What is the drawing of a crab in Satsukis letter to her Mom?
It’s based on the Japanese folk story, “Saru Kani Gassen (Monkey-Crab Battle)”. In this story, a crab plants a persimmon seed, and hovers over the garden every day, waiting for the persimmon to sprout. Satsuki says that Mei is acting exactly like the crab, drew a picture of a crab who looks like Mei, and named it “Mei Gani” (Mei Crab). Since this would make no sense to American children, the dub changed it to “Mei drew this picture for you”.
