M5: Minoro

METAMORPHOSIS 5: MINORO

## Appearance

The Metamorphosis gave Minoro a nearly perfect 'female fashion model' body size and shape. Of course, "male" Minoro had a healthy and fit body, too, as evidenced by his prominent standing on the soccer team. Therefore, the Metamorphosis had a good specimen to begin with. Minoro has a fairly round face, with a slightly pointed chin and full cheeks, leftover from the male body. She already had 'big eyes', with the upgrade making them full, prominent, and oh, so sexy, with a pale blue-gray coloration. Long, straight, dense, incredibly soft jet black hair adorns her, with the length going down below her 'wing bones'. Minoro has a pale, delicate, almost seemingly translucent skin tone, even all over. Minoro has average, but slightly droopy shoulders, long arms, and thin, expressive hands. She was given a bust size that looks larger than average for her body size, but she does not mind, saying that she can swim all the better because of her larger boobs. She has an 'hourglass' torso, with an incredibility narrow waist, making her hips stand out. She has long, trim, athletic legs, and average feet, maybe a little on the small side.

In the short story, Minoro is shown wearing only one homemade outfit while on the deserted island. It somewhat resembles a white girl's bikini swimsuit. It was made out of torn up parts and scraps of the shirts that the two boys wore to the island, and adorned with select ferns placed around and folded into the fabric for more modesty. The top is loose fitting, fashioned like a strapless bandeau top, but with on shoulder strap, similar to a 'cavewoman' style. At the back of the top, the cloth is tied into a knot. The bikini bottom is shaped like a triangle shaped pareo skirt, with ferns embellished around the waistline. Both sides of the pareo are tied into knots. After she is rescued, one day she is with the soccer team for one of their practices, and is barking out orders and gameplay to the team members. That day, Minoro is wearing a white 'V' neck t-shirt, over that is a zip up the front athletic jacket, girl's rugby shorts with a white stripe on the side, white knee-highs, and girl's athletic shoes.

## Personality and Circumstances

After Minoro's transformation to that of a female, she was greatly confused and unable to understand or process why the Metamorphosis had done what it did to her. However, this state of confusion and helplessness lasted only about a day or two. Minoro realized that although she had some of the male personality traits and customs still with her, a lot of her personality was reconfigured during the Metamorphosis. Gone were the toxic male personality traits of being a goofy male joker, with careless disregard of the consequences of their actions and decisions. It seems that a girl's mind and heart had been added to the reconfiguration of their body. The best of her previous male personality was fused with the best of a girl's way of thinking and acting. This can be seen by her resourcefulness during the rest of the day that the two friends were on the island. No goofing around or playing jokes or pranks.

Minoro's personality change was a surprise to Makoto. Yet as the day passed on the island, he was relieved that Minoro was being serious for a change, and trying to survive the ordeal, instead of wasting time doing nonsensical things and messing around. There is even a hint of romantic attraction that Makoto begins to feel for female Minoro. Actually, the friendship between the two had even become stronger because of Minoro's transformation. No doubt, Minoro came to appreciate the hard work that Makoto did while her transformation was going on, and the care and concern afterward while she was trying to figure things out. Later, Minoro seems to have developed a 'tomboy' style personality, yet continuing to use her feminine skills and understandings to benefit herself, as well as Makoto, and others. She still was able to be on the boy's soccer team, but in a different capacity, as the manager. The manga does not say, but strongly implies, that Minoro and Makoto would become romantically involved with one another, probably ending up as boyfriend and girlfriend.

## Trivia

In the Japanese language, the first name "Minoro" is masculine, and means the son of the wild, unspoiled wilderness.