幕末的江户，终日打架斗殴、被称作“刺头”的土方岁三，与近藤勇、山南敬助、冲田总司等人命运般相遇，在试卫馆第一次获得了如同“家人”般的羁绊。后来，他与在江户掀起血雨腥风的辻斩魔冈田以藏展开生死决斗，在刀光剑影中结下无可替代的友情，并约定日后再战。
然而，当他们怀抱大志上洛之时，等待着他们的却是芹泽鸭压倒性的暴力与疯狂，以及同伴的背叛与死亡这一残酷现实。
本剧改编自橋本エイジ和梅村真也的同名原著漫画。

Follows the Shinsengumi samurai corps during late-Edo period Kyoto, centered on former street fighter Hijikata Toshizo and his brotherhood with Kondo Isami and Okita Soji as loyalty, betrayal, and war test them.

Elementary school alumnus are held captive in a school and forced to play a fatal game "Jinroh Game."