History ACupAngst / AnimeAndManga

* In ''Anime/GirlsBeyondTheWasteland'', Uguisu doesn't seem too happy about her small bust when the other girls are talking about breast sizes during episode six.f

** Early in Part 1, 12-year-old Sakura angsts over being flat-chested, though this doesn't come up again in the manga. In the "Road to Ninja" tie-in manga, which has a bath scene, Sakura notices Hinata being her usual shy self and attempting to hide her body. She tries to reassure Hinata that since they're all girls, she needn't be that way. However, that wasn't necessarily the problem: Hinata's breasts are too big to stay in the water. Sakura's reaction to ''that'' is priceless. In the alternate universe shown in the movie, however, Hinata mocks Sakura for her small bust size, outright calling her "UsefulNotes/{{pettanko}}".

* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': Akane Tendō isn't really flat; she's actually well-proportioned for a 16-year-old. However, she has ''extremely deep'' insecurities about her bust size, especially when her sisters, her rivals and even [[GenderBender her fiancé]] all make her look small by comparison (and he even flaunts it). The first mention of this gag is in the manga, when all of Ranma's clothes are in the wash and (s)he has to wear Akane's, which prompts him/her to say that the chest area is too tight while the waist is too loose, to which Akane responds by readying her bamboo sword and fight. Surprisingly, this is not milked as much as you'd think for one of the {{Trope Codifier}}s of WhenAJerkLovesATsundere; Ranma is more likely to insult Akane's figure ''in general'' than specifically target her breasts (though her waist, hips and thighs get called out a lot). The most prominent depiction of this trope is in a late manga arc known as the Bust Battle, which not only establishes Akane as a collector of bust-increasing gadgets and exercises, but has Akane undergo a growth spurt, to her delight... only for female Ranma to undergo ''her own growth spurt'', so Akane is no better off than before (which Ranma insensitively gloats about).

* In ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'', small-chested Kaguya isn't ordinarily self-conscious about her appearance, but becomes insecure whenever she's compared to the more well-endowed Fujiwara. Early on, Kaguya suggests the student council take a trip to the beach but changes her mind once she realizes she doesn't want Shirogane comparing her and Fujiwara in swimsuits.
* ''Manga/KamenNoMaidGuy'' has Liz, who hates Naeka solely because Naeka has enormous boobs.

* Wendy and Levy both suffer from this in ''Manga/FairyTail'',when [[WorldOfBuxom everybody else is decently stacked]], though Wendy is more worried about being flat-chested when she's older, considering she's only 12. Doesn't help that in one of the omakes (adapted to the 7th OVA), Cana flat out tells her that, when she was Wendy's age, she had a bigger chest. One time, when she tending to her when she was sick, Wendy took Juvia's clothes off, noticed her ample bust, and had to go to a CornerOfWoe for a bit to address her going BlueWithShock.

* Erutis from ''Manhwa/DemonDiary'' is quite flat-chested, and [[RageAgainstTheAuthor complains about it]] in an {{Omake}} which also includes a picture of her with an arrow pointing to her chest and the label "no bosom" (and one pointing at her legs: "stubby legs"). She says that this is the reason she was [[ViewerGenderConfusion mistaken for a guy]] at first by many readers. The peculiar thing is that her chest doesn't really look all that flat; she's easily a B-cup. She just wears a baggy top.

* In ''Manhua/MyWifeIsADemonQueen'', Dorona starts feeling self-conscious about her chest size upon seeing Isabella's ample bust, which causes her to stare at Aisi's smaller chest in an attempt to feel better. This is turn causes ''Aisi'' to feel self-conscious about the size of ''her'' chest.

** The series has [[{{Moe}} Ranka Lee]], who while normally not very angst driven about it, does start to get worried at the [[BeautyContest Miss Macross Contest]] when she's surrounded by bigger-boobed contestants that she [[BuxomBeautyStandard really starts to sweat it]]. It doesn't help that her best friend, who is the most well-endowed character on ''the entire show'', then tells her [[HypocriticalHumor size doesn't matter]].

** The aforementioned Ota isn't really lacking,but when Lily makes her introduction to the class, Ota fixates on Lily's ample chest in annoyance.

