Dagashi Kashi 16

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第
16th Sweet: Bin Ramune
[Translation note: "bin ramune" roughly means "ramune bottle"]

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134:

シ
Shikada

駄
Da[...]

ほ
Here... That's the "powder" you asked me for...

い
Sorry to make you do all the dangerous work all the time...

じ
I can't wait anymore...

こ
I'll suck it out with a straw...!!

ス
*sluuurp*

は
Haah...! Aaaaahhn!

…
...

へ
He he... Looks like the powder's starting to kick in...

何
What are you two doing...?

コ
Kokonotsu-kun?!

何
Why are you here?!

見
Did he find out...?

そ
Well, this /is/ the shop I live in...
Don't try to hide your face, pops!!

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し
Damn, guess we don't have a choice... I'll give you one, so please overlook what you just saw.

見
Overlook...?

ん
Hmm...?

こ
Hey! It's a "Bin Ramune".
Hmm... It's been a while since I last saw one.

[on the bin ramune]

ビ
Bin Ramune

[end of bin ramune]

ビ
What is Bin Ramune?!

前
It's a dagashi that is shaped like the bottle of another dagashi we have introduced: the refreshing, delicious carbonated drink "Ramune".

ス
*sluuurp*

モ
Inside the bottle, which is made of monaka, is some "secret powder" (Ramune powder) you can slurp using a straw. It's delicious!!

で
But we don't have Bin Ramune at our shop, right? So where does it come from?

…
...

…
Hmm? What's wrong?

い
Well...

な
This is embarrassing... I did order some, but...

全
I guess you could say I... ended up eating all of it...

ア
What are you, stupid?!

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や
Stop!! Don't blame You-san!!

ほ
Hotaru-chan...

ヨ
He hasn't done anything wrong...!!

こ
This powder is legal!! 100% legal!!

逆
It actually just makes this all more suspicious!!!
I know it's legal!!

中
It's not addictive, and there aren't any withdrawal symptoms!! It's totally safe!!

あ
Oh, shit! The powder stopped working... I need my fix...!

依
I'm seeing some obvious withdrawal symptoms right here!!

ま
Now, now. Please have a taste too, Kokonotsu-kun.

う
O-Okay...

さ
Come on!! Slurp it all up in one gulp!!

何
There nothing to be scared of!! Just do it, come on!!

わ
I get it already!! And your eyes are scary!!

一
In one gulp...

ス
*slurp*

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!!

げ
*cough*
*cough* *cough*

の
My throat!!

最
People always choke on it the first time... It was the same for me. But you'll get used to it soon.

い
No, it's just that powder suddenly went down my throat...

何
Don't worry. Your body will grow more accustomed to it each time you take some.

使
Could you stop using words like "take"?!

で
But anyway...

ラ
The Ramune powder in itself already tastes good,

ど
but it also has some kind of refreshing taste, so it's just perfect to eat on a hot summer night.

そ
Right! You're exactly right!!

だ
So, erm, well... It's not as dangerous as everyone says. What is important is to take it in moderation, right?!

な
Why are you bent on giving it such a bad image?!

世
"as everyone says"?! No one talks about it!!

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も
It's so delicious!! Why don't you try to give it a better image?!

む
Hmm...

そ
That's right... I know one of its good points.

こ
Take a look at this bottle...

も
You've already opened another one, haven't you...?

ス
Take out the straw...

バ
*kring*

瓶
and you can eat the bottle itself.

エ
It's eco-friendly!!

は
Argh!!

勢
I bit too hard into it, and now a piece of monaka hit right behind my teeth...!

だ
Th-That's sooo lame!!

い
Ow...

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ふ
Hu hu... There are good points you haven't mentioned yet!!

ほ
Hotaru-san!

パ
The mascot character on the package is cute!

確
It /is/ cute!!

そ
Exactly! That's the kind of good points I wanted to hear about!!

…
...

ふ
Hu hu! I can do it when I try.

他
One of the points that also make it so great is that there are many ways to eat it!

あ
Ah, she looks happy...

オ
Official

正
The official way to eat it. Stick a straw at the bottom of the bottle and suck on it.

ス
Standard

一
The most widespread way to eat it. Stick the straw at the top of the bottle.

ヤ
Bad kid

瓶
Open a hole at the bottom of the bottle and catch the falling Ramune powder with your mouth. Show people you're bad!

漢
Manly

順
Who cares about order...?! If you're a true man, just bite into it! Just like a beast...

後
Aren't the last two a bit too extreme?!

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い
Now I know about it's good points...

そ
But, well...

そ
The real problem is that you eat all of them before we can actually sell them.

う
Ugh!

ヨ
You-san, it seems the time has come...

ほ
Hotaru-chan...

へ
Heh!
Well, it does seem so...

父
I'll come back... with a clean body...!!

が
Do your best, You-san!!

な
What the hell are they doing...?

ま
It was only the next morning that Kokonotsu understood they had skillfully forced him to tend to the store for a while...

シ
Shikada

駄
Dagashi