Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Priestess of the Dragon Palace Character Intro
finally! proper intro! tomorrow is animate girls festival (agf) and there's a segment for ryuumiko so obviously i have to stop procrastinating 😂
as per usual, disclaimer: english & japanese aren't my native language. translator's note will be at the very end of the post. if you find a mistake, feel free to point it out! hope you enjoy it!
From the capital beneath the waves, a journey across distant time and spaceー
On a boat to Dan-no-Ura, college student Yuikawa Akari encounters an unprecedented storm. Monsters swarmed the sky above.
The one who protected her was a graceful man clad in kimono.
"In the name of the Taira clan, I, Kiyomori, shall lead the way, my lady."
Carrying Akari in his arms, he throw himself into the deep sea.
What awaits them is the place where the Dragon God reigned, the city of water, the "Dragon Palace". Chosen as a "Priestess" by the Dragon God, Akari will embark on a journey with the "Eight Leaves"ーheroes who have left a mark in historyーto save time and space.
Yuikawa Akari
An honest and gentle college student
Role: Priestess of the Dragon God
World: Modern/Dragon Palace
CV: Seto Asami
Age: 20
Birthday: Set by player
Character design: Mizuno Tohko
A college student in the modern world. 20 years old. Summoned to the heavenly realm "Dragon Palace" as the Priestess of the "Dragon God", the great god of time and space. Gentle by nature and has a high sense of empathy, a worrywart[1]. Can be a little clumsy at times.
Voice: Assemble, voice of the Heaven. Resound, voice of the Earth. Soothe the god before me.
Minamoto no Yoritomo
The serious and stoic leader of the Genji
Role: Seiryuu of the Heaven
World: Flower Haze World [2]
CV: Miura Katsuyuki
Age: 24
Birthday: May 9th
Character design: Bekko
Leader of the Genji. 24 years old. Dignified and upright, he rarely ever shows his emotions. Preparing for the battle against the Heike, he never fails to do his daily training. His honest personality garners trust from his vassals.
Voice 1: Priestess of the Dragon God, let us work together to fulfill our duty.
Voice 2: Now is the chance! I'll cut you down!
Voice 3: But, as I thought, you're better off with a smile on your face than with a frown.
Taira no Kiyomori
The Heike leader with brimming elegance and ambition
Role: Seiryuu of the Earth
World: Flower Haze World
CV: Toya Kikunosuke
Age: 25
Birthday: February 10th
Character design: 海月班 [3] (Koei Tecmo Games), Special thanks: Miniwa
Leader of the Heike. 25 years old. An ambitious warrior who worked his way up in a world where nobility rules. Being refined, amiable, and quick-witted makes him easy to talk to. Alas, his secretiveness [4] causes his enemies to fear him.
Voice 1: Relax, leave it to me. [5] ...Hehe. Good girl.
Voice 2: Now, my lady, if you don't want to be stuck in an everlasting dream, raise your sword.
Voice 3: As endearing as I might find you struggling, I'm not one to show mercy. [6]
Uesugi Kenshin
The mysterious nobleman from Echigo
Role: Seiryuu of the Heaven
World: Blazing Flame World [7]
CV: Masuyama Takeaki
Age: 25
Birthday: February 18th
Character design: Bekko
Lord of the Kasugayama Castle who rules over Echigo. 25 years old. Despite being a renowned strategist nicknamed the "God of War", he's a noble warrior who values righteousness above all else. There's something otherworldly about his beauty. His belief in Bishamonten is unshakeable.
Voice 1: I see you are loved by the gods, Priestess.
Voice 2: We have Bishamonten's protection, our army shall not be defeated!
Voice 3 [8]: From now on, perhaps I will reminisce about our strange connection as I eat taro.
Date Masamune
The flashy and cheerfully charismatic warrior
Role: Suzaku of the Heaven
World: Blazing Flame World
CV: Kijima Ryuuichi
Age: 26
Birthday: September 5th
Character design: Iwamoto Zerogo
The young lord of the Date clan. 26 years old. A jovial, flamboyant entertainer. His charismatic nature makes him popular not just with his retainers, but also his people. On the other hand, he also has the resolve to make difficult decisions as a warrior.
