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- Yuna: Yay! Time for lunch♪ Time to dig in!
- Karin: I'm done.
- Yuna: Hweeeh!?
- Itsuki: Karin-san, you're already done eating?
- Karin: Done eating? More like done drinking.
- Togo: Another nutritional additive lunch today?
- Karin: Supplements! [Togo goes out of her way to avoid loanwords]
- Itsuki: In Karin-san's case, they're more like the main meal rather than additives to the meal.
- Karin: Is that wrong?
- Fu: It's so wrong!
- Karin: Haah? Why!?
- Yuna: Well, having pills for lunch isn't fun nor tasty, right?
- Fu: Doesn't matter if it's tasty or not, but you're still wrong!
- Karin: What's so wrong about it, already?
- Fu: Just as the name implies, nutritional additives are meant to be added to the main dish, not be the main dish.
- Karin: Mmgh... I am eating dinner properly. From convenience stores.
- Itsuki: From convenience stores?
- Fu: It's so wrong!
- Karin: Why!?
- Fu: ...The Roman philosopher Seneca once said that a great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach.
- Yuna: Haah.
- Fu: Karin, you're technically an important member of the Hero Club, remember? We can't have you collapsing from unbalanced nutrition.
- Karin: I won't collapse. You worry too much.
- Itsuki: But it'll be too late once you start to feel bad, you know?
- Yuna: Ah, then how about... Togo-san and Fu-sempai make food for Karin-chan?
- Fu: Why me?
- Togo: Why me?
- Karin: Why me?
- Itsuki: Sounds good! Onee-chan and Togo-sempai are the Hero Club's Ultimate and Supreme!
- Yuna: I know, right? So let's make it a cooking contest! Karin-chan's the judge♪
- Karin: Judge? That's... well, not bad.
- Yuna: The winner gets to make Karin-chan do whatever they please.
- Karin: Yeah, yeah... wait, WHAAA!?
- Fu: Hmmm? Whatever they please... huh.
- Togo: That could be fun.
- Karin: Wai- why!? That just means I lose, doesn't it!?
- Fu: Togo, I'm fine if you are.
- Togo: Same here, Fu-sempai.
- Yuna: Woooah! Sparks are already flying between the two of them---!
- Karin: Why are you two getting so pumped up---!?
- Itsuki: Now let's begin the Hero Club Cooking Contest! We broadcast live today from the home economics room.
- Yuna: Reporting live, I'm Yuki Yuna, and♪
- Itsuki: I'm Inubozaki Itsuki♪
- Karin: What... what the hell is going on---!?
- Itsuki: The contestants will be judged today based on taste and nutritional balance. What do you have to say on this point, Yuna-san?
- Yuna: Well, Fu-sempai normally cooks with regulating Itsuki-chan's nutrition in mind, but Togo-san devoted to her specialty in Japanese confectioneries...
- Yuna: So a highlight of today will be to see how she overcomes her unknowns in the nutrition front.
- Itsuki: Hohoh~
- Karin: Guys, listen...
- Itsuki: Contestant Fu, how do you feel about today?
- Fu: I'm gonna win for sure!
- Yuna: Contestant Togo, any response?
- Togo: I won't lose!
- Karin: Why's even Togo getting into it...? And you too, Fu, don't get on your high horse just because you're club president!
- Yuna: High horse?
- Karin: What else would you call it? Just because she's older she gets to complain about other people's eating habits!?
- Yuna: Mmm. But... I think Fu-sempai's actually worried about your well-being, Karin-chan.
- Karin: I know that... but... she didn't have to bring it this far... AH! Aren't you the one who agitated things to this level, Yuna!?
- Yuna: ... ...w-wooah! A good smell has started wafting from the stove!
- Itsuki: Indeed it has! We bring you here now to the stove. Contestant Fu has just now added mentsuyu to the pan!
- Itsuki: And what do you know! She's added peppers! What sort of cooking might you be doing?
- Fu: Spicy sauteed lotus root. You always eat this, remember!?
- Itsuki: Oh yeah. It's very tasty. Now, what is Togo-sempai up to...
- Togo: I'm boiling some azuki.
- Itsuki: It's boiling over...
- Togo: It's important that it does.
- Itsuki: I see. So what are you making with the azuki?
