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Chiikawa Sociologyby Shinogi

Food

If there's a Wakidokoro, does no one go hungry?

Even if there's a place where food comes out, it doesn't necessarily reach everyone. From the line at the Wakidokoro, I think about what it takes to be able to eat.

Mentions the Wakidokoro and the line in anime episode 265.

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Finding a place where there's food

A Wakidokoro is a place where food springs up naturally. Chiikawa and Hachiware find a line there.

Food that springs up on its own. How enviable. But is food being there the same as you being able to eat it? If I were going, I'd also wonder whether I know where it is, whether I can get there, and whether I have time to wait.

Does everyone have the same time to wait in line?

If you have to wait in line for a long time, say, you need time you can spend waiting. Can people in a hurry, or people coming from far away, get food in the same way? Looking at the line, things beyond the amount of food start to bother me.

First come first served, a little for each, or those in need first. Change how it's shared out, and who it reaches easily changes too. Which way of sharing would reach even people who can't wait?

One place doesn't decide all of life

If food comes out, can you live without working? We can't go that far. Questions remain: does it always come out, can you get as much as you need, and what about everything besides meals?

When a Wakidokoro turns up, I want to follow not only what comes out but also who got to receive it. Because I think how rich life is shows not just in where the food is, but also in who it reaches.

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