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Given the time period, it could be considered as such. Women never cut their hair short unless absolutely necessary, e.g., Fantine in Les Miserables or Jo March in Little Women cutting their hair to sell or Mary Ingalls in the Little House series getting her hair shorn because they thought her...

I don't think they're <i>just</i> glorified bards/storytellers. If you go and eat the local cuisine in another country, you know what's accessible to them. In his introduction, Jean freaked out because Nobu was using black pepper on their potato salad. Remember how Lonbaudt was irritated because...

There was no implication that he would stop producing soy sauce. Why would he not continue producing it? He returned with his family to Keltia and sent along soy sauce to Hans. Hans has a supplier now, and this world seems to be one one where families inherit the cottage business when they...

My guess: Yakyō is the elder brother by about 2-5 years. Their father wanted to sell the cafe, and Kyosui refused. They had a fight and the father told Kyosui he was on his own and wouldn't help him with the shop—Kyo swore he wouldn't come back even if he had to. Yakyō has tried to convince...

Yes, he and Celes are from the Kingdom of Oilia. (Aka France lol)

Translators, I think using soft is great in place of nama. I'm debating about regular in place of tadano, just because I think of soft caramel candy as "regular" caramels, and the Werther's Originals as "hard" candy. Just a thought 🤷🏽‍♀️

I mean, she's making milk caramel candy, not just caramel sauce. She's made crème caramel/flan/purin before this. It is a pain in the ass to make, but she isn't just making caramelized sugar. Sure you could make hard candy out of it, but her wanting soft candy makes the difference.

Agreed. I'd rather see her with the Lord or Julian. Hell, even Theo.

I did the same thing when I moved away to a new city: I took some kitchenware my mom wanted to sell! They're a beautiful set of four jars, and when I was a child, she used them to hold flour, sugar, beans, and rice. Mine hold rice, beans, lentils, and pasta now, but they make me think of home...

I think it's their reaction to the bitterness. They expected cocoa, got bitter espresso, and had their little moe moment. Kind of like when a kid is offered lemon for the first time and they have an adorable reaction to their first taste of sour.

I disagree, respectfully. She said her mother married a nondescript plain face of a man. Our Nikolaus is a handsome, hard-working guy! :dogkek:

Here's Cooking with Dog's recipe for takikomi gohan 😊

Yup, you're right! My mistake. Regardless, Gen is in Tokyo which is mirrored by being placed in La Parisia/Valisia/whatever the translation is at this point, which is the main center of commerce, fashion, etc, while Aitheria is the old capital of the Empire, ergo, Kyoto.

While I'm still searching for the specific chapter, Damien gets transported to Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine in "The Witch and the Archbishop." Unlike Gen, where there is a Fox deity specifically looking over the Yoshimura family, Nobu was simply spirited into Aitheria by a kitsune. In the LN...

Nope. Gen is in Tokyo, and La Parisia is in Oilia—they're both the modern and moneyed capitals of their respective worlds. Nobu is in Kyoto, the old capital of Japan, just as Aitheria is the old capital of the Empire (to the north of Oilia/La Parisia.)