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In the original TV series, Yawara was supposed to compete in Barcelona Olympic
Games. The special " _Zutto Kimi no Koto ga_ " goes on where the TV series
ends. In that special, the location changes to "Atlanta Olympics" without any
explanation.

What is the reason for this unexplained sudden change?


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Why did the location change to "Atlanta" from "Barcelona"?


The _Yawara!_ manga was written starting in 1986 and lasted until 1993. In the
manga, Yawara is actually meant to compete in the [1988 Seoul
Olympics](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Summer_Olympics):

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dYd7z.png)

However, when it was adapted into an anime, which aired from 1989 (after the
Seoul Olympics) until 1992, they kept the media contemporary (instead of
dating it), they adjusted this to be the [1992 Barcelona
Olympics](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Summer_Olympics). _(Side note:
This worked out well for them, as a competitor much like Yawara won in real
life in Barcelona that year and received the nickname "Yawara-chan". The more
you know!)_

_Zutto Kimi no Koto ga_ , however, was not released until 1996, two weeks
before the [1996 Atlanta
Olympics](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Summer_Olympics), hence it was
adjusted for this set of Olympic games instead.

It seems that, in each instance, the producers wanted to play somewhat on the
publicity of the Olympic games, and by 1996 they were good enough to air their
special only weeks ahead of the real thing. There is no in-universe reason for
the change here, simply that she was competing at the "upcoming Olympics" in
two different time periods (pre- and post-1992).


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