[Senkusha]

It has occurred to me that many of the main characters in this series are quite young.  Much too young to be flinging around scythes and magical artillery cannons, or commuting through inter-dimentional space and time.  Or, is it that in this reality that magic of this magnitude is rare, and must be nurtured carefully, which is why so many of the characters tend to be preadolescent?

I mean, I get that this is a Coming of Age story.  Nanoha and Fate are both like nine years old when we're first introduced to them.  Hayate is only eight I think.  There's also the Knights, and Vita, who is also quite young, and here she is flinging around a sledgehammer of sorts!  Oh, and let's not forget that Hayate has the magical equivalent of a nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile!  And for the official organization of Justice, the Time and Space Administration Bureau, Chrono is what 12 or 14?  And he's an officially recognized Enforcer, like an FBI agent or something!  And Lindy Harlaown, commanding officer of the Arthra is an Admiral and she's only in 30s, right?

That kind of makes me think about the life expectancy of these people.  Obviously mage work can be very dangerous.  But my observations of the series seem to result in a very low number of elderly people, or at least middle aged adults!  And to think that this is a highly developed society on a technological level.  Maybe technology does bring about boredom at a young age?