Blank boxes sometimes show up, and those really just help with placing where those clues go. In these cases, you would look at the other clues to narrow down the specific dish.

Sometimes she gives only the animal or the food type. Some clues tell you outright what the dish is (animal face with a food for example, if you see a cat face and a bowl of rice, that means the dish for that square of the bento box is rice in the shape of a cat). For instance, if she's given you a set of diagonal foods, running from the top left to the bottom right, then those clues only fit in those same places in the bento box. I find the best way to start is to look at the clues on the right and find the largest one, because then you can narrow down where to place it.

There will be three rice dishes, three sandwiches, and three egg dishes (one per animal).

There are three animal shapes (of four possible animals - cat, bear, rabbit, and pig).For each bento box, these two rules are the same: Basically, Yumi's given you some clues about where each item of food goes.

The bento boxes can be a bit tricky to understand at first.

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