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Morisato Keiichi's University Career Time Line

by Timotheus (Dark Horse Forums)

AUTHOR'S NOTES

This is one of my primary research tools, it's an attempt to place the various stories within
Keiichi's school career. While not absolutely accurate, I've found it useful and thought others
might too. It does put the stories into perspective. Some months are known from statements,
activities, or dates in the stories, some Dark Horse, others independent translations. Others
are determined by holidays and weather conditions. I've also limited it to the Dark Horse
released material, although the Japanese released material doesn't really extend it much.

(My other research table is a combined release table comparing Kodansha releases against
Dark Horse, both idividual stories and TPBs, and referenced to the OAV and movie
developement and releases and Mr. Fujishima's other activities (Piano, YUA, games, etc.) It's a
little larger.)

IMPORTANT NOTES
> Spring break runs from mid-February to the end of March.
> Summer break runs from mid-July to mid-September.
> Winter break runs from late December to early January.
> University entrance exams - March
> Major school festivals (the sort depicted) are in spring and fall. (i.e. welcoming ceremonies
in April, Golden Week April 29-May 5, school/university festivals in Oct./Nov.)
> All other international holidays are on their usual dates.
> Cherry blossom festivals late March, April, early May (start March 21st, mostly in April)
> Plum trees blossom from mid-February to mid-March
> Most snowfall is in February
> For those who've wondered, Tanabata - July 7
DH - Dark Horse TPB number
K - Kodansha chapter number

Between Kodansha chapter number 47 and 76 there is a sort of "Temporal Anomaly" where
some story sets appear to be out of sequence. Internal date references and background
evidence seems to indicate they should be in the sequence I've listed them. I'll explain this
further at the end of the timeline.

I've tried to include all the hard evidence (calenders, verbal statements, activities) for my
dating a story when I did.

- Timotheus -

INTRODUCTION FROM G2G

In line with Gateway to the Goddesses' goal of providing detailed information about the anime
and manga series Ah! My Goddess, G2G is proud to host Morisato Keiichi's University
Career Timeline. This impressive piece of work was originally posted in the Dark Horse
Forums by Timotheus and was reformatted and reprinted with permission.
To complete the timeline further, I've added the recent untranslated Japanese chapters. In this
regard, the website Nekomi Kodai has been an invaluable resource. I've also taken the
liberty of adding additional information not found in the original text as well as stressing the
arc divisions further. All formatting of the original text was done by me.
- Les -

THE FIRST YEAR

Spring Term DH K
Keiichi starts classes
Summer Break
Fall Term
October Bell arrives in the manga
Wrong Number 1 1
Anime Otaku 2 Wall calendar matches October 1988
A Man's Home is His Temple 3
College Exchange Goddess 4

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December
Those Whom Goddess Has Joined Together Let Sayoko arrives
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January
SLP Camera - Mission Accomplished! 6
The Lullabye of Love 7
February Bell arrives in OAV, Megumi in both
Spring Break
The Megumi Problem 8
March
Apartment Hunting Blues 2 9

THE SECOND YEAR

Spring Term DH K
April
Naked Victory 10 (welcome festival)
May
Let Flowers Bloom 11
June
Leader of the Pack 12
July - Summer Break
System Force Down 13
August Second OAV, Urd arrives
Sexy Sister 14
Fall Term
October Third OAV, Skuld arrives
I'm The Campus Queen 3 15 (school festival)
What Belldandy Wants Most 16
December Fourth and Fifth OAV
Winter Break
Turkey WIth All The Trimmings 17 Christmas Dinner
January
Life is Just A Game Of Sugoroku Roulette. 18 New Year's Holiday
February
Final Exam 19
Spring Break

THE THIRD YEAR

Spring Term DH K
April
Belldandy's Narrow Escape 20 welcome festival
May
The Secret's Out 4 21
July - Summer Break
possibility Golden Hammer race occurs during
August
Golden Week, April/May but I think it more likely
Winner Take All 22
here
What a Miracle 23
ENDURANCE RACE ARC
Fall Term
October
On a Wing and a Prayer 24 school festival
Love Portion #9 25
November Mara arrives
CD From Hell 26
Mara Strikes Back 27 (Nov. 1990, reversed calendar, tea room)
December
MARA ARC
Scales of Love 5 28
Winter Break
January
Sympathy for the Devil 29
Mystical Engine 30 January 29, 1991, invitation
February
Valentine Rhapsody 31 February 14
Spring Break
March
Number 3 Goddess 32 THIRD GODDESS ARC
Goddesses' Big Crisis 33
Urd Goes Berserk 6 34
Urd's Terrible Master 35
The Ultimate Destruction Program 36 TERRIBLE MASTER URD ARC
Urd Calls Forth The Beast 37 (2 days)
The Secret of the Lord of Terror 38
Confession 39

