So... that spiderman shirt... (new job tease)

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Shippu again with your tone. Assuming now that I don't know the definition of mental gymnastics? Seriously?

1. First you dismiss the Blue mage because during the anniversary event. The NPC didn't add mage to the end of blue? Your argument is pure semantics. They were clearly referencing Black, White what comes after red or don't you mean Blue?

2. You said Blue mage has rarely appeared more than Samurai? That right there is a bold faced Lie. You can just count the games, heck go to the final fantasy wiki and type in blue mage and samurai and compare their appearances. You say that blue mage doesn't count because its not always refereed to blue magic. Again pure semantics your focusing on the words and not the substance.

3. Raubhan: You claim he has nothing to do with Blue Mage? Where is your evidence. All you do is say he has nothing to do with Blue mage and hes just a throwback and means nothing. Do you have any evidence compared to just your opinion. Your belief that its just a coincidence that Raubhan and his sword are modeled after the blue mage character. Well guess what, That isn't proof that's just your opinion and the equivalent to burring your head in the sand because it doesn't fit with samurai. Everyone is entitled to their OPINION but OPINIONS are not FACTS. The FACT is Raubhan is called the "Bull of Ala Mhigo". He wears beast themed armor, he has a blue mage's name and a blue mage's sword. When he fought Ilberd He made bestial noises and Roars that humans don't make. It doesn't take a leap of faith to believe that FFXIV Raubhan could be a possible blue mage.

4. Again your belief That the Red and Blue color scheme mean absolutely nothing, that its just a coincidence is you again burring your head in the sand because it doesn't fit Samurai. You have no evidence that it means nothing, again that's just your belief and frankly believing that its all just a coincidence is akin to willful ignorance. You keep offering your opinion as if its gospel but its not.

5. Dark Knight wasn't too obvious? Scarlet Witch literally meaning red mage, wasnt too obvious compared to Silver Samurai? I see that you completely disregarded wolverine whom could have fit far more nicely as a samurai than spiderman. Yoshi-P already said the shirt didn't refer to sam raimi but you treat this too mean, oh no yes it does mean Sam Raimi. Samurai confirmed! Again you offer no proof that he actually meant the opposite of what he said, just your die hard belief that it means samurai.

6. You use Occam's razor like a magic spell. Yes it's the simplest hypothesis that the sam files are real but again that is not a fact, it does not refute that it could be a troll or misdirection since its not out of Yoshi-P's character. Simplest does not always mean the most correct or true. Again this is your Opinion, just like my Opinion is that those data files are misdirection.

7. Yes, Yoshi did say that Shogun was replaced by Dark Knight because Dark Knight fit more thematically with Ishgard. Well guess what, just because it was replaced does not mean that shogun is next in line. Also Shogun was replaced because it didn't fit the theme. How does Samurai fit the theme of Ala Mhigo more than a blue mage? The pattern of no real evidence but mere Opinions/Speculations continues with you.

In conclusion, you offer nothing but opinions as evidence that Samurai is the next class. You dismiss speculation about blue mage but you argue semantics/wordplay and offer your own samurai speculations as fact. Sorry, I remain unconvinced. Nothing you argued confirms samurai over blue mage. Your arguments are OPINIONS just like mine.