Ngethuba lokuqalisa kwe-Meiji Era, idolophu ecwangcisiweyo eMantla, iHakodate, iye yaba yindawo yokwakha izidalwa eziyimfihlakalo ezaziwa ngokuba yi "youjin". Kubonakala ngathi aMandla aMakhulu ehlabathi atsalela imitya ye-youjin. U-Hyou, intombazana eneminyaka eli-15 ubudala ebesilwa ne-youjin eyedwa kude kube ngoku phantsi kwesitayile senkosi yama-Samurai “Miburo”… Ngenye ingokuhlwa, njengokuba u-Hyou wayesilwela ubomi bakhe, wasindiswa ligorha elihle nelilungileyo, uHimegami. Ukudibana kwabo kuya kuchaphazela ikamva labo. Kwaye ngoku, inyaniso efihliweyo emva kwembali iza kuqala!
