Mint de Kiss me (ミントでKiss me, lit: Kiss Me With Mint) is a collection of manga written and illustrated by Yuu Watase 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 format by publisher Shogakukan 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.