Hi I was wondering, on the Magi Wiki it says that Alibaba is currently 20 years old but was he really in Reim for that long? I mean it also says that Aladdin is still 12 so I'm confused about how much time has exactly passed.
Well, there is an official source for that, it’s not just a supposition.Around chapter 200, there was this summary for the next magi issue:
Ok, it can be considerated also as a ~20, so he might not be 20 yet but really close to that.Let’s do some math.Alibaba is 17 in the first arc, and he is still 17 in Balbad Arc.In Sindria/Zagan Arc he is 17, BUT NEARLY 18.
It’s around these chapter that we can the first illustration with all the ages/heights of the characters.
Alibaba is 17, Mor is 14, Aladdin is 10, Sin is 29, Ja’far is 25, Judal is 18, etc. etc.There aren’t any other time skip until Aladdin arrives in Magnoshtat. (8 days of travel) -at the same time, Morgiana should be arrived in katargo-, 1 month of training, + Iktiyar. (+ 1 month)
= ~a little more than 2 months has passed since they parted.
In this moment, Alibaba arrives in Reim/Laem.Around one week later, Morgiana arrives at the great rift.A month later: funeral at the kou Empire.
= ~3 months and 2 weeks
and then, big time skip: 6 months
= ~9 months and 2 weeks
+1 month until the war begin (the time left to titus is the same as scheherazade, and she says that she will die in few days when they meet her during the war)
end of the war, +2 months until summit
= let’s say that it’s a little more than 1 year. (since they parted)
If we consider that Alibaba was 18 at the time, he should be around 19 now.
You’re right. There is a whole 1 year that is left out.
There are two solutions: or in that description they said that alibaba is 20, but he’s actually just a bit older than 19 and they’re exaggerating it to give more pathos (he’s almost 20 and he never had a girlfriend!) , or daily life in magnostadt is a lot longer and often it wasn’t stated. I mean, zemi probably didn’t last only few days, maybe it went on for weeks or a month; and marga completely recovered.
There is actually a third and it’s: I missed a timeskip somewhere
There is actually another strange thing: often in the magnostadt arc is mentioned “something that happened 12 years ago”. A report of 12 years ago, an incident… that clearly refers to the fall of mustashim kingdom and the murder of the royal family. (funny enough, it’s also the same time as the murder of the Haku- family in Kou. Coincidence? I think not)Hower, during Zagan arc, in Dunya’s memories we see that those things happened 10 years ago.
So, in the end…. I DON’T KNOW. OTL
But a thing for sure: even though it’s not quite clear if Alibaba is 19 or 20, there is one thing that won’t change: the age difference between characters.
magi ages list (if alibaba is 20)
Aladdin is 7 years younger than Alibaba, so if he’s 20 then Aladdin is 13. (ok, Alibaba’s birthday might be before Aladdin’s, but I’m saying this as a general rule)I think it’s normal to get confused, but it bothers me a little how people don’t get the age difference between characters right ^^”’AH!!
In the last magi guide book (which I SUPPOSE stops at the Koutoku’s funeral in Kou), Alibaba is stated as 18.
I think that the magi character book that will be released this January will answer to all our questions, so we just need to wait. =w=
Sorry if this isn’t the best answer.
edit: here they say that they come back to Sindria AFTER 2 YEARS. So yeah, there are probably some missing timeskips.
