
Maison Ikkoku episode 53

Translated by Daisuke Suzuki
Revision 2 by William Chow

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One line Japanese-English Dictionary:
sensei:  teacher.  also used to address teacher  (Wait a sec, didn't I mentioned somewhere before?...  DS)

New Character -   Kamiogi-sensei (homeroom teacher of 2-4)



Kyoko:  Godai-san becoming teacher..   I still can't imagine..  hmm

Yotsuya:  You're so lucky going to a all girl high school..  I wish I could go..
Akemi:  Don't mess around with any students.
Ichinose:  I still don't know if you can handle it...
Godai:  It's none of your business!!  Don't bug me!!!
Akemi:  Come on, sensei..
Yotsuya:  Really, short tempered teachers won't be popular with students.
Kyoko:  Would you people cut it out?!
Godai:  Oh, kanrinin-san..
Yotsuya:  What have we done?
Kyoko:  Godai-san is going to the practicum placement from tomorrow!!
Akemi:  That's why we're trying to cheer him up.
Yotsuya:  Have a drink.
Kyoko:  All I see is you harassing him!
Ichinose:  I heard it's your old school..
Kyoko:  Yes......
Ichinose:  Then that's where your husband worked?
Kyoko:  Yes..
giggle
Godai:  What's on Earth?....

Godai:  (n) Yes, it is.  

Otanashi:  Oh, your application for placement for your home town's school was turned down?
Godai:  Yes.. I was kind of late to send the application..  It was already full..
Otanashi:  Don't worry, I'll do something about it.
Godai:  Oh, really?!
Otanashi:  Trust me!  I threw in Souichiro into teaching spot this way.

Godai:  (n) So, I ended up in the school where Otonashi's old man is the chair man of board.

Ichinose & Akemi:  Girls' High School  (repeat.)
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Godai:  (n) In other words, as a student teacher, I'm going to the school where kanrinin-san met Souichiro-san.. 

subtitle:  "   "  (forget it.)
[VS Maiden  +  Declaration of War]

Godai:  See you later!
Kyoko:  Good luck!  I wonder if Godai-san will be fine..  You made him stay up all night, right?.. 
Ichinose:  Don't worry.  He's still young.  yawn..
Kyoko:  It really takes stamina to put girls' school's students..  

Souchiro:  I'm Otonashi.  I'll be teaching you geology from today....
"Yew.. he look so moldy."
"I thought it was going to be younger teacher.."
"Rats.." yipe! yipe!!
Kyoko:  Looks like a gentle teacher..  wonder if he can handle this class.
"Sensei!!  Do you have any girlfriend?!"
Souchiro:  No, I er.. it seems I'm not popular with ladies..
giggle!! 
Souchiro:  Well, then let's begin the class..  
giggle! chit-chat! yipe!!!
Kyoko:  Oh well..  WILL YOU ALL BE QUIET?!
Souchiro:  Oh, thank you very much.
Kyoko:  No problem.  I'm class rep, so..   And my class is always like that, so you better talk really loud.
(By the way, as I said in every single writing I did related to schools, classes don't change from  period to period.  It's the teachers who rotate around the class rooms.  That's why I termed "my class", since if any other wording might suggest it's just that class period that's noisy..  Also, since class members are the same all the time each class classified not only by grade level, but also by class rooms.   ie 2-4, grade 2, 8 or 11 (depending on which school level), class #4      DS)
Souchiro:  I'll take that in consideration...  
laughter!
Kyoko:  He didn't look like teacher at all..

Kamiogi:  I'll introduce you the student teacher who will be with you, 2-4 for next two weeks.   
YIPE! YEEK! etc..
Kamiogi:  Everybody, quiet!.  QUIET!
Godai:  Girls' voices hits pretty hard after all nighters..  
Kamiogi:  Please stand here, Godai-sensei.
Godai:  y..yes
silence!
Godai:  Er.. er A..I'm Yuhsaku Godai.  I'll
laughter!  "he's fluffing!!" giggle yipe!
Yagami:  Will you all be quiet?!
Godai:  ....  Th..thank you..
Yagami:  You're welcome. I'm class rep, so..
Godai:  So, she's class rep..  She's pretty cute...    
"ahem"
Godai:  So, I'll be teaching you language (their way of terming Japanese class).. 
"Yes!  Sensei, do you have any girl friends?"
screams and yeek's
(One thing that popped into my head right now.  The mental maturity and the interaction attitude towards opposite sex of most Japanese high school students are about the equivalent of grade 6 to 8 in North American students, I think.   This's probably more true with girls' high..  maybe.. Look, I'm guy, and never been to this kind of school, alright?!  DS)
"Be quiet!  He can't answer the question!"
silence!
Godai:  ....  let's see..  I don't exactly have somebody to call as girl friend.  er..
Yagami:  Damn it, don't worry about it, seriously.

