Mintna Bokura (We are Mint) Chapter 9 Translation by Dimitri Ashling All rights held by the authoress, Wataru Yoshizumi. Special thanks again to Masatomo (for checking my translations), and Karen Duffy (for showing me this story in the 1st place) Page 1 Maria: So, Sasa and Makimura are cousins. And you don't like them cozying up to each other so quickly? Noel: ..yeah.... . Page 2 It's a little different than the time you fell in love. That time it was just a simple and strong "NO!". It came from my head.... But how to describe it this time... The feeling wrung my heart.... Maria: It's not because you're a little jealous that your best friend Sasa has someone. You don't want another guy to be too close to Makimura, right? Noel(blushing):... yeah. Page 3 Maria: That's love. Noel: Lo love... Maria: Yep, love. Noel: Lo.. love.. why are you repeating it? Maria: Just as I thought, you've fallen in love with Makimura. Isn't that right? Noel:... Page 4 I love Miyu...? At the start, I thought she was a girl with no courtesy. It didn't look like she had any friends. But she was just being shy. She's really a normal girl. Sometimes she shows her smile. It's so cute___________ Page 5 ______yep. I love Miyu! (Maria smiles) Page 6 Maria: So you're gonna be here for a long time. You want to be close to Makimura. Noel: Yeah. Maria: Come on, you need to confess to her pronto! Let's make this our goal___!! (Go!) Noel: Yes, that's it!! OK, pronto... (Doh!) She thinks I'm a girl. And that I'm Sasa's girlfriend... Page 7 Maria: What if you tell her the truth? Noel: Bu..but, she'll surely get angry. She might even hate me... Maria: You told Sasa right away. Noel: But before that, he was staying away from me. I didn't know what else to do... But now, I'm really good friends with Miyu. I won't tell her, it would end that.. Maria: The future looks dark... Page 8 But, something's sure to happen. Go for it! I'll help you out, too! Noel: Maria... Maria: All of a sudden, Makimura and Sasa are certainly feeling much better. Noel: Huh. Maria: They're in a good mood, aren't they? Maybe they're thinking about each other. (Noel schocked w/lightning in the background) Maria: That was a big reaction. Page 9 Miyu: What? Sasa? Noel: Yeah. You've been seeing him and talking to him a lot. I thought you were falling for him... Miyu: No! We're cousins. We have close feelings because he's my father's son, that's all! Don't worry, I'd never throw your boyfriend around! (Ha) Noel(thinking): That's not what I was worried about... Page 10 Sasa: Huh. What about Makimura? Noel: Since then, have you liked being close? Girls are your weak point, after all. Have you fallen in love with her? Sasa: But, she's a cousin and they're an exception. It's not like I love her. Noel: Whew. Sasa: But, she's no ordinary girl. She's a beauty. She's a great girl. Just what you'd expect from my cousin. Noel: DON'T FALL IN LOVE WITH HER. CAUSE THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL I'LL LET YOU DO THAT!! Page 11 Sasa: ? He doesn't want me to take Makimura. He's got strong desires to monopolize people... (To left: Misunderstanding) (Noel back at the dorm reading his basketball magazine and looking at Miyu) Noel: I realized I love her anyway... She thinks I'm a girl. I can't do anything about that. Page 12 Summer vacation's coming very soon. All the dorm students go home. We won't see each other for over a month... Miyu: Noel. Wanna go somewhere and have some fun in summer vacation? When you're dating Sasa-kun or when you're free. Noel: Su..sure! Miyu: OK, I'll call you. Noel: Sure! I'll call you too! So, that's it. If we're girl friends, we can invite each other easily. Page 13 It's not a bad situation. It's a good one. For now, we're "girl friends" but... Noel: I wanna go and have some fun at your place. Miyu: That's fine. Noel: Then, summer vacation came... Page 14 Twins: We're home. Mom: Welcome home. Oh, that wig suits you, Noel. Sorry for not coming to your school. I want to see you in your school uniform! Noel: What... Ta dah! Dad: (Wow) They look