Here, you will find the synopsis/summaries of the chapters of Home. They take time, so be patient! ^^ (And remember to buy these tankobon if you like the summaries, it's the best way of thanking the authors and the synopsis are nothing compared to the real thing! ^^ )

All synopsis are by Zahara Medina, and cannot be used anywhere else without her permission. As she is just a student of Japanese, any help, comments or corrections are more than welcome! ^^;

Home: Part 03. [version 1.0] In front of the sea, a Japanese man with two small kid twins in his arms asks them what they think of their first look at the sea. They both reply that it's big and wide. The man tells them that in the other side of this wide sea there are many countries, lots of people living together. One of the kids says that he can't see a thing and the man tells him that he has to go by ship to see them, so the other kid exclaims that he will take a ship (to go there). Torakikumaru (the first kid) says that he will take the ship and Ryuukikumaru (the other kid) won't! But before things get really bad between them, the man (their father) cuts in. The scene changes and we now hear one of the brothers. "From our birth until now, you and me have always been together.... Same face. Same voice. Same life. But from today on it won't." Kojirou's twin brother is looking back at him, dressed in formal clothes. The ceremony of entering manhood has happened, and now Torakikumaru is the heir to the house of Dateke... Ryuukikumaru is no longer an acceptable name, what will Ryuukikumaru's new name be? "Kojirou... only Kojirou." His brother just looks back at him with a slight unreadable smile. "Kojirou... what an abominable name it is." Kojirou just looks on with a strained expression. Kojirou.... Kojirou.... Kojirou suddenly opens his eyes wide, tears still running down his cheek. At his side, Maria exclaims his name with a wide smile of relief and happiness. But he just stands up as fast as he can. Maria tells him not to move but he's not listening to her and just runs to his sword and, after taking it out, faces Maria ready to slay her in two and talking in strange Japanese! Kojirou?! "Wa... wait Kojirou! I'm Maria!" Kojirou starts to look really dangerous, like a trapped animal, so Maria undoes her two hair tails and lets her hair hang free. "We met at the dinner party... Maria...." Kojirou sweats heavily and seems to remember... "Ma... ria...?" "Yes! Maria! It's my name!" she exclaims happy that he seems to remember her. But Kojirou breaks down in pain and she goes to him worried. He shouldn't move, he has big wounds... But he refuses her help and moves back to the bed as Maria looks at him with sad eyes. "Kojirou..." Do you hate me? Or... is it wariness? Maria looks at his face, full of sweat and with almost desperate-looking eyes and wonders if his heart was wounded as well as his body. Who did it? Why that look in his eyes...? Days (?) later Martin runs into the home crying because his little paper bird is broken and walks directly into the bedroom, calling Kojirou like the little spoiled brat he is to Maria's worry (^^;; ). However, when Maria follows him into the room, she finds Kojirou making a new bird for Martin and smiling at the kid's happiness. She smiles as well with a hopeful face. Both his physical and soul injuries seems to be healing.... Kojirou starts learning Spanish. Maria. Martin. Toto-chan. "And this?" Grapes. Maria tells him to eat some grapes. "Eat..." "If you please~~" Kojirou grabs some grapes and starts eating them to Maria and Martin's great delight. Maria claps her hands and exclaims blushing with happiness how good Kojirou is getting at speaking Spanish! [And so the Spaniard-ization of the poor victim continues...] Martin claims his attention and tells him to stay with them together a lot! Kojirou, smiling, looks down at him... and repeats his words. Maria smiles... Later on Carlos complains about the "together" part as the family and Antonio prepare to have lunch. He suggests returning him to the governor while Antonio talks about sending him back (or anywhere, for that matter ^^; ) to Japan in a ship. But Maria, of course, won't have any of that and gets mad at them. However, as she enters Kojirou's room, he is no longer there! Antonio wonders where he went while Maria just runs out of the house to his surprise and starts looking for Kojirou. She searches for him all over the city as she worries more and more, and finally finds him sitting on the floor of a balcony looking out to the sea. She goes to him and he points at something in the horizon and says something in Japanese Maria can't understand except for a word: Japan. She looks back at him sad. Japan? Does he want to return to Japan....? He comments about the sea, and Maria points at something with a smile, almost touching his face with her hand. "Ah! A ship! There!" Kojirou mumbles something, "Grapes..." (He can smell them in Maria's hand...) Maria looks at him. "That's not a grape, it's a ship..." Kojirou looks down and down at her below her neck and sniffles... "Grapes." Maria smiles with a slight blush. "Ah... today we've pressed the grapes..." And Kojirou is just not looking into any decent place by now. Then looks up at her face with a blank expression. "Eat..." And Maria and we wonder just which grapes exactly he wants to eat. Maria jumps up blushing at her best and sweating like a fountain. "Ah... grapes... lets return and eat some..." while Kojirou's stomach is proving the background music. He grabs the balcony wall trying to get up and Maria offers him her hand. He looks at her for a moment and she looks back. He reaches out and takes her hand, then stands up with her help. But he has a sudden pain attack and leans forward as Maria hugs him to stop his fall! "Are you feeling well?" she asks, blushing and worrying. Kojirou's head is resting over her shoulder, against hers. "I'm fi... ne...." Maria can hear her heart starting to pound strongly... the blood returning to her cheeks in a feverish blush... The speed of my heart throbbing is being transmitted... to Kojirou....

All images © Ueda Rinko, Shueisha (except backgrounds).