Dagashi Kashi 21

019:

第
21st Sweet: Sakura Daikon
[translation note: "sakura daikon" means "cherry daikon"]

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020:

コ
Kokonotsu-kun, to tell you the truth...

大
I'm from Osaka, born and bred.

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...
Huh? Osaka? Really? I couldn't tell...

…
...

え
Huh? Well...
No, wait, more importantly...

な
Why in the world is she eating rice right now...?!

言
I never told you, did I?

ど
Should I tell her to stop? She seems to think it's normal...

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021:

そ
And therefore, I actually talk in Kansai-ben, but I usually refrain from doing so.
[Translation note: Kansai-ben is the dialect that is used in Kansai (the western part of Honshu, the main Japanese isle), and which differs a fair bit from the "standard" Japanese accent.]

は
I... see...

で
But since I'm from Osaka, in /that kind of situation/, I just can't help it...

あ
What kind of situation?

ふ
Hu hu... For example...

ま
Let's start with an Umai Bou.

[on the umai bou]

う
Umai Bou

ま
I'm round and tasty.

[end of umai bou]

う
Yup, it's a dagashi.

ヨ
A Yogul and a Kinako Bou.

駄
There's no doubt that they're dagashi.

そ
And then...

こ
That!

さ
A Sakura Daikon!

[on the sakura daikon]

さ
Sakura Daikon

[end of sakura daikon]

そ
That's right, it's that dagashi...

っ
Wait a sec', ain't dat just a Tsukemono?!

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...

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022:

…
I end up playing the straight man...

つ
Without thinking.

嘘
That's definitely a lie!!

あ
Ah, she put her bowl down.

ち
By the way, I was illustrating the famous fact that "people from Kansai are always surprised when they come to dagashi shops in Tokyo because they happen to see Tukemono lying there".

あ
It's famous?!

っ
Huh?! Wait! Does that mean that there's no "Sakura Daikon" in Kansai?!

そ
Exactly!

大
Damn, I wish I could go to Osaka at least once in a while...

は
Haaaah...

と
Or, to be more precise, it's "a dagashi that you don't see very often from Kansai westwards".

へ
Hmm... I never suspected that. I'm so used to seeing it...

駄
There are actually many dagashi that are deeply rooted to a given geographic zone.

１
Well, you learn something new everyday.

と
Despite my surprise, I catch myself wondering about the taste, but ah guess 't must be like a normal dagashi...

ペ
*rip*

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023:

う
Good, it's got a beautiful pink color.

ペ
*crunch*

う
Mmm, the texture and crunchiness make it obvious that they used delicious Japanese Daikon to make this...

ぽ
*cronch* *cronch*

ほ
It's just faintly bittersweet...

っ
Jus' wait a sec'!

ま
Dat's exac'ly a Tsukemono!

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...

っ
I end up...

そ
Are you gonna do that every single time?!

実
I don't have a choice, that's what really happened.

何
Hell yes, you have a choice! You definitely don't need to do that!!

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024:

は
Haah... Anyway, eating Sakura Daikon really makes you want to eat rice...

完
After all, it's easy to eat and all.
It's a Tsukemono down to the core.

む
*nom* *nom* *nom*

こ
It would obviously go well with rice.

む
*nom* *nom* *nom* *nom* *nom* *nom* *nom* *nom* *nom*

あ
Ahhh... I really wish I had rice to go with it...

む
*nom*

っ
Wait! Ah brought some!!

ご
Ah actually brought some rice with me!!

今
Hotaru-san's such a pain today...!!

あ
Ah!! My Kansai-ben slipped my tongue...
My native Kansai-ben dialect!!

反
I don't even know how to react...

と
Anyway...

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025:

今
What I wanted to tell you this time with the example of the Sakura Daikon...

げ
*burp*

食
She's eaten all of it...

お
Usually, you can't eat snacks or candies during a meal,

お
Snack Ra[...]

ガ
Gum

駄
but some dagashi actually transgress this rule.

常
Hidden within them, you can find ways to eat that defy common sense. /New possibilities./

そ
I just wanted you to know that this is also one of the charms of dagashi.

他
There are many other dagashi in the series of "dagashi that go well with rice", but I'll leave them for another time...

ま
Is she really gonna do that again...?

そ
And, on a final note...

本
To tell you the truth,

大
I'm not actually from Osaka.

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026:

う
Okay...

そ
Well then, thanks for the meal!!

な
What?! What the hell...?!

嵐
She sure left in a hurry...

ん
Hmm?

２
20 yen

…
...

１
10 yen

そ
Well then, thanks for the meal!!

…
...

こ
That's...

僕
my bowl...

シ
Shikada
[...]ashi

炊
Apparently, someone had also taken some rice from the rice cooker...