Synopsis

This is the two episode SP prequel that was aired prior to Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem – Kyoto Kessen-hen.
 
The hotheaded delinquent Hijikata Toshizo spent his days constantly getting into fights. But after meeting Kondo Isami, Yamanami Keisuke, and Okita Souji, he found his first true family at the Shieikan dojo.
 
Through a life-or-death battle against the infamous swordsman Okada Izo, who terrorized Edo with a string of deadly street killings, Hijikata forged an unbreakable friendship with his comrades and vowed to face Okada again.
 
Driven by their shared ambitions, the group eventually traveled to Kyoto. Waiting for them there was the overwhelming brutality and madness of Serizawa Kamo—and the unstoppable tide of a turbulent era that would change their lives forever.