Coming-of-age stories focus on the growth of a protagonist from childhood to adulthood, although "coming of age" is a genre for a variety of media, including literature, theatre, film, television and video games.
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A large portion of the manga industry is dedicated to teenagers, such as Weekly Shōnen Jump and Weekly Shōnen Magazine and, therefore, a majority of said manga contains some aspects of the protagonist's growth. Coming-of-age stories are called Shujinkō-Seichōkei (主人公成長系), meaning "protagonist's growth type".
In film, coming-of-age is a genre of teen films. Films in this subgenre include:
Films featuring protagonists in particular age groups, such as pre-teens, are:
or post-high school and college students, in films such as:
or people aged around 20 years old who do not go to college, such as:
or in the case of unique coming-of-age stories centered on post-college aged individuals, such as:
Coming-of-age television series include: