#nattō

[bevy-obeyme]

Solomon Facts!!:

- Solomon is unbelievably bad at cooking - this is due to the fact he genuinely cannot follow recipes and accidentally lets his magic leak into the food.

- Surprisingly enough, Raphael actually enjoys it.

- Solomon’s favourite genre of music is Classical due to the fact the first record he ever listened to, Serenade of the Mage and the Demon, was a classical piece.

- His favourite fantasy novel is TSL - Tale of the Seven Lords. This is seen in the original OB! lessons.

- Solomon admits he likes all kinds of movie genres.

- He doesn’t get scared by horrors, but enjoys horror movies due to features other than the horror aspects.

- Solomon dislikes the ocean and is very careful to not use magic near it due to a bad experience during his trainee years of being a sorcerer.

- Solomon hates Hellfire mushrooms and nattō.

- Solomon hates humidity and hot weather which forces him into his room and turns his AC on full blast.

[britishassistant]

Snippet from latest draft

“I don’t want to hear that from a guy who thinks beans in tomato sauce on toast is acceptable breakfast food!!” You hiss.

“WH—YOU LITERALLY SAID YOU EAT ROTTEN SOYBEANS ON RICE!!!” Ace yells at you.

“NATTŌ ISN’T ROTTEN, IT’S FERMENTED YOU DOLT!”

[ramshackleprefect-mina]

Blog rules and info!

Hello, Mod Yuu here! Welcome to my oc/yuusona rp blog! These are the rules and some general info!!!

Basic DNI criteria!!! Queerphobes, racists, ableists, proshippers, etc WILL BE BLOCKED!!!

Please no nsfw!!!

Shipping is allowed, as long as the characters are both of similar ages!

Mina’s text will be in pink!

This blog may contain spoilers!!

Please keep in mind that I have not watched a lot of MHA! Sometimes, she may be ooc! If that’s the case, I apologize

Some info is NOT CANON!!!

More rules TBA if needed!

BIO:

Name: Mina Ashido

Birthday: July 30th (Leo)

Age: 17-18

Height: 165cm (roughly 5’5”)

Dominant hand: Right

Homeland: Earth

Family: unnamed mother, the rest is unknown

Voice: Caitlin Glass

Other names: Axolotl (Floyd), Dame Extraterrestre (Rook), Pink Henchhuman (Grim)

SCHOOL:

Grade: Freshman

Class: ?????

Club: None at the moment (but interested in the Basketball club)

Best Subject: Biology

PREFERENCES:

Hobbies: Dancing

Pet Peeves: sudden headaches

Favorite Food: Nattō

Least Favorite Food: Unknown

Talent: Combat skill

TRIVIA/EXTRA:

Her pronouns are she/they!

Mina is the ramshackle prefect in this au! (“I’M THE PROTAGONIST” -Dan, Gamegrumps Danganronpa V3 playthrough)

Grim’s guardian!

More info may be added!

[sakuralovespossums]

Just thinking about cooking Japanese food for Toki bcuz I’m half Japanese and miss my mom’s homemade meals

He has a bad cold and doesn’t wanna take any medicine but will happily eat udon with egg

Or I cooked him a plate of Tonkatsu with Bulldog sauce and mayo lettuce and rice

I feel like Toki would really like Japanese curry rice and Japanese hamburger steak

Toki happily claps at being served omurice with a tiny Norway flag on top

Imagine if he unironically liked eating nattō lmao

Kay that’s all bye 👋🏻

[nentenkoneko]

Another tiny drabble from the Supa Strikas fic (Tiger centric) that I'm working on

No TWs for this, this is just a goofy moment that shows up midway through (though as I said in my previous post this fic will not be goofy in the slightest lmao)

Tiger and Nakama shenanigans once more, featuring one of Nakama's defenders (who I named Shinji), a very cocky Tiger and a bowl of nattō.

--

The team’s lounge was empty now, when Tiger eventually found himself wandering in, searching for a snack. Only the gentle murmur of the old television in the corner greeted him.

