Obscure character, GO!

[underthepines]

Mundane-san, I admire your dedication to scholarship in this instance, but truly, it's not necessary. I've done my part - the future is in their hands, now.

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[kidzura]

[someone is staring at you]

[someone is staring a hole through you]

[japansnewdawn]

[What's this? You seem familiar somehow.]

Ah... hello?

[kidzura]

[!!!]

[rather than shyly remaining half-behind that tree, he shouts back]

It's not hello, it's Katsura.

[kidzura]

[and then half-inching out from behind it]

...Are you a samurai?

[japansnewdawn]

[Well, yes, it is Katsura, isn't it? ...he may not have worked this out yet.]

...yes?

[kidzura]

Ah, really? What kind of samurai?

[and he's now completely in the open, unabashed, not bothering to bow or really show any signs of respect whatsoever, eyes intent and curious]

I have not decided what kind of samurai I want to be yet. It seems like there are lot of options. My best friend Gintoki is going to be a cake samurai, but I don't think that is a real thing.

[kidzura]

If it is, though, I might be a soba samurai... but then I can't be a hamster samurai. ...It's a troublesome decision!

[japansnewdawn]

[What kind... wait. Somehow, this now makes sense. Except that it doesn't. At all. Was there a warp tube he missed falling down? How is this possible.]

Ah. That's...

[He pauses] Ramen samurai.

Gintoki will grow up to be nothing but a bum samurai who lives off the kindness of others.

Soba would be a good choice.

[kidzura]

A soba samurai would be better than a bum samurai, but he doesn't like soba... Isn't there anything I can do to help him...?