This story spans two generations of brothers, and even two generations of parents and children, who lived through the turbulent times in Japan before, during, and after World War II, leading up to the present day, searching for the light of cause and truth with their bloody hands. It is the song of youth... One Sunday evening in the early summer of 1940,
a grand ball was being held at the residence of Baron Mizukami, a military conglomerate located on a hill overlooking Kobe Port. They appeared in the midst of a gathering of leading figures from the political, business, and military circles. They are brothers Naohiko Hino and Masato. And then the incident happened...!! The great epic poem drawn by master artist Ikki Kajiwara begins!