THE FOURTH YEAR

Spring Term DH K
April (Tamiya says school festival, but it must be the early
Robot Wars 7 40 "welcoming" one)
May
Trials of Morisato 41
Urd's Big Adventure 42 TRIALS OF MORISATO ARC
Belldandy's Heart 43

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Queen of Vengeance 44
June Banpei arrives
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Thank You 2008
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July
Goodbye and Hello 47
Summer Break
START of Temporal Anomaly <Explanation>
Karaoke Hell 11 60
Evil Spirits 61 (July, calender in tea room)
Skuld Strikes Back 62 DEVIL IN MISS URD ARC
The Battle For Urd 63 (2 days)
Shadow and Light 64
Super Urd 11 65
August
Forgotten Promise 8 48
Fourth Time's a Charmer 12 66 Peorth appears (Note: 2 issues in DH release)
I'll Do Anything For You 67 (August, calendar in K1's room)
The Battle for Keiichi 68
The Dating Game 69 FOURTH GODDESS (PEORTH) ARC
When a Man Loves a Woman 70 (2-3 weeks)
A Goddess Never Forgets 71
Men Are From Earth, Goddesses are From 72
Yggdrasil
September September, K1's dirty magazine
Chilhood's End 73
13 CHILDHOOD'S END ARC
Crazy Little Thing Called Love 74
Summer Break Summer break according to Sayoko
The Queen and the Goddess 75
Fall Term
Lunchbox of Love 8 49
Meet Me By the Seashore 50 September for sure as K1 says so
You're So Bad 51
Ninja Master 52
9 NINJA MASTER ARC
Law of the Ninja 53
(confusion here, Tea Room calendar could be Feb.,
Uncertain Dates
Mar., June, or Nov. 1992)
Together for Never 10 54
Jealous Love 55 (confusion here, plum trees blossom mid-Feb. to
It's Lonely at the Top 56 Mar.)
Fallen Angel 57
Play The Game 58
Sorrow Fear Not 59
END of Temporal Anomaly
Hail to the Chief 13 76
Forever Grrls 77 HAIL TO THE CHIEF ARC
October October, mentioned by school clerk
Live to Work, Work to Live 78 October, postal stamp on letter
Pretty in Scarlet 14 79
The Goddess's Apprentice 80
Call Me Queen 81 QUEEN SAYOKO ARC
And Then There Was One 82 (Note: Sayoko has written her graduation thesis,
Sayoko or Bust 83 meaning she's graduating at the end of this term.
At Sayoko's Side 84 This confirms the time as her and Keiicih's fourth
Back Where You Belong 85 year.)
Megumi Versus The Queen 15 86
THE SECRET OF SPEED ARC
The Secret of Speed 87
(2 days)
Two Hearts Beat As One 88
Winter Break
Spring Break
(February, March, or November 1995, calender K-1's
Another Me 89
room, spring weather)

THE FIFTH YEAR

Spring Term DH K
April
Never Let Go 90 HAND IN HAND ARC
I Wanna Hold Your Hand 91
Welcome 92 BANPEI IN LOVE ARC (Welcome Robot appears)
The Sorrows of Banpei 93 Wall poster reads 3/7-3/31, could be last month's
The Boy Who Could See Goddesses 16 94 Welsper appears
The Beginning of The End 95
Memories of Youth 96
Return of the Goddess 97
Light and Shadow 98 MYSTERY CHLD ARC
The Trouble With Doublets 99 (3 days)
Time Without End, Hope Without End 100
Turn Back, Oh Time 101
Come Walk With Me 17 102 Sigel appears
Getting To Know 103 LEARNING TO LOVE ARC
Almost My Hero 104
Unlicensed Goddess 105
Wide, Wider, Widest 106 TRAVELER ARC
As Long As You're With Me 107 (1 week)
Traveler 108

