Talk:Nagisa Shiota/@comment-27187193-20160210140302

It was stated that Nagisa and the rest of Class E were 15-years-old at the start of the Assassination Island Arc. Then they had Summer Vacation and Nagisa's birthday is July 20th and they've even gone through the winter holidays. I'm not sure how long Japanese summer breaks last or the date the series began but... doesn't this mean Nagisa should be at least 16 by now? Since Karma's birthday is December 25th, doesn't that make Nagisa older than him?

Of course, there are a bunch of "rules" on sending a child to school. Nagisa's birthday is either before or during summer vacation so he'd turn 15 before the next school year started. That means Nagisa was still 14 when the series began (assuming it was before July 20th) and turned 15 later on. Karma could have been born the year before Nagisa but since it's Christmas, it would be after the school year's started and they'd be in the same year.

So, their ages. Nagisa is either 14-15 or 15-16. Karma is most likely 15-16. But in Japan, students graduate from junior high to high school at the ages of 14-15 and are 15-16 during their first year at high school. On top of that, Class E was finishing their second year of junior high when the series began and that's from the ages of 13-14 before summer vacation (I doubt Nagisa was 13 at the start). That's a whole new set of variables.

My guess, at the start of the series Nagisa was still 14 while Karma had already turned 15 the earlier winter. Then came summer and Nagisa turned 15 which fits in the age of second-third year students in junior high. After Summer they started their final year in junior high but by the Winter holidays, Karma should have turned 16 making him too old to be in junior high.

What do you all think? Is Nagisa just older than Karma or is Karma just in the older half of their age group? How old were they really when the series started? Can anyone clear up these discrepancies? I'm probably overlooking something obvious to explain it all but when I lay it all out like this, I don't see how Class E could be 15 and still in junior high.