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Then they can watch anime with adult characters to ease the pain

or you can pour school anime into teenagers' brains, make them obsessed with it so they will miss a fulfilling school life. Then when they grow up, they can consume more school anime to replace their regret

It's not just anime, younger people are the focus of most fiction and that's the way it has always been. It's rare to see protags over 40 yrs old who aren't immortal elves.