The Dangers in My Heart - Vol. 4 Ch. 57.2 - Extra Chapter

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@havelmom that would be out of the theme. Remember that the setting is on Japan with an "anti social" and " unpopular meek virgin mc". Unlike the west, conservative country like japan tend to value "sex" for more than a physical activity . Of course there were those playboy and gal type highschooler who frick like a rabbit without regards to their age.
Yep, highscholer who tends to be 15-18(18 at the end of highschool)
For a behave student to frick at the age of 15-16 Years old would take a lot of guts so its especially out of the question for these two virgin couple that blush so much from holding hands to do.

And you're talking high schoolers- these kids are middle schoolers, 2nd years aged 13/14 still as of this Volume (you know, 8th graders, like the 8th grader syndrome, chuunibyou, that was part of the initial setup of the story with Ichikawa suffering from it because, well, he's an 8th grader!). They're even less likely to do this shit, with that in mind. Far as I'm aware, they haven't quite experienced a whole other year as of the current chapters and volumes, either- they're 3rd years, and have been for a bit since end of school year is coming up in the next volume or so past this Vol4 and they've got Vol11 already. At most Yamada is 15 and Ichikawa is 14, far as I'm aware, in the chapters published this year of 2025.

They have highlighted the fact that this is middle school a couple of times since the beginning of the manga, too. And if you ever bother to pay attention to anyone besides Yamada, you'll notice real quick all their classmates look like middleschoolers, not highschoolers. Yamada is an exception because of her parentage/genetics that make her absurdly tall from a young age. Check Vol1, Ch6.1, Pg1, and you'll see splash art of her days in 5th grade, where she towers over her classmates. That was only 3 years ago in-manga.

I agree that the super lewed hand holding stage would be a total let down since they already ride bikes together, almost hold hands, go on secret dates, share indirect kisses and food with eachother, and enter changing rooms together....

You do realize they spent the whole walk home from the Christmas Eve date holding hands, and then a good chunk of the time meeting to hand over the manga and hanging out at the park literally just holding hands on that park bench? That's a lot of hand-holding already in a very short amount of time, nearly every time they have time alone.