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* ''[[Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.|ef - A Fairy Tale of the Two]]''
* ''[[Naruto|Naruto Shippuden]]'' shows the title character's growth from the least talented ''and'' least loved ninja in his village to a fully recognized prodigy who has saved thousands of people and faced down some of the worst criminals the world has to offer.
** Also (to an extent) Sasuke, who has matured from being the [[The Rival|Rival]] to being homicidally crazy.
* ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'' and its sequels, ''[[Macross 7]]'' and ''[[Macross Frontier]]'', with Hikaru Ichijo being the first in the franchise to fit this trope. He starts off not wanting anything to do with the military, but the death of {{spoiler|Roy Fokker}} forces him to mature and become a great pilot.
** Then again, before Hikaru there was Amuro Ray of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' and probably the best of the earliest examples in mecha anime. Amuro got slapped very often by Bright Noa and this helped shape him into a man. Even Bright explicitly tells him that a good smacking would force him to become one.
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* ''[[Now and Then Here and There]]''
* ''[[Piano]]''
* ''[[Mokke]]'', where ghosts are being used to illustrate [[An Aesop|lessons about life]]. It's actually rather well done.
* ''[[Binbou Shimai Monogatari]]''
* The main premise of ''[[Hidamari Sketch]]'', if not particular clear to some, is on Yuno's wanting to be mature. It is kind of lampshaded when she was overjoyed on any suggestions that she has matured whatever a small bit.
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* To some extent, ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]: The Second Raid'' might count as a coming-of-age story for Sousuke. During the season, {{spoiler|he got separated from Kaname}} which pissed him off royally. By the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX9Iy70gTvw last episode], he even goes so far as to verbally insult a '''GENERAL''' to get his will through. Mardukas and Kalinin both comment on it afterward (although it's clear [[Stalking Is Love|why he did it]]); it was also the first instance where he properly socialised with Tessa (so much so that she was gawking at him in shock).
* ''[[Cross Game]]''
* Arguably a main point in ''Niea7'', at least for [[Ordinary High School Student|Mayuko]].
* ''[[Uta Kata]]''
* ''[[Nanaka 6/17]]''
* ''[[Sakende Yaruze]]'' is basically a [[Coming of Age Story]] for Nakaya that runs parallel to a [[Children Raise You]] story for his father Shino.
* ''[[Gun X Sword]]'' is a coming of age story for Wendy. It's not the main plot, but it's a pretty important subplot.
* ''[[Tamayura]]''
* Almost all of the ''[[World Masterpiece Theater]]'' series are Coming of Age-stories, but it's played the straightest in ''[[Anne of Green Gables]]'', where Anne visually [[Animation Anatomy Aging|gets older]] as the story progresses.
* ''[[Galaxy Express 999]]'' is sometimes described as being a sci-fi bildungsroman.
* ''[[Megazone 23]]'', at least the first part. It contains elements of most of the examples from the top of this page and {{spoiler|ends on a decidely [[Downer Ending|negative]] [[Crapsack World|note]].}}
* ''[[Wandering Son]]'' has this, but the anime and manga portray it in a different way. The anime seems to be more so about kids learning to be comfortable with their bodies and growing up, apparently changing the protagonists from [[Transsexualism]] to simple [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]'s. The manga isn't nearly as obvious as the anime, but it's still apparent. The manga began in late elementary, and currently the protagonists are in early high school.
* ''[[Tokyo Magnitude 8.0]]''.
* Once you look past the [[Fan Service]], many of [[Masakazu Katsura]]'s works turn out to be this. Specially obvious in ''[[Video Girl Ai]]'' and ''[[I''s]]''.
* Aside from the [[Unwanted Harem]] elements, ''[[Rosario
* In ''[[Ciguatera]]'' the main character matures greatly by the end of the story
* [[Eyeshield 21]] boils down to the main character growing out of his wimpy kid mold and becoming a man (Albeit, a rather wimpy man).
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* ''Edge of Seventeen''
* A fairly large portion of Australian movies are examples of this. They also tend to be rather samey-''[[December Boys]]'' is probably the most notable example of recent years, only because it had [[Daniel Radcliffe]] in it, and [[Never Trust a Trailer|promoting largely used his role in it even though it was relatively minor.]]
* ''[[Star Wars]] Episode IV: [[A New Hope]]'', and the movies following it. 19-year-old Luke takes his first steps into a larger world and goes on the Journey of the Hero. Okay, it's also a [[Space Opera]], but he really does grow up through the films.
* ''[[Now and Then]]''
* ''[[The Graduate]]''.
