r/toukenranbu • • Jun 28 '23

Tips & Guides How to Play on the JP Servers

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For those who haven't seen the notice, Johren has announced that updates for the global servers will cease immediately and the server will be shut down on August 21st.

Currently, there have been no announcements of server transfers, and likely will not be happening due to licensing issues. The artwork and a large amount of the music were made by 3rd party artists, some of whose contracts do not involve international use. This guide is to help players who want to restart on JP servers.

I highly recommend making a DMM account even if you only plan to play on mobile, as linking to a DMM account is the only way to save your game data. Generating an ID and password will NOT save your data and only serves as a temporary password for device transfers. The wiki already has a nice guide on how to link accounts.#Linking_Game_Data)

For PC Users:

The browser version currently cannot be accessed without a VPN. This is DMM's decision, not the TKRB devs'. The VPN is only needed briefly when loading up the game, so even a free VPN will be enough to access the game, as long as the VPN has JP servers available.

You can create a DMM account here. The game's page is here.

If you are using Chrome or MS Edge, the brower's built-in webpage translator will come in handy when you are creating an account. If you are using Firefox, there is an official translation addon available here.

For a free VPN, I've found Tunnelbear's browser extension reliable enough to load the game. The free plan offers 2GB of data per month, which is more than enough as long as you switch it off once the game is done loading.

For Android Users:

The JP app isn't available on Google Play outside of Japan, but you can still install and run the game without needing a VPN. The most reliable method I've found is through Qooapp, which is a 3rd party app store where a large number of region-locked games can be found. Updates for the game are available almost immediately and can be set to install automatically so you won't have to hunt down the new APK every time. I've been using this one for years without any issues.

You can download qooapp here.

Qooapp also has a built-in screen translator and offers unlimited translations for $4 a month, but can give questionable results sometimes as it is a machine translation.

If you are using a recent Samsung Note, you can hover the stylus over game text to automatically translate. It has issues detecting large text and calligraphic styles, but is otherwise pretty accurate.

For IOS Users:

Unless the phone has been jailbroken, IOS does not allow users to install apps from anywhere besides the Apple Store. However, users can easily create a second Apple account and set the account's region to Japan to access the JP shop. It is not recommended to change the region of your main Apple account, as this can cause conflicts with other apps and subscriptions you have.

The game can be translated by taking a screenshot and using Markup's translate feature.

Ingame Purchases

The game's shop uses a different currency depending on if you are playing on PC or mobile. Any ingame purchases made in one version will transfer over to the other version.

The PC version uses DMM points, which can be purchased here. These points can be used anywhere across DMM's site but cannot be used in the mobile version of the game. DMM no longer accepts foreign bank cards, but PayPal is still available. Your VPN must be active while buying from the ingame shop, or else you'll get an error message.

The mobile version uses Koshuu gold. Due to region restrictions, all purchases must be done through a Japanese Google/Apple account. /u/sdarkpaladin/ wrote up a great guide on how to make a JP google account, and while this guide was written with FGO in mind, the steps will be the same. IOS is much simpler, you just need to manually set your Apple account's region to Japan to access the store, no VPN needed.

Currently there is no way to convert DMM points to Koshuu gold and vice-versa. Keep this in mind if you will be playing on both versions.


r/toukenranbu • • 2d ago

Meme Really low effort Asakura Toushirou memes

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I’ve been into Blue Lock recently and this is the first thing that popped into my head when I saw his battle & injured pose 😭😭


r/toukenranbu • • 1d ago

Question Help?

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I saw the game and got interested in playing. I followed the guide as closely as possible but couldn't download toukenranbu Pazugiri. On the qoo app it forces me to go into the Google play page and since I'm still on US servers it said it's unavailable. The guide didn't explain what to do from here, so help?


r/toukenranbu • • 2d ago

Discussion A few Kuninaga images from warriors

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Couldn’t find a fluff flair, so idk


r/toukenranbu • • 7d ago

News TOYOTA x Touken Ranbu Collaboration

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What's more emblematic of Japan than a historic samurai sword?

A Toyota automobile, of course!

And at long last, those two things are united, with the TOYOTA x Touken Ranbu Online special collaboration for the Kyoto Station Art Festival GNE 2026.

Apparently a real Toyota Crown Crossover with a Mikazuki Munechika-inspired paint job will be on display at Kyoto Station from October 17 to November 3 (but it says hours 1 pm-8 pm, closed Tuesdays, so I guess you have to enter some special area, it's not just, like, parked out on the street.)

