Dagashi Kashi 13

109:

第
13th Sweet: Ramune

ラ
Ramune
100 yen!

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110:

ね
Come on...

開
Open your country to the outside world...

…
...

…
Hmm...!!

１
1853,

や
Well, shit...

黒
arrival of the Black Ships.

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111:

日
You Japanese are always like this...

ほ
Why are you all so stubborn...?

い
Well, you see, we also have our own circumstances, so...

わ
I get it, I get it... Here's my trump card...

…
Hmm...?
What is this...? There's liquid in it...

ポ
*poof*

こ
Well, this is...

え
Eh?! There was a very loud sound just now! Are we okay?! Are we gonna die?!

こ
I'm scared!!

死
We're not gonna die...
Here... I'm giving it to you, please drink it...

飲
I won't die if I drink it?!

死
You won't die...

ほ
Is it really safe...?

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112:

う
It's good!! Damn, this is so good!!

な
What is it?!

ぷ
Haaah!

レ
Lemonade.

ん
Hmm...? Pardon?

な
Why did you improve your pronunciation?! I can even less tell what it's called now!!

じ
Well, Perry is very busy, so he'll be leaving now.

え
Huh?!

来
But he'll be back next year. Until then, he'll be entrusting you with opening Japan to the world, okay?

ち
W-Wait a second!! This Ra-Ramone...? Or was it Ramune?!

も
He's leaving another bottle for you, so take your time to think while drinking it.

ほ
Well then.

ラ
Ramune...?

む
Hmm... I guess I'll drink it...

ん
Hmm...? Wait...

さ
How did he open the other one...?!

回
Did he turn the cap...? No, it's not working... Hnnnng!

ポ
How did he make that "poof" sound?! Hnnng!! I can't open it!!

…
!!

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113:

ペ
Perryyyy!!! How do you open these bottleeees?! Pleeeaaase!!

ち
Hey...! Perryyyyy!! Heeeeeey!!!

な
I'll do anything, so please...!!!

か
And so,

ペ
thanks to the Ramune that Perry had brought with him,

な
best buddies

長
the long period of national isolation Japan had known finally came to an end!

ラ
And the country opened... together with the Ramune bottle!!

”
Get it? "Open".

う
It's so good!!

超
It's a masterpiece!!

い
Thank you. Hu hu hu.

…
...

あ
Ah!

ん
Hmm? What's wrong, Hotaru-chan?

今
Just when the kamishibai ended, I got an uncontrollable urge for Ramune...!!
[Translation: a kamishibai (literally "paper drama") is a form of story-telling that uses drawn pictures to tell a story.]

下
What are you, a shill with bad actor skills?!

て
More importantly... I don't like the fact that it's a lie.

さ
Saying that Perry brought the Ramune to Japan is a bit too much.

そ
You're gonna show it to the kids who come to the shop, right?

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114:

や
Oh my... I guess I'll have to do it.

ふ
Hmph...

…
!

お
It's time for a lesson!!

ま
First of all,
the term "Ramune" is a corruption of the word "lemonade".

え
Huh?! Really?!

レ
Remonēdo

ラ
Ramone

ラ
Ramune

ラ
Ramune

…
No but... Ramune and lemonade are completely different, right? Like, the taste, and all...

ふ
Hu hu... You've touched a crucial point!

コ
Kokonotsu-kun, do you know what the difference between "lemon-lime soda" and "Ramune" is?

え
Huh? Erm...

瓶
The shape of the bottle!

え
Huh?!

つ
In other words...! Ramune designates "a carbonated drink in a bottle that has this shape"!!

実
Ramune and lemon-lime soda are actually the same inside!!

サ
Lemon-lime soda

サ
Lemon-lime soda

ラ
Ramune

ラ
Ramune

サ
Lemon-lime soda

ラ
Ramune

俺
Actually, we're the same inside.

ま
You serious...?

元
The "lemonade" that was designed with a cork cap

サ
Lemon-lime soda

１
1853

１
1872

ラ
Ramune

約
came back with a Codd-neck bottle design twenty years later, and that's the current design of "Ramune".

今
Nowadays, there's even curry-flavored Ramune!! The taste is not what's most important!!

そ
That's not the prob- There's curry-flavored Ramune?!

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115:

な
Anyway, a toast to Commodore Perry, who popularized Ramune!

カ
Cheers!!

結
So that's how it turns out, in the end...

飲
I guess they just want to drink Ramune.

ん
*gulp* *gulp*

く
Khhhhh...

ぷ
Haaaaaahh!!

こ
That's it!! It's so typical of summer!!

い
Wow... You can really chug it down.

こ
Now I want to drink some too...

う
Hmm...

は
Ah!

ど
What is it, Kokonotsu?

あ
Ah, well... If we went to the beach
and brought Hotaru-san to help us,

ラ
don't you think our Ramune and ice cream would sell like hotcakes...?

⁉
?!
I see...

つ
You mean...

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116:

水
To have her walk around in a swimsuit and sell them, right?!

お
Who wants a delicious Ramune? I've got ice-cold Ramune! ...mune! ...une!

え
Huh?!
O-Oh... I see, since it would be at the beach...

ラ
Ramune

い
Oh, that sounds really fun! I'm down!!

う
Hmm...!
You really have a talent for everything linked to dagashi...

こ
What a wonderful plan you've thought of...

…
...

そ
Alright, let's hammer out the details...

い
Great...!
I'm looking forward to it!

ほ
Come on, Kokonotsu! Kokonotsu?

…
...

ペ
Dear Perry,

う
I have inadvertently used Ramune as an excuse to see a girl in a swimsuit... I'm very sorry.

鹿
With love,
Kokonotsu Shikada.