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[[File:TeddSexual.gif|link=El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|frame|Justin probably can't bring himself [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-12-19 to picture Elliot] with "heterosexual" under his face.]]
 
{{quote|''And just to prove it, I wouldn't mind if she was a guy!''|'''Kaorin''', denying being lesbian for liking Sakaki, ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]''}}
 
[[Alice and Bob]] has never really been in love with anyone else but Bob. She can only be attracted to/aroused by him, not even other men, or, for that matter, women. Not even porn can do it for Alice, unless Bob is ''in'' the porn. If Bob [[Gender Bender|turns into a girl]], Alice will still be hot for her. If Bob is [[Split Personality|technically]] [[Mind Hive|more than one person]], Alice will love all of them, to the exclusion of everyone else that does not inhabit Bob's body. Sometimes it gets to the point where Alice becomes a [[Stalker Withwith a Crush]] or something similar. But the only way you can describe Alice's sexuality is "Bob-sexual".
 
Sometimes a serious character type, sometimes a joke said by Charlie to describe Alice's infatuation with Bob.
 
May be [[Fan -Speak]]. See also [[If It's You It's Okay]] for when the target is outside of the character's usual sexual preferences; in both cases it's often a way to give a character who isn't normally seen as having 'sexuality' a romantic interest. Most shippers tend to believe their [[OTP]] is affected by this.
 
Disinterest in attractive people of an appropriate gender, other than one's love interest, is commonly shown as an indication of being deeply in love; whether this is [[Truth in Television]] varies quite a bit between couples.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* The manga ''[[Ai Kora (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.}}
* Boa Hancock from ''[[One Piece]]'' despises all men and is indifferent to most women; however, when it comes to Luffy, she has made it explicitly clear that no matter what the circumstances, even if he was the son of demons, she'd still love him.
* Kaede's life revolves around Rin in ''[[Shuffle]]'', largely as a result of the desire to atone for her mistreatment of him when she blamed him for causing her mother to come home early and die in an accident (when, in fact, her father had called her mother when she had fallen ill), though the ending of the anime implies that {{spoiler|she [[Last-Minute Hookup|hooks up with Sia]]}}.
* ''[[Kämpfer (Light Novel)|Kämpfer]]'''s Natsuru Senou. Oh Natsuru, you practically drive the plot with the fact that despite having a harem of girls who love you {{spoiler|and your crush is a [[Psycho Lesbian]]}}, you still remain [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|Kaede]]-sexual.
** And here's another one: [[The Tease|Asserts herself to win in a]] [[Love Dodecahedron]] she knows she might lose? [[Manipulative Bastard|Toys with Natsuru's emotions and thoughts]]? Likes Natsuru in [[Gender Bender|either gender]]? Please welcome [[Student Council President|Shizuku Sangou]]!
* Suzu in ''[[Peacemaker Kurogane]]'' started out as Yoshida-sexual (his master), but after he went crazy and gay, he became a raging Tetsunosuke-sexual.
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** It's worth pointing out that Itsuki's manga version talks about how he really started hanging around young Sensui because he knew the other would break eventually and he ''loves'' to see [[Break the Cutie|pure things shattered]]. Man who seemed cute in the anime turns out to be [[Author Appeal|seriously twisted]] in his own right.
{{quote| "Like a little girl who thinks babies come from storks growing up to star in porno films. I love that kind of thing."}}
* Amane Misa from ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' can be described as "Kira-sexual" or "Light-sexual". (Although if she had to choose one or the other, she'd choose Light.)
* 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 noKarano 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.]]
* Yukino and Haruka in ''[[Mai-HiME]]'' and ''[[Mai-Otome]]'' seem to be this way for each other ([[Depending Onon the Writer|depending on the adaptation]]; in the original [[Mai-HiME]], it's one-sided on Yukino's part) although Yukino's bookishness and Haruka's bullheadedness make their emotions hard to read.
