Drops

Features: Jumping Jack Bu

Caught ← Drops → Eyes

Drops is one of the 27 words in Rolypolys no Nanakorobi Yaoki.

Plot

Jumping Jack Bu eats a watermelon slice and has to poop afterward. For a long while, Bu keeps pooping in the same spot, doing tricks as he poops. Eventually, Bu has created a mountain of poop with a new watermelon growing out of it. Bu performs a stunt where he flips and grabs the watermelon, which is met with cheering. He poses with a slice of the watermelon.

Proverb

"Little drops of water make the mighty ocean."

Jumping Jack Bu eats a slice of the watermelon that he grew.

Explanation

Literally: Dust amassed will make a mountain.

Even the biggest and grandest things in the world are made up of tiny, seemingly insignificant elements—the oceans are made up of drops of water, and mountains are made up of particles of dust. Diligently saving these small, overlooked constituents can eventually add up to something really big. Jumping Jack Bu's doo is a case in point. Piled up over 5, 10, 100 "sittings," it indeed makes a mountain. And from this mountain of initially unwanted waste sprouts a watermelon, a tasty and nutritious fruit. While perhaps not as spectacular, or fragrant, as Bu's doo, the same applies to many other things in life—from study to sport. A little bit of effort everyday over time adds up to real, major gains.

Trivia

• This is the only proverb that can be selected in the demo version of the game.