The last few months, if that much, of Souzou Sagara. His wife, his daughter and his friends all watch as his life is steadily turned upside-down, before it must come to an end.

A girl does something stupid and is sucked into preMeiji Japan. It is a lawless time. Men live in fear of each other. The strong prey on the weak. Parents sell their children. A pretty girl on the street is likely to be kidnapped and sold to the brothels.