As for the story goes, the Lord's head came from a rebel who rebelled against the king of Qin dynasty(in china of course) it was approximately 2004(correct me if I'm wrong) years ago when the rebel was beheaded. He swore to take revenge on everyone who opposed him, bringing his vengeful head to fruition. Qin's king ordered his people to seal the mysteriously weird re skull, so he decided to seal the head in the Land of the rising sun which is we all know Japan. Well of course, if there's something sealed; the chances of having it unsealed is effing big. Which happened in the story, and that's when our bishounen ronin comes in! Akidzuki Youjiro is a descendant of those who sealed the Lord's head, so therefore; he's tasked to reseal the effing wild red skull who loves to float around weirdly.
Art, its good. Considering the series is 7 years old, its pretty well made. The attention on details were fantastic, main characters are pretty drawn too. As for the background characters, its chuck full of samurai-hair-styled guys, you know? Those who have long hairs and bald? Meh, you know it already! And a lot of Kimono girls too! And I actually loved the female protag! I mean she cosplays really goodas if cosplay existed that time, she's an actress in the story. So she's good at makeup and things alike)!
Music? The Opening reminded me a lot of a Magia, the ending theme of Mahou Shoujo Madoka. I don't know why. Well anyway, nothing to discuss about the music on this one, they only had 1 OP and 1 ED, but the music playing on the last episode was kinda good.
Enjoyment? In the early parts, I didn't quite enjoyed it, since there weren't a lot of action scenes. Which you would expect from an action series like this, and then I remembered; Bakumatsu is a historical show. Meaning, a lot of narration was needed. But in the later in the show, it showed a lot of promise of being a good action series, which I quite enjoyed.
Overall. Honestly, I watched the series because of Akidzuki(male protag). My feminine side quickly fell when I first saw him(its not weird to have a feminine side right? Don't get me wrong though! I ain't into Boku no Piko shit!). I mean the detail on him is quite impressive, if I could be like him; I'd make a lot girls bow before me. Kidding aside, the series is a good! As I said earlier, it was a history lesson for me, being I'm not from Japan. I learned a lot from Bakumatsu. So if you're looking for a historical-somewhat-action series with a little twist of magic and some supernatural occurances, I'd recommend Bakumatsu.
(Overall Rating : 8)