Training had been brutal that day, and most of the team had either retreated to their rooms or had gone out for the night. He, however, had decided to stay behind after practise to get some yoga in, before turning in for the night. He figured his body would thank him more for a shower and a lazy, relaxing night, rather than one full of alcohol and trying to out-move Kylo on the dance floor. He’d rather deal with a few sore muscles than a pounding headache come morning.

He was still toweling his hair dry when he caught sight of Shinji, sat in one of the corner tables nearby, hunched over, chopsticks in hand.

It wasn’t an unusual sight- the defender wasn’t known for being incredibly sociable. It wasn’t that he was rude, per say, he just preferred his own company more than most people. He may not be rude, though, but he did grumble. A lot. Like an old man, actually, always muttering about the ‘recklessness’ of the youth, or scoffing at the many pranks Kylo pulled around the dorm. But beneath it all Tiger was well aware that the man liked them. It was painfully obvious, even if he tried to hide it.

He liked hanging around them, too. And drinking. Which is why it was kind of weird that he was here, alone and not drinking. Booze nights were Shinji’s thing- he could out-drink just about everyone in the team, if he really wanted to. So yeah, it was odd to see him here, not doing exactly that.

Tiger meandered closer, plopping himself onto the seat across from him, “Heya, Shinj’.” He rested his elbows against the grain of the table, “I thought you’d be out drinking with the rest of them.”

Shinji didn’t bother to look up, but Tiger could still see his eyes roll. Someone was in a grumpy mood. “Too loud. Too much trouble.” He brought a cup of tea to his lips, taking a slow sip. He gestured with his free hand to his food, half-eaten. “This is better.”

Tiger glanced down, looking at what exactly ‘this’ was. A steaming bowl of miso soup and a thick, sticky pile of rice, which was covered in something that… moved? It stunk. Bad. “What is that…?”

“Nattō gohan.” Shinji finally met his gaze, lips pursed. He set his cup down, picking up his chopsticks, running a hand idly through his goatee, “You’ve never had it, I take?”

Tiger eyed the fermented, stringy beans, watching as they stretched in goopy, web-like strands between the two chopsticks. His stomach churned. “I mean, I’ve heard of it,” he said carefully, frowning. “Just… never tried it, s’all.”

Shinji made a noise of disapproval. “Tch. Figures. Kids these days have no taste.”

Oh, was that a challenge?

Tiger sat up straighter. “Hey now, I’m open-minded!” He grinned, “I’ll try anything at least once.”

“…Oh?” A slow, dangerous smirk spread across Shinji’s face. “Really now?” Shinji shoved his tray forward with a single push. “Alright then. Eat.”

Tiger blinked.

Oh he’d royally fucked up, hadn’t he.

“You said you’d try anything once.” Shinji leaned back in his seat, arms crossed, watching him like a man about to be thoroughly entertained. “Be my guest, then.”

Tiger glanced at the still-moving, slimy pile of beans. Then back at Shinji. Then back at the beans. He exhaled.

He could do it. He had to, his pride was at stake now. No turning back.

Forcing a smile, he picked up the chopsticks, trying not to gag as he watched the strings of nattō cling to the sticks, stretching and sticking like glue with each movement. The smell hit him harder now. Sharp. Funky. Like something that should definitely not be eaten.

But his pride didn’t allow him to break. He would go through with this, because he’d never hear the end of it from Shinji otherwise.

So Tiger popped it into his mouth.

…

It was like eating something that had been regurgitated and spat out by someone else.

Slimy. Sticky. Cold. A mix of soy sauce and something indescribably bitter, all the while coated in a consistency that refused to be swallowed no matter how hard he tried. He was fighting a battle, and he was losing. Brutally.

Shinji’s smirk widened, eyes crinkling. “Well?”

Tiger tried to respond. He really did. But all that he could muster was a weak thumbs-up as he fought to force the nattō down his throat without retching. He refused to lose against some crappy beans.

Shinji snorted. “That bad, huh?”

Tiger finally managed to swallow, shuddering as the goop stuck to his throat stubbornly. “I-It’s… unique.”

