Hakushuu Murasame

Hakushu Murasame is a character that appears in New Sakura Wars. She serves as Sakura Amamiya's swordmaster. Hakushu was a minor character in New Sakura Wars before becoming a major character in New Sakura Wars the Animation where she operates as a masked vigilante known as White Cape.

Appearance
Hakushu is a white short-haired woman with grey eyes. She has pale skin and red lipstick on her lips.

Hakushu's usual clothing consists of a black outfit with a white cape-like coat. She is seen wearing black boots and carrying her sword with her.

As White Cape, Hakushu wears a white musketeer-like outfit with a white cape, a big white hat and a white mask.

Personality
Hakushu is a silent woman with a gentle personality. She also has the habit of doing word puns.

Background
Not much is known about Hakushu other than she appears to be a celestial being that fell from the sky in a crystallized rock. After falling on Earth in the Eastern Siberian Taiga in Russia in 1908, she flew away as the rock she came on was absorbed by Valery Kaminski, who witnessed her appearance.

At some point, she came to Japan and became Sakura Amamiya's swordmaster. Hakushu also goes to work in an orphanage in Tokyo where she houses demon children that have nowhere to go. She's also revealed to have known Natalia Ruzhkova who calls her a friend.

Before killing Oboro following his last battle with the Flower Division, the demon implies that the two of them have known each other at some point when they used to slay humans together (though the actual circumstances remain unknown).

Episode 1: The Curtain Rises! The New Combat Revue!
In 1941, Hakushu first appears in Russia as White Cape. She attacks a train carrying Klara M. Ruzhkova, a mysterious young girl connected to the Moscow Combat Revue which has recently disappeared. She attacks Klara's bodyguards and takes the young girl with her. As she flees, a black-winged demon, also in pursuit of Klara, appears and pursues the swordswoman. Both opponents then fight on top of the train for Klara until their battle is interrupted by three individuals: Lancelot of the London Combat Revue, Elise of the Berlin Combat Revue and Seijuro Kamiyama of the Imperial Combat Revue (all three were dispatched to investigate the mysterious disappearance of the Moscow Combat Revue). After the three individuals suggest White Cape to release Klara, the woman did so before leaving the scene and making her way back to Japan.

Episode 2 : Identity Unknown! A Mysterious Foe Appears
Hakushu's activities as White Cape become known of the public after several appearances which include saving a young demon boy from two men after he stole some bread. Her sightings annoy Hatsuho Shinonome of the Imperial Combat Revue who considers her a menace.

White Cape reappears later when Sakura and Klara are attacked by a black-caped individual. Despite the assistance of the other Flower Division members like Hatsuho, Clarissa, Azami and Anastasia, Black Cape took Klara and looked like he was going to escape until White Cape stopped him in his tracks. White Cape jumps down in the alley and puts down Klara on the ground before fighting Black Cape in a sword battle. Sakura is surprised to see that the attacks of both opponents are countering each other. Sakura is then taken out of her thoughts by White Cape who calls her by her name and says that she's not a spectator. Understanding the swordswoman's words, Sakura takes her sword and slashes Black Cape in the stomach. With Black Cape cornered, White Cape praises Sakura who thanks her. However, Black Cape jumps on a rooftop and escapes. Sakura then goes to Klara and asks if she's okay while White Cape silently steps away. Seeing White Cape leave the scene, Sakura runs in pursuit wondering how this masked woman knew her name. She follows White Cape into another alley but instead finds her swordmaster Hakushu who asks why she's so worked up. Sakura asks her if she has seen someone peculiar with a white mask pass by with Hakushu stating that a very dashing individual might have passed. When Sakura asks where did this dashing individual went, Hakushu says that White Cape ran away on the roofs. Hakushu salutes Sakura and leaves the scene with the young girl being suspicious of her swordmaster's answer.

Episode 3 : Tokyo Trembles! The New Moscow Combat Revue!
Hakushu, disguised as White Cape, is on a roof where she watched Kaminski's Moscow Combat Revue easily destroy a demon on a bridge when the Flower Division were overwhelmed because of Hatsuho's reckless actions.