Voice 1: Follow me! You'll have fun like never before! [9]
Voice 2: We have the Priestess with us. Victory awaits! [10]
Voice 3: M'lady, you might not want to accept it, but let me tell you something. Don't face life head on. You'll collapse. [11]
Katsura Kogorou
A bright yet clumsy young man from the new government
Role: Byakko of the Earth
World: Daybreak World [12]
CV: Suzuki Yuuto
Age: 29
Birthday: August 11th
Character design: Yomi
An important retainer in the Choushuu Domain. 29 years old. Smart and brimming with curiosity, his friendly and playful attitude lightens up the atmosphere. Skilled in the art of the sword, yet dislikes conflict.
Voice 1: You know, I do better the more I get praised, tehee.
Voice 2: Sorry, but I won't hold back.
Voice 3: I've thought of this since our handshake, but I feel like your hand fits perfectly in mine.
Hijikata Toshizou
Role: Genbu of the Earth
World: Daybreak World
CV: Suzuki Ryouta
Age: 28
Birthday: May 31st
Character design: Iwamoto Zerogo
The Vice-Commander leading the Shinsengumi. 28 years old. Dominant and highly disciplined. Even with a hard-to-approach air and a steely gaze, many people are still attracted to his cold charm. There are rumors that he would disappear on the night of the full moon.
Voice 1: Come. I'll show you who's calling the shots here. [13]
Voice 2: The moment you become a hindrance, I'll leave you behind. Is that clear, Priestess? [14]
Voice 3: I was just messing around. Don't shake your superior's arm off. [15]
Tamaki
CV: Ootani Ikue
Character design: 海月班 (Koei Tecmo Games)
A turtle spirit serving the Dragon God. Supports the protagonist and her allies as the host of the Dragon Palace. Has a kind and leisurely personality, can be a little careless at times.
Voice: P-priestess... If... If you keep looking at me like that...
Unknown Benevolent Person
CV: Kuwashima Houko
Character design: Mizuno Tohko
A strange [16] person encountered in the Dragon Palace. Warmth can be felt from their calm and mystical demeanors. Their true identity is――
Voice: Priestess, how about you [17]? Are you hurt anywhere? Let me take a good look at you.
The Pyrokinetic Invader [18]
CV: Shimono Hiro
Character design: Mizuno Tohko
A young man in opposition against the protagonist and her allies. Known by his exceptional physical prowess and his rough, yet somewhat frosty attitude. He wields a large, blazing axe to fight.
Voice: Huh, so you're angry. What a coincidence. That makes two of us.
And that's the end of the intro! Below here is translator's note, feel free to read/skip it. I'll write a different post for my general thoughts of the hachiyou (and maybe another post for agf recap?)
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i know, there's too much tl's note. some of these probably don't even need tl's note. but let's just go over them one by one, shall we?
1. 苦労性: from what i looked up it points to someone who worries about the smallest detail, hence worrywart. maybe there's a word that's more fitting, but i couldnt think of anything else atm
2: 桜霞の世界: 桜 is sakura, 霞 is mist/haze. using mist made it sound like a perfume in my head, so haze. sakura haze didn't really sound good either, so flower haze.
3. from what i often see, 海月 is usually read kurage (jellyfish), but i also saw kaigetsu and midzuki on google, so i'm not entirely sure which reading they're using.
4. 腹の底が見えにくく: when it's hard to see what someone's actually thinking/feeling. saw some synonyms on weblio and one of them was 本心を見せない。highlighting the 見せない part, which to me feel intentional, hence secretiveness.
