Talk:Ruby Rose/@comment-28171999-20181203224808/@comment-4010415-20181207204515

@Sinjoh Did they say Ruby turned 16 in her second semester? I only recall them saying she's 16 while Volume 4 was airing. Even still, she would've turned 16 toward the end of Volume 3, making her be 16 for the duration of Volumes 4 and 5, and now that it's fall again in Volume 6, she's turned 17.

Remember that the Huntsman Academy school years start at the beginning of the actual calendar year, so everyone is bound to age up a year at some point during that school year, which means that WBY and JNR ended up turning 18 somewhere during that point, making them 18 in Volumes 4 and 5. As of the Battle of Haven and the events of early Volume 6, it has been a full year since the Battle of Beacon, thus meaning another year to age up WBY and JNR.

I think it's safer to just say "Approximately Volumes X-Y", as we don't know at what exact point they aged up, but we know that it was at some point during those volumes. So even if someone in WBY/JNR has a birthday in the final month of the calendar year, that character is going to age up into being 19 during Volume 6.