Touken Ranbu English launches on Johren later April

After an initial delay from February, the English version of the Touken Ranbu browser game will officially launch on Johren on 27 April 2021, PDT, according to the official Twitter. No specific time has been provided, but presumably this will be confirmed closer to the date. Notably, the tweet does not mention the Pocket version, which would be the mobile app version with cross-platform progression.

Pre-registrations remain open, giving out the following materials to all saniwa who do:

• 200,000x Coolant
• 200,000x Whetstone
• 200,000x Charcoal
• 200,000x Steel
• 100,000x Koban
• 30x Request Tokens
• 30x Help Tokens
• 1x Omamori
• 1x Brown Horse
• 1x Black Horse

For the unfamiliar, gameplay is essentially an auto-battler, forming a squad of up to six swords and sending them out to maps to fight. The characters are based on famous historical swords, their personalities and design taking into consideration their past and their owners. The franchise has branched into multimedia, from stage plays and musicals, manga and anime, and even collaborations with museums that house the blades.

The story blurb for Touken Ranbu on the Johren portal is given as follows:

The year is 2205. Revisionists seeking to change history have begun to attack the past. The “Saniwa”, who has been given the task of protecting the history, heads back in time with “Touken Danshi”, the fabled swords that have taken the forms of powerful warrior.

There is a note stating: “There will be some partial difference from “Touken Ranbu -ONLINE-” Japanese version.”

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