A Vague Attempt at Chronology (1961-2034)
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, Toshimichi Suzuki, Kenichi Sonoda, Fujishima Kosuke, and Masami
Yuuki -- and to the various fans whose love of them inspired the creation
of the information sources from which I stole most of my data. :)
(Needless to say, this is incomplete. It is a snippet from the timeline
of my fanfiction universe, one focusing on the characters of various
series who are, more or less, normal -- i.e. lacking in supernatural
powers.)
(It's a marginal thing in some cases -- is Rally Vincent's marksmanship
really *normal*? what about Sylia Stingray's intelligence? what about
Goto Kiichi's coolness? :) -- but I think it's close enough.)
(Commentary is, of course, welcomed.)
1961 Godai Yuusaku is born.
1964 Asagiri Kachou is born.
1967 Isamu Ohta is born.
1968 Yamazaki Hiromi is born.
1969 The individual who will be known as "Bean Bandit" is born.
1972 Nakajima Ken and Shinshi Mikiyasu are born
1974 Kobayakawa Miyuki and Tsujimoto Natsumi are born.
1975 Olivia Asagiri, neice to Asagiri Kachou, and Clancy Kanuka are
born.
1976 Yamazaki Jun, brother to Yamazaki Hiromi, is born.
1978 Rally Vincent and Shinohara Asuma are born.
1979 Izumi Noa is born. Chigusa Kyoko marries Otonashi Souichiro.
1980 The recently widowed Otonashi Kyoko becomes kanrinin of
Ikkoku-kan, where Godai Yuusaku is a tenant. May Hopkins is born.
1983 Katsuhito Stengovitch is born.
1987 Godai Yuusaku and Otonashi Kyoko are married.
1988 Godai Haruka is born.
1990 Asagiri Kachou becomes Station Manager of Bokuto precinct.
1994 Natsumi is assigned to Bokuto precinct, and soon becomes partners,
roommates, and best friends with Miyuki.
1996 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". The Nerima district of Japan is the site of a
mysterious paranormal phenomenon, allegedly involving a number of
extraterrestrials and the urban legends called the Sailor
Soldiers.
1997 Olivia Asagiri is a courier in Chicago, under the alias
"Riff-Raff".
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.
2003 Tokyo is scudded by North Korea in a provacatory gesture.
Numerous targets in Nerima and Jyuban are hit.
2004 Asuma and Noa marry. Allegedly, Yamazaki Jun meets Godai Haruka
at this wedding.
2007 Leon McNichol is born to Richard and Yoriko McNichol.
2008 Injuries prompt Nakajima Ken's retirement from the police. He
weds Miyuki.
2009 Natsumi retires from the police to marry Kachou. Katsuhito
Stengovitch (now calling himself Katsuhito Stingray) marries Rally
Vincent.
2010 Nakajima Natsumi and Sylia Stingray are born.
2012 Yamazaki Linna is born to Jun and Haruka. Their marital status is
unclear.
2013 Priscilla S. Asagiri is born to Natsumi and Kachou. Olivia is
reported as missing.
2014 Nene Romanova is born.
2016 Mackinnison "Macky" Stingray is born.
2019 Rally Vincent disappears on a visit to America.
2022 Katsuhito Stingray is killed in a "tragic accident".
2025 The Great Kanto Earthquake. Kachou and Natsumi Asagiri are
killed, orphaning Priscilla (whom the Nakajimas incorrectly also
believe to be dead.)
2027 The SV2 Division (by now using battlemovers, rather than patrol
labors) is incorporated into the newly formed ADPolice. Goto is
forcibly retired.
2031 Priscilla, Linna, and Nene are recruited by Sylia to form the
Knight Sabres. Ken dies of a heart attack.
2032 Nakajima Natsumi finds employment in California
2034 Events of the story "Reunions". (Be patient.)