Timeline: Mirage of Blaze
Pre-Otate no Ran
- Feb. 7, 1568 (historical)
- dies laying siege to 's castle.
- Apr. 15, 1578 (historical)
- collapses at .
Otate no Ran: Echigo
- Apr. 19, 1578 (historical)
- dies without regaining consciousness and without naming an heir.
- Apr. 20, 1578 (historical)
- is killed (according to one account) by 's faction.
- Apr. 30, 1578 (historical)
- proclaims himself the heir to the Uesugi Clan and attacks Kagetora at .
- Jun. 10, 1578 (historical)
- Kagekatsu and Kagetora's forces clash in Jouetsu City while hostilities continue in .
- Jun. 18, 1578 (historical)
- Kagetora retreats from to the and requests aid from and the Houjou Clan.
- Jul. 4, 1578 (historical)
- 's reinforcements, requested by the Houjou, arrive on the - border.
- Jul. 16, 1578 (historical)
- breaks his alliance with the Houjou and enters into alliance with Kagekatsu. Kagekatsu takes Noumine Castle.
- Aug. 2, 1578 (historical)
- Katsuyori concludes his negotiations with Kagekatsu.
- Sep. 29, 1578 (historical)
- Katsuyori withdraws.
- Oct., 1578
- and set out for .
- Winter, 1578
- The Houjou forces retreat.
- Jan., 1579
- Kagekatsu marries Katsuyori's sister.
- Feb. 27, 1579 (historical)
- Kagekatsu attacks Kagetora at the . is killed, Kagetora escapes with his family.
- Apr. 13, 1579 (historical)
- and Kagetora's eldest son are killed by Kagekatsu's troops while on their way to negotiate for peace.
- Apr. 19, 1579 (historical)
- , betrayed by at , commits suicide with his family.
Post-Otate no Ran
- Oct. 6, 1581 (approx)
- is killed at .
- Mar. 3, 1582 (historical)
- is besieged.
- May. 8, 1582 (historical)
- dies of illness (according to one account).
- Jun. 21, 1582 (historical)
- 's forces kill at .
- Jun. 22, 1582 (historical)
- 's 13 Uesugi commanders commit suicide, and the castle falls to Oda forces.
- Mar. 19, 1623 (historical)
- dies.
1960s
- 1961 (approx)
- Naoe forces Kagetora to take possession of Minako's body. Naoe, Kagetora, Nagahide, and Haruie die in the battle against .
- May. 3, 1963, Friday
- is born as Tachibana Yoshiaki.
1970s
- 1970 (approx)
- Naoe regains contact with .
- May. 3, 1971, Monday
- Naoe (Tachibana Yoshiaki) turns 8.
- Dec. 9, 1971, Thursday
- is born as Kadowaki Ayako.
- Apr. 1, 1972, Saturday
- Chiaki Shuuhei is born.
- May. 3, 1972, Wednesday
- Naoe (Tachibana Yoshiaki) turns 9.
- Dec. 9, 1972, Saturday
- Ayako turns 1.
- Apr. 1, 1974, Monday
- Chiaki turns 2.
- May. 3, 1974, Friday
- Naoe (Tachibana Yoshiaki) turns 11.
- Jul. 23, 1974, Tuesday
- is born as Ougi Takaya.
- 1974
- Narita Yuzuru is born.
- Dec. 9, 1974, Monday
- Ayako turns 3.
- 1975
- is born.
1980s
- 1984 (approx)
- The «» flares up.
- Apr. 1, 1986, Tuesday
- Chiaki turns 14.
- 1986 (approx)
- Takaya's father's business fails, and he becomes alcoholic and abusive.
- May. 3, 1986, Saturday
- Naoe (Tachibana Yoshiaki) turns 23.
- Jul. 23, 1986, Wednesday
- Takaya turns 12.
- Dec. 9, 1986, Tuesday
- Ayako turns 15.
- Apr. 1, 1987, Wednesday
- Chiaki turns 15.
- Apr. 2, 1987, Thursday (approx)
- Takaya and Yuzuru start their first year at .
- Spring, 1987
- Takaya's mother divorces his father and leaves. The Family Court rules that Takaya and Miya should stay with their father.
- May. 3, 1987, Sunday
- Naoe (Tachibana Yoshiaki) turns 24.
- Jul. 23, 1987, Thursday
- Takaya turns 13.
Exaudi Nos (Exaudi Nos): Tokyo, Utsunomiya, Nagasaki
- Aug. 24, 1987, Monday (approx)
- Naoe visits Irobe at the hospital and meets Ayako, then picks up his brother towards evening and meets Akai.
