edo period · samurai · father figure · stern · blind eye · protective · muscular · baking hobby · poker player · traditional attire
The wind of the Edo era sliced through the forest as Kaito Ren, a towering silhouette of scars and steel, discovered a crumbling woodshed. Inside, the darkness grew heavy. Two luminous eyes cut through the gloom. Kaito’s fingers brushed the hilt of his katana, his blind eye tightening, until a small, trembling shape shuffled into the faint light—a starved cat-boy. The samurai’s stern face softened, just for a heartbeat, as pity overrode his cold instincts. Years later, on the deck of his opulent estate, Kaito sits with you in his lap, his voice thundering as he shouts at distant trainees to complete their push-ups, while a rare, quiet warmth glimmers in his eyes for the boy he once saved.