Shura no Toki – Age of Chaos

Mutsuen Meiryū Gaiden: Shura no Toki (陸奥圓明流外伝 修羅の刻) Even since the Heian era, the members of the Mutsu family have practiced an unarmed martial art, the Mutsu Enmei Ryuu. They walked the path of the undefeated and were called the Shura,

The 15-volume-manga, published by Koudansha since 1989, contains eight story arcs. The anime contains three of them. The first revolving around Mutsu Yakumo in the early Edo era, the second revolving around his son Mutsu Takato, and the third revolving a descendant of the Mutsu family, Mutsu Izumi, during the Bakumatsu.shiori/kisshoumaru can't help but continously long for yakumo after her guardian jii dies she decides to run away to prevent her supposed political marriage and ends up falling over a cliff.rescued by a fishermen couple she is welcomed to stay until she is well.in the seventh episode it is shown that yakumo has feelings for shiori reflected in the way he panicked when she found out she left. yakumo not wanting to let lori worry made an excuse to go the toilet.then quickly went to to shiori's room only to find that she's not there just then someone gives lori a letter for yakumo saying that if they want shiori back yakumo has to fight the kuki clan. shiori not expecting yakumo to come but hopes because she knows yakumo is a trustworthy person.yakumo then comes with lori and the priest and ask if they id anything unpleasant to her. after yakumo defeats the kuki clan he battles musashi and wins as he about to approach shiori princess yuki suddenly come and tells yakumo about the battle he won.shiori thinking yakumo will never love her walks awy only to be stopped by yakumo saying something about mon and then asks her if she will lend her shoulder to him and falls down in to her arms. it is possible that yakumo and shiori got married there for resulting in the birth of another mutsu.mutsu takato.