#also I doubt tanuma himself is vegetarian given a) his. general constitution. that boy needs iron and I'm sure his dad knows that
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Spent an embarrassing amount of time reading abt bento boxes for a single throw away line in my fic, which then also sent me down the rabbit hole of 'wait do Buddhist monks even eat meat? is Tanuma's dad vegetarian??' to which the answer was (at least according to what I could find on Google) 'they aren't technically required to be in Japan, even if some may choose to, but they are required to not eat anything they (or someone else) killed specifically for them to eat'
which. doesn't really affect my throw away bento line. but it does offer a pretty solid explanation as to why Tanuma never goes on fishing trips with the Boys (aside from like. one piece of official art where he looks vaguely uncomfortable abt the whole thing) despite otherwise consistently hanging out with them
while Tanuma isn't a monk himself, he was still brought up by one, so he'd likely follow at least some of the same principles as his father, so if he's been brought up to never take the life of a living creature for himself, he'd probably not be very comfortable going fishing lol
#we all assumed it was cause of the koi pond. no he's just buddhist#I doubt he'd be like. morally against the guys doing it. he just wouldn't wanna do it himself#obviously this is largely just conjecture based on my vague googling attempts I am no expert on Buddhism#but it would explain some things#also I doubt tanuma himself is vegetarian given a) his. general constitution. that boy needs iron and I'm sure his dad knows that#and b) he does straight up tell natsume he needs to eat more meat at least once lol
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