Izigaba zokuvala ze-Sengoku (Warriing States) Japan. Isilungiselelo esivame ukuhlolwa ku-manga yesi-Japanese ngezigcawu ezicacile zezimpi ze-gory, ama-samurai, nemisebenzi yobuqhawe, ukuhlonishwa, nokwethembeka. U-Iwaaki Hitoshi unesibindi sokuphikisa okusanhlamvu okudumile ngokungagxili kuma-unifiers angu-3 adumile, kodwa ngokubonisa izindaba zomphakathi osenguqukweni. Ukushintsha ngokushesha izinkambiso zamasiko kanye nokulindela kwekilasi kuhlanganisa abadala nabancane, abakhathele yimpi ngokumelene nabashisekeli bempi, kanye ne-parochial ngokumelene nokucabanga phambili. Indaba yokuqala, "I-Snow Ridge," ihlola indima eshintshayo yama-samurai nezifundazwe kuyilapho indaba yesibili, "I-Sword Dance," ikhuluma ngokuvela kwe-kendo kusuka empini kuya kwezobuciko.
