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Here is a summary of volume 1 of Miracle Girls (by Akimoto Nami).
The TV series takes place after all of this.

Miracle Girls volume 1
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	Summary by Hitoshi Doi, 1993.02.15

Tomomi and Mikage were twins, but they had very opposite personalities.

Matsunaga Tomomi
	2nd year of Yokohama Jogakkan Junior High School
	have to wear school uniform
	short hair
	great at sports

Matsunaga Mikage
	2nd year of R University Fuzoku Junior High School
	free dress
	long hair
	smartest student ever in her school
	bad at sports

Mikage was chosen to run in the relay race for the school athletic
festival.  Mikage was shocked and asked Tomomi to run in her place.
Mikage said that since they were twins, nobody would know.

Mikage and Tomomi traded places for one day before the school athletic
festival, as it was the day of the practice.  Mikage showed Tomomi some
pictures of people that she should know.  They were:

Kurashige Hideaki
	a senpai of the chemistry club and also the captain of the
	track team

Kageura Shinichirou
	Mikage's homeroom teacher and also chemistry teacher

Noda Yuuya
	Mikage's classmate and also on the track team
	hated very much by Mikage

Tomomi went to Mikage's school.  Tomomi was afraid because she had never
been to a school with so many boys.  Then she got lost and ran into
Kageura as she went into the forbidden wing of the school.  After getting
away from Kageura, Tomomi finally found the classroom.  She looked out
the window and saw some boys playing basketball.  She spotted one guy who
was very good.  But he got surrounded by three other guys.  Tomomi yelled
out "Right!" and helped the boy out of a pinch.  Then the boy scored and
looked up at Tomomi.  Their eyes met and Tomomi quickly hid.  Tomomi
realized that it was Noda, Mikage's sworn enemy.

During class Kageura asked Tomomi to do some problems on the board.  When
Tomomi looked at the problems, she was shocked as she had not done
anything like it in her school.  Then one of the students got up and said
that she would take Mikage to the nurse's office because she looked sick.
The girl was Aoki Yuko, a girl that Mikage had asked to help take care of
Tomomi.

After school, Tomomi went to the practice.  Kurashige and Noda led the
others in the jog.  Tomomi easily ran with Kurashige and Noda, while the
rest of the team fell farther and farther behind.  Kurashige and Noda
were surprised.  Noda was suspicious too, as he knew Mikage hated both
sports and him.  Tomomi wondered why Mikage hated Noda so much.

When Tomomi got home, she discovered that Mikage had gotten into a fight
at her school.  Mikage said that it wasn't easy trading places.  But she
said that she only had to do it one more time during the athletic
festival.  When Tomomi asked why Mikage hated Noda so much, Mikage asked
Tomomi if there was someone she liked.  Tomomi said that since she went
to a girl's school, there couldn't be anyone.  Then Mikage ran off
without telling Tomomi anything.

On the day of the athletic festival, Tomomi took Mikage's place.  Tomomi
watched Noda and couldn't get him out of her mind.  When Tomomi went to
get a drink, she ran into Mikage, who had come to watch in disguise.
While they were arguing, they heard Noda's voice. Since they didn't want
to get caught, Mikage teleported them away.

Tomomi and Mikage crash landed in the forbidden science room.  Tomomi
tried to find a way out, but the door was locked.  Tomomi wanted to
teleport again, but Mikage was still too tired from the previous one.
Kageura spotted someone moving in his science room, and immediately
headed for the building.  Kageura asked who was in the room.  Tomomi and
Mikage were shocked.  Tomomi used her power to just teleport Mikage back
home.  When Kageura opened the door, Tomomi was in the room alone.
Kageura thought that there were two people in the room, but Tomomi
assured him that she was alone.  Then Tomomi knocked over some books.
They were all books on ESP.  Then there was an announcement for the last
relay event.  Tomomi hurried out of the room past Kageura.

The A class was in second place.  If they win the last relay, they would
win the overall championship.  The A class fell way behind.  But Noda ran
well and regained a lot of lost ground.  Then Noda passed the baton to
Tomomi.  Tomomi then ran hard and moved her team from fourth place to a
first place tie.  Then Tomomi handed the baton to Kurashige.  Kurashige
held on to give the A class the victory.

