[Never in a million years would Ryuji think that candied cabbage would be something he was looking forward to eating, but here he is, looking at the little skewer that's propping it up. It sort of looks like a candied apple, if you close your eyes, and maybe... imagine that it's a granny smith, or something like that.

Nevertheless, he shines an earnest, free spirited smile at her. He's not the type to buy something just for himself and start scarfing it down without a way to share it, even if it were something like... the best bowl of ramen the world has ever seen.]

You just gotta, like. Pretends it's dango. It'll probably go down easier that way, yeah?

[He'll take the plunge and bite through the first layer.

Ryuji has a baby's palate, but sugar coating something almost always makes it better to consume. And it's... uh, it's pretty damn good.]

H-huh!? Thisf ish kinda not-bad!