#i am willing to submit under the war/society/technology section but nothing else

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the truth of when hypmic takes place: part one

Alright listen up. We all know the HypMic universe is similar to our own, the main differences being the existence of hypnosis microphones, the fact that it takes place in the near future, and that WWIII happened and women took over the government. However, we’ve never been given a specific timeframe for this. We know that the TDD era was specifically in the year “XXXX AD” and the remaining years are part of the “H Age” but I know the exact year, in our terms, that the HypMic universe really takes place in.

First, the technological advancements after WWIII? Nil. There barely were any. In Chapter One of the manga we see that Samatoki has a regular smartphone. 

Doppo’s hypnosis mic is a flip phone, his speakers are flatscreen monitors. These are just his mic and speakers, but consider Doppo. Does he seem like the kind of guy who would reminisce about the era of flip phones, spend precious time researching past technologies? No, he grew up with that shit.

There might even be more evidence but I’m lazy and don’t feel like putting in more effort but you understand my point, yeah? People have the same technology, they live in the same cities, they wear the same styles of clothing as our modern day. However, this is post WWIII. After any war, especially one of that scale, technologies improve ridiculously. We got military-style planes during WWI, only a few years after the invention of the first working plane. We got TV in between the two wars. We got medical penicillin during the second world war. In addition, the culture of a society changes after war. After the first world war, America isolated itself and had a great economic boom before collapsing entirely. Prohibition tried and failed, jazz happened, we got gangsters like Al Capone, everything was great. It all failed, but hey, we tried. After WWII came and went, we had a boom of people who could afford to move away from their parents immediately after high school and the formation of “nuclear families” became extremely popular and commonplace. Rock n roll became big, we had huge medical breakthroughs, and America was pushing itself in new directions.

After WWIII… women got their own cities and everyone else was pushed into gang fights? Rap battles became the main form of fighting for dominance? Everyone still uses cell phones?

What I’m saying is, nothing changed in the society of the HypMic universe other than what was directly caused by Otome. The war didn’t change the mindsets of anyone, there are still host clubs and the concept of idols still exists despite the apparent horrors of this war. So, if I had to guess…

The war wasn’t very long. Hell, it might not have even been as deadly as everyone was saying. I believe that WWIII was incredibly short-lived and Otome used it as an excuse to take over the government, and she then spread propoganda about how many people died in order to support her cause. The war wasn’t that big, it changed very little. The only change was caused by Otome.

So, if we can assume that there were very few societal or technological changes based on the war, we can also assume that any societal and technological changes that would happen are the kind that would happen naturally. Fashion-wise, almost nothing has changed. The Buster Bros are all wearing clothing that looks like it could have come from any time between the 90s and now, they especially seem to give off vibes from the mid-2000′s hip hop and streetwear styles, such as baggy pants, sports jackets, snapback hats and sneakers. Ramuda hand Dice have an uneccesary number of belts, similar to many styles that have been popular in Japan over the years as well as the unnecessary belts of the 2000s. Doppo, Hifumi, and Jyuto all wear suits which are admittedly related to their jobs but also were quite popular for men during the 2000′s. Jiro and Dice’s ripped jeans? 2000s. Samatoki’s skull things on his shirt? Mid-2000′s Hot Topic. Military-style clothing, such as camo, was all the rage in the 2000s. Who do we know who wears military-style clothing? Rio! If we combine the fact that fashion has been imploding on itself so large-scale fashion changes die out within a month and the fact that generally, fashion tends to come back in cycles of roughly 20 years, we can conclude that, with all of these things plus several 2000s trends you can find on characters that I did not mention, the fashion in this world would cyclically be within the 2020s, the 2040s, etc.

You may be saying, “Hey loser, all of your research is based on America but HypMic takes place in Japan thus you’re invalid” and let me tell you, that’s true but hear me out: Everyone in the HypMic universe is already yelling things in English, Saburo told 2Pac to go to hell in EZ DO RAP, etc. I believe that these idiots are hardcore ingrained in American culture even if they are from Japan, even moreso than the usual Japanese populace, who are already quite aware of American celebrities and such. Thus, I believe we can say that American fashion trends are not the worst evidence I can use.

Back to the argument. Obviously, nothing new has happened technologically, so we can rule out anything 40′s or later. The HypMic Universe has to take place within the 2020′s in order to match up with the resurgence in 2000′s fashion and to still be close enough to justify the lack of advancement.

That was a very long-winded way of backing up my claim. I needed absolutely none of that to prove myself, but I feel that all of that background information will help you to see that the exact date I’ve come up with is actually plausible in the context of the universe. However, I have a much different method of discovering the actual year.

Dice Arisugawa.

Dice is a force that the HypMic universe bends around. The HypMic universe wants everything to be perfectly fitting, it wants everything to have hidden meanings or puns behind them. The Buster Bros all have moles counting the order of their birth, all three of the characters with animal kanji in their names happened to live in Yokohama. However, the universe goes above and beyond to cater to Dice’s 777 number motif. Dice Arisugawa is 77 kilograms, 177 centimeters tall, and his birthday is 7/7. Let’s take this a step further. Dice Arisugawa is 77 kilograms, 177 centimeters tall, and his birthday is 7/7/07.

Does anyone honestly believe that a universe that went so far for his motif would skimp out on making the year match as well? No other year would fit Dice’s gambling motif. One could argue that Dice was born in a different year that ended in 7, but none would fit the established timeline. If he was born in 1997, the HypMic universe would currently be in the year 2017 (since Dice is 20), which would be interesting considering that is when HypMic began but it ultimately does not fit with either the cyclic fashion and also does not fit with the heavy implications that HypMic takes place in the future. If Dice was born in 2017, then the HypMic universe would take place in 2037, which is far too long in the future to justify the technology. Thus, by making Dice’s birth year 2007, the HypMic universe takes place in 2027. This fits the fashion cycle, it’s in the future but not far enough ahead to have allowed extremely significant changes in technology all around, and it fits Dice’s number motif more cleanly than the other options. The universe is far more likely to go with the clean numbers of 07/07/07 than it is to go with something like 07/07/17, right?

It is my belief that the current year in the HypMic universe is 2027. XXXX AD is actually the year 2025. In my next post, I will completely throw Japanese culture out the window and project my own life and experiences onto these rappers because I am fully prepared to not only give you my view on the facts, but to give you the repercussions of these facts too.