Cid from Final Fantasy 9 was 35?! THIS GUY, with the steely grey beard and glorious regal moustache?! He's clearly 20 years older than that!
As an adult I thought it was kind of funny that Steiner, at 33, is the designated doddering fussy comic relief old man of the party but this is just nuts.
I keep being confounded by the way Japanese media treats age. 6-21 is prime adventuring age, you're practically done at 25 and afterwards you should just shuffle off to a retirement home
Japanese society is a form of modern slavery. Once you are out of university and a "salaryman", all your hopes and dreams are crushed. You're the feodal slave of someone who inherited his wealth and is using the ultra-conservative system to keep you in the same position all of your life.
This is why most Japanese media are all about the power of youth and such...