[ "constantly walks around shirtless for no reason" souji was talking about hijikata not you, shinpachi??? ]

Just the fact that he's a different version is weird enough, don't you think?

[ Souji still thinks that's weird, okay?! Also when Souji thinks about it, nothing particular about the other Hijikata really stood out to him. No shirtlessness, no gender bender. This time. Only the similarities really stood out to him. ]

I guess you could say that it's weird in that he's similar to the Hijikata-san we know too.

[ It sure got Souji to think. Like are there just some things that will always be the same no matter what? Like the Shinsengumi? Like tuberculosis.... ]

His hair's longer, but he's just as much of a nag and just as tiresome to be around. Oh, and still a terrible poet. That must be a universal trait.