Translation Script for Episode 21
Out of the sheer need to deny the existence of my APPhysics homework, I decided to translate Episode 21. This is a rough translation, and I do not include the action sequences. Just dialog/thought. I am bilingual, and decided to go with translating approximate cultural equivalents, rather than direct translation. This script should make sense, and I have added cultural notes to help clarify some points. I will probably never, ever do this again because I about killed myself trying to figure out how to translate some things. Enjoy my suffering. There are bound to be mistakes. I did this in about two~three hours (I got distracted by television a few times...) so it's... very, very rough. Don't kill me for it. I have already suffered enough D:
If you use these translations for something, please somewhat credit me because I almost died doing this. Thanks. Have fun.
Key:
**Please read these notes:**
-Voiceovers will be expressed between ::colons::
-Thoughts will be expressed between //backslashes//
-Anything in the label boxes will be shown in [here]
-Cultural notes will be made between *asterisks*.
Kaoru: ::When midnight comes, this carriage will probably turn into a pumpkin. But, the one that cast this magic spell wasn’t a witch.::
Souga: Now I’d like to move onto the next topic...
[Class 1-A, Class President: Kazukiyo Souga]
Souga: I’d like to discuss next week’s plans…
Haruhi: Plans?
Hikaru: For Halloween.
Kurakano: Haruhi-kun, you were admitted by special admission to this high school, so you probably haven’t heard about it...
[Class 1-A, Vice President: Momoka Kurakano]
Kurakano: At Ouran, we are given permission to have class parties, as classes are cancelled while the school-wide skills test is being graded at the end of October.
*Japanese schools have periodic school-wide tests, a bit like ‘midterms’ and ‘finals’. In Japan, however, all subject test scores are averaged or added together to decide the student’s overall rank in the class.*
Souga: In addition, we are given a full day to use towards class events of our choice, in the hopes of deepening class relations.
Haruhi: Events...?
Kaoru: Well, usually it’s just...
Hikaru: ...tea parties and movie screenings...
Renge: Lukewarm! Lukewarm, luke-warm!
*Renge actually says: ‘Amai’ which translates directly to ‘Sweet’, but in the cultural context it is like saying someone is still ‘green’, or ‘incomplete’. In an attempt to find an equal saying in English, I have resorted to ‘Lukewarm’.*
Renge: Halloween! A day that connects the end of summer and the beginning of winter... Halloween-a day where people challenged the dead and monsters by taking their forms-Halloween! A day that became a festival of dressing up and playing pranks! is what is said...
Hikaru: Even without permission for costume parties...
Kaoru: ...there’s a person here that cosplays year-round.
Haruhi: Yeah… and? What is that uniform for?
Renge: What is there to hide? This is the girl’s uniform design due to be released next year for the Doki Doki Memorial 2 game!
*Doki Doki Memorial 2 refers to an updated version of a game that Renge is known to be obsessed with. The game is basically a virtual dating game. Renge is infatuated with the game, and has secured herself a real-life version of the new uniform design that shouldn’t even be available to players for another year.*
[Gathering secret information by having money speak for her]
Renge: I had it pre-made with yet unreleased data!
Kaoru/Hikaru/Haruhi: Uh huh...
Souga: Hoshakuji-san... we’re still in the middle of a meeting. Please, get down from the table.
Renge: Cosplaying, tea parties-these are things we already do all of the time in the Host Club! What is Halloween, if there isn’t some further excitement?
Souga: No, but... this is a class event-
Renge: I would like to propose now-a Halloween Special Scare Competition!
[Halloween Special Scare Competition]
*Renge proposes a ‘kimodameshi’, which is like a game of chicken, except for it pertains to fear/scares. There is no real English equivalent to this, but essentially: different teams try to scare opposing teams, competing for the title of ‘bravest’ or least easily frightened team.*
Souga: Uh-
Hikaru: Halloween Special…
Kaoru: ...Scare Competition?
Renge: We ask the school principal to open the school for us at night... and then we take turns dressing up as ghosts and scare one another! What wonderful communication it would be!
Hikaru/Kaoru: Yeah! That’s good! We’ll back that proposition.
Hikaru: We especially like...
Kaoru: ...that we’ll be seeing the school at nighttime.
*Note here that Japanese sentence structure is often the opposite of English sentence structure. In Japanese, Hikaru is the one that comments about the nighttime idea, while Kaoru expresses their approval for it. (Their dialogue is flipped, but I have kept the intended effect)*
Misc Classmate 1: The school at night?
MC2: That does sound exciting...
MC3: I just thought of a really good plan!
MC4: So we all take turns dressing up, and try to scare one person at a time, right?
Souga: Wouldn’t one person at a time be inefficient... We also have to think about time restraints and... it would have to be at least 3~4 people at... at a time...
Kurakano: We want it to be -really- scary, ne?
Souga: Uh... um...