The full Toyota x Touken Danshi lineup is:

  • Crown Crossover x Mikazuki Munechika
  • Prius x Kashuu Kiyomitsu
  • GR GT x Ookurikara
  • GR Corolla x Yamanbagiri Kunihiro
  • GR Yaris x Tsurumaru Kuninaga
  • Alphard x Ichigo Hitofuri (LOL, minivan for all his brothers)
  • Crown Sports x Futasujihi Sadamune
  • Land Cruiser 300 x Heshikiri Hasebe
  • GR 86 x Izuminokami Kanesada
  • Aqua x Yagen Toushirou (apparently the "Aqua" is sold as the "Prius c" outside Japan)

As far as I can tell, they're not making/displaying actual cars for the others, but the collaboration art will be on limited-edition products for sale at select locations:

  • Acrylic stands (blind box) and postcards, for sale at Touken Ranbu Yorozu-ya Honpo (Kyoto location)
  • Canned oolong tea, for sale in special vending machines at Kyoto Station (the illustration is printed on a removable label so you can keep just that part after you've drunk the tea)

Sources:
Toyota Japan Instagram,
Toyota Japan Twitter
English page talking about Kyoto Station Building Art Festival (but not about Touken Ranbu)

...I'm declaring an unofficial collaboration of "dinged-up early 2000s Camry" x Nikkari Aoe, because that's the car I drive and I like Nikkari Aoe.


r/toukenranbu • • 7d ago

Question Taikei Naotane's tattoo

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Does anyone have a complete reference of Taikei’s tattoo design? I’m looking for the full design but I can't find any.


r/toukenranbu • • 7d ago

Question I need some help!

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Hello, I’ve tried the new Touran game but I’m kind of stuck…

How am I supposed to pass this level? Translate it means nothing understandable to me…

That’s a nice addictive little game! will keep playing it during the winter for it’s making my phone a little hand warmer, 🤣!

Thanks you!


r/toukenranbu • • 7d ago

Question HELP!

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Hi I am trying to download the game on ios (used an japanese apple user to get the game) but I keep getting stuck at the opening screen, like sometimes I get it to start downloading a bit but then I am hit with error code 300018. Does this have something to do with the fact I am not in japan? or is it some server issue? I have tried to switch over to mobil data to see if it was my internet, but the same thing happens. Does anyone know what I should do?


r/toukenranbu • • 8d ago

Discussion I downloaded Pazugiri and the homescreen just won't let me tap on anything

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Like everything before it is fine but once I get to the homescreen it won't let me tap on anything like I tap on the buttons and nothing happen. Anyone else have this problem?


r/toukenranbu • • 11d ago

Fan Content (OC) ...huh?

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r/toukenranbu • • 12d ago

Miscellaneous Did they just give out free Swords (including Chougi?!) 😱

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This was a Login Present as a Celebration for Touken Ranbu - Ice Blade. In it, we'll get Tsurumaru Kuninaga, Kashu Kiyomitsu, Yamanbagiri Chougi, Mikazuki Munechika, Heshikiri Hasebe, Hizamaru, Yamatonokami Yasusada and Yamanbagiri Kunihiro.

I already got most of these swords... except Chougi (which I thought I had to wait for him in the Jurakutei Special Investigation event).

Don't forget to claim them in your inbox until October 6!


r/toukenranbu • • 14d ago

Tips & Guides Pazugiri: How to turn off automatic Hissatsu Ougi

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In Touken Ranbu Pazugiri, you know how they automatically do their Hissatsu Ougi as soon as their color meter is met/exceeded? And sometimes the Ougi messes up a big clear you were setting up?

"Automatic Ougi" is the default, but there's a screen where you can turn it off!

But it's NOT in the normal settings menu.

You can only do it WHEN YOU'RE IN AN ACTIVE PUZZLE BATTLE.

When you're in a puzzle, there's a gear icon in the top right corner. Click that, then click the tab on the right to change from メニュー(Menu) to 設定 (Settings). And then down below the volume settings, there's 奥義自動発動 and you can toggle it from ON to OFF.

It'll stay OFF for subsequent puzzle battles--you don't have to turn it off every time. (see update below)

When Automatic Ougi is turned off, once a Touken Danshi's Hissatsu Ougi threshold is met, the floor below him will light up, and then you can click on him at any time to trigger his Ougi. It's similar to clicking on bombs--it doesn't count as a turn, and you can do it at any time, even in RanbuGiri time.

