Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 2


Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 2 is an otome adventure game developed by Ruby Party and published by Koei. It was originally released for Windows, and has since been ported to PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 2 is the second installment of the Haruka series, and it is a part of Ruby Party's Neoromance label.

Story

Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 2 takes place 100 years after the prior game, Harukanaru Toki no Naka de. Kyō, which resembles Kyoto in the Heian period, is in turmoil because of a power struggle going on between the emperor and the retired emperor, and the people of Kyō are falling into desperation, fearing the coming of the end of the world. Karin, a modern-day high school girl, is summoned to be the Ryūjin no Miko who will save Kyō. However, there is already a Ryūjin no Miko in Kyō who has been recognized by the retired emperor, and the eight men chosen as Karin's Hachiyō do not believe that Karin is really the Miko.

Characters

Main characters

Secondary characters

Reception

On release, Famitsu magazine scored the PlayStation 2 version of the game a 31 out of 40.

OVA

In 2003, a second OVA was made titled Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time 2 ~Priestess of the White Dragon~, which covered the story line of the second video game.