Hikaru: Anyone that runs out before it’s over...
Kaoru: ...should be declared the King of Wusses on the front page of the school paper.
Souga: But-
Class (excluding Souga and Haruhi): Agreed!
Souga: Bu-but... then, um... is there... is there anyone that has an opposing opinion to the majority...?
Souga: Is there -anyone- that’s opposed?
Souga: Is there REALLY NOBODY--?
Souga: ...then... Class 1-A’s event is decided as... the Halloween Special Scare Fest proposed by Hoshakuji-san... your opinions...?
Class (excluding, again, Souga and Haruhi): Yayyyy!
[Until the day it becomes a pumpkin]
[The Third Music Room: Host Club in Session]
Tamaki: Trick or treat... if you don’t give me a treat, I’ll play a trick on you...
Tamaki: Halloween is next week, but the Host Club will celebrate a Special Halloween Week starting today!
Misc. Female 1: You’re a vampire this year, Tamaki-kun?
Misc. Female 2: You look so wonderful...
Tamaki: Will you give me a treat, known as blood...?
Misc. Female 2: I won’t-so please, play a trick on me...
Tamaki: Then-a kiss of death...
Misc. Female 1: Me next!
Hikaru/Kaoru (with Haruhi in tow): Hey!
Tamaki: You’re late, you guys! Hurry up and get changed!
Hikaru: Oh, until Halloween day...
Kaoru: ... we’re going to take a break from club activities.
Hikaru/Kaoru: So make do without us!
*Hikaru and Kaoru actually say: Yoroshikune, which doesn’t have a proper English counterpart. It means, directly: so that’s how it’s going to be, or something of the like.*
Tama: What?!
Honey: What happened~?
Hikaru/Kaoru: We have a class event on Halloween day, so we’re busy preparing for that.
Kyouya: There’s nothing we can do about that...
Hikaru/Kaoru: So that’s how it is, bye!
Honey: Do a good job~
Tamaki: !! Wait, wait-why are you taking Haruhi, too?
Hikaru: Because Haruhi’s in the same class as us...
Kaoru: ...and we'll be at the school at night-it’s a special scare competition.
Tamaki: Wh-the... the school at-at night...?
[Tamaki’s Mental ‘Midnight’ Theater]
//Haruhi: Aah, I’m scared Hikaru, I’m scared, I’m scared!
Hikaru: (Grins)
Haruhi: Aaah, I’m scared Kaoru, I’m scared, I’m scared!
Kaoru: (Grins)//
Tamaki: Ha-Haruhi, are you really going to participate in such barbaric events?!
Haruhi: Well, yeah. Class relationships are important too, after all.
Tamaki: Relationships? Relationship, you say? What kind of relationships?! It’s shameless- letting our daughter fool around at night?! Daddy won’t allow it, he won’t!
Kaoru: ::This is the magic spell. We are just club members... but Tono calls Haruhi his daughter, and imagines we are a family.::
Hikaru: Well, let’s go then, Haruhi.
Hikaru/Kaoru: Adieu, Tono!
Tamaki: Wait, stop! Let me participate in that event too-
Nekozawa: Fufufufufufu...
Tamaki: What-... Nekozawa-sempai, when did you get there...?
Nekozawa: It seems I’ve overheard some fun news... what is that, Belzeneef...? You think it sounds fun, too...? If it’s depthless terror you seek, the Black Magic Club can’t afford to miss out... let’s present the First Years with a Halloween they won’t forget... fufufufufufu...
Tamaki: Uh...
MiscFemaleClassmate1: What should we do about outfits? If we started making ghost costumes, there’d be no end to the preparations...
Hikaru: We’ll go with the commoner rule and say they have to be within 300 yen...
Kaoru: It’s more fun if it’s cheap.
Renge: There may be some people that faint...
Haruhi: //...everyone seems to be having fun...//
Haruhi: Huh? Achluophobia? You’re afraid of the dark?
Souga: ...and in addition, fear of horror movies, fear of horror stories, fear of sudden loud noises, fear of TV commercials for horror shows. What’s with that, anyways? Why do they have to run them without warning? What about the people that are afraid of them? -and why, why is it that all the other classes are having normal events like tea parties... and our class is doing a class-wide scare competion? It’s already fall, I don’t see the point!
Haruhi: Class President, calm down...
Souga: Sorry, Fujioka...
Haruhi: If you didn’t want to participate, you should have said something. If the Class President said something, everyone else would probably have agreed.
Souga: But... I feel like that would be taking advantage of my position… abusing my power... so I was hoping I’d get some help-from you, Fujioka!
Haruhi: Like I said, -calm down-.
Souga: I’m sorry...
Haruhi: And help you... how would I have-
Souga: You didn’t seem interested, so I was sending you desperate signals to help me by opposing...
Haruhi: Huh?
