A Vague Attempt at Chronology (1950-2050)
By C. Richard Davies.
(Note: This timeline incorporates aspects of the "Maison Ikkoku" timeline
included in the Maison Ikkoku Guide compiled by the Misery Loves Company.
<http://anime.berkely.edu/Anime/MI/HTML/guide.html>. There is another
Maison Ikkoku timeline, which sets the events of the series considerably
earlier.)
(Appreciation is owed to the creators of these series, of course -- Rumiko
Takahashi, Naoko Takeuchi, Toshimichi Suzuki, Kenichi Sonoda, Fujishima
Kosuke, Masami Yuuki, Masume Shirow, Hiroki Hayashi, Yuu Watase, Izumi
Matsumoto, and others -- and to the various fans whose love of these
series inspired the creation of the information sources from which I stole
most of my data. :)
(Needless to say, this is incomplete, and doubtless there are several
errors -- note that deliberately setting a series thirty or so years after
it was supposed to be set does not constiute an error. If you find them,
let me know.)
1950 *Otonashi Souichiro is born.
1951 *Tendou Souun is born. (Mar 13)
*Saotome Genma is born. (Mar 29)
1953 *According to his birth certificate, Goto Kiichi is born this
year.
*Masaki Achika is born.
*(Last Name) Noboyuki is born.
1955 *(Last Name) Nodoka is born.
1957 *(Last Name) Rumiko, future mother of the Tendou sisters,
is born. (Oct 10)
1959 *Chigusa Kyoko is born. (Dec 8)
1961 *Godai Yuusaku is born. (Mar 15)
*Nagamo Shinobu is born.
1962 *Quincy Masada is born. According to his birth certificate.
1964 *Asagiri Toshio is born.
1967 *Isamu Ohta is born.
1968 *Yamazaki Hiromi is born.
1969 *The individual who will be known variously as "the Bean Bandit"
and "Roadbuster" is born.
1972 *Nakajima Ken is born.
*Shinshi Mikiyasu is born.
*Ayukawa Madoka is born. (May 25)
*Kasuga Kyosuke is born. (Nov 15)
1973 *Darien Chiba is born. (Aug 3)
1974 *Kobayakawa Miyuki is born.
*Tsujimoto Natsumi are born.
*Kasuga Manami and Kasuga Kurumi are born, their mother dying in
childbirth.
*Tendou Kasumi is born. (Sep 25)
*Hiyama Hikaru is born. (Nov 15)
1975 *Olivia Asagiri (neice to Asagiri Toshio) is born.
*Clancy Kanuka is born.
*An inexpicable natural disaster destroys the island of Grand
Cayman (Sep 15).
*Morisato Keiichi is born. (Sep 15)
1976 *Yamazaki Jun (brother to Yamazaki Hiromi) is born.
*Shibo Shige is born.
*Morisato Megumi is born.
*Kunou Tatewaki is born. (Mar 6)
*Tendou Nabiki is born. (May 5)
*Souun and Genma manage to imprison Happosai, and pledge to unite
their families through marriage.
1977 *Shan Pu is born. (Jan 5)
Erica Ten'ou is born. (Jan 27)
Kuonji Ukyou is born. (Mar 29)
Masaki Tenchi is born. (Apr 24)
Saotome Ranma is born. (May 23)
Tendou Akane is born. (May 31)
Hibiki Ryouga is born. (Jun 17)
Kunou Kodachi is born. (Sep 8)
Michelle Kaioh is born. (Oct 29)
Mano Yohko is born. (Nov 12)
Mano Ayako is born. (Nov 12)
Mu Tsu is born.
Shinohara Asuma is born.
1978 *Kent Masefield trains and lives at the Tendou Dojo.
*Raye Hino is born. (Apr 17)
*"Tamahome", aka Onidake Tama is born (June 28).
*Serena Tsukino is born. (Jun 30)
*Amy Mizuno is born. (Sep 20)
*Irene "Rally" Vincent is born. (Oct 4)
*Aino Minako is born. (Oct 22)
*Hippolita Kino is born. (Dec 5)
*Izumi Noa is born. (Dec ?)
1979 *Chigusa Kyoko marries Otonashi Souichiro.
*Genma and Ranma's training trip begins.
1980 *Yuki Miaka is born. (May 12)
*Kanzaki Azusa is born. (Jun 6)
*Darien's parents are killed in an automobile accident.
*Samuel Tsukino is born.
*The recently widdowed Otonashi Kyoko becomes kanrinin of
Ikkoku-kan, where Godai Yuusaku is a tenant. (Oct)
*Hongou Yui is born. (Oct 26)
*May Hopkins is born. (Nov 6)
1982 *Lydia Tomoe is born. (Jan 6)
1983 *Katsuhito Stengovitch is born.
1987 *Godai Yuusaku and Otonashi Kyoko are married. (Mar)
*The experimental MADOX-11 battlesuit goes on a rampage in Tokyo.
1987 *Kasuga Kyosuke meets Ayukawa Madoka and Hiyama Hikaru and becomes
involved in an angst-filled love triangle with them.
1988 *Godai Haruka is born. (Mar ?)
