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{{quote|''And just to prove it, I wouldn't mind if she was a guy!''|'''Kaorin''', denying being lesbian for liking Sakaki, ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]''}}

 

 

Sometimes a serious character type, sometimes a joke said by Charlie to describe Alice's infatuation with Bob.

 

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* The manga ''[[Ai Kora]]'' appears to be this series main plot, as the main character Hachibei Maeda only finds attraction in women who have his "Ideal Parts". And openly shows no interest in women who do not have these parts.

* Edward Elric from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' never shows the slightest interest in any girl (at least in the manga) but his mechanic, Winry {{spoiler|the girl he eventually marries}}. May be a genetic trait, as there's no evidence that his father, Hohenheim, ever loved anyone but Trisha {{spoiler|despite living for 400 years.}}

* Fandom has described Subaru in ''[[X 1999]]'' and ''[[Tokyo Babylon]]'' as "Seishirou-sexual" and vice versa, though it's pretty common for [[CLAMP]] characters to pick one person and stay with him or her for their entire life.

* It runs in the Kokutou family in ''[[Kara no Kyoukai:]]''. Azaka is only interested in [[Brother-Sister Incest|Mikiya]], which fuels her hatred of Shiki. Mikiya is also this way towards Shiki; when Azaka insults Shiki for acting like a man, Mikiya responds that it wouldn't matter to him if Shiki was a man, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|prompting Azaka to throw a book at his face.]]

** In the same series, since Mikoto has [[No Social Skills]], it's very hard to pin down the object of her affection ([[Love You and Everybody|if she even has one]]), but given her protective nature toward the protagonist, she can best be described as "Mai-sexual" (pun intended).

** Potentially Natsuki toward Shizuru, as Natsuki's interest in her and main reason for considering her the most important person in her life is her reaching out to her when she couldn't trust anyone. In HiME, conversely, Shizuru is very clearly interested in Natsuki to the exclusion of anyone or anything else.

** And, of course, Nina is Euphie-sexual. It's possible that Suzaku might be as well.

** Shirley for Lelouch who nicknamed him Lulu and {{spoiler|[[Dying Declaration of Love|died telling him]] that if she were reborn, she would still fall in love with him over and over again.}}

* Hinata Hyuga from ''[[Naruto]]'' is "Naruto-sexual", as a result of her admiring Naruto's persistence and determination, and having become more self-confident as a result of his influence.

** Jiraiya may hit on anything with a skirt, but he is eventually shown to have feelings for Tsunade.

** Sakura was a "Sasuke-sexual" right at the start. And even after Sasuke {{spoiler|tried to kill her twice}} she's still shown to have feelings for him.

* Prince Demand only has eyes for [[Sailor Moon]], and he greatly desires for her to feel the same way about him.

** It's actually pretty tragic in the anime since he's an [[Anti-Hero]], but in the manga he's a [[Complete Monster]]. The musical plays up both sides of his personality, including one scene where he's singing his character song while Sailor Moon is lying passed out on an altar. He later turns into a complete monster.

* Yuno in ''[[Mirai Nikki]]'' is [[Love Makes You Crazy|completely obsessed]] with Yukiteru. Also, in the [[Alternate Universe]] spin-off, ''Mirai Nikki: Paradox'', Akise Aru is shown to be "Yukiteru-sexual." Murumuru asks him if he's gay, to which he responds that he's not - he just loves [[Ho Yay|Yukiteru]].

* Chinese Amazon Shampoo of ''[[Ranma ½]]'' could conceivably be dubbed a "Ranma-sexual". She has absolutely no qualms whatsoever over embracing, dating or otherwise being affectionate towards her reluctant [[Gender Bender]] fiancee no matter what form he's in, despite the fact that she canonically called Akane a pervert whilst insinuating that Akane was really a lesbian in love with Ranma's cursed form. She displays no interest in any other man, even men who manage to prove themselves as being stronger than Ranma.

** The original Japanese version is much more blatant with this, while the English version tries to make it seem more like passionate loyalty. It doesn't work.

* ''[[Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito]]'' has a debatable case of this with Hazuki. It's pretty clear she's a lesbian, but the only one she has eyes for is her adoptive older sister and best friend Hatsumi, to the point that she automatically trashes a gift given to her by an akogare-ing classmate within 5 minutes of the start of the first episode.

* [[Fruits Basket|Kagura Sohma]] is disturbingly attached to her [[Kissing Cousins|cousin]] Kyo, and tends to express her psycho-love through violence. Then she'll snap out of it and go ultra-[[Tsundere|dere]] before abruptly switching back to pummeling the poor guy. She extracted a [[Childhood Marriage Promise]] from him by threatening his life, for Pete's sake! And even though she later realizes that her love for Kyo stemmed mainly from her belief that loving him would make up for her earlier horrible behavior towards him and willingly concedes him to Tohru, the [[Word of God|mangaka herself says]] that a part of her will always love Kyo.

* [[Soul Eater|Black Star and Tsubaki]] are all but [[Happily Married]]. {{spoiler|They are even raising a kid together}}! Gopher is Noahsexual with a [[Yandere]] streak a mile wide.

* Usui Takumi in ''[[Kaichou wa Maid-sama]]'' seems thus far to be terminally Misaki-sexual. Not only is he notorious for turning girls down at the beginning of the series, once Misaki piques his interest he doesn't seem to have more than a passing interest in other people ''at all'' except so far as how they relate to Misaki.

* In ''[[Sensual Phrase]]'', both Sakuya and Aine are like this for each other, though Sakuya is more extreme about it.

* Despite being in a harem manga, and clearly [[Genre Savvy]] about it, Miki of ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'' has only shown interest in one person, [[Even the Girls Want Her|Hinagiku]]. She's even gone so far as to tell the one who's the center of the (main) [[Harem]], that she has no interest in him.

** On the other side of the wagon, Kotetsu {{spoiler|Izumi's older brother}} has been shown to have no interest in anyone but [[Even the Guys Want Him|Hayate]]. This may simply be that we haven't seen any interest being displayed beyond that in Hayate and trains.

* In ''[[Steel Angel Kurumi]] 2'', Uruka and Kurumi are [[Les Yay|Nako-sexual]].

** This is a result of the Steel Angel's design. She is literally programmed to love whomever awakens her. Male, female, who cares? Whomever awakens her is her only love.

* In ''Karakuridoji Ultimo'', Rune toward Yamato, by way of [[Reincarnation Romance]]. As a result of his gender changing, he goes from being a heterosexual girl in the past to a homosexual boy in the present, but still longs for the same person.

** And Yamato is Sayama sexual.

* ''[[Special A]]'': Kei is very much Hikari-sexual.

* Gui from ''[[Half Prince|1/2 Prince]]'' has stated that he would like Prince no matter the gender or age. He's not homosexual, he's Prince-sexual.

* ''[[Silver Diamond]]'' 's [[Accidental Pervert|Chigusa]] will forever be Rakan-sexual. (And considering he's immortal, that is ''very'' literal.)

* Lucy/Nyu of ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' is Kouta-sexual even if she does tend to initiate [[Les Yay]] with other girls.

* Naruse from the yaoi manga ''[[Kawaii Akuma]]'' and its sequel is definitely Akiyoshi sexual.

* In ''[[Hot Gimmick]]'' both Shinogu and Ryoki are Hatsumi-sexuals.

* In ''[[Gravitation]]'' Shuichi is Yuki sexual and Tatsuha is completely and utterly obsessed with Ryuichi. Whether it's faking illnesses or dressing up in an animal suit, Tatsuha will do anything to get Ryuichi. Unfortunately for Shuichi, if Tatsuha can't get his hands on Ryuichi he forces his UST upon Shuichi as Shuichi resembles Ryuichi.

* Gokudera of ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'' is [[Ho Yay|Tsuna-sexual]] and Tsuna is Kyoko-sexual.

* Tatsuya of ''[[Hekikai no AiON|Hekikai no Ai ON]]'' is Seine-sexual. Being the [[Nice Guy]], he doesn't show any kind of attraction to any other girl who isn't Seine; and he has other options that he already knows love him, but still, his eyes are upon the kuudere Seine {{spoiler|so much that he may cross the line and almost opendly be a [[Lolicon]] for her 8-year-old form when he go intro her dreams of the past}}.

* ''[[Suzuka]]'': Yamato even when in other relationships, is obsessed with her. In the manga, he turns down other women who are interested in him, and even flat out refuses sex because of his obsession.

* Jack from ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'' is Lacie-sexual, Oz is Alice-sexual, Alice is Oz-sexual, Gilbert seems to be [[Ho Yay|Oz-sexual]], and Vincent seems to be Gilbert-sexual who is his brother.

 

== Comic Books ==

* Mr. Gosh from ''[[Lenore the Cute Little Dead Girl]]'' is Lenore-sexual.

 

* Many slash fics use this trope on [[If It's You It's Okay|characters who may have canonically been hetero/homo/bisexual]]. For example, [[Harry Potter|"He's not gay, he's Sirius-sexual."]]

* This is prevalent in TOS-verse [[Star Trek: The Original Series|Kirk/Spock]] slashfic, in that Spock was not a sexual being outside Pon Farr except where Kirk was concerned. Actually, the same could be said for Spock/McCoy fanfic as well.

* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' fans sometimes dub America as "[[Fan Nickname|Iggy]]sexual" towards England and vice versa, mainly because they're a very popular [[Fan-Preferred Couple]] (and it not being that hard to see America as being [[Tsundere]] for England only); ditto with Romano as "Spain-sexual". Japan is also sometimes depicted as being "Greece-sexual" with Greece as the only nation he can overcome his emotional reservedness and intimacy issues with.

* In the ''[[Naruto]]'' fanfic ''[[The Girl from Whirlpool]]'', Minato Namikaze seems to be this way when it comes to Kushina Uzimaki.

* A couple of [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2950900/RugenZorak this author's] stories take this trope to a ludicrous extreme, whereby literally ''every single character'' in the story appears to have Single-Target Sexuality for... whoever the main character is. Even the Pokemon!

 

== Film ==

* ''[[Forrest Gump]]'' never seems to notice any women other than Jenny, from when he was a kid.

* In ''Elektra Luxx'', Holly invokes this trope as she declares her love for Bambi.

 

== Literature ==

*** There's some implication that Jacob had in fact always ''been'' Renesmee-sexual, and had in fact imprinted on her before she was born but thought he had imprinted on Bella.

** We could add Bella herself to the mix as well, being mostly Edward-sexual with a little side of Jacob-sexual. There's no indication that she was ever interested in anyone before moving to Forks.

** Got lampshaded in Barrayar, even.

{{quote|'''Vordarian:''' "He's bisexual, you know."

** Ginny is a mild example of the trope. Late in the series, she admits that she started to date Michael Corner largely to get over Harry, who at the time was not romantically interested in her but in Cho Chang. Before Harry finally sees the light, she also dates Dean Thomas. But from the time she first saw Harry when he was eleven and she was ten, he was always first in her affections.

* ''[[The Great Gatsby]]'' centers around Gatsby's unending pursuit for Daisy and no one else. The term "Gatsby" has even come to describe real people who have [[Single-Target Sexuality]].

* Justine in ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' is pretty much Thomas-sexual. However, {{spoiler|this is originally less about love and more about the fact that an [[Emotion Eater]] is about the only thing that can keep her mental illness under control. And while they finally admit they're in love later ... well, Thomas is a White Court vampire, so [[The Power of Love]] ''burns'' him. [[Star-Crossed Lovers|Ouch]].}}

** {{spoiler|Although Justine eventually realizes her Thomas-sexuality can be used a solution to that particular issue.}}

{{quote|"[[Heroes Want Redheads|Some men want any redhead in general]], and some want one redhead in particular. Those who want a redhead in general have their fun and go their way. But you ... you want one redhead in particular. And I'm not her."}}

* In the [[Charles de Lint]] novel, ''Memory and Dream'', the deceased Kathy describes herself as not being gay or straight, she doesn't love anyone else, just her best friend (and protagonist) Isabelle...who is, if not precisely homophobic, definitely very straight.

