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Katekyo Hitman Reborn!: Namimori Location

(Documenting my research process so I won't forget and get confused why I did something in a fic during a later read through. Nothing serious really.)

Where exactly is Namimori in canon?

As I was writing a khr fic, I realized I needed the exact location of Namimori for one sentence. A sentence that wasn't even important in the long run. Rather than abandon that single sentence I decided to try and locate where the town of Namimori would be in Japan. Because apparently I like pain.

There is virtually no information on the actual location of Namimori anywhere. So I had went on a research binge. And I found something that gave me a starting point.

In 2009, there was a special KHR episode that was aired during the Jump Super Anime Tour titled, Vongola Style School Trip, Arrives!

Saying that I found it is not that accurate. Its more that I went looking for an episode like this specifically. This isn't the first time I tried to locate fictional locations on a map for the sake of the plot. And I've realized that episodes centered around trips provide amazing clues, especially where the trip starts, where it ends, the scenery outside etc.

Thats what I hoped for here as well. And the hunch paid off! Between timestamps 3:07-3:10, there's a map. Not very detailed mind you. Just enough to show the direction where they came from. But that's better than nothing.

So they're going to Nagoya city, which is in the Aichi Prefecture. Its in the Chūbu region. It also looks like they're coming from the Kanto region, possibly from the direction of Tokyo.

So that means we can leave out the Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu regions in the south. There's no way Namimori is in Hokkaido, or Okinawa, so those two prefectures are out as well. The most likely locations for the town to be in is in the Kanto, and Chubu regions.

Comparing the physical map of Japan with the short glimpse we get, I'm reasonably sure they passed by Mt. Fuji as well.

See that little protrusion under Fuji-san? I'm pretty sure thats what we see in the map shown in the episode. So yeah they passed Mount Fuji.

Another thing, see that arch like thing before the protrusion? Thats Kanagawa prefecture, and we can see in the very beginning of the video, around the 0.03-0.04 timestamps, that they don't start anywhere there.

See? They pass by it completely and started somewhere well before Kanagawa. So Kanagawa is out.

Lets go back to Fuji-san again.

The mountain lies between the Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefecture borders.

That gives us three possible routes:

Chiba-> Tokyo-> Yamanashi-> Shizuoka-> Aichi [Nagoya City}

Tokyo-> Yamanashi-> Shizuoka-> Aichi [Nagoya City}

Yamanashi -> Shizuoka -> Aichi [Nagoya City]

Why did I decide on Tokyo as the starting point in Kanto despite there being other prefectures in the region?

In KHR's seventh volume, Hot Summer Arrives!, we get chapter 57, Swimming at the Sea. Its a beach chapter.

The beach is described as being close by and the fact that Ryohei's boxing club senpai, Kuroda Eiji and his buddies Kisanuki Yukio and Ookura Takuya, apparently work there as lifeguards, supports this. (You know...cos they're in middle school and all and jobs at that age tend to be close by...for civilians at least.)

Which means that prefectures like Saitama, Tochigi, and Gunma, which are all landlocked as you can see on the map below, are automatically disqualified as locations for Namimori.

By that same logic, Yamanashi is also disqualified.

Ibaraki is not counted because despite the abrupt beginning and ending of the map scene in the episode, we can guess that the starting point of the trip wasn't quite that far back. By the curve of the arrow I mean. {Yeah I know this is a reach but I'm pretty sure I'm right.}

That just leaves Tokyo and Chiba.

The argument in favour of Chiba is a meta one. Tokyo is an iconic location when it comes to manga and anime. Most anime set in Tokyo shows several shenanigans centered around Tokyo's various landmarks. Even works not set in Tokyo sometimes have Tokyo episodes and Tokyo adventures. Like Haikyuu for example.

Considering how much shenaniganry and crackishness KHR has, it would be very strange if it was set in Tokyo and yet didn't have any Tokyo misadventures in it. Reborn would just go ahead and name Tokyo Tower Vongola Tower or something just like he named Nagoya Castle Vongola Castle. So Namimori might not be in Tokyo, but in Chiba instead...which is still part of the Greater Tokyo Area now that I think about it, so still Tokyo in a way?

I couldn't find a way to clearly articulate an argument in favour of Tokyo when a friend send me this link.

I was walking on a path well-tread! @ladydraculena had already slashed through the figurative jungles for me!

I went looking for the two locations marked in the map in their post but it seems like Namimori Steamed Buns has since closed down. Hibari Nursery School on the other hand is going strong.

With this information the argument in favour of Tokyo grew much stronger.

Thus canonically the town of Namimori is most likely located in Tokyo and if not in Tokyo proper, definitely in the Greater Tokyo Area.

(Please note that I left the Tohoku region out of this. The region is very distinct and neither anime nor the manga has shown a singular sign of being set in Tohoku. By that I mean that if a work is set in Tohoku, it would be impossible to hide its Tohoku, or mistake it as somewhere else.)

Edit: @rooigseix pointed out that since most of KHR's usual shenanigans strictly happens in Namimori, the usual Tokyo adventure trope meta might not be applicable in this case. Namimori might be far away from Tokyo centre like the Ota or Edogawa districts, which are close to the sea as well.

