Synopsis

Shinpachi Shimura found the Yorozuya altered upon his return; his companions seemed irrevocably changed during his absence. A sense of displacement settled upon him, prompting a return to his family home. There, he discovered his sister, Tae Shimura, betrothed to Isao Kondo. Tae and Kondo then invited Shinpachi to join the Shinsengumi, revealing the news that Tae was with child. He fled to the ocean, lamenting the swift and unsettling transformations of those around him. It was there he learne