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The [[Bastard Boyfriend]] is sort of the Alpha Male equivalent of a Type A [[Tsundere]], but with the violent temper replaced by [[Tall, Dark and Snarky|cutting sarcasm]] and the ''deredere'' side turned down to near-zero. They are, of course, completely immune to [[Can't Act Perverted Toward a Love Interest|Can't Act Perverted Toward A Love Interest]], but they're usually [[Even Evil Has Standards|not]] [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl|physically abusive]], since that's [[Fetish Retardant|just not hot]]. There are plenty of exceptions, though.

'''Unconflicted''' (standard): Poised, confident, and perfectly happy with his own behavior, either because he [[ItsIt's All About Me|doesn't care what the other party thinks of him]], genuinely believes that abduction and molestation are [[Stalking Is Love|viable ways of showing his affection]], or [[For the Evulz|just is a plain, sadistic bastard]]. The [[Bespectacled Bastard Boyfriend]] (''Kichiku Megane'') subtrope is built on this type.

'''Conflicted''' (less common): [[Troubled but Cute]], and his abusiveness is generally driven by [[Green -Eyed Monster|jealousy]], insecurity, [[Cannot Spit It Out|a crushing inability to express his feelings]], a [[Dark and Troubled Past]] that completely screwed up with his view of the world, or (very rarely) a desire to [[She Is Not My Girlfriend|drive the other person away]] (possibly out of a belief that they will be [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|happier with someone else]]). This type may have started as an attempt at a [[Deconstructed Trope|more realistic]] implementation of the character type.

Mature-rated works that have Kichiku characters are likely to involve [[Mind Game Ship|psychological abuse]], [[Victim Falls For Rapist]], and maybe some [[Bound and Gagged|BDSM]]. PG-rated examples tend to be [[Tall, Dark and Snarky|cold, aloof, or sarcastic]]. In either case, fan reaction tends to be polarized: either they're [[Perverse Sexual Lust|hot and sexy]] and their love affair is [[Squee|squeeable]], or they're total [[Jerkass|Jerkasses]] and the relationship is [[Squick|squicktastic]].

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* The male leads created by [[Mayu Shinjo]] have different degrees of this. The better known example is Sakuya Ookochi from ''[[Sensual Phrase (Manga)|Sensual Phrase]]'': this is largely because of an incident where his girlfriend, Aine Yukimura, ended up with a hickey (due to assault from another character); Sakuya, in a fit of jealousy, barged into her class, tore her uniform to reveal the hickey (and her bra strap), then took her home (while class was ongoing) and prepared to rape her. Only when her uniform was almost totally ripped off and the poor girl was weeping hysterically did he stop and realize WTF he was doing. Yeah, he's a Conflicted type with an ''extremely'' [[Dark and Troubled Past]] (as in, {{spoiler|he's an [[Heroic Bastard]] [[Child of Rape]], his "father" left him when he learned baby Sakuya wasn't his kid, he was bullied all the time because of his heritage, and his [[Lady Drunk]] mom drank herself to death when he was a child}}) and ''[[Characterization Marches On|does]]'' [[Characterization Marches On|get kinda better with time]] ({{spoiler|the [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]] shows him as a decent father and husband, if somewhat of a [[Lovable Sex Maniac]] when he and Aine are alone}}), but that's '''not''' an excuse.

* Yonekuni (crocodile-boy) in ''[[Love Pistols (Manga)|Love Pistols]]'' volumes 1 and 2: [[Does Not Like Men|hates men.]] Nasty to Shirou. Screws Shirou (repeatedly over a two year period). [[Laser -Guided Amnesia|Doesn't realize it.]] [[Green Eyed Epiphany|Jealousy ensues.]] Shirou, of course, is desperately in love with him.

** What's really frustrating about it that Shirou has [[Heroic Self -Deprecation|horribly low self-esteem]] and doesn't think he deserves Yonekuni. In later volumes, it gets to the point where he actually believes that Yonekuni has graciously accepted his feelings and is simply putting up with his presence.