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Missing Time 109

The Ghost of The Pass 18 110
12 captures Sighting 111 PHANTOM RACER ARC
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Welcome Back 113
May 18- DR. MOREAU ARC (3? days)
Dr. Moreau Appears 100 114 (June 1997, calendar outside Dr. Moreau's
Android Dreams 101 115 workshop); (Apri/(May (old?) calendar
The Trap of Dr. Moreau 102 116 inside workshop.)
Human? Machine? 103 117
That Which Reveals Life 104 118
July 19-
I Choose You Sora 105 119
The Shortcut to Winning 106 120
The Director's Curse 107 121 SORA UNCHAINED ARC (3 days)
Special Training 108 122 First half of July - school's still in session, but Sora
Drive 109 123 is turning in financial reports so its the end of the
Miles and Miles 110 124 term
The Race Gets Hot, A Goddess Gets Hotter! 111 125
Aberrant Kiss 112 126
The Strongest Magic 113 127
SUMMER BREAK (46 months after Bell)
Endless Battle 128
TV ARC (ENDLESS BATTLE ARC) (3 days)
Endless Battle Part II 129
The Demon Over There 130 Hild appears
The Things that Can Be Done 131
The Thing Goddesses Do Not Forget 132
Longer Legs, Stretching, and a Cat 133
The Last Resort 134 HILD ARC (2? days)
What the Daimakaicho Wants 135
Agreement? Contract? 136
Co-starring 137 New goddess standards/uniforms (shown in the
Mothe-? 138 Movie) appear
A Splendid Game 139
The Morisato Residence is Empty 140 SOUJINKI (MAGICAL KETTLE) ARC
The Thing Her Eyes Reflect 141
August
Bell and Keiichi and a Troubling Guest 142
Father Running Wild 143
Goddess's Garden 144
Father's Hell 145
Decision Time 146
Mother's Battle, Father's Battle 147
PARENTS ARC (1 day)
Let's Dance! 148
About Meeting While Racing 149
Towards The Believing Road 150
Prepared to Win, Prepared to Lose. 151
That True Self 152
Ah! Hot Spring 153
I Dub Thee `Yufuin' 154
Fall Term
Fighting Wings 155 Rind appears
One Who Is Pleased With Fighting 156
The Wing Dances 157
One-Winged Angel Appears 158 Spear Mint appears
A Growing Trick 159
Now, What Must Be Done 160
One Wing 161 Cool Mint appears; Tsukai appears
Goddess of the Ax 162 RIND ARC (2? days)
Fighting Wings, Soar 163
Joy and Duty 164
Together With The Twin Angels 165
In Order to Call Together 166
Inside Belldandy 167
Angel's Scenery 168
That Which I Want To Save 169 BLUE LANCE (TSUKAI) ARC (2/3? days)
Planetwide Search 170
Farewell Kiss 171 (Sept?, 30 day month calendar in K1's room)
Shoot or Die 172 RUBBER BAND FIGHT ARC
Unable to Be Close or Far 173
Present? 174
That Flying Thing 175 MACHINERS ARC
Proof of Gratefulness 176

October 177 (school festival)

Small Voice, Large Love 178 SINGING COMPETITION ARC
The Thing To Steal, The Thing To Protect 179
Let's Sing a Song With a Goddess! 180
Faster Broom, Most Exciting Race 181
Courage and Practice 182
Obstacles and Friendships 183
BROOM RACE ARC (1 day)
Heaven and Hell 184
Beautiful Name 185
Wanted! 186
The Path to Becoming a First Class Goddess 187
The Power of a First Class Goddess 188
Happy? Happy! 189 FIRST CLASS GODDESS TEST ARC (2 days)
Messenger of Happiness 190
The Laws of Cause and Effect Over Rain and 191

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Happiness
A First Class Goddess For Whose Sake? 192
12 captures Important Words 193
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Love Until Death 195
Return 196
GATE ARC (1 day)
Door of Interdiction?! 197
WINTER BREAK (46 months after Bell)

THE SIXTH YEAR

End of Timeline

Explanation for "Temporal Anomaly"

First, I want to make it clear that the stories of Oh/Ah! My Goddess! are meant to be
read in the Kodansha chapter order given, 1 to 197+. While the earlier ones were for
the most part stand-alones, the later ones are more interelated even when they're not
an actual "arc".

Now I'm not saying anyone (Kodansha or Dark Horse) got the story sequence messed
up, but rather that Mr. Fujishima sorta lost track of time in the course of Keiichi's
fourth year. The only reason I've scrambled their order is that my intention is to create
a time line of Keiichi's school career, so I had to intermix these chapters.

Keiichi's fourth year is covered by the sequence of stories from "Robot Confrontation"
(Kodansha #40) through "Never Let Go" (Kodansha #90). Yet if you follow these
chapters in sequence you'll go through two season cycles and school years. Hence one
year of school covers two years of story time.

So either Keiichi and Sayoko (and everyone else in the motorclub) got held back or Mr.
Fujishima just kept writting the story without realizing how much story time was
passing (He is a busy man). My guess is he had the stories roughed out and just set
them in whatever time of year he finally finished them in until he realized it was past
time for Keiichi to graduate. Then he came up with his solution to that problem and
started off again.

To make my point, this would be the correct sequence of chapters for the fourth year.
As you can see they cover two years story time.

Kodansha chapters 40 through 47 - April through July

Kodansha chapter 48 - August (Forgotten Promise)
Kodansha chapters 49 through 50 - September (Meet Me At The Seashore)
Kodansha chapters 51 through 59 - October to June following year
(school work, plum trees blossom, fall to cold to spring weather)
Kodansha chapters 60 through 65 - July and August (Demon Urd Arc)
Kodansha chapters 66 through 75 - August and September (Peorth Arc)
(summer weather, school starting)
Kodansha chapters 76 through 88 - September throgh November
(school starts, Chihiro Arc, K-1 finds out he can't graduate)
Kodansha chapters 89 through 90 - March and April (Whirlwind Opens)

- Timotheus -

Gateway to the Goddesses v2.0 2004

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