Shinji huffed out a low laugh. “You look like you just licked a toilet seat.”

“I feel like I did,” Tiger coughed, grabbing whatever remained of Shinji’s drink and chugging it in one go, unashamed, “Geez.”

Shinji simply shook his head, pulling the tray back towards himself with a chuckle. “Guess I’ll spare you the horror of finishing it.”

Tiger had never been more relieved in his life.

But despite the near-trauma of it all, he couldn't help but notice the slight shift in Shinji’s demeanor- the way his usual frown had eased just a bit, the way his sharp eyes held something almost amused, almost… fond, in a way. No longer grumpy. Yet another victory tonight.

So Tiger, despite the taste still coating his tongue, grinned. “Well, guess that makes me more cultured than Kylo,” he declared, nudging Shinji’s arm. “Bet he’d cry if he even smelt that.”

Shinji scoffed, but the small twitch of his lips gave him away. “…Yeah. He probably would.”

--

The members of Nakama in this fic are well-explained and detailed (I think), but these small scenes I pick don't really show it, unfortunately, sorry about that lol

[madderruz]

trying nattō

[raymoohackery]

i wish "picky eating" in autism was understood less as "im a full grown adult and i never developed my palette so i think anything that isnt my chickie nuggies is yucky :( but this is valid!!!!!" and more as "my body and mind have hardwired themselves into thinking perfectly edible food is repulsive, or unsafe for consumption, like if someone forced you to eat a bucket of still-living earthworms or something where you can smell someone put cyanide in it. if i try to keep eating this i will either trigger a panic response, or reflexively start vomiting."

sure, i may have bit the bullet and started branching out with flavors, and thus i can tell you its not my "underdeveloped palette" that causes this. i literally like nattō and rare steak and pasta sauce with loads of vegetable chunks. but if i eat mashed potatoes my body will set off alarm signals for no reason.

i can't blame anybody who hasn't branched out beyond safe foods if the possible alternative response is "fucking throw up and traumatize self around entire food group".

[legend-collection]

Kappa

A kappa is a reptiloid kami with similarities to yōkai found in traditional Japanese folklore. Kappa can become harmful when they are not respected as gods. They are typically depicted as green, human-like beings with webbed hands and feet and turtle-like carapaces on their backs. A depression on its head, called its "dish" (sara), retains water, and if this is damaged or its liquid is lost (either through spilling or drying up), the kappa is severely weakened.

Pic by Duncan Hopkins

The kappa are known to favor cucumbers and love to engage in sumo wrestling. They are often accused of assaulting humans in water and removing a mythical organ called the shirikodama from their victim's anus.

The name kappa is a contraction of the words kawa (river) and wappa, a variant form of 童 warawa (also warabe) "child". Another translation of kappa is "water sprites". The kappa are also known regionally by at least eighty other names such as kawappa, kawako, kawatarō, gawappa, kōgo, suitengu.

It is also called kawauso 'otter', dangame 'soft-shelled turtle', and enkō 'monkey', suggesting it outwardly resembles these animals. The name komahiki or "steed-puller" alludes to its reputed penchant to drag away horses.

The kappa has been known as kawako in Izumo (Shimane Prefecture) where Lafcadio Hearn was based, and gatarō was the familiar name of it to folklorist Kunio Yanagita from Hyōgo Prefecture.

Kappa are said to be roughly humanoid in form and about the size of a child, inhabiting the ponds and rivers of Japan. Clumsy on land, they are at home in the water, and thrive during the warm months. They are typically greenish in color (or yellow-blue), and either scaly or slimy skinned, with webbed hands and feet, and a turtle-like carapace on their back. Inhuman traits include three anuses that allow them to pass three times as much gas as humans. Despite their small stature they are physically stronger than a grown man.

The kappa are sometimes said to smell like fish, and they can swim like them.

According to some accounts, a kappa's arms are connected to each other through the torso and can slide from one side to the other. While they are primarily water creatures, they do on occasion venture onto land. When they do, the "dish" on their head can be covered with a metal cap for protection.

