Golden Boy Did Girls Right Is A Take

One thing I have seen pointed out is it does feel like main characters in anime have gotten progressively younger looking over the years. I think at least a part of this is because a lot of anime nowadays is marketed towards kids or teens as the market for adults buying anime saw a steady decline after the 1980s bubble economy burst, and the other is due to how infamously brutal Japan's work culture is it's more like the writers and animators are trying to vicariously live through younger protagonists that remind them of their younger, carefree days.