Episode 5 : The Goofball Detective Combo! Find Klara's Secret!
Hakushu reappears again as White Cape at night where Klara is once again kidnapped by Black Cape. Black Cape hangs to a balloon to escape with Klara still in his arms. However, it is then stopped when his balloon is cut by White Cape who arrives to save Klara. Klara falls from the sky and loses consciousness before being caught by Clarissa Snowflake. The young noblewoman and Azami Mochizuki then watch as Black Cape and White Cape confront each other. However, Black Cape simply retreats with White Cape leaving soon after.

Episode 6 : Strange and Bizarre! The True Identity of Black Cape!
Hakushu appears in the Imperial Theater's Dining Room where she salutes the Flower Division. The group joins Hakushu for breakfast where Sakura presents her to Klara who has never met Hakushu before. However, to her surprise, Hakushu already knew Klara's identity and origin which prompts Sakura to ask her master how did she knew her about friend. Knowing that she could not tell Sakura the truth without revealing her identity as White Cape, Hakushu lies by saying that she heard rumors in Tokyo about the Flower Division hiring a new member coming from Russia. Hakushu and Klara shake hands with the young girl being pleased to meet her. The older woman also asks Klara is she's happy around with Klara saying that everyone is being considerate to her. Klara then notices that Hakushu looks familiar and asks her if they have met before. However, Hakushu ignores the question and says that now she's had breakfast, she's ready to go. She then adresses her student which makes the latter look with a confused face.

Hakushu leaves the Theater with Sakura and Klara. She says she wants the girls to help her clean a storage room at the orphanage she's working at. In reality, this is a ploy to use Klara to lure the person who was pursuing Klara. While Sakura tries to tell her master that she's has more important stuff to do and that Klara doesn't need to come, Hakushu says that Klara is probably happy to go out more often with Klara saying that she's happy to. All three women take the tramway to the orphanage not knowing they were being watched by Black Cape.

After arriving at the orphanage, Klara is intrigued by the orphanage being a shrine but Hakushu and Sakura say that it is a temple and that shrines and temples are different due to different religions and that temples are similar to churches. After entering the temple, the three women are greeted by children who ask Hakushu why she hasn't come to visit them recently. Hakushu says that things have come hectic and that she will try to make an effort next time. The children's attention turn over to Klara whose pretty and exotic looks intrigue the children. They surround Klara in curiosity and ask her where she's from. Klara answers that she's Moscow which prompts the children to ask her if it's far away. Hakushu tells the children to now overwhelm Klara that much. One young boy called Naoya approaches and asks Hakushuu if Klara is the girl she told him about with Hakushu nodding.

Klara and Sakura help Hakushu by cleaning the storage room. As Sakura is moving some boxes, Hakushu tells Klara about how she's friends with the priest of the temple and that he offered the temple to help children. She also asks Klara is she's truly happy as things are now but the young platinum-haired girl says that she doesn't know. Suddenly, an explosion occurs with the children outside screaming. Hakushu looks up saying that  they  have arrived earlier then predicted.

Klara runs outside to find Sakura confronting Black Cape. Seeing her friend, Sakura tells her friend to run but Klara was unable to move out of fear. Black Cape moves and tries to grab Klara who could only close her eyes in fear. Hakushu suddenly grabs Klara with her left arm and easily pushes back Black Cape with her right arm and leg. Her movements attract Klara's attention who thinks she has already seen those moves before. Naoya takes Klara to safety while she and Sakura fight against Black Cape.

Hakushu and Sakura are suddenly joined by the rest of the Flower Division who have been tipped anonymously by Hakushu a few minutes ago. Sakura climbs aboard her Mugen which was brought along. The Flower Division and Hakushu then pursue Black Cape to the forest in the nearby mountain for a fight.

Hakushu assists the Flower Division in their fight against Black Cape. After launching attack after attack on the mysterious individual, Black Cape's clothes get burned down revealing its true nature as a robot-like entity. It then attacks with increased agility and speed by jumping on Clarissa's Mugen. Hakushu jumps and attacks Black Cape but her attack is stopped when the robot moves his arms backwards which impresses Hakushu. Despite its speed, Black Cape gets damaged by its enemies which causes it to levitate nearby rocks and fuse with them.

