Dakara soo janakutee

## That's not what I meant!

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**That's not what I meant!** or Dakara Soo Janakutee (だからそーじゃなくてっ) in Japanese is the very first story of Atashin'chi and it's in Episode 001a. It aired together with Bikkuri shinai de nee~ on April 19, 2002. A 1080p upscaled version of the episode was uploaded onto the official Atashin'chi Youtube Channel on January 4, 2023.

## **Synopsis**

Mikan complains to Okaa-san that her lunch was bad and tells her ways how she can fix it, only for Okaa-san to do them differently than how Mikan imagined them to be which results in conflicts.

## **Plot**

The episode starts with Okaa-san doing the dishes, but while she's doing the dishes, Mikan returns home with an annoyed look on her face and heads straight to the kitchen while carrying her school lunch that she had today. As she mentions the word lunch, Okaa-san goes furious and tells her to not complain about the lunches she receives, only to be interrupted by Mikan saying that her side-dish for today's lunch was only one thing which is salmon and how in the past days all she got were single side-dishes packed in her lunches.

Okaa-san argues back saying that Otou-san never has any complaints about his lunch and that he's always happy with it, which shocks Mikan since she didn't know that her and her father's lunches are the same. Mikan then goes on explaining how embarrassing it is at school and that she always hides her lunches and eats them quickly because of her single side-dishes, she suggests to Okaa-san that tomorrow's lunch should have more side-dishes. Okaa-san tells her she understands it now and continues washing the dishes.

The next day Mikan goes to have breakfast with her family and asks Okaa-san if she really did put more side-dishes, which Okaa-san replies with that she did. Fast-forward at school, Mikan opens her bento only to be surprised, due to the fact that the two side-dishes Okaa-san has put in are an boiled egg and one Satsuma-age.

Just like yesterday, Mikan eats her lunch as fast as possible while hiding her lunch and runs off home with a shocked face and starts complaining to her mom about today's lunch. Okaa-san argues that the side-dish count has increased but Mikan tells her that her lunch is too plain and that the lunch from other people has broccoli, small tomatoes and meatball on sticks in them, to which Okaa-san replies that she'll include some broccoli next time, which concerns Mikan knowing what kind of lunch she got today when Okaa-san "ook her suggestion.

The next day at school, Mikan opens up her bento just to realize that the side dish is *just* broccoli. The very next day she opens her bento again and her side-dish is *just* small tomatoes and the day after that one her bento's side-dish was *only* meatballs on sticks. The minute Mikan returns home, she starts arguing with Okaa-san again over the school lunches she's been getting.

Mikan then comes to the conclusion that her lunch just isn't colorful enough and that it's missing colors. Okaa-san replies saying that she should've specified that the color was the issue earlier before to avoid all these useless conflicts. Okaa-san reassures Mikan that her next lunch will be colorful, to which Mikan is skeptical about that.

The next school day, Mikan opens her bento to see a "Colorful" mix of vegetables, which mortifies Mikan. The scene cuts where Yuzu says "Just make the lunch yourself." and the next scene is Otou-san (Dad) eating his colorful mix of vegetables, showing the viewer that he really does not complain about the lunch at all.

## **Debuts**

* Mikan Tachibana
* Okaa-san Tachibana
* Otou-san Tachibana
* Yuzuhiko Tachibana

## **Songs**

* Saraba (OP)
* Jyounetsu No Akai Bara (Insert)
* Kite Kite Atashinchi (ED)

## **Did you know?**

* This is the first time we heard Okaa-san sing her song: "Jyounetsu No Akai Bara".
* It's also the episode where we do not see any of Mikan's classmates in the background, only simple purple characters.

## **Quotes**

* "You're father has NEVER had any complaints about his lunch." -Okaa-san
* "Dad has the same lunches too? Poor him.." -Mikan
* "Well, I thought one side-dish was luxurious enough." -Okaa-san
* "I really don't get it." -Okaa-san
* "Just make it yourself." -Yuzuhiko

## **Gallery**

Otou-san \*happily\* eating his lunch.Mikan's reaction to the Salad Only Side-dishMortified Mikan when she saw the vegetable mix."Boing, boing"End Card