TOUCH (Original by Adachi Mitsuru) (Translation by Patrick Yip) Chapter 1: Tatsuya and Kazuya Legend: [] denotes actions or background # denotes thoughts or narrator <> denotes personal comment (from me) [A small house] [Minami is approaching it from the left] [Minami opens the door and walks inside] [Bam!] [Minami walks out to the left with a schoolbag] [The same small house] [Kazuya approaching it from the right] [Kazuya opens the door and walks inside] [Bam!] [Kazuya walks out to the left with a schoolbag] [On the street] [Minami turns back] : Ah! K (for Kazuya): Good morning! M (for Minami): Good morning! M : I thought you've left already. Don't need to go to the baseball morning training? K : We get a break before exam. K : It's been a long time since we last went to school together. M : Since we've been to middle school, you concentrate on your baseball... K (looking into the distance) : Not really. [The same little house] [Tatsuya dashes from the right, rushing up his school uniform and munching his sandwiches] [Tatsuya rushes into the house] [Bam!] [Tatsuya comes out and runs to the left, still munching his sandwiches] [Meisei Secondary School] [Students are walking through the main gate into the campus] [The backs of Minami and Kazuya] Hey! You two! [Tatsuya nibbing his sandwiches] K : Aha, I thought you're going to break your record of late schooling! M : What a pity! T (for Tatsuya) : Creeps!! [munching his sandwiches] M (pointing to Tatsuya) : Being late again and you'll be punished to be the classroom cleaner! Tacchan! T : Hmm... [still munching his sandwiches] [At the genkan ] T (looking at Kazuya's shoes) : The shoes we bought together look so old now! (pointing to his shoes) : See, mine looks brand-new still. M : It's no surprise! Kacchan jogs ten kilo every morning and evening. And you? The only use of your shoes is to walk from home to school. [Tatsuya is struck speechless with his tongue out] [Kazuya opens his locker and letters pours out from it] M : Kacchan, get love letters again? K : So annoying! T (rushes to help, smiling) : Let me pick them for you! [Tatsuya secretly smucks one letter into his shirt] T (hands the rest to Kazuya) : Here you are, handsome boy! M (looking at Tatsuya's locker curiously) : How about Tacchan? [Tatsuya finds a letter in his locker] T (excited) : Ha Ha! [Minami is surprised too] [Tatsuya changes his face] [on the letter: Letter of Challenge] T (embarassed smiles, with sweat flowing out) : What... M (cool smile, walking away) : Don't bother with him. [On the corridor] K (walking away from Minami and Tatsya) : See you, please take care of my brother. T : What a patron! <-- any better word for it? T (making funny face) : So lucky we're not in the same class. M (towards Tatsuya, coolly) : So that no direct comparison could be made. [At the class] [Tatsuya secretly takes out the love letter and reads it under the cover of a textbook] T # 2-B Takizawa Yoko # Good stuff (thinking of the face of Yoko and smiles) : Great! [After school] [on the corridor] S (pervert smile) : Tatsuya, the new high schoo gym society just starts. H : Wanna have a look? T (seriously and cooly) : Exam is coming. I'm going home to study. S & H (surprised and with admiration) : Woah!! [Gentleman's] [Tatsuya combs his hair in front of a mirror] [He puts up a serious face and he looks exactly like Kazuya!] T (talking to himself) : We are twins, aren't we? Looks just like a clone! (smile with pride) : He He... : But.... (sweat flows on his face) : it's such a tiresome face. [At the baseball ground, Kazuya is practising pitching] T (hiding at a corner and sensing Kazuya's attentiveness) # .......... T (walks away and smiling) : Kacchan, let me handle it for you then. [On a bench somewhere inside the campus, Yoko is awaiting quietly] [Yoko notices 'Kazuya' is approaching and she stands up] Y (excitedly) : Wha! You really come!! T (showing a handsome face) # it won't go burst within an hour. [Tatsuya sits beside Yoko and puts his arm behind the bench] Y (still very excited) : Thank you so much!! T (towards Yoko) : Don't say that. Y : Is it OK for not going to the practice? T : No problem. Only dumb fool needs practice. Y (smiling, towards Tatsuya) : Yeah, 'cause you're a genius! T : Ha Ha Ha! Y : Are you going to baseball profession? T (thoughtfully) : Hmm.... not decided yet. (facing Yoko) : But let's talk about the present first. Y : Uh? T : You look very lovely and nice! Y (abashed) : Ah! T (smiling) # He He heee.... Tacchan, what're you doing out here? [Minami is standing before Tatsuya and Yoko, with an unhappy face] [Tatsuya is sitting with one foot put on the bench, facing Yoko] T : Eh? [Yoko shows a startled face] T (facing Minami) : Eh? Y (looking at Minami and looking at