Konbini are totally there when you need them. Also yeah, associated with tragic poverty as well, e.g. in Japanese cinema. I got a bit nostalgic reading your co

Konbini are totally there when you need them. Also yeah, associated with tragic poverty as well, e.g. in Japanese cinema. I got a bit nostalgic reading your comment. I lived off of some weird stuff when I was poor in Japan. Bags of donuts or bread found behind bakeries, basically in the trash. Unwanted produce that our Brazilian friends would bring over. They always had some other amusing garbage find too, like a G-Shock still in its original packaging. "SHIN-PIN, ne," they'd shout, laughing together. You couldn't talk about this to regular Japanese friends, some understood but most seemed to look away embarrassed. My favorite at any kombini was tuna onigiri and a meiji bar.