Mifune City (観布子市, Mifune-shi?) is a city in Japan, located in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, where the events Kara no Kyoukai takes place.
Locations[]
Garan no Dou[]
Garan no Dou (伽藍の堂, Hollow Shrine?) is a contract-based agency run by Touko Aozaki. The majority of the jobs involve puppet-making, but they also take on cases with supernatural or abnormal elements and, if Touko was interested, all sorts of jobs are accepted such as anime production. She placed a Bounded Field around the building that houses Garan no Dou that was supposed to make it undetectable via hypnotic suggestions, and made it into her Magical Workshop.[1] Mail service, water and electricity runs just fine. It’s because even though it repels unwanted visitors, it also has to maintain its existence as a legitimate business.[2]
It appeared to be an abandoned building, and it really was an abandoned building. Touko purchased this building which was abandoned mid-construction and insisted on calling it her office. The first floor is just ruins. The second and third floors are where Touko works. The fourth floor was the office. Mikiya and Shiki have only seen the fourth floor.[1]
During the events of Kara no Kyoukai in the late 1990s, Touko recruits Mikiya Kokutou and Shiki Ryougi.
By the time of The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II in 2007, it has been several years since Touko left the Garan no Dou, and it has already gone through several owners. The current owner is Maayu Mizuhara,[3] a friend of Mikiya Kokutou's, so he is letting Mikiya rent out the building. Mikiya and Shiki Ryougi's daughter Mana enjoys reading through the children's books that the current owner keeps there.[4]
It’s only a little while after Adventures that a young man stumbled into the place and ended up publishing a fairy tale book.[3]
Ahnenerbe[]
In third chapter Remaining Sense of Pain, Azaka Kokutou and Fujino Asagami were supposed to meet Mikiya in this cafe. This is also where Mikiya and Shizune Seo talked at in Future Gospel.
Broad Bridge[]
The Broad Bridge is a newly constructed architecture that connects the two harbors. It is ten kilometers long in a crescent moon shape and it was planned to have a shopping arcade.
The bridge was entirely destroyed when Fujino awakened her Clairvoyance abilities.
Fujou Building[]
The Fujou Building (巫条ビル, Fujou Biru?) was originally built in the 70's during the economic boom as a symbol of the city. It was very popular for its height and observation deck. It is located in the deserted part of town which have now fallen into disrepair and is about to be demolished.
Ogawa Apartment Complex[]
Ogawa Apartment Complex.
It is a ten-story apartment with a complex structure, located in Kayamihama, Mifune City.[5] The Apartment complex was an experiment to reach the Spiral of Origin. The building was originally designed by Touko, it was originally meant to be the embodiment Taikyoku (Ying and Yang). Souren Araya used her blueprint for his goals but he placed the Taikyoku within a Taikyoku.
The apartment walls has been inscribed with strange patterns which caused people to go into depression leading them to become insane thus driving them to their deaths. There were 50 households in the apartment complex but only 30 of the household are real; the Enjou family were one of the subjects of the experiments.
Cornelius Alba was responsible for the system at the Ogawa apartment, where only the brains of residents were kept alive and connected to puppet bodies. The experiment involved controlling the brain that was still functioning and implant their thought processes into the replica puppets.
Araya created the Apartment Complex to create a cyclical loop in which the puppet residents repeat their last day before death as a means to discover an access to the Spiral of Origin. To avoid the Counter Force, he placed a powerful Bounded Field "Hounouden Rokujyuyonshou" so the experiment wouldn't leak out and the Counter Force wouldn't notice it.
Tomoe Enjou was able to escape from the repetitive spiral, something that Araya didn't expect.
Lio Shirazumi lived in the apartment for some time.
Kontsuki[]
Kontsuki (昏月?) is a delivery udon shop in Mifune City. There is a shop that shares the same name in Misaki Town.
Daikokuya[]
Daikokuya (大黒屋?) is a shop in the Mifune City.
Takamidai[]
Takamidai (高見台?) is the place name of the suburbs in Mifune City.
Department store[]
The Department store (デパート, Departer?) is the largest department store in Mifune City. It is a typical suburban department store, it is located in the city centre and near the Mifune station. It celebrated its 10th anniversary in 1998.
In 3 August 1998, Shiki fought Mitsuru Kamekura in the third floor of the parking area.
丼吉[]
A restaurant in Mifune City.
西音和谷[]
A place name in Mifune City.
西観布子[]
A place name in Mifune City.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
[] Kara no Kyoukai Special Pamphlet - Encyclopedia: Garan no Dou [Place name], p.029 [T] Hall of Monastery [Place name]
A contract-based production company operated by Aozaki Touko. Although the majority of the jobs were puppet-making, if Touko was interested, all sorts of jobs were accepted. It even produced anime.
Almost no one approached the Garan no Dou because a Boundary Field was deployed over the workshop. People who had no business there avoided it subconsciously.
It appeared to be an abandoned building, and it really was an abandoned building.
Touko purchased this building which was abandoned mid-construction and insisted on calling it her office.