** This trope also applies to Seth. You can't really avoid being attributed with this trope when you knocked your lover out, took him to the ''opposite side of the world into a war zone'', shackled him to the bedpost, and then [[It Makes Sense in Context|demanded a child from him]]. The fact that he did it because he loved him and was [[Green -Eyed Monster|jealous beyond all reason]] doesn't change anything. It ''does'', however, explain why [[Too Dumb to Live|it was incredibly stupid and short-sighted of him.]].

* Averted and possibly parodied in ''[[Kizuna]]'', where [[Seme]] Kei has the [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]] looks and a [[Yakuza]] background that would make him the ''perfect'' Unconflicted type... yet his [[Uke]], Ranmaru, is a violent [[Tsundere]] and can have him ''very'' whipped.

* [[Anti -Hero|Edmund Pevensie]], from ''[[Chronicles of Narnia]]'', is portrayed as this in some fics, especially the [[Brother -Sister Incest|Edmund/Lucy]] ones. Well, it's not that hard to see him that way since he practically [[Kids Are Cruel|torments and mocks the poor girl]] for pretty much the entire first book. So it's almost [[Canon|canon]]...without the [[Slash Fic|slash]] part, of course.]]

** Although the second book prominently shows that he learned from his mistakes and is Lucy's strongest supporter when she keeps talking about seeing Aslan, the movie version still likes to portray him as [[The Dark Side|dark]] to an extent, due to his [[Deadpan Snarker|snarkiness]] and witty character. They even switched his and Capian's lines from the book, because, while Caspian was supposed to be tempted by evil in the third movie, they gave this role to Edmund and made him look like a jerk again when he fell into temptation for the second time, even though it was for a short period of time. That's why many fans still see him as the [[Anti -Hero|bad one]]. And the [[Bastard Boyfriend|bastard boyfriend]] title is easily used when it comes to Edmund Pevensie.

* Craig Tucker from ''[[South Park]]'' is portrayed as this in most fics, particularly the [[Ho Yay|Craig/Tweek]] ones, since he is...let's say, [[Anti -Hero|not quite]] [[Deadpan Snarker|a pleasant]] [[The Stoic|character]]. In most stories, he either acts like a jerkass towards everyone, a bully, a sociopath or he just does anything to obtain what he wants, using methods [[Memetic Molester|like rape or molestation]].

** Turkey is typically portrayed as this in [[Foe Yay|Turkey/Greece]] and [[Unequal Pairing|Turkey/Egypt]] fanworks (although it's much less common for the latter). While some Turkey/Greece works veer into [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]] instead by making Greece into a defiant [[Tsundere]] on equal fighting ground with Turkey, many more Turkey/Greece works make it clear that as hard as Greece tries to fight back, Turkey thoroughly dominates him and is free to abuse and even rape him because he either wants to [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|put Greece in his place]] or [[Victim Falls For Rapist|just can't control himself around Greece]], leaving Greece a [[Break the Cutie|broken and embittered man]] who [[Stockholm Syndrome|nonetheless can't help but]] [[Love Martyr|keep coming back to Turkey]]. Some fics have him go as far as raping Greece [[Ephebophile|as a teen]] or [[Shotacon|a child]], brainwashing Greece into being his slave, or even raping Greece ''explicitly'' [[Attention Whore|because he'd rather have Greece hate him than be indifferent towards him.]]

** Two or three fans give this treatment to Prussia, too. This happens in some Prussia/Hungary (with a [[Chickification|badly chickified]] Hungary, one may add) and [[Brother -Sister Incest|Germancest]] fics, but it's usually a rare sight.

** When the [[Foe Yay]] between [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Denmark and Sweden]] goes too far, the fanworks featuring this couple will make Denmark one of these. It's also a relatively common sight in [[Vitriolic Best Buds|Denmark/Norway]] fics, too: one of them had Denmark [[Crazy Jealous Guy|so deathly jealous]] of Norway's closeness to Iceland, that he has sex with Norway [[Forced to Watch|in front of Iceland]] [[Netorare Genre|to "teach" Iceland that Norway is his boyfriend]].

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