Hiraoka Fumika was an average girl who worked in a small tea shop on the streets of Kyoto. She believed she was content with life as it was, and was fearful yet intrigued of the changes that threatened her home country. Sakamoto Ryouma was a ronin who wanted to see Japan change with the times. And he'd do a lot to make it happen. Of course, Fumika would end up involved with him.