Thread:KrytenKoro/@comment-35109290-20180716165043/@comment-35109290-20181224082847

Thanks for replying so fast! (I didn't think anyone would respond for a while, haha)

Here is where I found a note of Takeru's:

https://digimon.fandom.com/wiki/Digimon_Adventure_02/Appendices/Ages_and_grades#Digimon_Series_Memorial_Book:_Digimon_Animation_Chronicle

"Takeru Takaishi: "His elementary school is the same as Daisuke and the others, Odaiba Elementary School, Class 5-A." " while it does not state his age, it does state "same grade".

"Daisuke Motomiya: "A 5th grader in Odaiba Elementary School. Age 11."

"Hikari Yagami: "Age 11. [...] In elementary school, she is in the same Class 5-A as Daisuke and the others"."

Again, Hikari is noted to be (canonically) "older" than Takeru via a Tri interview, but Takeru is often shown as being exactly the same grade/age as her (likely she is only a little bit older).

Ken's age was also stated (Ken Ichijoji: "Although a 5th grader in elementary school and 11 years old [...]") it would basically make little sense for all of them to be 11 and Takeru not, unless he had a truly conflicting age or was on the younger end of a school year.

Something else I found re: Takeru, in my bookmarks:

https://keyarts93.tumblr.com/post/137646956559/ https://66.media.tumblr.com/2d869a079a69af8696df99b75ffbe762/tumblr_o182ejDqMY1uj7cplo7_500.jpg

Is this publication found in high-quality anywhere? It is terrible resolution, but if you zoom in a LOT, there is what looks suspiciously like an "11" on the first line of both Takeru's and Daisuke's info boxes.... I'm 99.99% certain these have age mentions for Takeru and Iori, and if Daisuke is 11 while this also confirms Takeru as 11, that would definitely solve part of this "mystery".

I honestly cannot tell re: Iori but I would not be surprised at all if his says "10" (despite a real-world system and the Memorial Book's "canon" age implying he would be 9 at start. It's possible Iori's is overall conflicting as well, like Sora's and Jou's).

I would also like to note Jun. Jun is noted to be "apart by 6 years in age" from Daisuke (11, "conflicting" - going by a real-world system Daisuke would be 10), however, Jun also would be on the "older" end in a real-world system, if we presume those are ages from the start and not the end of 02. If such a note was added for her, for example, she would be 16 at the start of her school year, and "apart by 6 years in age" would become "apart by [about] 6 years in age / give or take a year or so." People often have confusions about Jun's age as well due to her profile here and the conflicting timeline, making the age gap between her and Yamato (whom she chases) larger than it actually would be. It would be nice if a note on the timing issue could be added to Jun's as well, and a note to Miyako's sister Momoe's (who I believe was in the same grade as Jun?)

As for dub ages, I believe they should be noted separately from Japanese version ages. by this point they screw up most of the canonical Japanese timeline and are otherwise non-canonical to the Japanese version anyhow, as implied. The dub and "official" english publications have been wrong before, too, since they often tend to still go by the dub material.

As mentioned before too, Tri is confirmed in the final movie to take place in 2005 (ending December 2005). One doesn't really need the American dvd releases to figure out the Japanese versions' timeline, "2005" was stated right in Takeru's email iirc. We already knew when 02 took place, too. (I do hope this info helps anyhow)