1990 *Asagiri Toshio becomes Station Manager of Bokuto precinct.
*The whimsical love triangle of Kyosuke, Madoka, and Hikaru comes
to a sad end.
*The so-called "Mechatronic Revolution" is generally held to
commence in this year, with the first primitive construction
robots ("labors") being used in Japan. While various forms of
anthropomorphic vehicles and armored exoskeletons have been in
use by various secret organizations for over fifty years, this
marks the first instance of civillian usage.
1991 *Aino Minako is awakened to her position as Sailor Venus, and
assumes the secret identity of Sailor V. (Nov ?)
1992 *Earth's greatest adventure begins as Serena Tsukino becomes the
Bishojou Senshi Sailor Moon (Mar 7). Her comrades, Sailor
Mercury (Amy Mizuno), Sailor Mars (Raye Hino), Sailor Jupiter
(Lita Kino) are soon joined by Sailor Venus. They are victorious
over the Dark Kingdom, but the battle results in a loss of memory
for all five. (N.B. While the Jyuban press referred to the
Sailors as "Sailor Scouts", imitating the usage of the girls
themselves, other sources refer to them as "Sailor Senshi" or
"Sailor Soldiers")
1993 *The Sailor Senshi are reawakened to deal with a pair of alien
energy vampires, as well as defeating a group of time travelling
invaders.
*Elsewhere, experiments by Dr. Tomoe Souichi ("The Doctor") open
the way for an alien intelligence known as Mistress Nine to
invade Earth, prompting the awakening of Sailor Neptune (Michelle
Kaioh) and Sailor Uranus (Erica Ten'ou).
*Mano Yohko becomes the 108th Mamono Hunter of the Mano clan,
and is soon joined by an "apprentice", Kanzaki Azusa.
*Aethan DeGales visits Japan and makes the acquaintance of Aino
Minako, with whom he begins a long-distance relationship.
*Saotome Ranma is cursed in the Nannichuan (the Spring of Drowned
Girl) of Jyusenkyou (Mar 30), and comes to be engaged unwillingly
to Tendou Akane. (Apr 13)
*The Sailor Senshi clash with the Outer Senshi (Uranus and
Neptune) before ultimately joining forces with them to defeat
Mistress Nine's forces, the so-called Death Busters, during which
clash the powers of Lydia Tomoe (Sailor Saturn) are revealed.
Soon after, the Sailor Scouts do battle with the Dark Moon Circus
of Queen Neherenia.
1994 *Tsujimoto Natsumi is assigned to Bokuto precinct, and soon
becomes partners, roommates, and best friends with Kobayakawa
Miyuki.
*Mano Yohko has her first clash with her "cousin" (actually her
unwitting half-sister) Mano Ayako.
*Belldandy of Asgard manipulates events to bring about her
summoning to Earth by Morisato Keiichi, and is soon followed by
her sisters Urd and Skuld.
*Minako meets Yohko, and forms a friendship.
*Masaki Tenchi unwittingly frees the "demon" Ryouko (actually an
alien space pirate), setting in motion events that lead to
Tenchi's discovery that he is in fact part Jurain.
1995 *The European Super Parliament convenes for the first time.
*The cursed springs of Jyusenkyou are flooded by torrential
rainfall.
*Yuki Miaka and Hongo Yui are drawn into the Universe of the Four
Gods Earth and Sky.
1996 *Minako and Lita visit Vancouver. (Feb)
*The Nerima district of Japan is the site of a mysterious
paranormal phenomenon that brings about the first meeting of the
Sailor Senshi, Team Ranma, Tenchi and his associates, and a number
of other paranormal or superhuman individuals. (Apr 6-10)
*Serena Tsukino and Darien Chiba are married, not without incident
(Sep 15). After a honeymoon in Canada, they move into Room 5 of
Maison Ikkoku.
*Rally Vincent begins her career as a bounty hunter, soon
acquiring a partner in "Minny May" Hopkins. She has her first
run-in with "the Bean Bandit".
1997 *Olivia Asagiri is a courier in Chicago, under the alias
"Riff-Raff". She has confrontations with the Bean Bandit and with
the Gunsmith Cats. (It is widely held that the "Rally" of Bean
Bandit's reminiscences -- "Riding Bean", published 2030 -- is a
composite of Olivia and the actual Rally, assembled from the
somewhat senile ex-courier's confused accounts.)
*Saotome Ranma and Tendou Akane are married in a peaceful
ceremony. (Peaceful meaning that the only brawl is between
husband and wife ...)
1998 *Katsuhito Stengovitch becomes involved in one of Rally's bounty
hunting operations.
1999 *The Second Unit of the SV2 Division of the Tokyo Metropolitan
Police is formed. Ohta, Hiromi, Mikiyasu, and Asuma are assigned
to the newly formed unit, while Noa volunteers.
*The first phase of "the Final War" begins, as Hong Kong and
Taiwan attempt to assert their independence from the mainland
Chinese government, followed soon after by end of the ceasefire
between North and South Korea.
