in which chris finds out how haruka works

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Prologue - Chapter 2, Chapters 3-5, Chapters 6-8

What is Harukanaru Toki no Naka de?

Harukanaru Toki no Naka de (2000) is an otome adventure game, the first installment in the Haruka series, the starting title for the second and longest Neoromance IP. It is the game which receives the most outside coverage and spin-offs within the series.

At the time of the game's conception Heian period based stories were receiving an explosion of popularity in the Japanese entertainment industry. Ruby Party used the trends to their advantage to create their first Japanese history based IP. Members wished for the game to keep the same simulation elements as its predecessor [Angelique] yet thought it better to include role-playing game elements which were still in high demand with the female fanbase. To further distinguish it from their first work, members sought to highlight the seasonal beauty of spring and summer through the lens of Heian aesthetics. (stolen from the Koei Tecmo Wiki)

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02/03/2025

April 20

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chapter 6 lets goooooooo (and no, i still don't know what the title card says)

02/03/2025

April 22

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Eisen: Priestess...

this cg is kinda lame but hey, got a cg

03/05/2025

April 24

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Eisen: Um... I heard the people who were certain they saw an oni here came to visit graves often... (chris comment: or something like that)

i love this (the left) sprite. ouuugh he thinks im so stupid

03/13/2025

April 25

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Yorihisa: Your orders. I won't let them lay a finger on you.
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Yorihisa: This is my job. It's nothing worth praising.

and i really like yorihisa's smiling portrait in battle. couldn't explain to you why

03/13/2025

April 26

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Sefr: Having to look at someone like you, who's never suffered a day in his life, pisses me off!
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Sefr: It'd be great if you realized your inability to protect the people important to you.
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Akane: Stop it!

› If you hurt people any further than this, I won't forgive you!

EISEN FIGHT BACK (chris: haha jk, it says "Eisen, why won't you say anything back!?")

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Sefr: You won't forgive me? Who asked for forgiveness?
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Sefr: I didn't ask for a single word of forgiveness from you all! The capital belongs to my master!
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Eisen: Priestess, please wait. About what he's said... Should we not think more on it?
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Eisen: I believe him... We can get something from the way he's acting. (chris: ??)
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Eisen: It's easy to disapprove of his behavior. But...
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Eisen: Being disapproven of is painful, so...
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Sefr: What was that? Are you pitying me? I don't want to be pitied by someone like you!
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Sefr: Drop the goody-two-shoes act! You're just a worthless piece of trash!
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Sefr: Don't talk like you understand our-- my feelings. It's weird!
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Sefr: Since you wanna be a monk so bad, go live your life quietly in hiding somewhere! You're an eyesore!

the girls are fightingggg

(idk if translating 出家したなら like that would be accepted by a real team, but damn does it sound good. which makes me wonder if there's another way to translate 目さわり that isn't overused, like "no one wants to see your face!" or something. well, all that would probably go over the character limit of the text box.)

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