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I have seen many times in anime and manga that a character eats
his/(mainly)her lunch in a toilet.

Examples include Nagisa from _Kanojo mo Kanojo_ who used to eat her lunch in
the restroom. (Revealed in Episode 3) [![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vUwLo.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vUwLo.png)

Another example is Yuria from _Mieruko-chan_ , who is caught by the MC eating
sitting on a toilet. (Revealed in Vol.3 Chapter.17) [![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pYAXo.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pYAXo.png)

Why do characters in anime/manga eat their lunches in restrooms? Is this kind
of behaviour a meme in Japan or due to some special culture in Japan? How
common is this practice in Japan?

Besides, I noticed the characters involved in such behaviour seem to have one
thing in common: they are introvert and don't have many friends. I am not sure
whether this common trait have anything to do with their choice of restroom as
a place for lunch, though.


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Why do characters in anime/manga eat their lunches in restrooms?


This is meme-ish thing in Japan. Most of Japanese otaku community member was
socially divided by their classmates (because what you call Jocks don't like
this kind of culture and tends to despise otaku). In the end, some of them end
up eating their lunch at somewhere that can be alone, such as toilet,
sometimes rooftops (most of Japanese schools prohibits to enter the rooftop
unlike in animations and mangas so it's quite calm at there), etc... so that
they can eat their meals in peace.

Now the time has changed, thanks to social games like FGO, Genshin Impact,
Azur lane, etc... the otaku isn't much getting bullied, so I believe they're
not experiencing things like this.

However, the meme continues; we tend to tell the story to make it seem as if
we were, this time, ate lunch at toilet. I've personally never seen or heard
someone eating lunch at toilet (well that's the purpose so there might be,
it's like Schrodinger's cat: There might be someone eating their lunch in the
toilet, or not), hence the some characters eats their lunch in the toilet.


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