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The story
On 5ch’s News VIP board, a thread titled “Let’s Play Akinator” popped up, where the original poster thinks of something and the other users try to guess it by asking yes/no questions. This time the rule was “it doesn’t have to be a person,” and it’s assumed the answer is some kind of food. Questions came flying in one after another — “Is it big enough to fit inside a house?”, “Does it have anything to do with politics?”, “Is it ramen?”, “Is it rice?” — with the poster narrowing things down bit by bit through answers like “No” and “Not sure, but you might be able to buy it.” Between answers like “You don’t eat it together with rice” and “It doesn’t have a wintery image,” the other users were left racking their brains over what the food could be.
What people said
Fire away.
it's Re: #1 (the OP)!
Hard to answer, but I'd say no.
I wouldn't say you "use" it.
Not sure, but you might be able to buy it.
If it looked dirty, I probably wouldn't eat it.
I'd guess more people like it than not (just my take).
Any part of it that's normally served is edible.
I think it pops up now and then.
It's not that complicated a food, but if you had to make it totally from scratch, that might be tough.
No,
but there are maybe two variations.
No, it doesn't have a wintery image.
Normally you'd drop it, but spilling can happen too depending on the situation.
Background and Key Points
The “Let’s Play ___” format is a long-running staple game on the VIP board: the original poster thinks of something, the other users try to guess it through yes/no questions, and whoever gets it right becomes the next poser. This round came with the unusual rule that the answer “doesn’t have to be a person,” and based on the flow of questions it’s assumed to be a food — though the excerpt here doesn’t reveal the actual answer. You can see the process of elimination at work through clues like “fits inside a house,” “unrelated to politics,” “often kept as a pet,” “not ramen,” “not rice,” “not really a drinking snack,” “no wintery image,” and “comes in about two variations.” A few posts containing nothing but numbers appear scattered through the thread, unrelated to the actual quiz questions — these look like technical noise from misfired reply-anchors or anti-spam workarounds, not part of the game itself. One thing worth noting: this article only excerpts the early part of the thread, so the text alone doesn’t confirm what the final answer turned out to be.
*This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary from the 5ch (News VIP) thread “Let’s Play Akinator.”
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