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** Many of [[John Hughes]]' 1980s films (''[[Sixteen Candles]]'', ''[[Pretty in Pink]]'', ''[[The Breakfast Club]]'') could be regarded as examples of this.
* Many interpret ''[[The Thief and the Cobbler]]'' as this for the main character Tack, who begins the story skinny, pale, and mute, but by the end {{spoiler|becomes muscular, tan, is much more confident in himself and has the voice of Sean fucking Connery!}}
* ''[[Mystery Team]]'' is the Coming of Age Story for three eighteen year old men who have still act and behave like seven year olds.
* ''Super8'' is the tale of a young boy and the girl he likes coming to grips with a shared family tragedy... while a scary escaped alien runs amok in their town.
* ''[[Stilyagi]]''.
* ''[[High School Musical]]''.
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* ''Running with Scissors''.
* Nearly anything written by [[Judy Blume]].
* ''[[The Confusions of Young Torless]]'' is one of these, with a heaping helping of expressionism, aristocratic teen angst, and [[Boarding School of Horrors|violence]].
* ''[[The Sound of Waves]]''.
* ''[[Black Dogs]]'' is a version of this trope that takes place in a fantasy setting.
* ''[[Prydain Chronicles]]''.
* ''[[Funny Boy]]''.
* ''[[Holes]]''.
* ''[[Brian's Saga|Brians Saga]]''.
* ''[[About a Boy]]''.
* ''[[Heralds of Valdemar]]'' features this as a recurring element throughout the various novel series.
* ''[[The Rotters Club]]''
* ''[[Starter for Ten]]'' - verging on Delayed, it's the character's first year at university.
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* ''[[Sabriel]]'', when it's not a story of a [[Badass Bookworm]] fighting off killer zombies.
* ''[[Of Human Bondage]]''
* ''[[Fever Pitch]]'': The book, not the movies. Describes the author's own coming of age through his relationship with football and his favourite club.
* ''[[Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn]]'' is this for protagonist Simon, concurrent to his involvement in a cataclysmic war.
* ''[[Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit]]'': It deals with a young evangelical girl who grows up to find that she's a lesbian, and how this contrasts with her religion.
* ''[[Purple Hibiscus]]'' - Main character Kambili and her brother Jaja learn to deal with [[Abusive Parents|their father's abuse]], civil unrest and eventually {{spoiler|their father's murder.}}
* ''[[Inheritance Cycle]]''.
* The ''[[Belgariad]]'' is this in a [[Sword and Sorcery]] setting. Garion is a teenager through most of the story, but the first book covers his childhood from the beginning.
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== Tabletop RPG ==
* In the central mechanic of ''[http://misspentyouthgame.com/ Misspent Youth]'' by Robert Bohl, the Sell-Out, protagonist characters are given the option to permanently grow up (changing a Conviction from Sold to Free) to win a conflict. The series ends when the first protagonist has sold out her last Conviction.
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* In ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' this is essentially [[Blood Knight|Grunt's]] loyalty mission.
* Both the A and B routes of ''[[Blaze Union]]'', which deal with Gulcasa and Aegina respectively. The A route goes over more of the [[Growing Up Sucks|traditional]] [[Sex as Rite-Of-Passage|story]] [[Coming Out Story|elements]] covered by this trope, whereas Aegina's path deals more with coming to terms with grief and the truth and finding one's place in the world.
* Some ''[[Pokémon]]'' games play as this. A meek kid from a town in the middle of nowhere becomes powerful and confident, growing more mature over their journey and becoming a battle protégé. The first installment in the series even refers to the protagonists journey as this.
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* The main themes of the ''[[Toy Story]]'' trilogy revolve around growing up, moving on, and that nothing lasts forever. Andy goes from being a carefree young boy to a young man heading off to college, and his toys realizing, and eventually facing the fact that Andy will inevitably outgrow them.
{{quote|"How long will it last Woody? Do you really think Andy is going to take you to college? Or on his honeymoon? Andy's growing up...and there's nothing you can do about it." }}
* [[South Park]] has been toying with these in later seasons. "You're Getting Old" and "Assburgers" plays this mostly straight for Stan. Then three episodes later "1%" flips this trope around in its handling of Cartman.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Like many [[Shojo]] manga, ''[[Gokinjo Monogatari]]''. Only, since it's Ai Yazawa, the characters' motivations for maturing and growing are mainly their dreams and aspirations of becoming graphic artists and fashion designers.
** The same goes for ''[[Paradise Kiss]]'' and ''[[Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai]]''.
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