
In mine 18

actually it doesn't matter if you're at the age to have consensual sex because if he is over the age of 18 he is classified as a rapist because hes having sex with a minor. which means it doesn't matter if they consented or not its statutory rape.

Yeah ! I knew that already and I find it so fucked up! Like I understood it through all my manga readings lol and then research it!
It gives me chills, because we are fighting so hard for laws against sex with minors in underdevelopped countries when it is happening in some of the most developped ones Σ(  ̄□ ̄||)
Seriously makes me sick
Also in my country, legal sex is 16 I believe but you can't have sex with someone older than 18! but I think it depends, like I think if it's consual it works ? I am actually not too sure but the other person can't be too old though

While TECHNICALLY the age of consent is 13 due to some archaic laws, there are plenty of child safety laws that protect minors up until 18 or 20. Hence why it's not a regular, supported practice for adults to have relations with minors (and why things like being a lolicon is considered a BAD thing). While yes, there are always disgusting loopholes, the same could be said for the USA, sooo. Yeah. But for the most part, it is considered a crime to do things with minors even in Japan.
So I just googled and found out that Japan's national legal age of consent (federal law - it does vary somewhat in prefectural law), ie. for consensual sex, is 13 YEARS OLD. The lowest of any developed country. Grown ass adults having sex with 13 year olds is totally legal. That's f*cked up but explains so much in manga.
Edit: further investigation tells me that prefectural law generally takes precedence and raises the age to between 16-18, depending on the prefecture, although federal law still says 13. Also, to be fair, South Korean age of consent is apparently also 13. Which I also find f*cked up.