Black Cape reappears in its true form : a rock monster with purple crystals all over its body which shocks the Flower Division. With its newly found strength, Black Cape fights against Hakushu who transforms into White Cape. The masked woman is able to hold back her own against it much to the surprise of the Flower Division. After a small scuffle, White Cape instructs Sakura and the Flower Division to attack the demon and aim for the demon's core which is the blue crystal located in its chest. Despite its best efforts, Black Cape is destroyed when Sakura uses her special attack Cherry Blossom Blizzard to destroy the demon's core. The core's destruction causes Black Cape's body to be engulfed in a red explosion, destroying the demon once and for all. However, the explosion, which is witnessed by Klara, triggers the young girl's memory to return in the form of a vision where Klara watches the Moscow Combat Revue fall in front of her. Horrified by the memory, Klara screams which alerts Sakura. Sakura exits her Mugen and hugs a teary Klara to comfort her as Naoya and the Flower Division look at them with a worried look. White Cape silently watches from afar.

Later at the Theater, Hakushu reveals that she was using Klara as bait to lure out Black Cape in the open as she knew they will come after Klara. Sakura reprimands her master for putting her friend in danger but Hakushu says that Klara's safety was her top priority and that she brought Sakura to protect her as she knew her student was able to do so. Sakura then asks Hakushu how did she knew that Klara was being pursued by someone. Hakushu responds by asking what kind of master she will be if she does not know what was happening to her pupil recently. The other girls then talk about Black Cape's identity as a robot with Anastasia suggesting that someone must have builded the robot to capture Klara. As they wonder about who their unknown enemy is, Sakura is disappointed that they are at the same place as they were before and that the nightmare is not over yet. However, she also says that she and her friends will keep protecting Klara as she' s part of their family.

Before leaving the Theater, Hakushu talks to Klara and says that Naoya told her about how Klara has already found the place that she belongs to. Klara tells Hakushu that she's really happy living at the Theater with the Flower Division.

Episode 7 : Stealth Mission! Tail the Date!
Hakushu takes the orphanage children out to town where she bumps into Sakura who is with Seijuro. Sakura asks her master what she's doing there while Hakushu asks Sakura is she's on a date with her Captain. Sakura blushes until Klara steps forward revealing that this wasn't really a date.

Hakushu notices that Itsuki Saijou was spying on Sakura from afar. Hakushu tells her student that she's being followed which leads to Sakura thinking that someone is trying to capture Klara again. With a smile, Hakushu suggests Sakura to take Seijuro and Klara elsewhere with the young girl agreeing. Hakushu sees Sakura take her friends away as she tells Sakura and Klara to have fun.

Episode 8 : Nonstop Chaos! The Combat Revue Challenge!
Standing above a cliff, Hakushu watches over the stadium holding the competition between the Imperial Combat Revue and the Moscow Combat Revue. She watches a massive column of white light (caused by Klara) invading the skies which prompts her to jump down and make her way to the stadium.

Episode 9 : Unbelievable! The Truth about Klara!
After witnessing the terrible events at the stadium, Hakushu found an unconscious Klara who flew away from the stadium after awakening her powers. Hakushu decided to bring Klara to her orphanage.

Hakushu greets Klara when she wakes up from a terrible nightmare. The white-haired woman tells her about how she found her and brought her back to the orphanage. Hakushu mentions that she couldn't leave Klara by herself but Klara answers back by saying that maybe she should have. Klara tries to stand up but almost falls before being caught by Hakushu. The older woman tells her to rest but Klara says that if she doesn't go, she will bring trouble. Hakushu asks Klara is she has regained her memories to which the young girl says yes and that as a result, she could never go back to the Imperial Theater. Klara is then approached by Naoya, the boy she met last time, who reveals that she should stay in the orphanage. Naoya approaches with his eyes glowing red, revealing his identity as a demon. Hakushu proceeds to tell a surprised Klara that no children in the orphanage will ever judge her. While watching the other children, Klara deduces that the orphanage children are actually demons just like Naoya.

The young girl reveals her story about how she and Kaminski's henchwoman Leyla, who is her real sister, are actually human-demon hybrids known as Nadezhda. Both of them were created by the scientist Natalia Ruzhkova who has hoped that the Nadezhda will lead to a new age of coexistance between humans and demons. All three were living happily until Kaminski approached and joined the project as a volunteer while promising Natalia that he will further her research. Unfortunately, Kaminski secretly desired to acquire the Nadezhda's powers to rule the world. To that end, Kaminski seduced Leyla into joining him and attempted to get Klara as well. When Natalia found out, she escape with Klara and contacted the WLOF to retrieve Klara and protect her from Kaminski. Klara went to meet up with the Moscow Combat Revue near Petrograd but the Revue's airship was shot down by Kaminski's forces. The airship fell down and was engulfed in an explosion that killed the Moscow Combat Revue and caused Klara to develop amnesia.

