Kaze Hikaru, Vol. 33

by Watanabe, Taeko

• ISBN13: 9781974755608
• ISBN10: 1974755606
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2025-09-02
• Publisher: VIZ Media LLC

Summary

Romance between "swordsmen," based on a true-life adventure of a young girl determined to be a part of history.

Posing as a man, Sei trains with the Shinsengumi and does her best to survive the turbulent times. Although she can see that former councilor Ito Koshitaro is manipulating the Shinsengumi for his own purposes, its leadership is slow to respond. Meanwhile, Nakamura Goro—an Ito sympathizer and hopeless romantic—takes it upon himself to try to “rescue” Sei! Unfortunately for Goro, a tender relationship has developed between Sei and Assistant Vice Captain Soji, the only Shinsengumi member who knows her secret!

Posing as a man, Sei trains with the Shinsengumi and does her best to survive the turbulent times. Although she can see that former councilor Ito Koshitaro is manipulating the Shinsengumi for his own purposes, its leadership is slow to respond. Meanwhile, Nakamura Goro—an Ito sympathizer and hopeless romantic—takes it upon

Author Biography

Taeko Watanabe debuted as a manga artist in 1979 with her story Waka-chan no Netsuai Jidai (Love Struck Days of Waka). Kaze Hikaru is her longest-running series, but she has created a number of other popular series. Watanabe is a two-time winner of the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award in the girls’ category—her manga Hajime-chan go Ichiban! (Hajime-chan Is Number One!) claimed the award in 1991, and Kaze Hikaru took it in 2003.

Watanabe read hundreds of historical sources to create Kaze Hikaru. She is from Tokyo.