Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-9962367-20130726233702/@comment-10390252-20131014154336

I've said this before but it's worth repeating. I don't think that we're going to get more than puppy love things like sitting together and holding hands (whilst Weiss makes disgusted sounds) until the characters are a bit older.

How do I know they're going to get older? Simple: Monty specified ages. Typically, if something like that happens in animé, it means that the team intend to show the characters aging and maturing. It's worth noting that the Japanese version of the Pokémon animé never specified Ash's age, which is one of the reasons they've been able to keep him an eternal pre-teen, blissfully ignorant of the mysteries of girlfriends.