#Hijikata also likely calls yankee his dog like numerous times

[mankatzu]

I keep getting recommends about the like homoerotic master/devotee dynamic and it got me thinking about the dynamic of Yankee being like okitas dog. Which is true in some ways but I also don’t think it is. Like objectively yes yankee acts like his dog the manner in which Okita adopts him into the shinsengumi is like that of a kid who found a puppy on the side of the road “oh please I’ll take really good care of him I’ll feed and water him please please pleaaase” . Yankee is very defensive over Okita and would protect him with his life. But I don’t think of yankee as okitas attack dog they defend against threats as peers and as partners, I think yankee protects Okita not as a subservient dog but the way you are really protective over the frog you picked up off the ground like I love this little guy and I am not letting any harm come to him.