Ran's faces always make me laugh. She is indeed a Tactician.

Ran's face in the last panel is just priceless. Just-as-planned face FTW!

I have to wonder where Ran places "Hitoshi's minimum acceptable weight", and where Sanae places "Hitoshi's maximum acceptable weight", and if they've ever tried to reconcile the two.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6WZXl8knoc this can finally be linked :P

I'm thinking about Ran's like those witches that fatten people up so she can eat them (like Hansel & Gretel)

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This place was so deep in the mountains, I had to wonder if we weren't in Mayohiga.

The soba eaten with water was faintly sweet and extremely delectable. I tried eating it in ordinary broth as a test, but the soba's flavor vanished in an instant, and I felt that it just wouldn't do if it wasn't in water.

By the way, the fried freshwater fish they brought out with it was my favorite. It was off-the-chain good.

The place isn't that easy to reach, however. (^^;) I wonder how the Yuyu-sama person and Ran-shama person know about it.

I thought I'd make it the usual food terrorism this time, but I've done that too often, making it annoying, so I gave that up. :-)

Reader-added tags include "Dirty deeds done dirt cheap", "Klutzy elder sister employee" and "You tricked me, didn't you, Ran-sama!?"

More soba choices in the survey:

What soba dish should we have?
• Zaru-soba
• Kitsune-soba
• Tempura soba
• Tororo soba
• Kamo-nanban

Zaru-soba (sieve soba) is served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce. Kitsune-soba is served in hot broth with slices of fried tofu (the spirit-fox's treat!). Tororo is grated yam, explained here. Kamo-nanban (southern barbarian-style duck) is noodles made with duck meat and spring onions.

...dang, now I'm hungry.

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap...? Wanted: Explanation of how Funny Valentine is being analogized here.

Aaugh, I'd kill to try one of each from that list!

the food tour again, now with lot calories

Kamo-nanban sounds good right now.

The Calories Tour goes on, now with carbohydrates!

They really are trying to fatten you up, aren't they Kogasa-san? Just when you thought it was safe to eat, the Calorie loaded food appears. Well, no use in arguing against eating at this point, right? Enjoy the meal, Kogasa-san!

For the poll, Kamo-nanban sounds really good. I could go for a good duck dish right about now.

Skyknight said:
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap...? Wanted: Explanation of how Funny Valentine is being analogized here.

Answer: It's really a AC/DC reference.

Although, I doubt seriously there was anything cheap involved here.

The_Shadow said:

Skyknight said:
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap...? Wanted: Explanation of how Funny Valentine is being analogized here.

Answer: It's really a AC/DC reference.

Amusingly, Skynight is more correct; the Pixiv tag, which is the Japanese translation of the phrase, primarily refers directly to Funny Valentine's stand, and thus only indirectly to the AC/DC song from which its name derives. (Its second definition in Pixipedia is that it refers to actual dirty deeds done dirt cheap...)

Forget Kogasauthor's weight. Imagine how much dieting Sanae will have to do after this as collateral!

Hence my confusion as to what about this suggests manipulation of space and/or causality. (Causality...? Now I'm thinking of Dragon's Dream...)

Skyknight said:
Hence my confusion as to what about this suggests manipulation of space and/or causality. (Causality...? Now I'm thinking of Dragon's Dream...)

Yeah, I'm with you then. Not that I could make much sense out of the song applying here either.

Skyknight said:
Hence my confusion as to what about this suggests manipulation of space and/or causality. (Causality...? Now I'm thinking of Dragon's Dream...)

It just refers to duping Kogasa into eating more, I imagine.