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Parents in many comedic series believe that this is a load of poppycock, but this isn't usually due to malice or disdain for their offspring. They are simply such {{Jerkass}}es, either through self-absorption or stupidity, that they don't even ''understand'' that passing all their debts onto their children, arranging random and contradictory marriages, and engaging in thoughtless abuse and neglect of their children could cause psychological harm. They aren't applying the rod to avoid spoiling the child -- they don't even know it's there. (Rod or child, whichever.)
Needless to say, these sorts of parents tend to be the sort that would never be allowed to keep their children. At the very least neglectful parents would have to go through a few parenting sessions. But just as ThereAreNoTherapists in fiction, there are also apparently no social services, either. The helpless kid is just going to have to grin and bear it -- and because it's usually played for comedy rather than drama, they usually do. Sometimes they can escape to StayingWithFriends.
Needless to say, these sorts of parents tend to be the sort that would never be allowed to keep their children. At the very least neglectful parents would have to go through a few parenting sessions. But just as ThereAreNoTherapists in fiction, there are also apparently no social services, either. The helpless kid is just going to have to grin and bear it -- and because it's usually played for comedy rather than drama, they usually do. Sometimes they can escape to StayingWithFriends.
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Needless to say, many of these sorts of parents
There's a simple reason for this with the consistently abusive parents -- [[StatusQuoIsGod the abuse is a big part of the series or movie,]] and if Social Services did step in and take the kids away, they'd probably never let them go back.
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There's a simple reason for this with the consistently abusive parents -- [[StatusQuoIsGod the abuse is a big part of the series or movie,]] and if Social Services did step in and take the kids away, they'd probably never let them go back.
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Sadly, this may be TruthInTelevision in some regions.
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Sadly, this may be TruthInTelevision in some regions.
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* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'': While Syaoran had a butler in the anime to watch over him during his stay in Japan, he lived on his own in the manga.
* ''Manga/CookingPapa'': There doesn't seem to be anyone watching over the Araiwas' son while both his parents are working.
* Averted in ''Manga/{{Erased}}''; most of the first half revolves around trying to get Kayo taken away from her abusive mother. Social services agents were attempting to do this before the protagonist gets involved, but her mother knows what they're up to, and avoids letting them catch her at home or find any definitive evidence (a pretty realistic take on this type of situation). [[spoiler:But Kayo's grandmother has to step in to finally get her out of that household.]]
* Azusa's entire living situation in ''Manga/GakuenOuji'' is just downright absurd. He's basically a MinorLivingAlone in an extremely run-down apartment. And he's so poor he has to sell himself for food, and has been doing so ''for years''. Several people know about this and still do nothing about it. Of course, AdultsAreUseless in this manga.
** There's also Ichiko, whose parents pretty much abandoned her for her entire life (16-17 years) because of work.
* In ''Anime/GraveOfTheFireflies'', Seita and his younger sister Setsuko are left homeless after the destruction of their home by Allied bombing and the death of their mother. Their aunt takes them in for a short while, but after leaving her house neither the police nor doctors are willing to help them and they must fend for themselves, stealing food to survive and living in an abandoned bomb shelter by a river.
* In ''Anime/GraveOfTheFireflies'', Seita and his younger sister Setsuko are left homeless after the destruction of their home by Allied bombing and the death of their mother. Their aunt takes them in for a short while, but after leaving her house neither the police nor doctors are willing to help them and they must fend for themselves, stealing food to survive and living in an abandoned bomb shelter by a river.
* In ''Manga/InsideMari'' Mari's mother [[spoiler:apparently changed her name partway through her childhood]] and this was allowed. There's also the part where Mari stays home for several days [[spoiler:when she goes into a catatonic state]] and apparently her school didn't care.
* ''Manga/{{Isuca}}'' has all the main characters go through this. Shinchiro is all but abandoned at the family apartment, when both his stage magician parents go globe-trotting "for training" over an extended period of time. What's worse is that in the process, they also force him, a full-time high school student, to go get a job as well because they cut off his funds while leaving him responsible for the daily and monthly expenses involved in living at that apartment. Isuca's parents "go missing" seven years prior to the start of the story, (making them legally dead), and she has to live in a mansion, alone, taking on the dangerous job of "demon slaying," again, alone, because the rest of the family, save for her maternal grandmother, wants her dead or gone. Her cousin, Suseri, is forced to undergo a training regiment that would be considered felonious child abuse just about anywhere else because of her mother's inferiority complex towards Isuca's mother, up to the point that (in the manga, at least) she would put her own daughter's life in peril, without hesitation, for even the slightest chance to steal away Isuca's chances to take the title of Clan Head so that Suseri will become a Puppet King. Granted, Social Services probably aren't equipped to deal with the supernatural, but all the mundane stuff that these characters go through should raise some eyebrows.
* ''Kodomo no Jikan'' is full of situations where Social Services should have intervened. Reiji had a terrible childhood thanks to his abusive father and neglectful mother. He was then taken in by his older cousin Aki, [[spoiler:who he fell in love with and had a relationship with before she died of cancer]]. Now he's the sole guardian of his younger cousin Rin, who he's trying to [[spoiler:[[WifeHusbandry raise to take her dead mother's place]].]] Then there's Rin herself, who has a huge crush on a man twice her age that manifests in truly disturbing ways, not the least of which includes a level of sexual knowledge no child that young should possess.
* ''Manga/KotouraSan'': Haruka's parents may not have money problems like Manga/{{Hayate|TheCombatButler}}'s, but their emotional abuse -- not to say Haruka's peers' due to her {{telepath|y}}ic powers -- more than made up with it. She may be slightly more well-adjusted now, but nobody seems to raise eyebrows on a teenage girl literally living alone. To be fair, however, Haruka's mother did attempt to see several doctors to discover what was wrong, but none of them could offer any help. [[spoiler:She also did realize the evil of disowning her but by then the damage was done.]]
* ''Manga/KotouraSan'': Haruka's parents may not have money problems like Manga/{{Hayate|TheCombatButler}}'s, but their emotional abuse -- not to say Haruka's peers' due to her {{telepath|y}}ic powers -- more than made up with it. She may be slightly more well-adjusted now, but nobody seems to raise eyebrows on a teenage girl literally living alone. To be fair, however, Haruka's mother did attempt to see several doctors to discover what was wrong, but none of them could offer any help. [[spoiler:She also did realize the evil of disowning her but by then the damage was done.]]
* Kinjiro's mother (a professional wrestler) in ''LightNovel/MayoChiki'' performs actual wrestling moves on him.
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* In ''Anime/GraveOfTheFireflies'', Seita and his younger sister Setsuko are left homeless after the destruction of their home by Allied bombing and the death of their mother. Their aunt takes them in for a short while, but after leaving her house neither the police nor doctors are willing to help them and they must fend for themselves, stealing food to survive and living in an abandoned bomb shelter by a river.
* ''Kodomo no Jikan'' is full of situations where Social Services should have intervened. Reiji had a terrible childhood thanks to his abusive father and neglectful mother. He was then taken in by his older cousin Aki, [[spoiler:who he fell in love with and had a relationship with before she died of cancer]]. Now he's the sole guardian of his younger cousin Rin, who he's trying to [[spoiler:[[WifeHusbandry raise to take her dead mother's place]].]] Then there's Rin herself, who has a huge crush on a man twice her age that manifests in truly disturbing ways, not the least of which includes a level of sexual knowledge no child that young should possess.
* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'': While Syaoran had a butler in the anime to watch over him during his stay in Japan, he lived on his own in the manga.
* ''Manga/GoodLuckGirl'': Ichiko's parents pretty much abandoned her for her entire life (16-17 years) because of work.
* Kinjiro's mother (a professional wrestler) in ''LightNovel/MayoChiki'' performs actual wrestling moves on him
* ''Manga/CookingPapa'': There doesn't seem to be anyone watching over the Araiwas' son while both his parents are working.
* ''Manga/KotouraSan'': Haruka's parents may not have money problems like Manga/{{Hayate|TheCombatButler}}'s, but their emotional abuse -- not to say Haruka's peers' due to her {{telepath|y}}ic powers -- more than made up with it. She may be slightly more well-adjusted now, but nobody seems to raise eyebrows on a teenage girl literally living alone. To be fair, however, Haruka's mother did attempt to see several doctors to discover what was wrong, but none of them could offer any help. [[spoiler:She also did realize the evil of disowning her but by then the damage was done.]]
* ''Manga/{{Isuca}}'' has all the main characters go through this. Shinchiro is all but abandoned at the family apartment, when both his stage magician parents go globe-trotting "for training" over an extended period of time. What's worse is that in the process, they also force him, a full-time high school student, to go get a job as well because they cut off his funds while leaving him responsible for the daily and monthly expenses involved in living at that apartment. Isuca's parents "go missing" seven years prior to the start of the story, (making them legally dead), and she has to live in a mansion, alone, taking on the dangerous job of "demon slaying," again, alone, because the rest of the family, save for her maternal grandmother, wants her dead or gone. Her cousin, Suseri, is forced to undergo a training regiment that would be considered felonious child abuse just about anywhere else because of her mother's inferiority complex towards Isuca's mother, up to the point that (in the manga, at least) she would put her own daughter's life in peril, without hesitation, for even the slightest chance to steal away Isuca's chances to take the title of Clan Head so that Suseri will become a Puppet King. Granted, Social Services probably aren't equipped to deal with the supernatural, but all the mundane stuff that these characters go through should raise some eyebrows.
* In ''Manga/InsideMari'' Mari's mother [[spoiler:apparently changed her name partway through her childhood]] and this was allowed. There's also the part where Mari stays home for several days [[spoiler:when she goes into a catatonic state]] and apparently her school didn't care.
* Azusa's entire living situation in ''Manga/GakuenOuji'' is just downright absurd. He's basically a MinorLivingAlone in an extremely run-down apartment. And he's so poor he has to sell himself for food, and has been doing so ''for years''. Several people know about this and still do nothing about it. Of course, AdultsAreUseless in this manga.
* Averted in ''Manga/{{Erased}}''; most of the first half revolves around trying to get Kayo taken away from her abusive mother. Social services agents were attempting to do this before the protagonist gets involved, but her mother knows what they're up to, and avoids letting them catch her at home or find any definitive evidence (a pretty realistic take on this type of situation). [[spoiler:But Kayo's grandmother has to step in to finally get her out of that household.]]
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* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', the Ministry of Magic doesn't appear to have any department specifically designated to the welfare of children -- at most, an official investigating a ''different'' infraction might notice additional bad things going on in a home and try to do something themselves. The only time the Ministry looks into the life of "the Boy Who Lived" is when the Improper Use of Magic office threatens to expel him for using magic on Privet Drive. (And ironically, the one case where Harry did actually use magic 1. himself and 2. unjustifiably, he was let off scot-free.) This is in keeping with the depiction of government bureaucracies as rife with [[DepartmentOfChildDisservices misfeasance]], [[ObstructiveBureaucrat malfeasance]], and nonfeasance. JK Rowling has a rather low opinion of social services and the British government born from personal experience.
** When Harry was growing up at the Dursleys, he was frequently bullied, DeniedFoodAsPunishment, and locked away in a cupboard under the stairs for days at a time. Apparently none of the neighbors on Privet Drive or anyone from Harry's school thought anything of it. There is also a fan theory that Dumbledore was involved in ''preventing'' social services from being called, as being taken from his aunt's custody would end the protection from his mother's HeroicSacrifice.
* In ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'', the Baudelaires go through a series of guardians who are either abusive or incompetent and eventually end up wandering around on their own [[spoiler:as wanted criminals]]. If there is any equivalent of social services in their world, it's too corrupt, [[AdultsAreUseless stupid]], or [[ApatheticCitizens uncaring]] to do much. This, however, is entirely fitting given the way adults are portrayed as universally incompetent or evil (or dead).
** When Harry was growing up at the Dursleys, he was frequently bullied, DeniedFoodAsPunishment, and locked away in a cupboard under the stairs for days at a time. Apparently none of the neighbors on Privet Drive or anyone from Harry's school thought anything of it. There is also a fan theory that Dumbledore was involved in ''preventing'' social services from being called, as being taken from his aunt's custody would end the protection from his mother's HeroicSacrifice.
* In ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'', the Baudelaires go through a series of guardians who are either abusive or incompetent and eventually end up wandering around on their own [[spoiler:as wanted criminals]]. If there is any equivalent of social services in their world, it's too corrupt, [[AdultsAreUseless stupid]], or [[ApatheticCitizens uncaring]] to do much. This, however, is entirely fitting given the way adults are portrayed as universally incompetent or evil (or dead).
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* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', the Ministry There is a series of Magic doesn't appear to have any department specifically designated to the welfare children's books by Barbara Robinson called ''[[Literature/TheBestChristmasPageantEver The Best _____ Ever]]''. The stories revolve around a family of children -- at most, an official investigating called the Herdmans. Their mother has been stated to be continuously working long shifts and is only sometimes seen outside of work and their dad [[DisappearedDad caught a ''different'' infraction might notice additional bad train years ago and has never been seen since]]. They have virtually no adult supervision and criminally, repeatedly beating each other up, setting things going on fire, stealing, smoking cigars, have no apparent source of income, and live in a home and try to do something themselves. The only time the Ministry looks into the life of "the Boy Who Lived" is when the Improper Use of Magic office threatens to expel him for using magic on Privet Drive. (And ironically, the one case where Harry did house that's a death-trap with a cat that's incredibly dangerous. CPS actually use magic 1. himself ''does'' have someone assigned to them, but she got caught in a pit trap by the kids and 2. unjustifiably, he nearly scalped by the cat, and [[WhoWillBellTheCat now she's as afraid of the Herdmans as everyone else]]. She drives by once or twice a month and assumes that if they haven't burned the house down or died, they're probably okay.
** In ''The Best Christmas Pageant Ever'', the Herdmans don't know the story of Christmas and have it explained to them by the Sunday School teacher. Gladys's reaction to hearing that Mary waslet off scot-free.) This dismissed to a ''barn'' to give birth, had to wrap Baby Jesus in rags instead of clothes, and a trough instead of a bassinet, [[{{Irony}} is to demand to know where Social Services was]].
* Lampshaded, a bit, inkeeping Creator/StephenKing 's "The Body." When Chris misses too many days, the truant officer shows up. If Chris has been beaten bloody, the officer goes on his way. If he's just skipping classes, the officer takes him back to school. The Narrator notes that no one questioned it at the time.
* ''Literature/TheBoxcarChildren'' was written in the 1920s. Social services as we know it really didn't exist, with thedepiction exception of government bureaucracies as rife orphanages that focused on caring for the children they had, not tracking down runaways. The children ''are'' figured out and united with [[DepartmentOfChildDisservices misfeasance]], [[ObstructiveBureaucrat malfeasance]], and nonfeasance. JK Rowling has a rather low opinion of social services and the British government born from personal experience.
** When Harry was growing up at the Dursleys, he was frequently bullied, DeniedFoodAsPunishment, and locked awaytheir grandfather in a cupboard under matter of a few months, though.
* ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'': The main setting is Jerome Horwitz Elementary School: a SuckySchool where thestairs teachers and faculty are allowed to terrorize and punish their students for days at a time. Apparently none petty reasons or just for their sadistic amusement. Heck, the first book has [[DeanBitterman Principal Krupp]] blackmail the protagonists George and Harold into becoming his slaves for ''months''. While the author Creator/DavPilkey provides ongoing meta commentary of the neighbors on Privet Drive or anyone from Harry's school thought anything of it. There is also a fan theory that Dumbledore was involved in ''preventing'' social services from being called, as being taken from his aunt's custody would end the protection from his mother's HeroicSacrifice.
* In ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'', the Baudelaires go through a series of guardians who are either abusive or incompetent and eventually end up wandering around on their own [[spoiler:as wanted criminals]]. If there is any equivalent of social services in their world, it's too corrupt, [[AdultsAreUseless stupid]], or [[ApatheticCitizens uncaring]] to do much. This, however, is entirely fitting given the wayunfair treatment kids undergo when dealing with cruel adults in RealLife, the kids in his stories are portrayed as universally incompetent or evil (or dead).given no salvation from the ongoing bullying they face from the faculty members.
