The state flag of Hawaii.
Hawaii (ハワイ Hawai?) is an island state of the United States of America, located 2000 miles southwest of the mainland in the Pacific Ocean. Made up of volcanic islands, the state is named after the largest island in the archipelago and the name is also used to refer to the Hawaiian Islands as a whole.
The islands were the site of a major incident instigated by Gremlin in the early part of Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index.[1]
Principles[]
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The eight main islands of Hawaii. From left to right: Nihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai (upper), Lanai (lower), Maui (upper), Kahoolawe (lower), Hawaii.
The Hawaiian Islands consist of eight main islands and numerous smaller ones, around 130 in total.[2] The island Hawaii is the largest and the namesake for the islands and the state, but the most populous is the third-largest Oahu, site of the state capital Honolulu. There are over 1.4 million residents, with over 3 million people total if temporary visitors are included.[2]
The Hawaii Islands were formed through volcanic activity due to an undersea hotspot, which gradually builds the islands in a successive chain as the Pacific tectonic plate moves over the stationary hotspot. Hawaii's largest active volcano is Kilauea, located on the island of Hawaii.[3][Notes 1] Other notable volcanoes on the island include Hualalai, Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea.[3][Notes 1] Hawaiian volcanism is primarily the effusive type, characterized by lava flows, rather than the explosive type, characterized by ash fallout.[4][5]
Background[]
Hawaii was originally settled by Polynesian voyagers, with a number of independent chiefdoms governing the islands. The first Europeans to encounter the islands were the expedition of Captain James Cook in 1799. After conquering and uniting the islands, Kamehameha I established the Kingdom of Hawaii, which lasted from 1795 to 1893, until several coups and annexation as an overseas territory by United States of America, the islands becoming a state in 1959.
During World War II, a pre-emptive strike by Japan on Hawaii's Pearl Harbor in order to neutralize the US Pacific fleet, precipitated the United States's full entry into the war.
Chronology[]
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Hawaii Invasion Arc[]
- Main article: Hawaii Invasion Arc
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The eruption of Kilauea.
Hawaii was the site of numerous events on November 10th, surrounding a plot by Gremlin, together with the PMC Trident and media queen Olay Blueshake, as well as the efforts by members of the Kamijou Faction, the Dawn-Colored Sunlight, President Roberto Katze and other US forces, to stop them. These included an incident at New Honolulu International Airport, a shooting at Coral Street Shopping Mall, another attack on Pearl Harbor, the Trigger-induced eruption of Kilauea and an ultimately thwarted invasion of Hawaii.
Locations[]
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The locations listed below are locations which have been featured or referenced in some form within the series.
| Name | Type | Location | Details |
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| Anahola (アナホラ Anahora?) | Kauai | ||
| Blue Energy Gas Station (ガススタンド・ブルーエナジー Gasusutando Burūenajī?) | Kauai | ||
| Coral Street Shopping Mall (ショッピングモール・コーラルストリート Shoppingumōru Kōrarusutorīto?) | Oahu | ||
| Cupid Arrow | Oahu | The head store of several stores, known to sell wedding rings and recently expanding as of November of the story's first year.[6] | |
| Green Café Iwamaki | Oahu | A small café specializing in Japanese tea, located near New Honolulu International Airport and Coral Street Shopping Mall.[7] | |
| Hawaii | Island |
The largest of the Hawaiian Islands, from which the state and the island chain take their names. Over 80% of Hawaii's area is moutainous with most of the population focused in the few level areas, despite road networks bringing development onto the mountainsides.[3] | |
| Hotel Firefly | Oahu | A high-class hotel.[8][9] | |
| Hualalai | Volcano | Hawaii | [3] |
| Kahoolawe | Island | The smallest of the eight main islands. | |
| Kauai | Island | The fourth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands. | |
| Kilauea | Volcano | Hawaii | Hawaii's largest active shield volcano.[Notes 1] |
| Lanai | Island | The sixth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands. | |
| Mauna Kea | Volcano | Hawaii | [3] |
| Mauna Loa | Volcano | Hawaii | [3][Notes 1] |
| Molokai | Island | The fifth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands. | |
| Napali Coast | Kauai | ||
| New Honolulu International Airport | Airport | Oahu | |
| Oahu | Island | The third-largest and most populated of the Hawaiian Islands, with the state capital Honolulu located in its southeast coast. | |
| Pearl Harbor | Oahu | US military naval base. Blackport Naval Base and the Third Marine Base are located here. | |
| Simple Coconut | Oahu | A café in New Honolulu International Airport.[10] | |
| Star Lounge | Lanai | A shot bar.[11] | |
| White Beach Golf Club | Oahu | A member-exclusive golf club, close to the Coral Street Shopping Mall.[12][13] |
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Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Although Mauna Loa is larger than Kilauea, at the time of Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 3's initial publishing it had not erupted since 1984, while Kilauea was active. Mauna Loa would next erupt in late 2022.
References[]
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 03
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 03 Chapter 1 Part 2
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 03 Chapter 2 Part 24
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 03 Chapter 3 Part 14
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 03 Epilogue
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 03 Chapter 1 Part 11
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 03 Chapter 2 Part 3
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 03 Chapter 2 Part 1
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 03 Chapter 2 Part 4
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 03 Chapter 2 Part 2
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 03 Chapter 4 Part 5
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 03 Chapter 2 Part 22
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 03 Chapter 2 Part 23