Soap Dilema

Izumi Konata

Hey guys, important question! If soap drops on the floor, does the floor get cleaner or does the soap get dirtier?

Izumi Konata

This is the kind of philosophical debate they never cover in anime!

Gotoh Hitori

Th-the soap definitely gets dirtier! That's why I never drop anything in public bathrooms...

Gotoh Hitori

If soap could clean floors by touching them, wouldn't all floors be clean all the time?

Kasuga Ayumu

The floor gets cleaner... because soap is magic cleaning stuff...

Kasuga Ayumu

But then why don't we just drag soap blocks around instead of mopping? Hmm, my brain hurts...

Noko Shikanoko

Neither! The soap and floor form a temporary alliance to fight the true enemy - bacteria!

Noko Shikanoko

It's like in RPGs when enemies join your party for one battle!

Izumi Konata

What if it depends on the level of the soap? A level 50 soap bar would definitely clean the floor!

Izumi Konata

We need to grind more soap XP to find out!

Gotoh Hitori

I wrote a song about this once... "Soap on the Floor, Anxiety in my Core"...

Gotoh Hitori

(Why am I even friends with these weirdos? And why did I admit to writing that song?!)

Kasuga Ayumu

If we put the soap in water first, then drop it, does the splash clean both the soap and the floor?

Kasuga Ayumu

Or does it make a soap tsunami that makes everything dirtier?

Noko Shikanoko

I've solved it! The soap gets dirtier AND the floor gets cleaner! That's why soap disappears over time - it sacrifices itself for our cleanliness!

Noko Shikanoko

Wait—I'm about to test my theory involuntarily! WHOAAA!