Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier of the Restoration Army, returns to Sawando, his hometown, to announce the end of tyranny.

In this love story set in the Edo period, 27-year-old Oharu is a genius in the kitchen. Oharu attracts the attention of the master chef of the Kaga Domain, who arranges for her to marry his son and heir, 24-year-old Yasunobu. But, Yasunobu is cold to his new wife, and he's more interested in swordplay than cookery.

A tragic love story involving the 5th Shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty and a woman who became one of his concubines.

After the Akuma castle and clan were destroyed by Tokugawa Ieyasu in the year 1616, Vox Akuma tended to his wounds in a cave by the ocean until he was awoken by a savage hunger.