[DeepL Translation - needs review] Introduction to Volume 1: It is a cold morning on New Year's Day. While his family is still sleeping, a young boy named Kankichi opens the door to go to the washroom and finds a young samurai standing there. The samurai's name is Soichiro Senoh. Soichiro has just arrived at a tenement house in Edo, and greets Kankichi more politely than necessary. Soichiro's behavior, which includes staring at octopuses for sale and eating sweet dumplings, intrigues Kankich...
