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* Konata from ''[[Lucky Star]]'', while not being a true loner, often gets berated for her love of solitary activities, like playing video games or watching anime shows. |
* Konata from ''[[Lucky Star]]'', while not being a true loner, often gets berated for her love of solitary activities, like playing video games or watching anime shows. |
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** Kagami in particular sees Konata as the stereotypical [[Otaku]] and/or [[Hikikomori]], and considers Konata as a ''potential criminal''. (To be fair, Konata lacks most stereotypical otaku and hikikomori traits.) |
** Kagami in particular sees Konata as the stereotypical [[Otaku]] and/or [[Hikikomori]], and considers Konata as a ''potential criminal''. (To be fair, Konata lacks most stereotypical otaku and hikikomori traits.) |
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* Tenshi/{{spoiler|Kanade Tachibana}} of ''[[Angel Beats]]'' is placed in this category, but is rather a [[Misunderstood Loner with a Heart of Gold|Boo Radley]]. She's seen as a freak because she doesn't have any friends, but that's only because {{spoiler|She's ''actively'' trying to ''graduate'' those around her, and thus is never really seen with anyone for any length of time.}} |
* Tenshi/{{spoiler|Kanade Tachibana}} of ''[[Angel Beats!]]'' is placed in this category, but is rather a [[Misunderstood Loner with a Heart of Gold|Boo Radley]]. She's seen as a freak because she doesn't have any friends, but that's only because {{spoiler|She's ''actively'' trying to ''graduate'' those around her, and thus is never really seen with anyone for any length of time.}} |
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* Averted in ''[[Amanchu]]''. We never see any of Hikari's friends from before she met Futaba and the rest of the diving club, but she is shown to be cheery and outgoing, although perhaps a bit eccentric. |
* Averted in ''[[Amanchu]]''. We never see any of Hikari's friends from before she met Futaba and the rest of the diving club, but she is shown to be cheery and outgoing, although perhaps a bit eccentric. |
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* In ''[[The Weatherman Is My Lover]]'' the cheerful but [[Stepford Smiler|emotionally detached]] Amasawa considers himself to fall under this. His lover [[Lonely Together|Koganei]] convinces him neither of them needs to be that way. |
* In ''[[The Weatherman Is My Lover]]'' the cheerful but [[Stepford Smiler|emotionally detached]] Amasawa considers himself to fall under this. His lover [[Lonely Together|Koganei]] convinces him neither of them needs to be that way. |
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== Webcomics == |
== Webcomics == |
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* [[MAG-ISA]] -- This trope applies to a lot of the characters in the webcomic. |
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** [http://mag-isa.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/119657 Kyle], [http://mag-isa.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/119669 Alice], and [http://mag-isa.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/119663 Chu] were loners in school. That is why they joined some crazy cult and shoot up a school. |
** [http://mag-isa.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/119657 Kyle], [http://mag-isa.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/119669 Alice], and [http://mag-isa.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/119663 Chu] were loners in school. That is why they joined some crazy cult and shoot up a school. |
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* [http://ozyandmillie.org/1999/12/02/ozy-and-millie-262/ This strip] of ''[[Ozy and Millie]]'' pretty much sums up this trope. |
* [http://ozyandmillie.org/1999/12/02/ozy-and-millie-262/ This strip] of ''[[Ozy and Millie]]'' pretty much sums up this trope. |
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