"So..." Sogo Doma wore an equally strange expression. "What exactly is the conflict between samurai and idols?" Everyone: "..." Ah... well, okay, it was not just Mr. Katsura who thought there was a problem—they found it strange too. A conflict between samurai and idols... They could not quite put it into words, but...
"Have you ever seen a samurai who was an idol?" Kotaro Katsura asked.
"Do Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro count?"
"They were sword masters!"
"But in terms of fame, they were not that different from idols..." Sogo Doma said, pinching his chin. "They were both figures people only came to know through hype..." Everyone: "..." Was it really okay to speculate about history like that?
"Of course not..." Even Kotaro Katsura could not hold back any longer. That was more like it. Everyone actually felt as though they had been thinking the same thing as him, even if Mr. Katsura had only refuted a single sentence...
"Idols at least need to know how to sing and dance. I do not recall Miyamoto Musashi and the others..." Everyone: "..." He was focusing on the wrong thing!
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"Maybe people back then thought duels were singing and dancing?" Before they could speak, Sogo Doma raised a finger again. "Katsura Kotaro, times are constantly changing..." Everyone: "..." That was changing way too fast!
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"But no matter how things change, I have never heard of samurai working at a transgender bar..." Everyone: "..." That sounded disturbingly real!
"..." Even Kotaro Katsura froze for a moment. Fortunately, he was no pushover. "Sogo, samurai need jobs too. Whether it is a transgender bar or working as a housekeeper, they are merely ways to make a living. And the reason you have never heard of samurai working at transgender bars is because transgender