Aoarashi No Tabibito Jo

[Machine Translation] The year is 1862. The story takes place in the Iyo Matsuyama clan (Ehime Prefecture) at a time when the Edo shogunate, which had been in power for 260 years, was just about to disappear. A daughter named HISUI and her younger brother Sukichi, who were raised at the Saginoya, an old inn that has been in existence for generations, make the acquaintance of Tatsunoshin Aomi, a young samurai of the clan, after he saves them from a near-death situation. One day, Sukichi, who is devoting himself to saving people with his medical skills, is ordered to accompany the training of the local foot soldiers as an apprentice doctor. Jade, who dislikes war more than anyone else and longs for peace, sees it as inevitable that Sukichi will eventually be sent to the real battle, and decides to disguise himself as a man and accompany his brother.

文久2(1862)年―。舞台は、260年間続いた江戸幕府がいま、まさに消えようとする頃の伊予松山藩(愛媛県)。代々続くおへんろ宿「さぎのや」で育てられた娘ヒスイと弟の救吉は、危機一髪の場面を救われたことをきっかけに、年少の藩士・青海辰之進と知り合う。医術で人を救うべく精進する救吉に、ある日、郷足軽隊の調練に医師見習いとして同行せよと命が下る。誰よりも戦を厭い、平和を願うヒスイは、やがて救吉が真の戦に送られることは必定とみて、男装して弟に同道することを決意する。