//Flashback:
Souga: Bu-but... then, um... is there... is there anyone that has an opposing opinion to the majority...?
Souga: Is there -anyone- that’s opposed?
Souga: Is there REALLY NOBODY--?//
Souga: If even one person had opposed, I could have scrapped the idea...!
Haruhi: Uh... sorry.
[Zero Percent Telepathy Abilities]
Haruhi: I didn’t notice at all...
Souga: Please, Fujioka! Be in the same group as me tomorrow! I feel like, if I was near you, your apathy would rub off on me and I’d be able to stay calm!
Haruhi: Class president...
Souga: Oh, and-please, don’t tell Hikaru and Kaoru about this!
Hikaru/Kaoru: Hmmmm... so the class president is a wimp...
Souga: (Terrifyingly girly yells of panic as he tries to claw his way out of the hallway)
Kurakano: Oh, so this is where you all went! I’m taking group requests right now...
Hikaru/Kaoru: Okay! We’d like to be in a group with us four~
Kurakano: Okay, then you four will be the B Team...
Hikaru/Kaoru: Let’s work hard, huh, president~?
Souga: This is horrible!
Haruhi: The poor guy...
[Halloween...]
[...night.]
Hikaru: Have you heard the story about the Clock Tower witch, Kaoru?
Kaoru: Yeah, a female student that dressed up as a witch years ago, fell from the Clock Tower...
Hikaru/Kaoru: ...and every since, anyone that sees the witch ends up haunted!
Souga: S-stop, please!
Haruhi: Hey, stop it! What good is scaring your own teammate? Plus, we’re on the ‘Scare’ team right now!
Hikaru/Kaoru: But nobody’s coming yet, and we’re bored!
Souga: (Soul starts to slip out of him due to fear)
Haruhi: President, get a hold of yourself! (Whips soul back into him) It’s okay, look! I borrowed this book from the library for you: 108 Ways to Get Through Frightening Situations!
Souga: Fujioka...!
Haruhi: Let’s see... how to get through a scary situation...
[Haruhi’s Plan: 300 Yen Scare Competition Goods: ...Japanese gelatin.]
*It’s actually called konnyaku, but I don’t know what it translates to in English. It is essentially a very firm rectangle of a somewhat jello-like substance. The idea is that if you hang it from a string on a pole, you can maneuver it to touch someone on the back of the neck, or any other exposed skin, and it will feel like a cold, wet hand.*
Souga: How, how?
Haruhi: Way 1: If you brace yourself, it’ll end eventually.
Souga: (Cracks, as the information is not helpful at all)
Haruhi: Way 2: Just tell yourself it’s fine 10 times.
Souga: (Cracks further)
Haruhi: Way 3: Even if you see something, pretend you didn’t.
Souga: No! That doesn’t solve any problems at all! I want to go home! I don’t care if I’m labeled the King of Wusses, just let me go home!
Kaoru: Oh, so it’s okay, then, if your lovely Kurakano-hime laughs at you...
Haruhi: I didn’t know you like Kurakano-san, class president!
Souga: N-no! We’re just long time classmates, and it’s nothing more-
Hikaru/Kaoru: Right, right, we get it.
Hikaru: You were saying that you didn’t want to abuse your powers as class president...
Kaoru: ...but you really just didn’t want her to see your weak side, right?
Souga: No-that’s not why I didn’t oppose... I just...
//Flashback:
Kurakano: We want it to be -really- scary, ne?//
Souga: Kurakano-san just... seemed to be really excited about the scare-fest...
Hikaru/Kaoru: Oh no-
Hikaru: He’s the pure type-
Kaoru: -the type of person we shouldn’t bully-
Hikaru/Kaoru: Oh, our own corruption feels so heavy!
[Tamaki: The kind of ‘pure type’ that is okay to bully]
Hikaru: But, then... that’s just more reason to help him.
Haruhi: ...uh... was it just me, or... did something like a white shadow just pass the window...?
Souga: Not you, too, Fujioka, stop it! What are you saying?!
Hikaru/Kaoru/Haruhi/Souga: Aaaaahhh!
Kaoru: T-this... is the A team’s underhanded work, isn’t it?
Hikaru: I-it isn’t their turn to scare yet! Follow the rules! (Kicks the skull)
Disembodied Voice: It hurts...!
Kaoru: Nice shoot!
DV: It hurts... hurts...
(Bell tolls, DV appears as the ‘Clock Tower Witch’)
Souga: Is... is that the Clock Tower... witch?
CTW: Who kicked the skull... was it YOU?
Hikaru/Kaoru/Haruhi/Souga: AAAAAHHHHH! (Run off, Hikaru with Haruhi, Kaoru with Souga)
Haruhi: (Trips over a rope) H-huh?
Hikaru/Haruhi: Aaah!
Souga: (Slams a door open, pants) ...(sees someone)..who...?
Mori: ...Franken...
