SORA WA AKAI KAWA NO HOTORI Volume 1, Chapter 1 pages 3-43 Written and illustrated by Shinohara Chie Translation & editing by: Corbeau Noir Finished: 09-28-01 Revised: 06-28-03 Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? Please send them to: noir_corbeau@hotmail.com --------------------------------------------------- p 3 1 [Yuuri, a pretty brunette girl, leans against a tree with Himuro leaning over her.] caption: February 1995, Japan 2 [View focuses on the blissful faces of the young couple.] leaves FX: narration: ----a first kiss. --------------------------------------------------- p 4-5--TITLE PAGE [Silhouette of Mursili leaning against a chariot, light glinting off his sword, cape billowing outward. In the foreground, Yuuri stares at us in disbelief.] TITLE: SORA WA AKAI KAWA NO HOTORI [1] --------------------------------------------------- p 6 [Filler art. Yuuri portrait. She’s running away, glancing at us over her shoulder with her mouth open in panic.] --------------------------------------------------- p 7 1 [Yuuri's pov (i.e. point-of-view) of Satoshi Himuro, a wholesome dark-haired Japanese boy who is currently beat red with embarrassment.] Himuro FX: Yuuri: Satoshi! [blush] 2 [Himuro refuses to meet Yuuri's eyes; he’s still blushing furiously, one hand sheepishly behind his head.] Himuro: [grimace] Sorry, Yuuri. I won't be walking you home today. Himuro: I thought of so many things, but I still don't know what to say. 3 [Air is displaced as Himuro zips off-panel. Himuro: [off] I'll see you at school... Himuro FX: [Yuuri stares back at us, eyes wide and face still flushed.] 4 [Yuuri is frozen in amazement, her hands raised to her lips. The background is filled with roses.] narration: ......k--issed? narration: Himuro and I kissed? Yuuri heartbeat FX: narration: He and I were in the same class for three straight years, and somehow without my noticing, my feelings for him...... narration: Himuro and I---- --------------------------------------------------- p 8 1 [Full-body shot of Yuuri as she jumps ecstatically into the air.] Yuuri: Kyaaaa----! caption: She is the main character of this story--- caption: Suzuki Yuuri. caption: Age 15, 3rd-year junior high. 2 [Outside shot of the extremely nice Suzuki residence at nightfall.] Girl 1: [off] You were kissed-----!? Girl 2: [off] Finally kissed! --------------------------------------------------- p 9 1 [Overhead view of a bedroom with an anxious Yuuri crowded by two other girls.] Yuuri: Elder sister... Uime... Yuuri: Shhh! You guys are too loud. Uime: [grin] Don't worry! Both Mom and Dad are downstairs - they won't hear a thing! 2 Mariu: It's Satoshi Himuro, isn't it? [Shoulder-shot of Suzuki Mariu, a smart-looking brunette with hair in two long braids and glasses perched jauntily on her nose. She smiles off-panel at Yuuri.] Mariu: So you two really are in that kind of relationship. And you said you were just friends! 3 [Head-shot of Suzuki Uime, a cute curly-haired little girl about six-years-old. She looks up excitedly, off-panel, at Yuuri.] Uime: So Sis... Uime: What is it like, being kissed? 4 [Hands clasped to flushed cheeks, Yuuri’s eyes flutter close.] Yuuri: A little kid like you, you wouldn't understand even if I told you. The sensation of lips being softly touched, of slowly being... 5 Uime: [off] Doesn’t kissing mean sticking your tongue in another person's mouth? Mariu: [off] That’s French kissing. Yuuri's kiss was only the junior high touch-and-go kind. Yuuri: [off] Sis! [The three sisters' conversation is in ultra-tiny print above Mama’s speech bubble.] Mama: [off] Mariu, Yuuri, Uime. Come down and eat. --------------------------------------------------- p 10 1 [View of the dining room doors opening and the three Suzuki sisters peering in. Mrs. Suzuki has just finished laying plates of steaming food on the dinner table, while Mr. Suzuki has already seated himself and is not helping his wife at all.] Uime: Wow--- Uime: It's so extravagant! 