Thread:GeboBenilde/@comment-3218221-20200803193750

Hi. Yesterday you decreased Mikado's age(s) and Masaomi's age(s) in their respective infoboxes by one year, and I undid those edits just now due to the fact both Mikado and Masaomi are stated to be sixteen years of age in the official English translation for Volume 1. I know Mikado states he is fifteen years old in Season 1 / Episode 1, but the light novels are the priority and primary source of information on Durarara!! Wiki.

I've noticed that you also edited Anri's infobox in the same manner last month; do the light novels support those ages, or are you also basing '15 (at start)' off the anime? We'll try to factcheck her ages on our end as well. It looks like Masaomi's ages might be worth reviewing too, particular the estimated age for Durarara!! SH (since Mikado's previous listing as '20' for Drrr!! SH was cast under suspicion).

To be fair, the light novels don't guarantee consistency (thanks Narita), and realistically teenagers beginning their first years at Japanese high schools are far more likely to be 15 than 16. I've also seen Japanese Narita / Drrr!! wikis claim the Raira Trio are 15 in their first year and cite Volume 1, oddly enough, which clearly doesn't correspond to the official English translation. I'll ask Kaede or someone else to check the Japanese edition (though it isn't impossible for changes to have been made between the first edition and later reprints) just in case of a discrepancy.

For an extended discussion on these characters' ages, the character articles' Talk Pages would be the best place to have them.  