Not for the first time, Itou wondered how he would even begin explaining just exactly what their series was to anyone. It gave him a headache every time he thought about it.

"I'm not really the type to share jests with others." Another shrug, but he hadn't been careful this time and it was quickly followed by a wince. "My name is Itou Kamotaro, adviser to the Shinsengumi." If she was from Meiji 11, she was even ahead of him in years. Itou had died well before that, and yet she was as backward as Japan had been when he had been born.