That night Mikage thanked Tomomi for taking her place in the athletic
festival.  She said that they wouldn't have to change places any more.
But Tomomi was thinking, "Noda-kun, I wanted to know more about you.
Because I don't think you are as Mikage says.  Even though Mikage doesn't
tell me why she hates you."

The next day after school Mikage called Tomomi telepathically.  So Tomomi
went over to Mikage's school.  Tomomi was scared and couldn't go in.  But
she spotted Mikage with Noda and Kurashige.  They were asking Mikage to
join the track team.  Mikage said that she couldn't do it.  But Noda said
that she had done great during the relay.  Mikage and Noda started to
argue, but Kurashige broke it up and told Mikage to think about it.  Then
Mikage left.

Mikage started walking and thinking by herself.  Kurashige was sneaking
around and spotted her.  He was trying to solve the mystery of the
athletic festival.  Then Tomomi went up to Mikage.  Mikage was surprised,
but Kageura was shocked.  He discovered that Mikage had a twin sister.
Kageura was thinking about what he should do, while Tomomi tried to
comfort Mikage.  Then Tomomi and Mikage teleported home.  When Kageura
looked over to where the Matsunaga sisters had been talking, he saw
nobody.  Kageura thought that Mikage was an esper in addition to being
twins.

When they got home, Tomomi told Mikage that she would trade places with
her again and tell Noda and Kurashige that she could not join the track
team.  Mikage was very happy.

The next day, Tomomi went to Mikage's school as Mikage.  Tomomi ran into
Noda and Kurashige and told them that she could not join the track team.
Kageura spotted Tomomi (but thought it was Mikage) and thought that he
had found the key to his aspirations.  He was determined to find Mikage's
secret.

After eating lunch, Tomomi went up to the roof to kill time and to be by
herself.  Then Kageura came and closed the door.  Kageura was trying to
capture some evidence that Mikage was an esper.  Tomomi talked to Mikage
telepathically, and Mikage told Tomomi to climb down a tree.  So Tomomi
tried to climb down a tree.  Kageura was shocked and disappointed.  Then
Noda came by and saw Tomomi in the tree.  When he called out to her,
Tomomi fell down and crash landed on top of Noda.

Noda felt something was strange with Mikage.  Noda said, "Don't you hate
me?  I thought that you hated me ever since the incident in the lab last
year..  I even injured Kurashige at that time too.."
But since Tomomi didn't know what Noda was talking about, she just looked
surprised.  Then one of Noda's friends came calling for him.

Tomomi stayed after school looking at Noda.  Mikage called Tomomi
telepathically and told her to hurry up and come home.

Noda didn't know what was going on with Mikage.  He told Kurashige that
it seemed like Mikage had forgotten about Kurashige's injury.  He didn't
think that could happen.  Kurashige was surprised too.

When Tomomi was looking out the classroom window, Kageura snuck up from
behind.  He was going to grab Tomomi's hair because he suspected that it
wasn't really Mikage.  But Kageura missed.  Then he tried to attack
Tomomi to check her hair.  When Tomomi screamed, Noda and Kurashige came
running into the room.  They thought that Kageura was trying to take
advantage of Mikage.  Then Kurashige just pet Tomomi on the head and
left.  When Tomomi thanked Noda and called him "Noda-kun", Noda was
shocked.  Mikage had never called him with "kun".  Before Noda could
question her further, Tomomi ran away.

When Tomomi arrived at home, she was crying.  Mikage asked what was wrong
but Tomomi didn't tell her anything.  Then someone came to their house
and rang the doorbell.  Tomomi went to answer the door.  When she opened
the door, she found out that it was Noda!

Tomomi: Noda-kun..
Noda: Matsunaga!?  Your hair?
Tomomi (thought): Oh no!
Noda: What happened?
Tomomi: This is..
Mikage: Tomomi, what are you getting so excited about.  Who is it?
Tomomi: Mikage, don't come!
Noda: What?  Mikage..
Mikage: Oh.  Noda, why are you here!
Noda: Matsunaga!?
Tomomi (thought): What should we do!?