Souga: (Screams, runs before he can finish, slams another door open)
Honey: Werewolf!!!
[Wrong]
Souga: (Screams, runs again)
Kaoru: Class president, where do you think you’re going? Calm down!
Nekozawa’s Maid&Butler: (Lock Kaoru/Souga in a room)
Nekozawa: Fufufufu... my scare tactic plan is perfect... hm? Kyouya-kun... aren’t you going to participate?
Kyouya: No.
Kaoru: Damn it... we’re locked in.
Hikaru: Ow... what is this, are we prey? ...wait, Kaoru! Kaoru, where’s Kaoru?!
Haruhi: Ah! Stop thrashing around, Hikaru!
Hikaru: Kaoru!
Haruhi: Stop moving, I’m going to cut the net with these scissors-
[Sewing Kit]
Hikaru: …oh, even Haruhi has some feminine qualities?
Haruhi: What do you mean, even Haruhi? You’re so rude, Hikaru.
Hikaru: What do you mean -I’m- rude? Kaoru’s the same as me!
Haruhi: Kaoru is different. When he’s alone, he’s almost a normal person, and he’s pretty settled. You, though, Hikaru, are noisy and rude even when you’re alone.
Hikaru: So that’s how it is... (muttering)
Haruhi: Okay, so stay still.
Hikaru: W...what with this position?
Haruhi: I’m sorry! But I can’t move any other way. It might be a little uncomfortable, but bear with me!
Hikaru: No, it’s not... about...
Tamaki (who had dressed up as the CTW): I can’t allow this!
Nekozawa: Now now, if you jump out now, the plan will be ruined!
[Science Room]
Kaoru: It’s no use... there doesn’t seem to be anyone outside... the A-Team is taking this too far!
Souga: ...which one are you?
Kaoru: I’m Kaoru... did your back give out?
Souga: Uh, no... I’m so scared that I don’t even care anymore.
Kaoru: (Sighs) All of our plans are ruined now... we were actually going to scare Kurakano-hime really badly and let you comfort her... that was our heart-warming scenario for the night.
Souga: Um, I’m thankful, but... it’s okay, really. And, Kurakano-san seems to like Fujioka, anyways...
//Flashback:
Kurakano: Haruhi-kun!//
Souga: Fujioka doesn’t seem interested right now, but... they might end up liking each other, eventually.
Kaoru: Uh, no. I swear to god that won’t ever happen.
Souga: Huh? Why?
Kaoru: It just won’t.
Souga: But, really... it might sound like an excuse, but I don’t have any plans to do anything about it... it’s fun enough conducting class activities with her... I don’t want to chance breaking the relationship we have now.
Kaoru: In other words... that’s -your- carriage... I suppose that is one way of thinking about it... to keep riding like this isn’t so bad... labels like ‘Father’ and ‘Daughter’... this family setting, is probably because Tono doesn’t want our current world to break... it’s his magic spell.
Souga: Huh?
Kaoru: Tono... none of us ever used to play in large groups... wanting to keep the current fun situation is a feeling I share, too.
Souga: ...sorry, what are you talking about?
Kaoru: But... someday it’s probably just going to end up being a mud covered pumpkin, anyways...
Hikaru: (Bangs, throws door open) Kaoru! Are you there, Kaoru?!
Kaoru: Hikaru--!
Hikaru/Kaoru: Hikaru/Kaoru!
Souga: Wait, where’s Fujioka? Wasn’t he with you?
Hikaru: ...oh, crap, I forgot about that.
Haruhi: (Panting) Hikaru, that’s not fair! The second we got out of the net, you just ran off by yourself!
Hikaru: Uh... sorry...
Renge: Oh, they’re back!
Misc. Classmate 1: We were worried about you!
MC2: Where did you go?
MC3: We quit the competition to look for you!
Hikaru: Huh?
Kaoru: You’re the ones that pulled a trick on us!
MC4: We didn’t do anything...
Renge/MC1: Kyaa!
Haruhi: What’s wrong?
Renge/MC1: Something white just... passed outside the window!
Class: Huh?
(Meow)
Class: Aaah! (Collectively collapse)
Haruhi: ...he got us.
(Newspaper reads that the entire 1-A class is made up of wimps)
Hikaru: That Nekozawa-sempai!
Kaoru: If you look closely, it’s obviously Belzeneef!
Kurakano: I heard.
Souga: Eh?
Kurakano: I heard, Kazukiyo-kun, that you’re really a scardy cat but that you went through with it for our class?
Souga: Uh, no... well... I’m sorry...
Kurakano: That’s wonderful! I respect you all over again!
Souga: Eh?
Kaoru: They have a good mood going, huh? The carriage can’t keep going, after all.
Hikaru: ...what are you talking about?
//Flashback:
Haruhi: (Panting) Hikaru, that’s not fair! The second we got out of the net, you just ran off by yourself!
