[dustintrex]

Eh, I doubt many people become hikikomoris because it's trendy. In Japan, it's usually understood to be a reaction to social pressures, basically dropping out of all the various societal rat races (work, dating, "adulting") simultaneously.

[smcl]

I don't think this was meant as "trendy" as in, people see it as an attractive lifestyle. But rather "it is becoming more of a thing".

[brnt]

> adulting

Is there a word for the opposite? A desire to escape the pressure of being a child/younh adult? The pressure to be a child and do childlike things always annoyed me so...

[watwut]

"Wishing to grow" or "thinking he is already adult" or "being mature for his age" depending on how you want to spin it.