Tatsuya) : Tacchan? What? [It's dusk on the way back home] [Tatsuya is walking behind Minami] T : What could you look through it? M (coldly) : I could tell when I saw you doing that. T (shows up a serious face) : Really? Don't you find us look the same? [Minami turns back and messes up Tatsuya's hair] T : Wha..! What're you doing? M (yelling) : Kacchan is Kacchan! Tacchan is Tacchan! T (rebutting) : Tacchan seldoms talks to girl except you, so I'm helping him in his appropriate role. What's wrong? [Minami doesn't listen to him and walks straight away] T : Strange girl! Hmph! [Tatsuya turns back and hits a body] [He looks up and finds a big guy in high school uniform standing in front of him] G (for the big guy) : Well done, well done! Not trying to escape, you're a real brave chap! [Tatsuya looks around to see whom he's talking to] G : What are you looking for? Did you read my letter of challenge? T : Letter of challenge? T (takes out the letter) : Oh! You mean this? G : Heck! You haven't opened it! How did you know it's here then? T (unattentively) : Just by chance. G (swinging fists) : Anyway, come on! T (jumps onto the low wall of the fountain nearby) : Sorry, I'm not coming! G (angrily) : It's your fault for not reading my letter! [The big guy grasps Tatsuya's foot and drags him down to the ground] [He rides on the back of Tatusya and beats him repeatedly] [A little girl, wearing big glasses and school uniform, running towards them] L (for the uninspiring little girl) : Brother, please stop! [Tatsuya rises a little to have a look] G (hits Tatsuya to the ground) : Back off! L (shouting) : I don't feel angry with him, not a bit! (weeping) : It just happens that he likes someone else! G (still hitting Tatsuya) : Is there any girl better than you? This jerk dared make my dear sister cry for him! L : But..... G (still punching) : What? L : The boy who declines me is not him. G (stops his fist) : Uh? [He drops Tatsuya onto the ground] G (turns to his sister) : Really? T (holding his head) : Ouch! L (with tears still on her eyes) : A boy much better than him, Kazuya Uesugi. G (holding Tatsuya) : Your name? T : Tatsuya Uesugi. [The big guy drops Tatsuya and walks away with his sister] G : I got it wrong. Let's go! [They walks into the distance] G : You're no longer feeling upset now? Never get upset for others. T (lying against the low wall of the fountain) : Ouch! Uch! # Why sent the letter to the wrong one? [At night] [Inside Uesugi's home] [Tatsuya is watching TV] TM (Tatsuya's mother) (shouting in the distance) : Don't! [Tatsuya's parents are flirting with each other] T (looking backwards) # .......... [Tatusya's parents notice his stare] TD (Tatsuya's dad) (put up a serious face) : Tatsuya, exam is near. Don't watch TV now. Kazuya and Minami both are working hard! [Tatsuya's mum is still enjoying the last moment] T (coolly) : Got it. # Asakura's family lives just next to us, the Uesugi's family # These two families have 3 children born in the same year. # They played together since they're kids, and [showing broken vases, chinawares, pottery, bats, stuffed cushions] # they were very energetic # The parents of both families found no way to deal with these naughty kids, so they built a small playing house for them. [showing the little house in the middle of their backyards] # At the very beginning, it was only a place for playing [Tatsuya is walking towards the house] # Since several years ago, it's turned into a study room [showing the window of the house with the inside lights on] # and, [showing the silhouttes of Kazuya and Minami] # begin to feel that one of us is a girl [showing Kazuya and Minami studying together] # Since then.... [showing close-up of Minami] [Tatsuya leans against the wall of the little house] [a baseball lying in front of him] [He picks up the ball] [He holds it in the way of baseball player and he stops and thinks] [He shows a slightly depressed face] [He winds up and starts a gesture of pitching] [He is going to throws the balls straight] [ His face turns into a strange impression] T (holding his back) : Ouch! [The ball drops a few yards in front of Tatsuya] [Another Day] [Back to school] [Notice Board: The Examination Result of the First Semester] [(1) Kazuya Uesugi] [showing Kazuya pitching balls, with lots of shouting girls standing around] [showing girls talking happily] [(2) Minami Asakura] [one of the girls is Minami] [(5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)...] [(35) (36) (37) (38) (39)...] [...(50) ] [Besides the notice board is Tatsuya's classroom] [Black Board: Punishment: Clean up the class-room after school Tatsuya Uesugi ] T (holding sweep and bucket) # .............. ------------------------ END OF CHAPTER ONE ---------------------------