** In ''The Best Christmas Pageant Ever'', the Herdmans don't know the story of Christmas and have it explained to them by the Sunday School teacher. Gladys's reaction to hearing that Mary was
* Lampshaded, a bit, in
* ''Literature/TheBoxcarChildren'' was written in the 1920s. Social services as we know it really didn't exist, with the
** When Harry was growing up at the Dursleys, he was frequently bullied, DeniedFoodAsPunishment, and locked away
* ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'': The main setting is Jerome Horwitz Elementary School: a SuckySchool where the
* In ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'', the Baudelaires go through a series of guardians who are either abusive or incompetent and eventually end up wandering around on their own [[spoiler:as wanted criminals]]. If there is any equivalent of social services in their world, it's too corrupt, [[AdultsAreUseless stupid]], or [[ApatheticCitizens uncaring]] to do much. This, however, is entirely fitting given the way
* In Jeramey Kraatz's ''Literature/TheCloakSociety'' trilogy, the Rangers are loving {{Parental Substitute}}s to the Junior Rangers, but no questions are raised about how they got guardianship of them. Amp's parents ''might'' have made arrangements for him, but Kyle and Kirbie were literally abandoned nearby by their parents, and Lone Star, as soon as he finds them, promises to look after them, and that ends the matter. All the more so in that another character observes that being a kid superhero is being a {{Child Soldier|s}}. [[spoiler:At the end, the Cloak children too young to have developed powers are taken in charge by some kind of social services, but the erstwhile Betas, none of whom are fourteen yet, are just allowed to move into the Cloak stronghold, with one Ranger also staying there.]]
* In the ''Literature/DiamondBrothers'' mystery series, when Nick Diamond's parents move to Australia, he runs out of the plane at the last moment and moves in with his big brother Tim instead. Tim works as a private detective, but he's so incompetent that they barely have enough money for food, clothing, or roof repairs. Actually, incompetent doesn't cover it; Tim appears at times to be borderline mentally retarded, and though he's a legal adult is clearly unfit to be the sole caretaker of a minor. Their parents are totally oblivious to the situation; they occasionally send cheery postcards from Australia, but rarely send money and never visit.
* Played with by Creator/EphraimKishon: They do exist, but the young social worker Eva is clearly overstrained caring for Yemenite refugee Saadya Shabatai, his big family and his antics, and at the end, [[InvertedTrope he ends up comforting and consulting her.]]
* In the ''Literature/DiamondBrothers'' mystery series, when Nick Diamond's parents move to Australia, he runs out of the plane at the last moment and moves in with his big brother Tim instead. Tim works as a private detective, but he's so incompetent that they barely have enough money for food, clothing, or roof repairs. Actually, incompetent doesn't cover it; Tim appears at times to be borderline mentally retarded, and though he's a legal adult is clearly unfit to be the sole caretaker of a minor. Their parents are totally oblivious to the situation; they occasionally send cheery postcards from Australia, but rarely send money and never visit.
* Played with by Creator/EphraimKishon: They do exist, but the young social worker Eva is clearly overstrained caring for Yemenite refugee Saadya Shabatai, his big family and his antics, and at the end, [[InvertedTrope he ends up comforting and consulting her.]]
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* While nearly every Creator/VCAndrews novel revels in this trope (except for the ''Literature/{{Orphans}}'' series, but just barely), ''Literature/{{Heaven}}'' is probably one of the worst cases. Heaven's father is an alcoholic who only comes home to screw his wife. When he comes home for good, he sells his children to childless couples for money. It doesn't help that Heaven tried to reach out to her teacher for help, but her teacher turns out to be incredibly useless, only taking Heaven and her brother out for an expensive lunch. You would think she would show more concern since she ''knew'' Heaven and her siblings were on the verge of poverty and couldn't go to school every day because they had to work on the farm.
** In the novel ''Literature/IfThereBeThorns'', Cathy is aware that social services will investigate the family if she and Chris adopt Cindy (the daughter of one of Cathy's ballet students, who is terminally ill), and thus likely discover that she and Chris are brother and sister, not husband and wife. So she makes a private arrangement with the girl's mother to decree that she wants Cathy and Chris to be Cindy's guardians. But even this would warrant an investigation.
** In the novel ''Literature/IfThereBeThorns'', Cathy is aware that social services will investigate the family if she and Chris adopt Cindy (the daughter of one of Cathy's ballet students, who is terminally ill), and thus likely discover that she and Chris are brother and sister, not husband and wife. So she makes a private arrangement with the girl's mother to decree that she wants Cathy and Chris to be Cindy's guardians. But even this would warrant an investigation.
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* While nearly every Creator/VCAndrews novel revels in this trope (except for In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', the ''Literature/{{Orphans}}'' series, but just barely), ''Literature/{{Heaven}}'' is probably one Ministry of the worst cases. Heaven's father is an alcoholic who only comes home to screw his wife. When he comes home for good, he sells his children to childless couples for money. It Magic doesn't help that Heaven tried appear to reach out have any department specifically designated to her teacher for help, but her teacher turns out the welfare of children -- at most, an official investigating a ''different'' infraction might notice additional bad things going on in a home and try to be incredibly useless, do something themselves. The only taking Heaven time the Ministry looks into the life of "the Boy Who Lived" is when the Improper Use of Magic office threatens to expel him for using magic on Privet Drive. (And ironically, the one case where Harry did actually use magic 1. himself and her brother out for an expensive lunch. You would think she would show more concern since she ''knew'' Heaven 2. unjustifiably, he was let off scot-free.) This is in keeping with the depiction of government bureaucracies as rife with [[DepartmentOfChildDisservices misfeasance]], [[ObstructiveBureaucrat malfeasance]], and her siblings were on the verge nonfeasance. JK Rowling has a rather low opinion of poverty and couldn't go to school every day because they had to work on the farm.
** In the novel ''Literature/IfThereBeThorns'', Cathy is aware thatsocial services will investigate and the family if she British government born from personal experience.
** When Harry was growing up at the Dursleys, he was frequently bullied, DeniedFoodAsPunishment, andChris adopt Cindy (the daughter locked away in a cupboard under the stairs for days at a time. Apparently none of one the neighbors on Privet Drive or anyone from Harry's school thought anything of Cathy's ballet students, who it. There is terminally ill), and thus likely discover also a fan theory that she and Chris are brother and sister, not husband and wife. So she makes a private arrangement with the girl's mother to decree that she wants Cathy and Chris to be Cindy's guardians. But even this Dumbledore was involved in ''preventing'' social services from being called, as being taken from his aunt's custody would warrant an investigation.end the protection from his mother's HeroicSacrifice.
** In the novel ''Literature/IfThereBeThorns'', Cathy is aware that
** When Harry was growing up at the Dursleys, he was frequently bullied, DeniedFoodAsPunishment, and
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* ''Literature/TheBoxcarChildren'' was written in the 1920s. Social services as we know it really didn't exist, with the exception of orphanages that focused on caring for the children they had, not tracking down runaways. The children ''are'' figured out and united with their grandfather in a matter of a few months, though.
* There is a series of children's books by Barbara Robinson called ''[[Literature/TheBestChristmasPageantEver The Best _____ Ever]]''. The stories revolve around a family of children called the Herdmans. Their mother has been stated to be continuously working long shifts and is only sometimes seen outside of work and their dad [[DisappearedDad caught a train years ago and has never been seen since]]. They have virtually no adult supervision and criminally, repeatedly beating each other up, setting things on fire, stealing, smoking cigars, have no apparent source of income, and live in a house that's a death-trap with a cat that's incredibly dangerous. CPS actually ''does'' have someone assigned to them, but she got caught in a pit trap by the kids and nearly scalped by the cat, and [[WhoWillBellTheCat now she's as afraid of the Herdmans as everyone else]]. She drives by once or twice a month and assumes that if they haven't burned the house down or died, they're probably okay.
** In ''The Best Christmas Pageant Ever'', the Herdmans don't know the story of Christmas and have it explained to them by the Sunday School teacher. Gladys's reaction to hearing that Mary was dismissed to a ''barn'' to give birth, had to wrap Baby Jesus in rags instead of clothes, and a trough instead of a bassinet, [[{{Irony}} is to demand to know where Social Services was]].
* In the ''Literature/DiamondBrothers'' mystery series, when Nick Diamond's parents move to Australia, he runs out of the plane at the last moment and moves in with his big brother Tim instead. Tim works as a private detective, but he's so incompetent that they barely have enough money for food, clothing, or roof repairs. Actually, incompetent doesn't cover it; Tim appears at times to be borderline mentally retarded, and though he's a legal adult is clearly unfit to be the sole caretaker of a minor. Their parents are totally oblivious to the situation; they occasionally send cheery postcards from Australia, but rarely send money and never visit.
* Played with by Creator/EphraimKishon: They do exist, but the young social worker Eva is clearly overstrained caring for Yemenite refugee Saadya Shabatai, his big family and his antics, and at the end, [[InvertedTrope he ends up comforting and consulting her.]]
* Lampshaded, a bit, in Creator/StephenKing 's "The Body." When Chris misses too many days, the truant officer shows up. If Chris has been beaten bloody, the officer goes on his way. If he's just skipping classes, the officer takes him back to school. The Narrator notes that no one questioned it at the time.
* Sadly true in Creator/TamoraPierce's works, being set in Medieval analogues. In ''Literature/BekaCooper'', when three siblings lose both parents (one to jail, the other mysteriously disappearing), they're out on the street begging in less than a week, and only saved when their father is found. Even in the ''Literature/{{Circleverse}}'', which is in many ways more similar to modern day, Briar was forced to become a [[StreetUrchin Street Rat]] due to a similar situation.
* Charles Causley's poem, [[https://web.cs.dal.ca/~johnston/poetry/timothy.html "Timothy Winters"]] has the title character living in poverty in an abusive home, without public assistance.
* In Jeramey Kraatz's ''Literature/TheCloakSociety'' trilogy, the Rangers are loving {{Parental Substitute}}s to the Junior Rangers, but no questions are raised about how they got guardianship of them. Amp's parents ''might'' have made arrangements for him, but Kyle and Kirbie were literally abandoned nearby by their parents, and Lone Star, as soon as he finds them, promises to look after them, and that ends the matter. All the more so in that another character observes that being a kid superhero is being a {{Child Soldier|s}}. [[spoiler:At the end, the Cloak children too young to have developed powers are taken in charge by some kind of social services, but the erstwhile Betas, none of whom are fourteen yet, are just allowed to move into the Cloak stronghold, with one Ranger also staying there.]]
* There is a series of children's books by Barbara Robinson called ''[[Literature/TheBestChristmasPageantEver The Best _____ Ever]]''. The stories revolve around a family of children called the Herdmans. Their mother has been stated to be continuously working long shifts and is only sometimes seen outside of work and their dad [[DisappearedDad caught a train years ago and has never been seen since]]. They have virtually no adult supervision and criminally, repeatedly beating each other up, setting things on fire, stealing, smoking cigars, have no apparent source of income, and live in a house that's a death-trap with a cat that's incredibly dangerous. CPS actually ''does'' have someone assigned to them, but she got caught in a pit trap by the kids and nearly scalped by the cat, and [[WhoWillBellTheCat now she's as afraid of the Herdmans as everyone else]]. She drives by once or twice a month and assumes that if they haven't burned the house down or died, they're probably okay.
** In ''The Best Christmas Pageant Ever'', the Herdmans don't know the story of Christmas and have it explained to them by the Sunday School teacher. Gladys's reaction to hearing that Mary was dismissed to a ''barn'' to give birth, had to wrap Baby Jesus in rags instead of clothes, and a trough instead of a bassinet, [[{{Irony}} is to demand to know where Social Services was]].
* In the ''Literature/DiamondBrothers'' mystery series, when Nick Diamond's parents move to Australia, he runs out of the plane at the last moment and moves in with his big brother Tim instead. Tim works as a private detective, but he's so incompetent that they barely have enough money for food, clothing, or roof repairs. Actually, incompetent doesn't cover it; Tim appears at times to be borderline mentally retarded, and though he's a legal adult is clearly unfit to be the sole caretaker of a minor. Their parents are totally oblivious to the situation; they occasionally send cheery postcards from Australia, but rarely send money and never visit.
* Played with by Creator/EphraimKishon: They do exist, but the young social worker Eva is clearly overstrained caring for Yemenite refugee Saadya Shabatai, his big family and his antics, and at the end, [[InvertedTrope he ends up comforting and consulting her.]]
* Lampshaded, a bit, in Creator/StephenKing 's "The Body." When Chris misses too many days, the truant officer shows up. If Chris has been beaten bloody, the officer goes on his way. If he's just skipping classes, the officer takes him back to school. The Narrator notes that no one questioned it at the time.
* Sadly true in Creator/TamoraPierce's works, being set in Medieval analogues. In ''Literature/BekaCooper'', when three siblings lose both parents (one to jail, the other mysteriously disappearing), they're out on the street begging in less than a week, and only saved when their father is found. Even in the ''Literature/{{Circleverse}}'', which is in many ways more similar to modern day, Briar was forced to become a [[StreetUrchin Street Rat]] due to a similar situation.
* Charles Causley's poem, [[https://web.cs.dal.ca/~johnston/poetry/timothy.html "Timothy Winters"]] has the title character living in poverty in an abusive home, without public assistance.
* In Jeramey Kraatz's ''Literature/TheCloakSociety'' trilogy, the Rangers are loving {{Parental Substitute}}s to the Junior Rangers, but no questions are raised about how they got guardianship of them. Amp's parents ''might'' have made arrangements for him, but Kyle and Kirbie were literally abandoned nearby by their parents, and Lone Star, as soon as he finds them, promises to look after them, and that ends the matter. All the more so in that another character observes that being a kid superhero is being a {{Child Soldier|s}}. [[spoiler:At the end, the Cloak children too young to have developed powers are taken in charge by some kind of social services, but the erstwhile Betas, none of whom are fourteen yet, are just allowed to move into the Cloak stronghold, with one Ranger also staying there.]]
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* Zig-zagged in Literature/WhateleyUniverse; while competent Social Services offices exist, with agents who at least make a decent effort to help (e.g., the ones who got Jade away from her father), they are few and far between, and their resources are stretched to the breaking point. In some cases, social workers who would be otherwise competent turn on their own charges out of FantasticRacism, and those who don't may end up hamstrung when [[GovernmentConspiracy the Mutant Commission Office]] and social pressure groups undermine attempts to serve the needs of mutant children. [[DepartmentOfChildDisservices Even some well-meaning social workers can end up doing more harm than good]], such as with Phase's caseworker.
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* ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'': The main setting is Jerome Horwitz Elementary School: a SuckySchool where the teachers and faculty are allowed to terrorize and punish their students for petty reasons or just for their sadistic amusement. Heck, the first book has [[DeanBitterman Principal Krupp]] blackmail the protagonists George and Harold into becoming his slaves for ''months''. While the author Creator/DavPilkey provides ongoing meta commentary of the unfair treatment kids undergo when dealing with cruel adults in RealLife, the kids in his stories are given no salvation from the ongoing bullying they face from the faculty members.
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* ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'': The main setting is Jerome Horwitz Elementary School: a SuckySchool where In ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'', the teachers Baudelaires go through a series of guardians who are either abusive or incompetent and faculty are allowed to terrorize and punish eventually end up wandering around on their students for petty reasons or just for own [[spoiler:as wanted criminals]]. If there is any equivalent of social services in their sadistic amusement. Heck, world, it's too corrupt, [[AdultsAreUseless stupid]], or [[ApatheticCitizens uncaring]] to do much. This, however, is entirely fitting given the first book way adults are portrayed as universally incompetent or evil (or dead).
* Sadly true in Creator/TamoraPierce's works, being set in Medieval analogues. In ''Literature/BekaCooper'', when three siblings lose both parents (one to jail, the other mysteriously disappearing), they're out on the street begging in less than a week, and only saved when their father is found. Even in the ''Literature/{{Circleverse}}'', which is in many ways more similar to modern day, Briar was forced to become a [[StreetUrchin Street Rat]] due to a similar situation.
* Charles Causley's poem, [[https://web.cs.dal.ca/~johnston/poetry/timothy.html "Timothy Winters"]] has[[DeanBitterman Principal Krupp]] blackmail the protagonists George and Harold into becoming his slaves for ''months''. title character living in poverty in an abusive home, without public assistance.
