the Kagepro Mary's "Age" problem (TM)
Kagepro fandom: how old is Mary
Wannyanpuu, Kagepro music video animator, on the team circa 2k11, during Imagination Forest pv release: This is Mary! I designed her! As a teenager, maybe! (weight: 130 apples?)
Jin, 2k12: we haven't really decided on much of the extended plot yet, I've only written one of the novels or so, Mary's only appeared in a couple of songs so far...
Jin, 2k12: oh! she weighs 130 apples. I'll say this in the Disintegration Book (2012), too.
still v. newly developing baby Kagepro fandom circa 2012: wHaT DoEs iT MeAN
baby Kagepro fandom, somehow much more surprisingly calmer back then despite everything that happened back then, too?? ?: oh!! maybe the apples are her age?? so she's 13?? because she's part-Medusa?? It's a neat theory!
Jin: speaking of that, she's over 100+ chronologically. but she's part-Medusa, so part-immortal ---- "Immortal" means she probably doesn't age like a normal human bei ----
baby Kagepro fandom, in their defense, it was still a baby fandom: ok, so she's 13 ,,,,,,
Jin, 2k12, in the same Disintegration Book: btw, Shion, Mary's part-medusa MOTHER, weighs: /150 apples/.
both baby and current Kagepro fandom: ??????? we'll just ... ignore this fact ...... (wait, how can /her mother/ be /15/ if /Mary's/ 13 ---- wait, never mind ---) (wait, do we have any updated scans / references on that at all ??? ?)
Jin, a bit later on: actually, I'll correct Mary's to 140 apples.
baby Kagepro fandom: so, 14 now! or was it 13? Shion who??
Jin, 2k15 tweet: so anyhow, Mary chooses her "age" to be /exactly the same as the Mekakushi Trio/'s, keep in mind some of /them/ have /conflicting ages/ as well ,,,,, but for the most part let's just /round them all out to "17" as referred to "officially"/. Mary will light "/seventeen candles/ on /the cake/". Her birthday cake, yes
Jin's tweet, /exactly/: Thus today we’re celebrating Mary’s birthday. Since she didn’t really count it, she herself didn’t know her own age. So, on Mary’s first birthday at the hide-out, Kano told her that 「You’ll be the same age as everyone then」!!! while lighting /// !! 17 !! /// candles on the cakeeeeeeee Dirty Listen closelyyyyyyyyy!!! [Dirty Motto Kiiteeeeeeee!!!]
Jin, in the same tweet: It’s nice to have that kind of warm feeling sometimes~.
@Shintaro_ikemen: Mary-chan has become a trending topic!
Kagepro fandom: Mary's age tho Physically, too,
Sidu's artbook, 2k15: btw we'll correct Kano's official age to 17 from the /conflicting/ /younger/ "official" MCA age of 16, while Kido, who we /originally/ had at /17/... we'll still list as "17", but chronologically she'd be 16 if Kano was 17, who is slightly older than her; Seto, he's in the same grade as them, he's the youngest, bc his birthday is in March, the Japanese school year begins in April and ends in March, this is v. important understanding this, so ,,,,,
certain parts of Kagepro fandom, 2k19: Gotcha! Mary is physically 13 years old, this wasn't corrected to 140 apples /at all/ later ,,,,,
the rest of us: and either way, do we even have a confirmation of this apples / aging theory /that isn't just based on theory or heresay/? For some reason /we can't find direct references for this information ANYWHERE/ ???
also Kagepro fandom: "Children Record booklet" ?????
Children Record booklet, /2k11/, a.k.a from v. V!!!. baby Kagepro fandom days: /does not contain any official ages/. /Only birthdays/. Yes /we have full scans of this/. Yes /we know what it says/. No, there were /no ages/. Yes, the kanji for "age" in the typical profile is very noticeable, and there's usually numbers next to it ----
Jin: so, my 2k15 tweet ,,,, "17"? ,,,, ,,,, ,,,,
Sidu: so, my 2k15 artbook corrections ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,,
Jin: btw Mary is part-Medusa, meaning part-Immortal, anyhow,,,, does it really matter haha ,,,,,
HARUKA, FINAL NOVEL 8 OF NOVELS ROUTE, SUMMERTIME RELOAD: btw, TIME ON "THE OTHER SIDE" from [where I am], /IT'S LIKE NOT EVEN A SECOND HAS PASSED/, ahahaaaa ----
certain parts of Kagepro fandom, 2k19: Mary's age tho
the rest of us, TRYING: