Why is this age so common?

Why is this age so common?

Perfect age for marriage.

Because every anime fan ever is 14

Are you 14?

n-no...

Because puberty.

Yes you are.

Probably Evangelion

>newfag
>phoneposter
Awesome.

Because pyon pyon

All of the benefits of childhood, most of the benefits of adulthood, also puberty.

You know coming of age movies/books/etc? This is the age to be coming to. It's all downhill from 14.

Literally chuuni age.

It's the last year of Jap middle school so it's seen as a time of maturing into high school.

Too old to fuck with any security.

It's, uh, prime.

>i consume lots of shounen and shitty anime: the post

It's the maximum age for a nymphet

>prime
No it isn't, you baka-ass motherfucker; 14 has factors of 2 and 7.

My bad.

15 is more common, but the characters identify themselves as first-year high school students instead of their age.

Two words "target demographic" . These stories are often for children.

Not young enough to be a kid but not old enough to be an adult either. It's the perfect mid-place.

is that the amount of anime you've seen?

It's the perfect age for hatsukoi. Everyone is virgin and inexperienced. The perfect age to come back and fix things you could have prevented.

best JC's age

its divisible by 2 you nipwit
7 is the right age

It's the mental age of most, if not all, anime watchers.

Nobody here can name a single good anime or manga where the protag is 14

Boku to Pico

Sanya is cute!

not 14

Target audience is usually around this age for most Shonen.

Age of sexual consent in Japan.

For girls it is because women start to decay past that age.

>These stories are often for children.

You mean manchildren.

The hell you say.

Evangelion

>most of the benefits of adulthood

Legally, I don't think the benefits of adulthood really begin trickling in until 16. At 14 you still have no real say in anything unless your parents allow you to.

It's the age you start high school in japan.

No.
6-12: elementary school
13-15: middle school
16-18: high school