Animal Grossology, making sure I get these weird-ass Japanese drawings.
Liar.Go buy it right away! It's your treat!For everyone!You・shoulddo・exactly・asSuzumiya-san・saysClosed・space・is・about・to・occurTheir mouths are shaped like suction pads, and stick to the body surface of other fish.If a fish gets parasitized by them, it has no chance of surviving....Using their internal teeth, they steal the blood as nutriment.Lamprey eels are the most primitive class of organisms among the currently living fish...In the hottest day of summer you gotta have eel, Kyon!
土用 (doyou) are the days assigned to the Earth phase according to the Wu Xing. Spring is Wood, Summer is Fire, Autumn is Metal, Winter is Water; Earth covers the last days of each season. In the case of summer, these are the hottest days.
Out of the 土用 days, those which are under the sign of the Ox (丑) are called 土用の丑の日 (doyou no ushi no hi). On the 土用の丑の日 of summer, it is customary in Japan to consume eel.NagatoYou say something too.Aaaah?tugNo, we're talking about normal eels...uwaa...Well then, go buy that one!Eh!?
