From: conty@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (OtakuRoach)
Subject: KOR Vol 01, Story 01, "The Red Straw Hat"
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 15:14:37 GMT


Kimagure Orange Road
"The Red Straw Hat"
Volume 1, Story 1
Written and illustrated by Izumi Matsumoto
 
Translated without permission.

This translation is distributed as is, without any claims to accuracy.
 
Last revised September 28, 1992.

V 1.0:  Unknown (pencil annotations found in KOR Volume 1)

V 2.0:  Enrique Conty (typesetting)

V 3.0:  Tonghyun Kim (additional translation)

Dedicated to: 
	Izumi Matsumoto, for creating all the characters that made ORANGE
	ROAD so memorable.  Thank you!  :-)

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p 6     Kyosuke         .... eleven
                        eighty-two
                        eighty-three
                        <sound effect>
                        Phew!  It's too hot!
p7      Kyosuke         ... about a hundred!
                        Nice breeze.
        narration       UFO!?  It can't be...
p8      narration        A hat?  A straw hat...
                        Come over here!
                        Hey!
        Madoka          Nice catch!
p9      Madoka          The wind blew my hat right off my head.
        Kyosuke         She's so cute...
        Madoka          I'm glad.  I thought it fell to the bottom.
p10     Madoka          Since this stairway is so long, it could have been a
                        real hassle <to get it back>.
        Kyosuke         Y...yeah.  It really is.
        Madoka          It's got 99 steps.
        Kyosuke         Really -- 98, 99...
        Kyosuke         100!
        Madoka          It can't be!  There should only be 99!
        Kyosuke         But I counted from the bottom.
        Madoka          That can't be right.
p 11    Madoka          When I counted it only had 99 steps!
        Kyosuke         Maybe you counted wrong?
        Madoka          Speak for yourself!
        Madoka          Isn't it you who miscounted?
        Kyosuke         Nope.  There was 100 exact.
        Madoka          99!
        Kyosuke         100!
        Madoka          99!
        Kyosuke         How about this then!
        Kyosuke         Take the average and make it 99.5 steps!
                        <laughter>
p 12    Madoka          It doesn't really matter.
        Kyosuke         I guess so.
        Madoka          You're not from this town!
        Kyosuke         What?
        Kyosuke         Why... how do you know?
        Madoka          You have an accent. [but how can she tell?]
        Kyosuke         Really?
        Madoka          I gotta go now.
        Madoka          See ya!
        Kyosuke         Bye!
        narration       I'm Kasuga Kyosuke
p 13    narration       There's a reason for my moving into this town today...
        Kyosuke         Hey!  Your hat!
        Madoka          Keep it!
        Kyosuke         Huh?
        Madoka          You look good in it.
        narration       To tell you the truth...
        narration       I like this town!
p 14    sign            Kasuga Takashi
                               Kyosuke
                               Manami
        Kyosuke         I'm home...
        voice           WATCH OUT!
        Kyosuke         What...
p 15    [various crashing sound F/X]
        Manami          Oh...
        narration       Were you surprised?
        narration       To be honest...
        narration       it's hard for me to say...
        narration       we're a family of ESPers!!
        Kurumi          He's ok, he's ok.
p 16    Manami          It's your fault, Kurumi!
        Kurumi          But if I don't use ESP, I can't move the drawers!
        narration       "That's cool!", you say?  NO WAY!!
        Kyosuke         I can't stand it any more!!  Kurumi!
        Kyosuke         Listen... the reason why we moved is because you ran
                        the 100m dash in 3 seconds in P.E.
        Kyosuke         Humans aren't motorcycles, you know!!
        narration       I want to be a normal boy!!
        Dad             Exactly.
p 17    Dad             Just as Kyosuke says, we are a family of ESPers.
        Dad             We must never use it in front of people.
        Dad             Let's not have to move by being called an eccentric
                        family.
        Manami          Don't just sit there in your pajamas, reading
                        newspapers!  Help out!
        narration       Let me introduce you to my family... Dad.