The first floor was just ruins. The second and third floors were where Touko worked. The fourth floor was the office. Mikiya and Shiki had only seen the fourth floor.伽藍の堂【がらんのどう】【地名】
蒼崎橙子が経営するよろず請け負い製作会社。一応人形作りがメインだが、橙子にとって面白ければ何でも安請け合いする。アニメも作るぞ。
伽藍の堂に用がない人間は無意識に避けて通る、という結界が張られている為、滅多《めった 》に人はやってこない。
外見はただの廃ビル。実態もただの廃ビル。
建築途中で放棄されたビルを買い取って事務所と言い張っている。
一階はただの廃墟。二階と三階は橙子の仕事場で、四階が事務所。幹也と式が出入りしているのは四階だけ。 - ↑
[] Kara no Kyoukai - Chapter 3: “Remaining Sense of Pain” Movies Q & A Pamphlets
Q: Does Garan no Dou get mail service, even though it’s covered in a Domain that makes people avoid it? And for that matter, what about water and electricity? Are utility workers able to check the meters?Q: Does Garan no Dou get mail service, even though it’s covered in a Domain that makes people avoid it? And for that matter, what about water and electricity? Are utility workers able to check the meters?
Nasu: Surprisingly, all of that stuff runs just fine. It’s because even though it repels unwanted visitors, it also has to maintain its existence as a legitimate business.
Takeuchi: I suppose that’s the difference between a magus living in the modern age and a magus hiding away in the modern age. - ↑ 3.0 3.1
[] TYPE-MOON BOOKS material -The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Glossary: Mikiya Ryougi [Person], p.025 Mikiya Ryougi [Person]
The deuteragonist of Kara no Kyoukai. You know who he is.
For normal people, he’s a gentle but otherwise unassuming young man. However, for those walking outside the human path, his impossible normality can become a fatal toxin. This nature is in full display in Adventures, as the shock of meeting him was enough to split Yukinobu’s head into 17 pieces. PS: The hardcore fans may have noticed it, but the Shiki that Yakou Yukinobu saw there was SHIKI. Yukinobu himself had subconsciously noticed that, which is why his narration of the moment consistently described Ryougi as “the high schooler” instead of “her.”
During my research trip for The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II, I rechecked the chronology of the events between the end of Kara no Kyoukai and Future Gospel. The essential thing I wanted to verify was who owned Aozaki Touko’s office, Garan no Dou, and the answer was that the owner at the time was Mizuhara Maayu. It’s only a little while after this that a young man stumbled into place and ended up publishing a fairy tale book.両儀幹也【人名】
ご存知、「空の境界」における、もうひとりの主人公。
まともな人間にとっては、どうということもない穏やかな青年。しかし、人の道の外を行く者にとっては致命的な毒となりえる、ありえざる平凡。その性質は「冒険」でも遺憾なく発揮され、夜劫雪信にとってはまさしく出会い頭に十七分割を食らったぐらいの打撃を与えてしまったのである。なお、マニアは気づいたかもしれないが、夜劫雪信が見てしまったのは織の方である。雪信も無意識にそれに気づいており、あのときの両儀について「彼女」とは言わず、「高校生」とのみ言っている。
今回は『ロード・エルメロイII世の冒険』に出張するにあたって、『空の境界』のラストから『空の境界未来福音』までの時系列を改めて確認することとなった。とりわけ必須だったのは蒼崎橙子の事務所である『伽藍の堂』の保有者が誰だったかなのだが、この時期は水原真鮎がオーナーとなっている。とある青年が転がり込み、絵本を出版することになるのは、これからもう少し後のこと。 - ↑ The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 2: The Devil of the Wandering Sea (Upper) - Chapter 4
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[] Kara no Kyoukai Special Pamphlet - Encyclopedia: Ogawa Apartment [Place name], p.028 [T] Ogawa Apartment [Place name]
The stage of Paradox Spiral. A ten-story apartment with a complex structure. The designer was Aozaki Touko.
A temple of Taiji. It could be called the artificial manifestation of the inner landscape of Araya Souren, who did not have a Reality Marble. The name of the Boundary Field here was Hounouden Rokujyuyonshou ("The 64 Layers of the Hounou Temple").小川マンション【おがわまんしょん】【地名】
矛盾螺旋の舞台。まわりくどい構造をした十階建てのマンション。設計者は蒼崎橙子。
太極図《たいきょくず》の伽藍《が らん》。固有結界を持たない荒耶が人工的に作り上げた、彼の心情風景の具現といえる。
結界名、奉納殿《ほうのうでん》六十四層。
| Main characters: Shiki Ryougi • Mikiya Kokutou • Touko Aozaki • Azaka Kokutou Secondary characters: Cornelius Alba • Daisuke Akimi • Fujino Asagami • Kirie Fujou • Lio Shirazumi • Mana Ryougi • Misaya Ouji • Mitsuru Kamekura • Satsuki Kurogiri • Shizune Seo • Souren Araya • Tomoe Enjou |
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| Parallel worlds |
| World of Tsukihime • World of Tsukihime Remake • World of Fate/stay night • World of Fate/EX • World of Fate/Apocrypha • World of Fate/strange Fake • World of Fate/Grand Order • World of GUDAGUDA • Illya's World • Miyu's World • Land of Steel • World of Tsuki no Sango • "After" the Holy Grail War • Lostbelts • Servant Universe |
| Countries |
| Babylon • Britain • China • Egypt • France • Greece • India • Japan • Rome • Romania • United States of America |
| Cities |
| Fuyuki City, Japan • London, England • Mifune City, Japan • Misaki Town, Japan • Mosaic City, Japan • Shikura City, Japan • Snowfield, USA • Souya, Japan • Trifas, Romania |
| Outer space |
| Golden City • Jupiter • Mars • Moon • Moon Cell • Neptune • Pluto • Venus |
| Other locations |
| Avalon • Atlantis • Blackmore Cemetery • Chaldea Security Organization • Imaginary Number Space • Shapeless Isle • Spiritual Tomb of Albion • Reverse Side of the World |