* ''Manga/StDragonGirl'': Momoka has some insecurities about her flat chest which is why Ryuga often teases about it much to her chagrin.

* The primary protagonist from ''Anime/BlueSeed'', Momiji, is a bit insecure about her modest bust, particularly since Mamoru Kusanagi likes to tease her about it. It gets another knock in the [=OVA=] ''Blue Seed 2'', though in this case to show she managed to grow out of it after two years and now has a decent figure.

** When young, Tsunade. Her team teased her about her flat chest. [[BoobsOfSteel Which grew quite a bit later.]]

-->'''Tomo''': "What [[BoobsOfSteel parts of me]] [[ComicallyMissingThePoint do you think are womanly]]?"\\

** In one episode, Natsumi (who's about 14 years old) gets jealous of her mother Aki's breasts, even though Natsumi is no slouch in that department either.
** There's a whole episode revolving around Momoka (who's ''twelve'') having issues about being petite. In Momoka's case, she's worried that since her crush Fuyuki is always surrounded by busty women like Natsumi and Aki, his standards for what counts as sexy must be very high. It's lampshaded that she's talking about his ''mother and sister.'' She doesn't care.f

We learn just how big a hangup this is for Mahoro in her AllJustADream episode. She dreams of ordering an enlarging machine, only for it to work on everyone ''but'' her (including the male Suguru). The second half includes the notorious "[[http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/538/oppai113qn.gif OPPAI-MISSILE!]]" scene, which must be seen to be believed (and it is a blatant ShoutOut to ''[[Anime/MazingerZ Aphrodite-A]]''). The sheer amount of mental energy she puts into this makes you wonder if Suguru's grandfather has a point when he accuses Mahoro (she of the "dirty thoughts are bad" CatchPhrase) of having a mind just as dirty as everyone else.

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* ''Manga/UzakiChanWantsToHangOut'': Ami isn't flat-chested, but her breasts are dwarfed by Hana's breasts. When they go to the beach, Ami thinks, "Those things are weapons."

* Hanako Honda from ''Manga/AsobiAsobase'' is ''really'' flat, which she has a large complex about and is passed down from her mother. When measured in Episode 12, Hanako's measurements add up to a AA cup size, which is ''even smaller than A''. Not helping matters is how it is vastly overshadowed by Kasumi's GagBoobs, who adds fuel to the fire by her constant DCupDistress.

* In ''Manga/GoodLuckGirl'', Momiji is flat-chested despite being a goddess and hates it. It doesn't help that [[GagBoobs Ichiko]] makes fun of her because of that fact.

** Liechtenstein. She once goes out wearing a boyish military uniform and when an old lady [[{{Bifauxnen}} thinks she's a boy]], the poor girl gropes her chest and goes BlueWithShock. Brought up again in the fourth manga volume, where she's seen interacting with the more well-endowed Hungary and [[GagBoobs Ukraine]]. One of the national dresses they discuss is the infamous Crete dress code that [[NavelDeepNeckline let the Minoan women expose their milkmakers]]. Cue the OhCrap from Liech.
** Taiwan isn't ''as'' super flat as Liechtenstein, but she seems to be [[OhCrap rather troubled]] when she sees that the European females (save for Liechtenstein) are not only well-endowed, but not afraid to show it. Showcased again in the Hetaween 2013 event: when [[GagBoobs Ukraine]] shows up in an outfit with a rather deep cleavage, both Taiwan and Vietnam [[http://international-relations.tumblr.com/post/68569126977/event-update-translation-by-hikari-kaitou are rather shocked]].

* ''Manga/KamenNoMaidGuy'' has Liz, who hates Naeka solely because Naeka has [[GagBoobs enormous boobs]].

* In ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'', Natsume/Sabrina does ''not'' take it well when someone a good several years younger than her brags about having bigger boobs than she does. [[spoiler:[[GagBoobs Turns out they were fake]].]]
* In ''Manga/PrecariousWomanExecutiveMissBlackGeneral'', the Secretary is decently endowed, but she spends so much time around both the General and the Scientist (both of whom have GagBoobs) that she does ''not'' like being compared to them.

