Message-ID: <20020904174427.56376.qmail@web11107.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 10:44:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Welch Subject: Keiichi has been at Nekomi 5 years? To: Megami ML Reply-To: megami@ML.usagi.org X-ML-archive: http://www.win.ne.jp/~doi/ML/ Precedence: bulk Is it likely that Keiichi would take 5 years to finish at Nekomi? I count 5 years have gone by in Keiichi's academic career, with one year to go for that final language credit. Can somebody give this timeline a sanity check? Here's what I have come up with: *** Most students who make it into a university on the first try are 18 when they begin attending classes. In exceptional cases and with special permission some may enter at age 17, but I don't think K1 did that (his parents would have been involved, and we don't see them until much later.) The Japanese academic calendar is from April to March, dividing the year into two semesters lasting from April to July and from September to March. A college level course usually runs for both semesters. K1 enters Nekomi Tech at age 18. Belldandy arrives in Ch1 (duh! ) but there's no time information other than it appearing to be cold. In Ch16 it appears to be Autumn and Belldandy says she has been there almost a year. The next chapter, Ch17, it's Christmas. So, Bell arrived during K1's second semester, probably late fall/early winter. Megumi shows up in Ch9, 2 weeks before school starts, so it's late March or early April, before K1's 2nd year. K1 is 19, beginning 2nd year. Urd appears in Ch14, probably during the summer since the NIT Motor club's summer training camp was Ch13. Belldandy mentions she has been with Keiichi almost a year in Ch16. Ch17 is Christmas. (As was mentioned above). Troubadour is remembered by Urd in Ch25, when the Ume (plum trees) are blooming, so it's early Spring at the end of K1's second year. K1 is 20, beginning 3rd year. After Ch25, we have New Years in Ch29 and then Valentines day in Ch31 before Skuld arrives in Ch32, so she arrived in the Spring of K1's third year, after Valentines day. Possibly between K1's third and fourth years. K1 is 21, beginning 4th year. Chieko Honda appears in Ch48 during the Nekomi Motor Club summer training camp. Keiichi and the goddesses go to the seashore in September in Ch50. Troubadour shows up in Ch55 when the Ume (plum trees) are in bloom, so it's Spring, the end of K1's fourth year. K1 is 22, beginning 5th year. Peorth appears in Ch66 later that year, probably during 1st semester of K1's 5th year since school is in session and then later they go swimming. Chihiro appears in Ch76, September or early October of K1's 5th year, since it's summer break in Ch75. K1 discovers he is a credit short in October in Ch78. He can't take the course until the following year since this year is already half over. Robot Girl first appears in Ch92, in February or March judging by a couple notices that appear on a billboard. Velsper appears in Ch94, so it's probably March or April, after K1's 5th year. K1 is 23. *** I'm wondering if Fuhishima lost count, or do some Japanese universities offer 5 year undergraduate courses of study for technical majors? Brian Welch