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* ''[[Japan Tengu Party Illustrated]]'' has a disturbing relationship between a [[Youkai|Tengu]] man and the human child he kidnapped ostensibly to be the vessel for their leader (when he uses her to speak, he ''swallows her and uses her as his tongue''). The child manages to escape the tengu, but the kidnapper is still concerned and obsessed with her. He eventually finds her phone number during a battle, but she never wants to see him again, and besides she's already safe in bed - ''with her teacher'' (she likes "magicians (the teacher) better then monsters (the tengu)") <ref>"[[Real Life]]" tengu are notorious for kidnapping children and returning them (if they do at all) "in a daze", and tales of monks (tengu dress as mountain aesthetics) and their child-novices don't even bother with [[Unusual Euphemism]]s.</ref>
* Vincent in ''[[Pandora Hearts]]''. Taking scissors to stuffed toys? Indicative of problems, but not completely unheard of. Taking scissors to {{spoiler|the eyes of Alice's cat? And what about ALICE HERSELF?}} That's not a good sign. It also borders on [[Psychopathic Manchild]] behavior since he still does it as a young adult.
** In confusing flashbacks and illustrations, Alice {{spoiler|or more accurately, the Will of the Abyss... [[Mind Screw|sometimes...]]}} also does this, displaying [http://dragonempress.net/curious/images/pandora-09-05-03.jpg somewhat unsettlingly flirty behavior]{{Dead link}} with Jack and being cheerfully vicious with Vincent. Eventually leading to yet more of this trope from {{spoiler|''Gilbert''}}, who tries to strangle her.
* Several [[Child Soldier|characters]] in ''[[Now and Then, Here and There]]'', especially Nabuca
* This is a staple of [[Shōnen manga]] and sometimes [[Shoujo Demographic]] manga along with [[Harmful to Minors]]. It's usually treated lighthearted and without any real damage though, unless it's a plot device or a [[Deconstruction]].
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