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>otherwise it makes no sense in dozens of series how characters essentially stopped growing at the start of middle or high school
I have absolutely no idea what you mean by this. It makes perfect sense in terms of realism. Most girls don't even grow a centimeter after entering high school. Character growth doesn't have to be tied to physical growth, you know.

I went through the movie a bit, and Nadeshiko didn't seem to be shorter than the group of high school girls who visited the store, so I guess the movie staff made the girls, especially Nadeshiko and Rin, grow a bit to not look like absolute midgets. Meh.