Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20180816143252/@comment-6036561-20180818121709

Elveonora wrote: So Mitsuki doesn't usually eat food? How does he sustain himself then... from the sun? lol

Honestly I think it's a mistranslation, or that something went missing during the translation.

If I remember correctly, we have already seen him eating burgers with the other genins... so maybe Orochimaru meant that he usually doesn't eat anything "unnecessary" (so, anything outside the meals?)