Talk:Senpai/@comment-30024953-20170308062026

Alex is such a baka.

The suffix "chan" is to be used with close female members of your family or close childhood friends//family friends. Here, "san" would be more appropriate because they are her peers. Everyone in a class above her would probably be (I'll use an example name) "Senpai" because classmates above you are your "Senpai". However, "dropping an honorific denotes intimacy with the person you are talking with. This is done with spouses, younger family members, very close friends, or social inferiors. They are also dropped when talking about a family member with a non-family member."

Saki and Kokona MIGHT refer to each other as "chan".

A senior would probably just call Ayano well, Ayano. If Ayano were in a relationship with Yamada-kun, she'd probably still call him "Senpai".

http://www.japanpowered.com/japan-culture/chan-kun-senpai-japanese-honorifics

OOPS

chan - this suffix shows the speaker finds a person endearing. Using  chan with a superior’s name is considered rude and condescending. Generally, it is used for babies, teenage girls, young children, and grandparents. It can also be attached to animals. It denotes cuteness, lovers, close friends, or any young woman. Young women may use it to refer to themselves to appear cute and childish.

Teenage girls.

Eh.

Still, the term would only be used between equals, not above students like KOKONA (*coughs* Ayano, sweetheart...).