MegaTokyo timeline Clarifications

by JeroenB. back to MT timeline index.

the 1+50+ui+# thing:

Any attempt to calculate the number of days that have passed in MegaTokyo will hit upon the problem of the unknown interval between Piro handing Kimiko The Railcard and Kimiko meeting Piro again at MegaGamers. This is certainly a number of weeks, probably some months. Since I was therefore stuck with a "days before interval + unknown interval + days after interval" format anyway, I decided to separate the days before arriving in Japan too. Therefore:

days in US + days in Japan + unknown interval + further days in Japan

Clarification of a few of the more "flexible" points:

day 1 to 1+3:

E3 begins on Thursday, TGS ends on Sunday. One day is spent flying to Japan and shopping, the next day Piro and Largo meet Tsubasa and enter TGS. Are these two days Friday and Saturday, or Saturday and Sunday? Did they spend two days at E3, or two days at TGS?

I opted for two days at TGS, because ... Kimiko's hair is tied back with a different ribbon between [24] and [28]. I'm sure we had a more convincing reason the first time we looked into this :).

Alternatively:
There could have been two days at E3 - Piro & Largo change shirts between [03] and [04], and between [05] and [06].
Assuming two days at TGS, Largo's encounter with Erika could still have taken place on the second day.

day 1+46 to 1+47:

On Monday Tsubasa comes home from work and Piro realises something needs to be done. At some point thereafter Largo phones Dom and Ed, they send money, Piro & Largo receive the money, and spend it again.

For simplicity, I opted to place Largo's call, the sending of the money, and the spending on the same day.

Alternatively:
Largo could have already called on the Monday.
The money could have taken more than a day to arrive.

day 1+49 to 1+50+ui+1:

I'm not even going to start on this. Have a look at this page: [61]-[94]. For more comments see the Chronology forum threads :).

For completeness' sake, let me note that comic [80] could be split over the day before and after the unknown interval, similar to [37] (six weeks). Note Piro's shirt in [79] and [80] is the same.