is a collection of manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 written and illustrated by Yuu Watase

Yuu Watase

is a female Japanese shōjo manga artist. She received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for Ceres, Celestial Legend in 1997. Since writing her debut short story "Pajama de Ojama" , Watase has created more than 80 compiled volumes of short stories and continuing series...

 in 1994. This tankōbon contains 8 short stories entitled Kiss Me With Mint, Genseika, Seal Of Flower, Yamato Nadeshiko Romance, Sand Tiara, Hatsuki Triangle, 700 Days of Blue and Jewel in Heart respectively. Amongst these stories, Yuu Watase choose the story Kiss Me With Mint, also known as Mint de Kiss Me to be this collection's main story.

Mint de Kiss Me was released in Japan in the tankōbon

Tankobon

, with a literal meaning close to "independently appearing book", is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series , though the manga industry uses it for volumes which may be in a series...

 format by publisher Shogakukan

Shogakukan

is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.Shogakukan founded Shueisha which founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan...

 on January 1995.

Plot

Misono Kari is one of the senior high school students who has a crush on her teacher, Toono. She tries all means to get close to him, including believing that a magic spell could make her teacher fall in love with her. Misono has an enemy, a boy named Shindou Wataru, who likes skating around on a skateboard and frequently teases her. He said that she was like a kid because she believes in magic spells. However, the taunting did not deter Misono from trying get Toono. According to the magic spell, if you kiss someone while eating mint candy, you and that person can be one. Therefore, after school, Misono tried to kiss Toono, but instead kissed Shindou, who was walking down the stairs at that time. After that, Misono's spirit left her body and moved to Shindou's body, thus fulfilling the magic trick's effect of "being one".

After that, they did a lot of things together, which allowed them to get to know each other better. In addition, when Misono, still in Shindou's body, confessed her feeling to Toono, he thought that it was Shindou who said that and accepted it. Misono was shocked by this knowledge that Toono was gay, and she also felt stupid.

Meanwhile, Misono's body was dying. This is because after her spirit was moved to Shindou's body, her body was supposed to lose everything. At her funeral, Shindou tried revive her by kissing her dead body while eating a mint candy. It was a success and Misono's spirit returned to her own body. After that, they suddenly kissed each other with mint candies in her mouth and they became one again.