How appropriate. Biraki is the Japanese verb meaning "to open".

Fun fact: Like many of Japan's newer mascots, Birakki combines multiple aspects of that for which it stands. Biratori, in Hokkaido, is best known for its tomatoes and livestock (including pigs and cows), as well as for growing lilies-of-the-valley (represented by Birakki's tail).

Fun fact 2: Japan's top-rated mascot, currently, is Kumamon, created to draw customers to the then-new Kyushu Shinkansen (high-speed train line) in Kumamoto Prefecture.

Gah! Killer tomato!

Teleia speaks Greek?!

It was originally going to be a thing that she was from Greece, which I sort of dropped. But I figured, since I'm putting in Japanese, might as well let Teleia have a little Greek here.

Bah, I'd fallen behind reading your strips. Luckily this one allowed me to ketchup! ^^

The reaction some people would have to this