- Togo: That's a secret.
- Fu: Togo... there's no point in hiding it from me.
- Togo: And there's no point in me divulging it to you either.
- Fu: ...tch.
- Togo: ...heh.
- Itsuki: Sparks are flying even hotter than the gas stoves, so with that, let's return to the studio for now!
- Yuna: Thank you, Itsuki-san~
- Karin: We're in the same room!
- Yuna: Ah, this is so fun♪ Right, Karin-chan?
- Karin: HOW?
- Yuna: I may have pushed things forward, but the two of them are making food just for you. Doesn't that make you happy?
- Karin: I... I said I was fine with supplements, remember?
- Yuna: I'm sure they're doing this because it's all for you.
- Karin: ...huh?
- Yuna: Despite what they may have said, they worry about you. We allll do.
- Karin: ...Aren't you... embarrassed to say something like that?
- Yuna: Nope. Why?
- Karin: ....Ahhh~ fine! Just go do your commentary or whatever!
- Yuna: Okay~
- Itsuki: Contestant Fu... you're sautéing beef and eggplants? And your only seasoning is soy sauce?
- Fu: Yes, why?
- Itsuki: Say, Onee-chan. Why... aren't you cooking more amazing things like you usually do? At this rate you'll lose to Togo-san, you know?
- Fu: It's fine. If it's too elaborate, then Karin wouldn't be able to make it, right?
- Itsuki: Eh?
- Fu: If I can show her that anyone can make food that's both simple and delicious, then maybe it'll awaken Karin to the world of cooking for herself. That way she'll get the nutrition she needs too.
- Itsuki: Onee-chan... so you really have been seriously thinking about Karin-san's body. I'm so impressed!
- Fu: ...N-no, that's not it! It's because it's simple! There's not enough time, so I'm just doing enough to get by, okay!?
- Itsuki: You really are amazing, Onee-chan.
- Fu: I said that's not it!!
- Yuna: What are you making, Togo-san?
- Togo: I'll tell you, Yuna-chan. I'm making red rice.
- Yuna: Red rice? But I've been smelling something sweet for awhile now...
- Togo: Yup. Time to add some more sugar here...
- Yuna: That much!?
- Togo: Red rice is more nutritious than white rice and is very effective at preventing adult diseases and recovering from fatigue.
- Yuna: Woah! More sugar! Is this really... effective at preventing adult diseases...?
- Togo: Yes, why?
- Yuna: I-I see... (Are you supposed to add sugar to red rice...?)
- One hour later...
- Itsuki: Both contestants have finished! It's finally tasting time!
- Yuna: First up is Fu-sempai!
- Fu: Sauteed lotus root and omelets. And a side dish of spinach. These are taro tumbles.
- Fu: This is sautéed beef and eggplant. And then there's this mixed fish and sesame furikake, and some lightly pickled seasonal vegetables.
- Karin: Th-that's kinda a lot. And generally kinda... plain.
- Yuna: Ah~ Yeah, the color's kinda...
- Fu: Eh!? Color's not one of the judging criteria, right!? Should I have used red bell peppers!?
- Itsuki: Not at all, what's important is nutrition and taste. Go ahead, Karin-san. Please eat.
- Karin: Yeah... om... nomnom...
- Fu: How is it?
- Karin: Yeah... nomnomnom... om... nomnomnomnom...
- Fu: Say something!
- Karin: Oh chut ub! It's nom... kinda taking... nomnom... some time to chew...
- Togo: Japanese food requires several more times the chewing that western food does. Which is why it's said that it's better for stimulating brain activity. Japanese food truly is supreme...
- Yuna: I-is that true?
- Togo: Way to go, Fu-sempai.
- Fu: Who cares about chewing... How does it taste? Strong? Weak? Just right?
- Karin: The furikake...
- Fu: Hm?
- Karin: The furikake's made with niboshi... I could even white rice with this.
- Fu: That's great.
- Togo: White rice has a sweetness to the grains themselves the more you chew on it! Rice has good flavor even without adding things like furikake!
- Yuna: Calm down, Togo-san, calm down!
- Itsuki: Karin-san. So, how was it? How was Onee-chan's cooking as a whole?
- Karin: De...
- Itsuki: De?
- Karin: De-delicious... And it seemed nutritious too. ...So... th-thank you.
