Bakumatsu Medaka-Gumi

The story takes place at the real-life Kobe Kaigun Sōrenjo (Kobe Naval Training Facility) at the end of the shoguns' rule over Japan during the middle of the 19th century. Many of Japan's aspiring youths are gathered under one roof with one common ambition: protecting their country, even as that country undergoes societal upheaval and struggles over its national identity.