Mikan-san, what are you doing?

I'm going to do the kagami mochi

Come to think of it, why is there a mikan on top of the rice cakes in kagami mochi?

It doesn't have to be a mikan, as long as it's orange (dai dai)-colored

Dai dai-colored?

It's symbolic of praying for our descendants to be prosperous for many generations (dai dai)

Also... Apparently displaying the kagami mochi during New Year's allows the spirits of the gods to dwell within it!

So like that yorishiro thing!

Eh!? Weeell...

Shamiko! We're going to eat the rice cakes now, so could you go get Momo?

Eh! We're gonna eat the gods!?

Hang in there, Shamiko Apparently, eating the rice cakes in the "cutting the New Year's rice cake" tradition bestows the gods' favor on you So eat a lot and become a demon with the gods' favor!!