Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time by Tohko Mizuno
Read story summaries, character bios, reviews for Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time, a historical fantasy shojo manga series from Shojo Beat / VIZ Media. Akane is a modern high schooler who gets transported a thousand years back in time. Akane has been chosen to be the priestess of the Dragon God and must find Eight Guardian warriors who will help her to defeat the Demon Clan.
Akane is a modern teenage girl who gets transported back in time a thousand years to Heian-era Japan. Once there, she discovers that she's the Dragon Priestess and she's got to find her eight appointed guardian warriors who will help defeat a demon prince.
Anime News Network reviewer Carl Kimlinger calls
Haruka "a rip-off" and a "tired retread" of Yuu Watase's
Fushigi Yugi, "bled of all its delicious melodrama and minus Yuu Watase's skill with a pen."
Active Anime reviewer Holly Ellingwood calls Haruka "a marvelous new epic fantasy," with "unique and beautiful" characters.