        narration       Twin sisters Manami
        narration       ... and Kurumi!
                        <munch, munch>
        Manami          Come on, Kyosuke. Please help us moving things!
        Manami          You didn't go to the school, did you?
        Manami          We have school from tomorrow!
        Manami          Kurumi, what are you eating?
        Kyosuke         Yeah, yeah...She knew it.
        narration       Everyone, please keep our ESP power as a secret.
			Kyosuke.
p. 18   teacher         This is Kasuga Kyosuke.  He has a history of moving
                        7 times.
        Kyosuke         Hi!
        teacher         Umm... your desk will be...
        teacher         But it's really amazing that you moved 7 times...
        voice           Wow
        voice           What did he do...
        Kyosuke         I'm a veteran in transferring schools...
                        is this my seat?
        teacher         No, not there.
        teacher         That's Ayukawa's desk.
        Kyosuke         Is she absent?
        teacher         No, she's here, but...
p. 19   Kyosuke         ?
        Komatsu         Teacher, here's an open seat.
        Komatsu         Hehehe... welcome.
        Komatsu         Glad to meet you.  I'm Komatsu.
        Komatsu         If you have anything you want to know about girls,
                        I can tell you.
        Kyosuke         Thanks.
        Kyosuke         Ahh.. the person that sits there is Ayu---
        Komatsu         That delinquent, Ayukawa Madoka.
        Komatsu         She escaped!  In other words, she's playing hooky!
        Kyosuke         Hooky?!
p.20    boy 1           Our class is lucky to have both of you.
        boy 2           It's going to be fun coming to school from tomorrow.
        girl 1          Listen to the guys...
        girl 1          But why did you have to move seven times?
        girl 2          Yeah.
        Kurumi          Because!  In the last school there was a 100m race
                        and it took me 3 seconds...
        Manami          Kurumi!!
        Manami          Wha..what are you talking about?  That's not it,
                        That's not it!
        Kurumi          Mmph!
        Manami          Moving is our hobby.
                        <laughter>
p. 21   voice           Give me a melon bread and a potato salad bread.
        voice           I want a corotke bread!
        student         Don't push.
        Hikaru          Watch where you're going!
        Komatsu         Today's really a luck day, to get the "fabled" Katsu
                        (pork cutlet) sandwich.
        voices          Ugh!  Ouch!
        Komatsu         Aren't you going to buy bread?
        Kyosuke         No.  I have a bento.
        Kyosuke         This is a lively school.
        Komatsu         Isn't it?  This place has Junior High and college
                        all in one.  And there's a lot of girls...
p. 22   Komatsu         That's why all the students here are goody-goodys.
        Kyosuke         Goody-goodys?
        Komatsu         Oh, don't I look like one?
        Komatsu         Wow!
        Komatsu         Come and take a look, Kasuga!
        Kyosuke         What?
        Komatsu         There!  There!
        Komatsu         That little girl with the long hair!  My kind of
                        girl!  Cute!!
p.23    Kyosuke         That's Kurumi.
        Komatsu         What?  You know her?
        Komatsu         You're a fast pervert, Mr. Kasuga!
        Kyosuke         She's my sister.
        Manami          Big brother!  ["Oniichan" = "Older/Big brother",
				is translated as "Brother" or "Kyosuke",
				depending on the circumstance]
        Kyosuke         Hey, Manami!
        Kyosuke         How's Kurumi doing?  She better not be using it.
        Komatsu         Brother?
        Manami          It's all right!  I'll be watching her.
        Manami          Kurumi, I got the books.
p.24    Komatsu         Bro... bro...
        Komatsu         Brother!!
        Kyosuke         Wah!!
        Komatsu         How lucky can I get!  To be your friend... hehehe.
                        (I'm so glad! To be your friend... hehehe.)
                        Would you like to have my pork cutlet sandwich?
                        Let's be brothers from now on.
        Kyosuke         Brothers? NO way!!
        Komatsu         Brother!
        Manami          There's brother.
        Komatsu         Nice to meet you!
