Sorry for the wait! Here's the mochi soup!

Whoa!

It looks sooo good!

It smells good as well. I can smell the kelp and bonito flakes.

Oh, could you tell? I used some fancier kelp than usual, since it's New Year's and all!

The toppings are intriguing, too. I've never seen seaweed used as a topping before.

It was a special present from Chika!

*Giggle* You used it already!

Sure did! It just looked too tasty not to!

Hey, can we start eating? I'm quite hungry.

*Laugh* Yeah, that's fair. All right, then!

Time to eat!

Om, nom! Wow, this mochi is so stretchy!

It's amazingly soft!

Isn't it just? All of us in μ's pounded it ourselves!

We actually made a bit too much, so we had some left over. It's a good thing you two came over today!

We should be the ones thanking you. I could never get tired of eating such tasty mochi.

Me neither. I could keep eating this forever.

I know! So, how should we eat it next? With walnuts? Coated in soy sauce? A gratin might be nice, too.

You can have gratin made with mochi?

Sure can! You top it with cheese and grill it. It's mega tasty.

Oh, I'm definitely interested in trying that!

That settles it, then. I'll make some for us!

I don't want to just sit around and eat, so I'll help out too.

Me too.

*Laugh* Okay, let's all cook it together!

Yeah!