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 07. [version 1.1] Maria and Kojirou separate after their kiss... And Maria is resolved. "I'm going to Japan too!" Kojirou tries to change her mind, since it could be dangerous for her, but Maria wants to go with Kojirou because she is worried about him and... she doesn't want him to be alone. Kojirou can't help but give in in front of her concerns, and asks what will happen with Antonio (since he said that about marrying Maria when returning to Spain). Maria says with a sad face that she will talk with him but... she is going to Japan. When Kojirou returns to the bedroom he is sharing with Antonio, he looks worried at him. "I'm sorry, Antonio." As Kojirou gets into his bed, Antonio, facing the other side, opens his eyes with a mix of sadness and defeat showing on his face. [Antonio... ;_;] On the next morning, Maria waits for Antonio worried about what she is going to tell him (and how), but to her surprise a very energetic Antonio enters the room and starts commenting about the morning and everything while poor Maria is trying to tell him about she not leaving with him. However, Antonio hands her an envelope and some papers and tells her to write letters. Maria doesn't know what he is talking about, but Antonio simply explains that she must write to her father about what is happening and that he will deliver the letter. Antonio...!? Of course Antonio tries to laugh it all off but he can't avoid showing his disappointment at one point, but when Maria is about to talk he just tells her to hurry up with the letters as time is running out. So Maria starts to write as Antonio waits for her to finish. "I... was serious about you... "But..." Maria smiles softly at him. "Thank you, Antonio... "Thank you..." Kojirou, standing outside, hears Maria with a thoughtful look on his eyes. "This is for father and this for Martin." Antonio takes it all and offers her his hand. "Stay well, Maria." Maria takes his hand for a shake. "Yes!" But Antonio has other plans and with a pull, he makes Maria fall forward and kisses her in the mouth! (^^) Kojirou, looking from the door is in shock! (^^) "Adios, Maria." "Antonioo~~!!" Maria chases Antonio out of the room, and as he goes out, her notices Kojirou--still looking at him in horror-- and shows his best grin! As he goes away, he tells Kojirou to take good care of Maria. [This is a very common thing one says when one is entrusting a dear one to somebody (like a family member to his/her significant other, etc...) in Japan. It's the sign that you are officially giving an ok to that relationship.] Maria goes out after him but stops when seeing Kojirou. Then she looks towards Antonio with a kind expression on her face. Adios.... Antonio.... And so the time to explain what the heck is Maria doing back in Luis' ship comes. But thankfully for them, Luis doesn't seem to have much problem with it as long as she is not a bother, thus the journey continues for both of them! As days pass, Maria tells Kojirou that she wants to speak Japanese and he starts teaching her. [In case you are wondering, purest latin-based languages such as Spanish or Italian's pronunciation are very similar to Japanese; and like Japanese, with Spanish you also pronounce things as you read them in most of the cases] "Goo...d MOrning..." Kojirou corrects Maria on where to put the accent while one of the sailors cheers her. As Maria practices more, Kojirou looks at her with a warm smile. "Hello!! Hello. I am Maria!! How you do do!!" "How do you do, perhaps?" Maria smiles happily. "Ahh, that's it. How do you..." Maria turns around surprised when she realized somebody just helped her. "Captain!?" Captain Luis smiles and comments on her enthusiasm. "Captain understands Japanese?" Kojirou walks up to the bridge in time to hear them. "Just a little." "How great! Has Captain gone to Japan?" Captain Luis nods as Kojirou asks him seriously how come he knows his father. Captain Luis tells them that more than 10 years ago he went to Japan for the first time, but fell ill with some kind of smallpox. Masamune took care of him because he, himself had that same illness (that's how both of them lost one of their eyes), and so Masamune turned into Captain Luis' benefactor. When he finishes, Maria turns to Kojirou and compliments his father saying what a fine man he is. But Kojirou turns around and steps down of the bridge to her surprise. She follows him and asks him what's wrong. Kojirou says in obvious pain that his father also hoped like his brother for him to die. Maria tries to understand what he is thinking but Kojirou yells to stop using that name (Kojirou)! He tells her then about how they snubbed at his chosen name and reveals the true story in anguish and anger. "The name Kojirou... is the name of my father's younger brother, who my father slew with his own hands..." "An actual younger brother!?" "My father is the landlord that he is now because he killed his own younger brother in the inheritance war...! And so he named me with such a cursed name...." However, she tells him that she likes "Kojirou" very much... and she is very happy that Kojirou talked with her about it.... Kojirou looks relieved. Time later the sailor on top of the main mastiff calls for the Captain, they've arrived to Japan's coast! All the sailors and Maria rush to take a look, Maria is very happy that she is finally seeing Kojirou's land but he is just looking at it with face of awareness and worry.

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