The vessel with the pestle has the pellet with the poison, but the mug made of maple has the…nuts.

The vessel with the pestle has the pellet with the poison, but the mug made of maple has the…nuts.

I also think that a person with a passing familiarity with short stories reads them expecting the ending to be remarkable in some way. Expecting a twist while you read and knowing what the twist is aren't very different experiences.

Copyright that idea; it's an inevitable movie. Seven outcasts at a high school where the sports teams are the San Fernando Samurai liberate, like, other outcasts from raiding cheerleaders, or something. And then they take off their glasses and are hot—like that scene with Kikuchiyo in the original.