Hikaru: Uh... sorry...//
Kaoru: Well, as long as you still come to me first in that kind of situation, I guess we’re okay.
Hikaru: Huh?
Kaoru: Nothing, nothing.
Kaoru: :://But when Hikaru realizes he wants to take another step ahead-...then, what will I do?//::
If you use these translations for something, please somewhat credit me because I almost died doing this. Thanks. Have fun.
Key:
**Please read these notes:**
-Voiceovers will be expressed between ::colons::
-Thoughts will be expressed between //backslashes//
-Anything in the label boxes will be shown in [here]
-Cultural notes will be made between *asterisks*.
Kaoru: ::When midnight comes, this carriage will probably turn into a pumpkin. But, the one that cast this magic spell wasn’t a witch.::
Souga: Now I’d like to move onto the next topic...
[Class 1-A, Class President: Kazukiyo Souga]
Souga: I’d like to discuss next week’s plans…
Haruhi: Plans?
Hikaru: For Halloween.
Kurakano: Haruhi-kun, you were admitted by special admission to this high school, so you probably haven’t heard about it...
[Class 1-A, Vice President: Momoka Kurakano]
Kurakano: At Ouran, we are given permission to have class parties, as classes are cancelled while the school-wide skills test is being graded at the end of October.
*Japanese schools have periodic school-wide tests, a bit like ‘midterms’ and ‘finals’. In Japan, however, all subject test scores are averaged or added together to decide the student’s overall rank in the class.*
Souga: In addition, we are given a full day to use towards class events of our choice, in the hopes of deepening class relations.
Haruhi: Events...?
Kaoru: Well, usually it’s just...
Hikaru: ...tea parties and movie screenings...
Renge: Lukewarm! Lukewarm, luke-warm!
*Renge actually says: ‘Amai’ which translates directly to ‘Sweet’, but in the cultural context it is like saying someone is still ‘green’, or ‘incomplete’. In an attempt to find an equal saying in English, I have resorted to ‘Lukewarm’.*
Renge: Halloween! A day that connects the end of summer and the beginning of winter... Halloween-a day where people challenged the dead and monsters by taking their forms-Halloween! A day that became a festival of dressing up and playing pranks! is what is said...
Hikaru: Even without permission for costume parties...
Kaoru: ...there’s a person here that cosplays year-round.
Haruhi: Yeah… and? What is that uniform for?
Renge: What is there to hide? This is the girl’s uniform design due to be released next year for the Doki Doki Memorial 2 game!
*Doki Doki Memorial 2 refers to an updated version of a game that Renge is known to be obsessed with. The game is basically a virtual dating game. Renge is infatuated with the game, and has secured herself a real-life version of the new uniform design that shouldn’t even be available to players for another year.*
[Gathering secret information by having money speak for her]
Renge: I had it pre-made with yet unreleased data!
Kaoru/Hikaru/Haruhi: Uh huh...
Souga: Hoshakuji-san... we’re still in the middle of a meeting. Please, get down from the table.
Renge: Cosplaying, tea parties-these are things we already do all of the time in the Host Club! What is Halloween, if there isn’t some further excitement?
Souga: No, but... this is a class event-
Renge: I would like to propose now-a Halloween Special Scare Competition!
[Halloween Special Scare Competition]
*Renge proposes a ‘kimodameshi’, which is like a game of chicken, except for it pertains to fear/scares. There is no real English equivalent to this, but essentially: different teams try to scare opposing teams, competing for the title of ‘bravest’ or least easily frightened team.*
Souga: Uh-
Hikaru: Halloween Special…
Kaoru: ...Scare Competition?
Renge: We ask the school principal to open the school for us at night... and then we take turns dressing up as ghosts and scare one another! What wonderful communication it would be!
Hikaru/Kaoru: Yeah! That’s good! We’ll back that proposition.
Hikaru: We especially like...
Kaoru: ...that we’ll be seeing the school at nighttime.
*Note here that Japanese sentence structure is often the opposite of English sentence structure. In Japanese, Hikaru is the one that comments about the nighttime idea, while Kaoru expresses their approval for it. (Their dialogue is flipped, but I have kept the intended effect)*
Misc Classmate 1: The school at night?
MC2: That does sound exciting...
MC3: I just thought of a really good plan!
MC4: So we all take turns dressing up, and try to scare one person at a time, right?
Souga: Wouldn’t one person at a time be inefficient... We also have to think about time restraints and... it would have to be at least 3~4 people at... at a time...
Kurakano: We want it to be -really- scary, ne?
Souga: Uh... um...
Hikaru: Anyone that runs out before it’s over...
Kaoru: ...should be declared the King of Wusses on the front page of the school paper.
Souga: But-
Class (excluding Souga and Haruhi): Agreed!
Souga: Bu-but... then, um... is there... is there anyone that has an opposing opinion to the majority...?
