Blade of the Immortal (Mugen no Junin): Bakumatsu no Sho 9 (Afternoon KC)

[Machine Translation] Ryoma, whose life is being threatened by various clans, may have realized his own mortality, and nominates Manji as the second captain of the Kaientai. Will Manji be able to protect this hero? At the end of the Edo period, Manji visits Kyoto with Sakamoto Ryoma. Waiting for them was the Shinsengumi, who controlled the "Itsubandai. After the battle of Ikedaya, Itsubandai challenged Manji and the others to an all-out battle, but was defeated without success. When the Satcho alliance was formed, Ryoma proposed a bloodless revolution through the Grand Seihokan instead of overthrowing the shogunate by military force. Ryoma's life is now in danger not only from the Shogunate but also from other clans. Meanwhile, inside the Shinsengumi, Hijikata Toshizo orders Okita Soji, who is suffering from the aftereffects of lung removal surgery, to return to Edo.

諸藩から命を狙われる龍馬は、己の死期を悟ってか海援隊の二代目隊長に万次を指名。果たして万次はこの英傑を護ることが出来るのか？江戸末期、万次は坂本龍馬と共に京都を訪れる。待ち構えていたのは「逸番隊」なる部隊を操る新選組だった。池田屋の戦いの後、逸番隊は万次らへ総力戦を挑んだが、あえなく撃退される。やがて薩長同盟が成立すると、龍馬は武力倒幕ではなく大政奉還による無血革命を提言。龍馬は幕府のみならず諸藩からも命を狙われる身となる。一方、新選組内部では土方歳三が、肺の摘出手術の後遺症に苦しむ沖田総司に対して江戸帰還を命じた。