The word “youth” shows up everywhere. But what is it, really? You see people saying this all the time: “That TV drama ended, and my youth ended with it.” “That anime finished, and my youth finished with it.” “So-and-so got married, and my youth is over.” If “youth” is just a state you’re in while you’re young, then it ends on its own as you get older. It doesn’t depend on some person, anime, or TV drama. For different people, “youth” means different things.