During the Meiji era (a period in Japanese history spanning from 1868 to 1912, marked by the country’s rapid modernization), Satoko Kirigaya had only one desire: to get married in order to preserve her family’s honor—even though she didn’t have long to live. But when an assassin tries to take her life, she offers to marry him! Shinpei Goto accepts the offer, but it could very well end up backfiring on her…