Harukanaru Toki no Naka de

***Harukanaru Toki no Naka de*** / ***Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Hachiyou Shou*** (遙かなる時空の中で〜八葉抄〜, *Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time - A Tale of the Eight Guardians*) is a Japanese *shōjo* manga series written by Tohko Mizuno who also worked on the video game of the same name, which was developed by Ruby Party and published by Koei. The manga was serialized in *LaLa DX* magazine from July 1999 to January 2010, and published by Hakusensha in 17 volumes. An English version was licensed by Viz Media under the title *Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time*. The storyline initially follows the characters and events from the first installment of the video game series. An anime series titled *Harukanaru Toki no Naka de ~Hachiyou Shou~* (遙かなる時空の中で ～八葉抄～) was developed by Yumeta Company with Aki Tsunaki directing, with 26 episodes broadcast from October 5, 2004 to March 29, 2005.

## Setting

Although an exact time period is not given for Akane's arrival in Heian Kyou, it seems likely that the story is set in the earlier part of the era, when families such as the Tachibana-ke, Fujiwara-ke and Minamoto-ke were all in some prominence. Though the Fujiwara-ke and Minamoto-ke continued to hold significant position through until the Genpei war, the Tachibana-ke faded out of favor during the 9th and 10th centuries. This suggests that *Harukanaru Toki no Naka de* is set sometime in the 9th or 10th centuries. This would also fit with later continuations of the *Harukanaru Toki no Naka de* plot, since *Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 2* is set a century later, and features prominently once more the Fujiwara-ke and Minamoto-ke, as well as the Taira-ke. The third installment, *Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3* is set in the period of the Genpei War, which came to an end in 1185. If it can be considered that the third installment is set a century on from the second, this would indicate that the original *Harukanaru Toki no Naka de* storyline is most probably set in the latter half of the 10th century.

## Synopsis

Akane Motomiya and her friends Tenma and Shimon are pulled by a demon into another world, where Akane becomes the Priestess of the Dragon God. The people of this world tell her that she is the only one who can stop the demons from taking over; meanwhile, the demons want to use her power for their own ends. Luckily, Akane has the Hachiyou, eight men with powers of their own who are sworn to protect the Dragon Priestess.

## Bibliographic Information

The manga was done by Mizuno. It was serialized in *LaLa DX* magazine from July 1999 to January 2010, and published by Hakusensha in 17 volumes. An English version was licensed by Viz Media under the title *Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time*.

* Published by Hakusensha
	+ Comic 「Harukanaru Toki no Naka de」 by Toko Mizuno 17 volumes
	+ Comic 「Harukanaru Toki no Naka de ・Fan Book」 by Toko Mizuno
	+ Comic 「Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Super Guide」 by Toko Mizuno
	+ Illustration collection 「Harukanaru Toki no Naka de」 by Toko Mizuno
* Published by Koei Publishing
	+ Official Book 「*Haruka Tsushin*」1-17
	+ 「Harukanaru Toki no Naka de」 Official Guidebook - Kyoto Raku Emaki
	+ 「Harukanaru Toki no Naka de」 Complete Guide - Roman Zoshi
	+ 「Harukanaru Toki no Naka de」 Expert Guide - Hachiyo Renka
	+ 「Harukanaru Toki no Naka de」 Memorial Book - *Hachiyo Complete Works*
	+ 「Harukanaru Toki no Naka de」 Shijin Visual Book
	+ Official Book「*Neo Romance Tsushin Cure!*」1
	+ 「Harukanaru Toki no Naka de」 Message Collection
	+ Novel 「Harukanaru Toki no Naka de」 by Fumie Kondo
	+ Novel 「Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Hanagatami」by Fumie Kondo
	+ 「Harukanaru Toki no Naka de」 Kyoto Guide

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## Akane Motomiya

### Affiliation:

* The Eight Guardians
* The Four Gods *(Beast)*

### Allied:

* White Dragon God *(Benefactor)*
* Tenma Morimura *(friend)*
* Shimon Nagareyama *(friend)*
* Princess Fuji *(Acquaintance)*

