
I don’t know his exact age but we can’t say for sure that he is a kid. You can call someone younger a kid as a figure of speech so that might not be the answer either. When it comes to shota defition I thought until now that only the age matters but there are different definitions across different sites... it’s confusing (⊙…⊙ ) But, if it comes to just looks, a shota should look like a pre-teenager boy (according to most definition), like 14 maximum.
What surprises me more is that Eve has the same physique as any uke from typical yaoi and yet a lot of readers consider him younger. So I assume (but maybe I’m wrong who knows) that this reaction is because we are not used to small, feminine-looking seme. Sometimes the unexpected makes people weirded out?
I am not trying to defend this manga just for the sake of it, I just wanted to share my interpretation. If we get more clues about Eve’s age later on, it will change my mind.
I have a question before reading this work. Looks like last 2 both featured rape, this follow the author's same signature?