今か今か (Imakaimaka) (Patreon)

Or 'eagerly/impatiently awaiting'.

Upon hearing of the absorption of a popular-in-the-mid-to-late 2000s entity into the mouse-eared monolith, I was thinking about this one side character.  Don't get excited, he goes the route of most anthro side-characters in Japanese media.   At least there will always be episode 291...

Enjoy.  And take this as confirmation as I'm back but I'll detail more on that in the coming days.