## 「Biographical Information」

### Relatives:

* Unnamed father
* Unnamed Mother
* Minamoto no Yorihisa *(Bodyguard/Love Interest)*

### Occupation:

* High School Student
* Dragon God Priestess

## 「Voice Actor」

### Japan VA:

Kawakami, Tomoko

A modern high school girl on her walk to school, ordinary Kyoto High school student Motomiya Akane hears a voice calling to her from an old well in an abandoned historical estate. The voice is that of the oni leader Akuram, and Akane finds herself summoned into another world that resembles the city of Kyoto during the Heian Period (approx. 800-1200). Here she is asked to be the Ryuujin no Miko (龍神の神子, *Priestess of the Dragon God*), a legendary figure who possesses the power of the gods. Akane is told that she must defend this world, called Kyou (京), from the encroachment of the Oni Clan (鬼の一族) before she can return home. Fortunately, her school friends Tenma and Shimon are on hand to help her out and along with six Kyou natives they become members of the Hachiyou (八葉, *Eight Leaves*), a group of specially chosen men who act as the Miko's protectors.

In the manga version and drama CD, there is a scene where the blood type is inferred from the character of Hachiyo, but the existing blood type is not revealed because the main character follows the user. She is kissed by a sleepy Yorihisa and temporarily takes a curt attitude. With this incident as a boundary, she begins to be conscious of Yatsuha as the opposite sex. Although she had many twists and turns, she eventually fell in love with Yorihisa, and she returned to the present age with Tenshin and Ran.

In the movie version of Mai Ichiya, she met Takishi, a vengeful spirit dancer, and fell in love with him, who was treated as a miko by those around her and saved her suffering, and finally purified him. Her symbol was Sunflower because of her being cheerful.

### Abilities

Akane is transported to the Heian era and recognized as the *Ryuujin no Miko*, or Priestess of the Dragon God (the *white dragon* who controls the 「Sun/Essence of Autumn」). She carries the power of the 「***Dragon God***」 within her body such that she can purify impurities from contact. Though reluctant to use her powers as priestess, Akane is determined to do the right thing.

She is innocent and kindheartedly, which sometimes leads her into trouble and uses the power of the five elements along with Hachiyo to help her to calm down the vengeful spirits. She is the only one who can communicate with Ryujin (Dragon God), giving her a prophecy or guidance.

The 「***Five elements*** (Dragon Jewel)」 wood, fire, earth, metal and water. It is the origin of the Japanese words for several familiar days of the week and planets, such as "*Tuesday*" and "*Mercury*." It is a concept that was born in ancient China (the exact date is unknown, but it is BC), and it was talked about in the idea that all things are made up of these things. This thought is called *the Five Elements Theory* or *the Five Elements Thought*, and is often compared to the Western Four Elements. Similarly, there are the Five Great Elements (Gorin) in India as the Five Elements of the Orient, but they are said to have been established separately.

* The five elements are usually written in the order of "wood, fire, earth, metal, and water,'' and are read as "mokkado gonsui".
* They are also called "*wood line, fire line, earth line, money (Gold) line, and water line*" respectively. Also known as "*five materials*".
* At first, she feels uneasy about her Dragon God's power (*dragon vein*), but with the support of her surroundings, she grows. Thus Akane have complete control of all the five elements in her own will.

When manipulating the ***Four Gods***/**Four Symbols** (*Black Tortoise of the North, Azure Dragon of the East, Vermilion Bird of the South and White Tiger of the West*) that coven by the Dragon God, they can create disaster or natural calamity in their own respective elements, giving it a dangerous when it fall to the wrong hands. Also they can create good blessing to surroundings.

