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That trope only applies if the non-Japanese version of the thing exists. Which, if you live in the US, it doesn't. I would be just as interested in an article a

• boomboomsubban 8mo ago
  Minnesota did have home ice cream and other frozen food delivery until Schwan's finally shut down a few years ago. Usually men, but they did tend to be chatty from my experience. So there is a US equivalent, but it would have been interesting to read about them too.
• Barrin92 8mo ago
  >That trope only applies if the non-Japanese version of the thing exists It does. These kind of small scale food delivery services exist both in charitable and commercial form across North America and Europe. I know several "Meals on Wheels" workers who are basically half-timing as social service workers. This is the stereotypical weekly "bucolic Japanese neighborhood social life" story that does actually exist in every place.