Hakuoki ~Demon of the Fleeting Blossom~ (Drama)

A young woman called Yukimura Chizuru travels from Edo to the capital, Kyoto, in search of her missing father. Once there, she's nearly attacked by a monster who is thirsting for blood. The monster, a rasetsu, is slain by group of men feared as assassins, the top officers of the Shinsengumi—Hijikata Toshizou, Okita Souji, and Saitou Hajime. Chizuru stays with the Shinsengumi to search for her...

After learning of a plan to attack the Shinsengumi Command Post, Hijikata and the others decide to raid a meeting of Imperial Loyalists, which include men from Choushuu. The meeting will be held at either Shikokuya or Ikedaya. It's impossible to know which based solely on the information provided by Yamazaki Susumu and the other intelligence agents. With no other choice, the Shinsengumi split...

Under orders from Sannan Keisuke, Chizuru races to deliver a message to Hijikata and his men. Meanwhile, Kondo's squad has charged into Ikedaya where Imperial Loyalists, including ronin from Choshu, are holding a meeting. Though the Shinsengumi troops fight furiously against an overwhelming number of enemies, as they wait for their allies to come to their aid, Kondo and his men... Amidst the...

With the raid on Ikedaya, the Shinsengumi's fame has soared overnight. While on a recruiting trip in Edo, Kondo and the others speak to Ito Kashitaro, who then joins the Shinsengumi. Kondo admires Ito, but the other men harbor more complicated reactions to the situation—Sannan, in particular. While he is still a lieutenant commander, he's unable to follow the path of a swordsman, and with Ito...

Sannan has been using materials left behind by Kodo to continue to try to improve the medicine in secret. He drinks the medicine and transforms into something which is no longer human. After seeing the wound Sannan infected on Chizuru heal in an instant, Hijikata asks her if she's a rasetsu, but... Later, the commotion over Sannan adds to the decision to move the Shinsengumi headquarters to ...

Within the Shinsengumi, distrust of Ito's faction is increasing, and Nagakura Shinpachi's irritation with Hijikata for not saying anything grows. Around the same time, there's a string of incidents in which the shogunate's edict boards that stand along the roadsides in the capital are pulled out of the ground. The Shinsengumi is ordered to guard them. Later, Harada Sanosuke receives a cash ...

Saying that he'd received an appointment to guard the royal tomb with the Goryo-eishi, Ito has left the Shinsengumi. Saito and Todo have joined Ito, leaving the Shinsengumi in pieces. One night, a soldier who has been turned into a rasetsu attacks Chizuru. Hijikata charges in and manages to save her by a hair's breadth, but something strange happens to Sannan. At the same time, Kazama Chikage...

Thanks to Saito, who had hidden himself within the Ito faction, the Shinsengumi have information that Ito is planning to assassinate Kondo. Hijikata orders Nagakura and Harada to go and kill Ito and the rest of the Goryo-eishi. And, if he stands against them, to cut down Todo as well. Chizuru speaks up out of worry for Todo, but Hijikata doesn't listen. Then, one night, the Shinsengumi and t...

The shogunate orders the Shinsengumi to move their headquarters to the Fushimi Magistrate's Office to combat the Satsuma and Choshu factions. A few days later, Kondo is shot on his way back from attending a war council, leaving him on the verge of death. The news makes Okita drag himself, weakened by his illness, to Sannan's rooms. Day by day, the battle with the Satsuma-Choshu forces grows ...

The shogunate orders the Shinsengumi to move their headquarters to the Fushimi Magistrate's Office to combat the Satsuma and Choshu factions. A few days later, Kondo is shot on his way back from attending a war council, leaving him on the verge of death. The news makes Okita drag himself, weakened by his illness, to Sannan's rooms. Day by day, the battle with the Satsuma-Choshu forces grows ...

The Shinsengumi have decided to retreat from Fushimi. Chizuru and Inoue Genzaburo have headed toward Yodo Castle to request reinforcements, but on their way there, Chizuru's father, Kodo, who had been missing, suddenly appears in their path. Their reunion moves Chizuru to tears. She asks him why he disappeared, and what he says in reply horrifies her. While Chizuru is still in shock, Kazama a...

The Shinsengumi have decided to retreat from Fushimi. Chizuru and Inoue Genzaburo have headed toward Yodo Castle to request reinforcements, but on their way there, Chizuru's father, Kodo, who had been missing, suddenly appears in their path. Their reunion moves Chizuru to tears. She asks him why he disappeared, and what he says in reply horrifies her. While Chizuru is still in shock, Kazama a...