Kamiogi:  You must take more resolute attitude.
Godai:  I'm sorry.. I was rather overwhelmed by them..
Kamiogi:  This school does not have many male teachers so they whoop up like that...
Godai:  Oh..

"Looks like wholehearted teacher.."
"But doesn't look too bad.. He's got some sort of worn feeling.."
"Like shadowish atmosphere.."
Yagami:  It's not shadowish atmosphere at all.  He's whimp that's all.

"Student Teacher Ready Room" 
Godai:  Damn it.. yawn.. what the hell is going on inside girls' head?  Wonder if this kind of thing happen often in girls' school?  Maybe because male population is too small.  That's why kanrinin-san...   ("Sensei") ...   Wonder what kind of man he was.. Souichiro..    !!!!  THE GRAD ALBUM!!
(No, there aren't any year books in Japanese schools..  The only equivalent in existence is grad album.  DS)

Godai:  1977.. This's it.. Oh, kanrinin-san..  so cute... !   she's everywhere....  she must've been pretty popular..     NO!  I came to see her husband's photo!

"No good student teachers this year again."
"Most of male student teachers we get are whimps."
Yagami:  Really I wish we could get better guy..
"Oh, Yagami, can you go get the slides for next class?"
Yagami:  Yes..

Godai:  Otonashi.  Otonashi.  They've got pretty many teachers..  !!!!  sigh...

Yagami:  Damn it, why can't ask the in-charge-today?  Godai-sensei  What's he doing here?...  
Godai:  I'm so stupid.  Wondering about somebody who's dead already...
Yagami:  !!  What does he mean?  Who died?
Godai:  Oh no!  Once relief sets in.....  getting drowsy again...
sqeek
Godai:  !!     You're..
Yagami:  I'm Yagami.. Tears?!
Godai:  Oh, this?  From yawning.  I couldn't sleep last night, so.....   You've been watching me all along?
Yagami:  No!  
Godai:  er..
Yagami:  Yes?
Godai:  Please don't tell this to anyone.
Yagami:  Su..sure!  It's just  between you and me.
Yagami:  Shedding tears while looking at grad photo..  His girl friend must've died..  And she must be the graduate of this school..  That's why he has  a sort of shadowy atmosphere...
(Tradition of Maison/misunderstanding at work again...  DS)

"Yagami, are you sure?"
"I thought you weren't interested."
"Come on, you said he's whimp."
Yagami:  Value of things always change.
"Value, eh?  "
"It didn't last even for half day.."

"Good bye!"
Godai:  Bye!

"Then, good luck"
Yagami:  Right, let's go for it.  See you later!

Yagami:  Sensei!!!!  Good bye!!  Cheer up, sensei!!
(Sure he will, once lune squad stops bugging him.   DS)
Godai:  What's that all about?...  Ouch..   ?

CM break

Kyoko:  Hmm  These kind of practical jokes never die out, do they?..

"Come, Kyoko.  There goes Otonashi-sensei."
Kyoko:  hm
"Come on, go for it, he's going!"
"Damn it..  Go!"
Kyoko:  !!!   
"You chicken!!"
"Whimp!!"

Kyoko:  I was still kid, trying to express love with that kind of method..    But.. I wonder what kind of girl put the paint.

"After that, I visited sensei.  Everytime, I visited his place, he was away.  The more I met sensei, the more I visited his place."
(Why does this sounds like excerpt from Kyoko's diary in high school days?....   DS)
Godai:  OK, thank you.  Takada-san, please read on wards..
(!!!!!  Remember the character designer of this series?......  DS)
"Yes, but his attitude towards me didn't change since I greeted him, till I got more acquainted with him..  
Godai:  What's wrong with her... She's been looking at me all the time..
sigh...
Godai:  What's the hell?.....

"Are you really serious?"
"You actually like that kind of gloomy one?
Yagami:  He's not gloomy....  He's enduring painful past..
"What's that all about?"
"What's that painful past all about?
Yagami:  None of your business.
"But, Yagami..  If you're serious about him..."
"You better make a reservation..  "
Yagami:  Sure.. right.. I want cheer him up as long as possible...