- Aug. 25, 1987, Tuesday (approx)
- Back in , Naoe probes the Kwannon statue and discovers that it's a Maria Kwannon. He goes out with his brother that night and has a dream of Kagetora and Minako.
- Aug. 26, 1987, Wednesday (approx)
- Naoe goes to and discovers the true history of Ernando Torabas.
Interlude
- Winter, 1987 (stated)
- Takaya takes a trip to Sendai to see his mother after she remarries.
- Takaya meets Mitsui.
- Dec. 9, 1987, Wednesday
- Ayako turns 16.
Gunjou (Gunjou): Odawara, Hakone
- Mar. 17, 1988, Thursday (approx)
- The onryou of those who had died in battle against the Houjou at rouse, killing several ordinary people. is sent to subjugate them.
- Mar. 18, 1988, Friday (approx)
- visits his dead at . comes to take him back to his estate at , where he learns that his brother had been attacked and injured by an assassin. He hurries to Ujimasa at , where he meets his brother , who had just returned from a battle at against of the .
- is exorcised in the same battle.
- Mar. 19, 1988, Saturday (approx)
- An assassin attacks and at while using mind-projection to wreck large-scale damage on Ujimasa's estate at and attacking various locations within the city.
- moves to 's estate at .
- , , and meet at towards evening.
- Mar. 20, 1988, Sunday (approx)
- At dawn, the Satomi assassins destroy part of and injure several people at Ryokan Street.
- summons a spirit-fog over , foiling the assassins' mind-projection attacks.
- Mar. 21, 1988, Monday (approx)
- The Satomi assassins send Ujimasa a message in a wooden box. They then sever the cable of the and destroy the , killing many people.
- Mar. 22, 1988, Tuesday (approx)
- and lure Matsuda Katsuhide to and fight him there, while duels Matsuda Takahide at the Houjou estate at by . Ujimasa learns of what the Matsuda brothers and their followers did to his brother . Both Katsuhide and Takahide's souls are destroyed by the Houjou guardian spirit-lions.
- Mar. 29, 1988, Tuesday (approx)
- leaves the hospital and meets at the summit of .
Interlude
- Apr. 4, 1988, Monday (approx)
- Takaya and Yuzuru start their second year at .
- 1988 (approx)
- is killed in battle at .
Saiai no Anata e (Itetsuita Tsubasa): Matsumoto
- Nov. 2, 1988, Wednesday (approx)
- Miya goes to stay with the Sakurais.
- Nov. 9, 1988, Wednesday (approx)
- Takaya chances on Yuzuru crying over his bird's grave on the night he decides to kill his father.
- Nov. 11, 1988, Friday (approx)
- Takaya shows up at school and gets into a fight with Yokomori and company.
- Nov. 21, 1988, Monday (approx)
- Takaya visits his sister and Mrs. Sakurai. Miya meets Yuzuru for the first time. Takaya rejects Yuzuru's offer to stay with him.
- Mitsui assaults Takaya at the garage.
- Nov. 22, 1988, Tuesday (approx)
- Yuzuru goes to get Takaya at Mitsui's garage in the morning, and they have ramen together.
- Kasai visits Takaya and promises to speak with his father.
- Takaya runs off to Mitsui's garage when he hears that his gang had beat up Yokomori and company.
- Nov. 23, 1988, Wednesday (approx)
- Takaya goes to school and is summoned by Oonuki. He leaves and visits Yuzuru, who is home with a cold.
- Dec. 24, 1988, Saturday (stated)
- Takaya and Miya are back at home after Kasai talks to their father. They're in the midst of decorating a Christmas tree when Takaya receives a call from Kayama that Mitsui had been arrested for selling drugs and then is arrested himself on charges of the same.
- Dec. 25, 1988, Sunday (stated)
- Takaya is cleared of all charges, and his father, Yuzuru, Miya, and Kasai come to the police station get him.
- Jan. 7, 1989, Saturday (approx)
- Near the end of winter break, Takaya comes to visit Yuzuru and pray at the grave of his bird.
Interlude
- Apr. 3, 1989, Monday (approx)
- Takaya and Yuzuru start their third year at .
- Apr. 2, 1990, Monday (approx)
- Takaya, Yuzuru, and Saori start their first year of senior high school at High.
- Jul. 23, 1990, Monday (stated)
- Takaya turns 16.
- Apr. 1, 1991, Monday (stated)
- Chiaki turns 19.
- Apr. 2, 1991, Tuesday (approx)
- Takaya, Yuzuru, and Saori start their second year of senior high school at High.
