Totsugi Okureta Kitsune ga Yome ni Kuru Hanashi - Vol. 8 Ch. 76 - You Keep Learning New Things

[MangaDex]

 

[sarusa]

 

[Ikariniku]

Thanks again, sarusa. I had that punchline spotted well in advance, but respect to Shigeomi-kun for putting on his big boy pants and protecting that smile.
Obligatory "just get married already" for our protagonists.

 

[Kaarme]

Damn. That's harsh. It seems like fox girls learn to adapt to human tastes much better than a spider girl. I suppose that makes sense.

 

[xanon]

Does Japan not have a tradition of confection insects?

 

[sarusa]

Does Japan not have a tradition of confection insects?

In some areas you do find bee or wasp pupae, Hachinoko in jars. Locusts (inago tsukudani) have been eaten for a long long time (great source of protein). You'll still find it in Gunma or Nagano, like sometimes just a little street stall selling them cooked with soy sauce. But for the normal Tokyo-ite, who grew up with everything packaged and pristine, it's just as weird as for most westerners.

 

[LupusVir]

Does Japan not have a tradition of confection insects?

This is just a hunch, but I imagine that they cover up or alter the taste of the insect as much as possible, which would not be her goal.

 

[henman]

This was disgusting. I'd rather un-read it

 

[Mangamoz]

She'd probably love mexican sweets.

 

[Mangamoz]

This is just a hunch, but I imagine that they cover up or alter the taste of the insect as much as possible, which would not be her goal.

I've eaten bugs IRL, without flavors added, most of them don't taste that different from stuff we already eat.

 

[Angry_Panda]

God forbid she ever discovers mezcal with a worm in it....

Thanks for the chapter!

 

[AzureLightning]

Sorry but I'd die before eating anything with more than four legs.

 

[Ikariniku]

Damn. That's harsh. It seems like fox girls learn to adapt to human tastes much better than a spider girl. I suppose that makes sense.

As always, the mangaka keeps the character details on point. Kogane grew up in a (somewhat) secularized monster fox village familiar with human foodstuffs and put in a lot of work during her human form training to learn to eat human foods unpalatable to foxes. Yotsuyu lived a completely isolated existence after she became a monster spider and is still learning how to live with others and how others are different from herself. It's a nice contrast presented in this chapter.

 

[NekoiNemo]

... that's true love.

 

[xanon]

She'd probably love mexican sweets.

When I was stationed in Texas, I used to make a bit of pocket money eating cricket lollipops.
Be on a detail with a bunch of guys and I'd be like, "Hey everyone. I found this lolly with a real bug in it. Everyone chip a buck and I'll eat it." Worked every time. Lollies were pretty tasty too.

 

[Flame-2-Haze]

Fruit = insect...

Okay 🤷‍♂️

 

[LupusVir]

Y'all should go back and read the first chapter again. It's really funny.

 

[Weebius]

Script is flipped, the meta is now 'would you eat this worm if you loved me?'

 

[Kaarme]

As always, the mangaka keeps the character details on point. Kogane grew up in a (somewhat) secularized monster fox village familiar with human foodstuffs and put in a lot of work during her human form training to learn to eat human foods unpalatable to foxes. Yotsuyu lived a completely isolated existence after she became a monster spider and is still learning how to live with others and how others are different from herself. It's a nice contrast presented in this chapter.

True indeed, but just imagining such existences and comparing them to the real counterparts (animals), it seems to me a fox, which can be tamed to a certain extent (and after generations of selective breeding would become 100% domesticated), would be more malleable than a spider. Of course there actually aren't spiders in RL with developed enough brains that one could judge what kind of tendencies and personalities they might have if truly intelligent. But even so, something of the original does remain even in this series. It's just my opinion, but I do feel like Yotsuyu simply won't be as human as Kogane, ever, on a very basic level. A good detail, if I am correct.

 

[Karamru]

Seeing Yotsuyu's honest attempt at making a snack for him was really sweet (no pun intended).