Fan CastingChiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem

March, 1912. A female reporter came to Otaru, Hokkaido, where the survivor of the Shinsengumi, Sugimura Yoshie (then known as Nagakura Shinpachi) lives to learn the truth about Toshizo Hijikata, the demon vice commander of Shinsengumi. At first, Yoshie was thinking of bringing the truth to the graveyard, but when he realized that the girl was a distant relative of Hijikata, he began to tell the truth about the Shinsengumi. Hijikata's story begins in 1859, when he is a violent young man honing his sword skills while peddling his family's medicine. Soon, in his quest to find stronger people to fight, Hijikata starts to come into contact with others who will eventually be his comrades in the Shinsengumi. The first one to make an impression on the brash young man is Kondo Isami, who proves to be a better fighter than Hijikata.