** 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.
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* It could be easily argued that Harima Kenji from ''[[School Rumble]]'' is "100% Tenma-sexual" because despite the fact that babes like the [[Hello, Nurse!|Hot School Nurse]] Anegasaki Tae, [[Yamato Nadeshiko|the perfect traditional Japanese girl]] Tsukamoto Yakumo and even [[The Ojou|a rich, beautiful]], [[Tsundere|somewhat temperamental]] [[But Not Too Foreign|half-Japanese]] Sawachika Eri all showing degrees of interest in him, he still only has eyes for Tenma, who unfortunately for him is very much a "100% Karasuma-sexual". Just to make sure that [[All Love Is Unrequited]], Karasuma is 100% curry-sexual. [[Cloudcuckoolander|Or something similar]]. (Unless you count the possibly dubious ending of the followup manga.)
** Subverted, Karasuma is 100% Tenma-sexual so, unfortunately for Kenji, not all love in the series is unrequited.
* Kaorin from ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]'' has eyes only for the [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]] [[Huge Schoolgirl]] Sakaki.
** ...Who absolutely adores all things small, cute and adorable. Theoretically, this relationship ''could'' work. Except that Sakaki {{spoiler|eventually gets a cat of her very own after wanting one the whole anime}}. Poor little lesbian can't catch a break. And that's not counting the fact that Kimura is probably around the corner...
* An even more specific variant of this trope appears in ''[[Kamen no Maid Guy]]'', where the Leader of the Naeka's breasts fanclub only has eyes for her... or at least her chest. Strangely, Naeka finds this almost romantic. After he's put through [[Easy Amnesia]] (for the second time that episode), he reverts to normal, and his eyes are no longer on Naeka only.
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** At the end of the manga, {{spoiler|she momentarily seems to switch from Masato to her actual childhood friend.}}
* Souichi from ''[[The Tyrant Falls in Love]]'' is most likely "Morinaga-sexual," despite being utterly in denial about it; he states on more than one occasion that he puts up with Morinaga's sexual advances because he's ''Morinaga,'' and that not even blackmail will make him tolerate having sex with anyone else (and yet he manages to [[Selective Obliviousness|overlook the painfully obvious implications]] of this...). Admittedly, Souichi is a rabid homophobe, which would make him heterosexual by default and his relationship with Morinaga more of an [[If It's You It's Okay]] situation...if ''any'' sign was shown of him being interested in anyone else, male or female, much less having any friend other than Morinaga.
* In ''[[Zetsuai 1989 (Manga)|Zetsuai 1989]]'', Nanjo Koji is Izumi-sexual, having [[Love At First Sight|fallen in love with him at first sight]] and Izumi being the only person he ever felt emotion for. When they coincidentally meet again years later, Koji [[Stalker Withwith a Crush|all but stalks]] Izumi and even declares to another prospective love interest that even if said love interest was Izumi's twin, he would still love only Izumi.
* Tomoyo in ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' is deemed "Sakura-sexual" by the fandom.
** Forget "deemed." Most characters in the series have more than one crush over its course ([[Everyone Is Bi|usually one of each gender]]) but Tomoyo only has eyes for Sakura.
*** Tomoyo's eyes did briefly wander over to Touya, after Tomoyo noticed that he and Sakura "have the same lovely ears", thanks to a [[Relationship Writing Fumble]] where the writer of that scene didn't know that CLAMP intended Tomoyo to be hot for Sakura, and so they spun it that she only crushed on Touya because he reminds Tomoyo of Sakura.
* Creed from ''[[Black Cat (Mangamanga)|Black Cat]]'' is "Train-sexual".
* Rolo from ''[[Code Geass]]'' is clearly "Lelouch-sexual".
** Even though they're not actually related and Rolo knows it, it's more of an age-inverted [[Knight Templar Big Brother]], like the reverse of Lelouch over Nunally. Not that that doesn't [[Brother-Sister Incest|get treated this way too]]...
** Mao is "C.C-sexual". Even if he wasn't, [[Blessed Withwith Suck|his Geass]] would make it nearly impossible to form a working relationship with anybody 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.}}
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* Chinese Amazon Shampoo of ''[[Ranma One Half]]'' 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.
