Character: Kotori Iida Canon: Sweetness and Lightning Current Canon Point: Chapter Two: Pork Miso Soup and Restaurant Lights New Canon Point: Chapter Eight: Squid and Taro Stew That's Still Yummy the Next Day Essence: Sweet Porridge Girl Updated Background: Kotori has been cooking more with the Inuzukas and getting to know them better. Highlights include making boxed lunches for Golden Week, only for her mom to cancel and the Inuzukas to drive back to eat with her, helping Kouhei cook for Tsumugi when the little girl has a cold, meeting Kouhei's friend Yagi and learning to make donuts, and recreating squid and taro for Tsumugi. Updated Personality: Slowly Kotori's been opening up more to the Inuzukas and beginning to care about them. Having them come back to eat with her after her mom cancelled and the rain ruined the Inuzukas' picnic plans means a lot to her, turning what would have been a crummy day into a really nice one. In exchange, she's beginning to have more investment in Kouhei and Tsumugi outside of cooking, encouraging the two of them to bond more and striving to improve her own cooking skills despite her nerves. It's when Tsumugi is sick that she realizes the depth of her feelings for the both of them: she comes over (in disguise...) to bring Kouhei ingredients for a sick day meal- complete with components for homemade dashi instead of instant- asks to be Tsumugi's friend (only to be told they already ARE friends, silly), and realizes that she might just have a crush on her teacher. Oh boy. Any other updates: Kotori has a handful of new recipes under her belt, a good portion of which can be made with the donabe.
Questions/Other: Just noting this won't happen until after The Little Mermaid arc, and then gonna be slightly back-dating her return.
CANON UPDATE
Canon: Sweetness and Lightning
Current Canon Point: Chapter Two: Pork Miso Soup and Restaurant Lights
New Canon Point: Chapter Eight: Squid and Taro Stew That's Still Yummy the Next Day
Essence: Sweet Porridge Girl
Updated Background: Kotori has been cooking more with the Inuzukas and getting to know them better. Highlights include making boxed lunches for Golden Week, only for her mom to cancel and the Inuzukas to drive back to eat with her, helping Kouhei cook for Tsumugi when the little girl has a cold, meeting Kouhei's friend Yagi and learning to make donuts, and recreating squid and taro for Tsumugi.
Updated Personality: Slowly Kotori's been opening up more to the Inuzukas and beginning to care about them. Having them come back to eat with her after her mom cancelled and the rain ruined the Inuzukas' picnic plans means a lot to her, turning what would have been a crummy day into a really nice one. In exchange, she's beginning to have more investment in Kouhei and Tsumugi outside of cooking, encouraging the two of them to bond more and striving to improve her own cooking skills despite her nerves. It's when Tsumugi is sick that she realizes the depth of her feelings for the both of them: she comes over (in disguise...) to bring Kouhei ingredients for a sick day meal- complete with components for homemade dashi instead of instant- asks to be Tsumugi's friend (only to be told they already ARE friends, silly), and realizes that she might just have a crush on her teacher. Oh boy.
Any other updates: Kotori has a handful of new recipes under her belt, a good portion of which can be made with the donabe.
Questions/Other: Just noting this won't happen until after The Little Mermaid arc, and then gonna be slightly back-dating her return.