# E4 - The Taste of Ochazuke
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**[00:03] Hime**
*The rainy season has come to Tajimi as well.*
**[00:05] Hime**
*Day after day, it's wet and gloomy.*
**[00:10] Hime**
*I've finished multiple pieces, though.*
**[00:13] Hime**
*I'm starting to get excited.*
**[00:15] Hime**
* Or I was, until a small,*
* huge incident occurred.*
**[00:33] tok**
My... bowl...
**[00:36] Hime**
I-I'm so sorry!
**[00:41] tok**
Careful... Did you cut your leg?
**[00:45] Hime**
I'm fine.
**[00:46] tok**
I'm going to bring the vacuum cleaner.
**[00:48] tok**
Don't move.
**[00:50] tok**
Anything with a form is doomed to break.
**[00:53] tok**
All living things must die.
**[00:55] tok**
And all who meet, must part.
**[02:36] Hime**
So, that's why I'd like
to make a bowl for my father.
***SIGN*** The Taste of Ochazuke
**[02:43] Nao**
One you made yourself?
**[02:46] Tou**
Why not?
**[02:47] Tou**
This is the pottery club, after all.
**[02:49] Mik**
That's a great idea!
**[02:50] Mik**
The bar's pretty high, though.
**[02:52] Nao**
Wouldn't it be faster to just buy one?
**[02:54] Hime**
Of course, but this was his favorite bowl!
**[02:58] Hime**
He's been using it for so long!
**[03:00] Mik**
So long, you say?
**[03:01] Him**
Yeah.
**[03:02] Him**
Since I was in middle school.
**[03:06] Him**
Wait.
**[03:07] Him**
Maybe even before.
**[03:10] Him**
He's had it ever since I can remember.
**[03:13] Nao**
That's quite the attachment!
**[03:15] Hime**
That's why I was hoping that I could
make him one that looks exactly the same.
**[03:18] Tou**
What kind of bowl was it?
**[03:20] Hime**
A bowl for ochazuke.
**[03:22] Mik**
Why not just look at the broken pieces?
**[03:25] sac**
The broken bowl?
**[03:27] sac**
Yeah, those shards are dangerous,
so I threw them away.
**[03:30] sac**
Luckily, today was the collection day
for broken glass and ceramics.
**[03:32] sac**
They only take those
once every three months.
**[03:35] Hime**
Today, of all days...
**[03:40] Hime**
Was it something like this?
**[03:43] Mik**
It really leans to the left, huh.
**[03:46] Nao**
No, that's just the drawing...
**[03:48] Hime**
I must have seen that thing every day...
**[03:50] Tou**
Want to look for a similar one?
**[04:08] Hime**
The color was close to this,
**[04:11] Hime**
and the shape reminds me of this one.
**[04:14] Tou**
So your father prefers
a more subdued design.
**[04:17] Hime**
True.
**[04:21] Hime**
*I'll try making it while picturing it...*
**[04:28] (Flashback) tok**
Hmm,
**[04:30] (Flashback) tok**
some ochazuke with the
leftover sesame mackerel.
**[04:33] (Flashback) tok**
This is going to be good!
**[04:35] (Flashback) tok**
Ouch, that's hot!
**[04:41] Hime**
The results of my research.
**[04:43] Hime**
I believe it was about as
thick and deep as this!
**[04:47] Hime**
He does like to put a lot of tea in.
**[04:49] Tou**
Wouldn't a bowl that thick
and deep get quite heavy
**[04:52] Tou**
once filled with ochazuke?
**[04:54] Hime**
Maybe I had the wrong idea...
**[04:56] Mik**
If you think it'll get heavy,
why not add a handle?
**[04:59] Mik**
And then he could use a wooden
spoon when he's eating?
**[05:01] nao**
This has nothing to do with
the broken bowl anymore.
**[05:05] Tou**
Maybe so.
**[05:06] Tou**
Even if it's not exactly
like the other bowl,
**[05:09] Tou**
I think you should just make
a bowl that you think
**[05:12] Tou**
would be perfect for your father.
**[05:14] Hime**
Oh...
