A reference to Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Syndrome is what happens when you lower the age of the main characters to generate more sympathy and wangst. (Okay, that's me being uncharitable). It creates the interesting scenerio of children behaving older than their age, and yet allows for teenage angst when necessary. Coming of Age story + highly dramatized actions = shiny, obviously. Anime is particularly good at it, and it's hard to find characters that are over the age of 20, much less 25.

Examples: Gundam pilots, the Eva children, etc.

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