As the power of the Tokugawa shogunate wanes, anti-establishment forces gather in the town of Kyoto, waiting for an opportunity to overthrow the shogunate. Katamori Matsudaira, the governor of Kyoto, needed the power of the Shinsengumi, including Isami Kondo, Toshizo Hijikata, and Soji Okita, to restore public order in Kyoto. In addition, Ryoma Sakamoto, Shintaro Nakaoka, Kogoro Katsura, Takamori Saigo, and other men who ran through the turbulent end of the Edo period at the risk of their lives ignored the history of the end of the Edo period.