When watching anime previously, I also noticed it—it should be considered a small detail. It seemed to be a small detail in the theatrical version Doraemon: Nobita's South Sea Adventure.
That was right after Doraemon lost his pocket, the Translation Konjac was among the few remaining gadgets.
Everyone only ate a tiny piece of it.
Therefore, judging from this detail, the translation effect of this Translation Konjac was only related to "eating," and had nothing to do with the amount eaten.
"Should I cut a tiny piece? Or eat the whole thing?"
Li Pu said hesitatingly, "I somehow feel like I need a refrigerator."
"Such a magical thing, eating it all in one go is too wasteful."
"Right! A refrigerator!" Li Pu nodded and said, "I'll go swindle one out of Ai-chan."
"No~ how can you call it swindling? For a janitor, it should be asking for—asking for it."
Go swindle... go ask for a refrigerator.
This was not a difficult task for Ai-chan. As the shipboard AI, the tasks she undertook lay in the comprehensive control, comprehensive allocation, and comprehensive scheduling of the entire ship.
Essentially, Ai-chan was considered a humanoid terminal.
She could promptly present the status of the entire ship to the Captain, but this terminal was not merely a feedback terminal. As an artificial intelligence, Ai-chan had a certain small privilege to "act on expediency."
She had the authority to make decisions on some minor matters directly without reporting to superiors.
In theory, this power was not very large, nor would it allow her to touch the deployment and management of some core equipment. But this power gave her room to maneuver in trivial matters of daily life.
For instance, home appliances.
"You're saying you want a refrigerator?" Ai-chan pinched her chin and looked at Li