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I don't think any country is quite so flagrant about it or has it so openly in the public eye as Japan.

The thought process is this:

Men are attracted to youth and beauty. Japan takes this to its logical conclusion by "cheating".

it's what I call the Yoko effect.

Make a ridiculously physically attractive girl. clearly 17-22 in age and just say she's like 13. They want the best of both worlds, Youth and Beauty.

Now part of that is for a narrative standpoint, because Simon is also 13 and god forbid a boy is attracted to an older girl. The sexual tension between the two is the impetous for what happens later in the story, so it's somewhat narrative driven, but we can find an extension of this effect in TONS of japanese shows. It's not some coincidence they make them so young. They are trying to appeal to all male groups.

An attempt to maximize youth and beauty in tandem which just doesn't really happen except in maybe <1% of real life cases. At least that's the way I see it.