Mintna Bokura (We are Mint) Chapter 19 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 A love letter to Noel !? Page 2 Noel(thinking): I see____ I've got a secret admirer who's serious... (talking): Even though she dumped me, I still love Miyu! I can't answer to this girl's feelings! But this does make me a little happy...(blushing) It's encouraging. Maria: You're happy somehow, but... wasn't the sender a GUY? (That takes a moment to impact Noel) Page 3 Noel: I forgot____ that I was living as a girl..... Maria: Don't forget that.. Isn't the name written down? The name... Who's it from? Noel: U..um... Ch.. Maria: That's "Chris", isn't it? Noel:..... Maria: A foreigner? I wonder if it's a nickname? I can't tell if this is a guy or a girl. If it's from a girl, is she lesbian...? Noel: That couldn't be! Page 4 Maria: In any case, this doesn't seem like a normal person. It might be a prank. Noel: What? Maria: But isn't that sentence a little cold? "I love you". Just signing "Chris" to the letter seems a little strange too. (Noel's in a bad mood) Noel: I'll skip it... and pretend I didn't read this letter. Maria: No way!! That's rude!! Noel: But Maria, you said it's not normal... If I don't know whether it's a guy or a girl, I've got to turn this person down. Maria: Even so, cheer up. You need to answer this person who confessed to you with sincerety! Page 5 Noel:..... I gotcha, I'll go for sure. Maria: Yep! The letter was addressed to you! So, whatever happens tell me afterwards. Oh, this is gonna be fun! (The promised time after school___) Noel: Oh.... I'm depressed.... Page 6 (Noel looks, sees Chris) (Chris is gorgeous, but that's not Noel's reaction) Page 7 Noel(thinking): That's the guy... Sheesh, he's a redhead. Um... Chris? Chris: Hey. You came to see me, Honey. Noel(thinking): Hani_______ (Drawing of a cactus): This is a haniwa. Page 8 Chris: What's wrong? You don't look so good. (thinking): Is she nervous? Noel:.............. (He's really scared.) Chris: Do you remember me? Noel: Huh!? Nah.... I'm sorry, where have we met before? Chris: I remember. It was just a week ago. After school, I was going to my club and walking beside one of the school buildings... Page 9 (A week ago) (Chris walking) Noel: Look out below!! Chris:? (As he sees Noel falling towards him):! Page 10 (Noel knocks Chris down) Noel: Sorry are you OK? Chris:...... Noel: I looked down, you must have stopped walking. Sorry, I'm in a hurry cause my club's starting. I was jumping down to take a shortcut. See ya. Page 11 Noel: Maybe, that happened too... Don't tell me. Did you get angry, and then send me that dressed-up letter so you could get your revenge!? Chris: No. Since I have these looks, lots of girls keep on making noise about me. That pleases me but, since all the different girls talk to me that way, they all just look like a bunch of vegetables to me... Vegetables: Eek... chris. Noel: He, he....(really bad mood) Page 12 Chris: You're the first girl that's been cruel to me. It was a new experience... Since that day, I can't get you out of my mind. Day and night, I'm just thinking of you. I'm crazy about you. (Noel's stunned) Page 13 Chris: Since I did some research on you, I know you have a boyfriend. Sasa Ryuji in basketball... Your boyfriend is really popular with the girls too. But I can't understand that at all. Being a little high-strung about exercise is OK, but he's just a normal guy. Why.... Noel: Sasa's a good guy. Chris: You still think you love him cause you don't know me well. If you see me live, you'll see my charm. Page 14 I'll take you away from Sasa by showing you how captivating I can be. See ya.