* Peeta Mellark from ''[[The Hunger Games]]'' is Katniss-sexual. He fell in love with her {{spoiler|when he was just 5 years old and heard her singing - at that moment he "knew he was a goner." He presumably went on to love her for the rest of his life (in the epilogue they were married and had two children) even overcoming the fact that he was tortured and brain-washed to hate her by the Capitol while captured.}}

* Vlad Tepes' feelings for Elizabeth Bathory in ''[[Count and Countess]]''.

 

* Although he once speaks of having had other girlfriends, Ned from ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' pretty much only has eyes for Chuck, at one point telling her plainly that she's the only one for him. It's even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in "Smell of Success":

{{quote|'''Emerson:''' Hell, before dead girl came along I didn't know what you liked or if you liked or if you had anything to like with. For all I know you could've been one of those people who was born with both but didn't use either.}}

** This is actually more of an aversion of this trope. From the beginning Dick was deeply interested in Mary, but any time they're not actually a couple he displays physical attraction to other women. There's also a period where he's having fantasies about Nina (and stupidly discusses it with Mary and Nina). However, he's only ever been in love with Mary and the few relationships and attractions he's had to other women have never been as powerful or important to him as her.

* Ianto Jones from ''[[Torchwood]]'' seems only capable of having infatuation with one person at time, which (might?) explain why he doesn't actually consider himself bisexual.

* Harper, from ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' is Justin-sexual. [[Stalker with a Crush|Justin-sexual-obsessed,]] actually.

** Except not, she's now with Zeke, and her Justin-sexual behavior has toned down greatly.

** Another odd example with the same character: one episode features a boy who has a magical jacket which causes any woman who sees him wearing it to fall madly in love with him. And it '''does''' work on Willow, too, leading to several amusing jokes when she and the other girls start fighting over him.

** Actually, Willow seems to be a causer for this. Neither Oz or Tara are ever shown to be slightly interested in anyone but Willow.

* Victor/{{spoiler|Anthony Ceccoli}} and Sierra/{{spoiler|Priya Tsetsang}} in ''[[Dollhouse]]'' remember each other's faces and in a near-[[Crowning Moment of Funny]], Victor-as-"Roger" {{spoiler|dumps his girlfriend he was programmed to unconditionally love because of this.}} It has led to many instances of a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]].

* Happened to Chuck Bass on ''[[Gossip Girl]]''. He may have been a healthy seventeen-year-old at the time, but neither the "erotical nor the pharmaceutical" did any good. If it wasn't Blair, [[The Loins Sleep Tonight|it wasn't working]]. For this, Serena dubbed him "the eunuck".

* The sum total of Naomi's sexuality in ''[[Skins]]'' is "she's completely in love with Emily".

* Cole Turner in ''[[Charmed]]'' only has sex with women who [[Shapeshifting|look just like Phoebe]].

** There's [http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/3457520.html a comic] in which Amy and the Doctor are [[Freaky Friday Flip|bodyswapped]]. Amy once comments that they'd better get this fixed or [http://images.plurk.com/9c3b518ccce321adfbe9d5caabf90884.jpg certain things] on and off the marriage front will be difficult, but after initial brainbreak Rory starts treating her and the Doctor exactly as before, down to holding Amy when Time Lord senses start overwhelming her and calmly threatening the Doctor when he does something that seems counter to Amy's long-term well being. At the end of the issue he says he doesn't care what she looks like, he loves her, and passionately kisses a Time Lord... but they've switched back. He's the last to know.

