[Yokosuka vol 19] Wanna Eat Yaminabe!

Yokosuka Naval District Anthology, Volume 19, Chapter 17
Title: Wanna Eat Yaminabe!
Author: Ido (https://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=1101145)

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Interesting Cuisine
Gangut: Hey, little one.
I'd like to try nabe!
Hibiki: Hot pot?

Gangut: That's right! I've always wanted to gather around the pot with a buncha people!
Hibiki: I see...

Hibiki: There's a lotta different hot pot dishes. Do you have a particular one in mind?
Gangut: Yeah!

Gangut: Yaminabe.
[Ominous]
Hibiki: Straight to something niche, huh.
* Yaminabe: "Dark hot pot", a kind of hot pot party held in the dark, often in the winter. The darkness is meant to make the food each person brings a surprise.

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Nonnegotiable
Hibiki: I think a beginner should stick to the typical hot pot dishes.
Gangut: Such as?

Hibiki: Yosenabe or sukiyaki?
Gangut: Hm, that does sound good.

Hibiki: There's kamonabe and kakinabe too, if the season's right.
(Duck)
(Oyster)
Gangut: Yeah, yeah, sounds delicious.

Gangut: But still,
yaminabe sounds better.
[Ominous...]
Hibiki: Made up your mind, huh.
(You are pretty stubborn)

Middle School Appeal
Hibiki: Why do you want yaminabe so much...?
Gangut: I've heard it many times.

Gangut: It just sounds cool!
(The "dark" part.)
[Yaminabe]
[Flash]
Hibiki: Eh?
That's why?

Gangut: What do you mean, "that's why"? Sounding cool is important.
Hibiki: Gangut...
Do you even know what yaminabe is...?
Gangut: Huh? Uh...

Gangut: Some kind of black magic, right?
[Bubbling]
Hibiki: Nope.

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What to Add
Hibiki: In "yaminabe", you bring whatever ingredients you like and add them to the hot pot.
Gangut: I see.

Hibiki: What would you like to add, Gangut?
Gangut: Hmm.
Anything I'd like, right?

Gangut: In that case... Beef Stroganoff, or borscht, or...
Hibiki: Eh, you're putting those in?

Gangut: And then vodka!
Hibiki: Uhhhhh...

A Party Proposal
Bismarck: I've been listening in!
[Pop]
Hibiki: Bismarck!
You were here?

Bismarck: Yaminabe... great idea!
How about we take the chance to have a yaminabe party with all the foreign ships in the battleship dorm tonight?

Gangut: Ohh?
Sounds good to me.
Hibiki: It is more fun with more people.

Bismarck: Then I'll go tell everyone to get the ingredients they want right away!
[Bam]
Gangut: Bismarck really likes this kinda stuff, huh?

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Professional
Hiei: Cooking is hard, isn't it.
Houshou: It just takes practice!
Hibiki: Houshou-san?

Houshou: You'd like to borrow a stove and pot?
Sure, go right aehad.
Just be careful of the flame, okay?

Houshou: You can have some of my ingredients too.
Hiei: And mine.
Hibiki: Spasiba!

Houshou: Now remember, add any tougher veggies before lighting the flame!
First let the dashi soup heat up, then add any mushrooms, then once it's boiling add meat. Make sure to skim the scum off properly-
[Chitter-chatter]
Hibiki: Hot pot boss, huh...
* As in the kind of person that tends to handle most of the cooking in hot pots.

Lamp
Gangut: Let the Yamniabe party begin!
Crowd: [Cheer]
Hibiki: I'll be turning off the lights then, to make sure we don't know what goes in the pot.

SFX: [Flip]
?: Totally dark.
?: I can't even tell where the pot is anymore.
?: Hold on, I've got a light on me.

SFX: [Flash]
Gangut: Woaaaaaaaah!

Gangut: My eyes, my eyeeeees!
Don't just suddenly flash a searchlight!
Hibiki: My bad.
[Light]
* Gangut herself had searchlights, historically.

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Taboo
Bismarck: Huh, there's something sorta bubbly!
It's delicious!
Richelieu: I went with caviar.

Warspite: It's pasta.
Works surprisingly well!
Littorio: Just as I hoped!

Gangut: This is super...
sweet...
Bismarck: That must be the baumkuchen I put in!

Bismarck: I just thought someone might take a liking to it~
I'm sorry, I'm sorry!

Precious Thing
SFX: [Chitter-Chatter]
Gangut: Hm...

Gangut: So this is yaminabe...
How enjoyable.

Hibiki: It's being surrounded by colleagues... comrades that's the best part, perhaps?
Gangut: Comrades...

Gangut: Well said!
As expected of Comrade Little One!

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Mystery Ingredient
Hibiki: Oh right, let's try adding Hiei's ingredients.
...?
[Stir]

Iowa: ...huh?
(What!?)
Don't think I've tasted anything like it...

Littorio: Wait, doesn't it look like something in there's moving?
?: Turn on the light!

Squidthing: [Writhing]
Everyone: Gyaaaaa!

Congrats, Congrats
Gangut: Ooph, last night got pretty rough.
Think I'm done with yaminabe for now.
Hibiki: Oh, now that you mention it,

Hibiki: I made an ordinary hot pot today.
[Ta-dah!]
[Simmering]
Gangut: Ohhhh!

Gangut: Mmm!
Delicious!

Hiei: Are we doing yaminabe today?
Gangut: Uwaaaah!
No way!
Hibiki: It's gotten pretty traumatic for her...
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