2 [Mrs. Suzuki, a soft-featured blonde with bobbed hair, smiles beatifically at us like a 1950s personification of domestic bliss.] Mama: This is a celebratory dinner in honor of Yuuri passing the high school entrance examination. Mama: Thanks to her perseverance and determination, she will be attending a very prestigious high school next year. You’ve worked hard, Yuuri. 3 Uime: Mama, there's another thing that we should congratulate her on! Her very first k--- [A horrified blush on her face, Yuuri quickly clasps a hand over Uime's mouth.] Yuuri: Umie! 4 [The father of the girls looks over at them curiously. He looks like a black-bearded version of Sherlock Holmes, antiquated pipe and all.] Papa: Eh? What was that? Yuuri: [off] N-nothing, Dad! 5 Mariu: [off] Wow...These are all Yuuri's favorite foods. Mariu: [off] Yuuri, if your luck keeps up like this, there's a good chance lightening will strike you in the future to balance things out. Yuuri: [off] Sis is bullying me! --------------------------------------------------- p 11 1 narration: However, to tell the truth. narration: From passing the entrance exams, to also having Satoshi... Well, it all really does seem too good to be true. [View of the entire Suzuki family seated and happily eating at the dinner table. Uime has snagged a wine goblet and is in the process of draining it.] Mama: Congratulations, Yuuri! Uime FX: Papa: [startled] Ah, Uime, that's wine! [The face of a smiling Yuuri is superimposed on top of everyone.] narration: Yet no matter what difficulties there may be in the future, I'm not afraid. 2 Papa: [off] Is the brandy ready? Mama: [off] Yes, I've put it in the kitchen. [Yuuri stands up from the table.] chair FX: Yuuri: Ah! I'll go get it. 3 [Isolated shot of a tray containing a decanter of brandy, a glass of ice cubes, and a highball glass filled with an unknown liquid.] 4 Mariu: [off] Yuuri, grab the fruit juice too while you're at it. [View looking up at Yuuri, who already has both hands full with the tray.] Yuuri: I can't! 5 [View zooms in on the tall glass and the liquid inside that is bubbling mysteriously by itself.] liquid FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 12 1 liquid FX: [The brandy surges from the glass toward un unaware Yuuri who still has her face turned toward the dining room.] 2 [Yuuri catches a flicker of movement out of the corner of her eyes.] Yuuri: !? 3 [Focus again on the tall glass, the liquid inside instantly stilling.] liquid FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 13 1 Yuuri FX: [Full-body view of Yuuri standing frozen in the middle of the kitchen and now staring at the tray in her hands.] 2 Mariu: [off] Yuuri, what are you doing! Hurry up! Yuuri: Ah, all right! 3 [She glances off-panel at the now ordinary glass.] Yuuri: ...... 4 Yuuri: (Just a minute ago --) Yuuri: (I thought I saw the water leap from the glass!) 5 [Fade out from view of the night sky above the Suzuki residence.] --------------------------------------------------- p 14 1 [Exterior view of a monolithic school building.] birds FX: 2 [Yuuri is in her school uniform and her hair up in a ponytail. She looks extremely bemused as she thinks.] Yuuri: (Yesterday must have been my imagination!) Yuuri: (Water can't move by itself.) 3 [View of the hallway as Himuro comes up from behind Yuuri and taps her on the shoulder. Both look very comfortable with each other.] Himuro: Hey Yuuri, you're going to be late. Did you forget we have our interviews today? Yuuri: Oh, Himuro, good - --------------------------------------------------- p 15 1 [Suddenly they both stop, and turn red simultaneously. Himuro’s hand freezes on Yuuri’s shoulder.] Himuro/Yuuri FX: Yuuri: ...morning. 