Klara fears that now that the Imperial Combat Revue knows about her true identity, they will try to kill her as it is their duty to destroy demons. However, Hakushu and Naoya reveal that they are people like Natalia who desire for humans and demons to coexist and that it will take time for that world to become a reality. After mentioning that the children at the orphanage befriend one another regardless of race, Hakushu asks Klara who her family is. As Klara agrees that the Flower Division will accept her no matter what, Leyla lands at the orphanage after tracking down Klara. After attacking Naoya, Leyla threatens to have the Moscow Combat Revue harm all of the present children should Klara not come with her. Leyla grabs Klara and runs away with the rest of the Moscow Combat Revue. Hakushu orders Naoya to watch over the other children as she runs in pursuit of Leyla.

Now dressed as White Cape, the swordswoman arrives to save Sakura from one of Leyla's comrades. While Sakura and Hatsuho are shocked to see White Cape again, the vigilante tells to not stand and keep fighting Leyla's group. After seeing her comrades eliminated by the Flower Division, a cornered Leyla turns into her Nadezhda form and pins down Hatsuho's Mugen on the ground. Leyla turns over to Klara and tries to persuade her that no one will accept her as they will see her as a monster and that Kaminski will embrace her with open arms and accept her for what she is. However, White Cape frees Klara from Leyla's Ekaterina which makes the young girl fall before landing on the book of Clarissa's Mugen. White Cape rejects Leyla's claims by saying that Klara needs someone who needs her and vice-versa. When Klara questions why White Cape would know that, the vigilante reveals herself to be Hakushu, the friend of Klara and Leyla's mother, Natalia.

Hakushu watches Klara tell her older sister that she chooses to remain with Sakura and the Flower Division. As Klara reaches out to grab the hand of Sakura's Mugen, Kaminski uses the Sevastopol to launch an energy beam on the Flower Division causing a massive explosion. The attack seriously injures Sakura and makes her lose consciousness. Hakushu runs to rescue Sakura from her exploding Mugen and succeeds but fails to rescue Klara who is taken away by Leyla.

Episode 10 : The Destruction of Tokyo? The Rage of Tunguska!
After Klara was taken away by Leyla, Hakushu and the Flower Division returned to the Imperial Theater with a severely injured Sakura to figure out what is their next move.

Later, Hakushu, Sumire, Kaoru, Reiji and the Flower Division assemble in the Control Room to watch a live broadcast of Valery Kaminski who uses a weapon known as the Rage of Tunguska (powered up by an unconscious Klara) to wipe out a mountain near Tokyo and threaten the entire world to surrender to him or be destroyed.

Afterwards, Hakushu and the Flower Division are contacted by Seijuro who, along with Lancelot of the London Combat Revue and Elise of the Berlin Combat Revue, has slain the director of the WLOF who was revealed to be a puppet planted by Kaminski a year ago. After Sakura and the Flower Division decide to not abandon Klara at the hands of Kaminski, Seijuro turns over to Hakushu who steps out of the shadows. Confirming that she's the friend that Natalia Ruzhkova told him about, Seijuro says that while he has many questions for her, he doesn't have the time. He asks Hakushu to watch over his girls until he manages to come back home. Hakushu is unsure about his demand but agrees to do so.

In the Hangar, as the Flower Division and their Mugen are preparing to be shot to the Sevastopol, Hakushu (dressed as White Cape) approaches Sumire. Sumire asks her if the White Cape getup is necessary with Hakushu saying that the Flower Division has their customs while she has hers. The swordswoman tells her that she will follow the Flower Division as she promised Seijuro that she will watch over the girls. Reiji then brings Hakushu inside one of the capsules and says that he cannot promise a safe journey as they were not built to hold one person. With everybody ready, Reiji launches the Flower Division and Hakushu all the way to the Sevastopol.

