Thoughts on childhood sweethearts with large age gaps

I’ve recently started questioning this due to a controversy over a manga (pls do not rage abt it here) but what do ya’ll think of couples that have like 5+ age gaps but have known each other since childhood (as in like below 15 or smth)? Is it really pedophilia or is it still borderline ok for them to date as long they wait till both are adults to do more than holding hands and going on dates?


*discretion : THIS QUESTION HAS NO LINK TO THE MENTIONED MANGA AND I AIN’T TALKING ABOUT THAT MANGA IT’S JUST A HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION SO PLZ PLZ PLZ DO NOT EVEN START