New Delhi: Featuring the historical past of samurai and action merged and woven delicately into a plot that follows the bitterness of a harsh life and the woven tragedy of being an orphan in the changing landscapes of a place once familiar now distant and out of grasp.
The Blue Wolves of Mibu is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsuyoshi Yasuda. It has been serialized in Kodansha’s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine since October 2021. The first arc of the series was completed in April 2024, and the second part, the Shinsengumi arc, started in the same month.
After gaining reverent popularity and a growing fanbase, an anime adaptation of the manga was announced to release this October in 2024.
Historical Shinsengumi Action “The Blue Wolves of Mibu” NEW ANIME TRAILER REVEAL!
Air Date: Oct 19, 2024
Animation Studio: MAHO FILMOriginal Manga by “Days” creator Tsuyoshi Yasuda about a boy joining the Shinsengumi in 1860s Kyotopic.twitter.com/CLsUrJVxQM
— Manga Mogura RE (Anime & Manga News) (@MangaMoguraRE) September 19, 2024
The Japanese release dates of the first volume of The Blue Wolves of Mibu: Shinsengumi Arc manga and The Blue Wolves of Mibu anime have been announced: September 17 and October 19 respectively.
The manga follows the reemergence of Miburo as the Shinsengumi—a group of warriors… pic.twitter.com/byXFFHqck7— KODANSHA (@KODANSHA_EN) September 13, 2024
Plot
In the year 1863, Japan was on the cusp of a dramatic monumental change, the streets were laden with the burning embers of war and bloodshed, political upheaval and rising tensions between masterless, wandering ronin and government samurai set the stage for one of the most turbulent times in Japan’s history.
In the predicament of this growing change, a young orphan by the name of Nio, in the circumstances of his existence, is no stranger to the harsh world and its brutal realities. Despite all this, a fire burns deep within Nio’s heart, a fire that burns endlessly in the yearning for justice, and the desire to make the world a better place.
One day, he crosses paths with two men who are soon destined to become central figures of the coming revolution: Hijikata Toshizo and Okita Souji, two of the founding members of a group of hated ronin known as the Miburo—who would later become known as the Shinsengumi.
Inspired by the efforts of the so-called “Blues Wolves of Mibu,” Nio decides to join the ranks to carve a path in the direction of the world he’s always wanted to create.