**[05:16] Hime**
You're right.
**[05:27] mik**
What? It's six already?
**[05:29] nao**
It's so hard to gauge the time
during the rainy season.
**[05:31] Tou**
Okay, then we're done for today.
**[05:34] All**
Okay!
**[05:58] Mik**
I brought you some provisions.
**[06:00] Him**
Wait, what?
**[06:01] Him**
Senpai, you're here, too?
**[06:03] Mik**
Since you told me that you'd be here
this morning working on the design,
**[06:07] Mik**
I brought her along.
**[06:09] Tou**
And? Did you get a good design done?
**[06:11] Him**
I'm not there yet, but I'm trying!
**[06:14] Tou**
Actually, I wanted to give you this.
**[06:16] Him**
Huh?
**[06:19] Tou**
They're pickled plums.
**[06:21] Tou**
I thought maybe your father might
want to have them with his ochazuke.
**[06:24] Him**
Oh, wow! Thank you!
**[06:27] Mik**
And then, and then!
**[06:28] Mik**
Until your bowl is done,
maybe this could be a stand-in!
**[06:32] Mik**
Ta da!
**[06:34] Him**
Wow, it's lovely!
**[06:35] Mik**
It's nice, huh? Senpai made it last year.
**[06:39] Him**
Last year? That's amazing.
**[06:41] Tou**
Mika-chan suddenly came to my
house and picked that out.
**[06:44] Tou**
I hope we're not imposing...
**[06:46] Him**
I'm super grateful!
**[06:48] Him**
Thank you for letting me use it!
**[06:51] tok**
It's from Aoki-san?
**[06:53] Him**
Yeah! She said we can borrow it until
you find something you really like.
**[06:57] sac**
Well that's quite a lovely piece.
**[07:00] sac**
You should try holding it, Toki-kun.
**[07:02] tok**
Hmm?
**[07:05] tok**
Oh, this is...
**[07:07] tok**
Yeah, it feels good!
**[07:11] Hime**
That looks delicious!
**[07:13] tok**
The simplicity of the bowl really
makes the pickled plums shine.
**[07:16] tok**
Thank you for this food.
**[07:29] tok**
What is this?
**[07:34] Him**
All in one go?
**[07:36] sac**
Just don't burn yourself, Toki-kun.
**[07:39] tok**
Thank you for the food!
**[07:49] Hime**
I was thinking of going
for something like this.
**[07:52] Hime**
My dad's favorite is salmon
ochazuke, so I was thinking of
**[07:54] Hime**
making something that
compliments the salmon.
**[07:57] Hime**
He always overstuffs the bowl,
**[07:58] Hime**
so I'd say that the ingredients
can only come up to about here.
**[08:01] Mik**
Ooh! Hime-chan, you're just
overflowing with love for your father!
**[08:05] Tou**
I think it's really wonderful.
**[08:07] Tou**
That's an invaluable source
of energy when making things.
**[08:10] Hime**
Okay.
**[08:11] Nao**
You're really going to smash this!
**[08:38] Hime**
Tomorrow I can finally paint them.
**[08:41] Hime**
I hope the bisque firing turned out well.
**[08:47] tok**
You know, I'm starting to feel sad
about having to return this bowl.
**[08:50] sac**
Is it really that good for ochazuke?
**[08:53] tok**
It's a lot like my old one when I hold it.
**[08:57] tok**
Like how gentle it feels in your hand.
**[08:59] sac**
Is it now?
**[09:00] tok**
It's quite impressive that she made
this in her first year of high school.
**[09:04] sac**
Isn't that around when the
other one was made, too?
**[09:08] tok**
Yes, it was also Himena's
first year of high school.
**[09:13] tok**
At first, she'd always give
me these weird pieces.
**[09:17] tok**
Almost like a prank.
**[09:18] tok**
So once I told her to give me
something I could actually use.
**[09:22] tok**
Then she made me that.
**[09:26] sac**
It lasted long then, 30 years.
**[09:31] tok**
The bottom had chipped quite some time ago,
**[09:33] tok**
and there were some cracks as well,
**[09:35] tok**
so it was really inevitable.