* While nearly every Creator/VCAndrews novel revels in this trope (except for theauthor Creator/DavPilkey provides ongoing meta commentary ''Literature/{{Orphans}}'' series, but just barely), ''Literature/{{Heaven}}'' is probably one of the unfair treatment kids undergo worst cases. Heaven's father is an alcoholic who only comes home to screw his wife. When he comes home for good, he sells his children to childless couples for money. It doesn't help that Heaven tried to reach out to her teacher for help, but her teacher turns out to be incredibly useless, only taking Heaven and her brother out for an expensive lunch. You would think she would show more concern since she ''knew'' Heaven and her siblings were on the verge of poverty and couldn't go to school every day because they had to work on the farm.
** In the novel ''Literature/IfThereBeThorns'', Cathy is aware that social services will investigate the family if she and Chris adopt Cindy (the daughter of one of Cathy's ballet students, who is terminally ill), and thus likely discover that she and Chris are brother and sister, not husband and wife. So she makes a private arrangement with the girl's mother to decree that she wants Cathy and Chris to be Cindy's guardians. But even this would warrant an investigation.
* Zig-zagged in Literature/WhateleyUniverse; while competent Social Services offices exist, with agents who at least make a decent effort to help (e.g., the ones who got Jade away from her father), they are few and far between, and their resources are stretched to the breaking point. In some cases, social workers who would be otherwise competent turn on their own charges out of FantasticRacism, and those who don't may end up hamstrung whendealing [[GovernmentConspiracy the Mutant Commission Office]] and social pressure groups undermine attempts to serve the needs of mutant children. [[DepartmentOfChildDisservices Even some well-meaning social workers can end up doing more harm than good]], such as with cruel adults in RealLife, the kids in his stories are given no salvation from the ongoing bullying they face from the faculty members.Phase's caseworker.
* Sadly true in Creator/TamoraPierce's works, being set in Medieval analogues. In ''Literature/BekaCooper'', when three siblings lose both parents (one to jail, the other mysteriously disappearing), they're out on the street begging in less than a week, and only saved when their father is found. Even in the ''Literature/{{Circleverse}}'', which is in many ways more similar to modern day, Briar was forced to become a [[StreetUrchin Street Rat]] due to a similar situation.
* Charles Causley's poem, [[https://web.cs.dal.ca/~johnston/poetry/timothy.html "Timothy Winters"]] has
* While nearly every Creator/VCAndrews novel revels in this trope (except for the
** In the novel ''Literature/IfThereBeThorns'', Cathy is aware that social services will investigate the family if she and Chris adopt Cindy (the daughter of one of Cathy's ballet students, who is terminally ill), and thus likely discover that she and Chris are brother and sister, not husband and wife. So she makes a private arrangement with the girl's mother to decree that she wants Cathy and Chris to be Cindy's guardians. But even this would warrant an investigation.
* Zig-zagged in Literature/WhateleyUniverse; while competent Social Services offices exist, with agents who at least make a decent effort to help (e.g., the ones who got Jade away from her father), they are few and far between, and their resources are stretched to the breaking point. In some cases, social workers who would be otherwise competent turn on their own charges out of FantasticRacism, and those who don't may end up hamstrung when
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* ''Manga/BokuraNoHentai'': Ryousuke's older sister died a while before the series began and his mom has since gone down a slippery slope. Their house is filthy and littered with junk, and his mom pays even less attention to him than she [[TheUnfavorite did before]]. He's taken to [[MySiblingWillLiveThroughMe dressing up as his sister]] in order to comfort her. [[spoiler:Subverted when his girlfriend finds out he's crossdressing then later finds out ''why''. She eventually gets him to let her parents get involved. His mom is taken to a hospital for psychiatric help and he's sent to live with his father]].
* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'': After his father died, Denji was [[MadeASlave practically enslaved]], from early childhood to when he was sixteen, by {{yakuza}} demanding he pay off inherited debt. There's every implication this was illegal (they made money off Denji's under-the-table [[DemonSlaying Devil-hunting]] jobs and by selling his organs), but no sign of any authority willing to enforce it. When Denji [[ArtificialHybrid becomes part Devil]] and cuts his way out of ''that'' situation, [[InhumanableAlienRights he's lost all his human rights]], letting Makima [[JoinOrDie force him to serve Public Service under threat of death]] even though he's still a minor.
* ''Manga/FutureDiary'', one of the reasons Yuno Gasai is the psychotic {{Yandere}} we meet is because of the horrific child abuse her mother inflicted upon her, which includes locking her in a cage, starving her, and force-feeding her tatami straws for minor things like speaking out of line or missing curfew. Her parents never facing consequences is justified [[spoiler: in the first and second worlds, where the abuse she suffered isn't brought to light until a year or two after she'd already killed them, however in the third world, Yuno's parents are not killed and instead stop abusing her. Whether or not the police or social services did anything about the abuse 3rd world!Yuno already went through is never mentioned, but the very fact that Yuno is still living with her parents implies that they didn't.]]
* If not for this trope, ''Manga/{{Kanamemo}}'' would've been a pretty darned short series/manga. Kana is a young girl with no remaining family members and no adults looking out for her welfare. She runs off and goes around trying to find a live-in job with no one raising an eyebrow. When she does find somewhere to live, one of her housemates is a ''child molester''.
* ''{{Manga/Loveless}}'' avoids the common partner trope to this, ThereAreNoTherapists, by having Ritsuka go see one regularly to help with his personality change. However, it is very evident to nearly every adult that sees him in the first volume that he is being both physically and mentally abused by his mother and no one does anything about it! While his homeroom teacher attempts to help him out by trying to meet his parents, she is discouraged from doing so by Soubi and her faculty, and she generally has little to no success. This could be an example of Japanese social mores at work here, priding the notion of a person caring for themselves and outside help is unwelcome, making this a case of ValuesDissonance, but still...
* ''{{Manga/Loveless}}'' avoids the common partner trope to this, ThereAreNoTherapists, by having Ritsuka go see one regularly to help with his personality change. However, it is very evident to nearly every adult that sees him in the first volume that he is being both physically and mentally abused by his mother and no one does anything about it! While his homeroom teacher attempts to help him out by trying to meet his parents, she is discouraged from doing so by Soubi and her faculty, and she generally has little to no success. This could be an example of Japanese social mores at work here, priding the notion of a person caring for themselves and outside help is unwelcome, making this a case of ValuesDissonance, but still...
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* ''{{Manga/Loveless}}'' avoids the common partner trope to this, ThereAreNoTherapists, by having Ritsuka go see one regularly to help with his personality change. However, it is very evident to nearly every adult that sees him in the first volume that he is being both physically and mentally abused by his mother and no one does anything about it! While his homeroom teacher attempts to help him out by trying to meet his parents, she is discouraged from doing so by Soubi and her faculty, and she generally has little to no success. This could be an example of Japanese social mores at work here, priding the notion of a person caring for themselves and outside help is unwelcome, making this a case of ValuesDissonance, but still...
* Maron's parents from ''Manga/PhantomThiefJeanne'' emotionally scarred their daughter by regularly leaving her at home alone at night as a young girl because of their jobs. Before she was even ''in grade school'', they left to work overseas, and haven't contacted her since when the series begins. Miyako and her family might have been right across the hall to take care of her, but really, who the hell thought it was okay for a girl that young to be living in an apartment alone? By the time the series begins, Maron is a BrokenBird incapable of comprehending "love" because "no one taught [her] about it" and spends most of her time pretending not to be depressed and [[{{Kaitou}} stealing valuable pieces of art]] in the name of {{God}}. It gets worse when you start thinking about how Miyako's father, who knows all about Maron's situation and sees her on almost a daily basis, is ''a police officer...''
* Literally half the cast of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' is living without parents or guardians. They're in ''middle school''. While Kyoko's case is plausible, Homura and Mami live in their own apartments. Homura apparently registered herself in school after a lengthy hospital stay. In fact, the only notable family is the titular character's. [[spoiler: Not that they can help their daughter much anyway.]]
* In ''Manga/WelcomeToDemonSchoolIrumaKun'', pretty much ''the entire plot'' was set in motion by the fact child services seems to literally not exist in this universe, as protagonist Iruma was forced most of his life to serve as a near-literal slave to his [[AbusiveParents near-lethally negligent and controlling parents]], having him work numerous dangerous jobs ''from the moment he could walk and think for himself'', leaving him to survive in the woods when not using him, and overall treating him like an animal for them to use and abuse rather than their flesh-and-blood son. All throughout this, every other human completely ignored all the hints about his terrible childhood, especially the fact that real-life Japan makes it illegal to employ anybody below 15 for even the safest jobs. It's quite telling that his life gets a ''drastic improvement'' when his soul is sold to a demon, as said demon [[DotingGrandparent dotes on and adores him as his adoptive grandfather]], which [[HappilyAdopted Iruma very much appreciates]], gaining a life in ''literal Hell'' that's better and happier than things ever were on Earth.
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* Maron's parents from ''Manga/PhantomThiefJeanne'' emotionally scarred their daughter by regularly leaving her at home alone at night as a young girl because of their jobs. Before she was even ''in grade school'', they left to work overseas, and haven't contacted her since when the series begins. Miyako and her family might have been right across the hall to take care of her, but really, who the hell thought it was okay for a girl that young to be living in an apartment alone? By the time the series begins, Maron is a BrokenBird incapable of comprehending "love" because "no one taught [her] about it" and spends most of her time pretending not to be depressed and [[{{Kaitou}} stealing valuable pieces of art]] in the name of {{God}}. It gets worse when you start thinking about how Miyako's father, who knows all about Maron's situation and sees her on almost a daily basis, is ''a police officer...''
* If not for this trope, ''Manga/{{Kanamemo}}'' would've been a pretty darned short series/manga. Kana is a young girl with no remaining family members and no adults looking out for her welfare. She runs off and goes around trying to find a live-in job with no one raising an eyebrow. When she does find somewhere to live, one of her housemates is a ''child molester''.
* Literally half the cast of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' is living without parents or guardians. They're in ''middle school''. While Kyoko's case is plausible, Homura and Mami live in their own apartments. Homura apparently registered herself in school after a lengthy hospital stay. In fact, the only notable family is the titular character's. [[spoiler: Not that they can help their daughter much anyway.]]
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* ''Manga/FutureDiary'', one of the reasons Yuno Gasai is the psychotic {{Yandere}} we meet is because of the horrific child abuse her mother inflicted upon her, which includes locking her in a cage, starving her, and force-feeding her tatami straws for minor things like speaking out of line or missing curfew. Her parents never facing consequences is justified [[spoiler: in the first and second worlds, where the abuse she suffered isn't brought to light until a year or two after she'd already killed them, however in the third world, Yuno's parents are not killed and instead stop abusing her. Whether or not the police or social services did anything about the abuse 3rd world!Yuno already went through is never mentioned, but the very fact that Yuno is still living with her parents implies that they didn't.]]
* ''Manga/BokuraNoHentai'': Ryousuke's older sister died a while before the series began and his mom has since gone down a slippery slope. Their house is filthy and littered with junk, and his mom pays even less attention to him than she [[TheUnfavorite did before]]. He's taken to [[MySiblingWillLiveThroughMe dressing up as his sister]] in order to comfort her. [[spoiler:Subverted when his girlfriend finds out he's crossdressing then later finds out ''why''. She eventually gets him to let her parents get involved. His mom is taken to a hospital for psychiatric help and he's sent to live with his father]].
* ''Manga/BokuraNoHentai'': Ryousuke's older sister died a while before the series began and his mom has since gone down a slippery slope. Their house is filthy and littered with junk, and his mom pays even less attention to him than she [[TheUnfavorite did before]]. He's taken to [[MySiblingWillLiveThroughMe dressing up as his sister]] in order to comfort her. [[spoiler:Subverted when his girlfriend finds out he's crossdressing then later finds out ''why''. She eventually gets him to let her parents get involved. His mom is taken to a hospital for psychiatric help and he's sent to live with his father]].
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* In ''Manga/WelcomeToDemonSchoolIrumaKun'', pretty much ''the entire plot'' was set in motion by the fact child services seems to literally not exist in this universe, as protagonist Iruma was forced most of his life to serve as a near-literal slave to his [[AbusiveParents near-lethally negligent and controlling parents]], having him work numerous dangerous jobs ''from the moment he could walk and think for himself'', leaving him to survive in the woods when not using him, and overall treating him like an animal for them to use and abuse rather than their flesh-and-blood son. All throughout this, every other human completely ignored all the hints about his terrible childhood, especially the fact that real-life Japan makes it illegal to employ anybody below 15 for even the safest jobs. It's quite telling that his life gets a ''drastic improvement'' when his soul is sold to a demon, as said demon [[DotingGrandparent dotes on and adores him as his adoptive grandfather]], which [[HappilyAdopted Iruma very much appreciates]], gaining a life in ''literal Hell'' that's better and happier than things ever were on Earth.
* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'': After his father died, Denji was [[MadeASlave practically enslaved]], from early childhood to when he was sixteen, by {{yakuza}} demanding he pay off inherited debt. There's every implication this was illegal (they made money off Denji's under-the-table [[DemonSlaying Devil-hunting]] jobs and by selling his organs), but no sign of any authority willing to enforce it. When Denji [[ArtificialHybrid becomes part Devil]] and cuts his way out of ''that'' situation, [[InhumanableAlienRights he's lost all his human rights]], letting Makima [[JoinOrDie force him to serve Public Service under threat of death]] even though he's still a minor.
* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'': After his father died, Denji was [[MadeASlave practically enslaved]], from early childhood to when he was sixteen, by {{yakuza}} demanding he pay off inherited debt. There's every implication this was illegal (they made money off Denji's under-the-table [[DemonSlaying Devil-hunting]] jobs and by selling his organs), but no sign of any authority willing to enforce it. When Denji [[ArtificialHybrid becomes part Devil]] and cuts his way out of ''that'' situation, [[InhumanableAlienRights he's lost all his human rights]], letting Makima [[JoinOrDie force him to serve Public Service under threat of death]] even though he's still a minor.
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* ''Manga/CaseClosed'':
** Here's Conan, an apparent six-year-old who's been abandoned by his parents for [[ComicBookTime well over a year]], living with a drunkard and a teenage girl, and witnessing/investigating several vicious murders a week... sometimes with his first-grader friends in tow (because [[ThereAreNoTherapists therapists don't exist either]])! This is all made slightly worse by the fact that Conan is in contact with both a lawyer and several dozen police officers regularly. There's also no mention that his parents, who initially had "gone to America and gotten in an accident", never came back to collect him and in fact have been doggedly coming up with random excuses for leaving him with the Mouris for the last 67 volumes.
** Shinichi Kudo's situation before he was de-aged, in which he (a teenager) had been living alone in a giant house for an unspecified amount of time because his parents had decided to take an extended vacation.
** Kogoro: the guy punches Conan in the skull for "playing" with the evidence, disrupting the case, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking being smarter than him]].
** Hattori's father has punched him hard enough to send him flying. In front of several police officers. Of course, it might be because he's their boss, but still, none of them seem to even blink.
* ''Manga/CeresCelestialLegend'': Here is a 16-year-old girl who's being actively hunted down by her own family in order to kill her while her twin brother is being held captive by said family and submitted to all kinds of experiments to force his alternate personality to take over. Not to mention the family then all but poisoning national water supplies in order to induce superpower development and taking the very few young teenage girls who manage to survive back to their facility, brainwashing them, and ultimately forcibly impregnating them.
* ''LightNovel/ChivalryOfAFailedKnight'' has two very notable instances. First, there's the main character who is treated as literally ''non-existent'' by his entire family, and its subordinate families because he wasn't born with a high enough "magic power" rank, and then hunted down as a "runaway" because he ''was driven out by his treatment'' until his paternal great-grandfather took him in and gave him food, shelter, and some honest-to-goodness actual affection, ''and his father absolutely refuses to even attempt to acknowledge how that is cruel.'' Come volume 6, there's Yui Tatara [[spoiler: who is specifically trained to become a psychotic assassin starting at the age of three by her own family keeping her life in a constant state of peril, up to and including shooting at her in her sleep, and this is noted to be a "family tradition" going back at least three generations.]] You'd think [[FridgeLogic with the very strict gun and blade laws in Japan, someone would have noticed...]]
** Here's Conan, an apparent six-year-old who's been abandoned by his parents for [[ComicBookTime well over a year]], living with a drunkard and a teenage girl, and witnessing/investigating several vicious murders a week... sometimes with his first-grader friends in tow (because [[ThereAreNoTherapists therapists don't exist either]])! This is all made slightly worse by the fact that Conan is in contact with both a lawyer and several dozen police officers regularly. There's also no mention that his parents, who initially had "gone to America and gotten in an accident", never came back to collect him and in fact have been doggedly coming up with random excuses for leaving him with the Mouris for the last 67 volumes.
** Shinichi Kudo's situation before he was de-aged, in which he (a teenager) had been living alone in a giant house for an unspecified amount of time because his parents had decided to take an extended vacation.
** Kogoro: the guy punches Conan in the skull for "playing" with the evidence, disrupting the case, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking being smarter than him]].
** Hattori's father has punched him hard enough to send him flying. In front of several police officers. Of course, it might be because he's their boss, but still, none of them seem to even blink.
* ''Manga/CeresCelestialLegend'': Here is a 16-year-old girl who's being actively hunted down by her own family in order to kill her while her twin brother is being held captive by said family and submitted to all kinds of experiments to force his alternate personality to take over. Not to mention the family then all but poisoning national water supplies in order to induce superpower development and taking the very few young teenage girls who manage to survive back to their facility, brainwashing them, and ultimately forcibly impregnating them.
* ''LightNovel/ChivalryOfAFailedKnight'' has two very notable instances. First, there's the main character who is treated as literally ''non-existent'' by his entire family, and its subordinate families because he wasn't born with a high enough "magic power" rank, and then hunted down as a "runaway" because he ''was driven out by his treatment'' until his paternal great-grandfather took him in and gave him food, shelter, and some honest-to-goodness actual affection, ''and his father absolutely refuses to even attempt to acknowledge how that is cruel.'' Come volume 6, there's Yui Tatara [[spoiler: who is specifically trained to become a psychotic assassin starting at the age of three by her own family keeping her life in a constant state of peril, up to and including shooting at her in her sleep, and this is noted to be a "family tradition" going back at least three generations.]] You'd think [[FridgeLogic with the very strict gun and blade laws in Japan, someone would have noticed...]]
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* Likewise, social services might as well be non-existent in ''Manga/FruitsBasket''. The Sohma family is large and powerful and probably capable of bribing the authorities to ignore all the kids they've traumatized, the number of which could start their own national baseball league. But this doesn't help explain Tohru, whose mother was so incapacitated after the death of her father as to have forgotten to feed her 4-year-old daughter for weeks on end, or Uotani, whose emotionally distant and constantly drunk father fails to realize his daughter has joined a gang by the fifth grade. These guys give the NGE parents a run for the gold in the "emotional scaring" event in the Destructive Parenting Olympics. One reviewer noted: "in the world of Fruits Basket, good parents are as common as penguins in the Sahara—every single one is either neglectful, smothering, unfeeling, abusive, misguided, or dead."
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* Likewise, social ''Manga/CrayonShinChan'':
** In the English language version, Penny's father is physically abusive to Penny and her mother. Even though the police and school administrators know about it, nobody does anything.
** Misae/Mitsy in both versions. If Shin badmouths her or just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, she whacks him. One example occurs in an episode where Hima kept trying to steal a magazine Misae was trying to read. After she discovers that Hima drew in it, what does she do? Does she scold Hima? Hell no! [[KickTheDog She hits Shin for no reason, even though he just got home.]]
* Social services might as well be non-existent in ''Manga/FruitsBasket''. The Sohma family is large and powerful and probably capable of bribing the authorities to ignore all the kids they've traumatized, the number of which could start their own national baseball league. But this doesn't help explain Tohru, whose mother was so incapacitated after the death of her father as to have forgotten to feed her 4-year-old daughter for weeks on end, or Uotani, whose emotionally distant and constantly drunk father fails to realize his daughter has joined a gang by the fifth grade. These guys give the NGE parents a run for the gold in the "emotional scaring" event in the Destructive Parenting Olympics. One reviewer noted: "in the world of Fruits Basket, good parents are as common as penguins in the Sahara—every single one is either neglectful, smothering, unfeeling, abusive, misguided, or dead."
** In the English language version, Penny's father is physically abusive to Penny and her mother. Even though the police and school administrators know about it, nobody does anything.
** Misae/Mitsy in both versions. If Shin badmouths her or just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, she whacks him. One example occurs in an episode where Hima kept trying to steal a magazine Misae was trying to read. After she discovers that Hima drew in it, what does she do? Does she scold Hima? Hell no! [[KickTheDog She hits Shin for no reason, even though he just got home.]]
* Social services might as well be non-existent in ''Manga/FruitsBasket''. The Sohma family is large and powerful and probably capable of bribing the authorities to ignore all the kids they've traumatized, the number of which could start their own national baseball league. But this doesn't help explain Tohru, whose mother was so incapacitated after the death of her father as to have forgotten to feed her 4-year-old daughter for weeks on end, or Uotani, whose emotionally distant and constantly drunk father fails to realize his daughter has joined a gang by the fifth grade. These guys give the NGE parents a run for the gold in the "emotional scaring" event in the Destructive Parenting Olympics. One reviewer noted: "in the world of Fruits Basket, good parents are as common as penguins in the Sahara—every single one is either neglectful, smothering, unfeeling, abusive, misguided, or dead."
* In ''[[Anime/HellGirl Hell Girl: The Cauldron of Three]]'', the protagonist Yuzuki's [[spoiler:mother was allowed to die of wasting illness untended because her dead husband was (wrongfully) despised for causing the accident in which he died, despite little Yuzuki begging for help from neighbors and hospitals. And then [[DeadAllAlong allowed orphaned little Yuzuki to die alone, filling her soul with such hatred and denial that she became a candidate for following in Hell Girl's footsteps.]]]]
* In Manga/IronWokJan, Jan was raised by his grandfather to become a master chef. His training methods included ''slamming him against a boiling hot steamer if he kept tofu boiling for longer than a minute''. He also would beat the ever-loving hell out of him with his cane, to the point where Jan's back is covered with scars (which at one point clues his rival in to the nature of his upbringing). It's also heavily implied than Jan never went to school, just lived with his grandfather learning how to cook.
* In Manga/IronWokJan, Jan was raised by his grandfather to become a master chef. His training methods included ''slamming him against a boiling hot steamer if he kept tofu boiling for longer than a minute''. He also would beat the ever-loving hell out of him with his cane, to the point where Jan's back is covered with scars (which at one point clues his rival in to the nature of his upbringing). It's also heavily implied than Jan never went to school, just lived with his grandfather learning how to cook.
* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', you'd think that after Brock's father abandoned his family and his mother [[strike:died]] [[DubInducedPlotHole left]], the social services would help look after his dozen siblings, rather than just letting the teenager who's also holding down a job as a gym leader do it all by himself. It's made worse when Brock leaves his dozen siblings with their newly found father, who is completely incompetent (come on, who would expect this guy to take care of 9 children?). And it's later revealed that their mother [[spoiler: was alive all along and wandering around the world like her husband, and Lola even elopes with Flint leaving their remaining kids alone with their ''second'' oldest to look after them until Brock returns.]] It seems that leaving your children completely alone with just an older teenage brother in charge isn't considered a crime in the Pokémon world. In all of these cases, Brock is pretty angry to say the least.
** Lillie and Gladion definitely could have used it as well -- due to their neglectful mother being a {{Workaholic}} (leaving their butler to take care of the house), Lillie is nearly taken by an Ultra Beast due to one of Lusamine's own coworkers and develops a fear of Pokemon with TraumaInducedAmnesia while the experience scars Gladion enough to not speak up in support of his sister. Thank goodness they had some TrueCompanions to help her regain her love of Pokemon.
** Lillie and Gladion definitely could have used it as well -- due to their neglectful mother being a {{Workaholic}} (leaving their butler to take care of the house), Lillie is nearly taken by an Ultra Beast due to one of Lusamine's own coworkers and develops a fear of Pokemon with TraumaInducedAmnesia while the experience scars Gladion enough to not speak up in support of his sister. Thank goodness they had some TrueCompanions to help her regain her love of Pokemon.
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* ''Manga/CrayonShinChan'':
** In the English language version, Penny's father is physically abusive to Penny and her mother. Even though the police and school administrators know about it, nobody does anything.
** Misae/Mitsy in both versions. If Shin badmouths her or just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, she whacks him. One example occurs in an episode where Hima kept trying to steal a magazine Misae was trying to read. After she discovers that Hima drew in it, what does she do? Does she scold Hima? Hell no! [[KickTheDog She hits Shin for no reason, even though he just got home.]]
* In ''[[Anime/HellGirl Hell Girl: The Cauldron of Three]]'', the protagonist Yuzuki's [[spoiler:mother was allowed to die of wasting illness untended because her dead husband was (wrongfully) despised for causing the accident in which he died, despite little Yuzuki begging for help from neighbors and hospitals. And then [[DeadAllAlong allowed orphaned little Yuzuki to die alone, filling her soul with such hatred and denial that she became a candidate for following in Hell Girl's footsteps.]]]]
* In Manga/IronWokJan, Jan was raised by his grandfather to become a master chef. His training methods included ''slamming him against a boiling hot steamer if he kept tofu boiling for longer than a minute''. He also would beat the ever-loving hell out of him with his cane, to the point where Jan's back is covered with scars (which at one point clues his rival in to the nature of his upbringing). It's also heavily implied than Jan never went to school, just lived with his grandfather learning how to cook.
* ''Manga/CeresCelestialLegend'': Here is a 16-year-old girl who's being actively hunted down by her own family in order to kill her while her twin brother is being held captive by said family and submitted to all kinds of experiments to force his alternate personality to take over. Not to mention the family then all but poisoning national water supplies in order to induce superpower development and taking the very few young teenage girls who manage to survive back to their facility, brainwashing them, and ultimately forcibly impregnating them.
* ''Manga/CaseClosed'':
** Here's Conan, an apparent six-year-old who's been abandoned by his parents for [[ComicBookTime well over a year]], living with a drunkard and a teenage girl, and witnessing/investigating several vicious murders a week... sometimes with his first-grader friends in tow (because [[ThereAreNoTherapists therapists don't exist either]])! This is all made slightly worse by the fact that Conan is in contact with both a lawyer and several dozen police officers regularly. There's also no mention that his parents, who initially had "gone to America and gotten in an accident", never came back to collect him and in fact have been doggedly coming up with random excuses for leaving him with the Mouris for the last 67 volumes.
** Shinichi Kudo's situation before he was de-aged, in which he (a teenager) had been living alone in a giant house for an unspecified amount of time because his parents had decided to take an extended vacation.
** Kogoro: the guy punches Conan in the skull for "playing" with the evidence, disrupting the case, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking being smarter than him]].
** Hattori's father has punched him hard enough to send him flying. In front of several police officers. Of course, it might be because he's their boss, but still, none of them seem to even blink.
* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', you'd think that after Brock's father abandoned his family and his mother [[strike:died]] [[DubInducedPlotHole left]], the social services would help look after his dozen siblings, rather than just letting the teenager who's also holding down a job as a gym leader do it all by himself. It's made worse when Brock leaves his dozen siblings with their newly found father, who is completely incompetent (come on, who would expect this guy to take care of 9 children?). And it's later revealed that their mother [[spoiler: was alive all along and wandering around the world like her husband, and Lola even elopes with Flint leaving their remaining kids alone with their ''second'' oldest to look after them until Brock returns.]] It seems that leaving your children completely alone with just an older teenage brother in charge isn't considered a crime in the Pokémon world. In all of these cases, Brock is pretty angry to say the least.
** Lillie and Gladion definitely could have used it as well -- due to their neglectful mother being a {{Workaholic}} (leaving their butler to take care of the house), Lillie is nearly taken by an Ultra Beast due to one of Lusamine's own coworkers and develops a fear of Pokemon with TraumaInducedAmnesia while the experience scars Gladion enough to not speak up in support of his sister. Thank goodness they had some TrueCompanions to help her regain her love of Pokemon.
** In the English language version, Penny's father is physically abusive to Penny and her mother. Even though the police and school administrators know about it, nobody does anything.
** Misae/Mitsy in both versions. If Shin badmouths her or just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, she whacks him. One example occurs in an episode where Hima kept trying to steal a magazine Misae was trying to read. After she discovers that Hima drew in it, what does she do? Does she scold Hima? Hell no! [[KickTheDog She hits Shin for no reason, even though he just got home.]]
* In ''[[Anime/HellGirl Hell Girl: The Cauldron of Three]]'', the protagonist Yuzuki's [[spoiler:mother was allowed to die of wasting illness untended because her dead husband was (wrongfully) despised for causing the accident in which he died, despite little Yuzuki begging for help from neighbors and hospitals. And then [[DeadAllAlong allowed orphaned little Yuzuki to die alone, filling her soul with such hatred and denial that she became a candidate for following in Hell Girl's footsteps.]]]]
* In Manga/IronWokJan, Jan was raised by his grandfather to become a master chef. His training methods included ''slamming him against a boiling hot steamer if he kept tofu boiling for longer than a minute''. He also would beat the ever-loving hell out of him with his cane, to the point where Jan's back is covered with scars (which at one point clues his rival in to the nature of his upbringing). It's also heavily implied than Jan never went to school, just lived with his grandfather learning how to cook.
* ''Manga/CeresCelestialLegend'': Here is a 16-year-old girl who's being actively hunted down by her own family in order to kill her while her twin brother is being held captive by said family and submitted to all kinds of experiments to force his alternate personality to take over. Not to mention the family then all but poisoning national water supplies in order to induce superpower development and taking the very few young teenage girls who manage to survive back to their facility, brainwashing them, and ultimately forcibly impregnating them.
* ''Manga/CaseClosed'':
** Here's Conan, an apparent six-year-old who's been abandoned by his parents for [[ComicBookTime well over a year]], living with a drunkard and a teenage girl, and witnessing/investigating several vicious murders a week... sometimes with his first-grader friends in tow (because [[ThereAreNoTherapists therapists don't exist either]])! This is all made slightly worse by the fact that Conan is in contact with both a lawyer and several dozen police officers regularly. There's also no mention that his parents, who initially had "gone to America and gotten in an accident", never came back to collect him and in fact have been doggedly coming up with random excuses for leaving him with the Mouris for the last 67 volumes.
** Shinichi Kudo's situation before he was de-aged, in which he (a teenager) had been living alone in a giant house for an unspecified amount of time because his parents had decided to take an extended vacation.
** Kogoro: the guy punches Conan in the skull for "playing" with the evidence, disrupting the case, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking being smarter than him]].
** Hattori's father has punched him hard enough to send him flying. In front of several police officers. Of course, it might be because he's their boss, but still, none of them seem to even blink.
* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', you'd think that after Brock's father abandoned his family and his mother [[strike:died]] [[DubInducedPlotHole left]], the social services would help look after his dozen siblings, rather than just letting the teenager who's also holding down a job as a gym leader do it all by himself. It's made worse when Brock leaves his dozen siblings with their newly found father, who is completely incompetent (come on, who would expect this guy to take care of 9 children?). And it's later revealed that their mother [[spoiler: was alive all along and wandering around the world like her husband, and Lola even elopes with Flint leaving their remaining kids alone with their ''second'' oldest to look after them until Brock returns.]] It seems that leaving your children completely alone with just an older teenage brother in charge isn't considered a crime in the Pokémon world. In all of these cases, Brock is pretty angry to say the least.
** Lillie and Gladion definitely could have used it as well -- due to their neglectful mother being a {{Workaholic}} (leaving their butler to take care of the house), Lillie is nearly taken by an Ultra Beast due to one of Lusamine's own coworkers and develops a fear of Pokemon with TraumaInducedAmnesia while the experience scars Gladion enough to not speak up in support of his sister. Thank goodness they had some TrueCompanions to help her regain her love of Pokemon.
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** In the English language version, Penny's father is physically abusive to Penny and her mother. Even though the police and school administrators know about it, nobody does anything.
** Misae/Mitsy in both versions. If Shin badmouths her or just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, she whacks him. One example occurs in an episode where Hima kept trying to steal a magazine Misae was trying to read. After she discovers that Hima drew in it, what does she do? Does she scold Hima? Hell no! [[KickTheDog She hits Shin for no reason, even though he just got home.]]
