YuYuYui - 5th anniversary - 2N

The Hero Club's 5th year - Normal - 7

[Party venue]

Uta: The long-awaited flavor of my memories! It's spicy soba!

Wak/Nat/Suz: We knew.

Son: You eat it with grated daikon, right~. Thank you~♪ Slurp~... Munch... S-Spicy~!

Its: I-It is... My nose is burning.

Uta: Ufufu, I thought the same when I was younger. Spicy soba was my parents' favorite food.

Uta: I always had zaru soba, but one day, daddy asked me "want some?".

Uta: Doesn't the stuff adult eat look delicious to you? So I didn't think twice and slurped on one with a lot of spices.

Uta: And when I did. Oh my god! "What is this~!?", and yet...

Uta: Now that I'm making soba myself, I for some reason love it.

Uta: It goes to show how much time has passed. How far I've come. That I ended up becoming an adult...

Hin: Utano-san... it is delicious. I can picture you and your family sitting together happily.

Uta: ...That's all for me! Soba's all about the feeling as it goes down your throat! Slurp it down. Mii-chan, your turn.

Mit: Mine is a little sweet. It's a popular Suwa specialty, kurumi mochi.

Mit: When I was little, it was a snack my grandmother would often make for me for when I came back from school.

Uta: That reminds me, farmers often offered those to me during our breaks.

Mit: Yes. That's why this flavor holds memories of both my grandmother and Utanon...

Mit: I remembered it every time I ate Tougou-san's botamochis, and it made me want to make some one day.

Mit: But this time I tried, and I'm rather pleased with how it turned out, but there's something off about it...

Anz: Really? It tastes good enough to me.

Mit: Uu~m... Since I used to watch my grandmother make them every time, I meant to do it the same way... But something's different.

Mit: Ah, but the ones from my grandmother and the farmers tasted slightly different... Maybe it's my imagination.

Tou: I don't think it is your imagination.

Chi: Tougou-san, did you notice something?

Tou: I'm not certain, but it's possible.

Sek: Here's Sekka's turn. That's what a native from the north has for you~♪

SON/Meb/Aki: What is this!?

Yum: At first glance, I notice sliced pork...? And there seems to be a reddish sauce.

Sek: Oh, nicely guessed, Miroku-san. You got the ingredients right. And it is called "chap"!

Yuu/Tak: Yuushaaaaaaaaaa-

Aka: That's chop, not chap. Screaming the name of a minor technique you barely ever use will bother everyone. Cut, cut.

Ren: Chop... Chap... Does it perhaps differ from porkchop?

Sek: Aah~, it looks similar, but it's actually not. Well, if you're interested, you can look it up yourself.

Aya: What a nice smell. What memories does this cooking evoke? Sekka-senpai.

Sek: On a Sunday, my dad suddenly made this for lunch. Even though he doesn't normally cook.

Sek: When I asked him why, he answered that he had it at a pub he went to with his colleagues to drink, and he loved it so much.

Sek: So he asked the owner for the recipe, went home, and treated his daughter to his first handmade dish.

Fuu: Nom... There's ketchup seasoning and then some... sweet and spicy sauce. I feel like I had this before...

Sek: It's yakitori sauce. Funny, right? But it's shockingly addictive.

Sek: And every Sunday from then on, I would keep pestering him to make chap.

Tam: I get you! Because it's so good! Makes me wanna devour it with cider in one hand!

Sek: Eheh... Right. It's something this easy to make too, cook meat, add ketchup and sauce...

Sek: How can this even be called handmade... And yet... Munch... It's so good... Eheh...

Sek: When was the last Sunday I had it... What day did they appear in Asahikawa...

Sek: When I wanted to be alone, I would remember this, and sometimes I made it and ate it...

Sek: It's so easy to make you can do it anytime, what a pain. Being reminded anytime... is a pain...

Kar: So easy it's a pain... I don't understand. Munch... I don't, but... it's delicious.

Kir: Munch... It's delicious... I'm serious. That's a good dad ya got. Secchi...

Gin/Tam/Anz: Uu...u...uh...

Sek: You're a bunch of idiots... Don't get caught up in my sentimentality. Come on and eat... before it gets cold.


The Hero Club's 5th year - Normal - 8

[Party venue]

Aki: F-For some reason there's suddenly a heap of plants...

Nat: Uji... also known as sugarcane. Strip off the skin with your teeth... if you will.

