Not Growing Up Sucks: Difference between revisions

* In the ''{{spoiler|Mermaid's Scar}}'' story of the ''[[Mermaid Saga]]'', {{spoiler|Masato}} has been an immortal child for 800 years, and [[Enfante Terrible|he quite resents it]]. The only way he can get by without arousing suspicion is by tricking kindly women into loving him, then feeding them Mermaid Flesh so they become his eternal caretakers. If the Mermaid Flesh turns them into [[The Corruption|Lost Souls]] instead, or the current caretaker kills herself just to escape him, well, too bad. [[Complete Monster|Time to look for another kind-hearted girl]].

* ''Presents'' stars a girl named Kurumi, who after falling asleep at the table on her birthday one night, without receiving presents from her classmates or parents, found herself suddenly far away from home, and unable to age past 10. Now she's an old woman in a child's body, who searches for her missing birthday present.

* The driving force behind the plot of [[Petite Princess Yucie]], the anime result of combining the settings, characters and story elements of several of the [[Princess Maker]] games. Here, an artifact called the Eternal Tiara exists, capable of granting any wish, and several girls of about ten years coincidentally end up trying to prove themselves true princesses (and thus able to use it without getting killed) in order to be worthy of using it. The twist comes when it becomes clear that all of the girls are about 15, and none too pleased about having stopped growing at ten. The reason? {{spoiler|A cosmic ploy to give the winner something to wish for when their friends are [[Powered by a Forsaken Child|sacrificed]] to power the [[Artifact of Doom|tiara]], since it tends to destroy the world its currently in if it isn't used regularly.}}

* In an odd case, Hinako Ninomiya from ''[[Ranma ½]]'' (manga, but not anime) isn't able to ''stay'' grown up. Due to a cure for an illness when she really was a child she periodically reverts back to a preteen state until she absorbs enough ki to temporarily age up again. This makes it rather difficult to be taken seriously as a teacher, or woo a potential suitor, since she spends most of her time looking and acting like a 5 year old.

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