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Note: B/w scans are from the magazine, where the print is in low quality paper and different ink colors so it sometimes scans pretty bad and leaves lots of noise in the picture. The tankoubon quality is, of course, much better (perfect, that is).

Act 24 (Jan'2004)
As Tsujiai and Nina walk hand in hand, Nina wonders if Tsujiai won't go out with other girls while she is gone. Tsujiai wonders that too and Nina gets mad because he could at least say that he will wait for her. Tsujiai says that he can't predict his feelings, so Nina should just hurry up and return. This makes Nina happy. Tsujiai also wonders about Nina, and Nina confesses he liked Kaji for a little while. Tsujiai is not amused at this! (^^) They roam different countries for a while, and Tsujiai kisses Nina while they are on a beach. Nina starts to cry and says she doesn't want to go. She asks Tsujiai to ask her not to go, and then she won't go, but Tsujiai looks away and says he can't do that. Back at school, Nina says her good byes to the class, under the pretence she is moving to US. Yuta tells Tsujiai he better wait for her. Ayu learns Nina will be leaving while she and Tsujiai have a tennis club match (since they are the captains they can't easily avoid it), and she had also wanted to give Nina a farewell party. Nina tells her not to worry about it. On Saturday, Nina and Rio say good bye to her foster family, and then decides to surprise Tsujiai and Ayu one last time. She tells them she will be back for sure and then disappears. And although Tsujiai seems as cool and normal as always, at the end of the day, he seems very thoughtful. One month later, Tsujiai is browsing in a bookstore when... surprise! Nina appears. Tsujiai is shocked, and Nina explains he found him using the search feature of her computer. Tsujiai wants to know why she is in the human world and thinks she got expulsed, but Nina tells him that actually it turns out she can visit in certain weekends and also during vacation days. Tsujiai yells at her for not having said so before, but Nina says she just didn't find out until after she entered the school. Nina wonders if he is mad at her, but he just hugs her. (^^) Meanwhile, Ayu and Kaji are on a date. Ayu wonders how Nina is doing and she tells Kaji not to go anywhere away from her. They get lovey-lovey as Nina and Tsujiai try not to watch from behind a tree. Tsujiai starts to tell Nina that perhaps she can be with Ayu the next day and spend this day with him... but Nina is already calling for Ayu! (poor Tsujiai! ^^) -- The End -- (of the normal Ribon run)
Extra Chapter 2 / Epilogue (Mar'2004)
Three years have passed and everybody is incredibly handso... I mean, has grown up to be healthy and incredibly hands... erm, high school students. Nina sends notice that she is coming back to the world of humans, but the Nina that arrives starts acting really weird... Tsujiai has no doubts about it, this is a fake Nina! Where is the real Nina? Well, the real Nina arrives shortly afterwards and fake Nina reveals herself to be some kiddo classmate of Nina who was jealous about all her talk about the human world. (Feel my excitment about this chapter.) Nina will now continue studing with Ayu and Co. in high school. NOTE!!! The tankoubon version has some pages added that were not published in the Ribon edition, including some more shots of everybody and more romance between Nina and Tsujiai ^^ . Only reason to read this chapter (and what you were all looking forward to ^^ ...) : [ Ayu + Kaji ] [ Yuta + Sayaka ] [ Droo... Tsujiai ] [ Nina (the real one) ]

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