Souga: Is there -anyone- that’s opposed?
Souga: Is there REALLY NOBODY--?
Souga: ...then... Class 1-A’s event is decided as... the Halloween Special Scare Fest proposed by Hoshakuji-san... your opinions...?
Class (excluding, again, Souga and Haruhi): Yayyyy!
[Until the day it becomes a pumpkin]
[The Third Music Room: Host Club in Session]
Tamaki: Trick or treat... if you don’t give me a treat, I’ll play a trick on you...
Tamaki: Halloween is next week, but the Host Club will celebrate a Special Halloween Week starting today!
Misc. Female 1: You’re a vampire this year, Tamaki-kun?
Misc. Female 2: You look so wonderful...
Tamaki: Will you give me a treat, known as blood...?
Misc. Female 2: I won’t-so please, play a trick on me...
Tamaki: Then-a kiss of death...
Misc. Female 1: Me next!
Hikaru/Kaoru (with Haruhi in tow): Hey!
Tamaki: You’re late, you guys! Hurry up and get changed!
Hikaru: Oh, until Halloween day...
Kaoru: ... we’re going to take a break from club activities.
Hikaru/Kaoru: So make do without us!
*Hikaru and Kaoru actually say: Yoroshikune, which doesn’t have a proper English counterpart. It means, directly: so that’s how it’s going to be, or something of the like.*
Tama: What?!
Honey: What happened~?
Hikaru/Kaoru: We have a class event on Halloween day, so we’re busy preparing for that.
Kyouya: There’s nothing we can do about that...
Hikaru/Kaoru: So that’s how it is, bye!
Honey: Do a good job~
Tamaki: !! Wait, wait-why are you taking Haruhi, too?
Hikaru: Because Haruhi’s in the same class as us...
Kaoru: ...and we'll be at the school at night-it’s a special scare competition.
Tamaki: Wh-the... the school at-at night...?
[Tamaki’s Mental ‘Midnight’ Theater]
//Haruhi: Aah, I’m scared Hikaru, I’m scared, I’m scared!
Hikaru: (Grins)
Haruhi: Aaah, I’m scared Kaoru, I’m scared, I’m scared!
Kaoru: (Grins)//
Tamaki: Ha-Haruhi, are you really going to participate in such barbaric events?!
Haruhi: Well, yeah. Class relationships are important too, after all.
Tamaki: Relationships? Relationship, you say? What kind of relationships?! It’s shameless- letting our daughter fool around at night?! Daddy won’t allow it, he won’t!
Kaoru: ::This is the magic spell. We are just club members... but Tono calls Haruhi his daughter, and imagines we are a family.::
Hikaru: Well, let’s go then, Haruhi.
Hikaru/Kaoru: Adieu, Tono!
Tamaki: Wait, stop! Let me participate in that event too-
Nekozawa: Fufufufufufu...
Tamaki: What-... Nekozawa-sempai, when did you get there...?
Nekozawa: It seems I’ve overheard some fun news... what is that, Belzeneef...? You think it sounds fun, too...? If it’s depthless terror you seek, the Black Magic Club can’t afford to miss out... let’s present the First Years with a Halloween they won’t forget... fufufufufufu...
Tamaki: Uh...
MiscFemaleClassmate1: What should we do about outfits? If we started making ghost costumes, there’d be no end to the preparations...
Hikaru: We’ll go with the commoner rule and say they have to be within 300 yen...
Kaoru: It’s more fun if it’s cheap.
Renge: There may be some people that faint...
Haruhi: //...everyone seems to be having fun...//
Haruhi: Huh? Achluophobia? You’re afraid of the dark?
Souga: ...and in addition, fear of horror movies, fear of horror stories, fear of sudden loud noises, fear of TV commercials for horror shows. What’s with that, anyways? Why do they have to run them without warning? What about the people that are afraid of them? -and why, why is it that all the other classes are having normal events like tea parties... and our class is doing a class-wide scare competion? It’s already fall, I don’t see the point!
Haruhi: Class President, calm down...
Souga: Sorry, Fujioka...
Haruhi: If you didn’t want to participate, you should have said something. If the Class President said something, everyone else would probably have agreed.
Souga: But... I feel like that would be taking advantage of my position… abusing my power... so I was hoping I’d get some help-from you, Fujioka!
Haruhi: Like I said, -calm down-.
Souga: I’m sorry...
Haruhi: And help you... how would I have-
Souga: You didn’t seem interested, so I was sending you desperate signals to help me by opposing...
Haruhi: Huh?
//Flashback:
Souga: Bu-but... then, um... is there... is there anyone that has an opposing opinion to the majority...?
Souga: Is there -anyone- that’s opposed?
Souga: Is there REALLY NOBODY--?//
Souga: If even one person had opposed, I could have scrapped the idea...!
Haruhi: Uh... sorry.
