 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mutambo wacho unotanga muna 1905 paZuva reGore Idzva naKei ari nherera duku inogara natete vayo vane utsinye. Japan iri kufara zvikuru nokukunda kwayo Russia munguva pfupi yapfuura mukuwa kwePort Arthur. Pazuva rokuberekwa kwake rechigumi nematanhatu, Kei anotiza pamba paamainini vake uye anopinda muchivanze chevaTsutsumi, mhuri yakapfuma inobatanidzwa mubhizimisi rokutengeserana neChina. Mhuri iri kupemberera zuva rokuberekwa kwaShizu, amai vemhuri vane murume akafa akatanga bhizimisi remhuri rokutengesa. Zvisinei, panguva yekuuya kwaKei, bhizinesi riri kutungamirwa naShizu nemuninina wake, Shōsuke. Paanonzwa nyaya yaKei, Shizu anonzwira tsitsi musikana muduku uyu uye anobvumira Kei kugara mumba mavo somusikana. Sezvo makore anopfuura, Kei anoratidza kuda kwechokwadi bhizinesi rekutengesa uye anokunda kuvimba kwaShizu, uyo anomukumbira kuti aroore mwanakomana wake mukuru, Shintarō, netariro yekuponesa bhizinesi remhuri rekutengesa Shizu anotya kuti mwanakomana wake haazokwanise kuramba aripo. Kusiyana nechido chaKei chokutengeserana, Shintarō aifarira mabhuku echiChinese uye akarota kuti rimwe zuva aizova mudzidzisi wechiChinese. Kunyangwe Kei achidanana muchivande nemuninina waShintarō Eiji, anosarudza kutevedzera zvido zvaShizu uye anosiya rudo rwake rwepadivi. Kei anoroora Shintarō uye mushure mekufa kwaShizu, Kei anosara achitarisira zvinhu zvemhuri yaTsutsumi, pamwe nebhizinesi remhuri rekutengesa. Gare gare, maonero akasiyana pamitemo yeJapan neChina anodhonzera mutsetse pakati paKei naShintarō, uye mukaha uri pakati pavo unokura wakadzika zvakanyanya kana Shintarō awana rudo rwaKei rwenguva pfupi naEiji. Zvisinei, Eiji paanodzokera kumba uye anoudza Kei nezvekuita kwake uye maonero ake ekuruboshwe, anoendeswa kumapurisa naKei pachake. Chiito chokutengesa babamunini vake chinoita kuti mwanasikana waKei, Chie, abve pamba paamai vake kuti anogara naShintarō, baba vake. Mutambo wacho unoguma apo munguva yechando iyoyo, Shintarō anoshanyira Kei kumba kwake zvisingatarisirwi. Apo vaviri vacho vari kusanganazve, Shintarō anowira akafa mumaoko aKei. 