2 [Himuro tugs at his shirt collar.] Himuro: Err, about yesterday, what happened, th-thank you... Himuro FX: 3 [Still blushing, Yuuri raises her book bag to her face.] Yuuri: N-no problem, I mean, *I* should be the one to... 4 Himuro: [off] I'll go get the printouts. Yuuri: [off] Ah, I'll come with you! 5 [Yuuri talks to herself.] Yuuri: (Idiot, don't be so self-conscious!) Yuuri: (People will really think something's strange if we act like this.) 6 [View looking down at Yuuri and Himuro in a classroom. Himuro is scratching his head in puzzlement.] Yuuri: Himuro, where are the printouts? Himuro: Strange. Jun Bitsu said he put it here. --------------------------------------------------- p 16 1 [Himuro’s POV as he points Yuuri to a place off-panel.] Himuro: [off] Go check over there. Yuuri: Right. 2 [Yuuri glances over her shoulder off-panel at Himuro.] 3 [She smacks herself on the cheek, blushing hard.] Yuuri: (Ah, I'm still so self-conscious.) Yuuri: (Even though we've been alone together before!) 4 [She thumbs through some papers on the table beside the fish tank.] Yuuri: (Don't think, just find those printouts!) 5 [Closer view of the fish tank.] Yuuri: Jun Bitsu should have left it somewhere easier to see. 6 [View of the back of Himuro as he looks through a bookshelf.] Himuro: You're right! 7 [There’s a strange light coming from water inside the tank and all the fish are swimming away from the middle of the frothing water.] water FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 17 1 [Yuuri turns her back to the fish tank just as two disembodied hands appear in the middle of the water.] Yuuri: Seriously! Himuro, we should go ask him, see where he actually left it. water FX: 2 [The two pale bejeweled hands emerge from the water.] water FX: 3 [Yuuri looks back suddenly at the tank.] Yuuri: Huh? --------------------------------------------------- p 18 1 [Yuuri recoils in horror as white hands on top discolored arms surge up from the tank and toward her.] water FX: 2 [The hands wrap around Yuuri’s face and throat.] Yuuri: AHHHH! --------------------------------------------------- p 19 1 [Yuuri’s elbow collides against the fish tank.] fish tank FX: Yuuri: NO! 2 [Himuro turns around sharply at Yuuri’s scream.] Himuro: YUURI? 3 [The fish tank crashes to the floor in a torrent of salt water and striped tropical fish.] fish tank FX: 4 [Yuuri run toward a shocked Himuro, her hand clutched protectively around her throat.] Yuuri: A hand - ! Yuuri: A hand reached out from the water... Himuro: What are you talking about!? 5 [Yuuri points.] Yuuri: [off] Look! --------------------------------------------------- p 20 1 [There’s only the two of them, herself and Himuro, and on the floor before them a broken fish tank, spilled water, and dying fish.] fish FX: 2 [Yuuri raises her hands to her mouth in shock.] Yuuri: !! Yuuri: (Impossible!) 3 [She starts trembling as Himuro bends over the broken fish tank.] Himuro: Oh, no! Himuro: These tropical fish were like the biology teacher's children! 4 [A closer shot of Yuuri wide-eyed and open-mouthed.] Yuuri: (How can this be!) Yuuri: (Just a moment ago... there was a hand in the water!) --------------------------------------------------- p 21 1 [Exterior night shot of the Suzuki residence.] Uime: [off] It must have been your imagination, Sis. 2 [] Yuuri: How could that have been my imagination!? Yuuri: The hand reached out like this --- Yuuri: It certainly felt real! Uime: But in the real world such a thing could never happen. 3 [Uime’s face is frighteningly severe as she leans in and points an accusing finger at Yuuri. Yuuri leans away nervously.] Uime: Right? Uime: See, you must have stressed too much over the entrance exams, and now your mind just couldn't take it anymore. Yuuri: Eh... 4 [] door FX: Mariu: Yuuri, I'm finished. The bathroom's all yours. 