just like twin girls. Page 15 Noel: Sheesh.. I'm not gonna show you this again! Mom: It's OK, you look fine in that. Dad: So, Noel. Were you able to stop Maria's first romance? Noel: Nope, she got a guy. It wasn't her first love, though. Dad: What. (Bonk) Noel: Not a thing I could do, so I gave up. Mom: My, you gave up so easily. Maria: Noel found a girl he loves, too. Dad: What. (Bonk) Noel: Maria! Don't talk about that so much! Mom: Even Noel... Those two are growing up so rapidly.. Dad: I feel a little sad... Page 16 Maria: Noel, I want to do some shopping at Shibuya. Would you like to come along? Noel: Yeah, let's go! Page 17 Ah, luxury! It feels great without the wig. Maria: Don't talk about that so loudly, Noel... Noel: But, it's been so long since I've gone out with no wig. And I'm so happy to be wearing a tank top again! Guys' clothes are easy. Maria: It was a trial... (The bookstore) Noel: I'm going for the magazine section. Maria: Sure. Page 18 Noel: Um, magazines... (Bump) Oh. Sorry... (Noel and Miyu look and see each other) Page 19 MIYU ....!! I'm in hot water if she finds me out. I gotta run... Miyu: Hey, wait!!! (Noel's stopped in his tracks) Page 20 OK, I'll feign ignorance. Pretend to be somebody else!! Yes, what is it? Calm Calm (Inside: EEEEK!!!) Miyu:.... I'm sorry, I mistook you... (A guy.) Because you look just like a friend of mine. Page 21 Noel: Is that so. Bye! Miyu: Hey, wait! Noel: ...yeah? (Let me go, Miyu...) Miyu: But, that's not all.... Your face looks just like hers, and you sound just like her too. ...Come on, aren't you Noel? Page 22 Noel: Oh, you're Noel's friend. I'm her cousin!! Miyu: Cousin!? Noel: Yes, my name is Kurihara.... Kurihara Toru!! (Box on left: Uncle Kurihara Toru) My father and Noel & Maria's father are twins. That's why we look so much alike. We've been told we look like triplets. Miyu: So that's the reason... Noel: Yes, she bought it!! Page 23 Noel: See ya!! (Vroom) Miyu:.... Noel: Hurry, Maria. We gotta go. Maria: Huh. But I'm still shopping. Noel: Come on, let's go!! (Noel dragging Maria along) Page 24 Maria: You saw Makimura!? Did she find out!? Noel: No, I told her a white lie. I told her, "I'm Noel's cousin Kurihara Toru..." Maria: Your cousin? Did Makimura believe your story!? Noel: Yeah, probably. That was an easy rescue. Oh, that tired me out. That took 10 years off my life for sure. Maria: This might be a chance for you, Noel! Page 25 Noel: Huh? Maria: She thinks you're a girl. But couldn't you approach her openly if you went as Kurihara Toru? Noel: That's true.. It just might work! If things go well, Miyu and I can be in love without my telling her "I'm a guy"... Maria: Right? Noel: Yes! I can see it all now. Maria: Go for it! Page 26 Miyu: Yeah, I met him. Your cousin Toru. He's really a dead ringer for you. That was surprising.. Noel: Ha ha ha. But it looks like Toru really fell for you. Miyu: What? You gotta be kidding. He ran away just after we met. Noel: No, he really did! He really fell for you, so... Would you like to date him? Page 27 Miyu: No way. Noel: W...why!? Miyu: But I'm a little shy. It's hard for me to be all alone with a guy I really don't know... Noel: Don't say things like that. Anyway, it's just one time... Miyu: Yeah. Then a double date with Noel and Sasa is fine by me. Noel: Tha that's a really bad idea!! Miyu: Why? Noel: For several reasons... Miyu: Then, I'm still turning him down. Noel: Ah, wait a minute. OK, I gotcha!! Page 28 Maria: What happened? A double date with Noel and Sasa!? That's impossible! There's nothing we can do about it. Just give "Toru" up and make an excuse... (Noel stares at Maria) Wha what's with that look on your face. You couldn't be.... Page 29 Noel: I BEG YOU, MARIA. JUST FOR ONE DAY. BE "NOEL" FOR ME!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coments, corrections and suggestions are welcome, contact Dimitri Ashling at: pokota@teleport.com Find more Mintna Bokura translations at: http://www.swb.de/~zahara/yo/yo.html Thank-you! ^^ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------