I wouldn't wish teenage Hijikata on Shoto; he was a violent little shit!! Perhaps they'd have been unnecessary rivals or something... but hell, at least they'd both have been angsty boys with family baggage.

I'm happy to backtag until the cows come home!! But yeah, we're making headway on last year's threads, and I'm always happy for new ones. Gravestone-Faced is a go for these two!! And aw Shoto, you shouldn't have... he's such a good squire already (well, in Hijikata's opinion he already was one before he really became one, simply for his eagerness to learn).