Hiko, the last hope of the Kitakata, is a powerful samurai who remains undefeated, and he meets Isshinta, a farm boy who was drafted into the military who then deserted, while rescuing him from some samurai from Nagumo, and they escape from the reinforcements. The lord of Kitakata and his family were executed. Nagumo resumed its attacks on Kitakata and broke the peace treaty. Princess Natsu begged Hiko to take her from Iwano, but he let Iwano take her so that Kitakata would find peace. The princess of Kitakata, Natsu ( 夏津 ?), was forced to marry Iwano Hirosaki ( 岩野宏先 ?), the ruler of Nagumo. Kitakata was much weaker than Nagumo, so the two forged a peace treaty. In the story, the country of Kitakata ( 北方 ?) and the country of Nagumo ( 南雲 ?) went into a war. Hiko is not the main character, but the role is taken by young farm boy, Isshinta ( 一心太 ?). Hiko also sports the same length of coat with a slightly different collar than the one the character of the same name wears in Rurouni Kenshin. He is in full samurai armor, and utilizes the 'Hiten-Mitsurugi-ryū' Style of Kenjutsu Swordsmanship. Its storyline involves Hiko Seijūrō as a Samurai of the Sengoku Jidai (Warring States period) of Japan. It is collected in Rurouni Kenshin tankōbon volume 6, as the third end of volume special. The story tells the tale of a former Hiko Seijūrō ( 比古清十郎 ?) who has the same name as the Hiko Seijūrō in Rurouni Kenshin. It is his first professional work, which is indirectly set in the Rurouni Kenshin world. Crescent Moon in the Warring States ( 戦国の三日月 Sengoku no Mikazuki ?) is a manga written by Nobuhiro Watsuki back in his days as a manga artist assistant.

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