* Kanu Unchou from ''[[Ikki Tousen]]'' is Gentoku-sexual, mainly noticeable due to her [[Flanderization]] in the anime.
* Gotta wonder if this the case with the ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SeedSEED]]'' franchise's Athrun Zala. Even ''after'' the [[Ship Sinking]] with his original love interest, he ignores or fiercely resists the romantic advances of the several attractive girls throwing themselves at him. Some like to call him loyal, but judging by his [[Heel Face Turn]] track record, this trope is probably closer to the mark.
** Speaking of Gundam, despite what the [[Yaoi Fangirl]] [[Fan Dumb]] will try to tell you, [[Gundam Wing|Heero Yuy]] is pretty much this to Relena Darlian, although it's hard to tell given his personality. It is clear that Relena is FAR FAR ahead of any other characters though, sorry fangirls.
* Soifon from ''[[Bleach]]'' has eyes only for her Yoruichi-sama.
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*** As far as the original goes, Fred ''is'' a [[Camp Gay]] who doesn't even tries to hide his affections. Gene is adamantly straight, but does tolerate Fred's advances because he's his friend.
* Kisshu in ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' for Ichigo.
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|Chizuru]] from ''[[Kanokon (Light Novel)|Kanokon]]'' is like this ([[Shotacon]]) for [[Cute Shotaro Boy|Kouta]]. It actually becomes in some ways rather disturbing, as Chizuru looks like a voluptuous young adult, but Kouta has a rather boyish appearance about him, so it's sexually inexplicit shotacon. It also frequently gets turned up to near [[Rape Is Love]] levels by Chizuru with elements of [[Double Standard Rape (Female Onon Male)]] thrown in.
* [[Stalker Withwith a Crush|Gauron]] for Sousuke in ''[[Full Metal Panic]]''. Especially noticeable when one considers that Gauron is a [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!|40-50 year old]], wealthy terrorist that has [[Twin Threesome Fantasy|two]] [[Wife Husbandry|incredibly loyal, beautiful girls]] at his beck and call (and that both [[Love Martyr|love him obsessively]]). Yet his greatest sexual fantasies that he always wanted to satisfy always seem to be along the lines of "rape Sousuke." Yes, the only one he has eyes for is a [[Shotacon|16-year-old]], [[Chaste Hero|chaste boy]] that hates his guts and would like nothing more than to beat the shit out of him. Oh, and it doesn't matter if Sousuke is [[Shotacon|only 12 years old]], or if he's [[Murder the Hypotenuse|fallen in love with someone else]], or if he's [[A Love to Dismember|a dead body]] - if it's Sousuke, it's all good to him.
** Subverted in the original novel, as his assistants in ''Owaru Day by Day'', on which the ''Second Raid'' was based, were ''[[Depraved Homosexual|boys]]''.
* ''[[Black Butler (Manga)|Black Butler]]'': Agni is definitely a Soma-sexual, and [[No Yay|Baron Kelvin for Ciel]]. He even leaves his wife after meeting Ciel.
* Implied to be the case with Yahiko toward Tsubame in ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' after his feelings grow from a crush to something more. Outright stated in the second extra chapter after the end of the manga where Kaoru sends Yahiko on a month-long mission teaching at a friend's dojo while the owner was away. Said owner, concerned about leaving his very pretty daughter alone with his male students, asked Kaoru for help. The reason she sent Yahiko was because she knew Tsubame was the only girl for him and that he wouldn't even think about any other girl, much less do anything untoward. She even says this right out to Yahiko, much to his sputtering embarrassment. As expected, he shows no attraction for the daughter and, upon his return, immediately heads off to see Tsubame with Kaoru again restating her previous observation.
** Pretty strongly implied with Misao toward Aoshi. She's loved him (one way or another) since her early childhood and is still very focused on him even in the manga's final arc. Of the series's four female protagonists, Misao alone never expresses interest in Kenshin (though she admits that Enishi is "finer of face than she expected" in the Jinchuu arc).
