Book 3 has less rice terrorism than the previous volumes but there is this bit about Kanata reinventing Japanese food.

Kanata cooking Spaghetti Aglio e Olio for Lily, also in book 2

Next, the Grilled Cheese and Ham Sandwich that haunts my dreams and compelled me to do this entire thread, from book 2

they think about aging as life smoothing out and getting boring. i am always preparing for it to get harder. that changes a person.

economic ascendance vs. economic decline imo. boomers locked themselves into positions of power where the realities of aging can be delayed for a long time.

you know if there's something you want translated I could do it for you