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** In the novels, it's mentioned that Gauron himself was one of these: he was fighting for the Khmer Rouge by at least age 12, and probably earlier.
** Sousuke's former comrade, Zaied is also an example, and unlike Sousuke, is played horribly straight, having grown up into an [[Empty Shell]] [[Sociopathic Soldier]], who seems to lack pretty much all social contact, drive and ambition. It makes him a dangerous antagonist and [[Evil Counterpart]] to Sousuke.
* Except for Pluto, all of the Sol senshi in [[Sailor Moon]] are in junior high when they show up--all of the Inner team are fourteen when they begin, and Venus begins even earlier as Sailor V. Even Uranus and Neptune, shown to be a bit older than the Inner team, are still no more than a year older and thus only fifteen or so. Even worse, Sailor [[Chibi Moon]] is no more then twelve (in the anime) when she becomes a senshi, and Sailor Saturn is probably around that age after she re-ages in Stars. She has the power to blow up the planet, and she's not even old enough to get a learner's permit. About the only justification for this is that the senshi are reincarnated and could have been a lot older in the past and thus might have the unconscious memories of their pasts to help them cope. However, the few glimpses we get of them in the past show them as looking just as young or, as in case of the
* ''[[Divergence Eve]]'' has Kotoko-01, though since she's an android it may or may not count.
* ''[[Gundam]]'', even discounting judicious use of [[Falling Into the Cockpit]], has a lot of this, starting with 16-year-old Amuro Ray.
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