Theorycrafting

This page contains fridge logic theories for Sasaki and Miyano (and Hirano and Kagiura).

'''Blanket warning for spoilers and fan theories. '''Though most theories should be supported with evidence, please refrain from taking any of this as actual fact.

Timeframe
The exact year the events of the manga take place is never really specified, but a panel in Hirano and Kagiura shows Hirano with his planner open, and depicts December 25th as being on either a Sunday or a Monday (due to the fact that some planners in Asia begin the week on a Monday instead). The last time Christmas was on a Sunday was 2016, and owing to the fact that Sasaki and Miyano the series began in 2016, it is safe to assume the series begins in the year 2016.

This would place the upperclassmen as being born in 1999, most of the underclassmen as born in 2000, and Miyano as born in 2001.

This theory was confirmed in chapter 37 when a calender showed February 2018 (Miyano's 17th birthday).

Area


The setting of the story is equally vague, but hints have been provided as to a general area the story takes place.

In chapter 35, we are given a look at the name of the station near Miyano's home, 天王町駅, or Tennouchou Station in Hodogaya Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture.

In chapter 36, we are given a look at the station near Sasaki's home as he meets with Ogasawara, who just arrived. The exterior of the station looks identical to that of the North Gate of Nishiya Station, in the same ward and about eight minutes away by train.

In both the Hirano and Kagiura novel and manga, we get hints to the name of their school. Though it is difficult to read, Kagiura's basketball jersey appears to say "FUJISAWA south II", and the sign to their dorms, though cut off, reads "(...)二高校" (ni koukou, High School 2), safely solidifying the idea that the last two letters on the jersey are Roman numerals.

Fujisawa is another city in Kanagawa Prefecture located just next to Yokohama, with one of the areas just off Fujisawa Station being named Minami-Fujisawa (南藤沢, South Fujisawa). It is about 50 minutes away from Tennouchou Station via train, with a single transfer inbetween. However, there are no real-life existing high schools in this area.

This theory was confirmed in chapter 39.

Hirano and Planes
There is a substantial amount of evidence that Hirano likes planes, and is possibly seriously pursuing a career involving them. In the First Years novel, he admits to Sasaki that he came to their high school, stated to be a relatively high level one, because he "had something he wanted to do." Though his goal is left unsaid, he is clearly driven to the point of continuing to study even after his college exams are done.

Many of the extra goods show him holding books regarding planes or paper planes, as well as general sky-themed imagery. Also, among the alternate Taisho universe ideas that Harusono-sensei thought up for the art she drew for the Kyoto meet-and-greet, she wrote Hirano to be a policeman that is studying to enter the air force.

Though he has not brought it up directly in the Hirano and Kagiura series, during the field trip in chapter 3, Hirano spends some time staring meaningfully at the planes stationed at the airport and at the sky afterwards, saying things that imply he was eager to ride one again.

Later on, when he calls Kagiura to ask him what souvenirs he would like, he begins to talk about his plane ride before getting interrupted. His wording may imply that he was intending on talking about the plane itself.