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Originally Posted by MMM
There are plenty of boys who are ~chan. Even in adult-hood.
I knew a Kin-chan who was a businessman at least twice my age.
There is no easy answer to this question.
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There really is no straight answer, but there are safe answers.
In reality, people call others by a big range of things.
When I was in high school, here in Japan, there were people in the class who everyone called by their family name with -san, all the way to people who were called by some nickname. It really varies a lot depending on the person.
As a more recent example, my husband is called by an incredible range even within his company. There are bosses who call him with -chan, and people lower than him who use -kun, etc. The only thing I`ve NEVER heard is flat out 呼び捨て (nothing on the end)