Once upon a time, there was a boy who couldn't stop eating.
He couldn't stop eating because to him, food was so distracting.
Gluttony: Gula. Excessive eating and drinking.
Choji always claimed that the reason he ate so much was because it gave him a strong and constant source of chakra.
For the most part, this was true. The Akimichi clan had bodies that relied heavily on their food intake to replenish their chakra supply.
Choji, however, was a different story. From the day he had started eating real food his appetite had always been overwhelming, even for an Akimichi. His clan had been most pleased and had full faith that he would become one of their strongest members yet.
His over-average consumption of food during infancy and toddler years had turned Choji into a big-boned, chubby-cheeked, healthy, and absolutely adorable little boy. But such little boys are not very well accepted, especially not in a community of ninjas where it was crucial to stay thin and nimble.
And so, from the very beginning, it seemed, little Choji had been rejected from the group of boys his age that played ninja games together every day. No one wanted him on their team: he was slow and unable to hide in small places, and the rumble of his often-hungry tummy could be heard and felt from many yards away.
Choji shook his head at the recollection as he opened a bag of his favorite Barbeque Potato Chips.
There was simply no where else to turn to, but to food. When his "friends" rejected him, there was always a massive stock of food at home that he could comfort himself with and cry to. Almost every day, it seemed, the little boy would come home, head hanging, scruffed-up, and dirty, sometimes with tears running down his face. And almost every day, it seemed, he would climb onto the kitchen counter to reach the human-sized cookie jar, or the clan-sized bag of chips, or a large variety of other snacks.
And to Choji, food was so interesting. Whatever he missed out on of the games, he believed, could always be made up while he experienced all those wonderful flavors and textures in food: salty, sweet, crunchy, spicy, bubby, sour, tangy, juicy, bitter, bland, crispy, tart…
Choji sat munching, finishing his bag of chips. It would be nice, he supposed, to play with the other children for a change. But for now, he really didn't mind in the least bit.
Once upon a time, Akimichi Choji opened another Super-Sized bag of Barbeque Potato Chips.