* In ''[[Anime/HellGirl Hell Girl: The Cauldron of Three]]'', the protagonist Yuzuki's [[spoiler:mother was allowed to die of wasting illness untended because her dead husband was (wrongfully) despised for causing the accident in which he died, despite little Yuzuki begging for help from neighbors and hospitals. And then [[DeadAllAlong allowed orphaned little Yuzuki to die alone, filling her soul with such hatred and denial that she became a candidate for following in Hell Girl's footsteps.]]]]
* In Manga/IronWokJan, Jan was raised by his grandfather to become a master chef. His training methods included ''slamming him against a boiling hot steamer if he kept tofu boiling for longer than a minute''. He also would beat the ever-loving hell out of him with his cane, to the point where Jan's back is covered with scars (which at one point clues his rival in to the nature of his upbringing). It's also heavily implied than Jan never went to school, just lived with his grandfather learning how to cook.
* ''Manga/CeresCelestialLegend'': Here is a 16-year-old girl who's being actively hunted down by her own family in order to kill her while her twin brother is being held captive by said family and submitted to all kinds of experiments to force his alternate personality to take over. Not to mention the family then all but poisoning national water supplies in order to induce superpower development and taking the very few young teenage girls who manage to survive back to their facility, brainwashing them, and ultimately forcibly impregnating them.
* ''Manga/CaseClosed'':
** Here's Conan, an apparent six-year-old who's been abandoned by his parents for [[ComicBookTime well over a year]], living with a drunkard and a teenage girl, and witnessing/investigating several vicious murders a week... sometimes with his first-grader friends in tow (because [[ThereAreNoTherapists therapists don't exist either]])! This is all made slightly worse by the fact that Conan is in contact with both a lawyer and several dozen police officers regularly. There's also no mention that his parents, who initially had "gone to America and gotten in an accident", never came back to collect him and in fact have been doggedly coming up with random excuses for leaving him with the Mouris for the last 67 volumes.
** Shinichi Kudo's situation before he was de-aged, in which he (a teenager) had been living alone in a giant house for an unspecified amount of time because his parents had decided to take an extended vacation.
** Kogoro: the guy punches Conan in the skull for "playing" with the evidence, disrupting the case, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking being smarter than him]].
** Hattori's father has punched him hard enough to send him flying. In front of several police officers. Of course, it might be because he's their boss, but still, none of them seem to even blink.
* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', you'd think that after Brock's father abandoned his family and his mother [[strike:died]] [[DubInducedPlotHole left]], the social services would help look after his dozen siblings, rather than just letting the teenager who's also holding down a job as a gym leader do it all by himself. It's made worse when Brock leaves his dozen siblings with their newly found father, who is completely incompetent (come on, who would expect this guy to take care of 9 children?). And it's later revealed that their mother [[spoiler: was alive all along and wandering around the world like her husband, and Lola even elopes with Flint leaving their remaining kids alone with their ''second'' oldest to look after them until Brock returns.]] It seems that leaving your children completely alone with just an older teenage brother in charge isn't considered a crime in the Pokémon world. In all of these cases, Brock is pretty angry to say the least.
** Lillie and Gladion definitely could have used it as well -- due to their neglectful mother being a {{Workaholic}} (leaving their butler to take care of the house), Lillie is nearly taken by an Ultra Beast due to one of Lusamine's own coworkers and develops a fear of Pokemon with TraumaInducedAmnesia while the experience scars Gladion enough to not speak up in support of his sister. Thank goodness they had some TrueCompanions to help her regain her love of Pokemon.
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* ''LightNovel/ChivalryOfAFailedKnight'' has two very notable instances. First, there's the main character who is treated as literally ''non-existent'' by his entire family, and its subordinate families because he wasn't born with a high enough "magic power" rank, and then hunted down as a "runaway" because he ''was driven out by his treatment'' until his paternal great-grandfather took him in and gave him food, shelter, and some honest-to-goodness actual affection, ''and his father absolutely refuses to even attempt to acknowledge how that is cruel.'' Come volume 6, there's Yui Tatara [[spoiler: who is specifically trained to become a psychotic assassin starting at the age of three by her own family keeping her life in a constant state of peril, up to and including shooting at her in her sleep, and this is noted to be a "family tradition" going back at least three generations.]] You'd think with the very strict gun and blade laws in Japan, someone would have noticed....
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* The ending of ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}'', where [[spoiler:a depressed Haruko pretty much abandons her dying (and mostly bedridden) foster child Misuzu to the care of the wandering stranger Yukito. Despite the fact that Misuzu is the center of what amounts to a child custody conflict, her guardian pretty much running away]], no one notices or does anything but the main character, and he doesn't seek any help either.
* ''Manga/AiYoriAoshi'': Kaoru's grandfather was apparently in the habit of beating the hell out of him with his cane while goons held him down and burning his ''deceased mother's'' last worldly possessions, just to show his tyrannical disapproval of her marriage to Kaoru's father. Kaoru should be nominated for sainthood for just running away without first snapping and murdering his grandpa, like any ''normal'' person would have done when pushed that far.
* Somewhat subverted in ''Manga/BakiTheGrappler''. Baki's the son of a mentally and physically abusive martial artist who's never around and a rather cold and distant mother. His father only had Baki conceived because he wanted someone strong to fight, and repeatedly tries to beat him to death when he fails to live up to his expectations. So why doesn't anyone try to help? Because his father's the strongest fighter in the world, to the point where the standard procedure of the US military is to ''get out of his way''. Nobody dares to do anything because they don't want to earn his wrath.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** In a typical comedic use of this trope, Isshin Kurosaki regularly launches surprise assaults against his son Ichigo, claiming it as a form of martial arts training. Ichigo only remarks on this as an unpleasant distraction. Isshin's far more likely to be on the receiving end of physical abuse from Karin, but he did at one point rip off his shirt and tell his daughters to "Come give your big, sexy daddy a hug!"
** Orihime's older brother Sora [[PromotionToParent took over raising her]] as soon as he turned 18, due to their parents' abuse and neglect. Apparently no one thought it necessary to remove Orihime OR Sora from an abusive environment before then, and after Sora's death Orihime lived alone, despite being ''in middle school''. There is a vague HandWave her legal guardian is now a non-cohabiting aunt who provides some financial assistance. We don't have much detail on Chad's family situation except that he, too, seems to have had no living family and no guardian since at least middle school, and yet receives no attention from social workers. Even Uryuu lives in his own apartment rather than share a house with his estranged father, although we know Ryuuken keeps an eye on his son from a distance and presumably is still his legal guardian.
** All of the Rukongai is a decidedly non-comedic instance of this trope. The society operates at a feudal social and technological level, so there are no institutions or services available for newly arrived souls to help them adjust, not even for the souls of children. Lucky kids land in a relatively peaceful and affluent district and are cared for by lonely adults (like Momo and Toushirou and their adoptive "grandmother"). The unfortunate are dumped in violent, impoverished areas and have to scrounge for food and form gangs for self-defense (like Gin and Rangiku). Hisana and Rukia's story is basically a cautionary tale in what the lack of social services will lead people to do out of desperation... like abandon your infant sister rather than starve.
** Zaraki Kenpachi was the worst case by far. He didn't have anyone growing up and became a vicious feral BloodKnight just to survive. Fortunately for him, and unfortunately for his foes, he was incredibly strong even as a youth. Yachiru Kusajishi barely avoided this fate after being adopted... by Zaraki. [[spoiler:Of course, this connection is eventually justified when it turns out she was his zanpakuto spirit all along.]]
* ''Anime/CodeGeass''. Emperor Charles is nothing but horrible to Lelouch and Nunnally (And in all odds, a few of the other princes and princesses of Britannia that we never got to see.). Their mother Marriane, however, was evidently a very sweet mother, [[spoiler:despite her [[EvilMatriarch true nature]]]], until she was murdered in the backstory. The loss of his only decent parent left its scars on both children, literally in Nunnally's case, and it's no coincidence that Lelouch practically reveres his mother [[spoiler:until he actually gets to meet her again eight years after the murder and realizes she wasn't Parent of the Year either]].
** Of course, considering he's, you know, ''[[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem the emperor]]'' and everything, even if there are child services in Britannia, they're not going to say a word to him.
* Likewise, social services might as well be non-existent in ''Manga/FruitsBasket''. The Sohma family is large and powerful and probably capable of bribing the authorities to ignore all the kids they've traumatized, the number of which could start their own national baseball league. But this doesn't help explain Tohru, whose mother was so incapacitated after the death of her father as to have forgotten to feed her 4-year-old daughter for weeks on end, or Uotani, whose emotionally distant and constantly drunk father fails to realize his daughter has joined a gang by the fifth grade. These guys give the NGE parents a run for the gold in the "emotional scaring" event in the Destructive Parenting Olympics. One reviewer noted: "in the world of Fruits Basket, good parents are as common as penguins in the Sahara—every single one is either neglectful, smothering, unfeeling, abusive, misguided, or dead."
* ''Manga/GoodLuckGirl'' is about 15-year-old Kyou, who takes care of her 9-year-old sister Asu without any help. She manages, even with the little money she is allowed to earn, but it's still a highly unlikely situation in modern-day Japan.
* ''Manga/AiYoriAoshi'': Kaoru's grandfather was apparently in the habit of beating the hell out of him with his cane while goons held him down and burning his ''deceased mother's'' last worldly possessions, just to show his tyrannical disapproval of her marriage to Kaoru's father. Kaoru should be nominated for sainthood for just running away without first snapping and murdering his grandpa, like any ''normal'' person would have done when pushed that far.
* Somewhat subverted in ''Manga/BakiTheGrappler''. Baki's the son of a mentally and physically abusive martial artist who's never around and a rather cold and distant mother. His father only had Baki conceived because he wanted someone strong to fight, and repeatedly tries to beat him to death when he fails to live up to his expectations. So why doesn't anyone try to help? Because his father's the strongest fighter in the world, to the point where the standard procedure of the US military is to ''get out of his way''. Nobody dares to do anything because they don't want to earn his wrath.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** In a typical comedic use of this trope, Isshin Kurosaki regularly launches surprise assaults against his son Ichigo, claiming it as a form of martial arts training. Ichigo only remarks on this as an unpleasant distraction. Isshin's far more likely to be on the receiving end of physical abuse from Karin, but he did at one point rip off his shirt and tell his daughters to "Come give your big, sexy daddy a hug!"
** Orihime's older brother Sora [[PromotionToParent took over raising her]] as soon as he turned 18, due to their parents' abuse and neglect. Apparently no one thought it necessary to remove Orihime OR Sora from an abusive environment before then, and after Sora's death Orihime lived alone, despite being ''in middle school''. There is a vague HandWave her legal guardian is now a non-cohabiting aunt who provides some financial assistance. We don't have much detail on Chad's family situation except that he, too, seems to have had no living family and no guardian since at least middle school, and yet receives no attention from social workers. Even Uryuu lives in his own apartment rather than share a house with his estranged father, although we know Ryuuken keeps an eye on his son from a distance and presumably is still his legal guardian.
** All of the Rukongai is a decidedly non-comedic instance of this trope. The society operates at a feudal social and technological level, so there are no institutions or services available for newly arrived souls to help them adjust, not even for the souls of children. Lucky kids land in a relatively peaceful and affluent district and are cared for by lonely adults (like Momo and Toushirou and their adoptive "grandmother"). The unfortunate are dumped in violent, impoverished areas and have to scrounge for food and form gangs for self-defense (like Gin and Rangiku). Hisana and Rukia's story is basically a cautionary tale in what the lack of social services will lead people to do out of desperation... like abandon your infant sister rather than starve.
** Zaraki Kenpachi was the worst case by far. He didn't have anyone growing up and became a vicious feral BloodKnight just to survive. Fortunately for him, and unfortunately for his foes, he was incredibly strong even as a youth. Yachiru Kusajishi barely avoided this fate after being adopted... by Zaraki. [[spoiler:Of course, this connection is eventually justified when it turns out she was his zanpakuto spirit all along.]]
* ''Anime/CodeGeass''. Emperor Charles is nothing but horrible to Lelouch and Nunnally (And in all odds, a few of the other princes and princesses of Britannia that we never got to see.). Their mother Marriane, however, was evidently a very sweet mother, [[spoiler:despite her [[EvilMatriarch true nature]]]], until she was murdered in the backstory. The loss of his only decent parent left its scars on both children, literally in Nunnally's case, and it's no coincidence that Lelouch practically reveres his mother [[spoiler:until he actually gets to meet her again eight years after the murder and realizes she wasn't Parent of the Year either]].
** Of course, considering he's, you know, ''[[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem the emperor]]'' and everything, even if there are child services in Britannia, they're not going to say a word to him.
* Likewise, social services might as well be non-existent in ''Manga/FruitsBasket''. The Sohma family is large and powerful and probably capable of bribing the authorities to ignore all the kids they've traumatized, the number of which could start their own national baseball league. But this doesn't help explain Tohru, whose mother was so incapacitated after the death of her father as to have forgotten to feed her 4-year-old daughter for weeks on end, or Uotani, whose emotionally distant and constantly drunk father fails to realize his daughter has joined a gang by the fifth grade. These guys give the NGE parents a run for the gold in the "emotional scaring" event in the Destructive Parenting Olympics. One reviewer noted: "in the world of Fruits Basket, good parents are as common as penguins in the Sahara—every single one is either neglectful, smothering, unfeeling, abusive, misguided, or dead."
* ''Manga/GoodLuckGirl'' is about 15-year-old Kyou, who takes care of her 9-year-old sister Asu without any help. She manages, even with the little money she is allowed to earn, but it's still a highly unlikely situation in modern-day Japan.
* Hayate Yagami of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'', who has been living independently for who knows how many years after her parents died. While she's shown to be [[WiseBeyondTheirYears mature enough to live on her own]], and her mysterious uncle explains where she gets the funds for supporting herself, one wonders how no one thought that it might be a good idea to have someone look after a ''wheel-chair bound 9-year-old girl''. [[spoiler: Granted this was part of an EvilPlan, so those in charge might be forcing the authorities to look the other way.]]
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** It appears that, with VERY few exceptions, the titular character was all but socially isolated to the point of emotional abuse from very early childhood. And since the NotSoDifferentRemark with Gaara, fanfiction writers take it to the logical extreme, horrendous physical abuse is added on to the emotional abuse, making one wonder how Naruto managed to be as well-adjusted as he is if that's true.
** There are a lot of orphans on the show, mostly because of the wars and rampaging demons that were around. A lot of them get adopted by {{Villains}} or turn into an AntiVillain. The chaos might explain the lack social services abroad but surely Konoha could provide an orphanage for the children whose parents got killed in battle. Especially for their PersonOfMassDestruction: Naruto. (and to a lesser extent, Sasuke).
** It should be noted that Konoha actually ''does'' have an orphanage, where Kabuto Yakushi was raised [[spoiler:and where he eventually works as a caregiver, following his HeelFaceTurn]]. However, it's unknown if Naruto ever went there, considering his pariah status.
* Gendo Ikari, as usual for ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', is an example of a normally comedic trope [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructed]] into something tragic. At least he palms his kid off on someone who ''tries''... eventually. Of course, given that this is [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] Japan, it's possible that social services actually ''doesn't'' exist; and regardless, given that NERV basically ''is'' the world government, even if they do exist there's [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem nothing they could do]] to stop Gendo.
* ''{{Manga/Loveless}}'' avoids the common partner trope to this, ThereAreNoTherapists, by having Ritsuka go see one regularly to help with his personality change. However, it is very evident to nearly every adult that sees him in the first volume that he is being both physically and mentally abused by his mother and no one does anything about it! While his homeroom teacher attempts to help him out by trying to meet his parents, she is discouraged from doing so by Soubi and her faculty, and she generally has little to no success. This could be an example of Japanese social mores at work here, priding the notion of a person caring for themselves and outside help is unwelcome, making this a case of ValuesDissonance, but still...
* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Luffy's grandfather was apparently dead-set on taking Genma Saotome's crown for this trope. His 'training to be a strong man', even if it was mostly played for laughs when referenced, was pretty horrific. Getting tossed down a cliff, put into a jungle in the middle of the night, tied to a balloon and allowed to float away, and Lord knows what else is strongly implied to have traumatized Luffy; he avoids thinking about what happened, and his grandpa is the only person he truly fears. Dadan, who is a mountain bandit that didn't want to take care of Luffy and his "brothers" Ace and Sabo, was a better parental figure than Garp.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** It appears that, with VERY few exceptions, the titular character was all but socially isolated to the point of emotional abuse from very early childhood. And since the NotSoDifferentRemark with Gaara, fanfiction writers take it to the logical extreme, horrendous physical abuse is added on to the emotional abuse, making one wonder how Naruto managed to be as well-adjusted as he is if that's true.
** There are a lot of orphans on the show, mostly because of the wars and rampaging demons that were around. A lot of them get adopted by {{Villains}} or turn into an AntiVillain. The chaos might explain the lack social services abroad but surely Konoha could provide an orphanage for the children whose parents got killed in battle. Especially for their PersonOfMassDestruction: Naruto. (and to a lesser extent, Sasuke).
** It should be noted that Konoha actually ''does'' have an orphanage, where Kabuto Yakushi was raised [[spoiler:and where he eventually works as a caregiver, following his HeelFaceTurn]]. However, it's unknown if Naruto ever went there, considering his pariah status.
* Gendo Ikari, as usual for ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', is an example of a normally comedic trope [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructed]] into something tragic. At least he palms his kid off on someone who ''tries''... eventually. Of course, given that this is [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] Japan, it's possible that social services actually ''doesn't'' exist; and regardless, given that NERV basically ''is'' the world government, even if they do exist there's [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem nothing they could do]] to stop Gendo.
* ''{{Manga/Loveless}}'' avoids the common partner trope to this, ThereAreNoTherapists, by having Ritsuka go see one regularly to help with his personality change. However, it is very evident to nearly every adult that sees him in the first volume that he is being both physically and mentally abused by his mother and no one does anything about it! While his homeroom teacher attempts to help him out by trying to meet his parents, she is discouraged from doing so by Soubi and her faculty, and she generally has little to no success. This could be an example of Japanese social mores at work here, priding the notion of a person caring for themselves and outside help is unwelcome, making this a case of ValuesDissonance, but still...
* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Luffy's grandfather was apparently dead-set on taking Genma Saotome's crown for this trope. His 'training to be a strong man', even if it was mostly played for laughs when referenced, was pretty horrific. Getting tossed down a cliff, put into a jungle in the middle of the night, tied to a balloon and allowed to float away, and Lord knows what else is strongly implied to have traumatized Luffy; he avoids thinking about what happened, and his grandpa is the only person he truly fears. Dadan, who is a mountain bandit that didn't want to take care of Luffy and his "brothers" Ace and Sabo, was a better parental figure than Garp.
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* Gendo Ikari, as usual for ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', is an example of a normally comedic trope [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructed]] into something tragic. At least he palms his kid off on someone who ''tries''... eventually. Of course, given that this is [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] Japan, it's possible that social services actually ''doesn't'' exist; and regardless, given that NERV basically ''is'' the world government, even if they do exist there's nothing they could do to stop Gendo.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** In a typical comedic use of this trope, Isshin Kurosaki regularly launches surprise assaults against his son Ichigo, claiming it as a form of martial arts training. Ichigo only remarks on this as an unpleasant distraction. Isshin's far more likely to be on the receiving end of physical abuse from Karin, but he did at one point rip off his shirt and tell his daughters to "Come give your big, sexy daddy a hug!"
** Orihime's older brother Sora [[PromotionToParent took over raising her]] as soon as he turned 18, due to their parents' abuse and neglect. Apparently no one thought it necessary to remove Orihime OR Sora from an abusive environment before then, and after Sora's death Orihime lived alone, despite being ''in middle school''. There is a vague HandWave her legal guardian is now a non-cohabiting aunt who provides some financial assistance. We don't have much detail on Chad's family situation except that he, too, seems to have had no living family and no guardian since at least middle school, and yet receives no attention from social workers. Even Uryuu lives in his own apartment rather than share a house with his estranged father, although we know Ryuuken keeps an eye on his son from a distance and presumably is still his legal guardian.
** All of the Rukongai is a decidedly non-comedic instance of this trope. The society operates at a feudal social and technological level, so there are no institutions or services available for newly arrived souls to help them adjust, not even for the souls of children. Lucky kids land in a relatively peaceful and affluent district and are cared for by lonely adults (like Momo and Toushirou and their adoptive "grandmother"). The unfortunate are dumped in violent, impoverished areas and have to scrounge for food and form gangs for self-defense (like Gin and Rangiku). Hisana and Rukia's story is basically a cautionary tale in what the lack of social services will lead people to do out of desperation... like abandon your infant sister rather than starve.
** Zaraki Kenpachi was the worst case by far. He didn't have anyone growing up and became a vicious feral BloodKnight just to survive. Fortunately for him, and unfortunately for his foes, he was incredibly strong even as a youth. Yachiru Kusajishi barely avoided this fate after being adopted... by Zaraki. [[spoiler:Of course, this connection is eventually justified when it turns out she was his zanpakuto spirit all along.]]
* ''Manga/AiYoriAoshi'': Kaoru's grandfather was apparently in the habit of beating the hell out of him with his cane while goons held him down and burning his ''deceased mother's'' last worldly possessions, just to show his tyrannical disapproval of her marriage to Kaoru's father. Kaoru should be nominated for sainthood for just running away without first snapping and murdering his grandpa, like any ''normal'' person would have done when pushed that far.
* Somewhat subverted in ''Manga/BakiTheGrappler''. Baki's the son of a mentally and physically abusive martial artist who's never around and a rather cold and distant mother. His father only had Baki conceived because he wanted someone strong to fight, and repeatedly tries to beat him to death when he fails to live up to his expectations. So why doesn't anyone try to help? Because his father's the strongest fighter in the world, to the point where the standard procedure of the US military is to ''get out of his way''. Nobody dares to do anything because they don't want to earn his wrath.
* ''Manga/GoodLuckGirl'' is about 15-year-old Kyou, who takes care of her 9-year-old sister Asu without any help. She manages, even with the little money she is allowed to earn, but it's still a highly unlikely situation in modern-day Japan.
* Hayate Yagami of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'', who has been living independently for who knows how many years after her parents died. While she's shown to be [[WiseBeyondTheirYears mature enough to live on her own]], and her mysterious uncle explains where she gets the funds for supporting herself, one wonders how no one thought that it might be a good idea to have someone look after a ''wheel-chair bound 9-year-old girl''. [[spoiler: Granted this was part of an EvilPlan, so those in charge might be forcing the authorities to look the other way.]]
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** In a typical comedic use of this trope, Isshin Kurosaki regularly launches surprise assaults against his son Ichigo, claiming it as a form of martial arts training. Ichigo only remarks on this as an unpleasant distraction. Isshin's far more likely to be on the receiving end of physical abuse from Karin, but he did at one point rip off his shirt and tell his daughters to "Come give your big, sexy daddy a hug!"
** Orihime's older brother Sora [[PromotionToParent took over raising her]] as soon as he turned 18, due to their parents' abuse and neglect. Apparently no one thought it necessary to remove Orihime OR Sora from an abusive environment before then, and after Sora's death Orihime lived alone, despite being ''in middle school''. There is a vague HandWave her legal guardian is now a non-cohabiting aunt who provides some financial assistance. We don't have much detail on Chad's family situation except that he, too, seems to have had no living family and no guardian since at least middle school, and yet receives no attention from social workers. Even Uryuu lives in his own apartment rather than share a house with his estranged father, although we know Ryuuken keeps an eye on his son from a distance and presumably is still his legal guardian.
** All of the Rukongai is a decidedly non-comedic instance of this trope. The society operates at a feudal social and technological level, so there are no institutions or services available for newly arrived souls to help them adjust, not even for the souls of children. Lucky kids land in a relatively peaceful and affluent district and are cared for by lonely adults (like Momo and Toushirou and their adoptive "grandmother"). The unfortunate are dumped in violent, impoverished areas and have to scrounge for food and form gangs for self-defense (like Gin and Rangiku). Hisana and Rukia's story is basically a cautionary tale in what the lack of social services will lead people to do out of desperation... like abandon your infant sister rather than starve.
** Zaraki Kenpachi was the worst case by far. He didn't have anyone growing up and became a vicious feral BloodKnight just to survive. Fortunately for him, and unfortunately for his foes, he was incredibly strong even as a youth. Yachiru Kusajishi barely avoided this fate after being adopted... by Zaraki. [[spoiler:Of course, this connection is eventually justified when it turns out she was his zanpakuto spirit all along.]]
* ''Manga/AiYoriAoshi'': Kaoru's grandfather was apparently in the habit of beating the hell out of him with his cane while goons held him down and burning his ''deceased mother's'' last worldly possessions, just to show his tyrannical disapproval of her marriage to Kaoru's father. Kaoru should be nominated for sainthood for just running away without first snapping and murdering his grandpa, like any ''normal'' person would have done when pushed that far.
* Somewhat subverted in ''Manga/BakiTheGrappler''. Baki's the son of a mentally and physically abusive martial artist who's never around and a rather cold and distant mother. His father only had Baki conceived because he wanted someone strong to fight, and repeatedly tries to beat him to death when he fails to live up to his expectations. So why doesn't anyone try to help? Because his father's the strongest fighter in the world, to the point where the standard procedure of the US military is to ''get out of his way''. Nobody dares to do anything because they don't want to earn his wrath.
* ''Manga/GoodLuckGirl'' is about 15-year-old Kyou, who takes care of her 9-year-old sister Asu without any help. She manages, even with the little money she is allowed to earn, but it's still a highly unlikely situation in modern-day Japan.
* Hayate Yagami of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'', who has been living independently for who knows how many years after her parents died. While she's shown to be [[WiseBeyondTheirYears mature enough to live on her own]], and her mysterious uncle explains where she gets the funds for supporting herself, one wonders how no one thought that it might be a good idea to have someone look after a ''wheel-chair bound 9-year-old girl''. [[spoiler: Granted this was part of an EvilPlan, so those in charge might be forcing the authorities to look the other way.]]
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* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Luffy's grandfather was apparently dead-set on taking Genma Saotome's crown for this trope. His 'training to be a strong man', even if it was mostly played for laughs when referenced, was pretty horrific. Getting tossed down a cliff, put into a jungle in the middle of the night, tied to a balloon and allowed to float away, and Lord knows what else is strongly implied to have traumatized Luffy; he avoids thinking about what happened, and his grandpa is the only person he truly fears. Dadan, who is a mountain bandit that didn't want to take care of Luffy and his "brothers" Ace and Sabo, was a better parental figure than Garp.
* ''Anime/CodeGeass''. Emperor Charles is nothing but horrible to Lelouch and Nunnally (And in all odds, a few of the other princes and princesses of Britannia that we never got to see.). Their mother Marriane, however, was evidently a very sweet mother, [[spoiler:despite her [[EvilMatriarch true nature]]]], until she was murdered in the backstory. The loss of his only decent parent left its scars on both children, literally in Nunnally's case, and it's no coincidence that Lelouch practically reveres his mother [[spoiler:until he actually gets to meet her again eight years after the murder and realizes she wasn't Parent of the Year either]].
** Of course, considering he's, you know, ''[[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem the emperor]]'' and everything, even if there are child services in Britannia, they're not going to say a word to him.
* The ending of ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}'', where [[spoiler:a depressed Haruko pretty much abandons her dying (and mostly bedridden) foster child Misuzu to the care of the wandering stranger Yukito. Despite the fact that Misuzu is the center of what amounts to a child custody conflict, her guardian pretty much running away]], no one notices or does anything but the main character, and he doesn't seek any help either.
* ''{{Manga/Loveless}}'' avoids the common partner trope to this, ThereAreNoTherapists, by having Ritsuka go see one regularly to help with his personality change. However, it is very evident to nearly every adult that sees him in the first volume that he is being both physically and mentally abused by his mother and no one does anything about it! While his homeroom teacher attempts to help him out by trying to meet his parents, she is discouraged from doing so by Soubi and her faculty, and she generally has little to no success. This could be an example of Japanese social mores at work here, priding the notion of a person caring for themselves and outside help is unwelcome, making this a case of ValuesDissonance, but still...
* ''Anime/CodeGeass''. Emperor Charles is nothing but horrible to Lelouch and Nunnally (And in all odds, a few of the other princes and princesses of Britannia that we never got to see.). Their mother Marriane, however, was evidently a very sweet mother, [[spoiler:despite her [[EvilMatriarch true nature]]]], until she was murdered in the backstory. The loss of his only decent parent left its scars on both children, literally in Nunnally's case, and it's no coincidence that Lelouch practically reveres his mother [[spoiler:until he actually gets to meet her again eight years after the murder and realizes she wasn't Parent of the Year either]].
** Of course, considering he's, you know, ''[[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem the emperor]]'' and everything, even if there are child services in Britannia, they're not going to say a word to him.
* The ending of ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}'', where [[spoiler:a depressed Haruko pretty much abandons her dying (and mostly bedridden) foster child Misuzu to the care of the wandering stranger Yukito. Despite the fact that Misuzu is the center of what amounts to a child custody conflict, her guardian pretty much running away]], no one notices or does anything but the main character, and he doesn't seek any help either.
* ''{{Manga/Loveless}}'' avoids the common partner trope to this, ThereAreNoTherapists, by having Ritsuka go see one regularly to help with his personality change. However, it is very evident to nearly every adult that sees him in the first volume that he is being both physically and mentally abused by his mother and no one does anything about it! While his homeroom teacher attempts to help him out by trying to meet his parents, she is discouraged from doing so by Soubi and her faculty, and she generally has little to no success. This could be an example of Japanese social mores at work here, priding the notion of a person caring for themselves and outside help is unwelcome, making this a case of ValuesDissonance, but still...
to:
* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Luffy's grandfather In ''Anime/YuGiOh'':
** Seto Kaiba wasapparently dead-set on taking Genma Saotome's crown for this trope. His 'training to be a strong man', even if it was mostly played for laughs when referenced, was pretty horrific. Getting tossed down a cliff, put into a jungle in the middle of the night, tied to a balloon and allowed to float away, and Lord knows what else is strongly implied to have traumatized Luffy; he avoids thinking about what happened, and [[DepartmentOfChildDisservices abused by his grandpa is the only person he truly fears. Dadan, who is a mountain bandit that didn't want to take care of Luffy and his "brothers" Ace and Sabo, was a better parental figure than Garp.
* ''Anime/CodeGeass''. Emperor Charles is nothing but horrible to Lelouch and Nunnally (And in all odds, a few of the other princes and princesses of Britannia that we never got to see.). Their mother Marriane, however, was evidently a very sweet mother, [[spoiler:despite her [[EvilMatriarch true nature]]]], until she was murdered in the backstory. The loss of his only decent parent left its scars on both children, literally in Nunnally's case, and it's no coincidence that Lelouch practically reveres his mother [[spoiler:until he actually gets to meet her again eight yearsadoptive father]], then, after the murder and realizes she wasn't Parent of man's death, took over the Year either]].
** Of course, considering he's, you know, ''[[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem the emperor]]'' and everything, even if there are child services in Britannia, they're not going to say a word to him.
* The endingguardianship of ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}'', where [[spoiler:a depressed Haruko pretty much abandons her dying (and mostly bedridden) foster child Misuzu to the care of the wandering stranger Yukito. Despite the fact his younger brother despite being only sixteen. (Being a multi-millionaire CEO at that Misuzu is point ''may'' have [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney something to do with it]].)
** In thecenter of what amounts manga, Bakura is seen writing a letter to a child custody conflict, her guardian pretty much running away]], no one notices or does anything but the main character, his sister asking how she and their parents are doing, implying, naturally, that he doesn't seek any help either.
* ''{{Manga/Loveless}}'' avoidslive with them. Sure, his father ''is'' still alive and presumably sends him money and set up the common partner trope apartment, but he's underage and living completely alone. Mostly to this, ThereAreNoTherapists, by having Ritsuka go see stop the Spirit of the Ring from putting other people in comas, of course, which just makes it worse.
** Raphael, Alister, and Valon probably would've escaped Dartz's organization [[spoiler: even though he was the oneregularly that started each of their breakdowns]] if they'd had more support or someone to help properly look after them. In both the dub and original Japanese, Raphael and Alister combine this with ThereAreNoTherapists due to their misanthropy.
