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Often comes with the [[Bishie Sparkle]]. If all the guys are ''bishōnen'' without many women to balance them out, you've got yourself a [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys]].
Related to [[Rule of Glamorous]]. The [[Long
Contrast [[Gonk]], [[Hunk]], [[The Grotesque]], and [[Puni Plush]]. Pretty girls are known as ''[[Bishoujo]]'' ("beautiful girl"), but the esthetics of bishoujo are different, typically emphasizing cute, petite femininity rather than sleek androgyny. See [[Bifauxnen]] for ladies who conform a bit more closely to the ''bishōnen'' aesthetic.
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* Johan from ''[[Monster (Anime)|Monster]]''. It's especially noticeable when you realize that the anime is one of the few that steers entirely out of the way of [[Generic Cuteness]].
** It's even more noticeable when Johan dresses up like his sister and nobody can tell the difference, to the extent of [[Even the Guys Want Him|making a male, heterosexual policeman infatuated with him]]. If all it takes for you to go from a good-looking man to a beautiful woman is a [[Wig, Dress, Accent|wig and a dress]], odds are good that you fit this trope very well.
** He is even explicitly stated to be beautiful by a few people. Even ''Tenma'' comments on how he has [[What Beautiful Eyes!|beautiful eyes.]]
* Michio in ''[[MW]]''.
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Anime)|Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''
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* The [[Bishonen]] archetype in [[Shojo]] is parodied quite a few times on cover flaps of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' (more often than not with Roy as the target) and through Mei Chan's daydreams about Ed, and then Al, as [[Knight in Shining Armour|knights in shiny armours]].
** At the end of the manga and second anime, {{spoiler|[[Humanity Ensues|Alphonse]]}} is revealed to be a ''[[She Is All Grown Up|gorgeous]]'' bishonen.
** Ed's always been [[Bishonen]], and even has [[Long
** One of Father's transformations turns him into one of these.
* Quite a few of Miyazaki's male characters, such as Haku in ''[[Spirited Away]]'' and Howl in ''[[Film/Howls Moving Castle|Howls Moving Castle]]''.
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** Yamcha, especially when he first arrives to fight the Saiyans.
* All of the main characters in ''[[Princess Princess]]''. Yuujirou, Mikoto, and Tooru being bishies is basically the whole point of the anime. They're princesses because they're bishies.
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' may be directed toward a [[Seinen]] demographic, with an [[Improbably
* In ''Mahou Senki Lyrical Nanoha Force'', we can add former [[Cheerful Child]] Erio to that list. [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_senki_lyrical_nanoha_force/v01/c004/27.html Seriously].
* Zen from the manga ''Blank Slate''. He's so bishounen, even his blind love interest can tell he's handsome just from touching his face.
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* A good amount of the male characters from ''[[Black Butler (Manga)|Black Butler]]''. Except for [[Gonk|Baron Kelvin]], who realizes this and is ''obsessed'' with "becoming beautiful", Georg von Siemens, Jumbo, Lord Arthur Randall, Azzurro Vanel, Fred Aberline, Damian, and Doctor.
* Kantarou Ichinomiya from Tactics is a white/very light brown? haired bishie, who is annoying and greedy, but overall a good person. He is so young looking, nobody really knows his age. It is implied that he is much older than he appears.
* Paragon of [[Hot
* [[Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple]] has Christopher Eclair, a French Assassin. It's also revealed that Kensei Ma [[I Was Quite a Looker|used to be one.]]
* Tamamo from ''[[Hell Teacher Nube]]'' gets away with lots of things that Nube is beaten up for just because he's a [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]].
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* Taichi in [[Cross Channel]] has a rather androgynous but attractive appearance. He, on the other hand, is convinced he is horribly ugly for reasons that are never really revealed.
* Pretty much any guy from the NeoRomance series (''[[Angelique]]'', ''[[Harukanaru Toki no Naka De]]'', ''[[Kiniro no Corda|La Corda d'Oro]]''). Eisen of ''Haruka'' proved to be pretty enough to [[Disguised in Drag|disguise himself as a girl]] on one occasion; even ''the Emperor'' is bishounen, though he has the excuse of being Eisen's half-brother. In the ''La Corda d'Oro'' anime, one character (Kenichi Shimizu) actually gets ''called'' a bishounen by the lead girl when she first meets him.
* Among the attractive male characters in ''[[Infinite Space]]'', a few of them fall into bishonen/biseinen category. Lord Roth is arguably the best example, with his [[Long
* ''[[Pokémon Black and White]]'' has [[One-Letter Name|N]], as well as [[Power Trio|Cilan, Chili, and Cress]]. [[The Rival|Cheren]] also.
* ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' has two bishonen: Psaro the Manslayer (Human form) and Angelo.
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* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni]]'''s Keiichi is noticeably pretty, and even [[Bishie Sparkle|sparkles]] a couple of times, as well as Satoshi, who is a more extreme example than Keiichi and is even voiced by a female.
* ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Umineko no Naku Koro Ni]]'' has the absolutely adorable Kanon, not to mention Battler and George.
* Yukito from ''[[AIR (Visual Novel)|AIR]]''. As well as a Silver-Haired [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]] [[Ineffectual Loner]], [[Characterization Marches On|he later shares some traits with]] [[Doctor Who
* ''[[Yo-Jin-Bo]]'' is a [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys]]. Since it's a [[Romance Game]], it's kind of expected. Bo is considered [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|so pretty he's practically female]] by the other characters; he's annoyed when [[Even the Guys Want Him|a crossdresser hits on him]], but plays this to his advantage and says he should be allowed to guard the Princess during her bath because he "looks androgynous" with his long hair and wouldn't disturb her as much as the other guys.
* Heinz Heger in ''[[Shikkoku no Sharnoth (Visual Novel)|Shikkoku no Sharnoth]]''.
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