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Megane (Japanese, literally "wearer of glasses") is a Japanese slang term for guys with glasses, either as individuals (like "Specs" can be in English) or collectively. However, anime fans both Japanese and Western use this word to refer to attractive males whose glasses serve as a fetish object. These characters come in several standard types:

Sweet, shy guys with glasses who inspire Moe feelings of protectiveness, who should be listed on this page. (For sweet, shy girls with glasses who inspire Moe feelings of protectiveness, see Meganekko.)
Guys whose glasses indicate that they are studious, aloof, or stoic; see Stoic Spectacles.
Cruel lovers (mostly men) with glasses who inspire kinky masochistic fetishes, known as Kichiku Megane and covered here under Bespectacled Bastard Boyfriend).

For glasses explicitly treated as a fetish object, see Sexy Spectacles.

Spear Counterpart to Meganekko ("glasses girl").^[1] Also see the Glasses Tropes, including Four Eyes, Zero Soul.

Examples of Megane include:

Anime and Manga

Keitaro Urashima from Love Hina is the sweet, shy type, retaining his glasses even as he evolves into a more confident romantic lead through the course of the series. (Sadly, he doesn't seem to inspire any kind of feeling of protectiveness in the girls around him -- at least at first.) Additionally, he also expresses (albeit somewhat humorously) the "studious" aspect of Stoic Spectacles, first with his quest to get into Tokyo University and then with his academic progress after finally making it in.
The character from Urusei Yatsura known simply as "Megane" ("Specs" in some English translations) is, despite his lovestruck devotion to Lum, actually more an example of Stoic Spectacles.

↑ While girls who wear glasses can be called "Megane", as seen in Azumanga Daioh, we have had a list specifically for the ladies since before All the Tropes -- and TV Tropes before it -- was created.

[1] While girls who wear glasses can be called "Megane", as seen in Azumanga Daioh, we have had a list specifically for the ladies since before All the Tropes -- and TV Tropes before it -- was created.

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 [[File:citan 3954.jpg|link=Xenogears|frame|"Fetish object"? Fascinating.]]
+'''''Megane''''' (Japanese, literally "wearer of glasses") is a Japanese slang term for guys with glasses, either as individuals (like "Specs" can be in English) or collectively.  However, anime fans both Japanese and Western use this word to refer to attractive males whose glasses serve as [[Fetish Fuel|a fetish object.]] These characters come in several [[Anime Character Types|standard types]]:
-''Megane'' (Japanese, literally "glasses") is a Japanese nickname - and [[Anime Fan Speak]] - for guys with glasses.
+* Sweet, shy guys with glasses who inspire [[Moe]] feelings of protectiveness, who should be listed on this page. (For sweet, shy ''girls'' with glasses who inspire [[Moe]] feelings of protectiveness, see [[Meganekko]].)
-The anime-fan term is usually restricted to attractive characters where the glasses serve as [[Fetish Fuel|a fetish object.]] They come in several [[Anime Character Types|standard types]]:
+* Guys whose glasses indicate that they are studious, aloof, or [[The Stoic|stoic]]; see [[Stoic Spectacles]].
+* Cruel lovers (mostly men) with glasses who inspire kinky masochistic fetishes, known as ''Kichiku Megane'' and covered here under [[Bespectacled Bastard Boyfriend]]).
+For glasses explicitly treated as a fetish object, see [[Sexy Spectacles]].
-* For sweet, shy guys with glasses who inspire [[Moe]] feelings of protectiveness, see [[Megane]]. (For sweet, shy ''girls'' with glasses who inspire [[Moe]] feelings of protectiveness, see [[Meganekko]].)
-* For guys whose glasses indicate that they are studious, aloof, or [[The Stoic|stoic]], see [[Stoic Spectacles]].
-* For cruel lovers (mostly men) with glasses who inspire kinky masochistic fetishes, see [[Kichiku Megane]] (troped here as [[Bespectacled Bastard Boyfriend]]).
-* For glasses explicitly treated as a fetish object, see [[Sexy Spectacles]].
-Despite the fact that some North American fans think that this is a fanspeak term, "Megane" has been used in manga and anime to describe males who wear glasses at least since [[Rumiko Takahashi]] wrote ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' back in the early 1980s.
+<!-- Despite the fact that some North American fans think that this is a fanspeak term, "Megane" has been used in manga and anime to describe males who wear glasses at least since [[Rumiko Takahashi]] wrote ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' back in the early 1980s. -->
+[[Spear Counterpart]] to [[Meganekko]] ("glasses girl").<ref>While girls who wear glasses ''can'' be called "Megane", as seen in ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'', we have had a list specifically for the ladies [http://robkelk.ottawa-anime.org/meganekko/index.html since before All the Tropes -- and TV Tropes before it -- was created].</ref> Also see the [[Glasses Tropes]], including [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]].
-[[Spear Counterpart]] to [[Meganekko]] ("glasses girl").<ref>While girls who wear glasses ''can'' be called "Megane", as seen in ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'', we have have a list specifically for the ladies [http://robkelk.ottawa-anime.org/meganekko/index.html since before TV Tropes was created].</ref> Also see the [[Glasses Tropes]], including [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]].
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+== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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+* Keitaro Urashima from ''[[Love Hina]]'' is the sweet, shy type, retaining his glasses even as he evolves into a more confident romantic lead through the course of the series.  (Sadly, he doesn't seem to inspire any kind of feeling of protectiveness in the girls around him -- at least at first.)  Additionally, he also expresses (albeit somewhat humorously) the "studious" aspect of [[Stoic Spectacles]], first with his quest to get into Tokyo University and then with his academic progress after finally making it in.
+* The character from ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' known simply as "Megane" ("Specs" in some English translations) is, despite his lovestruck devotion to Lum, actually more an example of [[Stoic Spectacles]].
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+[[Category:Trope Names from Japanese]]