@yuuki_kei I was thinking "He's eating those pills like I eat TicTac candies"
https://www.tictac.com/us/en/products/tic-tacr-mint-flavors-freshmints/#tic-tacr-mint-flavors-freshmints
but peanuts is good too, just that TicTacs look like pills, and I always think that every time a character downs a lot of pills.
Real talk though, I've read parts of Dazai-sensei's work and I never mustered up enough courage to read the full ningen shikkaku because I fear it'll depress me