5 [] Yuuri: ... --------------------------------------------------- p 22 1 [] 2 [] Yuuri: (Uime's probably right...) Yuuri: (If you think about it, it is extremely unlikely!) 3 [] Yuuri: water FX: 4 [] water FX: 5 [] Yuuri: Ah, if I think about it anymore, I really will go crazy. Yuuri: Yes! It must have been my imagination! --------------------------------------------------- p 23 1 [] water FX: 2 [] Yuuri: !! 3 [] water FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 24 1 water FX: Yuuri: [off] (It wasn't my imagination - !!) 2 [] disembodied voice: I've got it! Yuuri: !! disembodied voice: At last – I've got this girl! 3 Yuuri: 'Got it'? Me? water FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 25 1 [] Yuuri: ! Yuuri: (I'm going to be dragged down!) Yuuri FX: 2 [] hands FX: 3 [] water FX: 4 [Shampoo bottles and potted plants crash to the tiles, scattering soil everywhere.] pots FX: 5 door FX: Mariu: [off] Yuuri, are you okay? 6 [Back of Yuuri in the bathtub as her two sisters open the bathroom door.] Yuuir FX: Mariu: What happened? Mariu: Did you fall asleep? --------------------------------------------------- p 26 1 [] Yuuri: (Not my imagination, not my imagination...) remembered Voice: /I've got the girl!/ Yuuri FX: Yuuri: (Someone really wants to get me!) 2 Yuuri: [off] But why? And what am I going to do? 3 [] 4 [] Yuuri: (From the beginning...) 5 [] Yuuri: (...to just now, they were all in the presence of water.) Yuuri: (So... From now on, don't go near water?) --------------------------------------------------- p 27 1 [] Himuro: Yuuri, next weekend do you want to go swimming? Yuuri: NO --! I don't want to go to the beach! 2 [] Mama: Because it's raining, you don't want to go to school? Mama: Yuuri, what are you thinking? Yurri: [off] Sorry - 3 [] Himuro: Hey, Yuuri, I have tickets to the onsens... Yuuri: [off] Ahhh - maybe another time! telephone: 4 [Himoru stares perplexed at the phone.] 5 [Shot of snow-laden tree branches against a background of falling snow.] 6 [] narration: (I'm really sorry for Satoshi and Mama. But as long as I can stay clear of water, nothing will happen.) Yuuri FX: Achoo! --------------------------------------------------- p 28 1 [] Himuro: Hey, Yuuri! Himuro: Enough is enough! Rejecting all our dates without a reason! Himuro: Even today, when we are as fortunate as to get out of school early, you're going directly home. Yuuri: Satoshi! 2 Yuuri: [off] I'm...I'm really sorry. Himuro: [off] If you're really sorry, come with me to the movies. 3 [] Yuuri: Err... 4 [] Yuuri: (Going to the movies...should be no problem. Doesn't look like it'll rain.) 5 [] Yuuri: [off] Wow! That was fun! Himuro: [off] Exactly! snow FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 29 1 [] Himuro: I knew you would like it. Yuuri: Yeah, the weather's finally letting up. 2 [] Yuuri: (I...am too paranoid. If this goes on, I'll go crazy before anything happens again.) 3 [] 4 [] Himuro: [off] Yuuri, if something's wrong, please tell me. Himuro: [off] I will help you anyway I can. Yuuri: Satoshi. 5 [] Yuuri: Ah! Himuro FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 30 1 [] Himuro: Hey, I'm telling the truth! Himuro: Are you listening? heartbeat FX: 2 [] Yuuri: I'm glad. Don't worry. snow FX: 3 [] Yuuri: (That's right! Water isn't everywhere.) 4 [] Himuro: Really? Yuuri: Yep! Oh, and Himuro? I'm really hungry. 5 [] Himuro: Great! Let's go get fast food – my treat. 6 [] Yuuri: Let's go then! boots FX: 7 [] 8 [] --------------------------------------------------- p 31 1 [] hands FX: Yuuri: !! 2 [] air FX: 3 [] Himuro: So Yuuri, do you want to go to McDonald's or Wendy's... --------------------------------------------------- p 32 1 [] backpack FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 33 1 [] Himuro: ...Yuuri? 