Really wish people would stop calling the tutor boys "the shota boys", but I've had this discussion many times in this thread.
However, just because you think they are underage, doesn't automatically mean they're underage.
Also, for reference
In the state of California, these tutor boys would be underage as it is 18+ there
In the UK, the youngest is only underage as it could be argued he is 15, but the other 2 are over the age of 16 for sure. it's 16+ in the UK
In Italy, they're all over the age as it's 14+ in Italy.
Nowhere in AWAM does it say what country AWAM is set in or isn't set in, so it really could be anywhere. Hence, why there is no shota in AWAM, people should stop calling them that.
I doubt anyone will stop with it but it needed to be said, and there is no shota tag assigned to this novel, but L&P did do a poor job clarifying that, and that cost him big.
As I said at the start, just because you think it is, doesn't make it so.
edit* I recognize me saying it isn't doesn't make it so either, but I stand by what I say. It can easily be explained why they're all 18+, granted the youngest is harder to do that with, but he can be aged up, its actually not that hard for L&P to resolve this.