Dagashi Kashi 9

077:

第
9th Sweet: Butamen
[Translation note: "butamen" is both pork ramen and the name of a dagashi inspired by it.]

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078:

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今
It wouldn't be surprising for it to break down any minute now...

し
But, even if it's old, it would be hard to endure the heat without it...

今
Today's especially hot, too...

あ
Ah, Hotaru-san... Welcome.

あ
It sure is hot today, isn't it?

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Hotaru-san...?

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079:

エ
T-The air conditioneeeeeeeer!!!

な
Why did you stop iiiiit?!!

ア
It's too hot!

コ
Kokonotsu-kun.

夏
There is a dagashi that is most suitable

ス
to build up stamina and overcome the summer heat...

え
Huh? Erm... No way...

そ
Yes way! That's exactly it!!

今
Today's topic is "Butamen"!!

ブ
Butamen
Pour hot water in it, and it turns into "real" ramen! There's a wide choice of flavors! It's /tremendously popular/ among kids when they're hungry!!

[on the butamen]

あ
Thoink you!

２
20th anniversary

ブ
Butamen

と
Tonkotsu Ramen

[end of butamen]

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080:

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暑
It's freaking hot...

夏
Well, it's summer, after all!!

う
Well...
Yeah, but...

エ
Let's turn the A/C on...

な
Wha-
Noooooope! We're not turning it on!!

だ
Nooo way!

夏
In summer, you're supposed to endure the heat

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ブ
while savoring some Butamen!!

ほ
All right! The water's boiling!!

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ブ
Butamen comes in many different flavors.

ペ
*rip*

と
Tonkotsu, soy sauce, salted beef tongue, curry, yakisoba...

で
But the one I like best

「
is definitely "tonkotsu"!

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081:

と
But there's actually a good reason for that.

一
Butamen is much more expensive than most other dagashi.
They usually cost 10 to 20 yens, but Butamen costs 70 yens.

１
The children who go to a dagashi shop

駄
with a 100-yen coin in their hands

何
face a serious problem: they cannot buy more than one Butamen, so trying a new one would be much too risky.

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!!

試
Even if they want to try something new, in the end, they tend to choose tonkotsu because it's a safe bet. I was the same back then...

は
Hurry up.

今
Now, I can try them all and choose the one I like best, but... I just feel a stronger affinity towards tonkotsu because of all these years.

ふ
Hu hu... It's so exciting to think that there are people all over Japan who share the very same feelings.

ブ
Butamen has created a bond of tonkotsu between us all!

そ
Hmm, yeah...

暑
It's so hot he's not even listening.

い
Damn it...

は
Haah... Haah...

夏
I didn't think turning the heater on during the summer would be make it that hot...

も
I can't endure it anymore... No more...

こ
Humans cannot live in that heat...

よ
It's ready!

そ
Eating Butamen in that heat would be...

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082:

ぷ
Haaaaah!! Butamen tastes even better on hot days like today!! The sensation of the thick broth on my stomach...

は
Haaah!

夏
Now /that/ really feels like summer!!

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不
I can't help thinking

暑
that eating piping hot Butamen in a roasting hot room

も
might actually be the most delicious way to eat it...

思
I can't help thinking about it...

は
Here! It's your share, Kokonotsu-kun!!

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083:

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Are you sure you don't want to turn the A/C on?

な
Wha-
I just told you that, during summer...

や
Well, there's a slight problem...

？
?

ど
What do you mean?

こ
Since it's so hot, if we don't cool the room down a little bit,

店
all the dagashi stored here will probably go bad much faster...

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084:

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Of course, I had already noticed this point, but I was waiting to see when you would eventually notice, Kokonotsu-kun!!

絶
I'm quite sure that you were just absorbed in eating Butamen here!!

そ
Now that you've noticed, let's turn it on!

す
Right now!!

は
Okay, okay...

あ
It's too hot...

ま
Just so you know, I can still totally bear this level of heat...

カ
*click*

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Huh...?

カ
*click* *click* *click* *click*

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エ
The A/C broke down.