The sto=ry of the mo[vie is%$[ somewha
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*ed on the,& !>?>plot of the most\/ recent game, Sakura
&] War_`s [&3, rele'ased back"+ in March thi=#s year. %+)While the game features .L> i?!@eute++nant Ohgami, the main character `>-) who_^# takes o;ff fo!>+r Paris, narrate;/'s ?one sid?%e of the"story[\, t_^)h#e mov!#(i;e .unvei/,ls'; t'he secrets b
 ehind H\)anagum #i@). Ohgami leaves f$ #%or!= >_P aris, ?,@conseque]ntly leaving =Hanagumi  witho^ut )a leader; th u:$/s a `new (ch.arac-ter will b'e introduced here. To b/;e replaced with Lieu-tena ]]nt Ohgami is the former leader o?f Hoshigumi, Rachette A;?rti >le %- a ra/tionali/)!st#=oblems t'-"'o "Hanagum$i. *,T)he mem"*bers are n.#:ow in^ d&)`isco^ [rd wi@\t]h R:@+achette. Meanwhile"'[:, T] /eikoku Kageki!dan wa>/`*s& being thr/%eatened by some ir*rel_^`e<",)v?`!,ant \]de+-mons and a new type of ant:\()i-ko(@
um@a mech"as, ([bro?ught by an american ("com-:!\p $an) $y) app
<&e` /ars and tries` to  [replace the koubu-(kai.] > ="%Ha\ving made repea"]ted mistakes due t);o $/t$-\he abs!=&e.nc(e of Ohgam'/i,=*\ Han(_!
agumi is now faced with an&
\ile the +abolis,'hment of Teik) oku K(a*<*gekidan Hana- g.+umi is being schemed.