A hairy kappa is called a hyōsube.

Kappa are usually seen as kami of the water. Their actions are from comparatively minor misdemeanors, such as looking up women's kimono if they venture too near to water, to outright malevolence, such as drowning people and animals, kidnapping children, raping women and at times eating human flesh. Though sometimes menacing, they may also behave amicably towards humans. While younger kappa are frequently found in family groups, adult kappa live solitary lives. However, it is common for kappa to befriend other yōkai and sometimes even people.

Folk beliefs claim the cucumber as their traditional favorite meal. At festivals, offerings of cucumber are frequently made to the kappa. Sometimes the kappa is said to have other favorite foods, such as the Japanese eggplant, soba (buckwheat noodles), nattō (fermented soybeans), or kabocha (Japanese pumpkin).

In Edo (old Tokyo), there used to be a tradition where people would write the names of their family members on cucumbers and send them afloat into the streams to mollify the kappa and prevent the family from coming to harm in the streams. In some regions, it was customary to eat cucumbers before swimming as protection, but in others it was believed that this act would guarantee an attack.

A cucumber-filled sushi roll is known as a kappamaki.

As water monsters, kappa have been blamed for drownings, and are often said to try to lure people into water and pull them in with their great skill at wrestling. They are sometimes said to take their victims for the purpose of drinking their blood, eating their livers, or gaining power by taking their shirikodama, a mythical ball said to contain the soul, which is located inside the anus.

Kappa have been used to warn children of the dangers lurking in rivers and lakes, as kappa have been often said to try to lure people to water and pull them in. Even today, signs warning about kappa appear by bodies of water in some Japanese towns and villages.

Kappa are also said to victimize animals, especially horses and cows. The motif of the kappa trying to drown a horse is found all over Japan.

Lafcadio Hearn wrote of a story in Kawachimura near Matsue where a horse-stealing kappa was captured and made to write a sworn statement vowing never to harm people again.

In many versions the kappa is dragged by the horse to the stable where it is most vulnerable, and it is there it is forced to submit a writ of promise not to misbehave.

It was believed that there were a few means of escape if one was confronted with a kappa. Kappa are obsessed with politeness, so if a person makes a deep bow, it will return the gesture. This results in the kappa spilling the water held in the "dish" (sara) on its head, rendering it unable to leave the bowing position until the plate is refilled with water from the river in which it lives. If a person refills it, the kappa will serve that person for all eternity. A similar weakness of the kappa involves its arms, which can easily be pulled from its body. If an arm is detached, the kappa will perform favours or share knowledge in exchange for its return.

Another method of defeat involves shogi or sumo wrestling: a kappa sometimes challenges a human being to wrestle or engage in other tests of skill. This tendency is easily used to encourage the kappa to spill the water from its sara. One notable example of this method is the folktale of a farmer who promises his daughter's hand in marriage to a kappa in return for the creature irrigating his land. The farmer's daughter challenges the kappa to submerge several gourds in water. When the kappa fails in its task, it retreats, saving the farmer's daughter from the marriage. Kappa have also been driven away by their aversion to iron, sesame, or ginger.

Kappa are not entirely antagonistic to human beings.

Once befriended, kappa may perform any number of tasks for human beings, such as helping farmers irrigate their land. Sometimes, they bring fresh fish, which is regarded as a mark of good fortune for the family receiving it. They are also highly knowledgeable about medicine, and legend states that they taught the art of bone setting to human beings. There are also legends that Kappa will save a friendly human from drowning.

Along with the oni and the tengu, the kappa is among the best-known yōkai in Japan.

The kappa is known by various names of the creature vary by region and local folklore. In Shintō, they are often considered to be an avatar (keshin) of the Water Deity or suijin.

Shrines are dedicated to the worship of kappa as water deity in such places as Aomori Prefecture or Miyagi Prefecture. There were also festivals meant to placate the kappa in order to obtain a good harvest, some of which still take place today. These festivals generally took place during the two equinoxes of the year, when the kappa are said to travel from the rivers to the mountains and vice versa.

