As it gets darker and darker in the northern hemisphere, I turn to Doshin the Giant's excellent OST that I listen to on it's own all the time to remind me of sunnier days.
Pixel art of a skilled and accomplished Ichidoshin police officer, trained and distiguished for his fencing skill.
He is fiercely loyal to the Machi-Bugyo Police Magistrate, and by extension the Shogun.
Skilled in the Nito-Ichi-Ryu style of fighting, as will as specializations in Kodachi-Jutsu/Tantojutsu, using his Katana longsword as more of a bladed baton like Kendo, and mainly focusing on pointwork, with bats and slashes with his longsword when one's guard is open.
In the ranks of the police, he is in the 2nd Position, First Rank, the Three Positions being Higher Samurai, Lower Samurai (including the Doshin), and Non-Samurai, with the Rank system being kanji characters attributed to a Doshin, denoting accomplishment and seniority.
It is customary for ranks being inscribed on the belt of an officer, with that practice spreading to Shogun-Alligned Dojo.
He looks for oppuritunities to fight people who look like good swordfights to death, using false charges as a pretense.
After apparently sleeping on my phone last night, I woke up to this screenshot with no further context to be found. Every sentence hits like a freight train.
I saw someone draw eyes like this and decided I wanted to try drawing like that so I made a chibi Doshin. I actually kinda like how he came out, despite not being my best drawing (mainly the body lol)