Me as a kid: There’s no way Jessie and James are in their twenties! People have their shit together by then.
Me now: Wow okay yeah these broke disasters drowning in debt and picking up part-time gigs to supplement the meager pay from their crap job working for an evil boss are ONE THOUSAND PERCENTin their twenties, huh.
They’re 15 and 16 last time I checked
Jessie and James have been confirmed 25 in the anime since the 2nd movie (and before that if we’re looking at radio dramas)
…how come they aged and ash didn’t?
stress from being poor
Slightly unrelated but I watched Bridget Jones Diary recently and had a verry similar reaction – “WTF?! There’s no way a 33 year old can act like this! By 33 people usually have enough worldly experience and wisdom to not pursue sex crazed jerks, wear see through tops at the office, or make stupid speeches in front of published authors!!”
…I hope that 10 years from now I don’t rewatch the movie again and go “yes, peak 30s experience totally relatable” or at least don’t run into people who act like that at 30.