Edit: @lightning-will-bovino pointed out Kokuyo land and there is in fact a theme park called Noah Forest Amusement Park or Mori-no-Yeunchi near the Hibari Nursery School!

It seems very likely that Amano-sensei was inspired by the area. It might not be where Namimori is actually located but the existence of these establishments in close quarters lends further credence to the theory of Namimori being in the Tokyo area.

In conlusion, the most likely location of Namimori would be in Tokyo prefecture but close to the Chiba border. Not landlocked as well.

Thus, Edogawa ward is the most suitable location.

And after all of that, I decided that Tokyo wasn't a good fit for my fic's Namimori and by my magical writer powers shifted it to Mie Prefecture instead. ╥﹏╥

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Marukuji Katekyo Hitman REBORN! Suit Collection is now on sale until June 11th, 2023

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HAYATO GOKUDERA KATEKYO HITMAN REBORN! (2004) writ. Akira Amano HAPPY BIRTHDAY @gokuderas!

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The word “discipline” is something that I will never give up no matter what. But it’s not because it is my pride that I will not give it up. It’s because I cannot give it up. That is why it is my pride.

HIBARI KYOUYA [ 雲雀 恭弥 ] | MAY 5th

[vongola-renaissance]

Yamamoto in the anime introduction is a cool carefree dude super friendly and supportive, but in the manga he:

First approaches Tsuna 'cause he think he of all people might get the feeling of being a failure.

It's implied he's feeling really down even when he acts chill about it, to the point he doesn't know what to do and has to ask Tsuna for advice.

Takes Tsuna seriously since the very beginning, is willing to share the burden of their lost, sees Tsuna as someone he can count on in sports / competitions but also for advice. He trust Tsuna.

Gets actually mad when he thinks Tsuna is bragging about them not being the same. He behaves rather darkly in his first epidose.

Joins Tsuna not because he is suddendly talented in sports, seems to be having fun or anything else. Yamamoto joins him because Tsuna is there for him in a emotional level that he visibly didn't have access to until then. Meaning, everyone was too busy seeing Yamamoto as some sport star that no one noticed how the weight on his shoulders was wearing him down.

Tries to suicide 'cause he broke his arm and he thinks he's only good at baseball.

The whole reason behind Yamamoto's crazy loyalty is because before Tsuna he was just a baseball player. Yamamoto lived for one thing and one thing only. People admired him for his ability, but he had no real close friends. He was breaking down and on his limit, but after Tsuna, his reasons to live multiplied.

He connected with his father, he got a group of friends to hang out with, he found value in his own life and not only on what he could do for others, got proud on his other talents that were not only baseball, got even a mentor / rival that was willing to cross the sea to go train him personally, grew more confident in himself, etc.

The whole point of his manga introduction is that he didn't had a perfect life but everyone thought he did, 'cause he's the guy that does not want to act like a burden. Tsuna allowed him to acknowledge his vulnerabilities, his flaws, withou denying his worth. Take that away in the anime and you're left with just a cool guy who's bored so he joined a mafia game with his friends.

[villainsandvictimsalliance]

I love Katekyo Hitman Reborn because every character is infinitely lame on screen yet they are amazing when it matter the most.

EVERYONE is a loser in here, even the ones that are supposed to be cool, like Yamamoto and Reborn. They're pathetic and it's funny to watch but yet??? When their family needs them, it's gonna catch you off guard. It gets you invested without even noticing.

I think the Battle for the Vongola Rings is the perfect example. Entire teams of extravagant characters being ridiculous turn into shonen heroes and villains in one single panel or one dialogue: Yamamoto stubbornness revealing his heritage, Gokudera "obsession" showing his unbreakable loyalty and determination, Lambo fighting for his place in the family as Tsuna fights for them, because for him it is never about power but about the people he loves and their right to live happy lives.

Characters so silly they feel real, resolutions that are not about big battles but decisions about how you want to live and how do you want to be perceived by others. This is not a fighting shonnen, even when there are many fights. It doesn't have heavy social criticism or goes all philosophical. It's a juvenile story about teens facing adulthood while the main character fights for their right to be teens for as much as they can.

Imagine a world where Naruto fights for the right to have genin missions even if everyone tells him that as the jinchuriki he must go on S-class missions. Or one where Deku wants his class to just enjoy the UA years as teens because they are teens even when he has to act on his One for All power to defend such normal lives.

Local hero doesn't want to be the heir of the strongest mafia family, he wants to hang out with his friends after school.

I'll love KHR for being like that.

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редкий, но дорогой гость в этом микроблоге

целуем в лобик, просим проходить, чувствовать себя как дома

даже выпить чего-нибудь нальем

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I’ll be attending the Nerd Market in Toronto this Sunday! I’m tryong to declutter a bunch of stuff from my old collections. Come by and say hi! ^w^)/ also if you’re interested in anything, you can dm me!

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Happy Birthday, Hibari-san! May 5th, 2023

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