History Main / HeightAngst

* ''Manga/ZatchBell2'': Gash as seen in this series is an adult but is shorter than Kiyomaro was as a teen. He explains demons mature at different rates and laments how his brother Zeon has grown much taller than him. [[JustifiedTrope The reason for this is probably because, as the Demon King, Gash has a much longer lifespan than others.]] [[note]]Patie explained Gash Café 7 that a demon's lifespan varies from 100, 500, and 700 years, while the Demon King and anyone they choose can live over 1000 years.[[/note]]

* Keiichi Morisato of ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' is a college student who barely stands at 1.60 m (5' 3"), which is quite below average and contributes to his already low self-esteem about his looks. In fact, when the local AlphaBitch Sayoko Mishima rejected him, she even went as far as saying that she would consider if he was 20 cm taller.

* ''Manga/YuGiOh'': Yugi Muto occasionally gets annoyed when people mistake him for a pre-schooler, notably when out on a trip to a theme park with Anzu. Yami Yugi, despite being the same size as Yugi when possessing him, never seems to feel the same way, although he's still shorter than the rest of the gang even when drawn taller in Battle City and in the anime.

* Webcomic/QuestionableContent: Elizabeth Applebloom hates how short she is because she ''was'' a TeenGenius, and people assume she ''still is'', even though she's in her twenties.

* In ''Fanfic/BlueSky'', Wheatley gets upgraded from a spherical, fairly small computer body into a HardLight humanoid body that is over six feet in height. He doesn't like this -- getting used to limbs is hard enough without the excessive length -- and he really wants to just fit in with humans.

* In "The Twenty-Foot Root" on ''Series/JohnnyAndTheSprites'', Root is upset by being the smallest sprite and then is magically grown to [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever 20 feet tall]], only to find that this is problematic also. Johnny eventually reassures him in song...
-->'''Johnny''': ''Just think while you're the little one / You can have more than a little fun / Small's the perfect size to do / So many great big things''
-->'''Root''': Really?
-->'''Johnny''': You bet.

* ''Manga/BeachStars'': Iruka Nanase is another volleyball (later beach volleyball) player who's sensitive about her height. The manga begins with her dreaming of standing 1.80 m, only to fall off her bed and wake up, revealing that she's barely 1.50 m (at age 17, so it's not like she has hopes for a growth spurt).

* ''Manga/HarukanaReceive'' has it both ways. Haruka finds that her height makes it difficult to shop for clothing, and also makes her stand out in a crowd. By comparison, Kanata is unhappy with her diminutive height and wishes she were taller because it affects her ability to play beach volleyball.