Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3: New horizons

Well, Haruka 3 certainly wastes no time. After being whisked away to another world renameable schoolgirl heroine Nozomi sees someone being attacked by an undead warrior and decides the only sensible thing to do is to pull the nearest sword out of the ground and run straight at them, the game then neatly tumbling into a basic battle tutorial that’s made all the more exciting for the lack of preparation and sense of safety. Unlike her gentler predecessors, she never lets go of that sword. While characters will still move to protect her (and each other), she stands by their side and slashes the same enemies they do, her magically sealing them away now something that happens off-screen rather than treated as a crucial part of battle, healing abilities more evenly spread around the Hachiyo. This is clearly a new kind of priestess for Kyo’s now humanoid White Dragon—and a new era for the series. This breath of fresh air can be easily seen in the character designs this time around, no longer…

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