** Jonouchi, at least in the manga, should've never been kept with hispersonality change. However, it is very evident alcoholic, gambling-addicted, and potentially abusive father. He seems sane and optimistic enough, but [[FridgeHorror one has to nearly every adult that sees him in wonder]] [[LoserSonOfLoserDad about his theme of gambling and chance cards....]]
** Somewhat justified with thefirst volume that he is being both physically Ishtars, (who, especially Marik, also clearly need some therapy), since they lived underground and mentally abused by his mother cut off from society almost entirely and no one had other goals once they freed themselves.
** When you really think about it, it's kind of the same issue as Pokemon. Kids go on long trips to play card games, cutting school, and constantly getting themselves into deadly situations. Who cares? Apparently not their parents.
** In ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' Jaden/Judai gets kidnapped for three days by an insane rich man and nobody does anything aboutit! While his homeroom teacher attempts to help him out by trying to meet his parents, she is discouraged from doing so by Soubi it. And there's numerous missing students, none of whom get searched for (no official investigation) and her faculty, and she generally has little to once some of them return there's no success. This could be an example of Japanese social mores at work here, priding the notion of a person caring for themselves and outside help is unwelcome, making this a case of ValuesDissonance, but still...legal investigation about it.
** Seto Kaiba was
* ''Anime/CodeGeass''. Emperor Charles is nothing but horrible to Lelouch and Nunnally (And in all odds, a few of the other princes and princesses of Britannia that we never got to see.). Their mother Marriane, however, was evidently a very sweet mother, [[spoiler:despite her [[EvilMatriarch true nature]]]], until she was murdered in the backstory. The loss of his only decent parent left its scars on both children, literally in Nunnally's case, and it's no coincidence that Lelouch practically reveres his mother [[spoiler:until he actually gets to meet her again eight years
** Of course, considering he's, you know, ''[[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem the emperor]]'' and everything, even if there are child services in Britannia, they're not going to say a word to him.
* The ending
** In the
* ''{{Manga/Loveless}}'' avoids
** Raphael, Alister, and Valon probably would've escaped Dartz's organization [[spoiler: even though he was the one
** Jonouchi, at least in the manga, should've never been kept with his
** Somewhat justified with the
** When you really think about it, it's kind of the same issue as Pokemon. Kids go on long trips to play card games, cutting school, and constantly getting themselves into deadly situations. Who cares? Apparently not their parents.
** In ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' Jaden/Judai gets kidnapped for three days by an insane rich man and nobody does anything about
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* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** It appears that, with VERY few exceptions, the titular character was all but socially isolated to the point of emotional abuse from very early childhood. And since the NotSoDifferentRemark with Gaara, fanfiction writers take it to the logical extreme, horrendous physical abuse is added on to the emotional abuse, making one wonder how Naruto managed to be as well-adjusted as he is if that's true.
** There are a lot of orphans on the show, mostly because of the wars and rampaging demons that were around. A lot of them get adopted by {{Villains}} or turn into an AntiVillain. The chaos might explain the lack social services abroad but surely Konoha could provide an orphanage for the children whose parents got killed in battle. Especially for their PersonOfMassDestruction: Naruto. (and to a lesser extent, Sasuke).
** It should be noted that Konoha actually ''does'' have an orphanage, where Kabuto Yakushi was raised [[spoiler:and where he eventually works as a caregiver, following his HeelFaceTurn]]. However, it's unknown if Naruto ever went there, considering his pariah status.
* Likewise, social services might as well be non-existent in ''Manga/FruitsBasket''. The Sohma family is large and powerful and probably capable of bribing the authorities to ignore all the kids they've traumatized, the number of which could start their own national baseball league. But this doesn't help explain Tohru, whose mother was so incapacitated after the death of her father as to have forgotten to feed her 4-year-old daughter for weeks on end, or Uotani, whose emotionally distant and constantly drunk father fails to realize his daughter has joined a gang by the fifth grade. These guys give the NGE parents a run for the gold in the "emotional scaring" event in the Destructive Parenting Olympics. One reviewer noted: "in the world of Fruits Basket, good parents are as common as penguins in the Sahara—every single one is either neglectful, smothering, unfeeling, abusive, misguided, or dead."
** It appears that, with VERY few exceptions, the titular character was all but socially isolated to the point of emotional abuse from very early childhood. And since the NotSoDifferentRemark with Gaara, fanfiction writers take it to the logical extreme, horrendous physical abuse is added on to the emotional abuse, making one wonder how Naruto managed to be as well-adjusted as he is if that's true.
** There are a lot of orphans on the show, mostly because of the wars and rampaging demons that were around. A lot of them get adopted by {{Villains}} or turn into an AntiVillain. The chaos might explain the lack social services abroad but surely Konoha could provide an orphanage for the children whose parents got killed in battle. Especially for their PersonOfMassDestruction: Naruto. (and to a lesser extent, Sasuke).
** It should be noted that Konoha actually ''does'' have an orphanage, where Kabuto Yakushi was raised [[spoiler:and where he eventually works as a caregiver, following his HeelFaceTurn]]. However, it's unknown if Naruto ever went there, considering his pariah status.
* Likewise, social services might as well be non-existent in ''Manga/FruitsBasket''. The Sohma family is large and powerful and probably capable of bribing the authorities to ignore all the kids they've traumatized, the number of which could start their own national baseball league. But this doesn't help explain Tohru, whose mother was so incapacitated after the death of her father as to have forgotten to feed her 4-year-old daughter for weeks on end, or Uotani, whose emotionally distant and constantly drunk father fails to realize his daughter has joined a gang by the fifth grade. These guys give the NGE parents a run for the gold in the "emotional scaring" event in the Destructive Parenting Olympics. One reviewer noted: "in the world of Fruits Basket, good parents are as common as penguins in the Sahara—every single one is either neglectful, smothering, unfeeling, abusive, misguided, or dead."
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** It appears that, with VERY few exceptions, the titular character was all but socially isolated to the point of emotional abuse from very early childhood. And since the NotSoDifferentRemark with Gaara, fanfiction writers take it to the logical extreme, horrendous physical abuse is added on to the emotional abuse, making one wonder how Naruto managed to be as well-adjusted as he is if that's true.
** There are a lot of orphans on the show, mostly because of the wars and rampaging demons that were around. A lot of them get adopted by {{Villains}} or turn into an AntiVillain. The chaos might explain the lack social services abroad but surely Konoha could provide an orphanage for the children whose parents got killed in battle. Especially for their PersonOfMassDestruction: Naruto. (and to a lesser extent, Sasuke).
** It should be noted that Konoha actually ''does'' have an orphanage, where Kabuto Yakushi was raised [[spoiler:and where he eventually works as a caregiver, following his HeelFaceTurn]]. However, it's unknown if Naruto ever went there, considering his pariah status.
* Likewise, social services might as well be non-existent in ''Manga/FruitsBasket''. The Sohma family is large and powerful and probably capable of bribing the authorities to ignore all the kids they've traumatized, the number of which could start their own national baseball league. But this doesn't help explain Tohru, whose mother was so incapacitated after the death of her father as to have forgotten to feed her 4-year-old daughter for weeks on end, or Uotani, whose emotionally distant and constantly drunk father fails to realize his daughter has joined a gang by the fifth grade. These guys give the NGE parents a run for the gold in the "emotional scaring" event in the Destructive Parenting Olympics. One reviewer noted: "in the world of Fruits Basket, good parents are as common as penguins in the Sahara—every single one is either neglectful, smothering, unfeeling, abusive, misguided, or dead."
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* In ''Anime/YuGiOh'':
** Seto Kaiba was [[DepartmentOfChildDisservices abused by his adoptive father]], then, after the man's death, took over the guardianship of his younger brother despite being only sixteen. (Being a multi-millionaire CEO at that point ''may'' have [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney something to do with it]].)
** In the manga, Bakura is seen writing a letter to his sister asking how she and their parents are doing, implying, naturally, that he doesn't live with them. Sure, his father ''is'' still alive and presumably sends him money and set up the apartment, but he's underage and living completely alone. Mostly to stop the Spirit of the Ring from putting other people in comas, of course, which just makes it worse.
** Raphael, Alister, and Valon probably would've escaped Dartz's organization [[spoiler: even though he was the one that started each of their breakdowns]] if they'd had more support or someone to properly look after them. In both the dub and original Japanese, Raphael and Alister combine this with ThereAreNoTherapists due to their misanthropy.
** Jonouchi, at least in the manga, should've never been kept with his alcoholic, gambling-addicted, and potentially abusive father. He seems sane and optimistic enough, but [[FridgeHorror one has to wonder]] [[LoserSonOfLoserDad about his theme of gambling and chance cards....]]
** Somewhat justified with the Ishtars, (who, especially Marik, also clearly need some therapy), since they lived underground and cut off from society almost entirely and had other goals once they freed themselves.
** When you really think about it, it's kind of the same issue as Pokemon. Kids go on long trips to play card games, cutting school, and constantly getting themselves into deadly situations. Who cares? Apparently not their parents.
** In ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' Jaden/Judai gets kidnapped for three days by an insane rich man and nobody does anything about it. And there's numerous missing students, none of whom get searched for (no official investigation) and once some of them return there's no legal investigation about it.
** Seto Kaiba was [[DepartmentOfChildDisservices abused by his adoptive father]], then, after the man's death, took over the guardianship of his younger brother despite being only sixteen. (Being a multi-millionaire CEO at that point ''may'' have [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney something to do with it]].)
** In the manga, Bakura is seen writing a letter to his sister asking how she and their parents are doing, implying, naturally, that he doesn't live with them. Sure, his father ''is'' still alive and presumably sends him money and set up the apartment, but he's underage and living completely alone. Mostly to stop the Spirit of the Ring from putting other people in comas, of course, which just makes it worse.
** Raphael, Alister, and Valon probably would've escaped Dartz's organization [[spoiler: even though he was the one that started each of their breakdowns]] if they'd had more support or someone to properly look after them. In both the dub and original Japanese, Raphael and Alister combine this with ThereAreNoTherapists due to their misanthropy.
** Jonouchi, at least in the manga, should've never been kept with his alcoholic, gambling-addicted, and potentially abusive father. He seems sane and optimistic enough, but [[FridgeHorror one has to wonder]] [[LoserSonOfLoserDad about his theme of gambling and chance cards....]]
** Somewhat justified with the Ishtars, (who, especially Marik, also clearly need some therapy), since they lived underground and cut off from society almost entirely and had other goals once they freed themselves.
** When you really think about it, it's kind of the same issue as Pokemon. Kids go on long trips to play card games, cutting school, and constantly getting themselves into deadly situations. Who cares? Apparently not their parents.
** In ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' Jaden/Judai gets kidnapped for three days by an insane rich man and nobody does anything about it. And there's numerous missing students, none of whom get searched for (no official investigation) and once some of them return there's no legal investigation about it.
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* Averted hard in ''Fanfic/GalPals'' (''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse''). Once other people become aware of the trauma Lincoln has endured at the hands of his sisters, they immediately contact child services. This even get to the point that a trial is made against, though they reveive light penances.
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* ''Fanfic/WithGraceAndElegance'' averts this after being absent from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' -- when the social services get an inkling of what's happening in the Saotome family, they immediately decide Ranma needs to stay ''away'' from Genma and Nodoka, and regular check-ups to ensure her mental health. Ranma herself is rather stunned to have a social worker after spending her whole childhood on the roads.
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* Hayate Yagami of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'', who has been living independently for who knows how many years after her parents died. While she's shown to be [[WiseBeyondTheirYears mature enough to live on her own]], and her mysterious uncle explains where she gets the funds for supporting herself, one wonders how no one thought that it might be a good idea to have someone look after a ''wheel-chair bound 9-year-old IllGirl''.girl''. [[spoiler: Granted this was part of an EvilPlan, so those in charge might be forcing the authorities to look the other way.]]
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* Several substories in ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'' follow a girl forced to work outside in freezing temperatures to try and keep her mother's bookstore afloat instead of being in school, and dealing with two gremlin children who actively interfere with the crime scene the protagonist has to investigate when they're not interfering with every resident on the block. The latter substory can result in the detective stealing drugs from one of the kids' drug-addict dad, possibly to give to the kid (who is a drug addict as well). Commentary from your police partner on the inability to really do anything for the latter two kids shows how much of a CrapsackWorld the land of Revachol is in after a massive world war it is still recovering from decades later.
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* ''Series/ElInternadoLasCumbres'': In a BoardingSchoolOfHorrors for "problem children", not a single adult reports the corporal punishments, students being forced to skip meals or to stand at attention under the rain, or solitary confinement in chilly cells, etc. Justified for the school doctor (even though Spanish law would require him as a health professional who suspects a case of child abuse to report it) because [[spoiler: he is part of a conspiracy to conduct testing of a strong drug on the students [[UnwittingTestSubjects without their knowledge]]]]
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* ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'': The main setting is Jerome Horwitz Elementary School: a SuckySchool where the teachers and faculty are allowed to terrorize and punish their students for petty reasons or just for their sadistic amusement. Heck, the first book has [[DeanBitterman Principal Krupp]] blackmail the protagonists George and Harold into becoming his slaves for ''months''. While the author Creator/DavPilkey provides ongoing meta commentary of the unfair treatment kids undergo when dealing with cruel adults in RealLife, the kids in his stories are given no salvation from the ongoing bullying they face from the faculty members.
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** The sequel series ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'' hammers this further in [[WhamEpisode "Growing Pains"]] where [[spoiler:Steven goes to Dr. Maheswaran's office for his very first check up to discuss his bizarre growth spurts. His mother-in-law flat out states that all his childhood adventures fighting gem monsters and villains have resulted in him obtaining [=PTSD=]. Any doctor who was not accustomed to the gem-related events of the series like Dr. Maheswaran would have reported their findings to child services to give Steven critical help (Though Dr. M did intend to chastise Greg for ''not'' taking Steven to a doctor sooner)]].
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** In ''Yakuza 3'' Kiryu (who, just to reiterate, has done hard time for murder, was the leader of the largest organized crime outfit in Japan for a day, and only avoided spending the rest of his life at the bottom of a very deep, very dark hole thanks to a FriendOnTheForce) retires to ''run'' an orphanage in Okinawa. While the players will know that Kiryu is a NiceGuy and a FriendToAllChildren, one still has to wonder why no-one blinks an eye at a convicted murderer being given guardianship over eight children, or why no-one inquires about Haruka's legal status at this point.
** In 'Yakuza 5'' we see a number of [[IdolSinger idols]] in their mid-teens be [[CastingCouch solicited for sex]] by various power figures in the industry. No-one considers this anything other than "business as usual", when it should involve the police as well as CPS to get these children out of an unsafe environment [[note]]While the national age of consent in Japan is 13, most places have regional laws that set the age significantly higher. Also, while sex acts between adults and adolescents are not generally forbidden, directly or indirectly pressuring an adolescent for sex in any way is, as are any acts "conducted by unfair means that take advantage of the juvenile's mental or physical immaturity, such as by enticing, threatening, deceiving, or confusing, as well as [acts] where the juvenile is treated merely as an object to satisfy one's own sexual desires." [[/note]]
** In ''Yakuza 6'', Haruka ends up in a coma, and Kiryu, desperate to save Haruka's son Haruto from growing up alone in an orphanage, steals the child and takes it half-way across the country. The guy from CPS states outright that he only reason he is opposed to an unknown man who is quite obviously Yakuza walking out with a baby in his are is that he might get in trouble if the child dies, and even that objection evaporates once CPS guy has had a talk with Kiryu's FriendOnTheForce. It is also reinforced at this point that the reason Kiryu isn't Haruto's legal guardian is that he never formally adopted Haruka. This, in turn, means that Haruka has been living for ten years with an ex-con she isn't related to, and, even after the significant number of fairly horrific things she's been through throughout the series, nobody has asked any questions.
