Sound familiar? Your alarm didn’t go off as planned, so you quickly dress, rush through the kitchen, and grab a handful of something hot before frantically sprinting out the door and towards your destination. Now stop it right there. Pause the transmission. Let’s zoom in on that breakfast and make some notes: It’s a crispy piece of toast. Defying logic—and laws of physics— the toast is just dangling adorably out of your mouth as you race down the road at high speeds. No jam? Strange. No butter? Even stranger. This entire scene looks familiar… Exactly! It seems you’ve fallen into one of the oldest anime tropes in existence: “Toast of … Continue reading Deep Roots of Niigata’s Gem – Koshihikari