

In Black Bullet, the main Initiators are all 10 years old girls. But there are
several taller and smaller girls shown in the background.

Are all the Cursed Children 10 years old, or are there others born after that?

Does the contamination of mothers through the mouth still happen?

Do the Light Novels explain this phenomena in more depth than the anime?

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It seems to be several questions, but the point is the same. Just different
phrasing.


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Are all the Initiators/Cursed Children 10 years old? Were there none born after that?


According to the [Black Bullet
Wiki](http://blackbullet.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline), the births of the Cursed
Children are listed as a single year - 2021 - with Enju and Satomi pairing up
in 2030.

So I guess the answer is yes, they're all 10 years old +/- 11 months.

The [Initiator page](http://blackbullet.wikia.com/wiki/Initiator) also claims
that they're all 10 year-old girls.


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No, all Cursed Children are not 10 years old, it is most likely that Cursed
Children are still being born. In the light novel the girl who opens the
manhole cover for Rentaro in the Outer District is stated to look around the
age of 7

> She was probably around seven years old, and she peered at Rentaro with a
> puzzled look on her face. Her eyes glowed red.

While not conclusive, the following passage also seem to imply that Cursed
Children are still being born, which is probably part of the reason the new
Gastrea Law is being proposed

> Just a short while ago, it was normal for Cursed Children to be delivered in
> secret alongside a river, then killed before they could even open their eyes

While "a short while ago" is hard to pin down I doubt it only refers to 10
years ago. This might also be the reason why we see so few younger cursed
children, most are drowned shortly after birth. 10 years ago parents didn't
know that their children would be born as Cursed Children but in more recent
years it is probably expected that a large amount of children would be born
that way which probably explain why most parents kill their children before
they can even open their eyes.

Edit: The second light novel again confirms the fact that Cursed Children are
not all 10 years old but are in fact also younger

> Born at almost the same time as the Great Gastrea War ten years ago, the
> Cursed Children were ten years old or younger.

Now, the Cursed Children [wiki
page](http://blackbullet.wikia.com/wiki/Cursed_Children#cite_ref-2) states
that Matsuzaki states that all Cursed Children are 10-years old however I
cannot find this statement in either the light novel or the anime so I would
take it with a pinch of salt.


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