History Main / MinorLivingAlone

* Deconstructed in ToraDora, though Taiga Aisaka's story. Typical examples of this trope have children acting like perfect miniature adults who expertly cook, clean house, do laundry, pay bills, and sometimes even hold jobs; Taiga, however lives alone because she can’t get along with anyone in her family, but her parents never taught her any domestic skills before they (effectively) threw her out of the house, and they don't bother checking up on her once she’s gone. Until she meets Ryuuji, she’s [[TrashOfThetitans living in filth and squalor]], subsisting on a diet of convenience store food and suffering from chronic allergies due to her terrible living conditions. ''And'' she's never held a job either. The series emphasizes the fact that even though she’s technically living on her own, she’s actually completely dependent on Ryuuji’s care [[spoiler: and the monthly cash deposits she gets from her father.]] Part of her character growth arc involves her learning to acknowledge that she can't do everything on her own and start to address the issues that led to her isolation in the first place; this leads her to [[spoiler: return to her parents's home, so she can rekindle her relationship with them and, through this, become a better person before she and Ryuuji can start out a new life together.]]
* Shinichi Kudo from Manga/DetectiveConan used to do this, living in the Kudo family's BigFancyHouse and taking care of it since his parents live in the USA. After he's shrunk, however, under the Conan Edogawa he goes live with his would-be girlfriend and her PrivateDefective father.

* Deconstructed in ToraDora, though Taiga Aisaka's story. Typical examples of this trope have children acting like perfect miniature adults who expertly cook, clean house, do laundry, pay bills, and sometimes even hold jobs; Taiga, however lives alone because she can’t get along with anyone in her family, but her parents never taught her any domestic skills before they (effectively) threw her out of the house, and they don't bother checking up on her once she’s gone. Until she meets Ryuuji, she’s [[TrashOfThetitans living in filth and squalor]], subsisting on a diet of convenience store food and suffering from chronic allergies due to her terrible living conditions. ''And'' She's never held a job either. The series emphasizes the fact that even though she’s technically living on her own, she’s actually completely dependent on Ryuuji’s care [[spoiler: and the monthly cash deposits she gets from her father.]] Part of her character growth arc involves her learning to acknowledge that she can't do everything on her own and start to address the issues that led to her isolation in the first place; this leads her to [[spoiler: return to her parents's home, so she can rekindle her relationship with them and, through this, become a better person before she and Ryuuji can start out a new life together.]]

* Orihime from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' lives alone. She and her older brother ran away from AbusiveParents and he died in a car accident. WordOfGod is that she receives money from relatives [[spoiler: although she gets a job after the TimeSkip]].

** Although she has friends and family she could stay with if she wasn't too polite to ask, [[AllLovingHero Tohru]] decides to try to live on her own after she's orphaned. In a tent. Fortunately, the Sohmas are persistent enough to get her to stay with them...although one could just as easily question the logic of moving in with three guys she barely knows.

** [[OlderThanTheyLook Momiji]] was forced to leave his parents when he was about eight, and by the time the series begins, he has a house of his own on the Sohma estate. There would have been plenty of servants around, and Hatori seems to look after him when he has the time, but he's very independent by the time he enters high school.

** Kyouko lives in her apartment complex alone with no parental supervision due to [[spoiler: her father murdering her mother, younger sister, and then himself in a murder-suicide.]]

* Unlike many examples of this trope, the titular character from ''Manga/GekkanShoujoNozakiKun'' lives alone for a relatively down-to-earth reason despite his parents being alive and not abroad. He managed to convince his parents to let him move out and into his own apartment after his early success as a mangaka earned him enough money to do so and showing them that he could continue to support himself.

* Justified in ''Manga/KotouraSan''. Haruka Kotoura (14 years old) had already suffered ParentalAbandonment via her mother's IHaveNoDaughter. Plus, the general consensus is that roommates [[MindOverManners would be bothered]] by her [[PowerIncontinence inadvertent]] {{Telepathy}}, especially during her LeaveMeAlone phase. Zenzou, Haruka's [[{{Fiction500}} unbelievably wealthy]] grandfather, pays for the apartment's rent.

* ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'': For the first three seasons, The Chipettes lived in a fully furnished tree house, with a living room, a kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom, however, in the Season Four opener, school officials find out about this, and threaten to split them up and put them in foster care; Dave temporarily adopts them, however they and The Chipmunks start getting on each other's nerves, so Alvin talks Miss Miller into adopting them.in one episode.

* This actually does happen in Japan. Due to the fact that high schools are not region based. They're more like American colleges, and as such, some students' parents rent them apartments so they can go to school they attend without waking up really early or the whole family having to move.

** In original Sims if a parent died a child would live alone...but couldn't pay bills, cook meals, or do anything for themselves.

* This actually does happen in Japan. Due to the fact that high schools are not region based, they're more like American colleges, and as such, some students' parents rent apartments so they can go to school they attend without waking up really early or the whole family having to move.

* This actually does happen in Japan. Due to the fact that high schools are not region based, they're more like American collages, and as such, some students' parents rent apartments so they can go to school they attend without waking up really early or the whole family having to move.

* Unlike many examples of this trope, the titular character from ''Manga/GekkanShoujoNozakiKun'' lives alone for a relatively down-to-earth reason despite his parents being alive and not abroad. He managed to convinced his parents to let him move out and into his own apartment after his early success as a mangaka earned him enough money to do so and showing them that he could continue to support himself.

** Kyouko lives in a hotel room alone with no parental supervision due to [[spoiler: her father murdering her mother, younger sister, and then himself in a murder-suicide.]]

* Makoto Kino from ''Manga/SailorMoon'' lives alone because her parents are dead.

** Almost {{Averted}} in ''The Sims 2'' where the social worker would pick up orphaned kids. Orphaned teens however, could live alone and could at least pay bills and cook, unlike kids.

** ''The Sims 3'' continues the " orphaned teenager can live alone" trend. However now teens can get part time employment so it's much easier for them to have a steady cash flow. They can also register as self employed with the ''Ambitions'' expansion pack, almost eliminating the need for parents.

* In the novel and FilmOfTheBook Hugo, the titular 12 year old character is living alone in a train station after he was orphaned and his uncle abandoned him.

** Kyouko lives in her apartment complex alone with no parental supervision due to [[spoiler: her father murdering her mother, younger sister, and then himself in a murder-suicide.]]

* In the ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' ElsewhereFic ''FanFic/BoyScoutsOneHalf'', there is a character named Kenneth Pendrell. He is the youngest of the main characters, most of whom are also minors. Almost all of them have had family, including parents, appearing in story or at least referenced as existing. There are even a pair of characters who are established as orphaned minors living with an adult over sister. But in the case of Kenny, the narrative seems to go out of its way to avoid even mentioning any family for him, even when the story has scenes which take place in house which is described as having an "un-lived-in" feel to it. (Kenny himself likely lives in his massive underground la''bor''atory.)

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* All of the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' live without parental supervision in their island headquarters and they fight crime. It makes you wonder if maybe their city lacks a child services department.

** Mami had parents died in an accident. As it turned out, she also had no relatives, and thus had no choice but to live on her own.