Yagami:  Godai-sensei.
Godai:  !!!!!!!!
Yagami:  Going home?
Godai:  Y..yes, you, too?
Yagami:  Good, can we go with you half way?
Godai:  ?  Oh?

baw?
Kyoko:  Oh, welcome back..  ?
Godai:  err.. I'm back........
"Oh wow. board house.. can't believe it.."
"Didn't know this kind of thing was still around.."
Kyoko:  Oh, your class?
Godai:  Yes..
"Hello"
Kyoko:  You're getting along quite well, aren't you?
Godai:  It's not that..  they came along...
"Who is she?"
"good looking.."
"Maybe she's resident?"
Kyoko:  Why don't you invite them in?
Godai:  Oh, is it OK?
Kyoko:  OK or not, it's your room, right?
Godai:  Right....  
Yagami:  Wonder why Godai-sensei so nervous?...
Godai:  Then, wanna come in for a while?
"Oh, really?  Then excuse me!"
Kyoko:  I wonder why Godai-san is nervous..

Godai:  Sorry it's a mess.
"It's not a mess at all, you don't have a thing at all."
Godai:  Right...
"It's empty tasteless, dry place isn't it?"
"YEEK, what's this?"
Yotsuya:  High school girls.....
"Snake monster!!"
"What's this!!?"
Godai:  Don't look into the eyes!!!  Yotsuya-san!!  Today is
Yotsuya:  Godai-kun, you're trying to leave me out of fun.  I'm just dropping by to greet them.  Nice to meet you. 
Yagami:  Nice to meet you..
Yotsuya:  I'm something like Godai-kun's brother..
Yagami:  Oh really?
Yotsuya:  He can't do a thing without me..
Godai:  Will you knock off all those lies?!!!
knock knock
Godai:  Yes?
Kyoko:  Is juice be OK?
Ichinose:  Oh, these're Godai-kun's class's girls?
Akemi:  Bringing them home from the first day.. Good going, sensei.
Yotsuya:  Akemi-san...
"Who is she?"
"That's completely see-through.."
"Pretty agitating.."
"Wonder if sensei will be OK?"
Godai:  What do you mean?
Kyoko:  There you go..
Godai:  Thank you, kanrinin-san..
Yagami:  Oh, she's janitor..  Why does he have to bow that nervously?..
Kyoko:  Oh, and that shirt, with that red heart, it finally came off.
Godai:  Thank you..
Yagami:  Oh, the janitor of this place even does the laundries?
Yotsuya:  No, Godai-kun is special.
Akemi:  Godai-kun is always favored..
Kyoko:  Not really..
"Are you doing janitor by yourself?"
"You're married, aren't you?"
Ichinose:  She's widow.
Oh?
Yagami:  Widow?...

"Widow.. it means she's free lance.."
"Kind of suspicious."
"Tenant and janitor.. cliche alright."
"It's not normal that she does laundry."
"They're intimate."
"Yeah, they're.."
"What do you do, Yagami, you gonna give up?"
Yagami:  Why should I.  You really don't know if they are really intimate.
"But.."
Yagami:  What matters is Godai-sensei's feeling.  Besides, she's widow.   High school girl is advantageous over a widow.  
"Why?"
"When a rule like that was made?"
Yagami:  Who gives a damn.  How dare she wash away my heart..

Yagami:  Please..  If you succeed, I'll treat you to anything.  I want you to go for the instant timing.  

Yagami:  Sensei.. 
Godai:  Yes, what is it?
Yagami:  I want to talk to you..
Godai:  What do you wanna talk about?
Yagami:  Thank you about yesterday..
Godai:  Sorry, I could do anything much..  My neighbors are all weirdos..
Yagami:  Godai-sensei...
Godai:  ?
Godai:  Aren't you mad that I forced myself into your room?
Godai:  No, not at all.  It was fun.
Yagami:  Really?!
Godai:  Yes..
Yagami:  Alright!!
click!
Godai:  ?!

Yagami:  Did you get it?
"Bang on."
Yagami:  Hm. Not bad for a Polaroid camera.
"Right?"
"And what're you going to do with it?"
Yagami:  Obviously..

"First class mail!"
Kyoko:  Yes!  Thank you.. ?  For me?  what is it?...  !!!!  I see.  "Declaration of War"..

Godai:  As you can see in this passage, the author is pursuing idealistic, and individualistic life, and later he mainly wrote on human egoisms.   And late in his life, he reached the stage where he got rid of his egoism and....   

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