Chapter 249: 249

Episode 249: The ・ American(TN:Engrish)

 

"Whoaaaaaaaaaa, this is the famous Route 66, isn't it."

 

 

 We were shaken in the car for several hours.

 

 

 It's a bad way to put it, but the townscape of the old days still remains, and you can feel the atmosphere of the America of the past, with a somewhat desolate feeling of melancholy.

 

 

 Nanami's eyes sparkle as she gazes at the townscape, staring out the window.

 

 

"Ani ... Satou-san. How is it? Aren't you a little hungry? It's about time for lunch, how about eating around here?"

 

 

 While driving, Jack glances at us and makes a suggestion.

 

 

"That sounds good. Please do so."

 

"I got it."

 

 

 I am certainly hungry, so I decide to go along with that suggestion.

 

 

"Yaay!! What kind of food can we eat?"

 

"Nn!!"

 

 

 Nanami and Shia look forward to their first meal in America.

 

 

 I can see that Shia's ahoge is bouncing and looking happy.

 

 

"Don't expect too much, okay?"

 

"But, I think it's surprisingly good. It's completely different from Japan and you can definitely enjoy it."

 

"Right. That may be true."

 

 

 Amane, who originally lived in the United States, sees us looking happy and tries to warn us, but she shows an expression of understanding at Rei's words.

 

 

"Well then, I'll show you to a place I know."

 

"Got it. Please."

 

 

 It seems that Jack thought that there was no problem from listening to our conversation or else he decided where to go by himself.

 

 

 I have no objections, so I decide to let him guide us.

 

 

"Here it is."

 

 

 A few minutes after that, we are guided to a store with a color and shape reminiscent of the past, and a big signboard at the entrance on which is written.

 

 

"KING."

 

 

 This.

 

 

"The name sounds amazing!!"

 

"Nn!!"

 

 

 After getting out of the car, Nanami and Shia are excited with their eyes sparkling at the towering store in front of them.

 

 

 I am also excited to feel something like an American feeling in this slightly retro-looking store.

 

 

"Okay, let's go."

 

"K ~."

 

 

 We step into the store under the guidance of Jack.

 

 

 Just like the exterior, the interior of the store has an atmosphere of nostalgia and homesickness even though it's overseas.

 

 

 The moment we enter, all eyes in the store focus on us. After all, it seems that there are no Japanese people, and it seems that we will attract attention.

 

 

"Seven."

 

"Please sit at that table."

 

 

 When Jack tells a nearby clerk about the number of people, the clerk points at a table, so everyone moves there. The store clerk also stares at us.

 

 

 It's a little uncomfortable, but it's human nature to look at strange objects, so let's give it up.

 

 

"Hey, hey, Onii-chan. They don't say welcome overseas."

 

"That's right. I also learned for the first time."

 

 

 Nanami mutters while looking at me with amusement, and I nod in agreement.

 

 

 I understand well that what is taken for granted in Japan is not so in other countries.

 

 

"This shop is famous for hot dogs, American dogs, steaks, hamburger patties, chicken, fried potatoes, burgers, and ice cream."(TN:Two different 'hamburger' here, first is 'hanbaagu', second is 'hanbaagaa'. I don't know if there's a difference, so ... First one can also translate as hamburg steak, so maybe just hamburger patty with no bun/toppings, while second just says burgers.)

 

"Oh, they have a variety of American-style dishes."

 

 

 We take our seats. Jack tells us the specialties of this store.

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"Okay, if you come to America, you should definitely eat hot dogs and fried potatoes!!"

 

"For me it's the hamburger patty!!"(TN:Hanbaagu)

 

"Steak."

 

"I'm going to have a burger."(TN:Hanbaagaa)

 

"I'd like to have chicken."

 

 

 After looking at the menus and choosing what each of us want to eat, Jack calls the clerk and tells everyone's order.

 

 

 And, after a while, the food is brought.

 

 

"Eh!?"

 

"Haa!?"

 

"Nn!!"

 

 

 Me, Nanami, and Shia are astonished when we see the various dishes. Shia doesn't change her expression, but her ahoge is drawing an astonished emoticon. Shia's ahoge is too skillful. What exactly is going on.

 

 

 Putting that aside, what surprises me is the amount.

 

 

 First of all, the size of the hot dog is extraordinary. It is about the thickness of an adult man's upper arm, and seems to be 40 centimeters long. Besides, the fried potatoes are about 40 centimeters in diameter and piled up on a large platter like a literal mountain.

 

 

 There seems to be three different looks for the hamburger patties and steaks. The burger is almost the size of a basketball, I don't know why. And there is a mountain of fried chicken that looks like it's from about two chickens.(TN:It says three different 'faces' for the hamburger patty and steak, so maybe it's talking about size?)

 

 

 Exactly The ・ American!! It clearly gives a feeling of showing off the amount.

 

 

"Ahahahaa. Even Ani ... Satou-san is surprised."

 

"Really. Ani ... Satou-san really seems surprised."

 

 

 The two locals smile at me as I am surprised.

 

 

"No, I'm just an ordinary Japanese person, right?"

 

""There's no way that's true.""

 

 

 When I reply a little annoyed, the two of them wave their hands to the side in front of their faces in unison.

 

 

 I don't understand.

 

 

"Yes, here."

 

"Thank you very much!!"

 

 

 Seeing us like that, Amane hands something to the clerk who remains here even after the food is served, and the clerk happily smiles and leaves the place.

 

 

"Amane, what did you give them?"

 

"It's a tip."

 

"A tip!?"

 

 

 When I ask Amane, she says that she gave the clerk a tip.

 

 

 This is the legendary tip culture!!

 

 Kuu ~!! If possible, I wanted to be the one to give it to them.

 

 

"Eehh ~ !! That kind of thing really exists!!"(TN:It's a stupid system to get away with paying your employees almost nothing ... I wish it weren't a thing.)

 

"Nn."

 

 

 Nanami and Shia, who are experiencing overseas for the first time, look at Amane with great interest.

 

 

"I, it's a normal thing here."

 

 

 Amane looks away shyly from the two who look at her with curiosity.

 

 

"Acchan, you're cool!!"

 

"Nn. A woman who can do it."

 

"No, stop it ... !! It's really not a big deal."

 

 

 Amane thought she was doing something normal, but the two of them praise her so much that she waves her hand in dismay.

 

 

"Yeah, I want to give it to them as cool as Amane."

 

"I, idiot!! Don't say strange things, let's eat it quickly. It's going to get cold."

 

 

 Seeing that, I try to tell her what I really wanted, but Amane's face turns bright red and she yells at me.

 

 

 But, it's certainly as Amane said.

 

 

"That's right."

 

 

 I nod at Amane's words and say 'Itadakimasu.' and start eating. The other Japanese people imitate me and start eating after saying such.

 

 

 The taste of the food is also The ・ American!! That's what it feels like.

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