Background: A sunny day on a school rooftop
- Eric, the foreign exchange student, is sitting with his Japanese friend Yuuki, eating lunch.
- Eric is holding an apple and smiling, saying, “Apples are so delicious!”
Background: Sitting close together on the rooftop
- Yuuki starts peeling the apple into rabbit-shaped slices (usagi-giri).
- Eric looks on with wide eyes, surprised, and says, “Wow, you peel the apple?”
Background: The sunset casts a warm glow on the rooftop
- Yuuki hands the rabbit-shaped apple slices to Eric.
- Eric, holding a rabbit-shaped slice, looks puzzled and asks, “You eat it like this?”
Background: Both smiling and enjoying the apple slices
- Eric takes a bite of the apple slice and exclaims, “Delicious! Peeling it makes such a difference!”
- Yuuki, smiling, explains, “In Japan, we often eat it like this.”