The South, and Legend of the Sea

This is the Southern region of land reigned over by His Majesty the Tempura Empura, or the Temperor Emperor, and where they all live. The tiny tiny village of Donburi, so small that it is literally a dot on the map, was where the Sushinobi and Tofu-chan were raised.



As you can see, the seas that surround them are made of Green Tea. This is explained by an ancient legend.

Once upon a time, says the legend, the sea was not green, but colourless, and there were no tea leaves in it at all.

Then one day, Mt. Kare (which we may also call Mt. Curry) erupted, as volcanoes do.





Curry was spewed into the sky and miles and miles out everywhere. The sky turned curry-coloured for a thousand day and nights, or some substantial number.



Tea leaves in their millions fled from their branches and dived into the water for safety.

Then what happened was, the water around the land turned hot and bubbled and boiled, kind of a hot spring, and the tea leaves relaxed.

And when the tea leaves relax they release their special green dye, which is exactly what these leaves did.





They liked the sea so much that they decided to become sea creatures forever more, and to this day they still live there, even though the oceans have long cooled and become lukewarm tea.

And that's the story every little sushi and tofu has grown up with.