========================================================== 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 11 [by Wataru Yoshimizu - Ribon June'98 ] Title page : ... 01- Today begins the summer preliminary contest, and the boy's basket-club has to play. But... Noeru slept too late. 02- The match begins at 9, but there's an assembly at 8. Maria wants to go too to see Yoshiaki. 03- Noeru finally leaves in a hurry. At school, the game is on. 04- Noeru congratulates Sasa. Somebody calls Noeru "Maria". 05- It's his old classmate Daisuke ! He asks about Noeru. He acts as if he's Maria. 06- He asks if Sasa is 'her' boyfriend, but 'she' explains Sasa is their classmate, Noeru's new best friend. The guy thinks "Noeru's new friend..." Sasa thinks "Noeru's previous friend..." Shall they begin a fight ? 07- 'Maria' takes Sasa away, but they're followed by the guy. 08- He tells 'her' he must tell 'her' something... so they get alone. He says he was shocked when he heard Maria had a boyfriend. Noeru says he was shocked too... oops... 09- But he won't give up that easy... he still feels something for her... and... And Noeru sees Kanako and Maria approaching !!! So, he pulls Daisuke to another place. 10- Since he's really... holding tightly... his previous friend, the guy thinks something might happen between them... and he grasps 'her' too. 11- He tries to kiss 'her'... and gets knocked down by Noeru shouting "Gyaaaa !" Noeru says there was a mosquito... ha ha ha... 12- And he runs away. The guy unsderstands it was a refusal. Noeru has to tell this story to Maria. 13- And that's what he does... partially. 14- Maria suggests he wears as a boy, so, if they meet somebody from Morinomiya, he'll play 'cousin Tooru'. He thanks her a lot. 15- Later, they ware walking outside. 16- Karin calls them. They are surprised. She wants to tell something to Noeru. 17- They leave Maria. Karin asks if he has a girlfriend. He says it's still an unrequited love. 18- She begs him to forget that person, because... At that time, Noeru notices Yoshiaki approaching !!! 19- He must fly away !!! She continue her sentence : "...because I always loved you !!" And Noeru says he understands and he runs away. 20- She's... huh... getting mad. Elsewhere, Maria meets Kanako. Maria says she's late because of an 'accident'. 21- Kanako asks who was the boy walking with her. She says it was her cousin Tooru. Kanako says he's cute, he's her type ! Maria shouts a big "NOOOOOOOOO !!" at her face. 22- She asks Kanako not to go after her cousin ! That's OK. Yoshiaki arrives. 23- Maria enters their couple world. But she suddenly leaves it when Daisuke calls her. He says he was serious ! 24- About what ? He's shocked. She tells Yoshiaki the guy is a friend from her previous school. She introduces Yoshiaki to Daisuke as the captain of Hinochuu, her boyfriend. Daisuke is definitely down. 25- Later, Maria and Yoshiaki are alone together. A voice says "Game Over ?" 26- That's a -pretty- new character. Yoshiaki recognises her as Akira. She's blond, long haired, she seems to be a little older than the other. 27- She wanted to see Yoshiaki's new girlfriend. 28- Yoshiaki is called away by his team for the second part of the match. Maria stays alone with Akira. 29- Akira's name is Nakayama. She asks Maria her name and class... Maria is two classes below Akira. Akira asks if Maria loves Yoshiaki. Yes. 30- Anyway... Akira will try to get him back for herself. 31- They look at each other. Maria becomes a little red. End of chapter 11 -- To be continued... This month, there was a poll to know which character was the readers'favourite. The results will be in the August's issue. Wataru says she eats "Hyuuganatsu" at the famous (I guess) Miyazaki cuisine shop every year in this season.