        Komatsu         Umm... I'm Komatsu Seiji, from class 3-A.  What is
                        your name?  What kind of food do you like?  What
                        are your 3 sizes?  What do you wear when you go to
                        sleep?
        Kyosuke         <groan>
p.25    voice           See ya...
        Komatsu         Farewell, Manami-chan!  Don't forget Komatsu Seiji.
        Kyosuke         The first day of school is over without any
                        trouble. Let's go home
        Kyosuke         Ku...
        Kyosuke         What happened to Kurumi?
        Manami          Well...
        Manami          She wants to join a club, so she went to look around.
        Kyosuke         WHAT?  A.. alone!?
p. 26   Manami          Yes.  She said she'd be back soon... but that's the
                        last I heard of her!
        Kyosuke         To let her alone in school is like a goose carrying
                        onion on a ICBM!  [There is an idiom in Japan "A
			goose COMES carrying green onions" which means
			things are getting even better than expected. But in
			this case, by changing the direction, he meant that
			thing might get	worse beyond the control.Kyosuke is
			just being overly sensitive with Kurumi.]
        Kyosuke         Let's find her before she causes any trouble!
        Manami          That's harsh.
        Hikaru          Delicious!
        Hikaru          But what if a teacher comes?
        Madoka          Don't worry.
        Kurumi          !
p. 27                   <scream>
        Kyosuke         That's Kurumi's voice!!
        Kurumi          They're smoking cigarettes!
        Hikaru          <cough! cough!>
        Hikaru          That sure scared hell out of me. Don't shout so
                        loudly!
        Hikaru          What do you want?  Scram!
        Kurumi          Ju.. junior high students shouldn't smoke cigarettes.
        Hikaru          I haven't seen you around.  You're a student here?
        Kurumi          I started here today.
        Hikaru          ... so you're a new student.
p.28    Kurumi          You shouldn't do that [sing-song]
        Hikaru          Stop singing! Are you a elementary school student?
        Hikaru          If you're new here, I'll teach you things you 
                        should know. If you mess with us...
        Hikaru          You'll pay dearly.
        Kyosuke         Kuru...
        Kyosuke         ...mi.
p.29    Madoka          Hikaru, we have another guest here.
        Kyosuke         What?!
        Kyosuke         You... you're the one who gave me...
        Kurumi          Brother!
        Kyosuke         the hat yesterday.
p.30    Madoka          So... you come to this school.
        Hikaru          What, is he your friend, Madoka?
        Madoka          No...
        Madoka          I don't know this kind of wimp.
        narration       Ayukawa!?
p.31    narration       That's Ayukawa's seat.
        narration       Ayukawa.. oh yeah!  She's a troublemaker.
        narration       Ayukawa Madoka.  That seat was hers!!
        Kyosuke         <gulp>
        narration       I may not be that much of a goody two-shoes...
        narration       but this is not right!!
                        [Kyosuke does his Tetsuo impersonation]
p. 32   Hikaru          It went out again!
        Kyosuke         Heh.
        Manami          Bro... broter, you shouldn't use it!
        Kyosuke         Shhh!
        Kyosuke         If you smoke from Junior High, you won't have
                        healthy kids!!
p.33    Hikaru          What?  Watch me have one!
        Kyosuke 	It worked.)
                        <SLAP!!>
        Madoka          That's not something you should speak to a lady
                        whom you first me, kid.
p. 34   Hikaru          Wait, Madoka!
        Kyosuke         K..kid!?
        Kurumi          I didn't know big brother was a kid.
        Manami          I don't know, miss.
        Kyosuke         Wha...
        Kyosuke         What kind of a girl is she!?
p. 35   narration       The girl that gave me the hat...
        narration       It was her... wasn't she!?


Character Profile:  Kasuga Kyosuke

Kouriyougakuen Junior High School, 3rd year.
I have an unfortunate record of moving 7 times.
ESP(*) family, the oldest in the Kasuga family.
Physical ability?  Not so good.
Personality?  A little shy, and a little naive.
Ayukawa Madoka and Hiyama Hikaru?  Lets not talk about that.

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