The best known place where it has been claimed Kappa reside is in the Kappabuchi  waters of Tōno in the Iwate Prefecture. The nearby Jōkenji  In Tōno, there is a Buddhist temple that has komainu dog statues with depressions on their heads reminiscent of the water-retaining dish on the kappa's heads, said to be dedicated to the kappa which according to legend helped extinguish a fire at the temple. The Kappa is also venerated at the Sogenji Buddhist temple in the Asakusa district of Tokyo where according to tradition, a mummified arm of a Kappa is enshrined within the chapel hall since 1818.

In his Tōno Monogatari, Kunio Yanagita records a number of beliefs from the Tōno area about women being accosted and even impregnated by kappa. Their offspring were said to be repulsive to behold, and were generally buried.

Similar folklore can be found in Asia and Europe. Like the Japanese description of the beast, in Chinese and in Scandinavian lore this beast is infamous for kidnapping and drowning people as well as horses.

The siyokoy of the Philippine islands is also known for kidnapping children by the water's edge.

A frog-face vodyanoy is known in Slavic mythology. A green human-like being named a vodník is widely known in western Slavic folklore and tales, especially in the Czech Republic or Slovakia.

In German mythology, a similar creature is known as Wassermann, Nix, or Nickel. They have been mentioned in connection with the larger rivers Elbe and Saale in the eastern part of Germany, but they are most widely connected to Lusatia in South-East Germany. This is not entirely surprising, as the area is not only close to Poland and Czech Republic, but also home to the Slavic minority of the Sorbs.

[starry-skies-116]

Miko Nakadai, every kid with autism (/j):

Another major difference in my AU is that my version of Miko and canon Miko are neurodivergent in different ways. Whereas the original was energetic and reckless, this Miko is literally the opposite.

In this AU, even with her trauma that came from growing up as the heiress to a multibillion dollar company and the daughter of absolutely HORRIBLE parents, a lot of Miko’s “quirks” that make her come across as unbothered or indifferent is literally just her being autistic.

She speaks in a relatively flat voice most of the time and has odd and somewhat monotonous vocal inflections compared to most of her peers.

She gets frustrated easily due to a combination of emotional dysregulation and anger issues stemming from the trauma of her abusive childhood.

She's touch-averse and often isn't comfortable with physical contact unless she's the one initiating it.

Sometimes sarcasm flies right over her head, and she doesn't even realize that she's being mean or unapproachable until someone points it out for her.

She struggles with identifying and processing emotions, and has comparatively much lower empathy than her peers.

She stims when she experiences strong emotion- just like Jack and Raf.

She has sensory issues and absolutely HATES sticky textures and humid environments.

She values routines in her life, eating the same breakfast of eggs, rice and nattō beans literally every day and religiously practicing skincare.

She's a workaholic and a perfectionist in everything she does- straight hair, straight A's, top student, hard worker, et cetera.

The Wreckers think that her always getting on her phone every time there’s a conversation that doesn’t involve her is because she couldn't care less, but nope- it’s the autism! Everything she does screams peak autism and it’s perfect.

[hitomiqt]

Crk Oc reveal yipeee✨️

Meet Nattō cookie cuz uh i love natto and i would love to try it someday yummers 😼😼Anyways Im still planning her design and lore but for now feel free to put some headcanons or just give me recommendations to add into her design before finalizing it ( ´-ω-)

[your-localronin]

Beanpollo, do you eat any other forms of beans or no? Do you consider that cannibalism?

~🐢

Beanpollo eats almost every type of beans, like peas, soy beans and lentils (Beanpollo made his research, lentils are from the same family, so they are technically beans), and products made from beans like soy sauce, tofu, mochi soy bean paste, tempeh, soy milk and nattō. (Baked beans are his favourite though!)