After arriving inside the Sevastopol, Hakushu and the Flower Division make their way only to be confronted by Kaminski 's mechanical dolls which are called the Moscow Fakers by Hatsuho. Suddenly, all of the dolls turn into golem-like demons which remind the girls of Black Cape's true form with Azami confirming that Black Cape was another one of Kaminski's minions and that he was behind everything. While Clarissa fears that they cannot fight all of those demons due to them struggling with Black Cape before, Hakushu tells the girls that it's not time to rest as she runs to attack the demons. The Flower Division immediately join the battle with the girls easily gaining the upper hand. After slaying a few demons, Hakushu then tells Sakura to take care of the remaining demons themselves as she will go to take care of the Rage of Tunguska. With her student agreeing, Hakushu leaves the scene.

Episode 11 : A Fantastic, Tragic, Love! Leyla's Heart!
After destroying the Rage of Tunguska, Hakushu arrives during a confrontation between the Flower Division and Valery Kaminski. Recognizing Hakushu as the godly figure he saw in the past, Kaminski calls Hakushu a false god and that her presence disgusts him. Hakushu casually says that flattery will lead him nowhere. While the woman says they didn't have the pleasure to meet, Kaminski tells her that they have met before the day his life was changed. Hakushu says that everyone tells her that before introducing herself as White Cape. After Kaminski says that Hakushu keeps disappointing her, the vigilante asks him what will he do now that she has destroyed the Rage of Tunguska. Kaminski laughs while asking Hakushu if she's forgot that he' s God. Noticing a mysterious blue light around, Hakushu realizes that the young man is rebuilding. Needing some time to fix the Rage of Tunguska, Kaminski orders Leyla to fight the Flower Division. Hakushu tells Sakura and the Flower Division that she will put an end to Kaminski before he finishes the repairs while the girls handle the rest.

Whle Leyla fights the Flower Division, Hakushu listens as Leyla tells Sakura on how she joined Kaminski as he proceeded with his plans and fought to get his feelings. When Kaminski tries to brainwash Leyla to get rid of her feelings, Hatsuho wonders if Leyla was fighting the Flower Division against her will. However, Hakushu says that Leyla's feelings for Kaminski are very real and that Kaminski is just twisting them to manipulate the girl. Suddenly, Hakushu and everyone are surprised by Leyla overcoming her brainwashing before being sent against a wall by an angry Kaminski.

With his cannon repaired, Kaminski orders Klara to fire the Rage of Tunguska again as Hakushu and the Flower Division moves in to stop him only to defend against blue energy shots. An injured Leyla stands up and flies towards Klara to rescue her. Kaminski fires an energy shot at her only to be blocked by Hakushu. When Leyla asks the vigilante why did she protect her, Hakushu answers by asking if a sister's love isn't enough to protect her. Leyla approaches Klara and calls out to her but is mortally wounded by Kaminski much to everyone's shock. Mortally injured, Leyla breaks all of the cannon cables and saves Klara. An explosion sends Leyla and an unconscious Klara on the ground. Hakushu and the Flower Division run to the sisters' side.

After Klara woke up, Hakushu and the others watch as Leyla tells Klara to leave and go back to her new family. A massive fire appears and seemingly kills Leyla. Klara tried to reach out to Leyla but is held back by Hakushu. The white-caped swordwoman, Sakura and the Flower Division can only look down in sadness and frustration that they have failed to save Leyla. Shocked at the sight of Leyla's supposed death and angered by Kaminski mocking her sister, Klara suffers an emotional breakdown and her powers begin to go out of control in front of her friends. Hakushu and everyone else could only stand still as a white light in the shape of angel wings engulfs the Sevastopol.

Episode 12 : The Grand Finale! Hope for Tomorrow!
Following Klara's awakening, Hakushu backs down alongside the Flower Division. As an angry Klara stares at him, Kaminski tells her it's time to fufill her destiny as he takes out a blue crystal as an attempt to tame her. Anastasia fires at Kaminski who is then attacked by Hakushu. The young man is blocked by Hakushu and the Flower Division as Sakura approaches Klara. After a few minutes, the swordswoman succeeds in calming her friend. Furious, Kaminski charges at Klara but is blocked down by the girl who sends him against a wall. As the Flower Division faces the young man, Hakushu tells Kaminski his farce is over but he laughs by saying they have not realized the Sevastopol's true power. He reveals the ship can absorb the power of a demon.