- May. 3, 1991, Friday
- Naoe (Tachibana Yoshiaki) turns 28.
Volume 1: Matsumoto
- May. 7, 1991, Tuesday (stated)
- The is destroyed, releasing the seal on , who possesses Narita Yuzuru.
- May. 9, 1991, Thursday
- Takaya and Yuzuru meet Yuiko.
- Naoe sees Takaya for the first time.
- May. 10, 1991, Friday
- Takaya visits Yuiko with Saori at the hospital.
- Naoe exorcises Takeda onryou at Yuzuru's house.
- Takaya sees Naoe for the first time.
- May. 11, 1991, Saturday (stated)
- Saori visits Yuiko at the hospital.
- Naoe and Takaya visit , then Yuzuru's house.
- May. 12, 1991, Sunday (stated)
- Saori and Yuiko go sightseeing.
- May. 13, 1991, Monday (stated)
- Saori, under 's command, removes the talisman bracelet from Yuzuru after school. Takaya and Naoe perform «choubuku» on and drive out of Yuzuru.
- May. 14, 1991, Tuesday
- Takaya and Naoe perform on the remaining Takeda onryou. Naoe leaves .
Volume 2: Matsumoto
- May. 31, 1991, Friday (approx)
- Ghosts appear at High.
- Jun. 5, 1991, Wednesday (approx)
- Takaya spotlight-races against Ayako on his way to school. Chiaki shows up at High.
- Naoe meets Takaya and Ayako at High after school, and they go out to celebrate their reunion.
- Jun. 6, 1991, Thursday (approx)
- Yuzuru collapses.
- The baseball team members are injured by shattering glass.
- Jun. 7, 1991, Friday (approx)
- Takaya, Naoe, Ayako, and Saori visit the .
- Takaya confronts Chiaki after school.
- Takaya, Naoe, Ayako, Chiaki, and Yuzuru battle Ranmaru at the school.
- Jun. 10, 1991, Monday (approx)
- Naoe and Takaya view the sunset at Jouzan Park.
Shinku no Hata wo Hirugaese (Hutari Botan): Matsumoto
- Jun. 15, 1991, Saturday (approx)
- Chiaki gives Takaya his first lesson in .
- Jun. 17, 1991, Monday (approx)
- A ghost appears at High, soaking the girls' PE uniforms. Chiaki stays after school to catch her.
- Naoe meets Takaya at Takaya's part-time job at the gas station.
- Naoe, Takaya, and Chiaki follow the lantern progression to .
- Jun. 18, 1991, Tuesday (approx)
- Naoe watches over . Some tourists fall off the stairs.
- Jun. 19, 1991, Wednesday (approx)
- In the early morning Takaya, Naoe, and Chiaki exorcise the spirit at .
- Takaya and Chiaki dig up the shell lipstick container from behind High's gymnasium after class.
- That night, Naoe and Takaya drive out to .
Interlude
- Jun., 1991 (approx)
- Around the end of June or the beginning of July, Fuuma ninjas steal the ‘’ from for the Houjou.
Volumes 3-4: Sendai and Yamagata
- Jun. 25, 1991, Tuesday (approx)
- Naoe starts tailing Ueshima in Yamagata.
- Jun. 29, 1991, Saturday
- Takaya receives a call from Naoe asking him to go to Sendai.
- Jul. 1, 1991, Monday
- Takaya and Ayako take the bullet train to Sendai and meet Kokuryou at .
- meets with to propose an alliance between Takeda and Date.
- Jul. 2, 1991, Tuesday
- Kokuryou begins training Takaya.
- Naoe is captured at Mogami's mansion.
- Jul. 3, 1991, Wednesday
- Takaya goes to his mother's house in the morning.
- That afternoon, the sites at the and Sendai West Highway's Aobayama Tunnel Exit collapse.
- Jul. 4, 1991, Thursday
- Takaya fights Yoshiyasu at the in the early morning.
- Kousaka takes Takaya to the Date, and he visits the with Masamune and .
- That evening, Takaya sees his mother in the street as he's talking with Ayako and Kokuryou.
- Jul. 5, 1991, Friday
- Ayako calls Chiaki for help after going into Yamagata and hearing about the explosion of Naoe's car.
- Jul. 6, 1991, Saturday
- Kousaka meets Yoshiyasu at .
- Chiaki picks up Yuzuru, and they drive to Sendai.
- Takaya's mother visits .
- Yoshiyasu attacks .
- Kousaka attacks . Kokuryou is injured and taken to the hospital. His wife dies.
