The story about two ninjas who are in love but come from two families that are in a hatred war against each other. As the two ninjas are trying to create peace between their families there is a battle between trying to possess a scroll which will lead to the winning clan being supported by the Tokugawa government and the death of the losing clan.
There is a lot of amazing kills in this anime, if you like blood and just a kill after kill after kill type anime you will LOVE this one. The characters are amazing and strong, each have a great power that makes it all the more entertaining.
A bit of romance make these genre of anime all the greatest the two fighting for their love but it being very difficult.
In general if you like historical, ninjas, violence. powerful characters, a strange sense of humor, a bit of nudity and a lot of killing this is an amazing anime