The Mikado Ichiban Chronology and Reality Notes

(or, "Where It All Fits")

'Mikado Ichiban - Zembun Otoko!' (MKI hereafter) is, of course, based on characters and situations in the Ranma 1/2 universe; there are, however, some significant distinctions. First, while events herein parallel occurences in the mainstream, the two realitites merge at a few specific points - the first of these being the series' second through fifth episodes.
While not that much attention is paid in mainstream Ranma 1/2 to the flow of time, MKI has a definite timeline (see below) which is woven into what would be our own 1990s... except for a few differences. Technology, for one, has advanced at a somewhat faster rate, some global situations are not quite the same, and there are some changes to the political scene; however, it is a reality not all that different from our own.

4/91:

Mikado enters junior high

12/91:

Mikado discovers talent for skating

1/92:

Mikado becomes skating team captain (singles)

3/93:

Mikado moves into paired skating; is partnered with Azusa

4/94:

Mikado enters Kolkhoz High, quickly becoming the male captain of the skating club

6/94:

Chance graduates from W. Honolulu High; signs up with the Group

12/94:

Mikado and Azusa's trip to the Jyusenkyo pools

2/95:

First - and only official - loss of the Golden Pair
Koichi Ota becomes the new skating coach

3/95:

Azusa starts at Kolkhoz
Chance completes basic and special-ops training, leaves Fort Powell with corporal's chevrons, and is assigned to TOD Asia per his request

7/95:

Chance is assigned to head security detail assigned to Mikado Sanzenin

7-8/95:

[events of eps. 1-5]

1/96:

[events of eps. 6-12]

2/96:

[events of eps. 13-14]

3/96:

[events of ep. 15]

For more information on the Earth of MKI, the CIA World Factbook is a good place to start.

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