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The historical novel series depicts Heizou Hasegawa, who metes justice on wrongdoers and supervises the crackdown on arsonists and robbers in Japan's Edo period (1603-1868).
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Season 1

Tanbei of Chigashira
Edo has been suffering from crimes led by Tanbei of Chigashira. Heizo is faced with a mystery when jailed Kumehachi claims that he is not the real Tanbei. Kumehachi remembers Tanbei as a boss who abides by the three articles of a true thief. Heizo took Kumehachi's word and ordered him to find the real Tanbei.

Honjo, Sakura Estate
Heizo finds out about the continuous incidents happening at the Kakunosuke Hattori residence and as he heads out, he reunites with Samanosuke Kishii.Hearing that the evil Kakunosuke is scheming a robbery, he surrounds the estate and arrests the clan. But there he finds Ofusa, the first love of both Heizo and Samanosuke...

The Evil Scent of the Hakubaiko
One night, Heizo gets attacked by a ruffian. Hanshiro Kaneko was searching to avenge his father and became an assassin. His last job was to assassinate Heizo and was set to quit the life of an assassin. Hanshiro attacked Heizo who was visiting the boathouse, however...

Blood Battle
Heizo got a visit from Omasa of Nusubito Sake Shop. Now a thief, Omasa left a rough and brutal clan to serve as Heizo's spy. Then Genpachi, a clan member, appears and reports to her that they will carry out the robbery the day after tomorrow and leaves. Omasa follows Genpachi but gets kidnapped on the way...

Yanaka, Iroha Tea House
A burglary occurred at the dry-goods wholesaler where 15 people were slaughtered. It was detected as the doing of Shugoro of Hakabi's clan. Omasa tells Chugo that they can use the money given by her regular customer, not knowing he is in fact Shugoro of Hakabi.

Secret Theft Tactics
Heizo becomes accompanied by a thief named Zenpachi of Isa. He admired Heizo's ability and character and approached him with the idea to rob the estate of the notorious Ichigoro Masuya. On the day of the burglary, they escape with the cashbox. Zenpachi goes back inside claiming that he dropped the book of "Secret Theft Tactics."

Clay Pot Smashing Boy
Arson Theft Control struggled to investigate Gohei Ishikawa, a member of a notorious clan led by Shinbei the Viper. As a child, he was abused by his step-father. While Heizo was in Kyoto, the abuse escalated and led to him stabbing his step-father to death. He ran away from Edo and resented Onihei for the incident.

Retreat of Okawa River
Heizo realized his pipe, a valuable keep-sake of his father, was gone. After patrolling the city, he stepped into a boat where Tomogoro, the boatman was smoking with the very pipe that was stolen. Tomogoro proudly revealed how he stole Heizo's pipe to frustrate the feared "Onihei" of Edo.
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