[Machine Translation] A masterpiece depicting the agony and hope for the coming modern nation at the end of the turbulent Edo period! Manjiro Imutani, a samurai, and Ryoan Tezuka, a doctor, fulfilled their missions while being tossed about by the currents of the times. This is a moving romance at the end of the Edo period that depicts the lives of these two men and the dawn of the modern nation, while mixing in the author's own roots! In the second volume, by chance, Manjiro is selected by Abe, an old man, to escort Harris and Husken on their mission to the United States. Abe had planned to have Manjiro lead the army in the future. Synopsis: In the midst of the Great Ansei Earthquake, Manjiro, eager to see Oseki, comes to a seaside temple with a group of people who had sought refuge at Zempukuji Temple. There, Manjiro met Oseki again and received a reply from her that she would marry him if he did not kill anyone. However, Manjiro is accused by a mobster of violating his territory on the seaside, and Manjiro slays the man. The next day, Manjiro goes to Tezuka's house and tells Ryosen that "Ryouan is the husband that Oseki will welcome" and leaves. Although Manjiro could not keep his promise to Oseki, this saga was heard by Abe, the old man ( ep. 1 ). Hearing Manjiro's saga, Abe summons him to the castle. There, however, Manjiro happens to learn of a plot by the doctors to assassinate Ryosen and beats up Taki. Manjiro was suspended from his house arrest for this, but he was soon released and summoned back to the castle by the old lieutenant. Manjiro is taken to ...... ( Episode 2 ). Character Imutani Manjiro (a retainer of the Matsudaira clan, gifted with a sword). He is gifted with a sword), Tezuka Ryoan (son of doctor Tezuka Ryosen. He is a womanizer but a skilled swordsman), Tezuka Ryozen ( Tezuka Ryozen's father, a Dutch doctor. Okon (episodes 4, 5), Okon (episode 5), Yukichi Fukuzawa (episode 5), Tohei Ushikubo (episodes 1, 7), Harris the American envoy (episodes 5, 6), Husken the American envoy (episodes 5-7)