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In the last arc of KonoSuba season 2, Aqua winds up purifying the hot spring
water, turning it into "regular hot water".

What is the difference between hot spring water and "regular hot water"?

The only clue I can see is that it's (hot spring water) animated green instead
of clear or bluish clear (regular water).


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What is the difference between hot spring water and regular hot water?


You might be looking for something that's analogous to 温泉 ( _onsen_ ) vs 銭湯 (
_sentō_ ) in Japan.

By definition, _onsen_ is hot spring water which (supposedly) contains
minerals and other things that makes the bath more healthy and provide
relaxation benefits (animated green in KonoSuba), while _sentō_ is normal
heated tap water (animated blue).

Aqua purifying the _onsen_ water would have implied that she had taken out all
the "impurities" (i.e. the beneficial minerals) in the water, and leaving it
with the inferior "just hot water."

Regarding animation, it's not always consistent that _onsen_ water is colored
green.


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