
How do you mistake an 11 year old for a 17-18 year old? Easy actually. Why would a child think another child would be lying about their age?
I still think this plot device is stupid though. Like how desperate are the mangaka these days that they have to jump through all these hoops and convoluted plot points to have a HS boy dating a grown man?
The five year age gap isn’t even that bad, just let them meet again as 20/25 instead of this nonsense?