Winter Cicada

[Itachisephilover]

It has 3 OVAs and it is really good. I cried in the end. If you want to know why watch it. I don't do spoilers.

[Strawberry]

OOOOOooo, Winter cicada!

Havent seen that since I was a wee lad(A year ago xD)
That is good! Got me hooked on the first :3 I also cried
in the end, also begged it not to leave xD

[Raine]

Winter Cicada
Akizuki and Kusaka

Winter Cicada: 3 OVA's with some hard yaoi scenes, for 18 and over... During the Tokugawa shogunate, Japan is divided into many clans and isolated villages.
Many are against opening Japan to foreigners, and English literature and culture is forbidden.
The Choshu clan, in particular, are a radical sect that will stop at no means to keep their country Japanese-only. They lash out against the government in an attempt to make their exclusionary voices heard.
However, not all the members of Choushu are convinced that remaining xenophobic is the best course for Japan.
Kusaka Touma remains in the clan solely to try and stop his friends from committing crimes against their government.
Due to this view, he meets Akizuki Keiichirou, a high-ranking member of the Bakufu (a pro-English sect who believe that the only way to promote Japan's growth in the future is to allow foreign trade and technology).
Feeling a kindred spirit in Kusaka, Akizuki offers to teach him English, and the two grow close.
However, their meetings don't go unnoticed, and Kusaka's clansmen, Aizawa warns him that the punishment for dabbling in foreign affairs is high.
Despite that, Kusaka continues to see Akizuki, not just because he wants to learn English, but because he's come to love the other man. Kusaka leaves Japan.
As the clash worsens, Kusaka returns in order to fight and implement his ideals, all the while knowing he'll be on the opposite side of the man the loves.

Now the tragic story behind the story really begins... Ah, L'Amour!

Well then you'll have to bear through the first twenty minutes of heavy politics that serves as an introduction to Winter Cicada. But after that, it's all tension, drama, and some of the hottest sex you'll see.

It is a beautiful plot and a tragic love affair between two expert swordsmen...samurai and soldier...