Very curious as to what "self-burning" would imply in Nazrin's perspective.
Late reply is late, but in addition to being an ability used in Romancing SaGa and Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song, it was (separately?) invented as a metaphor for masturbation by a Mr. Watanabe, web master of the programmers' site Logic Paradise.
It seems like Hijiri is the lecturer, and Ichirin is the instructor.
Hm Hm.What did you think about this story?Does the rapidly growing bamboo shoot imply genitalia...? The setting is the bathroom, and the self-burning...!?Such high-level metaphor or allusion is not used in this fable.OhhhSo in the end, he became legally able to crap outside.I hadn't thought of that.A huge broiled bamboo shoot!We just did that joke.Mmmm!You should learn what "learn from experience" means.A barbequed bamboo shoot that big...Ryoukan then tried using a candle to burn a hole in the ceiling for the bamboo to grow......but he accidentally caused a fire that burned the lavatory to the ground.I wonder how it tasted?This passage showed his self-sacrifice and his love and kindness to all forms of life...It's a shame you're ripping off material.Sprouting Bamboo Shoots Takenoko Shouzu, one of the "72 climates" of the solar year. This one corresponds to about May 16- May 20, symbolizing early summer with the first bamboo shoot growth.Don't Ryokuan's ideas strike your heart in a smile-provoking way?