More than eighty years after the fight with the Itto-ryu that made him a legend, the immortal swordsman Manji is living in seclusion in Tosa when a loyalist named Ryouma Sakamoto comes looking for him and asks him to protect the Tosa men pushing to remake the country. Manji follows him to Kyoto for the first time, where the Shinsengumi are waiting, and crosses blades with real historical figures like Okita Souji and Hijikata Toshizou. This sequel manga sets Manji's ageless wandering inside the final years of the shogunate.