly. Don't cry. baka da naa naku na yo
stupid is (rhet) don't-cry
Shiori:
But... datte...
3
[Madoka drops her gaze and tosses her hair back.]
Madoka:
What I said just now about sakki no ONNAttarashi no
playboy idol singers... a-little-while-ago 's playboy 's
______
aidoru KASHU tte KOTOBA...
idol-singer (T) words
Maybe I should take that TEKKAI shite-mo i-- ka na!
back! even-tho-retract okay I-wonder
4
[Kyousuke facial portrait--blank surprise.]
5
[Madoka is surprised to see Kyousuke stifle laughter.]
narration: ______
No matter who the heart- ikura IMA o tokimeku aidoru KASHU demo
throbbing idol singer is now (O) beat-fast idol-singer
right now, they're just = no-matter-what-kind-of-X
ordinary playboys to
Ayukawa... AYUKAWA ni totte wa tada no ONNAttarashi...
to-Ayukawa ordinary-playboy
Kyousuke: ___
pu_
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p 281 (163)
1
Madoka:
What? nani yo
Kyousuke:
No, nothing. ie ie
2
[He smiles and points to himself.]
Kyousuke:
Never mind that. Didn't you sore yori sakki
hit me a little while ago? than-that a-little-while-ago
___
ore no koto butanakatta?
about-me did-not-hit
Madoka:
Why...? nande..........?
3
[He pats her on the tush. She blushes in surprise.]
Kyousuke:
But, when I did something datte konna koto suru to...
like this... but this-kind-of-thing when-do
Kyousuke FX:
sawa_
Madoka:
AH! a_!
4
Madoka hand FX: [off] ______
patsu_
Madoka: [off] _
PERVERT!! #H#_!!
5
[Madoka walks away. Kyousuke stands there with a silly expression and a slap
print on his cheek.]
narration:
Well... sate...
_________
At last, the auditions are ashita wa iyoiyo o--dishon desu!
tomorrow! tomorrow (T) at-last audition are
Madoka FX:
suta suta
Kyousuke:
See!?! hora ne_!
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