
This project was first released on October 31, 2005. This project page was last updated on October 27th, 2007.>
The end of the Edo period, the Bakumatsu (between 1853 and 1867), was an era of uncertainty and chaos, a time when the line between right and wrong was indistinguishable. During this era, Hijikata Toushizou, determined to live by his own rules, led his reformed Shinsengumi—formerly a ragtag group of mercenaries which became the elite Samurai fighting force of the shogunate—to glory. This is the story of his life.