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Mio was carrying Yuuko's wallet in her bag for some reason (why?). Then the
moment comes and Mio realizes that the wallet is not there. They go to the
lost and found department. They found the wallet and we see inside of it as in
the screen shot below. Yuuko's day is ruined after see that paper and the
green thing inside.

What was that paper and the green substance that put Yuuko in such a bad mood?

* * *

Inside the wallet:

[![Inside
wallet](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VOFSR.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VOFSR.jpg)

Yuuko's mood for the entire day after this event:

[![Yuuko's
Mod](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ddagZ.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ddagZ.png)

(Location: Episode 12; at the beginning of the second half.)


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What was inside Yuuko's wallet?


( ͡° ʖ̯ ͡°) It's a [piece of snakeskin](https://youtu.be/zhz6smMccYo?t=66) and
a receipt from a store in front of a [certain
station](http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/nichijou/_userdata/map/tokisadame_station.html)
she frequents.

The wallet is Yuuko's because she identified it by the color and unique
contents (the snakeskin). The empty face is one of shock and perhaps angst
because all her money is gone. The gag here is not the contents but her
reaction after looking in her wallet.

In Japan, there is a superstition that goess if you put the cast-off skin of a
snake into your wallet, your wallet will be able to accumulate more money. In
Japan and other asian countries as well, snakes are a traditional symbol of
money and wealth (amongst other things), in Japanese myth some notable ones
associated with snake gods are Ugajin and Benzaiten.


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To answer your side question about why Mio was carrying Yuuko's wallet in her
bag:

Yuuko gave it to Mio to hold onto for safekeeping purposes, because Yuuko
thought that she would just lose it if she held onto it herself. She mentions
this in an earlier scene:

[![Yuuko: "If I had it, I'd lose
it."](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SW0Xz.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SW0Xz.jpg)


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