During the turbulent Bakumatsu, a group defends the capital city of Kyoto and the Tokugawa Bakufu: the Shinsengumi. The man known as a "demon" throughout the group: Vice Commander Hijikata Toshizo. The top swordsman in the group, one who looks up to Hijikata: Okita Souji. But deep inside Okita's heart lies an Okita who hates Hijikata with a passion... and that Okita is about to awake!! *Included one-shot: Hana no Gotoku (花の如く, Like a Flower)*
The series focuses on Saitou Hajime and Hijikata Toshizou of the Shinsengumi, the police force from the Bakumatsu era that spelled the end of the shoguns' rule over Japan. The new story is set in the Aizu region of northern Japan. (Source: Anime News Network)