## TV Anime

An anime television series titled *Harukanaru Toki no Naka de ~ Hachiyou Shou~* (遙かなる時空の中で ～八葉抄～) was developed by Yumeta Company with Aki Tsunaki directing, with 26 episodes broadcast from October 5, 2004 to March 29, 2005. The twenty-six episode anime series was licensed in English by Bandai Visual and released in a series of nine DVD volumes under the title *Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time – A Tale of the Eight Guardians*. A new volume was released monthly with the first volume being released April 22, 2008 and the final volume January 13, 2009. The final volume of the DVD featured *omake* optional endings for each of the characters. This was so that, in keeping with the game's Neoromance theme, viewers could choose for themselves which of the Hachiyou Akane liked the best.

Two OVA episodes were released as part of the anime series. *Ten - Kokoro no yukue* (天 - 心の行方, Heaven – Destination of the Heart) was released on December 23, 2005, and *Chi - Omoi no ariko* (地 - 想いの在処, Earth - Where the Heart Lies) was released on January 27, 2006. The *Ten* and *Chi* OVAs feature the characters from the anime, but its storyline is not based on the manga. Multiple endings are recorded on the DVD volume 9.

* **Staff:**
	+ Original - Koei (*Ruby Party*)
	+ Comic original - Toko Mizuno (*Hakusensha*)
	+ Director - Aki Tsunaki
	+ Supervisor - Ruby Party
	+ Series composition - Junko Okazaki
	+ Character Design - Kenichi Onuki, Kyoko Kotani
	+ Art Director - Nobuhito Sakamoto
	+ Color design - Yukiko Ario
	+ Director of Photography - Kosuke Arakawa
	+ Editing - Seiji Morita
	+ Sound Director - Yasunori Honda
	+ Music - Yoshihisa Hirano
	+ Producers - Ichiro Shinbo, Masahiro Yamashita, Junka Kobayashi, Satoshi Yamaguchi
	+ Animation Production - Yumeta Company
	+ Production - Haruka Production Committee

### Film

An anime feature film, titled ***Harukanaru Toki no Naka de - Maihitoyo*** (遙かなる時空の中で ～舞一夜～) was produced and released in Japan August 19, 2006

## Theatrical

『*Theatrical Version - Harukanaru Toki no Naka Naka Mai Hitoyo*』 is a Japanese anime film that was released on August 19, 2006. It is the story after the TV anime『 Harukanaru Toki no Naka de - Hachiyosho.』

The game version released in September 2006 has the same stage as the movie version, but the content of the story is different. A stage version was performed in August 2008. A one-shot of this work is included in the 14th volume of the manga version 『Harukanaru Toki no Naka Naka.』

### Staff

* Original work - Koei
* Manga original - Toko Mizuno
* Director - Toshiya Shinohara
* Supervisor - Ruby Party
* Script - Yuka Yamada
* Animation Character Design / General Drawing Director - Aki Tsunaki
* Storyboard - Toshiya Shinohara, Shin Katagai, Masami Shimoda
* Directed - Makoto Katagai, Takao Iwai, Jun Fukuta, and Nobu Sato
* Animation director - Kyoko Kotani, Noriko Teshima, Yuka Kudo, Yukiko Ban, Kunihiko Natsume
* Art Director - Hiroshi Takiguchi
* Color design - Sayoko Yokoyama
* Cinematographer-Shinya Matsuzaki
* Editing - Seiji Morita
* Music -Yoshihisa Hirano
* Sound Director - Yasunori Honda
* Producers - Ichiro Shinbo, Junka Kobayashi, Atsuo Sugiyama, Masahiro Yamashita, Yumiko Masushima, Kozue Kaniwa, Satoshi Yamaguchi
* Animation Production - Yumeta Company
* Production - *Theatrical version Haruka* Production Committee (Koei, Bandai Visual, ADK, Hakusensha, TYO, Aniplex, Cinecanon, Movic, Yumeta Company)

### Stage version

『*Neo Romance Stage Harukanaru Toki no Naka de Mai Ichiya*』 was performed at Sunshine Theater from January 25 to February 3, 2008, and at Shin-Osaka Mielparque Hall Osaka from February 13 to 16, 2008 to August 13 - 17, 2008. It was replayed at Nakano ZERO Great Hall. The story is the same as the movie version.