2001 *Sheila Tenkai is born to Michelle Kaioh and Erica Ten'ou. (Sep
12)
2003 *Tokyo is scudded by North Korea in a provacatory gesture.
Numerous targets in Nerima and Jyuban are hit, most notably the
Tendou Dojo. Tendou Souun, Tendou Hinako, Tendou Kasumi, Ono
Tofuu, and Saotome Nodoka are all apparently killed, while
Saotome Genma is incapacitated.
*Soon after, Ourrannos arrives on Earth, and seeks out Sailor
Moon. In the battle that follows, Serena undergoes a final
transformation to Serenity, and Sailor Uranus and Neptune are
killed. Ourranos is defeated. Darien transforms to Endymion
permanently.
*Amy marries Greg Urawa immediately after earning her doctorate.
2004 *Asuma and Noa marry. Allegedly, Yamazaki Jun meets Godai Haruka
at this wedding.
2007 *Leon McNichol is born to Richard and Yoriko McNichol. (Jul 16)
2008 *Injuries prompt Nakajima Ken's retirement from the police. He
weds Miyuki.
2009 *Natsumi retires from the police to marry Toshio.
*Katsuhito Stengovitch (now calling himself Katsuhito Stingray)
marries Rally Vincent.
*Ritsuko Urawa is born. (Dec 12)
2010 *Sylia Stingray is born. (May 31)
*The Treaty of Hong Kong ends the first phase of "The Final War",
and work begins on reconstructing the war-damaged city, under the
name "The Newport Project".
2012 *Yamazaki Linna is born to Yamazaki Jun and Godai Haruka. (Oct 22)
Their marital status is unclear.
*Nakajima Natsumi is born.
2013 *Olivia Asagiri is reported as missing.
*Priscilla S. Asagiri is born to Natsumi and Toshio. (May 27)
*The Communist Chinese government attempts to consolidate its
control over certain parts of its territory that have been in
rebellion since Imperial times. The fortress of the Musk Dynasty
is bombed, as is Joketsuzoku. The Sailor Senshi assist the
Joketsuzoku, relocating them to the Australian outback.
2014 *Nene Romanova is born. (Aug 13)
2015 *Mackinnison "Macky" Stingray is born. (Jan 25)
2017 *Kunou Kodachi kidnaps Sheila Tenkai, whom she insanely believes
to be the "Osage no Onna" with whom her brother was infatuated.
Sheila is rescued by Jupiter, who then beats Kodachi to death.
As a result, Jupiter is stripped of her powers by Serenity. For
her protection, Sheila is placed in suspended animation.
2019 *Rally Vincent disappears on a visit to America.
*A child is born to Asuma and Noa's fourteen year old daughter;
the girl is placed up for adoption, being taken in by a childless
Newport family, and given the name Leona Ozaki.
2022 *Katsuhito Stingray is killed in a "tragic accident".
*Intercepting packages which Katsuhito had intended for his
children, Brian J. Mason undergoes "cyberevolution" (his own term
for it), and "permits" Sylia to undergo the same process in an
attempt to create the perfect mate.
2025 *The Great Kanto Earthquake. Toshio and Natsumi Asagiri are
killed, orphaning Priscilla (whom the Nakajimas incorrectly also
believe to be dead.) Greg Urawa is also killed.
2027 *The SV2 Division (by now using battlemovers, rather than patrol
labors) is incorporated into the newly formed ADPolice. Goto is
forcibly retired.
*Linna's parents are killed by a "runaway boomer". She briefly
lives with her grandparents in Maison Ikkoku.
2030 *The former "Bean Bandit" dies immediately after dictating his
memoirs.
2031 *Priscilla, Linna, and Nene are recruited by Sylia to form the
Knight Sabres.
*Ken dies of a heart attack.
2032 *Natsumi finds employment in California.
2034 *Aethan Degales initiates Nene Romanova into the arts of magick,
before being destroyed.
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2040 *Leona Ozaki is a member of the Newport Tank Police.
2041 *Quincy's condition begins an irreversible decline, and he elects
to destroy life on Earth before he dies. The Sailor Senshi
mobilize their allies against him. The SV2's Second Unit is
reunited, and suffer heavy casualties fairly early on in the
struggle that ensues. Ultimately, a nuclear weapon is detonated
in the heart of Genom Tower, allegedly by Sylia Stingray. Most of
MegaTokyo's downtown district is whiped out in the blast, and
countless people are killed.
*The deaths of most of the heads of corporate Genom deals a death
blow to the megacorporation. Several factions actually manage to
prosper, including the newly formed Conseption Corporation,
composed of several Genom biotech firms. Genom's space assets are
immediately divided up by the other members of the SDPC, in a move
that leaves them open to a takeover by the Sailor Senshi, who
immediately begin to orient the corporation towards colonization
instead of exploitation.
2044 *Graviton City is built near Olympus Mons, on Mars -- ostensibly
as the first step towards colonization, but actually to provide an
early defense system against possible alien invasion.
2050 *The true purpose of the Cydonian pyramids on Mars is revealed, as
explorers complete a spell begun at the very end of the Silver
Millenium ... restoring breathable atmosphere to the planet.
To Be Continued