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A source of [[Values Dissonance]] in older works, because it used to be common practice for noblemen to marry younger women from friendly families, so this trope would have occurred a lot both in fiction and real life. Even in modern times, some people argue that this is not a problem as long as the former child is now an adult and able to properly consent. [[Your Mileage May Vary]] on whether or not [[There Should Be a Law]].
Known in Japan (and for some years on [[The Other Tropes Wiki]]) as the Hikaru Genji Plan, after the main character in ''[[The Tale of Genji]]'', who kidnapped a young girl named Murasaki from a life of poverty for the purpose of marrying her once she grew up. [[Don't Explain the Joke|The current name is a pun]]
This is by definition a subtrope of [[May-December Romance]] or in supernatural settings [[Mayfly-December Romance]], but not ''every'' romance with a significant age gap falls under this. Compare [[Pygmalion Plot]], [[The Jailbait Wait]], [[Teacher-Student Romance]], [[Parental Incest]] and [[Incest Is Relative]]. See also [[Father, I Want to Marry My Brother]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Otaku no Musume-san]]'' has a very literal instance in which the landlady, Taeko, was raised since elementary school by Sousuke, an aspiring manga artist, after her grandfather, her previous guardian, died. To solve an inheritance dispute when Taeko turned 16, the two get married, but the story makes it clear that love for each other strongly influenced the decision.
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