Around 1691-92: The land is ruled by the Satomi clan. Inue Shimbē Masashi and his twin younger sister, Fuse, had lost their parents, so they become the new clan heads. Inue also becomes leader of the Hakkenshi, 8 elite warriors loyal to the Satomi clan.
Present time, 1991-92.
The Hakkenshi are reincarnated into normal people, each of them connected to a bead containing a kanji…