A young samurai, Mizuno Yūnoshin, who was born as the son of a poor Bannerwoman resolves to give his sister a dowry by joining the Ōoku of a seven-year-old girl Shogun, leaving his childhood sweetheart behind to hopefully she find a husband. He adjusts to the life of the Ōoku with the assistance of Sugishita, including the advances of his superiors there. The Shogun dies and a new Shogun who is thrifty but who does not know the customs, Yoshimune takes power. Mizuno rises in the ranks to be in the Personal Attendants [ja] from whom Yoshimune can take a Concubine. She approves of his simple attire and chooses him to be her first Concubine, a position that customarily ensures his death. The morning after, he is taken to a garden to be executed, but is spared by Yoshimune, who gives him a new name and some money and tells him where his still-unmarried childhood sweetheart is. Yoshimune meets a Dutch ambassador by dressing in men's clothes and hiding behind a screen. She violates protocol by speaking within his hearing. Later, she discusses with her entourage about the customs of naming. Yoshimune later dismisses all the beautiful young men of the Ōoku, telling them to marry, and arranges for Sugishita to be a Personal Attendant. Yoshimune seeks out the oldest man of the Ōoku, who she suspects may know more about the strange customs, and he gives her logbooks called the Chronicle of the Dying Day.
Main characters appearing in the Girls' Frontline anime.
Griffin & Kryuger (G&K)
Character
Description
Berezovich Kryuger
Head of Griffin & Kryuger private military company (PMC)
Helianthus (Helian)
High-ranking officer at Griffin & Kryuger who reports to Berezovich Kryuger
Persica
Scientist from 16LAB which provides technology to Griffin. She created the T-Dolls in the AR Team and is involved in their ongoing development.
Gentiane
New commander brought in to command the AR team who is concerned about the lives of the T-Dolls.
M4A1 (M4)
Elite T-Doll from 16LAB and leader of the Anti-Rain (AR) team consisting of herself, ST AR-15, M4 SOPMOD II, M16A1, and RO635.
ST AR-15 (AR15)
Elite T-Doll and member of the AR team
M4 SOPMOD II (SOPII)
Elite T-Doll and member of the AR team
M16A1 (M16)
Elite T-Doll and member of the AR team, M4's older sister
RO635
T-Doll, joins the AR team later
FNC, MP5, MG3
Basic T-Dolls who are former civilian models with less advanced weapons, but are enhanced with Fire Control Cores and Imprint System to enhance their strength.
Sangvis Ferri (SF)
Character
Description
Agent
Acts as the Grand Overseer of Sangvis Ferri and is a Rear Command type android
Executioner
High level Sangvis T-Doll and ringleader
Scarecrow
High level Sangvis T-Doll and ringleader
Hunter
Model SP721 high level Sangvis T-Doll and ringleader
Vespid
Sangvis Ferri regular combat doll whose firepower is comparable to low-end military dolls. They form the main fighting force for small-scale skirmishes.
The "redface pox" has devastated the male population in Japan and women have taken on most of the male roles, primarily relegating men to the role of reproduction and turning combat skills into a male hobby. A young samurai, Mizuno Yūnoshin, from a bannerman family resolves to provide a dowry for his sister by joining the Ōoku of the seven-year-old girl Shogun. He leaves his childhood sweetheart behind and adjusts to the life in the Ōoku with the assistance of the older Sugishita. The young Shogun dies and the mature woman Yoshimune takes become the new Shogun. She shuns the existing conventions and rules, and begins cutting some of the extravagant expenses of the Ōoku. Mizuno rises in the ranks of attendants and Yoshimune chooses him to be the "Groom of the Bedchamber", a position that customarily ensures his subsequent death. However, when he is about to be executed, Yoshimune spares him, gives him a new name and money so he can marry his sweetheart. Yoshimune dismisses most of the beautiful young men of the Ōoku telling them to marry, and takes on Sugishita as her Groom of the Bedchamber. She continues to challenge existing protocols and question the custom of women of power adopting men's names. Yoshimune then seeks out the Chief Scribe, the oldest man of the Ōoku, and seeks information on the past in which she believes men were more numerous. In reply he gives her a book called the Chronicle of the Dying Day. Feature length episode.
