Bakumatsu - S01

The Bakumatsu was an era when young men's souls burned with anxiety for their country's future. Takasugi Shinsaku, a soldier of fortune from Choshu, sneaks aboard a government ship with his comrade Katsura Kogorou in search of a mysterious "timepiece" with the power to manipulate time that he fears the government wants to keep for itself. Rather than let such power fall into the wrong hands, Takasugi plans to destroy the artifact, but once he has it, it is quickly stolen, forcing the pair to chase the mysterious thief to the seat of government in Kyoto. When they reach the capital, however, they find that the government has been overthrown and the deity Susanoo now reigns in its place. The city's streets and the people in them are much different from what Takasugi and Katsura remember. The times may have changed, but their mission has not: Takasugi and Katsura resolve to reset time and save their nation from the sinister forces trying to hijack it.