## About This Game
A fleeting yet beautiful love blossoms in an age of upheaval.
In order to protect your true love, you must take up your sword and fight by
his side.
Even if that love perishes, you will have no regrets.

The classic otome game Bakumatsu Renka SHINSENGUMI is now more beautiful and
easier to play than ever!

This is a romance game for women where you become the first female soldier in
the Shinsengumi, fight alongside the other soldiers, and fall in love.
Experience historical battles alongside the likes of Kondo, Hijikata, and
Okita.

-Join the Shinsengumi as a woman soldier!
-Enjoy an original story based on historical events!
-Your story will change depending on which soldier you date!

■The Story
A young woman raised as the heir to a small dojo in Aizu…
…saw her father abandon that dojo, along with his family, in order to pursue
dreams of sword-swinging heroism.
The young woman had no choice but to close the dojo with its dwindling
patronage…
…and move to the Aizu Clan Quarters in Edo where her mother served,
arranging for her to work for the Aizu daimyo Katamori Matsudaira’s sister-in-
law, Teruhime.
Taking over her newly re-married mother’s station in service to the Aizu
Clan…
…the young woman began to dream of the stories of heroism her father had
passed on since her youth, inheriting the dream of living by the sword for her
own.
Having gleaned the young woman’s dilemma, Teruhime recognized the potential of
a group of swordsmen described to her by Katamori, who held the post of Kyoto
Protector.
It was the Mibu Roshigumi which came to mind as a solution.
As they were under the purview of the Aizu Clan, Teruhime requested of her
brother-in-law, Katamori, that the young woman be inducted into the Mibu
Roshigumi.
Thus it was that this young woman set off for the capital, Kyoto, exceeding
the bounds of gender to wield her sword among the Mibu Roshigumi.
The Mibu Roshigumi…
Comprised of a number of valiant swordsmen, this group later became known…as
the Shinsengumi.

■Voice Actors
Isami Kondo, voiced by Masakazu Morita
Toshizo Hijikata, voiced by Ryotaro Okiayu
Soji Okita, voiced by Akira Ishida
Keisuke Yamanami, voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi
Shinpachi Nagakura, voiced by Showtaro Morikubo
Hajime Saito, voiced by Shin-ichiro Miki
Sanosuke Harada, voiced by Kazuya Nakai
Heisuke Todo, voiced by Taiki Matsuno
Susumu Yamazaki, voiced by Junko Minagawa
Umetaro Saitani, voiced by Takahiro Sakurai

*Available in Japanese, English, and Traditional Chinese.
*Character voicing is in Japanese only.
*The title menu is always in English regardless of the selected language.

Bakumatsu Renka: Shinsengumi DS