{{quote|'''Amy''': "Oh no. Do it again. But do it... [[Yaoi Fangirl|slower]]."}}

** Although Mulder does have a raging porn addiction.

** Scully occasionally attempts to have relationships with other men, but her interactions with them are always forced. After her one date in the first season, the only other date we see her go on in the series, she's drugged. She is, essentially, Mulder-sexual from the time she meets him on.

* [[Sherlock]] and John are constantly assumed to be a couple despite John's initial vehement denial (Sherlock never really says anything about it). Irene (and possibly Mycroft), at least, seems to assume [[Ho Yay|John is in love with Sherlock]] [[Bromance|even if not sexually attracted to him]] (yes, it is possible). Sherlock, on the other hand, seems to utterly despise all people who aren't John. He shows a fascination with Irene because of her cleverness, but refers to John as his only friend (in "The Hounds of Baskerville"), and Molly once comments to Sherlock "You look sad when you think [John] can't see you". Moriarty certainly seems to ascribe to this theory as well, since his way of getting Sherlock to {{spoiler|(fake) commit suicide}} is to threaten John's life.

 

== Music ==

* ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'': The Phantom for Christine. Oh so much.

{{quote|'''The Phantom:''' You alone can make my song take flight, and help me make the Music of the Night.}}

 

== Video Games ==

* Endrance/Elk from ''[[.hack|.hack//G.U.]]'' is "Haseo-sexual". Or "Mia-sexual" considering the first 5 games.

* [[Word of God|According to the creator]], Revolver Ocelot is this way about Big Boss in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''. Which certainly seems to explain some of his more disturbing behavior towards Solid Snake, a clone of Big Boss and a dead ringer for a young version of him.

* Elis in ''[[Canvas 2]]'' is Hirokisexual. She gets 15 confessions in a single day even when she looks pale and zombie-like, but rejects every single one.

 

* Unusually for a [[Visual Novel]] protagonist, Souta in ''[[Kirakira|Kira Kira]]: Curtain Call'' definitely has this going on for Yui, and won't let you forget it. His [[Inner Monologue]] points out pretty much any time he interacts with a woman who is not Yui that she is not as attractive to him as Yui. Combined with his [[Hot-Blooded]]-ness, he's been occasionally driven to spontaneously express his love for her in rather extreme (though not sexual) ways that have caused her friend to impose an informal restraining order on him.

* Mizuhara in ''[[Kara no Shoujo]]'' has a severe fixation on Toko, though she says she's not a lesbian. {{spoiler|Interestingly enough, there's a bad end where she convinces herself she ''is'' Toko (it's complicated) and decides the feelings of love and attraction she feels for Reiji are Toko's. Note that Toko admits to no such thing and hasn't slept with Reiji despite what Mizuhara thinks, meaning that Mizuhara appears to have fallen for him herself.}}

* Lambdadelta from ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'' has eyes only for Bernkastel and maybe vice versa. They've lived for [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|a very long time]] but has never mentioned another lover or romantic interest subside their declaration of love for each other. Lambda makes it very clear that she wants the game to keep on going forever so that Bern will be caged up in it like a bird and forever be hers. [[Psycho Lesbian]] much?

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* Collin of ''[[Boy Meets Boy]]'' [http://boymeetsboy.keenspot.com/d/20030511.html claims to be asexual with the sole exception of Fox]. However, the [[Spin-Off]] ''[[Friendly Hostility]]'' has him realize that he's actually a full-blown homosexual with the implication that if he was truly asexual, he wouldn't have become attracted to anyone in the first place.

** It's actually kind of a sliding scale. Fatima is described as "more [[Asexual]] than Collin", and by the end of the comic is married, though it's vaguely implied she's not planning on having sex with her husband. (He seems okay with it.)

* Alex/Murfs of ''[[Khaos Komix]]'' didn't see what the big deal about sex was until he met Tom and became intensely attracted to someone else for the first time in his life. He even calls himself "Tom-o-sexual."

