Auspicious bustle of the first sunrise - 1-1H [Shiratori's room] Uta: *slurp* Mmmm! The first soba of the New Year is just magnifique! Nat: *munch* Utano, the soba you made is great. It tastes different from Okinawan soba. Mit: Ahaha... Okinawan soba and our soba are basically completely different dishes. Nat: By the way, having soba here is very much in Utano's style, but what about that udon over there? Uta: That's an assassin Wakaba sent! Mit: Ah, is that the one she made near the end of the year? Uta: That's right! It's that udon Wakaba made in hopes of converting me! Uta: Wakaba, I'll take on your challenge! *slurp* Mit: Utanon suddenly began eating udon! Uta: I-It's delicious! Ugh, urgh... But it still has a way to go! It's not up to par with Shinshu soba! Mit: She endured it! Utanon endured it! Nat: ...Good job enduring it, Utano. The soba faction stands firm. [Wakaba's room] Wak: *slurp* ...Delicious! So this is Shinshu soba... Made in 10:1 proportion of buckwheat and wheat! Hin: Wakaba-chan! Wak: Urrgh... But it still doesn't cut it! It's still no rival to Sanuki udon! Hin: Wakaba-chan... You did well enduring it. That means there are still no quitters on the udon faction. [Sumi's room] Gin: Delicious! Mochi are just rice, why are they so delicious!? Son: They're good both dipped in soy sauce and sprinkled with roasted soy flour too. Gin: Weird, isn't it? If you put either of those on plain rice they won't make it very good, but on mochi they're delicious! Sum: That's the mysterious power of cooking. Here, I made some chikara udon. Son: I can still eat! Here I go! Sum: Be careful so you don't eat too much and choke. Gin: Man, Sumi has completely turned into a mom since we came to this world. Son: Wasshi, become my mom! I want to be born again, but this time from Wasshi's belly! Sum: Fine, fine. Stop joking around and eat your udon before it gets soggy. Gin/Son: Okay! [Inubouzaki house] Fuu: Itsuki, did you really make these datemaki? They're delicious! Its: Ehehe. I made them exactly as Tougou-senpai told me to, and they turned out well. Fuu: Yeah, that's how you should do it. Fuu: I was a bit worried about you making soba and the dishes for New Year's back then... But I'm glad you did all that. Its: I'm growing every day, you know. Fuu: Alright, I'll eat everything you made! The datemaki, the simmered stuff, the kurikinkon - everything! [1] Its: Ah, Yuuna-san sent a group message. It says "Preparing for the first shrine visit!" Fuu: We should be getting ready too. Would be bad if we were late for the arranged time. === Notes: 1 - Kurikinkon is a paste of sweet potatoes mashed with chestnuts, one of traditional New Year's dishes.