Yuki Kurimoto

İorph halkı, beşeriyetten fersahlarca uzakta yaşayan; günlük olayları Hibiol denen bir kumaşa nakşeden bir topluluktur. Yüzyıllarla ifade edilen ömürleri boyunca dış görünüşlerindeki o dinçliği asla kaybetmezler. İorphlu öksüz bir kız olan Maquia, yalnızlığın beraberinde getirdiği o melankoli duygusu eşliğinde; arkadaşlarıyla birlikte mutlu bir hayat sürdürmektedir. Ancak İorph'taki bu sukûnet ortamı Mezarte'nin istilası yüzünden allak bullak olur. İorphlu kanının bahşettiği uzun ömre gıpta ile bakan ejder süvarileri; Maquia'yı arkadaşlarından koparacak, yerinden yurdundan edecektir.

A brother and sister learn their biological grandfather was a kamikaze pilot who died during World War II. During their research into his life, they get conflicting accounts from his former comrades about his character and how he joined his squadron.

Rina and Aoi are a pair of identically dressed girls who become influentially popular in Harajuku. Through the kind favors of suspicious talent broker they appear in a music video, but afterwards, it is only Rina who is recruited by a talent agency.

Saigo Takamori, the hero of the Meiji Restoration, was born to a poor, low-ranking samurai family in the Satsuma domain (present day Kagoshima Prefecture). His simple honesty caught the attention of its charismatic feudal lord of Satsuma, Shimazu Nariakira. Nariakira’s assertion that the love of people is what will enrich and strengthen the nation captivated Saigo who took on Nariakira’s secret mission and eventually became a key person for Satsuma. Not a portrait of him survives today and much of his life is a mystery. He is a man who was twice exiled and thrice married. He overthrew the Tokugawa Shogunate with exceptional bravery and action. Although he accomplished the restoration, he lost his life in a fight with the new Meiji government.

July 1590, Odawara. Toyotomi Hideyoshi's army had surrounded the Odawara Castle for over 3 months, hoping to conquer this last obstacle to his dream of the country's unification. Standing at the gate of the castle, a lone man facing the menacing guards shouted out: "Do not throw your lives away. Treasure living!". Not long after, the castle gates opened and the reigning lord surrendered. The name of that man is Kuroda Kanbee. An excellent military strategist, he worked hand-in-hand with Hideyoshi to unify the country.