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{{trope}}
{{quote|'''Eugene''': I would like to think of this trip as something more than seeing tourist sights or exotic scenery. This is my chance to connect with the inner-person. A journey to myself!<br />
'''Bernard''': Sounds like a pretty short trip.|'''''[[Adventures in Odyssey (Radio)|Adventures in Odyssey]]'''''}}
 
Well, the series is over, and a whole lot of stuff happened. Battles, deaths, perhaps a betrayal or two; but now that's over and everyone can build their lives back, right?
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Compare [[The Atoner]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
 
* ''[[Tower of God]]'''':'' After successfully making his sister a princess but still feeling dissatisfied, Koon Agero Agnis decided to climb the Tower to search for what he really desired.
* Ogremon from ''[[Digimon Adventure]]''.
* Jiro, from the [[Anime]] ''[[Kikaider]]''.
* Subverted in ''[[Mai-HiME (Anime)|MaiMy-HiME]]'', when said by {{spoiler|Natsuki Kuga. Problem is, her attendance is too low, so she does not have the time to go on a journey.}}
* Soujirou, from ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]''.
* The latter arc of ''[[Honey and Clover]]''.
* {{spoiler|[[Battle Couple]] Allelujah Haptism and Marie Parfacy}} does this in the [[Grand Finale]] of [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]].
* Daisuke Aurora takes one of these at the [[Gainax Ending|end]] of ''[[Heat Guy J]]''.
* Touma in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Force]]'' goes on a trip by himself in order to come to terms with {{spoiler|the destruction of his hometown}}, which leads to him encountering Lily and the events of the story taking place.
 
== Literature ==
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== Music ==
* Playfully subverted in Lonestar's "No News," when a woman leaves her man to "find herself" and he agonizes over improbable things she must be doing ("rocking out with the band/ On the road with [[Pearl Jam (Music)|Pearl Jam]]") when the implication is that she's simply left him.
 
 
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* Lynn and Ryouga from the video game ''[[Summon Night]]: Swordcraft Story 2''. Also, Master Sakuro from the first game, and Shintetsu prior to the game's start.
* Murray from ''[[Sly Cooper]] 3: Honor Among Thieves'' (A rare case in which the character's return is included.)
* Kain from ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'', who has a specific goal in mind -- hemind—he is going to try to renounce his sins and become a Paladin, as Cecil did in the game.
* At the end of ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'', prosecutor Miles Edgeworth, having found out his mentor and a figure he greatly admired [[Broken Pedestal|were both truly amoral]], leaves on a journey to understand true justice. In the second game, ''Justice For All'', he is briefly assumed to be dead, but {{spoiler|returns to prosecute the final case, having learned what he sought out to find.}}
** This Troper thought he was looking for a [[Theme Music Power-Up|theme tune..]]
* At the end of ''[[Suikoden V]]'', Georg leaves to travel the world, setting up his eventual appearance in ''[[Suikoden II]]''.
* The Protagonist of ''[[Lufia]] and the Fortress of Doom.'' The apparent conclusion of his journey is the final scene of the ending.
* Ryudo of ''[[Grandia II]]''.
* ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (Videovideo Gamegame)|Knights of the Old Republic]] II'' establishes that {{spoiler|Revan}} did this following the end of the first game. [[Word of God]] says that he never came back. {{spoiler|The Exile}} shares his fate.
* {{spoiler|Magus}} in the best ending of ''[[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Chrono Trigger]]'' does this. Although he does it because he's looking for his {{spoiler|sister, Schala}}.
* {{spoiler|Grace}} at the end of ''[[Gabriel Knight (Video Game)|Gabriel Knight]] 3''.
* Gilles de Rais, at the end of ''[[Jeanne D 'Arc]]'', after {{spoiler|taking Roger's place in sealing Gilvaroth within himself}}. If the post-game history sticks to [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_de_rais:Gilles de rais|reality]], {{spoiler|he will not succeed}}.
* {{spoiler|Gentz along with Lloyd}} at the end of ''[[Front Mission]]'' as an example of the extremist.
* At the end of ''[[Lugaru (Video Game)|Lugaru]]'', Turner is [[Offered the Crown]] of the rabbit kingdom, but turns it down and chooses to wander the island in search of purpose.
* The backstory of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: LinksLink's Awakening]]'' is that Link left Hyrule to go on a journey of self discovery and training. The game begins with Link returning towards Hyrule at the end of his journey, but along the way he gets shipwrecked and washes ashore on Koholint Island.
 
== Web Comics ==
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