“You know…… First off, the fact that the words you chose aren’t quite scientific is fine for now, but only getting 2 points
after going to summer school for (<----------- SUMMER SCHOOL)
two weeks? (<------------------------------- ‘TWO WEEKS’)
Are you kidding me? Does that mean it’ll take you 100 weeks to get a perfect score?”
The result on the test he [*Kenjirou] handed to me [*Momo] was horrific.
Despite the fact that I had answered all of the questions, there were big, red X’s written everywhere, save for one question.
Such an unrealistic sight nearly made me dizzy.
“B-……But I studied……”
“Huh?! What?! You studied for this?! Under ‘Give the name of one animal that can be classified as a mammal,’ you answered ‘crab’ and ‘koi fish.’ How can you say you studied for this?!”
“Th-That’s because my mom is from HOKKAIDO (<------ HOKKAIDO)
…… Wait! I thought about putting ‘deer’ and ‘bear,’ but…”
“That’s it!! Those are correct!! ……Wait, why are you showing regional pride here?! Furthermore, why did you put two animals even though it says to name one?!”
“Eh?! Because isn’t it sad if you just leave one?!”
“Why are bringing such strange logic into a test?! Moreover, if you pair up a deer and a bear like that, wouldn’t the deer get eaten?!!”
“E-Eaten……?!”
After suffering the wrath of those harsh comments, I looked at my test again.
But, even I myself didn’t really know how it happened. Even though I put so much effort into it, my result was really too cruel. What would my mom say if I showed her this…… I didn’t want to imagine that.
In manga and anime, sometimes when characters are introduced by a panel with some text, there's a certain kanji followed by a number that doesn't make much sense. Such kanji are 小, 中, 高 and 大, and the numbers often range from 1 to 3. But what does it mean?!
小中高大
Basically, it's abbreviated way of saying which school year a character attends. The number tells whether the character is an ichinensei, ninensei, sannensei, etc. And the kanji tells the educational stage of the character.
shou roku 小６ means
shougakkou rokuen 小学校６年
Ages 11–12. Sixth year elementary school.
* Relevant to Kagepro’s Hibiya & Hiyori (6th grade)
in relation to their canonical birthdays
going by the Japanese school system
kou ichi 高１ means
koukou ichinen 高校１年
Ages 15–16. First year high school.
* Relevant to MOMO (”1st year of high school”)
Full reference list under the ‘read more’!
relevant: difference between kanji for years old
RELEVANT TO KAGEPRO’S CONFLICTING AGES ISSUE
For reference, the full list:
Shou 小shou ichi 小１ meansshougakkou ichinen 小学校１年
Ages 6–7. First year elementary school.
shou ni 小２ means
shougakkou ninen 小学校２年
Ages 7–8. Second year elementary school.
shou san 小３ means
shougakkou sannen 小学校３年
Ages 8–9. Third year elementary school.
shou yon 小４ means
shougakkou yonnen 小学校４年
Ages 9–10. Fourth year elementary school.
shou go 小５ means
shougakkou gonen 小学校５年
Ages 10–11. Fifth year elementary school.
shou roku 小６ means
shougakkou rokuen 小学校６年
Ages 11–12. Sixth year elementary school.
Chuu 中chuu ichi 中１ means
chuugaku ichinen 中学１年
Ages 12–13. First year middle school.
chuu ni 中２ means
chuugaku ninen 中学２年
Ages 13–14. Second year middle school.
chuu san 中３ means
chuugaku sannen 中学３年
Ages 14–15. Third year middle school.
Kou 高kou ichi 高１ means
koukou ichinen 高校１年
Ages 15–16. First year high school.
kou ni 高２ means
koukou ninen 高校２年
Ages 16–17. Second year middle school.
kou san 高３ means
koukou sannen 高校３年
Ages 17–18. Third year middle school.
Dai 大dai ichi 大１ means
daigaku ichinen 大学１年
Ages 18–19. First year college or university.
dai ni 大２ means
daigaku ninen 大学２年
Ages 19–20. Second year college or university.
dai san 大３ means
daigaku sannen 大学３年
Ages 20–21. Third year college or university.
dai yon 大４ means
daigaku yonnen 大学４年
Ages 21–22. Fouth year college or university.
dai go 大５ means
daigaku gonen 大学５年
Ages 22–23. Fifth year college or university.
dai roku 大６ means
daigaku rokunen 大学６年
Ages 23–24. Sixth year college or university.
