About the Manga - Kaze Hikaru

Winner of the Shogakukan Manga Award in the Girls' Category, 2003. This manga has been running in Flowers magazine in Japan since 1997 and as of April 2006, has passed its 100th chapter and is on it's 19th volume. The series has recently come to the United States via Viz, where it runs in its Shojo Beat manga anthology magazine. The first collected volume came out in January, 2006 with new releases every 5 months or so.

The series starts with a young girl in disguise joining a group of ronin that have gathered in Mibu, a village of Kyoto, and follows the Shinsengumi through history, always seen through the eyes of Sei. Will she be able to remain in the Shinsengumi? Will she have to become a "demon" in order to wield a sword? Almost ten years into the series, her full story has yet to be told.