>>50665123This was a change to make the class dynamic more believable, all the kids in Kukui's class are younger than a Trial Captain (so at most he's 12) it's not the first time they've changed the age of a character to adapt it to anime.
In Japan from elementary to middle school you are assigned a group according to your age and even if you don't have good grades you pass automatically, the problem appears in high school where they are more strict and you can fail the grade.
