A Timeline For the 'Verse
For the most part, Boy Scouts ½ is a pretty straight forward read if one is just following the main series stories in order. But what if you're also looking at the various side stories and spin-offs, wish to do so as one continuous narrative, and have an obsessive compulsive desire to do it in as chronological an order as possible? The following is a rough guide to doing just that.
Clicking on the title of each story will take you to that story. It should be noted, however, that the "next story" link at the end of each story's page takes you to the next story in that series, and that these links are not present on the pages for side-stories. Thus, you may need to use your browser's back button to return to this page to properly follow the chronology.
As a point of interest, this timeline does not account for things such as flashbacks within a story as, narratively speaking, those flashbacks should be read as a part of the story they are within. (For example, there are flashbacks in Boy Scouts ½, part 14 that, chronologically, occur after the flashbacks in Boy Scouts ½, part 1, which themselves occur before the rest of part 1... but of course, reading things that way would not make narrative sense and also would just be silly.) Also, any stories that may involve time travel are placed in this chronology by the point of view of the traveler(s).
A final note before we get into things: There are three stories called, "In Japan Origins." On this list, they fall at positions 32, 56, and 57. Strictly speaking, this is how they would fall on a purely chronological list. However, if this is your first time reading Boy Scouts ½, it is asked that you read 56 and 57 in reverse order (57 first, then 56), and skip 32 completely until after at least 64.
Clicking on the title of each story will take you to that story. It should be noted, however, that the "next story" link at the end of each story's page takes you to the next story in that series, and that these links are not present on the pages for side-stories. Thus, you may need to use your browser's back button to return to this page to properly follow the chronology.
As a point of interest, this timeline does not account for things such as flashbacks within a story as, narratively speaking, those flashbacks should be read as a part of the story they are within. (For example, there are flashbacks in Boy Scouts ½, part 14 that, chronologically, occur after the flashbacks in Boy Scouts ½, part 1, which themselves occur before the rest of part 1... but of course, reading things that way would not make narrative sense and also would just be silly.) Also, any stories that may involve time travel are placed in this chronology by the point of view of the traveler(s).
A final note before we get into things: There are three stories called, "In Japan Origins." On this list, they fall at positions 32, 56, and 57. Strictly speaking, this is how they would fall on a purely chronological list. However, if this is your first time reading Boy Scouts ½, it is asked that you read 56 and 57 in reverse order (57 first, then 56), and skip 32 completely until after at least 64.
* Except for the beginning of the story Enter the Becker and the end of the story Final, these Kenny's Laboratory stories take place in a negated timeline. If they had have happened, this is where they would be in the chronology. (The proceeding is a major spoiler for the Kenny's Laboratory series. Please highlight the invisible text if you wish to read it.)
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