As for the morals behind this action, Beanpollo eating beans, even though Beanpollo is not a bean but looks like one, is like a chicken eating chicken nuggets. The difference being that Beanpollo has the conscience to understand what he's doing, while the chicken doesn't :)))))

[pirihara]

pirihara Q&A in restaurant murasaki in helsinki

apparently juho makes his own nattō (nerd but also mad respect)

[kirbyofthestars]

CERULEAN FLAAAAKE

cool flake facts:

-great blue shark fishwoman

-middle aged lesbian

-formerly a pirate and specifically her ship’s navigator. she has a great affection and hyperempathy for boats and inanimate objects; basically the grand line’s equivalent of a carguy

-has a dog companion

-her favourite food is fairy bread and her least favourite food is nattō

-silly homie with a profound sadness about her

[codys-theme]

i tried something ive never eaten before,,, and i kept telling myself i would like it (mostly because father was laughing at me and saying i wouldnt like it) and i did not like it, but y'know what ? im proud of myself for trying. (it was nattō)

[bohemain]

▉ ――   GET TO KNOW ME BETTER!

▉ Alias / Name.   Lyn but the og besties will also know my name is Aylin xoxo

▉ Birthday.   August 9th  ( I'm turning 28 this summer, incredible )

▉ Zodiac sign.   A nasty Leo

▉ Height.   We don't talk about it  ( I think it's 5'3 )

▉ Hobbies.   Cooking,  studying philosophy rn,  DnD

▉ Favourite colour.   All shades of green

▉ Current book.   I'm a parallel reader aka I read multiple books because my brain is unhinged,   currently A Study in Scarlet and Wheel of Time,   and I just finished Children of Dune!

▉ Last film / show.   We're currently watching trash animes,  don't ask

▉ Inspiration.   April is Autism Awareness month xoxo,   tbh I've just been emotionally remembering my English lit teacher from high school who once gave me The Hound of the Baskervilles to read and that led me down a rabbit hole to this inofficially very autistic consulting detective and wanting to bring him to life as some sort of comfort muse while I cope with the possibility of my dad and I simply being autistic and having been unaware of it lmao

▉ Story behind the URL.   Bohemian was taken but he's simply a boheme supreme.   Simply a drug addict chilling on his chair in a cluttered apartment while brooding over crime.

▉ Fun fact about me.   I enjoy eating Nattō and I enjoy watching my fiancé leave the kitchen in absolute terror whenever I do even more

Tagged by. star of my soul @noblehigh, Tagging. @consultingsister, @wtsns, @ncmad, @strnza, @spxnglr!

[colors-of-joy]

Things/words that won't be the same for me after Banana Fish*sighs*

- Dawn ( my mornings would never be the same 😔, and for God's sake did I mention that my heart ached when I read the title of a movie called "saving Dawn"?🥹

 - Sayonara!!

 - Cape Code 🙏🏽

- New York (as if I've never known it before BF! , it's now associated to it so much)

- Hot dogs & Nattō 🥺

- Avocado shrimp salad ( I literally teared up when I saw it in a menu!🙈 )

 - Ash (whether the name or the meaning *sigh*)

- Aslan (say what you want about the true lingual origins of the name, be it lion or dawn or anything else, my heart skips a beat always when I read/hear it! ,it belongs to Ash💜

 - Jade (I've fallen in love more with that precious Stone and its breathtaking color!🥰🥹 )

- Shorter (do I need to say more?😭🧡)

- Akira (knowing that it actually means "Dawn" as well, oh my poor heart!)

- Garden of Lights (or any part of these words in anything! Instant tears!)

- Kilimanjaro mountain (oh dear that episode!, and of course the novel with the same title!)

- Sing 💗 (as a name holds so much *sighs*)

- Lynx & leopard are never the same as before! 🥹

 - Forever 💖😔 

- Eiji (oh boy my obsession of this name during those past yrs and till this day! It's now a banana fish's private property in my mind & heart *sighs*

- “My soul will always be with you” 🙏🏽

- public libraries (specially the one in new York!😭)

and of course the obvious ones ; the Bananas and the fishes (although it was a metaphor the whole time but it's now associated with it!😖)

Lovely BF Fandom, share with me any other things that had never been the same for you post Banana Fish! 😅🙏🏽