The Bakumatsu Chapter

"Bakumatsu" is the name for the short last period of the old Japanese government, just before it fell due to Japan's opening and the beginning of the Meiji Era in 1968. It was a rather chaotic era.

In this chapter you play a ninja named Oboromaru, whose mission is to secretly enter a big mansion, and from there free a prisoner and get him out of there. The mansion is big and full of guards, but you can decieve some and hide from others. Or kill them all if you want! The object in this chapter is to find your way through the maze-like mansion. Rooms and corridors are everywhere, but by exploring bit by bit, you gradually learn how to move. Traps and enemies everywhere. And the poor Oboromaru is all alone.

This chapter is rather like a "normal" RPG, only the maze-like element is more put forward. Even so, it's a great chapter, and very challenging. The story takes an interesting twist near the end. The character designer for this part is Gosho Aoyama.