Meiji Gekken: 1874

In the bustling streets of Tokyo in 1874, a former samurai named Shizuma Orikasa finds new life as a rickshaw driver after the fall of the samurai era. As he searches for his missing fiancée, Sumie Kanomata, who disappeared during the tumultuous Boshin War, Shizuma's peaceful life takes a dramatic turn. Thrust into the midst of a conspiracy, he joins the newly established police force to combat a plot that threatens to overthrow the Meiji government. His day-to-day challenges involve navigating through the complexities of modernization while clinging to the remnants of his past.

Alongside Shizuma’s story of loyalty and justice, a mysterious swordsman, Kyoushirou Shuragami, emerges within the ranks of the Moriya yakuza clan, entangling their fates in a complex web of intrigue and power struggles that will determine the future of Japan. Kyoushirou’s ambitions and skilled swordsmanship make him a formidable player in the political machinations brewing within Tokyo’s dark alleys. The interwoven destinies of Shizuma and Kyoushirou highlight the ironies and hardships faced by those caught between the old ways of the samurai and the new era of the Meiji period.