Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-25319479-20170531105724/@comment-2112031-20170606131702

Sharingan91 wrote: The Wikia Editor wrote: Lorenzo.r.1st wrote: character ages. new characters. those are the only things I can think of. What about the character ages? As far as I'm aware, Boruto and his classmates, except for Iwabe, are supposed to be about 7 years old during the current anime arc. Their designs, admittedly, make them seem older, but that's their current age.

As for the new characters, the fact that we haven't seen them yet doesn't mean that they don't exist. Their absence can be pretty easily explained with a throwaway line about them being away on a mission or something. What?? We are in peace time. The academy has changed! You are likely to enroll in the academy later, around 10 years. In anime, Boruto should have around 10 years, Himawari 7-8, Iwabee 12-13. In Episode 2, Iwabe states that the Fourth Shinobi World War occured "ten years ago". Boruto was born about three years after the war (about one year after the events of The Last). That means that Boruto and, by extension, his classmates (with the obvious exception of Iwabe) are about 7 years old during the current arc.