========================================================== 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 12 [by Wataru Yoshimizu - Ribon July'98] Note: Please if you see anything wrong, send an email. Thanks :) 00- Maria asks Yoshiaki about Akira being his old playmate. She was his neighbour. He guesses the conversation must be unpleasant to Maria. Title page : It rouses more and more ! 01- At home, Noeru asks Miyuu (through the phone) if she'll come see a 3D movie "Blue Oasis" with him. She accepts. 02- He shouts "Yahoo !!" since he's happy. Maria comes home and notices he's now calm again. 03- He tells Maria he's going with Miyuu to an IMAX movie. He asks her why she seems so sad... has Yoshiaki lost his match ? No... (Noeru thinks that Daisuke lost then...) She says she met Akira, Yoshiaki's friend from infancy. 04- She says Akira is in senior high school and is beautiful... she looks like an adult. She fears Yoshiaki to go after her... but Noeru won't let him. 05- He encourages his sister and tells her he's on her side, and she's pretty, and she won't lost to that girl ! Maria believes in Yoshiaki. 06- Noeru says she deserves it, since Daisuke loves her. How does Noeru know that ? He doesn't want to tell Maria about Daisuke's kiss... Maria asks him about Karin's story... has she confessed her feelings ? Noeru says it was nothing like that... oops... it was... 07- Noeru phones to Karin. He says he's sorry, he had many things in his head and didn't listen to her, but she may tell him now what she wanted to tell him. She won't speak on the phone. 08- She says he hurt her feelings, but now she'll recover. They understand they misunderstood each other. 09- After the call, Karin says she was sad because of him... stupid... well, she loves him. She cheers up : one more time. After the movie, Miyuu says it was fun and interresting. She didn't know such a thing. 10- They talk about the lobsters and the fish they saw in the movie. She liked the 3D movie a lot. Noeru watches her... he has fun, she has fun... she smiles... they feel well together... it must be love... 11- Noeru says : "Miyuu, I love you." (In the background, the hiraganas mean 'straight') Miyuu looks surprised. 12- Noeru : "Will you become my girlfriend ?" Miyuu : "........." Noeru panics. 13- She asks if being friends isn't good. 14- She says she feels with Tooru like when she is with Noeru : his voice, his manners... so, she don't feel she's with a boy. Noeru is shocked (he's got a rock on his head) 15- But she says she really likes being with him like friends. A friendship with a boy can become something very precious in one's existence. 16- She asks if Tooru needs a girl. Can't he ask another girl to go out with him ? Hasn't friendship got more value ? Can't we keep on just being friends ? He accepts. And both are happy again... 17- In front of a dark galactic picture, Noeru thinks... I've been rejected. 18- At home, Maria tells him not to abort : friendship can still change to love. 19- To change their mood, they'll go to their villa in Karuizawa with their friends. Maria with Yoshiaki, and Noeru with Sasa. 20- They arrive at the villa. The boys will be in the guest room on the lower floor, and the girls (Noeru included) will be on the second floor. 21- The lover go outside on a walk. 22- After some talk with Sasa, Noeru tells him he's been rejected by Miyuu. 23- He now understands how felt Sasa when he rejected him... but they still are good friends... Noeru hopes his friendship with Miyuu will become love. Sasa hopes HIS friendship with Noeru won't !!! 24- At night, Noeru is happy, he just won in a card game, while Sasa lost. The phone rings and Maria replies. 25- It's Akira, for Yoshiaki. He gets the phone. 26- He says she's rude to call him there, he won't come, and he cuts. 27- How had Akira the phone number ? The family must have given it to her. Since the atmosphere becomes more private, Noeru and Sasa leave to go watch television. 28- Yoshiaki explains that both parents were too busy because of their work, and they were often absent. His brother didn't play with him, so, he was left with Akira, and they had spent much time together. 29- Maria guesses Akira loved him since that time... she's wrong : it was him who loved her. 30- Maria is shocked. End of chapter 12 -- To be continued... * IMAX is the movie theater's HDTV. It uses a very bigger screen than usual ones, with 60 frames per second. The screen fills all you can see. * I don't know the name of the card game they play, but I know I played it on GameBoy. It's one of the game in the catridge "Trump Boy" (it's the 6 players game there).