@DocWilly @SiraX Riko is going to start high school the next school year, and it was said that the Giant is in the same year as our two main characters, who're both first years in high school, so the age different is likely one or two years. Three at the very most.
@chenando1 even straight women sometimes fall head over heels for other women. Not dismissing the possibility Tsukiko is homosexual or bisexual, just saying.
@Mnuchinboo, the US still stands out as having that norm among high-income families to a much greater extent compared to the rest of the western world.
@VincentYamato, to answer your question: yes, yes, they are. Japanese society is incredibly conservative, deeply rooted in an honour system that's integral to the culture. The only way it's sort of acceptable for a teenage girl to become pregnant is if she's married to an adult man. As in many...
@criver that chemistry being C16H12FN3O3, also known as flunitrazepam or, more commonly, rohypnol!
It's a completely legitimate question by Jun, by the way, although my friendship with my former best friend fell completely apart after she broke off our engagement and indeed relationship.