* **Staff**
	+ Supervisor - Ruby Party
	+ Script- Yuka Yamada
	+ Screenplay/Direction - Toshihiro Kitamura
	+ Music - Koji Takanashi , Kenji Fujisawa
	+ Theme Song - "Rainbow" Song - Hachiyo (Stage Version) / Producer - Taisei (Sharan Q)
* **Cast**
	+ Motomiya Akane: Haneyuri
	+ Yorihisa Minamoto: Yoshihiko Narimatsu
	+ Tenshin Morimura: Seijiro Nakamura
	+ Inori: Shiina Taizo
	+ Nagareyama poem: Hiroki Kawano
	+ Takamichi Fujiwara: Masakatsu Nemoto
	+ Tomomasa Tachibana: Juri
	+ Eizumi: Keisuke Hasebe
	+ Yasuaki Abe: Ryo Hachinohe
	+ Seasonal History: Keisuke Kimura
	+ Fujihime: Erina Forest
	+ Little Tengu: Maiko Yamada

## Game

* ***Harukanaru Toki no Naka de** (PlayStation software released on April 6, 2000)*
* ***Harukanaru Toki no Naka de** (Game Boy Advance software released on August 23, 2002)*
* ***Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Hachiyosho*** (Software for PlayStation 2 released on April 1, 2005)
	+ PS2 ported version in the *Harukanaru Toki*. A new END for existing characters, Akram END, has been added.
* ***Harukanaru Toki no Naka de -*** ***Colored Tebako*** *(Software for PlayStation Portable released on April 1, 2005)*
	+ A collection of mini games. Includes music, images, and faraway space-time -hydrangea dream talk- .
* ***Harukanaru Toki no Naka de - Mai Ichiya** (PlayS softation 2tware released on September 21, 2006)* 『Love and Adventure game』
	+ The stage of the story is the inner back, the system such as *mirrors* and *love flowers* has been renewed, and new costume portraits have been added. In addition, multi-season history can be captured only in this work.
	+ Theatrical version Harukanaru Toki no Naka de A game based on the world of Mai Ichiya, set in the Imperial Palace. Multi-seasonal history can be captured only with this title.
* ***Pocket Scenario Series Harukanaru Toki no Naka de - Mai Ichiya*** *(Nintendo DS software released on November 30, 2006.)* 『Utility genre』
	+ A game that creates an original scenario using the included standing picture illustrations, music, etc. Calendar and alarm functions are also included.
* ***Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Ultimate***
	+ Software for PlayStation Vita released on February 22, 2018.

## External Link

* *Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Hachiyou Shou* **─** TV Tokyo website Archived 2009-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
* *Haruhachi Koei Official Fansite*
* **Theatrical:**
	+ *Neo Romance Stage: Harukanaru Toki no Naka de - Oboro Zoshi*
	+ *Theatrical version/Stage version: Harukanaru Toki no Naka de - Mai Ichiya*
	+ *Harukanaru Toki no Naka de - Mai Ichiya* **─** Official Website
* **Game:**
	+ *Harukanaru Toki no Naka de **─*** Neoromance official site (PSP)
	+ *Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Ultimate* **─** Neoromance official site (PS Vita)
	+ *Harukanaru Toki no Naka - Mai Ichiya* **─** Neoromance official site (PS 2)
	+ *Harukanaru Toki no Naka - Mai Ichiya* **─** Neoromance official site (DS)
	+ *Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3 **─*** Neoromance official site (PS 2)
	+ *Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Labyrinth of Destiny Aizouban **─*** Neoromance official site (PS 2)
	+ *Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3: Ultimate **─*** Neoromance official site (PS Vita/ Android or IOS)
	+ *Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 5* **─** Neoromance official site (PSP)
	+ *Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 6* **─** Neoromance official site (PSP/PS Vita)
	+ *Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 7* **─** Neoromance official site (DS)
* **Wikipedia:**
	+ *Harukanaru Toki no Naka de* **─** Wikipedia (in Japanese)
	+ *Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3 **─*** Game -Wikipedia (in Japanese)
	+ *Harukanaru Toki no Naka de* **─** Wikipedia (in English)