2 [] Himuro: YUURI? WHERE ARE YOU? --------------------------------------------------- p 34 1 [] water FX: Yuuri: (I'm being dragged down...!) Yuuri: (My whole body is being pulled...!) 2 [] 3 Yuuri: [off] (What is this? What's happening to me? It's almost the 21st century, how can this happen --?) --------------------------------------------------- p 35 1 [] 2 [] Yuuri: (Air!) 3 [] 4 Yuuri: HUGH -- water FX: --------------------------------------------------- p 36 1 [] woman: ******!! 2 [] Yuuri: (Huh?) --------------------------------------------------- p 37 1 [] child: **** woman: *** 2 [] Yuuri: (I can't understand what they're saying.) 3 [] girl: ********* old man: ***!! 4 [] Yuuri: (Foreign place.) 5 [] Yuuri: (This place... Yuuri: (Where am I?) --------------------------------------------------- p 38 1 [Two hooded figures on a stone staircase leading into water and darkness. One holds a lamp to alleviate the near total darkness, and the other is kneeling at the edge of the water with hands extended.] voice: It appears it has escaped. lamp FX: 2 [Closer view of familiar pale bejeweled hands moving over rippling water.] robed figure 1: [off] Pity... robed figure 1: [off] Just a little closer and I would have brought it here to me! robed figure 1: [off] But no matter. It's already here in the city. It should have appeared in one of the city's six water wells. --------------------------------------------------- p 39 1 [The lamp casts flickering light on the second figure’s long silver hair but the face remains in shadows.] robed figure 2: Send out the guards then. It won't take long for them to catch her. 2 [The first figure stands up from the water’s edge, robe parting slightly to reveal a bejeweled ankle.] robed figure 1: [off] Of course! cloth FX: 3 [Hood drops, revealing an icily beautiful woman with strange shadowed eyes.] robed figure 1: You know why I called the girl here. robed figure 1: No matter what, I will get that girl's blood! --------------------------------------------------- p 40 1 [Looming brick walls and towers behind an archaic temple.] 2 [Close shot of Yuuri’d disbelieving eyes.] 3 [Yuuri running, the anachronistic walls and buildings appearing behind her.] Yuuri: (This is not Japan...This isn’t my world!) Yuuri: (Where is Himuro?) --------------------------------------------------- p 41 1 [She sees steps up leading to the top of the walls.] Yuuri: (What should I do?) 2 [Shot of Yuuri’s feet moving up the steps.] boots FX: 3 [Yuuri notices the view beyond the walls and skids to stop.] Yuuri: (Where exactly am I?) 4 [Single shot of Yuuri’s hand touching side of the wall.] 5 [Single shot of Yuuri’s stunned face as she sees the new world before her.] Yuuri: This......... --------------------------------------------------- p 42 1 [View of an entire archaic walled city before her, with adobe houses and mountainous regions sprawling as far as the eye could see. City view extends onto the entire next page.] Yuuri: This place – Yuuri: WHAT IS THIS PLACE? caption at bottom: Before going any further, perhaps an explanation is due for the readers. --------------------------------------------------- p 43 1 caption: This is 1100 BC Hattusas, capital of the great Hittite empire. caption: That is to say, territory that is now located within modern Turkey – Anatolia. If any reader is still confused, please check an atlas. --------------------------------------------------- -----------------End of SORA Vol.1_1--------------- --------------------------------------------------- Cast of characters for SORA Vol.1_1: Satoshi Himuro - Yuuri's longtime classmate who might be more than just a friend. Suzuki Mariu - Yuuri's older sister Suzuki Uime - Yuuri's younger sister Suzuki Yuuri - An ordinary Japanese girl transported to 1100 BC Turkey ---------------------------------------------------