They’re definitely still considered minors, the mc referred to himself as a minor.
In my country the age of consent is 14 and yes a 15 years old is still considered a minor and we are still going to judge and think bad about a adult going out with one, but is more like you would think about a 20 years old with a 40, the brain is also not developing she is still young and learning about life and we all know the older guy wants her for her age but is like "this is between her and her partner, she is old enough to know better, if she wants to think she is the exception go ahead"
but a 15/16/17 year old dating a college guy of 20 to 24 is really common actually kind of a "status" almost never works obviously but TO ME they are not very distant in life a 16/17 old is probably finishing high school, probably already started working or researching colleges and a college guy was in that position not very long ago (even more cuz guys spend more time to finish school and pass in a public university) it's not strange for a 20 years guy to still be in high school too
But in this case the age isn't the problem, the rape is, it was rape the seme thinking otherwise or not
I am condemning rape. but you guys need to remember that this made in Japan and their age of consent is 13. the uke is 16 I guess.. and they're not consider as a minor there.