@SupremeCommander firstly, Japanese shops are obsessed with packing your purchase in an attractive and convenient way, most anywhere you go there will be a lot of superfluous flourishes
those plastic grips supposedly help you carry the bag because of the bulky box, and stop the handle cutting into your hand or snapping because of the weight
(inevitably Japan contributes enormously to global plastic wastage, partly because of its addiction to individually packaging everything)
@adt141 even if he is that age, ten years is a big difference when a girl is SEVENTEEN