* Yukari Sendo from ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire''. Yes, she's only eleven (she's a [[TeenGenius Kid Genius]], so she's in a class full of teenagers), but she does get teased about her flat chest quite a bit... and teases the [[GagBoobs highly busty]] Kurumu about ''her'' chest on occasion, as well. So, yeah, clearly she's insecure about being flat. In Season Two of both the manga and the anime [[spoiler:she takes "grow older pills." Although still no Kurumu, she certainly will have nothing to worry about in a few years.]]

* Saya was clearly BlueWithShock in episode 6 of ''Manga/ServantXService'' after Kenzou mentioned she doesn't have Lucy's [[GagBoobs "stuff"]] that obstructs his view on the shoulder.

-->'''Tanaka:''' Some women don't have any goddamn cushions on them, right? *thrusts chest forward* RIGHT HERE!!!"

-->'''Ota:''' What is this disparity in society?

* Karane of ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'' is not the flattest of all the girls (she's actually on the small side, and small types like Shizuka and Chiyo are flatter), but she's not happy about her bust at all. A good majority of the girlfriends she surrounds herself with, including her go-to partner Hakari, are also huge, so she tends to compare herself to them.

** Liz is by no means an A-cup, but when Kid makes a comment about her and her sister's breasts being different sizes she punches him and exclaims "Well excuse me for being smaller than my little sister!" The comment wasn't even sexual in nature (though he did grope them); [[SuperOCD Kid]] was just lamenting the fact that his weapons weren't symmetrical, with their boob sizes being but one of many things that didn't match (other things include their height and hair length).

* In ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'', Otae always gets made fun of by Gintoki for having flat-chested, comparable to men's. No wonder she gets ticked off when Gintoki and Hasegawa note that she's flatter then [[{{Bifauxnen}} Kyuubei]] and all charged up when the male dudes around her get hit with GenderBender and end up better endowed than her (except for Hijikata about whom she actually feels relived because he ends up a tragically fat woman).

* In ''Manga/{{Karin}}'', the [[IncrediblyLamePun tit]]ular character's youthful grandmother, Elda, has the smallest breast size in the series. Upon meeting Karin for the first time, she expresses great anger and jealousy for her granddaughter's bust and angrily demands how she got it.

* Nanako Misonou from ''Manga/DearBrother''. It's only mentioned once, however: when she and her close friend Mariko take a bath together, and she notices that [[BuxomIsBetter Mariko is VERY well endowed]] [[YoungerThanTheyLook for her and Nanako's age.]]

** The series has [[{{Moe}} Ranka Lee]], who while normally not very angst driven about it, does start to get worried at the [[BeautyContest Miss Macross Contest]] when she's surrounded by so much BuxomIsBetter and gainaxing that she really starts to sweat it. It doesn't help that her best friend, who is the most well-endowed character on ''the entire show'', then tells her [[HypocriticalHumor size doesn't matter]].

** In an omake in the manga, Rin and Miyuki's rivalry with each other as Suguru's girlfriend becomes rather catty when Shikijo also tells them about Suguru's BuxomIsBetter mindset. The fact that Chizuko, who usually stays out of it, also got into it says a lot.

* Deconstructed in ''Manga/ManyuHikencho'' since [[BuxomIsBetter boobs mean everything]] and a flat chest makes you less than human. Special mention goes to people who lost their breasts.

* Akane from ''Manga/{{Ojojojo}}'' requests that [[{{Ojou}} Haru]] share [[BuxomIsBetter some of that]] with the "commoners". Then she says she's going to start the breast rebellion.

* Sexy from ''Manga/TheVoynichHotel'' suffers from this, trying to be a FilleFatale ([[FieryRedhead and failing miserably]]) and having suffered in the shadow of [[BuxomIsBetter Peace]].

* In ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'', small-chested Kaguya isn't ordinarily self-conscious about her appearance, but becomes insecure whenever she's compared to the more well-endowed Chika. Early on, Kaguya suggests the student council take a trip to the beach but changes her mind once she realizes she doesn't want Shirogane comparing her and Chika in swimsuits.