**[09:40] Him**
*The bar's way up there now...*
**[09:49] Him**
But I have to do it!
**[09:53] Him**
*It's been two weeks since then.*
**[09:55] Him**
*I focused on nothing but that one bowl.*
**[10:00] Him**
*Being this excited about it being finished,*
**[10:03] Him**
*but also equally being afraid of it...*
**[10:06] Him**
* It might even surpass when*
* I was trying to get into high school.*
**[10:16] Mika**
Okay, I'm opening it.
**[10:18] Mika**
And, go!
**[10:22] Hime**
It's done!
**[10:23] Tou**
I hope your dad will like it.
**[10:26] hime**
Me, too!
**[10:27] Mik**
You'll have to tell us how he reacts.
**[10:29] Hime**
I will!
**[10:31] Hime**
How about some ochazuke?
**[10:32] Hime**
We've got some salmon.
**[10:33] tok**
Yeah, that sounds great!
**[10:35] tok**
I'll have some.
**[10:45] tok**
Huh?
**[10:51] tok**
Did you... make this bowl?
**[10:54] Hime**
Y-Yes, but it's pretty awkward...
**[10:57] tok**
I see. You made this for me.
**[11:09] tok**
Thanks for the food.
**[11:17] tok**
This is great!
**[11:19] tok**
The size is just right.
**[11:20] Hime**
Are you sure it's okay?
**[11:22] tok**
And the whale on it is cute.
**[11:24] Hime**
That's a salmon...
**[11:27] tok**
Oh. Right, a salmon.
**[11:30] tok**
Thank you.
**[11:32] tok**
Nothing could make me happier
than a present like this.
**[11:35] Hime**
I'm glad!
**[11:36] Hime**
Please clean up when you're done.
**[11:38] Hime**
Good night!
**[11:56] [Messenger] Nao**
No problem.
Fight!
**[11:56] [Messenger] Hime**
I'm going now!
Thanks everyone,
he said nothing could
make him happier
than a present like this.
**[12:00] [Messenger] Mik**
Fight!
**[12:00] [Messenger] Mik**
Yay! Congratulations!
**[12:00] [Messenger] Mik**
I'm going now!
Thanks everyone,
he said nothing could
make him happier
than a present like that.
**[12:04] [Messenger] Nao**
Yay! Congratulations!
Congrats
**[12:04] [Messenger] Nao**
I'm going now!
Thanks everyone,
he said nothing could
make him happier
than a present like that.
**[12:07] [Messenger] Tou**
Yay! Congratulations!
Congrats
That's great, your hard work
paid off
**[12:07] [Messenger] Tou**
Thanks everyone,
he said nothing could
make him happier
than a present like that.
**[12:14] [Messenger] Hime**
Yay! Congratulations!
Congrats
That's great, your hard work
paid off
**[12:14] [Messenger] Hime**
Thx, thx.
**[12:17] tok**
*But...*
**[12:22] (Flashback) Hime**
What is this?
**[12:27] hime**
*He wasn't eating like that with mine.*
**[12:36] hime**
I...
***SIGN*** Message from Toyokawa Himeno
**[12:42] Tou**
Toyokawa-san?
**[12:45] [Messenger] txt**
Touko-senpai, I want to get
much much better at pottery
**[12:54] [Messenger] ---**
Touko-senpai, I want to get
much much better at pottery
**[12:55] [Messenger] txt**
Touko-senpai, I want to get
much much better at pottery
**[12:55] [Messenger] Tou**
I'll support you 100%.
I look forward to working with you!
**[14:25] demon**
The veteran's unexplicable actions.
***SIGN*** Mini Mini Pottery Club
***SIGN*** God
***SIGN*** Mad Demon
**[14:27] demon**
And the three girls following them.
**[14:29] demon**
What did the bobbed haired ones
see at the end of the world?!
**[14:33] demon**
Next time, "The Teacher's Secret".
**[14:36] demon**
She knows the taste of tears.
***SIGN*** Next Time:
***SIGN*** The Teacher's Secret