'Sasage'

Ordinary beans for special occasions.

'Kore? Sasage.'
Ashinano, Hitoshi. 2001. Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou. Chapter 72. Vol. 8, Page 96, Panel 3.

'Sasage' is a kind of bean. It is also known as cowpea.

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They look to me exactly the same as adzuki (azuki) beans. People say that sasage beans keep their shape better than adzuki when they are cooked, especially into 'sekihan', red bean rice.

Conclusion

I'm not telling what it implies, to protect Makki's privacy ;-)

Links

Sekihan by Wikipedia

You might figure out why Makki got sasage.

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