Amanqanaba okugqibela eSengoku (amazwe alwayo) eJapan. Isimo esisoloko sihlolisiswa kwi-manga yaseJapan ngokusebenzisa izigcawu ezicacileyo zeemfazwe, ama-Samurai kunye neempawu zobukroti, imbeko kunye nokunyaniseka. U-Iwaaki Hitoshi unesibindi sokuchasana neenkozo ezidumileyo ngokungagxili kwii-unifiers ezidumileyo ezi-3, kodwa ngokubonisa amabali oluntu kutshintsho. Ukutshintsha ngokukhawuleza kwenkcubeko kunye nolindelo lweklasi kugxotha abantu abadala ngokuchasene nabaselula, abadiniweyo bemfazwe xa kuthelekiswa nabaphembeleli bemfazwe, kunye neparochial ngokuchasene nokucinga okungalunganga. Ibali lokuqala, "I-Snow Ridge," lijonga indawo eguqukayo yama-Samurai kunye namaphondo ngelixa ibali lesibini, "Sword Dance," lijongana nokuziphendukela kwe-kendo ukusuka kwimfazwe ukuya kubugcisa.
