@doomroar straight up big waifu energy. As much as Hotaru seems to be the main focus girl, and the one with the biggest oppai basically, I'd say Saya and Hajime are bigger waifu energy than Hotaru. They actually seem competent enough, unlike Hotaru.
There’s waifu material and then there’s the stuff Hajime is made out of. Now I’m imagining an alternate universe where these two met first and it was all about the manga side with a little of the dagashi stuff thrown in.
Haha, yeah there'd probably be some weird recipes that used cheap-ish snacks for proper foods. I think using cola for meat is pretty common in the cooking shows I've watched.