Edited to add: Looks like settings are saved to the specific device, not the overall account? I turned off Automatic Ougi (and made this post) on my laptop yesterday, but today when I was playing on my phone on a work break, it was turned on. But it makes sense that different devices could save different settings--I have the voices on on my laptop, but everything silenced on my phone.


r/toukenranbu • • 16d ago

Fan Content (OC) making my fav swords friends for no reason other than i can

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also cat au stuff


r/toukenranbu • • 19d ago

Discussion Trying Touken Ranbu Pazugiri

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Anyone else tried Touken Ranbu Pazugiri yet? I'd preregistered and was suprised to see the icon on my phone yesterday.

I spent a lot of time not really knowing what I was doing, and doing a lot of random tapping on buttons, but I now have 10 swords and am partway through Chapter 2, Issunboshi.

As a game, it's nothing special, but the sprites are so cute, and I really like how they're animated.

....

And OMG, I fiiiiiinally figured out how to get to the place to give them the bonus books that give them experience, and how to unlock them to level up past level 10. (I've been doing level-14 battles with guys stuck at Level 10.)

In the living room, with the 4 icons at the bottom, click on the 2nd from the left, the crossed swords. That shows you all your swords, and I was long-tapping them which just shows some information about them, but if you quick-tap on one of them, doors open and close, and THAT'S where you can give them extra XP books or unlock them past level 10. To unlock you click on the purple bundle, and it prompts you to give them a present--but weirdly, the presents that unlock levels 11-20 are some of the random things that drop after some of the battles (a leaf, wheat, logs, a bamboo tube of water, peanuts soybeans, what looks like popcorn but I think is supposed to be cotton wool. IDK why they're so happy to receive that random stuff wrapped in a purple furoshiki.

Ohhhhh, and on the screen with all the swords, you can also toggle over to your collection of Ema tablets, and that's where you can level up your Ema, too.


r/toukenranbu • • 26d ago

News New Sword Reveal: Asakura Toushirou (Tantou)

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CV. Sho Komura


r/toukenranbu • • 27d ago

Fan Content (OC) Hello~ It's my first post here~

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I just got the GIFT plushie of Mitsudata for 12 bicks hehehe, I'm so happy 😁 !! Here's some pics , he's so smiles...


r/toukenranbu • • 28d ago

News New Sword Teaser

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r/toukenranbu • • 28d ago

Fan Content (OC) Mikazuki Munechika

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r/toukenranbu • • Sep 15 '26

Fan Content (OC) Saniwa OC, she's baby (8 yrs old) and she's been caught stealing food from the kitchen :0 Guess who caught her!!! (It's Micchan ofc)

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r/toukenranbu • • Sep 09 '26

News Fit Boxing Touken Ranbu announced for Switch 1/2 (January 15, 2027 in Japan)

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r/toukenranbu • • Sep 09 '26

Question Who was Sanchoumou's "as of not yet introduced" right hand man?

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Saw this on Nikkou Ichimonji's TV Trope page, which Nikkou is described as Sanchoumou's Left Hand. But alongside it, there was this section that aside from Nikkou, Sanchoumou has another wing/henchmen or his *right wing* but it is still yet to be introduced. Himetsuru is ruled out to be the right hand man, as he had no interest to become one according to their recollection with Nikkou.

I've also tried searching some of Real Life swords of the Fukuoka Ichimonji School, searching which sword is not yet to be featured yet, but I still don't found it yet.


r/toukenranbu • • Sep 06 '26

Miscellaneous Got to see Mikazuki Munechika and Atsushi Toshiro today!

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Went to the Tokyo National Museum to see their swords, most notably these two!! Mikazuki is extremely beautiful irl, I was so excited to get to the front that I was shaking a lil🫣 after losing my interest in TR for a few years I’m so glad I got back into it before my trip, and especially that I can start getting new merch for my Yagen itabag again.


r/toukenranbu • • Sep 01 '26

News Taikou Samonji’s kiwame has been revealed! Spoiler

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r/toukenranbu • • Aug 31 '26

Fan Content (OC) Some art

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Idk what to title this just look at it with your eyes if you like it


r/toukenranbu • • Aug 22 '26

Fan Content (OC) [ Removed by Reddit ]

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[ Removed by Reddit on account of violating the content policy. ]