>>29189556Nah man, it's all peripheral.
8 year olds are small, like barely up to a toddler. It's very much possible for a 15 year old to be a few inches shorter than 17 year old and look sort of baby-ish. It all depends on when puberty sets in.
Considering "canon" Chicken-chan is Asiatic looking, that's VERY likely especially since adult Asian girls well in their 30s can still look middle schoolish.