Sanae is a lucky gal, all the fat goes to her chest...

That's a lot of calories to burn...

So, why is Kanako the title here?

PORRIDGE FOR MEALS!? NOOOOO

Ah yes, kilocalories. I had almost forgotten about that.

Darth_Sirov said:
That's a lot of calories to burn...

So, why is Kanako the title here?

My guess:
In the 4th panel Sanae decided to give Kogasa a congee diet.
One of Kanako's spell card is "God's Congee".

Or maybe that's a reference to post #587820... Just saying

3200 Calories in a single sitting.

I love eating as much as the next guy, but I would puke my brains out after eating that much. I think Kogasauthor should listen to his wife more.

Good lord what the hell did Kogasa eat?!

セットのごはん could also be "set meal", but I went with "rice" based on A) the calorie value provided, and B) imagining someone eating a full meal on top of all that other stuff makes my stomach hurt.

Where is Nazrin when you need her

Krugger said:
Where is Nazrin when you need her

at home.

And yeah, Kogasa needs to go work out a bit :P

Pickie said:
3200 Calories in a single sitting.

I love eating as much as the next guy, but I would puke my brains out after eating that much.

If you're a guy, then it's really not an exceptional amount at all. US guidelines for an average adult male are around 2900kcal/day (other countries seem to generally be a bit lower, but only 200-300kcal); you could easily hit that just by eating normally and adding a medium-to-large dessert.

It's a lot more for a woman, obviously (eating 60% more than normal, yeesh), but I'd guess this is probably based on the author's real-life habits, not scaled down to what someone Kogasa's size would acually eat.

kounishin said:
If you're a guy, then it's really not an exceptional amount at all. US guidelines for an average adult male are around 2900kcal/day (other countries seem to generally be a bit lower, but only 200-300kcal); […]
It's a lot more for a woman, obviously (eating 60% more than normal, yeesh), but I'd guess this is probably based on the author's real-life habits, not scaled down to what someone Kogasa's size would acually eat.

Also keep in mind that the average Japanese man or woman is kinda puny compared to the average Westener, especially when compared to the average US American.

I eat around 4000+ kcal/day while I bulk up, so I know 3200 kcal/day isn't going overboard.

I posted that prior to translations, so I thought Sanae was listing off what Kogasa ate at the shrine visit, and not the whole day.

"Incidentally, the daily essential Calorie intake for a female is 2000 Calories, so you've easily went over that."
Sooooo.... Is this a hint that the artist is actually a woman and they are same-sex couple?

Mr.Obake said:
"Incidentally, the daily essential Calorie intake for a female is 2000 Calories, so you've easily went over that."
Sooooo.... Is this a hint that the artist is actually a woman and they are same-sex couple?

No, just that Kogasa is a woman. Its done this before. It would be weirder to do otherwise, I guess.

Stress can do weird things to metabolism too. At work, I once did two 70 hour weeks back-to-back (yes I realize that's not that much for some, but I don't work in consulting/i-banking/biglaw) and during that time, I ate a lot of high-fat, high-sodium, high-sugar foods, and there were definitely periods of stress eating, yet I lost weight during that time. I wouldn't be surprised if the stress of Comiket caused metabolism overdrive.

So that what Sanae always feed Kogasa...
why so strict during the new year?

Sorta gives merit to Naz's comment on post #860148, don't it?

Mr.Obake said:
"Incidentally, the daily essential Calorie intake for a female is 2000 Calories, so you've easily went over that."
Sooooo.... Is this a hint that the artist is actually a woman and they are same-sex couple?

I was just wondering the same thing. It might have just been Sanae only knowing the female calorie intake figures, though.

Darth_Sirov said:
That's a lot of calories to burn...

So, why is Kanako the title here?

Possibly based on the lyrics from "Kero ⑨ Destiny" about Suwako making do with Kanako's gruel until Cirno's fattened up enough to be a decent meal for her.

wega_san said:
So that what Sanae always feed Kogasa...
why so strict during the new year?

She's teasing her.

Just for a bit of perspective, 3500 calories equals one pound of weight, that is to say, if you take in 3500 calories that you don't burn off you will gain a pound and vice versa if you use up 3500 calories that you don't replace you will lose a pound.

Elle_Lowel said:
Sorta gives merit to Naz's comment on post #860148, don't it?

Yeah maybe if Sanae feeds her husband normally, he wouldn't overdo it at times like this.

That's only for an average human, however.

In order to process foods into nutrition, humans rely upon microorganisms that digest their food for them in their intestines, and some people have less efficient, or lower populations of these microorganisms, leading to much of the calories in their food not being absorbed into the body (and just being passed out as waste).

This is why you sometimes run across people who are tiny and rail-thin, but can eat two or three times as much as an average human - they have such inefficient digestive systems that they are technically undernourished even when they are eating enough for three people.

Few people are this extreme, but an average is just an average. Few people are exactly on the average line.