5. creative liberty. og line was: その身を委ねておいで. i was trying to make kiyomori sounds less uptight than yoritomo
6. i just cannot, for the life of me, wrap my head around the concept of 残酷な気分. like, how does that even feel???? from what i've seen 残酷, depending on context, can be cruel, brutal, ruthless, etc. but i thought writing "feeling cruel/ruthless" just doesnt translate well in english? then i tried to show it through action, so uhh hopefully you can feel his ruthlessness?
8. what i heard was 今後は私も、あなたと不思議な縁を感じながら、芋を食べるのかもしれません. but i felt like i couldnt quite hear what he was saying, especially at the 芋を食べる part. and then i remembered how kanetsugu (haruka7, counselor? of the uesugi clan) had a thing for like rice? and its production?? so i went on google and looked up 「上杉謙信 芋」 😂 found some articles that said ramie fibers (青苧) might be his source of income, but apparently that still haven't been proven yet? and that wasnt really related to what i was looking up, so 😅
also looked up 「上杉謙信 じゃがいも」and 「上杉謙信 さつまいも」jic (bcs いも just wasnt clear enough) and found out he held a feast before battles to pray for victory? one of the dish is called 串芋 and it used taro? so maybe he *was* just talking about eating taro??
9-10. creative liberties.
11. if i didn't mishear anything, he's saying: 神子さん、受け入れがたい条件かもしれないが、一つ言っておく。命と正面から向き合うな。潰れるぞ. am a bit unsure about the 命と向き合う part
12. there's a lot of thought behind this choice, so bear with me for a sec. original word is 朝幕, and google search showed that it refers to imperial-shogunal relationship. doesn't really sound nice for a world name. if we break down the word, 朝 (asa/chou) means morning, and 幕 (tobari/maku,baku) means curtain. according to a yahoo answer, "tobari" is usually used to depict something that you use to cover something else so you can no longer see what's behind it, so it's more synonymous with night. searching up 朝のとばり led me to fgo's oberon noble phantasm, which didn't really help lol.
"maku" can mean acts (in a play) or end of said act. i was going to use the 2nd meaning (since bakumatsu was also the end of the tokugawa shogunate), but i just couldn't think of a word. end of morning would be noon, which is just ???? for a name. but curtains can also raise, which would show the beginning of something. and what's the word that shows the start of a morning? dawn, daybreak, etc. i just happened to really like the word daybreak lol
13 & 14. creative liberty. i'm trying to make him sound like a military man, but i uhhhh may or may not have made him sound more aggressive than he actually is??? but he does sound cold/gruff in his lines so??
15. og line: ちょっとした戯れだ。上官の腕を振りほどくなんて真似はするなよ。just a guess, i think theyre on a mission which required akari to be holding his hand/arm (like a couple)???? and hes probably flirting with her?? and she's flustered??? idk man. BUTTT he said it in a much lighter tone than the first two lines so it's all in good spirit?? hopefully???????????
16. strange, but not in a bad way? more in the 不思議, unknown kinda vibe?
17. they're using a more archaic? version of "you", 汝. not fluent in shakespearean english so i'm just using the usual "you" here.
18. 炎を操る: controlling/manipulating flame, hence pyrokinetic. could be pyromancer too tbh. was going to use "flame-manipulating invader" bcs i saw a yugioh card called flame manipulator lmao, but it felt too mouthful to say.
hello, would you look at that, it's almost ryuumiko's half anniversary! there'll be a livestream (5/21, 8pm jst) talking about it!
seiyuus that will be in the livestream:
- toya kikunosuke (kiyomori)
- masuyama takeaki (kenshin)
- kijima ryuuichi (masamune)
- suzuki yuuto (katsura)
there will also be a countdown login bonus and a RERUN banner!
the login bonus will start from 5/21 00:00 until 5/27 23:59
and the rerun banner will start from 5/21 00:00 until 6/25 23:59. that's like more than a month???? there's no announcement of which cards will be in the rerun banner yet, but judging from the pic below, i think it's safe to assume that this set of lim SSRs would be in it
so uhh, prepare your crystals, i guess? and good luck to all of us!
Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Miko of the Dragon Palace Livestream Recap (4/6)
it's still 6th april where i'm from so happy anniversary to the harukanaru toki no naka de franchise! to celebrate, ryuumiko is having the usual livestream and there are a bunch of announcements! you can watch the livestream here. the recap will be below the cut. hope you enjoy it!
today's host is suzuki yuuto (katsura's va) and miura katsuyuki (yoritomo's va). in the opening they're having some small talks, like the haruka matsuri last month and the april fools joke in ryuumiko. they also touched on yorihisa's event for a bit before suddenly the background changed and an unknown voice started talking.
after that the hosts called out to the owner of the mysterious voice and it turns out to be the watanuki ryuunosuke, the voice actor for saeki masanaga!
and as you probably already guessed, that means saeki becomes romanceable as a new hachiyou in ryuumiko! he'll become playable tomorrow (4/7) after the maintenance at 13.00 JST.
quick intro to masanaga
yuuto pointed out how onmyouji showed up pretty often in haruka, and then asked watanuki how acting as saeki was like. according to watanuki, the miko suddenly showing up being able to do the stuffs that usually only he could do became a threat to his position and also his identity. in the early parts of saeki's route, saeki was complaining and muttering to himself about it.
watanuki said he was having fun during the recording. apparently saeki's lines tends to have a lot of boke (as you can see during his entrance scene earlier in the livestream). yuuto commented on how it's a nice change in the hachiyou lineup, since it's rare that a hachiyou is introduced with a funny aspect right from the start. miura chimed in with how it'd be interesting to see the gap/switch once the miko and saeki get closer.
yuuto asked what miura thought of saeki and his appeal. miura's answer is the おもしろおじさん😂 when he first got his script and read about saeki, he thought that saeki was very gloomy, but on the other hand his loyalty for yoritomo was also really strong. he also mentioned that he likes saeki as a character.
moving on, they showed a clip of saeki & the miko's encounter (i definitely recommend watching this part bcs he's just too funny 😂 i'd probably record it too and post it here but idk). they also gave us 3 voice clips of saeki's reaction when:
- yoritomo said to the miko that he's expecting good things from her
- when the miko smiled and said yoroshiku to saeki
- when saeki saw the miko talking to hojo munetoki
in the next part, they showed us saeki's home screen line and his first chat. the hosts were commenting on how long saeki's messages are, and how it looked like he was so proud of himself for being able to send a text message
watanuki was like, i just want them to get along asap lol
there's also a clip of the 神気注入!
turned out it was also the first time the hosts saw it so obviously yuuto was fanboying lol.
announcements:
- saeki's perm ssrs
- free 10x gacha ticket (flower haze)
- login bonus, exchange shop
- new tryst in reverie theme, charas that will show up: yoritomo, kenshin, katsura, hijikata
- follow & retweet campaign
- saeki's merch
- haruka matsuri 2026 blu ray
- ryuumiko gratte
next section is a new corner where they talk about ryuumiko's gameplay. this time they're explaining how to set up teams for battles (lowkey needed bcs all this time i've always used auto lmao).
the last section is them reading fans' messages. two of the messages (that miura read lmao) talked about how they wanted to hear yoritomo do a rap bcs of tryst in reverie's theme in march. yuuto also added to the fire by asking (paraphrased) "does that mean yoritomo's character song will have rap in it?"😂 miura ended up just saying "that depends on the adults (staff)"
So, Ryuumiko has this thing where Tamaki will make a post on the かわら版 to celebrate that day. Since today is March 14th in Japan, that means today is White Day! Here's today's post:
Tamaki: Today is "White Day"! It's a day where you can return the presents from "Valentine's Day".
Brother Urchin: R-really?! I got a gift from my sister but I haven't prepared anything...😭
Sister Urchin: Brother, I'd love the hair ornament that's been popular lately in the general store🩷
Katsura: Hmm, so hair ornaments are popular. I'll go look for one that suits the Miko🙆
Masamune: I already prepared mine. Looks like I'm going to be the first one to give her a present.