Suz/Its/Mit: There is simply no way~!

Shi: Why did you sound like a butler...

Fuu: Ngih... Hm... It's sweet. So this is the flavor from your memories...

Nat: Yes. Grandpa's unji and beni imo from his farm were my main snacks...

Kar: Why didn't you bring beni imo then!?

Nat: When I threw Uji stalks... Pero would happily go get them.

Nat: Grandpa and I used to watch it laughing, and when we had enough of the sweet taste, we ran to the sea to catch fish for dinner like every day...

Nat: I still remember this sea when I hear the waves in this world, and when I close my eyes, I can still see it on my eyelids...

Meb: So the sugarcane Utano planted reminds you of the comfort of your hometown...

Fuu: If you're praising it so much. It must be a really good place... Okinawa.

Nat: Yes. It was good......

Aka: I-I also made something native to Okinawa! Even if Renchi and Shizu-senpai helped me out...

Kir: Ah~, had no idea what she wanted at first, not easy, I tell ya~.

Ren: "Anything but a lot of it" being the only lead, it was certainly ambiguous.

Its: Ah... but it smells good. This is a bowl of miso soup... Waaah! That is really a lot of ingredients!

Aka: This is what miso soup is like in Okinawa. It's always what I had on the table too.

Aka: That's why the first time I saw standard miso soup, there were so few ingredients I thought there was a food shortage and I panicked.

Aka: Same for onee-sama, right♪

Nat: Yes. But... now my favorite miso soup is Fuu's with no ingredients.

Son/Anz/SON: Ara~♪

Fuu: Don't call a soup with no ingredients "Fuu's"! You're the one who only brings seaweed!

Chi: That's enough, thanks for the food. Who's next?

Ren: Hmph. It is to Miroku, an unthinkable fault...

Aki: Eeh! it's plain porridge again! It's the same thing as Uesato-chan!

Hin: My...

Yos: Ah... But this porridge flavoring is slightly salty, like the Heroes eat it. What could it be...?

Ren: Normally speaking, it is the proper way. So be it. I will share this experience.

Ren: Even the flawless perfect superhuman that is Miroku once knew an era of training...

Ren: Alongside Yuuna, we would incessantly enhance our bodies and practice fighting, day after day, under our devilish instructor.

Aka: ...I remember. Even after you completed the day's quota, you'd still keep going on and on.

Kir: Yeah, and every time her instructor would beat her up silly.

Ren: Such violence has even seen Miroku collapse onto the dojo floor, rendering me incapable of standing, my knees shaking.

Ren: I still remember the feeling of wishing to disappear, tormented by powerlessness and self-loathe. It was at that moment...

Ren: Our teacher offered me this steaming bowl, and said "Eat. If you don't eat at least this, you'll die".

Ren: Frustrated, but refusing to die at any cost, I had a bite. This single bite was delicious beyond belief...

Ren: The sweet water and the flavor of rice as it permeated my aching... sore body and the salt brought vitality to my body.

Ren: Whatever exquisite dish, or refined cooking I had eaten since that day, Miroku has never forgotten this flavor...

Ren: This is the one flavor I shall not forget. For all eternity......

Hin: ...............

Yuz: What a poignant story this was.

Meb: But there's reason to be jealous. Having an instructor by your side who is so passionate about training you.

Wak: It's true. This person must have treasured you a lot.

Ren: Eh...

Wak: Eh?

Aka: Mrgh...

Kir: That's enough of that! Serious time's over! Now it's the turn of yours truly, Shizu-san~♪


The Hero Club's 5th year - Normal - 9

[Party venue]

Kir: An Osakan's humorous soul! Special flour set~~♪

Sek: Waaah... It's what I expected, takoyaki and okonomiyaki. And rice too!?

Yos: Hm hm... It is delicious, but was the rice truly necessary? Or rather, was the takoyaki alone not enough?

Kir: The hell's your problem!? You eat it with white rice! Tokyoites, I swear...

Its: No one here is from Tokyo... And you're not from Osaka either...

Kir: Nahaha! Nevermind the details. Anyway, this flour set's my roots. The source of my comedy!

Kir: Sizzle it nicely, put some sauce on there, put it in your mouth with rice like that...

Sum: Excuse me, there are historical records proving that while Oosakans loved okonomiyaki sets, they did not eat takoyaki with white rice...

Kir: .........Sumirin, can you be quiet~? I'm a sham anyway, I do what I want!

