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* [[Death Note|Light Yagami]] definitely qualifies; the only reason he enters any sort of relationship with Misa is because she has her own Death Note and is wildly, cultishly in love with him. He really doesn't seem to give a crap about her other than that, and, in fact, is as willing to cruelly use her as a pawn as he is any stranger on the street. The only time he (pretends to) show any affection for her is when she's angry at him, or he wants her to do something. If Misa hadn't started with the infatuation, there's ''no way'' he would have treated her as anything more than a good lieutenant.

** His treatment of his ''other'' girlfriend/lieutenant, Kiyomi Takada. It's more or less canon that they ''have'' had sex at least once, he manipulates her almost as much as he uses Misa as well, and ''unlike'' in Misa's case, {{spoiler|he callously disposes of her by using a piece of the Death Note to force Takada to burn herself to death as a part of his plan. Right after the girl had not only killed Mello for him, but was naked and frightened and trapped inside a truck, actually ''begging him to help her'' since she genuinely believes in him. [[Base Breaker|It doesn't matter if you liked her or not]], that '''was''' a [[Moral Event Horizon|horrifyingly cruel move]] from Light.}}

* Izaya from ''[[Durarara]]'' is an interesting take on the concept: he's not anyone's [[Bastard Boyfriend]] -- he's ''everyone'''s bastard boyfriend. Specifically, he insists that he's madly in love with ''humanity'' despite (nay, ''because of'') [[Humans Are Bastards|all of its flaws]], and demonstrates this "love" by [[Manipulative Bastard|trolling, manipulating, and generally dicking around with just about every person he meets]] [[Troll|to get the reactions from humanity he loves so much]]. He even gets possessive and jealous when he encounters something that might upset the balance of this relationship (like, say, a [[Yandere]] [[Evil Weapon|sword]] that ''also'' insists she's in love with all of humanity).

* Izaya from ''[[Durarara!!]]'' is an interesting take on the concept: he's not anyone's [[Bastard Boyfriend]] -- he's ''everyone'''s bastard boyfriend. Specifically, he insists that he's madly in love with ''humanity'' despite (nay, ''because of'') [[Humans Are Bastards|all of its flaws]], and demonstrates this "love" by [[Manipulative Bastard|trolling, manipulating, and generally dicking around with just about every person he meets]] [[Troll|to get the reactions from humanity he loves so much]]. He even gets possessive and jealous when he encounters something that might upset the balance of this relationship (like, say, a [[Yandere]] [[Evil Weapon|sword]] that ''also'' insists she's in love with all of humanity).

* Kouta from the one-shot manga ''Vitamin'' is like this. He says he loves his girlfriend Sawako and will stick by her, but he forces her into having sex and lies about being with her. Sawako eventually breaks up with him though.