========================================================== This synopsis was made by Benoit Socias ( bsocia@ulb.ac.be ), comments and corrections are welcome. Find the other synopsis of the same manga by the same person at: http://www.swb.de/~zahara/yo/mint.html Enjoy! ^^ ========================================================== MINTna bokura - Chapter 9 [by Wataru Yoshimizu - Ribon Feb'98 ] Title page : An observation by the girl with ribbons 01- In the school's park, the twins are talking. Noeru is sad because Makimura and Sasa are too close since they know they're cousins. 02- It's a bit different than the time Maria fell in love, Noeru has a strange feeling in his breast. Maria guesses that not having Sasa isn't the main cause of his sadness... Marimura being with another boy is the problem. 03- Maria says is in love. (Love ? LOVE ! LOVE ?! Why does he repeat it ?) Is that true ? Is he in love with Makimura ? 04- Noeru thinks about Miyuu... At first, he thought she was impolite, then they became friends... She's shy, but she usually is a nice girl. She sometimes smiles... she's very pretty. 05- Noeru declares (turning red) : I love Miyuu ! Maria smiles to him. 06- That's great ! He'll confess her his sentiments, and they'll love each other ! ... but... she still thinks Noeru is a girl ! 07- Shouldn't they tell her the truth ? She'd get angry and hate him ! Sasa won't tell her. And he doesn't want to lose his friendship with Miyuu... 08- Maria tells him to keep courage, she'll cooperate. Anyway, they should precisely know Sasa and Makimura's feelings. 09- In the school, Noeru asked Miyuu how she feels about Sasa. She isn't in love, they feel friendly since they're from the same family. She asks Noeru if she thought she was going to stole him his boyfriend... that's not what she thinks. 10- In a class, Noeru asks Sasa about Makimura. He says she's a very pretty girl. Noeru shouts him he may not love her ! 11- Sasa understands Noeru wants to have a monopoly on her. In his room, Noeru observes Miyuu (reading a basketball magazine). 12- ...and he won't see her because of the summer vacations. Miyuu asks him if he'll visit her during vacations, during a date with Sasa. Okay. They exchange their phone numbers. 13- For now, they still are girl friends. At Maria and Noeru's house, it's vacation. 14- The twins are back and are welcomed by their parents. The mother asks Noeru to show his uniform. The father notices they really look like (girl) twins. 15- The father asks if he succeeded in stopping Maria's first love... He didn't. Maria says Noeru is in love too. Noeru asks her not to say too mant things. The mother is happy seeing they're growing. 16- Later, Maria asks Noeru to go shopping at Shibuya, and there they go. 17- Noeru is happy he doesn't wear his wig, and he sings it loud. Maria tells him to stop. But he couldn't help it, it was such a long since he removed his wig. They enter a bookshop, and Noeru goes to the magazines'corner. 18- There, he jostles Miyuu... 19- ...and panics. He tries to fly away, but she asks him to wait. 20- He acts as a stranger. "Yes... what ?" He thinks "Stay calm... stay calm..." She says she thought he was somebody else... 21- He tries to leave, but she says his face and his voice are very much like her friends'. Isn't he Noeru ? 22- "Ah-- You're a friend of Noeru... she's my cousin !"... he says he's Kurihara Tooru (it's his uncle's name (Wataru Yoshizumi's "Kimishika iranai"'s Akane's father...)) He says his father and Noeru's father are twins, that's why they look like 'triples' ? (I mean : 3 twins v_v;;) Miyuu believes him. He's happy he lied well enough. 23- He leaves fast, leaving Miyuu alone. He catches Maria and take her out of the shop. 24- He tells her what happened, and she says that's an opportunity ! 25- He now has a role as a boy to approach Miyuu ! And so, he mustn't tell her Noeru is a boy. 26- He phones Miyuu and asks her to a date with his fake cousin. 27- She refuses to go alone with a stranger... but, if Sasa and Noeru come too, she'd accept. 28- Maria asks what's happened. Being four people there is impossible ! She asks why he looks at her this way... 29- Noeru joins his hands and begs Maria to become him during one day. End of chapter 9 -- To be continued... There won't be Mintona Bokura in Ribon's March and April issues, but it will be back in May. v_v;; Wataru says she went to a Japanese puppet theatre (Bunraku), and it was very interresting. It is also said that "Mintona Bokura" Vol. 1 was released on 14 January, and so, could be offered as a New Year's present. Yoshizumi Wataru-sensei is happy receiving your letters at : - T 119-61 Kanda Yuubinkyoku Shueisha Ribon Yoshizumi Wataru-sama JAPAN (or in EUC : ¢©£±£±£¹¡¼£¶£± ¿ÀÅÄ͹Êضɡ¡¡¡¡¡½¸±Ñ¼Ò ¤ê¤Ü¤ó¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡µÈ½»¡¡¾Ä¤µ¤Þ £Ê£Á£Ð£Á£Î)