Mit: She admitted it!

Sum: I-I apologize. Next is dashimaki tamago of my own making, please give it a try.

Aya: Waah, so pretty. It's cute just like a candy♪ What memories do you have of it, Sumi-chan?

Sum: The Sumi household I was raised in was entirely devoted to western food, and this was my first step to changing their food habits.

Sum: It was difficult at first, making 10 of them every day was the amount of practice it took before I could finally impress my parents.

Wak: This is amazing. Your dedication to hospitality led you to work so hard behind their back.

Sum: Yes! Because to please other people, you first have to be satisfied with it yourself.

Anz: But what happened to all the tamagoyakis you made every day?

Sum: Eh? I ate them all myself?

Gin: By yourself? Haa... Now I see where those imposing mountains came from...

Sum: Yes, these mount-... Gin!? Where are you looking at!?

Tam: Oooh~~! These enticing shaking crystals! Egg Thunder Mountaiiiiiiiiiin♪

Shi: Next... Minowa's turn.

Gin: Aah, haa, haa... I-I'm here! Mine's also egg-based, it's Egg bolo~♪

Hin: Yet another adorable dish.

Meb: Though isn't this a snack for babies? I saw them in stores, but...

Gin: Ehehe, but you can make it yourself.

Nat: Chomp. Hm... Ooh, it melts inside your mouth. What a gentle sweetness... A baby would love this.

Gin: Yes! He loved it!

Tou: Ah... It's for your brother.

Gin: Mom made baby food, but I also wanted to give it a shot!

Gin: Just like Sumi, it didn't go so well at first, I tried again and again, eating them all myself...

Gin: I was so happy when I was finally able to reach a pretty round shape...

Gin: This got me interested in cooking, and I started making a little more varied stuff over time.

Son: We cooked so many times in this world together already~.

Sum: Cooking is several times more fun with other people rather than by yourself.

Yum: I understand this. If it wasn't for ancestor-sama's presence, I would not have found such delight in cooking.

Ren: Hmph, it is the same for Miroku. Nothing could be more precious than the joy of teaching my descendant the flavors of the Miroku family.

Fuu: Cooking together is good. Eating together is even better. Cooking really is a wonderful thing~.

Kir: Ittsun... Hang in there. Fuu's starin' at a harmonious cook squad with jealousy~!

Its: Yes, I'll do my best! Leave it to me!

Uta: I-In moderation...! Okay!?

Kar: Y-Yeah, yeah! Don't rush things, and go slowly, making it many times and tasting it yourself, like Sumi and Gin!

Mit: I-It's desperate...


The Hero Club's 5th year - Normal - 10

[Party venue]

Son: Sonoko-senpai's and my collaboration project is this~♪

Suz: Aah, that makes sense. They're the same person, so their memories are the same... Huh?

Kar: Tougou, Sumi, why didn't you do it together?

Tou: Fufu, you will have to wait and see.

Gin: But still, Sonoko, this is...

Son: It's the already classic "Mino-san yakisoba"~♪ Sonoko-senpai, do you remember the first time you had it?

SON: Yes. I was shocked~. I didn't think she could be this competent at cooking by herself~...

Son: Mino-san and Wasshi were able to cook, so being the only one who couldn't was a shock~.

SON: But now is different. Sonocchi experimented a lot and grew up.

SON: She's becoming much better at cooking among other stuff than me. And it's thanks to you two.

SON: Thank you, Little Wasshi. Mino-san.

Sum: W-While I appreciate it, I do not remember us teaching Sonocchi anything in particular...

Son: That's not true~. Because yakisoba... Huh~???

Gin: Hey, did you forget about our promise during our trip? "We'll teach you how to cook next Sunday".

Son: Oh right! But I already learned how to make yakisoba~, in this world.

Sum: When we go back, I will strictly teach you from scratch how to make Japanese food!

Son: Hyeh~! Go easy on me~!

Gin/Sum: Ahahahahaha!

Tou: Now... Next is the sentinel team. If you may.

Meb: Yes. Go ahead, try it.

Kar: Eh...... What is that?

Meb: You don't know? It is dried squid roasted over a fire...

Kar: No, I can see it's dried squid just fine! But you call this cooking!?

Meb: Oh, quiet! This is the taste from my memories and the origin of my strength, so what!?

Chi: Strength...... the jaw's?

Meb: When pa-... my father came back from work, it was his daily routine to dry squid on the grill and drink beer.

