SayoPony World

Chiitan's SayoPony World

**SayoPony World** (さよポニワールド) is the fictional setting in which the members of Sayonara Ponytail are depicted in. It is a fantastical and variable world that is displayed in the group's album artwork, music videos, manga, and other illustrations.

## Setting

Though SayoPony World's chronology and framework have varied between each depiction, the original main setting was centered around the school days of the vocalists in the harbor town where they reside. Miina, Nacchan and Ayumin are classmates who have formed an amateur band called Sayonara Ponytail. Transfer students Shuka and Yuyu later join their class and band. Megane-kun is another classmate of theirs who serves as Miina's love interest. Yuritan and Chiitan depicted their daily lives in manga works and illustrations.

After the departure of Yuritan and Chiitan, the settings have expanded to various different settings (depicted in new albums), though it is unclear if these take place within the same world.

## Depictions

Map of Yuritan's SayoPony World for Kimi no Kotoba

The worldview of SayoPony World differs between illustrators. Though their worlds diverged in parts, Yuritan and Chiitan both depicted SayoPony World as a harbor town. Common features included forests and conical structures which sprout from the ground. Yuritan's world was shown to be more surreal, with anthropomorphic animals mingling among the human characters. Chiitan's world had less surrealism than Yuritan but still contained fantastical imagery. During the guest illustrator period however, the harbor town setting has not been prevalent, with the world largely being depicted in album art where new and different settings have been featured.

### SayoPony World in Music Videos

Some music videos which depict SayoPony World include (but are not limited to):

* Sayonara, Arigatoo
* Natalie
* Mattari Shite Shimattari
* Tenshi ni Fureta yo!
* Hikaru Machi e
* Futaribocchi
* Dance Floor to Kabocha no Obake
* Bokutachi no Sotsugyou

### In Songs

SayoPony World is the topic of the songs World (Mitai na) and World 2. They comment on what occurs in SayoPony World following the changing and absence of the band's gods (Yuritan and Chiitan).

## Features

### Cone Hats

Cone hats (三角帽子) are common motif found in SayoPony World and the vocalists often wear them. In the manga Kimi no Kotoba and Hoshikuzu to Cosmos, the vocalists wear cone hats and robes when performing as Sayonara Ponytail.

The vocalists wearing cone hats on Mahou no Melody's coverThe vocalists wearing cone hats in a 2015 Christmas messageCone hats form the structures in Enban Utopia

According to the comic strip found inside the cover for Momyu no Ki no Mukougawa, the cone hats worn by the members of Sayonara Ponytail are very heavy.

Opened slipcase revealing the stripTranslated version of the strip

## References

1. ↑ Sayonara Ponytail. *Hoshikuzu to Cosmos*. Shueisha Publishing, 2013.
2. ↑ Sayonara Ponytail. *Kimi no Kotoba*. Ohta Publishing, 2011.
3. ↑ Sayonara Ponytail. *Nee, Band wo Yarou yo☆*. prevision, 2012.
4. ↑ Sayonara Ponytail. *Kimi no Kotoba*. Ohta Publishing, 2011.
5. ↑ Sayonara Ponytail. *Hoshikuzu to Cosmos*. Shueisha Publishing, 2013.