I tend to read SLBP's MC as early 20s by default: taking all the routes and events etc in aggregate she feels similar to dating sim MCs I've encountered who are explicitly that age.
I feel like in many genres the 'default' female character is about that age, unless there's a plot reason to make her older or younger. Or unless she's a teenager.
I can see Mitsuhide!MC as maybe up to late 20s: still moderately young but old enough to know who she is.
That makes sense! She's very confident and has a strong moral compass.
Yukimura seems pretty young, maybe even late teens, and Yukimura!MC is presumably not a lot older or someone would comment on the age gap. But I can see her being a moderate amount older than him, like early to mid twenties.
In Mitsunari's route there *are* comments, which makes me wonder how young he's supposed to be. But he's also had a lot of life before we meet him, including a previous long-term relationship, so he can't be *that* young.
Haha yeah we can't use historical ages for anything. But if we go by history - which again we can't - Mitsunari was 40 when he was executed, and MC is older than him, so that would make her early-mid 40s by the end of the routes. Which could actually sort of work.
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Date: 2020-03-17 08:13 pm (UTC)I feel like in many genres the 'default' female character is about that age, unless there's a plot reason to make her older or younger. Or unless she's a teenager.
I can see Mitsuhide!MC as maybe up to late 20s: still moderately young but old enough to know who she is.
That makes sense! She's very confident and has a strong moral compass.
Yukimura seems pretty young, maybe even late teens, and Yukimura!MC is presumably not a lot older or someone would comment on the age gap. But I can see her being a moderate amount older than him, like early to mid twenties.
In Mitsunari's route there *are* comments, which makes me wonder how young he's supposed to be. But he's also had a lot of life before we meet him, including a previous long-term relationship, so he can't be *that* young.
Haha yeah we can't use historical ages for anything. But if we go by history - which again we can't - Mitsunari was 40 when he was executed, and MC is older than him, so that would make her early-mid 40s by the end of the routes. Which could actually sort of work.