Meb: I always stayed next to him, staring at the dried squid curling on the fire.

Meb: It started emitting a nice smell after a while, then after minutely ripping up the thick fat, I would eat it as well...

Meb: Even if I didn't have beer, it made me feel like an adult. The sensation of being able to do something with my father made me happy.

Meb: He was boorish but so kind and warm, so much so that I always wanted to become someone like pa-... my father. I still do now.

Its: This story was so much better than we imagined that everyone is quiet...

Suz: Um, so I'm next. Here I go.

Tam: Let me take a guess. It's mikan-based~!

Suz: Boo boo, too bad~. It's a kid lunch~♪

Anz: Eeh!? I don't see mikans anywhere! Are you okay!?

Suz: W-Why wouldn't I be!? Well, it's a memory from a pretty long time ago.

Suz: We interacted with kids quite a lot, right? And sometimes I'd think to myself I wanna eat one of those.

Suz: When I was little, and I'd go out with my parents, I would always eat this at department store restaurants!

Yum: The quantity, while small, it contains fried prawns, steak, chicken rice, and even salad. Surprisingly fancy, I must say.

Suz: Right~? Look closer. There's naporitan and pudding as dessert, and it even comes with a toy!

Fuu: N-Naporitan...?

Tou: Western noodles... you said?

Wak: You traitooooooor!

Suz: Eeeeeeeh!? But you don't normally put udon under your steak, do you!?

Wak: Hahaha, it was a joke. I wouldn't be seriously upset over people's memories.

Suz: N-No more jokes, it's bad for my heart! A kid's meal was this close to being my last meal on earth!


The Hero Club's 5th year - Normal - 11

[Party venue]

Aki: Ah, I'm so happy. We're getting ice cream! Who's it from?

Shi: Me... Put soy sauce on it and enjoy...

Kir: Who'd do thaaaaat!? Wait, what? S-She looks serious... Are ya for real!?

Shi: It's okay... It's special soy sauce for vanilla ice cream. The one Kohagura told me about...

Nat: Aah, right... At that time.

Shi: Like Koori, I never ate with a family before...

Shi: So... The first nabe I ate at Fuu's house, is my most memorable flavor.

Shi: Everything from that time was... so, so delicious, but I can't cook, so I made this dessert.

Shi: Fuu and the others are my family... We're not related by blood, but we're family...... little by little.

Its: I-Is this really okay...? That your strongest food memory was our food...

Fuu: It's good... Now, it must be a good thing...

Yum: Let us now proceed, the turn for Miroku Yumiko is upon us. If you may♪

Suz: Shhweeeeeeeeeeh!? It's not skipjack tuna!?

Tak: Uuh, it's kinda white... What is it?

Yum: This dish is composed of root vegetables, as well as konjac and the likes, cut into dice before boiling, also known as "guruni".

Yos: I believe it is a dish native to Kochi.

Yum: You must have all expected from me to serve a grandiose beefsteak, or a platter of sashimi, however...

Yum: In my youth, in order to foster my love for my hometown, I ate my ample~share of simple dishes such as this.

Yum: So to speak, I would disguise my superior status by habitually behaving as a maid!

Yum: However, how long has it been since the last day I have experienced a flavor as exquisite as slowly boiled guruni.

Yum: I will shed this maid uniform, and as the daughter of the Miroku family, I will make this dream of rebuilding the family become a reality!

Ren: Hmph. A fine speech, Yumiko. I praise your devotion to abstain from eating steak and skipjack tuna until your wish becomes reality.

Yum: ...Ha!?

Suz: What Miroku-san said didn't make any sense! And Renge-san does what Renge-san does best, not listen to others!

Sek: Your memory was so modest, it destroyed your whole backstory, that'll be a pain... I feel bad for you.

Yum: Y-You are pitying me!? Y-You're mistaken, I am a lady of beefsteak and sashimi platters!

Mit: W-What a nourishing lady...

Kar: Haa~, there's no end to the tsukkomis. I'll be going next then.

Meb: Oh? Shouldn't it be Aya-chan in order?

Aya: Ah, I'll wait a little bit longer♪

Uta: Eh... K-Karin-san made this...? Really!?

SON: Nibosshi made something without niboshis!? And of all things, this... thiiiiiis!!

Kar: Spaghetti Bolognese.

Wak/Fuu/Tou: You traitoooooooooor!!!