** In 'Yakuza 5'' we see a number of [[IdolSinger idols]] in their mid-teens be [[CastingCouch solicited for sex]] by various power figures in the industry. No-one considers this anything other than "business as usual", when it should involve the police as well as CPS to get these children out of an unsafe environment [[note]]While the national age of consent in Japan is 13, most places have regional laws that set the age significantly higher. Also, while sex acts between adults and adolescents are not generally forbidden, directly or indirectly pressuring an adolescent for sex in any way is, as are any acts "conducted by unfair means that take advantage of the juvenile's mental or physical immaturity, such as by enticing, threatening, deceiving, or confusing, as well as [acts] where the juvenile is treated merely as an object to satisfy one's own sexual desires." [[/note]]
** In ''Yakuza 6'', Haruka ends up in a coma, and Kiryu, desperate to save Haruka's son Haruto from growing up alone in an orphanage, steals the child and takes it half-way across the country. The guy from CPS states outright that he only reason he is opposed to an unknown man who is quite obviously Yakuza walking out with a baby in his are is that he might get in trouble if the child dies, and even that objection evaporates once CPS guy has had a talk with Kiryu's FriendOnTheForce. It is also reinforced at this point that the reason Kiryu isn't Haruto's legal guardian is that he never formally adopted Haruka. This, in turn, means that Haruka has been living for ten years with an ex-con she isn't related to, and, even after the significant number of fairly horrific things she's been through throughout the series, nobody has asked any questions.
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** In ''Yakuza 3'' Kiryu (who, just to reiterate, has done hard time for murder, was briefly the leader of the largest organized crime outfit in Japan for a day, Japan, and only avoided spending the rest of his life at the bottom of a very deep, very dark hole thanks to a FriendOnTheForce) retires to ''run'' an orphanage in Okinawa. While the players will know that Kiryu is a NiceGuy and a FriendToAllChildren, one still has to wonder why no-one blinks an eye at a convicted murderer being given guardianship over eight children, or why no-one inquires about Haruka's legal status at this point.
** In'Yakuza ''Yakuza 5'' we see a number of [[IdolSinger idols]] in their mid-teens be [[CastingCouch solicited for sex]] by various power figures in the industry. No-one considers this anything other than "business as usual", when it should involve the police as well as CPS to get these children out of an unsafe environment [[note]]While the national age of consent in Japan is 13, most places have regional laws that set the age significantly higher. Also, while sex acts between adults and adolescents are not generally forbidden, directly or indirectly pressuring an adolescent for sex in any way is, as are any acts "conducted by unfair means that take advantage of the juvenile's mental or physical immaturity, such as by enticing, threatening, deceiving, or confusing, as well as [acts] where the juvenile is treated merely as an object to satisfy one's own sexual desires." [[/note]]
** In ''Yakuza 6'', Haruka ends up in a coma, and Kiryu, desperate to save Haruka's son Haruto from growing up alone in an orphanage, steals the child and takes it half-way across the country. The guy from CPS states outright that he only reason he is opposed to an unknown man who is quite obviously Yakuza walking out with a baby in hisare care is that he might get in trouble if the child dies, and even that objection evaporates once CPS guy has had a talk with Kiryu's FriendOnTheForce. It is also reinforced at this point that the reason Kiryu isn't Haruto's legal guardian is that he never formally adopted Haruka. This, in turn, means that Haruka has been living for ten years with an ex-con she isn't related to, and, even after the significant number of fairly horrific things she's been through throughout the series, nobody has asked any questions.
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** In ''Yakuza 6'', Haruka ends up in a coma, and Kiryu, desperate to save Haruka's son Haruto from growing up alone in an orphanage, steals the child and takes it half-way across the country. The guy from CPS states outright that he only reason he is opposed to an unknown man who is quite obviously Yakuza walking out with a baby in his are is that he might get in trouble if the child dies, and even that objection evaporates once CPS guy has had a talk with Kiryu's FriendOnTheForce. It is also reinforced at this point that the reason Kiryu isn't Haruto's legal guardian is that he neer never formally adopted Haruka. This, in turn, means that Haruka has been living for ten years with an ex-con she isn't related to, and and, even after the significant number of fairly horrific things she's been through throughout the series, nobody has asked any questions.questions.
** In ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'' Ichiban was found in a coin-locker and raised by the proprietor of an upscale brothel. No-one seems to have had a problem with this. While Ichiban seems to have turned into a reasonably well-adjusted individual, he began his slide into petty crime in his early teens, and was headed pretty straight for an early grave before Arakawa found him.
** In ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'' Ichiban was found in a coin-locker and raised by the proprietor of an upscale brothel. No-one seems to have had a problem with this. While Ichiban seems to have turned into a reasonably well-adjusted individual, he began his slide into petty crime in his early teens, and was headed pretty straight for an early grave before Arakawa found him.
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** Kiryu, Nishiki and Yumi grew up in an orphanage founded and funded by the leader of a major Yakuza group and, while not specifically intended as a recruiting ground for said group, it definitely became one. No-one complained, because when the series starts Kiryu is in his late thirties, and the orphanage is still there.
** Haruka ran away from an orphanage when she was nine to try to find her parents, and, when both of them turned up dead, went to live with Kiryu, who is not related to either of Haruka's parents, as well as an ex-con with a murder rap. No paperwork was filed and no-one seems to care.
** In ''Yakuza 3'' Kiryu (who, just to reiterate, has done hard time for murder, was the leader of the largest organized crime outfit in Japan for a day, and only avoided spending the rest of his life at the bottom of a very deep, very dark hole thanks to a FriendOnTheForce) retires to ''run'' an orphanage in Okinawa. While the players will know that Kiryu is a NiceGuy and a FriendToAllChildren, one still has to wonder why no-one blinks an eye at a convicted murderer being given guardianship over eight children, or why no-one inquires about Haruka's legal status at this point.
** In 'Yakuza 5'' we see a number of [[IdolSinger idols]] in their mid-teens be [[CastingCouch solicited for sex]] by various power figures in the industry. No-one considers this anything other than "business as usual", when it should involve the police as well as CPS to get these children out of an unsafe environment [[note]]While the national age of consent in Japan is 13, most places have regional laws that set the age significantly higher. Also, while sex acts between adults and adolescents are not generally forbidden, directly or indirectly pressuring an adolescent for sex in any way is, as are any acts "conducted by unfair means that take advantage of the juvenile's mental or physical immaturity, such as by enticing, threatening, deceiving, or confusing, as well as [acts] where the juvenile is treated merely as an object to satisfy one's own sexual desires." [[/note]]
** In ''Yakuza 6'', Haruka ends up in a coma, and Kiryu, desperate to save Haruka's son Haruto from growing up alone in an orphanage, steals the child and takes it half-way across the country. The guy from CPS states outright that he only reason he is opposed to an unknown man who is quite obviously Yakuza walking out with a baby in his are is that he might get in trouble if the child dies, and even that objection evaporates once CPS guy has had a talk with Kiryu's FriendOnTheForce. It is also reinforced at this point that the reason Kiryu isn't Haruto's legal guardian is that he neer formally adopted Haruka. This, in turn, means that Haruka has been living for ten years with an ex-con she isn't related to, and nobody has asked any questions.
** Kiryu, Nishiki and Yumi grew up in an orphanage founded and funded by the leader of a major Yakuza group and, while not specifically intended as a recruiting ground for said group, it definitely became one. No-one complained, because when the series starts Kiryu is in his late thirties, and the orphanage is still there.
** Haruka ran away from an orphanage when she was nine to try to find her parents, and, when both of them turned up dead, went to live with Kiryu, who is not related to either of Haruka's parents, as well as an ex-con with a murder rap. No paperwork was filed and no-one seems to care.
** In ''Yakuza 3'' Kiryu (who, just to reiterate, has done hard time for murder, was the leader of the largest organized crime outfit in Japan for a day, and only avoided spending the rest of his life at the bottom of a very deep, very dark hole thanks to a FriendOnTheForce) retires to ''run'' an orphanage in Okinawa. While the players will know that Kiryu is a NiceGuy and a FriendToAllChildren, one still has to wonder why no-one blinks an eye at a convicted murderer being given guardianship over eight children, or why no-one inquires about Haruka's legal status at this point.
** In 'Yakuza 5'' we see a number of [[IdolSinger idols]] in their mid-teens be [[CastingCouch solicited for sex]] by various power figures in the industry. No-one considers this anything other than "business as usual", when it should involve the police as well as CPS to get these children out of an unsafe environment [[note]]While the national age of consent in Japan is 13, most places have regional laws that set the age significantly higher. Also, while sex acts between adults and adolescents are not generally forbidden, directly or indirectly pressuring an adolescent for sex in any way is, as are any acts "conducted by unfair means that take advantage of the juvenile's mental or physical immaturity, such as by enticing, threatening, deceiving, or confusing, as well as [acts] where the juvenile is treated merely as an object to satisfy one's own sexual desires." [[/note]]
** In ''Yakuza 6'', Haruka ends up in a coma, and Kiryu, desperate to save Haruka's son Haruto from growing up alone in an orphanage, steals the child and takes it half-way across the country. The guy from CPS states outright that he only reason he is opposed to an unknown man who is quite obviously Yakuza walking out with a baby in his are is that he might get in trouble if the child dies, and even that objection evaporates once CPS guy has had a talk with Kiryu's FriendOnTheForce. It is also reinforced at this point that the reason Kiryu isn't Haruto's legal guardian is that he neer formally adopted Haruka. This, in turn, means that Haruka has been living for ten years with an ex-con she isn't related to, and nobody has asked any questions.
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* Mindy's mother in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' leaves her toddler in a harness attached to a tree and expects her dog, Buttons, to watch over her time and time again; she's otherwise unsupervised. Naturally, [[BadlyBatteredBabysitter Buttons]] is the primary reason Mindy remains ''alive''. Lampshaded when Mindy's mother leaves Mindy alone to go to a "better parenting conference".
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* ''Series/GinnyAndGeorgia'': PlayedWith as many fans wondered when [=DCS=] would show up, however, while Georgia may ''seem'' emotionally neglectful, she's never actually abusive and her kids are the center of her world. Still, it's odd after things such as Georgia having unsecured guns in the house, no one (not even her bitter enemy Cynthia) calls [=DCS=] on her.
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** Hell, Hayate's so used to his parents being complete {{Jerkass}}es that he usually speaks rather casually about all the abuse he's been put through. Usually to the discomfort and disbelief of his listeners. The example speech at the top of this page was a cheerfully-read ''grade school'' oral report which left the teacher and the entire class in tears.
** The reason why they're so hard on Hayate and stole his paycheck? Hayate has an older brother, who escaped their influence. They learned from their "mistakes" and made sure to report Hayate being underage themselves both to steal his paycheck and to destroy whatever credibility he may have had with the authorities.
** The reason why they're so hard on Hayate and stole his paycheck? Hayate has an older brother, who escaped their influence. They learned from their "mistakes" and made sure to report Hayate being underage themselves both to steal his paycheck and to destroy whatever credibility he may have had with the authorities.
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** Hell, Hayate's so used to his parents being complete {{Jerkass}}es that he usually speaks rather casually about all the abuse he's been put through. Usually through, usually to the discomfort and disbelief of his listeners. The example speech at the top of this page was a cheerfully-read ''grade school'' oral report which left the teacher and the entire class in tears.
** The reason why they're so hard on Hayate and stole his paycheck? Hayate has an olderbrother, brother who escaped their influence. They learned from their "mistakes" and made sure to report Hayate being underage themselves both to steal his paycheck and to destroy whatever credibility he may have had with the authorities.
** The reason why they're so hard on Hayate and stole his paycheck? Hayate has an older
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* ''Manga/BinbouShimaiMonogatari'' is about 15-year-old Kyou, who takes care of her 9-year-old sister Asu without any help. She manages, even with the little money she is allowed to earn, but it's still a highly unlikely situation in modern-day Japan.
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* ''Manga/BinbouShimaiMonogatari'' ''Manga/GoodLuckGirl'' is about 15-year-old Kyou, who takes care of her 9-year-old sister Asu without any help. She manages, even with the little money she is allowed to earn, but it's still a highly unlikely situation in modern-day Japan.
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* ''Literature/{{Pale}}'': Averted when Verona's emotionally abusive father finally causes a big enough incident that her friends inform their parents about the situation, much to Verona's shock and bewilderment, as she had resigned herself to downplaying the situation and being stuck with her father until she was an adult. While child services don't remove her from her father's house, they enforce mandatory check-ins and the social worker assigned to Verona's case completely believes her account.
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* The parents in ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' should not be allowed to keep their children, given all the unsupervised antics the ''baby'' protagonists get into. For example, they always leave Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, Dil, and Kimi in a crib or playpen; they should've figured out that Tommy can break out of most playpens or cribs with his screwdriver quite easily ''ages'' ago. The only supervision they use 90 percent of the time is Grandpa Lou, a borderline narcoleptic (he falls asleep at the drop of a hat). Often, when they're in a store, they'll put the babies down on the floor (again, with no one to watch them), and walk off ''in the opposite direction''. One of the worst examples is when Stu and Grandpa Lou took Tommy to a baseball game in ''Baseball'' -- he ended up ''part'' of the game, and could've easily been killed if he didn't fall into the player's mitt, all because the two were too engrossed in their game, and it was caught on camera and live TV to boot! And when they took the babies to the musical in ''Reptar on Ice'', the kids managed to sneak onto the ice itself (and Tommy is ''barefoot'', no pants or shoes for the freezing ice), because Stu and Didi fell asleep during the show and Lou was too engrossed in it. To make a long story short, if they weren't in a cartoon, all four/six of them would be ''[[TooDumbToLive DEAD]]'' due to the neglect their parents give them.
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* The parents in ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' should not be allowed to keep their children, given all the unsupervised antics the ''baby'' protagonists get into. For example, they always leave Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, Dil, and Kimi in a crib or playpen; they should've figured out that Tommy can break out of most playpens or cribs with his screwdriver quite easily ''ages'' ago. The only supervision they use 90 percent of the time is Grandpa Lou, a borderline narcoleptic (he falls asleep at the drop of a hat). Often, when they're in a store, they'll put the babies down on the floor (again, with no one to watch them), and walk off ''in the opposite direction''. One of the worst examples is when Stu and Grandpa Lou took Tommy to a baseball game in ''Baseball'' "Baseball" -- he ended up ''part'' of the game, and could've easily been killed if he didn't fall into the player's mitt, all because the two were too engrossed in their game, and it was caught on camera and live TV to boot! And when they took the babies to the musical in ''Reptar on Ice'', the kids managed to sneak onto the ice itself (and Tommy is ''barefoot'', no pants or shoes for the freezing ice), because Stu and Didi fell asleep during the show and Lou was too engrossed in it. To make a long story short, if they weren't in a cartoon, all four/six of them would be ''[[TooDumbToLive DEAD]]'' due to the neglect their parents give them.
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* There is a series of children's books by Barbara Robinson called "[[Literature/TheBestChristmasPageantEver The Best _____ Ever]]". The stories revolve around a family of children called the Herdmans. Their mother has been stated to be continuously working long shifts and is only sometimes seen outside of work and their dad [[DisappearedDad caught a train years ago and has never been seen since]]. They have virtually no adult supervision and criminally, repeatedly beating each other up, setting things on fire, stealing, smoking cigars, have no apparent source of income, and live in a house that's a death-trap with a cat that's incredibly dangerous. CPS actually ''does'' have someone assigned to them, but she got caught in a pit trap by the kids and nearly scalped by the cat, and [[WhoWillBellTheCat now she's as afraid of the Herdmans as everyone else]]. She drives by once or twice a month and assumes that if they haven't burned the house down or died, they're probably okay.
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* There is a series of children's books by Barbara Robinson called "[[Literature/TheBestChristmasPageantEver ''[[Literature/TheBestChristmasPageantEver The Best _____ Ever]]".Ever]]''. The stories revolve around a family of children called the Herdmans. Their mother has been stated to be continuously working long shifts and is only sometimes seen outside of work and their dad [[DisappearedDad caught a train years ago and has never been seen since]]. They have virtually no adult supervision and criminally, repeatedly beating each other up, setting things on fire, stealing, smoking cigars, have no apparent source of income, and live in a house that's a death-trap with a cat that's incredibly dangerous. CPS actually ''does'' have someone assigned to them, but she got caught in a pit trap by the kids and nearly scalped by the cat, and [[WhoWillBellTheCat now she's as afraid of the Herdmans as everyone else]]. She drives by once or twice a month and assumes that if they haven't burned the house down or died, they're probably okay.
