So KB and I joke frequently about how Toushirou Hijikata (from Gintama) is Ukitake's replacement-Hitsugaya in Sky Tides. Grumpypants, another Shirou-kun, etc. Tonight we realized something hilariously beautiful. Ukitake and Hitsugaya only share the same last kanji of their first names (郎 , rou). Ukitake and Hijikata on the other hand...have the same first name. 浮竹 十四郎 , Ukitake Jyuushirou, and 土方 十四郎, Hijikata Toushirou.

This will amuse me for a long time. You can't escape, Rou! You're practically family now!