Senpai ga Uzai Kouhai no Hanashi - Vol. 7 Ch. 124

[MangaDex]

 

[sjun21]

Red rice for joyous occasions

 

[Kaeos999]

onee chan is proud

 

[So-chan]

With friends like this who needs enemies?

 

[dsquare682]

nice

 

[kaminomikan]

onee-san approves.

 

[DirkHardpeck]

@sjun21
>Red rice for joyous occasions
I was about to say wasn't red rice for marriages or something? Or was that red beans? I dunno, it's been a while since I read up on it.

 

[Eliminateur]

@DirkHardpeck jajaj it's red rice, red beans is for farting like a demon lord afterwards

 

[EKappaZ]

@dirkhardpeck those red rice are rice made with red bean eaten on special occasions

 

[sjun21]

@DirkHardpeck

Dunno, mate. I’m not really well-read on Japanese customs

 

[Raknasuu]

For once, it was actually not the shota's fault but the friend's.

 

[SuperRobotSolo]

They're not even in the same age range, what the fuck is wrong with that older sister?!

 

[CKN]

celebration that her younger brother is growing i guess?

 

[Arexty]

Glad to see Natsumi-san and Yuuto-kun have already won Big Sis's approval.
Also in any other manga that magazine would have led to needless misunderstanding drama so I'm glad it was just short gag here.

To save users a Google search:

The quintessential festive dish in Japan is Sekihan (literally, "red rice"), which is served on special days throughout the year. The dish is made with short-grain or sweet mochi (sticky or glutinous) rice and red adzuki beans — the cooking liquid from the beans is what gives the dish its reddish hue. Historically the color red was thought to have magical powers in Japan; it heralded good fortune and warded off evil. But these days sekihan is mostly eaten for good luck.

The tradition of serving sekihan on festive occasions has its roots in old Shinto rituals, when naturally red rice (probably closely related to what’s known today as Camargue red rice) was offered to the gods — with humans partaking of the leftovers. As time passed, short and medium grain rice varieties became more popular in Japan and long-grain red rice was no longer widely cultivated. By the late Muromachi Period (1333-1578) it had virtually disappeared, although it’s still grown in some regions where naturally red rice continues to be used in Shinto rituals. The custom of cooking adzuki beans with rice in a kayu (porridge) began in the Imperial court in the mid-Heian Period (794-1185), but as with many Japanese traditions serving sekihan on auspicious occasions was established during the Edo Period (1603-1868).

Sekihan is especially important on days that mark the growth of a child. It’s served on obi-iwai, a ritual during the fifth month of pregnancy to wish for a safe and easy childbirth; okuizome, a baby’s symbolic first meal when it is 100 days old; and shichi-go-san, a ritual for children aged 7, 5 and 3, who are blessed at a Shinto shrine.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2015/09/25/food/recipe-magic-beans-good-luck/

 

[anf]

Isn't Shouta in, like, elementary school?

 

[j-j-lucifer]

Young shounen has bigger balls than 99% of protags on this site 😏

 

[WanDown]

Kid has more balls than the adults of this serie lul.

 

[Doctor_Malsyn]

Yeah, this side of the manga definitely leaves an uncomfortable impression.

 

[tickub]

@DirkHardpeck why am I not surprised that Clint '12 years old' Stevens is into straight shota?

 

[Radicool21]

i really hope the author (& sister) doesn't treat this like a serious relationship, no adult in their right mind would take those words beyond face value.