Ekuqaleni kweNkathi ye-Meiji, idolobha elinamasu eNyakatho, i-Hakodate, seliphenduke isizinda sezilo ezingaqondakali ezaziwa ngokuthi "youjin". Kubonakala sengathi Amandla Amakhulu omhlaba adonsa izintambo ze-youjin. Hyou, intombazane eneminyaka engu-15 ubudala ibilokhu ilwa ne-youjin iyodwa kuze kube manje ngaphansi kokucasha kwenkosi ye-samurai “Miburo”… Ngobunye ubusuku, njengoba u-Hyou elwela ukuphila kwakhe, wasindiswa umlwi ohloniphekile, omuhle, u-Himegami. Ukuhlangana kwabo kuzothinta isiphetho sabo ngasinye. Futhi manje, iqiniso elifihliwe ngemuva komlando lizoqala!
