
I'm pretty sure he's s already 18 and is soon to graduate. The school system in Japan is not the same as western system where students graduate at 17. So I dont believe pedophilia applies here. The hesitation from the teacher's part is all because he is a student and he is a childhood friend. Which is why he is waiting for him to graduate.

Girl there is no pedo here. I copy pasted a comment below cuz she explains it best.
"They are 5 years apart and didn't even start anything remotely sexual until about 6 months away from the seme being a high school graduate and beginning college student. They were friends before they were teacher and student, and they were teacher and student for a max of like a year!! And let us be honest, if your childhood friend became a teacher at your school and you know you'll be graduating in a year, there is no way you are seeing them in an authoritative light. You are more then likely gonna follow the rules because you respect that they need to be professional at their job and you don't want to make them look bad, but they are definitely not giving you the same feel a normal teacher you know as ONLY a teacher would.
High school graduation age in Japan is 18, meaning the seme was just end of 17 years old beginning 18 years old before they even met up again and the uke was around 22 to 23 years old. What are y'all reaching for? Did anyone see the uke make an inappropriate move on the seme when he was younger? I didn't. There wasn't even the weird clip of the older childhood friend finding he was sexually attracted to the younger one when they were smaller and mastrabating before freaking out and then running away without saying anything. Even if they both realized they had feeling when they were younger, it was cleanly done with the uke exiting with the excuse for college and coming right back when the seme was of approiate age. There is ABSOLUTELY nothing wrong with this age gap. The story was good, compared to a shitload of others. If you don't like it fine, but let's not inflate things that really aren't a problem~"

I am annoyed at how insensitive and arrogant his entire family is of course Aunt Jung Ah is nice. But damn that family sucks I can't wait until Seo An decides to tell his family to fuck off and be happy at last with Woo Won. But maybe there is going to be more drama so I gotta hold on to my horse and calm down. Woo Won and SeoAn are so freaking adorable. I JUST LOVE THEM TO PIECES!!`AND THEY ARE HOT. IMAGINE A REAL LIFE COUPLE AS BEAUTIFUL AS THEM THE WORLD WOULD BE DEAD AT SUCH BEAUTY LOL

Just to say they gonna drop it because Jaekyung is a huge asshole. Bruh he's been an asshole from the start and I dont think he will change...though I mean most of these manhwas always end with the red flag changing his tune way later in the story. Not that I think Jaekyung is going to change that much for Dan but he will end up falling for that sweet innocent man I mean he already has but is trying to hide it by being a jerk like always and he will not admit it at the moment.

I know Akito grew up without adult guidance but come on he was a "sex worker" he must know that he cannot just go with whoever and be so damn trustful of everyone he meets. Naotaka needs to ask who Reiji is not assume oh he must be his brother like WTF? I am so annoyed. And that teacher should have stopped him and made him see what mess he was getting into.
Reminds me of Bon Jovi's song lol What he must be thinking lol "Shot through the heart and you're to blame you give love a bad name" "Oh, you're a loaded gun, yeah. Oh, there is nowhere to run. No one can save me the damage is done. Yup, you are caught