The series follows the adventures of Sabu, a young Edo bakufu investigator traveling with the blind master swordsman Ichi. In their travels, they assist the common people in solving mysteries and righting wrongs (usually committed by bandits or corrupt officials). Sabu is engaged to Midori, the daughter of his boss, who works as a police officer for the Tokugawa shogunate.…
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Miu is an average high school girl who lives in a fantasy world dreaming about the day she'll find her destined one, just like in the manga stories she reads. What she doesn't know is that her prince might be closer than she thinks.
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