Before & After & Inbetween

Bento boxes, invented in Edo times, hold many morsels of different tastes in a decorative arrangement. In order to keep these morsels - and therefore their tastes - apart, a variety of separating materials is used. These days, most often green plastic strips cut to look like grass are used for that. However, the traditional use of certain leaves, cut to release the plant's own microbicides, are often better for keeping the food separated and fresh. The type of leaves traditionally used differ from area to area. With Aspidistra elatior (a member of the lily family) being used in Kansai (including Kyoto) and sasanoha (leaves of bamboo grass) being used in Edo (Tokyo).
[Source: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ek20080115wh.html]

"[...]In the first 18 month period since they started operation, a commercial business information service, "Dial Q2", which at first provided sports results, advertisements and medical guidance, in 1991 switched more than one-fourth of its lines to telephone sex services [...]"
[source: Pornography, Rape, and Sex Crimes in Japan (paper by Milton Diamond and Ayako Uchiyama, University of Hawaii, in the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 22(1): 1-22. 1999)]

Now I just wonder, *what* exactly Subaru-kun exorcised in "Call.A and B"... ;-)