The Sleepless: Difference between revisions

* Alphonse from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' discovers that his artificial body is incapable of sleep. At one point he claims the greatest reason for wanting his real body back is that he gets so lonely at night. In the manga, Envy also comments upon the supreme weirdness of seeing {{spoiler|the old man}} sleeping. The regular homunculi don't appear to be incapable of sleeping, but also don't appear to actually need it based on their work schedules and things; none of them are ever actually seen to engage in sleep.

* Gaara of ''[[Naruto]]'' was like this for a long time, partly because if he did fall asleep Shukaku would take over his body. This almost certainly contributed to his mental instability (though he had a few other issues too).

* Only once is [[Great Detective|L]] from ''[[Death Note]]'' seen sleeping, and even then he slept ''while sitting at his computer, in his signature crouch/sit.'' He also has huge bags under his eyes, but seems to suffer from no serious side effects.

** Guessing Paranoia is overlooked as "serious side effect" because it makes his career a perfect choice.