Kar: Aah! You're seriously getting on my nerves! ......I'm like Suzume too.

Kar: When I was a kid, I saw it at a restaurant I went to with my family, and this impactful sight stuck with me.

Kar: You know, those food showcase samples, where the fork lifts the spaghetti?

Kar: I thought this was some kind of magic. Like a kid who believes in fairies.

Kar: I thought I should be able to do it, and after ordering it, I tried imitating it for so long.

Kar: I tried wrapping the pasta around my fork and letting go midair so many times. Which made my parents scold me really hard.

Kar: But I didn't let it break my spirit, even at home I asked my parents for spaghetti, tried it, failed, and got told off again...

Kar: My parents didn't know what to do with me, but my brother stayed by my side watching me try... What an idiot.

Kar: Now that I think about it... I was so into it, I don't remember when I grew out of it...

SON: He's still doing it to this day... in the Taisha cafeteria. Because he wants to make his sister smile... with his fork.

Kar: Haaa!? Are you serious!? He's too old for this!

SON: Ahahahaha! It would've been funny if it was true though~♪

Kar: Whaa-!? Stupid Sonoooooooo!! If it was true, he would've been fired from Taisha!


The Hero Club's 5th year - Normal - 12

[Party venue]

Yuu: Okaaay! It's my turn. Ta-dah!

Tou: Wha-!? Yu-Yu-Yu-Yuuna-chan-... T-T-T-This... is...?

Yuu: Corn dogs♪

Sum: American dogs!?

Tou: Ame-... Nyoaeeheeee!?!?!?

Fuy: W-What's happening to you two!? It's so good.

Tou: N-No, it's nothing... I-I'm okay! We're already... Our feeling of rejection has passed, go ahead!

Yuu: Uum, we had a custom at home of making corn dogs for Christmas.

Yuu: And like Karin-chan, I thought mom was a magician when she made them!

Yuu: When she did, she would take the wieners and put a lot of drippy stuff, then it went fshhhhh!

Yuu: And like brrr, it became crispy delicious in a bam, it was amazing♪

Kar: T-This is stupid!

Fuu: You're one to talk... Spaghetti magician.

Yuu: To me, Christmas was the day mom would use magic. Her magic was more awesome to me than Santa.

Anz: Waah, such a wonderful fairy-tale like story. This could make for a good picture book, "Mama is a magician", just kidding♪

Tou: N-Now, I must pull myself together... I am next. My apologies this is nothing out of the ordinary, but here...

Yuz: Aah, botamochi...

Son: It's a classic for the Hero Club~♪

Tou: It was meeting with Yuuna-chan that led me to start making botamochi.

Uta: Eh, it was?

Tou: To be honest, I tried before then, but none was of a quality I deemed satisfactory.

Sum: Ah, yes! I made prototypes in order for my parents to shift their tastes from western to Japanese confectionery...

Sum/Tou: But... It was bad, so I gave up.

Sum: I decided to give up on it because I was still a child, so how come I tried again...?

Tou: Yuuna-chan loves sweets. She told me she loved Japanese sweets and anko.

Sek: I get that's how you started, but that didn't change the fact that you couldn't make them, right?

Tou: I realized it when I tried it again, unless you make sweets with kindness, the sweetness will not come out right.

Tou: Like how it is said that striking and kneading mustard and wasabi while upset will make it more spicy than otherwise...

Tou: Sweets reflect your feelings and emotions as you're making them, I've become aware of it by eating finished botamochis...

Tou: Making sweets with the arrogance of forcing Japanese culture onto people cannot translate into the right kind of sweetness.

Tou: And the one who taught it to me was Yuuna-chan... She is the important someone who gave me what I was lacking.

Sum: I see... So that was it. The most important part of cooking is for who and your thoughts as you're making it...

Yuu: So if your botamochis are so good, it's because I love you so much, and you answer to it like that!

Yuu: Hearing that, the regular botamochis are going to feel ever more delicious than usual♪

Tou: Yuuna-chan... I'm happy. I'm sure they will taste even better than ever before, please keep eating them forever♪

Yuu/Tou: Tougou-saaaaaaan♪/Yuuna-chaaaaaaan♪

Son/Anz/SON: Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet♪

Aki: These botamochis are way too sweet~~!

Suz: Thanks so much for the food~~!

Kar: I can't take this~, jeez! Hurry up. Who's next?

Its: Ah, it's me.

Uta/Shi/Kar: Eh...