You are so invested in the story. Can't imagine you playing Magic Ring.
1.Well because Masuo has bigger story than any other characters. Himawari was going to be just a lady for whom you did delivery job in the old Magic Ring game.
There was a mistake with the dialogue. I was thinking about both Dahlia's when I wrote that dialogue. Himawari is a human.
As for Ebisu, it's all part of Hailey's Adventure 2 game. He wants to earn her trust to achieve his goals.
2.Nope that's Junsa from regular world doing all the work.
3.Merchandise made by Ryoko's with Lily's /Ayako's company. Bought by her neighbour. Taichi steals it before gets to use it xD.
4.Sugar Cane isn't from there. It's Masumi from other world cosplaying a villain from a show.
5.Taura is a character from the events of HTA 2. Follows Masuo to present because he didn't kill her even though Ryoko ordered him to do so. She doesn't leave only stays hidden from everyone else. Len lives with her for a few months before getting a job and moving to apartment 101 for her safety (Remember her mom-dad jar?).
6.Did I ever mentioned Magic Ring wasn't the only game for Masuo? Before making LSH I was gonna make a game where Ryoko summons Masuo and a few other to help her take down Lily. This was suppose to explain Ryoko's powers and where she gets the ring. In that game, you had to go in different dungeon and defeat the succubus boss at the end. I had a few frames of Jiyon's character done but like so many of the projects, deleted a lot of unwanted stuff.
7.Lily is much more powerful than Ryoko. She is lady Merusa's top General. Timeline reset was her powers before Ryoko stole it from her. But she still got her other powers like creating ghosts servants, making weaker succubi with food items and create pocket dimensions. And like a few other character, world reset doesn't affect her memory.