幕府后期，日本史上相当有人气的其中一个团体，一方面也是令勤王志士们闻风丧胆的年轻集团－新选组。以局长近藤勇为主轴，日本的未来就寄托在他们身上，是描述贯彻自己的信念的幕末青春物语。

Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them.