"Dragonrider1227" wrote:in the Manga, he does mention that he doesn't want to grow up and is happy as he is. In fact, in that story his mind was placed in an adult body and he hated it
This is the manga I'm dying to read, but OF COURSE -- it's out of print!.
Dragonrider, can you share WHY he "hated" it? ALittleAcorn -- THAT GRAPHIC IS UNBELIEVABLY FUNNY!!!!!! It's like the best thing yet! And of course I read all the small type -- the "Boom, Balloon, Baby" is great!
Okay -- this is one of my favorite Astro Boy topics. I feel he WOULD want to grow up, because everything within his robot existence points to him aspiring to be as "human" as possible (wanting "parents," enjoying having siblings, making friends his "own age"). I could picture him being at peace with his small stature and child's voice for an extended time -- but as he forges friendships with people, and he then watches them mature and marry and have children -- it's just logical that he would want to be able to share in that experience.
Perhaps if he's devoid of "feelings" of affection and is asexual (no desire that way) - then staying forever a child could be feasible -- but (from my main experience -- the 60's animation) he was attracted to girls/women (and vice versa) -- well - that NATURALLY leads to wanting to grow up.
He would also have many logical advantages in serving to make the world a better place as an adult. Beyond the fact that people would perceive him as a leader with greater assurance, Astro would be an
adult against whom the rest of the world could compare themselves.
I thought the "Growing Pains" fan fiction was a fantastic proposed storyline for the maturing of Atom. In my mind Dr. Tenma/Boynton
DID program the ability to grow up into Atom -- but it malfunctioned, and
that's why he flipped out and disowned him.
I envisioned that either Tenma would finally come up with a "fix" for the "glitch" or something/somewhere would alter something within Atom to suddenly allow him to grow up (surviving some explosion, or exposure to something that changed him within). I was hoping this development - or something similar - existed, but I guess not.
"The Tawashi Bus Hat" wrote:Wrehehe, 'traumatized' don't got no 's' in it.
That's probably British spelling -- I think LittleAcorn is from the UK (I listen to Classic FM all day at work, so I'm used to English accents and spellings:lol
BTW - I LIKE THE TAX LOOPHOLE ANGLE!!
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< W-2 EZ my foot!
I don't know what you're talking about!? Me? Bad spelling? NOOOOO!...*edits* :d oh:
*Cries* waa waa 