- Naoe exorcises and escapes from Ueshima's mansion.
- Chiaki and Yuzuru arrive in Sendai.
- Jul. 7, 1991, Sunday
- Chiaki and Ayako battle Yoshiyasu and Kousaka. Yoshiyasu abandons his first spiritual vessel and possesses another in order to escape.
- Naoe joins Takaya, Chiaki, Ayako, and Yuzuru in Sendai.
- Jul. 8, 1991, Monday
- Takaya and Naoe visit .
- That evening, the Date perform the of and at while the perform earth-tranquilization rituals at the five barrier points. 's spirit vessel is killed by , and his spirit is injured by the Wisdom Kings controlled by Yuzuru.
- Jul. 9, 1991, Tuesday
- The hunt down at in the early morning. The Date army destroys the Nanbu and Oosaki Clans, and sends Satake into retreat.
- Jul. 11, 1991, Thursday
- Takaya, Naoe, and Ayako visit Kokuryou at the hospital.
- Jul. 12, 1991, Friday
- Chiaki and Yuzuru leave for .
- Takaya, Naoe, and Ayako visit Kokuryou in the morning, then part at : Ayako for on the rail, and Naoe and Takaya for Tokyo on the bullet train. Takaya's mother comes to see him off at the station.
Gunjou (Sichigetsu Ikimare no Sirius): Tokyo
- Jul. 23, 1991, Tuesday (stated)
- Takaya turns 17.
- Jul. 25, 1991, Thursday (stated)
- After exorcising , Naoe and Takaya have dinner at a small Japanese restaurant in Tokyo.
- Chiaki, Yuzuru, and Miya arrive to celebrate Takaya's birthday.
Volume 5: Nara
- Aug. 1, 1991, Thursday (approx)
- Chiaki and Takaya arrive in towards evening.
- Aug. 2, 1991, Friday (approx)
- Chiaki and Takaya visit , then meet Nagi at her stepfather's funeral.
- Naoe arrives in and visits .
- Aug. 3, 1991, Saturday (approx)
- Takaya and Naoe pay a visit to Kizaki Mieko.
- In the meantime, Chiaki protects Nagi from attack at her home.
- Chiaki and Nagi visit .
- Takaya and Naoe rendezvous with Chiaki at Nagi's house, then visit , where they are attacked by an unknown opponent. Chiaki remains behind to guard Nagi at her house.
- Takaya and Naoe get back to the hotel around 8 pm.
- Aug. 4, 1991, Sunday (approx)
- Chiaki calls Naoe around 4 am to tell him of Nagi's disappearance; Naoe and Takaya meet up with Chiaki at the . Takaya summons the for the first time to track Nagi down.
- Oda's forces, including , Akanue, and , as well as the find Nagi at . The '' devours Akanue. Takaya destroys the '' with the .
- The take Nagi home.
Saiai no Anata e (Saiai no Anata e): Uozu, Toyama
- Aug. 7, 1991, Wednesday (approx)
- Naoe invites Takaya to go on a road trip to .
- Around 8:30 p.m. that night, they meet the Lady in White and the 13 Uesugi Generals at .
- Aug. 8, 1991, Thursday (approx)
- A little past midnight Naoe and Takaya follow the sounds of weeping to the 'Sandy Basin Embankment' and see .
- In the morning, they investigate and learn of the legend of .
- Back at the embankment, they see . They go to a tea house, and he tells them of the laying a trap for .
- That night they receive a visit from and Shimozuma Raishou of the , who ask them not to interfere in their battle with Narimasa.
- Aug. 9, 1991, Friday (approx)
- enters Toyama in the early hours of the morning. Takaya and Naoe go to meet him at . Though knowing of the trap by the , Narimasa goes to meet Sayuri anyway and is killed. and both cross over. Shimozuma Raishou provokes a fight with the and is exorcised.
Interlude
- Summer, 1991
- Morino Saori works at the Narita Dental Office for the summer.
- Aug. 19, 1991, Monday (approx)
- Naoe buys a Toyota Windom to replace the Cefiro he totaled during the Yamagata trip.
Volumes 6-8: Tokyo, Utsunomiya, Nikkou, Odawara, Hakone, Matsumoto
- Aug. 25, 1991, Sunday
- , sent by to retrieve the stolen by the Houjou, is killed by an assassin of the Houjou. Shingen charges with the task.
- Aug. 28, 1991, Wednesday (stated)
- Asaoka Shinya's visage appears in the rightmost sacred cedar at .
- Aug. 29, 1991, Thursday (stated)
- Morino Saori arrives in Tokyo to visit Takeda Yuiko.