Yoritomo: I saw Master Hijikata and Takosuke talking not too long ago... I wonder if they're also talking about presents?
Hijikata: I was just making small talks with that octopus. Not everything I talk about has to be about the Miko, no?
Kenshin: You and a spirit having a small talk... I find that somewhat difficult to believe.
Kiyomori: Oh my, what a predicament to have such worthy rivals. Well, I'll be off and look for our beautiful lady.
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and that's it! idk about you but i find yoritomo & kenshin ganging up against hijikata very funny 😂
so hinoe's update is live and i just hdhsjskskknd cryingggggg 😭😭😭😭😭 hinoe isnt even that high on my list but seeing him move and talk in the year 2026?????? just makes me emotional 😭😭 AND THE MUSICCCCC THEYRE USING HARUKA3 BGM IM SOBBING 😭😭😭😭😭
Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Miko of the Dragon Palace Livestream Recap (2025/1/19)
im back with news!!! tldr: hinoe from haruka3 will be released in ryuumiko tomorrow (1/20)! full recap will be under the cut, and here's the link to the stream archive on youtube.
im still working on the translations! hoping i can put out the new year event story up soon. after that it'd probably be the dragon palace main story.
if you notice i also changed the translated title from my previous posts 👀
without further ado, here's the recap! hope you enjoy it!
- hinoe's event, "the floating bridge of spacetime" will run from 1/20 until 2/2. this title is also a nod to the haruka 1,2, & 3 collab game, 夢の浮橋 (the floating bridge of dreams)
- the event mechanism is probably similar to the new year event, minus the raid. you fight battles in the event map, clear missions, get the event currency and exchange it in the event shop.
- hinoe's ssr card story takes place after the 恋愛 ending in haruka3
- this is the preview of hinoe's card art, drawn by mizuno tohko
- fire element, attack type, close range
- this is the limited items you can get from the event. if it's the same as the new year event, there are going to be gacha tickets and mats too
- you can use the title, icon, and stickers on your profile like this
things you can get from login bonus:
- hinoe's sr card
- spacetime bond (時空の絆) and spacetime crystals (時空の結晶) for hinoe, which i assume are mats for uprading his sr card
- awakening ore (覚醒の鉱石) used for leveling up equipments
- pickup gacha tickets
- if you have hinoe's sr and/or ssr, you can set him on the home screen even after the event ends
- setting-wise, he's meeting up with nozomi (haruka3 mc) in the dream's path (夢の通い路) (edit: if you see the one before this, i'm so sorry turns out i just cant read LMAO)
you can use his cards for:
- task/duty: requests, weapon production, talisman production
- battles: other worlds (chara routes), trials of the trench (挑魔の海溝, tentative tl by me), takamagahara (daily mats dungeon), and others
- a new trial where (i assume) you can sometimes go on a date after? called the "tryst in reverie" (tentative tl by me). in jp it's 夢現の逢瀬, but the 夢現 is read むげん and not the usual ゆめうつつ, which imo is interesting bcs むげん(無限) can also mean infinite. im guessing the battle will be more like takamagahara where you can do 3 battles a day everyday instead of a one time thing?
ryuumiko is up for pre-download! koei also updated their contents guidelines, and while it specifically stated for videos/streams, i'd still like to follow the rules (you know, just in case).
koei prohibited video/image sharing for chara story beyond chapter 36 and card stories beyond chapter 2. written thoughts/reviews are fine beyond those chapters as long as it doesn't include images/videos. there's no mention of the main story (the one that takes place in the dragon palace), so i'm guessing that's okay to share?
on another note: there's more than 36 chapters for the character story (i'm assuming they mean route)??? can i be hopeful that the romance here will be as good/fleshed out as the mainline games???????????
next im either going to do a recap of the pre-release stream (maybe just the important bits bcs its uhh sort of impossible for me to do it in less than a day w) or the compatibility quiz
