User:Saguruapologist/Magic Kaito Timeline Notes

Goal

I am using this page to detail time passed in Magic Kaito to then compile into a timeline. This will include defining how much time seems to pass in each chapter/episode, how closely they occur to other chapters/episodes, and determining whether the events can be rearranged to make a more logical progression.

Source: Magic Kaito Manga

Overarching notes

• At the beginning of the manga, we see that Kaito and Aoko belong to class 2-B; based on that, this is probably a second-year class.
• We don’t actually know Kaito’s age. We do know that by chapter 34, he must be (at least on paper) 17 years old, as 16 is the minimum age to acquire a license for a motorcycle and he has had the license for over a year.
• Kaitō KID went on hiatus 8 years ago

Chapter 1 — The Revived Phantom Thief

• Duration: 3 days
  • Day 1: Evening. Could be anywhere between Sunday and Wednesday
    • A heist conducted by Kaitō KID (Jii) is depicted.
  • Day 2: Opens on a school day. Could be anywhere between Monday and Thursday
    • Kaito learns about KID and resolves that he’s going to catch KID himself.
    • The same day, he discovers Tōichi’s KID room, dons the suit, and goes to confront the current KID (Jii) during that evening’s heist.
    • He learns his father was Kaitō KID before and chooses to take up the mantle to try and figure out what really happened to Tōichi.
  • Day 3: Opens on a school day. Could be anywhere between Tuesday and Friday
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  • Other timing notes:
    • We do not know how many times Jii acted as KID before Kaito took over. It wouldn’t have been many for sure, but it could have been more than one.
    • For obvious reasons, this must be the first arc in the timeline.

Chapter 2 — The Police are Everywhere

• Duration: 3 days
  • Day 1: Partial day. Daytime. Could be anywhere between Sunday and Wednesday
    • The foreign princess and Doron are introduced. Doron issues KID a challenge.
  • Day 2: Opens on a school day. Could be anywhere between Monday and Thursday
    • Kaito interacts with Ginzō after school and decides to accept the challenge after learning that Ginzō is worried about looking bad for not being able to catch KID.
    • The heist happens this same day.
  • Day 3: Partial day. Opens on a school day. Could be anywhere between Tuesday and Friday
• More details
  • Relevant dates: We see a newspaper published in August featuring Doron’s challenge, so this chapter takes place in August (though this need not be set in stone for timelining purposes)
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  • Other timing notes:
    • There have likely been heists which took place between this and the first chapter.
    • Takes place before Blue Birthday.
    • This arc stands on its own and can be moved around

Chapter 3 — The Clockwork Heart

• Duration: 4 days
  • Day 1: Not pictured. Kaito is kidnapped. Could take place anytime between Sunday and Tuesday
  • Day 2: Robot-Kaito escapes, has a heist, kills his creator — this is a school day. Could take place anytime between Monday and Wednesday
  • Day 3: Robot goes to school as Kaito (and Aoko comments that he hadn’t been at school yesterday). This is the day Kaito escapes and interferes with Robot-Kaito’s (second) heist. Could take place anytime between Tuesday and Thursday
  • Day 4: Partial day. Another school day. Could take place anytime between Wednesday and Friday
• More details
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  • Relevant season:
  • Other timing notes:
    • If included, this arc stands on its own so it can be moved around.
    • Takes place before Blue Birthday.