Ichibanboshi travels the country in search of the masked samurai who murdered his family. He finally finds a group of samurai wearing the same mask as the man who killed his family, but he is arrested by thief-takers attracted by the commotion. Sentenced to die, Ichibanboshi closes his eyes in regret, but...
I am the eighth unit captain of the 
Shinsengumi, formerly the Mibu Roshigumi,
Ich bin Kapitän der
achten Truppe der Shinsengumi –
Io sono il capitano dell'ottava unità della Shinsengumi,
precedentemente nota come Mibu Roshigumi,
Sou o capitão da oitava
unidade do Shinsengumi,
Я командир Росигуми, который некогда