Thread:Old McDonald/@comment-25016963-20140406142243/@comment-24494906-20140406143824

Suzuya's statement is dubious. In chapter 1, Kaneki is said to be 18. Kaneki's birthday is December 20th, so his birthday hasn't passed yet in chapter 47 (his birthday begins in chapter 64). So one of these two statements must be wrong.

There are 3 possibilities:
 * There is a typo in Suzuya's statement. But Suzuya said Kaneki's and his age are the same. Suzuya is 19 (there exist other sources for this), so it can't be a typo.
 * There is a typo in chapter 1. But Kaneki's age matches the age of a typical college freshman in Japan. Kaneki would have to be a year behind. That's unlikely, because Kaneki was always an excellent student. This would also mean that Hide and Kaneki were separated for a year. I don't think something like this happened, to be honest.
 * Suzuya's statement is imprecise. Maybe he only checked the year of birth and not the whole date. Maybe the whole date isn't written on the student ID. Maybe Suzuya miscalculated. Maybe Suzuya didn't care that a few days were left until Kaneki's birthday.

I think the third point is what is going on here.