It's really hard for me to say just what I feel towards
 Mousse. On the one hand, he's one of the first few to 
befriend me after I became a girl. His friendship was a 
lifeline to me, because I had so few during my previous 
life. I knew that we were just friends, and that our relationship 
would go no further than that because his heart was set on 
Shampoo. He was a guy that I could safely explore my new 
identity with, although I didn't think of it in those terms at the 
time. On my part, I suppose that I was one of the few girls 
that he had ever met that actually respected him and his 
abilities without trying to make him feel inadequate about 
himself.
     On the other hand, he was the first guy to declare his 
unconditional love for me. At first, I believe he was merely 
following what he thought was Nichieju law. I certainly don't 
see him as being willing to give up on Shampoo for any 
reason less than that, considering the depth of his feelings 
for her. Still, I had to admire his perseverence, his courage, 
and his ##### ####. I can't believe I just wrote that!!
     Anyway, the friendship that Mousse and I shared is 
something that I will treasure for the rest of my days. I would 
that it have remained only friendship, but Shampoo had other 
ideas.
     I don't know if I will ever completely forgive Shampoo for 
spoiling what could have been a beautiful platonic friendship. 
I'm not sure if Mousse will ever find it in his heart to forgive 
her at all....

     Excerpted from the journals of Ranko Saotome.

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