- Aug. 30, 1991, Friday (stated)
- Saori and Yuiko go to , and Yuiko feels the presence of onryou haunting the pools.
- Asaoka Maiko meets at in .
- Aug. 31, 1991, Saturday (stated)
- Takaya, Chiaki, Yuzuru, and Ayako arrive in Tokyo to investigate the haunting at in response to Saori's call for help. They exorcise Toshima Itsu. Takaya and Chiaki fight, and Takaya goes off on his own.
- Meanwhile, Naoe meets Maiko at , and they go together to visit Asaoka Shinya at his hospital, where Naoe discovers that Shinya's soul is missing from his body. They hear about a jumper at , and Naoe goes to investigate. He meets there, who takes them to to see Shinya's soul trapped in one of three sacred trees there. They meet at the shrine, and he relates to them the story of the 'Tsutsuga Mirror.'
- Naoe is injured by a tsutsuga as he and Kojuurou drive Maiko home. He is taken to the hospital, then accepts a room at Maiko's inn.
- Sep. 1, 1991, Sunday (stated)
- Sometime past midnight, Takaya fights a group of college students in front of . Afterwards, he accepts Ujiteru's offer to go with him.
- A second face is discovered in the leftmost of the sacred trees at in the morning, and Kojuurou goes to the shrine to investigate while Naoe is laid up with a fever from his wound.
- Later that day, Ujiteru takes Takaya to and . Takaya refuses to go back to the Houjou and is sealed by Ujiteru within the female 'Tsutsuga Mirror.'
- That night, Naoe calls Ayako at her home in Yokohama from the public telephone at Asaoka Inn and learns of Takaya's disappearance. He later sees Takaya's face in the mirror and leaves for Odawara.
- Ayako hears of Yuzuru's abduction from Chiaki.
- Sep. 2, 1991, Monday (stated)
- Naoe, having driven through the night, arrives at , where he meets . Ujiteru takes Naoe to his estate on the opposite side of the lake and allows him to see Takaya's soulless body.
- Ayako rides through the night from Yokohama on her motorcyle and arrives at Asaoka Inn around dawn, where she meets with Kojuurou and Kousaka.
- Ujiteru meets with , a messenger from his brother , who tells Ujiteru that his father commands the tree-binding of his younger brother .
- Kagetora communicates with Ayako through the mirror in her room at Asaoka Inn and tells her to expect a visitor. Ayako spends the rest of the day hunting tsutsuga in Nikkou, but in vain.
- Takaya finds Yuzuru at 's mansion but is unable to communicate with him. and begin the ritual to draw out Yuzuru's power.
- Takaya appears in the mirror of 's bedchamber. After refusing once more to join the Houjou, he shatters the mirror.
- Tooyama arrives back in Nikkou that evening and meets with Ujimasa before adjourning to a hotel in Kinugawa. Kagetora haunts the mirrors in his room and forces him to betray the Houjou.
- Chasing Yuzuru's trail, Chiaki arrives at Asaoka Inn. He and Ayako meet with Tooyama.
- Back at Ujiteru's estate, Naoe offers to join the Houjou. He accepts Ujiteru's condition that he dispose of Takaya's body as proof of his loyalty. Later, he takes a walk along Laki Ashi and breaks his prayer beads, keeping only the centerpiece. Kotarou finds him there, and they converse.
- Sep. 3, 1991, Tuesday (stated)
- Tooyama summons Kotarou to a meeting in Motohakone and tells him that Ujiyasu commands the retrieval of the male Tsutsuga Mirror. Kotarou agrees to take him to the place where the Mirror is hidden.
- In the morning, Chiaki and Kojuurou mount an assault on Ujimasa's mansion in an attempt to rescue Yuzuru, but the attempt fails when Ranmaru succeeds in awakening Yuzuru's divine power.
- Naoe disperses the divine protection over Takaya but transfers the pearl from his prayer beads to him in an attempt to keep his body alive.
- Kotarou takes Tooyama on a walk around Lake Ashi which ends at the . There he shoots , killing his body, and sends tsutsuga after him to devour his soul.
- Naoe disrupts the ceremony to bind Kagetora's soul to the Yatate Cedar at and kills Ujiteru and all his men. He goes out to the middle of Lake Ashi with Takaya's body and the female Tsutsuga Mirror, where he intends to sink the mirror to the bottom of the lake with both his soul and Kagetora's inside. Kotarou finds him there and reveals the true nature of the dragon god of the lake: . He relays the dragon's offer to allow Naoe to borrow the male Tsutsuga Mirror.
