Also, to throw in on Axel's age and possible pedophilia:
Not in Japan. I've seen it in anime all the time, but Ayako-san from Japanese class confirms: teachers marry students all the time in Japan. We're probably generally talking about young teachers, but this means people in the 25 range are marrying people at 16. And it's accepted, even the norm. (It came up in conversation because she was warning us that male Americans going to Japan to teach would be hit on like crazy by their female high school students. Smith-san, who's lived in Japan for a few years, confirmed; he said it made him REALLY uncomfortable.)
Also, while in America our definition of adult is 18 and therefore someone 18 having sex with someone 15 would be illegal, in Japan the definition of adult is 20; so Axel could be as old as nineteen and still be not even slightly weird by their standards.
So Axel really isn't meant to be a pedophile even if you pretend that Nobody!Roxas, the creepy boy who duels with Sora, has big blue eyes and kicks his feet and eats lolly pops and flies kites.
Just putting it in. XD It occurred to me this morning and I was like, "Hey! That's interesting! I should share."
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Not in Japan. I've seen it in anime all the time, but Ayako-san from Japanese class confirms: teachers marry students all the time in Japan. We're probably generally talking about young teachers, but this means people in the 25 range are marrying people at 16. And it's accepted, even the norm. (It came up in conversation because she was warning us that male Americans going to Japan to teach would be hit on like crazy by their female high school students. Smith-san, who's lived in Japan for a few years, confirmed; he said it made him REALLY uncomfortable.)
Also, while in America our definition of adult is 18 and therefore someone 18 having sex with someone 15 would be illegal, in Japan the definition of adult is 20; so Axel could be as old as nineteen and still be not even slightly weird by their standards.
So Axel really isn't meant to be a pedophile even if you pretend that Nobody!Roxas, the creepy boy who duels with Sora, has big blue eyes and kicks his feet and eats lolly pops and flies kites.
Just putting it in. XD It occurred to me this morning and I was like, "Hey! That's interesting! I should share."