[Zero Percent Telepathy Abilities]
Haruhi: I didn’t notice at all...
Souga: Please, Fujioka! Be in the same group as me tomorrow! I feel like, if I was near you, your apathy would rub off on me and I’d be able to stay calm!
Haruhi: Class president...
Souga: Oh, and-please, don’t tell Hikaru and Kaoru about this!
Hikaru/Kaoru: Hmmmm... so the class president is a wimp...
Souga: (Terrifyingly girly yells of panic as he tries to claw his way out of the hallway)
Kurakano: Oh, so this is where you all went! I’m taking group requests right now...
Hikaru/Kaoru: Okay! We’d like to be in a group with us four~
Kurakano: Okay, then you four will be the B Team...
Hikaru/Kaoru: Let’s work hard, huh, president~?
Souga: This is horrible!
Haruhi: The poor guy...
[Halloween...]
[...night.]
Hikaru: Have you heard the story about the Clock Tower witch, Kaoru?
Kaoru: Yeah, a female student that dressed up as a witch years ago, fell from the Clock Tower...
Hikaru/Kaoru: ...and every since, anyone that sees the witch ends up haunted!
Souga: S-stop, please!
Haruhi: Hey, stop it! What good is scaring your own teammate? Plus, we’re on the ‘Scare’ team right now!
Hikaru/Kaoru: But nobody’s coming yet, and we’re bored!
Souga: (Soul starts to slip out of him due to fear)
Haruhi: President, get a hold of yourself! (Whips soul back into him) It’s okay, look! I borrowed this book from the library for you: 108 Ways to Get Through Frightening Situations!
Souga: Fujioka...!
Haruhi: Let’s see... how to get through a scary situation...
[Haruhi’s Plan: 300 Yen Scare Competition Goods: ...Japanese gelatin.]
*It’s actually called konnyaku, but I don’t know what it translates to in English. It is essentially a very firm rectangle of a somewhat jello-like substance. The idea is that if you hang it from a string on a pole, you can maneuver it to touch someone on the back of the neck, or any other exposed skin, and it will feel like a cold, wet hand.*
Souga: How, how?
Haruhi: Way 1: If you brace yourself, it’ll end eventually.
Souga: (Cracks, as the information is not helpful at all)
Haruhi: Way 2: Just tell yourself it’s fine 10 times.
Souga: (Cracks further)
Haruhi: Way 3: Even if you see something, pretend you didn’t.
Souga: No! That doesn’t solve any problems at all! I want to go home! I don’t care if I’m labeled the King of Wusses, just let me go home!
Kaoru: Oh, so it’s okay, then, if your lovely Kurakano-hime laughs at you...
Haruhi: I didn’t know you like Kurakano-san, class president!
Souga: N-no! We’re just long time classmates, and it’s nothing more-
Hikaru/Kaoru: Right, right, we get it.
Hikaru: You were saying that you didn’t want to abuse your powers as class president...
Kaoru: ...but you really just didn’t want her to see your weak side, right?
Souga: No-that’s not why I didn’t oppose... I just...
//Flashback:
Kurakano: We want it to be -really- scary, ne?//
Souga: Kurakano-san just... seemed to be really excited about the scare-fest...
Hikaru/Kaoru: Oh no-
Hikaru: He’s the pure type-
Kaoru: -the type of person we shouldn’t bully-
Hikaru/Kaoru: Oh, our own corruption feels so heavy!
[Tamaki: The kind of ‘pure type’ that is okay to bully]
Hikaru: But, then... that’s just more reason to help him.
Haruhi: ...uh... was it just me, or... did something like a white shadow just pass the window...?
Souga: Not you, too, Fujioka, stop it! What are you saying?!
Hikaru/Kaoru/Haruhi/Souga: Aaaaahhh!
Kaoru: T-this... is the A team’s underhanded work, isn’t it?
Hikaru: I-it isn’t their turn to scare yet! Follow the rules! (Kicks the skull)
Disembodied Voice: It hurts...!
Kaoru: Nice shoot!
DV: It hurts... hurts...
(Bell tolls, DV appears as the ‘Clock Tower Witch’)
Souga: Is... is that the Clock Tower... witch?
CTW: Who kicked the skull... was it YOU?
Hikaru/Kaoru/Haruhi/Souga: AAAAAHHHHH! (Run off, Hikaru with Haruhi, Kaoru with Souga)
Haruhi: (Trips over a rope) H-huh?
Hikaru/Haruhi: Aaah!
Souga: (Slams a door open, pants) ...(sees someone)..who...?
Mori: ...Franken...
Souga: (Screams, runs before he can finish, slams another door open)
Honey: Werewolf!!!
[Wrong]
Souga: (Screams, runs again)
Kaoru: Class president, where do you think you’re going? Calm down!
Nekozawa’s Maid&Butler: (Lock Kaoru/Souga in a room)
Nekozawa: Fufufufu... my scare tactic plan is perfect... hm? Kyouya-kun... aren’t you going to participate?
Kyouya: No.
Kaoru: Damn it... we’re locked in.
Hikaru: Ow... what is this, are we prey? ...wait, Kaoru! Kaoru, where’s Kaoru?!
Haruhi: Ah! Stop thrashing around, Hikaru!
Hikaru: Kaoru!
Haruhi: Stop moving, I’m going to cut the net with these scissors-
[Sewing Kit]
Hikaru: …oh, even Haruhi has some feminine qualities?
Haruhi: What do you mean, even Haruhi? You’re so rude, Hikaru.
Hikaru: What do you mean -I’m- rude? Kaoru’s the same as me!
Haruhi: Kaoru is different. When he’s alone, he’s almost a normal person, and he’s pretty settled. You, though, Hikaru, are noisy and rude even when you’re alone.
Hikaru: So that’s how it is... (muttering)
Haruhi: Okay, so stay still.
Hikaru: W...what with this position?
Haruhi: I’m sorry! But I can’t move any other way. It might be a little uncomfortable, but bear with me!
Hikaru: No, it’s not... about...
Tamaki (who had dressed up as the CTW): I can’t allow this!
Nekozawa: Now now, if you jump out now, the plan will be ruined!
[Science Room]
Kaoru: It’s no use... there doesn’t seem to be anyone outside... the A-Team is taking this too far!
Souga: ...which one are you?
Kaoru: I’m Kaoru... did your back give out?
Souga: Uh, no... I’m so scared that I don’t even care anymore.
Kaoru: (Sighs) All of our plans are ruined now... we were actually going to scare Kurakano-hime really badly and let you comfort her... that was our heart-warming scenario for the night.
Souga: Um, I’m thankful, but... it’s okay, really. And, Kurakano-san seems to like Fujioka, anyways...
//Flashback:
Kurakano: Haruhi-kun!//
Souga: Fujioka doesn’t seem interested right now, but... they might end up liking each other, eventually.
Kaoru: Uh, no. I swear to god that won’t ever happen.
Souga: Huh? Why?
Kaoru: It just won’t.
Souga: But, really... it might sound like an excuse, but I don’t have any plans to do anything about it... it’s fun enough conducting class activities with her... I don’t want to chance breaking the relationship we have now.
Kaoru: In other words... that’s -your- carriage... I suppose that is one way of thinking about it... to keep riding like this isn’t so bad... labels like ‘Father’ and ‘Daughter’... this family setting, is probably because Tono doesn’t want our current world to break... it’s his magic spell.
Souga: Huh?
Kaoru: Tono... none of us ever used to play in large groups... wanting to keep the current fun situation is a feeling I share, too.
Souga: ...sorry, what are you talking about?
Kaoru: But... someday it’s probably just going to end up being a mud covered pumpkin, anyways...
Hikaru: (Bangs, throws door open) Kaoru! Are you there, Kaoru?!
Kaoru: Hikaru--!
Hikaru/Kaoru: Hikaru/Kaoru!
Souga: Wait, where’s Fujioka? Wasn’t he with you?
Hikaru: ...oh, crap, I forgot about that.
Haruhi: (Panting) Hikaru, that’s not fair! The second we got out of the net, you just ran off by yourself!
Hikaru: Uh... sorry...
Renge: Oh, they’re back!
Misc. Classmate 1: We were worried about you!
MC2: Where did you go?
MC3: We quit the competition to look for you!
Hikaru: Huh?
Kaoru: You’re the ones that pulled a trick on us!
MC4: We didn’t do anything...
Renge/MC1: Kyaa!
Haruhi: What’s wrong?
Renge/MC1: Something white just... passed outside the window!
Class: Huh?
(Meow)
Class: Aaah! (Collectively collapse)
Haruhi: ...he got us.
(Newspaper reads that the entire 1-A class is made up of wimps)
Hikaru: That Nekozawa-sempai!
Kaoru: If you look closely, it’s obviously Belzeneef!
Kurakano: I heard.
Souga: Eh?
Kurakano: I heard, Kazukiyo-kun, that you’re really a scardy cat but that you went through with it for our class?
Souga: Uh, no... well... I’m sorry...
Kurakano: That’s wonderful! I respect you all over again!
Souga: Eh?
Kaoru: They have a good mood going, huh? The carriage can’t keep going, after all.
Hikaru: ...what are you talking about?
//Flashback:
Haruhi: (Panting) Hikaru, that’s not fair! The second we got out of the net, you just ran off by yourself!
Hikaru: Uh... sorry...//
Kaoru: Well, as long as you still come to me first in that kind of situation, I guess we’re okay.
Hikaru: Huh?
Kaoru: Nothing, nothing.
Kaoru: :://But when Hikaru realizes he wants to take another step ahead-...then, what will I do?//::