Let’s look at an example, so Kanji was born and he made the April 2nd 1995-April 1st 1996 cutoff for 1st years in 2011-2012. Which means the cut off dates look like this April 2nd of 20XX-April 1st of 20XY (because April 1st is the last day to be in that time group).

Japanese elementary school kids start school who’s 6th birthdays are on or before April 1st. So, a refresher for those who clicked the link above (or just a teaching moment for those who didn’t). But it means they are in the same grade year, possibly not just the same “calendar year” (because it’s possible for them to be born in the same calendar year but in different grades, see the Futaba entry here, well I’ll bring it up later but there’s the link to my original post if you want 8U)īut, assuming……they are both in the same grade year, we can probably pinpoint a decent time frame for their birthdays. Since Sumire mentions “last spring” (which means the beginning of the game, from what I can tell, and it’s before enrolling in to Syujin (so they might still be 3rd years in middle school there). Kasumi and Sumire seem to both be 1st years in high school (or well 1st years if Kasumi lived, possibly still 3rd years in middle school in the flashback) in 2016. Ok watching the the Kasumi death scene, it turns out that Kasumi/Sumire aren’t twins, they’re “same year siblings” aka “Irish twins” aka (if you aren’t familiar with that term) it means two siblings who are born within 12 months of each other (bonus points if they are born in the same calendar year). Duh spoilers, also more like a fun guess I spent an hour on but 8U

Sumire persona 5