Single-Target Sexuality: Difference between revisions

* [[Delinquent]] Dojima from ''[[Tokimeki Memorial|Tokimeki Memorial Only Love]]'' is obsessively fixated on Sayuri Amamiya, though more than willing to help protagonist Riku find his true love with her.

* 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.

* 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.

* ''[[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 ==

* In ''[[Camelot 3000]]'', when Sir Tristan is reincarnated as ''Lady'' Tristan, it causes her considerable distress and confusion. But Isolde (reincarnated as a woman, as in her first life) has no confusion at all. She's in love with Tristan, regardless of Tristan's sex.

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

 

== Fan Works ==

* 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!

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6931679/1/Whisper_to_a_Scream This ''Scream'' fanfic] has an OC who seems to be {{spoiler|Charlie}}-sexual. Early on, it's hinted he's the only person to stir her....that way. She's seventeen at the time. Later on, when she {{spoiler|starts dating someone else}} he does nothing for her and she's still stuck on her friend. Yeah, it's weird

* Many, ''many'' Sherlock/John fanfictions from the BBC show fandom have this implied or used in their works. Sherlock is generally regarded as asexual, unless it's John, so, "John-sexual." John is generally heterosexual, unless it's Sherlock, so, "Sherlock-sexual."

* ''[[Megamind]]'' fanfiction is rather split about this. One one side, the titular [[Anti-Villain]] is paired with [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|practically every other major character, and then some]]. Then, on the other side, many fanfics portray him as {{spoiler|Roxanne-sexual}}. At least one or two fanfics have his species mate for life.

* Within ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' fandom, there is a large segment that tends to portray Utena as "Anthysexual". This isn't really supported by canon, as Utena was obviously attracted to Akio and occasionally Touga, but fic writers gonna fic.

 

== 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.

* In ''[[Good Will Hunting]]'', Sean Maguire experiences this with his deceased wife.

{{quote|'''Will:''' You ever think about gettin' remarried?

'''Will:''' Hence the word: remarried.

'''Sean:''' She's dead.}}

 

== Literature ==

* Derek of the web-novel ''[[Domina]]'' only has eyes for his [[Childhood Friend Romance|childhood friend Lizzy]]—despite all the ''other'' girls who are interested in him, including [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|Akane]].

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

 

== Live-Action TV ==

* ''[[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 ==

* 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 ==

== 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]]