It’s unnecessarily limiting the audience. High school is relatable because everyone does it. Not everyone goes to college or works in such and such field.
When it comes to the human experience, we start to diverge pretty early.
US is actually in range of 60%. Apparently 62% of high school graduates enrolled last year. Although that’s graduates and not all people graduate, but also some people do go back later in life too.
I think the real issue is that college doesn’t look the same to everyone. You may commute, do part time, different majors. However, middle/high school are a bit more uniform so the tropes/trends will resonate with most people.
This is one of the reasons I liked Aggretsuko as much as I did. She was out of college and starting her career at a company which is still younger than me but at least its MORE relatable.
Can they, for once, be college students or maybe high-school seniors?
It’s unnecessarily limiting the audience. High school is relatable because everyone does it. Not everyone goes to college or works in such and such field.
When it comes to the human experience, we start to diverge pretty early.
Internets says that 61% of the Japanese population go on to higher education. That’s pretty high compared to Americans at 39%.
US is actually in range of 60%. Apparently 62% of high school graduates enrolled last year. Although that’s graduates and not all people graduate, but also some people do go back later in life too.
I think the real issue is that college doesn’t look the same to everyone. You may commute, do part time, different majors. However, middle/high school are a bit more uniform so the tropes/trends will resonate with most people.
This is one of the reasons I liked Aggretsuko as much as I did. She was out of college and starting her career at a company which is still younger than me but at least its MORE relatable.
The best anime/mamga about college is Grand Blue, cant’t recommend it enough
they can be but then the MC is a 40 year old office worker while she has a troubled past and daddy issues