(pastels) Page 15 Left Sign: So scared he can't stand up. Right sign: Goosebumps. Maria: How'd it go, Noel? He's a strange narcissist guy... It was a very one-sided conversation, too. Who does that guy think he is? That's right, he talked about seeing him live. Maybe he's in a band or something. He was a redhead. Page 16 Kanako: Was that redhead... Chris!? Maria: Yeah, Chris. He sent a love letter to Noel. Kanako: Really.... No way, that's great! Maria: Kanako, you know him? Kanako: I know him. He's just as popular with the girls as Sasa is. He's famous! Signs from left to right: Green, yellow, red, blue. (Visual art junior high students) Chris Jiro from class 2-D. He's the lead singer of the popular light music band "Embrasse Moi"! At last year's school festival, they were live. The audience went crazy!! Page 17 That's unfair, you're always getting the cool guys! You must be happy! Noel(thinking): No, more like worried... He's famous. Oh well, who cares. Maria: Kanako, you like all the "cool guys". Kanako: Cool guys are all OK by me! Page 18 (Noel & Sasa talking in the hallway) Noel: Ah... Chris: Hi, honey. Noel: What's up? Sasa (thinking): Hani...? Chris: I came to give you this. These are tickets to Embrasse Moi at this years' school festival. Although people have connections,it's still hard to obtain a ticket. But I got a ticket for you. Page 19 Sasa Ryuji. You can come with her to see my splendour on stage. Sasa:? I'm not going. Noel (thinking): I'm not going either... Chris: What... Sasa: It's just a school band, isn't it? I'm not interested... Page 20 Chris: No, you've got to come! I've got to show what's different between you and me! Sasa: I don't think we have anything in common at all. (I'm not living with you.) By the way, who are you? (Chris is shocked) Page 21 Chris: You don't know who I am...!? Since Honey transferred here, I can understand. But you've been here since the beginning of middle school!! Sasa: What are you talking about. (What's with this Hani thing?) I've seen red hair before, it worried me. But not your face... (Noel whispers to Sasa) Sasa: what... Chris from D-class? Light music... You wrote Noel a love letter..!? (Starts laughing) You wrote Noel a love letter! You poor thing... Page 22 Noel: How can you laugh about him? Sasa: Oh, that's over. Noel: That was over pretty fast. Sasa: Shut up, that was because of you... (Sign: Others may think they're a good couple, cause they look like one.) Noel: No, it was your fault. Sasa: No, it was yours. Oh, he left. Noel: That's fine, leave him alone. Page 23 Chris (thinking): I'll never forgive him. Girls: Eek! Chris. Chris (thinking): This is an insult to me, a real sin. You'll pay for this, Sasa Ryuji...!! Page 24 Maria: What, something came up for tomorrow? Kanako: Sorry this is so sudden. I've got to go home quick tomorrow. There are things I need to do. Can we go shopping the day after tomorrow? Maria: Sure, that's fine. (thinking):I don't have something to do after all... I'm free now, maybe I'll do some practice. (Daisuke): Do you have something to do on the 30th? Yeah, Daisuke said he wanted to do something on the 30th. Now that I'm free, should I call him... But he said that another day would be fine. Kanako: Maria, what's up? Is the day after tomorrow a no-go? Page 25 Maria: No, it's nothing. (thinking): Oh well. We promised to see each other this Sunday anyway. (Next day) Noel: Maria, we got some M-Burger coupons. Want to come with us? Maria: Sure, I'll go. Page 26 Maria: Oh yeah. Has Noel told you about Chris? Sasa: Yeah, we met in the hallway yesterday. He's a strange guy. (Noel's in the bathroom) Maria: I saw him for the first time today at breakfast. Kanako pointed him out to me. All the girls were making a fuss about him. It looks like he's really popular. Sasa: When girls see him, is he cool? Maria: Yeah, I think so. He's not my type. I prefer someone with good feelings like Hirobe.. Page 27 (Maria and Daisuke see each other) Maria: Daisuke! Daisuke: You didn't have something to do with Kanako after all... Page 28 Maria: Um, something came up for Kanako all of a sudden. I just came with a coupon. It's not just the 2 of us, Noel's with us too... (thinking): But he's dressed that way. (little picture of girl Noel) Uh, um really.... (Noel sees this) Noel (thinking): Maria's in a pinch, I've got to help her!! (Takes off his wig and headband to be a guy, but notices he still has a skirt on right then) Page 29 Oh this isn't working. I can't get out of here. What to do... (Daisuke looks at Maria, and then turns and leaves) Maria: Daisuke! Page 30 Wait Daisuke... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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! ^^ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------