Jumping away, Kaminski grabs two damaged cables from the Rage of Tunguska to transform himself into a semi-crystallized form. When Sakura asks her teacher what that is, Hakushu calls his new form an abomination. Kaminski calls her words shortsighted and reveals he will use the energy he drained from Klara to fuse himself with the Sevastopol while thanking Leyla and Klara for helping him achieve this. With his new strength, Kaminski fights back against Hakushu and the Flower Division only to learn that the Sevastopol is being attacked from outside by the other Combat Revues. Kaminski tries to prevent the Flower Division from escaping but is being stopped by Hakushu who tells the girls to leave. After the girls leave, Hakushu tries to fight Kaminski only for him to escape her. Hakushu escapes the Sevastopol and jumps off the ship to get on Sakura's Prototype Obu. After reuniting with the Flower Division, Hakushu is asked about what happened to Kaminski with the swordswoman saying that he escaped her view. As the heavily damaged Sevastopol falls down in the ocean and explodes, Hakushu says that there is no way Kaminski could have survived that even with his powers.

Unfortunately for the Combat Revues, Kaminski survives the explosion and fires back from underwater. To the surprise of everyone, Kaminski fuses with the Sevastopol to create a giant golem-like monster. Through the use of massive energy beams, Kaminski is able to overwhelm the Imperial Combat Revue and the other Revues. Hakushu, who hangs to Seijuro's Mugen, and the Revues then start to attack in unison against Kaminski but are unable to withstand his attacks. Kaminski then starts making his way towards Tokyo with the Revues after him. As he keep walking, Kaminski creates a large number of magic circles which summons flying demons.

Having arrived in Tokyo, Kaminski fires his energy beam only for his attack to be blocked by Clarissa's magic wall. As all the Flower Division members unite and stand up to withstand the attack, Hakushu uses her mysterious power to increase the magic wall's resistance to send back the attack on Kaminski. Heavily damaged, Kaminski runs to attack but is confronted by Sakura and Klara who have fused their Prototype Obu and Tenjin together.

Kaminski electrifies the girls in an attempt to kill them but suddenly, Leyla, who was engulfed earlier by fire, manifests herself as a spirit to drain his powers and immortality away. This allows Sakura and Klara to get closer and expose Kaminski. An angry Kaminski cannot stop Sakura from stabbing him in the chest, killing him. After Kaminski's entire body dissolves into nothingness, Hakushu reunites with the Flower Division.

Following Valery Kaminski's death, Hakushu is sitting on the Imperial Theater's roof alongside a kitten while the Flower Division are doing a stage number alongside Klara who has officially became a member of the Flower Division. Hakushu looks at the clock tower and says it's time for her to go. With her wings, Hakushu flies away to parts unknown while promising Sakura and the Flower Division that they will meet again.

Powers and Abilities
Master Swordswoman : Hakushu is a strong swordswoman who taught Sakura Amamiya how to wield the sword. Hakushu is talented enough that she can hold her ground against a demonized Leyla while carrying Klara with one arm and a completly transformed Black Cape.

Flight : Hakushu is able to fly with her wings.

Immense Magical Power : Due to her identity as a divine being that came from the sky, Hakushu holds mysterious abilities that are unknown to other people. In the final battle with Valery Kaminski, Hakushu used her power to strenghten Clarissa's magic circle allowing her to send back Kaminski's energy beam at him.

Immortality : Hakushu is implied to be immortal and possibly ageless as she was shown to have her current appearance when she arrived on Earth in 1908 which is 33 years before the events of New Sakura Wars the Animation.

Trivia

 * When Hakushu confronts Oboro, it is implied that both he and the woman knew each other at some point. While it is never mentioned how and when they met, it is highly probable they met after Hakushu fell on Earth from the sky as New Sakura Wars the Animation reveals that she does not come from this world.
 * Kaminski reveals that Hakushu fell from the sky aboard a meteor-like crystal which left a giant crater in a forest. This description likely refers to the Tunguska event, which was a massive explosion (likely caused by a meteor) that destroyed around 80 million trees in the Eastern Siberian Taiga on June 30, 1908 and became one of the largest impact events ever on Earth. The fact that Kaminski uses a cannon named after the event implies that Hakushu's arrival on Earth is actually the Tunguska event as depicted in the Sakura Wars universe. This means that Hakushu arrived on Earth in 1908 which is 33 years before the events of New Sakura Wars the Animation.