You are the shogun’s daughter and the next ruler of Japan. Many people oppose your ascension because you are a woman and are fed up with the Tokugawa’s reign in Japan for many centuries. Rebels plan to assassinate you and your father tasks the Shinsengumi with guarding you

You are against this because you want to win over your people in your own way, through diplomacy with the rebels and bringing Japan into a new age. You don’t believe you need the Shinsengumi, confident in your own skills with a katana. Besides, relying on them might only provoke the rebels even further

You have an audience with the Shinsengumi, led by Isami Kondo, to inform them that you don’t require their services

However, Hijikata, the vice-commander, is in a bad mood and instead of accepting your decision, he declares that he will personally become your bodyguard and protect you. The problem is, you don’t want this

Toshizo Hijikata is a LI from the otome game Era of Samurai: Code of Love