
The story shifts away from the clan temple for a while and moves to Matsushita Village School in Choshu, where the young genius samurai Kusaka Genzui is paired with the renowned Choshu samurai Takasugi Shinsaku. Also, there may be readers who are worried that it’s already a complicated story, and adding more characters might overwhelm them, but please understand that during this time, the people of Choshu were properly going a bit crazy under Yoshida Shoin’s teachings. ★This manga is a work of fiction and has no relation to real people or organizations.