Swords are banned and violence on the streets is prohibited. However not everyone approves of this government.
Groups of people fight against it hoping to bring it down.
In the midst of a turmoil, a young swordsman with a scar on his cheek, who was secretly the legendary swordsman Hitokiri Battosai, meets up with Kaoru Kamiya of the Kamiya Kashin Ryu. Kenshin then joins up with Kaoru. His skills, Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu, proved to be useful in protecting others. Together with Kaoru, the brawler Sagara Sanosuke, and the samurai orphan boy Myojin Yahiko, they fight to keep peace in Japan's new era.