- Fu: Eh? So... what? I didn't hear that last part~~
- Karin: ~~~~!!! [It sounded like mmmmgggnnnhhh]
- Yuna: Uwwah! Karin-chan's all red now!
- Karin: S-shut up, shut up!
- Itsuki: Ahahah! Okay, now it's time for Togo-san's cooking. Go on!
- Togo: Alright.
- Fu: Onigiri!?
- Itsuki: Made of red rice!?
- Yuna: Is that what you put all the sugar into!?
- Karin: Sugar!?
- Togo: Aw come on now, Yuna-chan. I didn't add any to the sticky rice. What were you looking at?
- Yuna: Ah, well... all that sugar was so shocking, I wasn't sure what you did with it exactly...
- Karin: All that sugar...? Tremble tremble shudder shudder tremble tremble shudder shudder...
- Itsuki: A bunch of sap's seeping from Karin-san!
- Karin: Don't say sap! A-... are you sure it's safe to eat this?
- Togo: Yes. Probably.
- Karin: Probably!?
- Togo: This is the first time I've made this. Ah, but I made it with the intention of winning, so don't worry.
- Karin: I am worrying! Uuugh... I'm scared.
- Yuna: But if you don't eat it, then you'll unconditionally have to hear out Fu-sempai's command...
- Karin: No, anything but that.
- Fu: Why.
- Karin: Eeeeigh! I'll eat it! OM! ...nom nom. Hwwoooaah!?
- Yuna: Wh-what!? Is it sweet!?
- Karin: It's sweet... but nom nom nom... I've never had anything like this...
- Itsuki: Eh? What do you mean?
- Togo: Eheheh. Take a look.
- Fu: Wha!? There's anko inside the onigiri!?
- Togo: I decided to try making inside-out ohagi. Sugar deficiency has negative effects on thought, so I thought this would be great for Karin-chan.
- Fu: I see... You're right. What Karin's lacking in is stamina and thought power... Good job, Togo.
- Karin: Don't just agree with her! Nom nom... the ingredients aren't that different from botamochi, and yet... the taste and texture are both different.
- Togo: Yeah. Just switching the inside and outside make it quite different, huh? That's what's fun about cooking.
- Yuna: I see. So you wanted to teach Karin-chan how fun cooking can be.
- Itsuki: How is it, Karin-san?
- Karin: Yeah... It's easy to eat, and it's delicious...
- Fu: Okay. So, who wins?
- Karin: Eh, well... (Huh? Oh right, so regardless of who wins, I have to obey an order, huh...)
- Itsuki: Karin-san? Who wins?
- Karin: (If the alternative is an order from Fu, then Togo'd be... wait no, I can't let my guard down around Togo since she comes out of left field sometimes...)
- Yuna: Karin-chan? Karin-chan!
- Karin: ......draw! [ellipses pronounced as mmmmmmmgggghhhhhhhmmmmm with pitch going upwards]
- Togo&Fu: Huh?
- Karin: The two of you worked so hard just for me. I can't just pick between the two of you.
- Karin: So let's just call this contest a draw! (Great idea if I may say so myself~. This way I don't have obey either of their orders♪)
- Fu: Hmmm~...
- Togo: I see...
- Yuna: Well, that's for the best!
- Itsuki: What's important is that Karin-san's awoken to the joy of delicious food.
- Karin: Good work, you two♪
- Fu: Since it's a draw...
- Togo: That means we both win, right?
- Karin: Eh?
- Fu: So that means you're going to obey both of our orders then. Right, Togo?
- Togo: Great idea, Togo-sempai.
- Karin: Eh? What? Eh??
- Fu: Karin! For one whole week starting tomorrow, commute to school in a swimsuit!
- Karin: HaaaHHHH!? Why---!?
- Togo: Karin-chan! Starting today, when we do karaoke, you can only do war songs or humming! Conduct all conversations with semaphore!
- Karin: Wh-whaaat--!?
- Itsuki: Umm so... from now on, Karin-san's going to be a character who hums war songs while doing semaphore in a swimsuit...?
- Karin: What kind of character is that--!! Yuna, say someth...!
- Yuna: Nom nom... ah, it's true. This is delicious~♪
- Karin: No mooooore---!!
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