#kagepro ages

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Japanese References ~ ABBREVIATED School Years

from here :

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.

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Kagerou Project Perfect Guide (2016) A.K.A. the most recent set of Kagepro character profiles with (still very much conflicting, and many with ages as ‘???’) “AGES” that we have.

Ayano (left) + Momo (right), both still with their CONFLICTING AGES of “16″.

- both are 10th grade high schoolers at these points of canon. (Ayano: before she died, “two years ago”) (Momo: in the present day, is also, now a 10th grader / 1st year in Japanese high school.)

* the Japanese school year

begins in APRIL (around April 1st) and ends after the next year’s MARCH.

- Ayano isn’t able to chronologically have her 16th birthday yet if she dies on August 15th, as she hasn’t reached November 22nd yet. therefore, she cannot age to ‘16′. this has also been noted multiple times by Japanese fans

- Momo is on the younger end of the same school year with her February 14th birthday, yet gets her conflicting age as well, as usual.

This is particularly noted by the Japanese fanbase on Momo’s Pixiv profile page (Japanese).

Jin, possibly: SHIT     I messed up these ages lemme just-------------

MOMO, BOTTOM, WHAT’S THIS WEIRD DOT RIGHT ON THE OUTER EDGE OF THE ‘6′ KINDA ALMOST WARPING IT SO IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE A

‘     5     ′,

@ JIN @ JIN @ JIN

@ THIS FANDOM DO NOT MAKE ME BUY ANOTHER BOOK TO COMPARE

(AND YET AYANO STILL HAS HER CONFLICTING AGE TOO I’M V. DONE)

(OK BUT AT LEAST WE KNOW AYANO’S CORRECT GRADE TOO WHICH IS ... SAME GRADE AS SHINTARO ... YEAH ....... AND SHINTARO IS CONFIRMED 18 ... WITH AYANO BEING YOUNGER ..... MEANING CHRONOLOGICALLY IN THE PRESENT DAY SHE’S 17 ..... ONCE SHE REACHES POST-SERIES NOV. 22ND SHE’S 18 ..... SO WE COULD ALWAYS USE THAT ..... YEAH .............)

Japanese school system reference