Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru - Season 1 (2016)

Izuminokami Kanesada has manifested. Meanwhile, the ten thousand leaf cherry tree is in full bloom. The sword warriors enjoy viewing the cherry blossoms underneath the tree but trouble brews when Jiroutachi ends up drunk...

While the Sword Warriors are wrapped up in the joy of one of the Five Great Swords of Japan appearing, dispatch orders come down from Master.

Yamatonokami Yasusada and Kashuu Kiyomitsu are preparing to go on an expedition in Edo. However, just before they leave their master falls ill. On their trip, the group heads into the mountains to collect medicinal herbs that can relieve a fever.

Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki suggests that everyone heads to the beach. Along with new arrival, Urashima Kotetsu, the hopeful 17 Sword Warriors enjoy their first brush with the ocean.

Tonbokiri and Nihongou arrive at the citadel and finally all three spears are together. A blue bird appears on the veranda and Nihongou is desperate to catch it for a certain reason. The three spears work together and chase after the blue bird.

Nakigitsune is enjoying cooking with Kogitsunemaru and Mikazuki Munechika. Meanwhile, dispatch orders come for Mount Atsukashi.

Aizen Kunitoshi and Hotaru can't help but be worried about making things work out in the citadel with Akashi Kuniyuki and his lackadaisical behavior. During all this, strange things keep happening around the citadel.

Dispatch orders arrive for the Ikeda Inn, and Captain Yamatonokami Yasusada vows to annihilate the History Retrograde Army in order to avenge his previous loss there.

Yamatonokami Yasusada happens to encounter his former master, Okita Souji, on the first floor of the Ikeda Inn. Becoming a member of the Shinsengumi, he infiltrates the Ikeda Inn with Okita. Feeling uneasy, Kashuu Kiyomitsu goes after Yasusada...