* A mild subversion: In the [[Ciem Webcomic Series]], after Don Mendoza tries to rape Candi and fails several times, Candi [[Rape as Backstory|ends up]] fighting with herself to not let her interest in men affect her actions. Contrasting that is her sisters, who are [[Really Gets Around|much looser]]. That is, until she meets Donte. Afterward, Candi only considers men that remind her in some way of Donte. This leads to her meeting Denny. From that day onward, those two men are the only men she'll even consider having sex with. It doesn't stop her from taunting other men about how, no matter how hot or not they look to her, she'll never let them have any.

* In ''[[Dreamless]]'', Elanor and Takashi have only ever been in love with each other; not even the brief appearances of [[Arranged Marriage|Takashi's fiancee]] or [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold|the prostitute he confides in]] detract from that, and in fact are barely discussed.

* Mocked in the alt text of [http://xkcd.com/449/ this XKCD].

 

== Web Original ==

* ''[[Awkward]]'' has Alex, who is, as a result of years of harsh rejections, a [[Depraved Homosexual|depraved Lestersexual]] as of the start of the series. Rather than being the result of actual attraction or compatibility, Alex's record of rejection leads him to crave it; Lester being both heterosexual and Alex's housemate, he is perfectly positioned to give Alex the rejection he comes to crave on a regular basis.

* Doki of [[There She Is]] is 100% Nabi-sexual.

 

== Western Animation ==

* Waylon Smithers of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' can hardly be said to be gay ''all'' his life, as he was once happily and heterosexually married... until the creators decided to make him, in their own words, "Burns-sexual."

** Not really, though. The only reference to Smithers being married came late in Season 5, long after the show had started dropping [[Ambiguously Gay]] hints ''hard''. The marriage itself (as seen through flashback) is clearly a parody of ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'', a Tennessee Williams play/film about a man who neglects his wife and spirals into depression as he begins to realize he's in love with his dead (male) best friend.

* Panini is [[Chowder]]-sexual.

* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "The Prisoner of Benda" we learn that Fry and Leela can be physically intimate even if Fry is in the body of a disgusting lobster person, and Leela has the body of an 180 year old man. Of course, there's a decent chance they did all that because they were too prideful to admit there are circumstances where one might find their significant other unattractive, which would make the person "shallow" in their kooky relationship.

** Also, in the episode [[wikipedia:War Is the H-Word|War Is The H-Word]] Leela disguises herself as a young man to enlist in the military, under which guise Zapp finds himself increasingly attracted to 'him':

'''Leela:''' Let's do it again sometime. }}

* Heloise of ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' only loves Jimmy and no one else.

* Mary and Susan from ''[[Johnny Test]]'' have no interest in any other boy than [[Dumb Blonde|Gil]] from next door.

** This may not count, as the only other boys we really see are their brother and their [[Abhorrent Admirer]].

** Even though the sisters are identical, except for their hairstyles, Bling-Bling Boy only has eyes for Susan.

*** Except when he was hypnotized and told to stop being in love with Susan. He instantly made Mary the new object of his desire.

* As noted at its official page, Isabella from ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' is Phineas-sexual and has not shown attraction to any other boy (except the Beak, but he was Phineas (and Ferb) in disguise).

** Candace is Jeremy-sexual. She's only ever gone after one other guy and he was essentially the British version of Jeremy.

* Sheldon of ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]'' is definitely Jenny-sexual.

 

== Real Life ==

* [http://www.asexuality.org/wiki/index.php?title=Demisexual Demisexuality] is an identity on the [[Asexuality]] spectrum that can, but not always, result in this. What it means is that people who are demisexual only develop sexual attraction to those with whom they have formed an intimate emotional bond. While polyamorous demisexuals exist, many people who experience demisexuality are definitely Single Target Sexuals.

 

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[[Category:Love Tropes]]

[[Category:Alice and Bob]]

[[Category:Gender and Sexuality Tropes]]

[[Category:Boys Love Tropes]]