The situation
You are choosing photos taken with friends at a small café. As you are about to send one that also shows another customer's face to your group chat, a friend points at the screen.
English meaning: We've got one with just us, haven't we? The person behind us wasn't part of our gathering.
Read the Japanese original
私たちだけの写真もあったよね。後ろの方は、この集まりの人じゃないし。Read the explanations without choosing
Explanations for each choice
The clue that matters
The friend asks about a photo of just your group rather than telling you not to send any photo. That limits the change being requested.
Why each choice fits—or misses the point
Choose a photo showing only your group.
Best fit for this scene
This follows the suggestion to find a photo of ‘just us.’ It changes the photo being shared without assuming your friend wants no photos shared at all.
Send the same photo without naming the café.
Leaving out the café's name does not remove the customer's face.
Send it to one friend instead of the group.
Fewer people receive it, but the people shown in the photo remain the same.
Add a note explaining that the person behind you is another customer.
The note identifies the person, but does not follow the suggestion to choose a photo of your group alone.
The same words in a different setting
If everyone had agreed to appear in an event album, the same words could simply be an editing suggestion to choose a group portrait. They would not necessarily express a privacy concern.
A way to check in a real conversation
‘Would a photo without the other customer in it work?’
Fiction inspired by an internet meme, not a resident's quotation or a universal rule of etiquette.
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