Screenplay
하나구미의 대장인 오오가미 중위가 파리로 유랑을 떠나고, 크리스마스 공연으로 분주한 대제국 극장에 한명의 소녀가 나타난다. 소녀의 이름은 라쳇 알타이르. 하나구미에 새로이 배속된 라쳇은 호시구미의 전 대장으로 언제나 합리성과 개인주의를 따르기 때문에 하나구미의 멤버들과 충돌을 겪는다. 그리고 제도에 나타는 의문의 강마와 싸우는 하나구미 앞에 압도적인 강함으로 강마를 처리하는 정체불명의 인형연기, 야프키엘이었다.
Screenplay
The battle for the Capital city of Kyo rages as warring political factions vie for power against hereditary rulers. After the murder of her parents at the hands of her seditious uncle, a young girl named Kintoki flees to the mountains to lead a harsh life; she is renamed Kai Doh Maru by the local villagers. Rescued by Raiko, the Captain of 'The Four Knights' - honorable defenders who protect the peace of the city, she is raised within their group as a boy. Living among the Knights, she learns the practices of martial arts and develops into a skillful samurai, becoming a permanent member of their team. Now, as a young woman of seventeen, she begins to discover new feelings of passion and love for Raiko... but she also discovers that these new emotions cause a storm of jealousy and rage in another woman linked to her past.
