Oh heck. It's that time of year again, the dreaded White Day that forces us males to dispense several mansatsu (10,000 yen bills) whether we're ready to or not.
In case you weren't aware, White Day (March 14) is one of those bogus Japanese events dreamed up by some marketing agency and decreed as the day all males give gifts to whichever woman was nice enough to present them with chocolates on Valentine's Day. This applies to every female with a fondness for dispensing chocolates, down to those who distribute cheap little bon-bons known as giri-choco (obligatory chocolates) to bosses and colleagues with that tight-lipped, dutiful aura.
Did we like, ORDER these women to buy chocolates? Nooooo. But now we have to return the favors anyway.