Culture Shock is a bitch. On Earth, pouring boiling water over a bowl of instant Ramen means you're hungry. On Planet Cup Ramen, where the women are human sized and the three-inch tall, Instant sized men need to be brought up to human size by, you guessed it, pouring hot water on them. It's also a proposal of marriage. Sumire was only hungry, but Prince Kanmen is very persistent, and between various fiancées, older brothers, younger brothers, obsessive SM handmaidens and popstars, Sumire may just end up marrying Kanmen out of sheer exhaustion.

Also includes a short story, "Gold."