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* Robot example: Mirage of ''[[Transformers Energon]]''. He outright moons over Galvatron to the bemusement of his comrades and at one point transformers and pirouettes [http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/3d/Gayforgalvatron.jpg while surrounded by a glowing pink heart.] At the end of the series. {{spoiler|he dives into the sun to follow Galvatron, presumably to his death.}}
** 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 Toto 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.
* Congratulations, [[Fushigi Yuugi|Miaka/Tamahome]] shippers--not even Soi's talents could tear Tamahome away from his lady love.
* Chizuru in ''[[Seitokai no Ichizon]]'' claims this when asked about the kind of person she likes: Kurimu and only Kurimu.
* [[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.
* In ''[[Koharu no Hibi]]'' Koharu is Akira-sexual. To [[Yandere]] [[Stalker Withwith a Crush]] levels.
* From ''[[Pokémon Special (Manga)|Pokémon Special]]'', most fans generally agree that Yellow is canonically Red-sexual. The Pokémon Fan Club President, though not speaking of romantic manners, at one point wonders, "Is Red all this kid thinks about?"
** Same thing with Ruby and Sapphire. They had fallen in love when they were kids, and even changed their personalities for each other. When they remeet and manage to ''not'' recognize each other, they end up falling in love with each other all over again. Not even Team Magma Admin Courtney's [[Foe Yay|apparent interest]] in Ruby could tear his eyes away from Sapphire.
* In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', Subaru is often identified by fans as "Teana-sexual". Others assume her adoration of Nanoha has a sexual dimension and thus see her as just a lusty lesbian.
** Nanoha herself is sometimes seen as Fate-sexual.
* The anime version Sasame from ''[[Prétear]]'' is a bit of a flirt, but when it comes right down to it he's {{spoiler|[[Dark Magical Girl|Takako]]}}-sexual. {{spoiler|After falling in love with her and failing to tell her before she became the Princess of Disaster, he pined after her for ''sixteen years'' and eventually abandoned his friends and everything he believed in for the chance to be by her side.}} The manga version of Sasame is described as a "playboy" however.
* [[Emotionless Girl|Yuki Nagato]] from ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' ''may'' be Kyonsexual. She speaks to just about no one except him on any regular basis, has promised to protect him, and told Kyon in a dire situation that she would regret losing him. {{spoiler|Once, she even rearranged reality so that she could live a normal life, and the new world essentially set up a romance between Kyon and Yuki.}}
** It's more likely that because she is still learning to express emotions, she's attracted to Kyon over other boys simply because of their established relationship. When Nagato briefly thought she had a secret admirer, Kyon thought he might have seen her show a hint of disappointment when she discovered it was a misunderstanding.
** It's pretty surely established that Yuki is head over the heels for Kyon. It's the question whether she's able to love anyone ''else'' is up in the air.
* In ''[[Get BackersGetBackers]]'', the [[Ax Crazy]] [[Psycho for Hire]] Takuma Fudou can certainly be described as "Ban-sexual." He shows a lack of interest in anything non-Ban related, and any time he so much as ''senses'' Ban's presence, his "mind goes blank," he gets ''very'' excited and starts feeling a "throbbing desire." Countless times, he screams at Ban to "give his body to him" and "meet his desires." He also shows great resentment and jealousy towards Ginji (whom he claims he dislikes because Ban ignores him when Ginji is around), as well as [[Ms. Fanservice|Hevyn]].
* In ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'', Momoka is clearly Fuyuki-sexual; when she thinks that he's been turned into a girl (it's actually [[Hot Mom|his mother]] aged down by Kululu, long story), she's completely okay with it. Tamama could also be said to be Keroro-sexual.
** Giroro and Koyuki are both Natsumi-sexual. More prominent in the manga with Koyuki, though.
* ''[[Durarara]]'''s Shinra is a very vocal Celty-sexual, claiming that, were she not to exist, he would probably be asexual. Celty, for her part, is worried that he might be [[Headless Horseman|Dullahan]]-[[Nightmare Fetishist|sexual]], and dreads another one showing up and stealing him away.
* Usui Takumi in ''[[Kaichou wa Maid Sama-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 (Manga)|Sensual Phrase]]'', both Sakuya and Aine are like this for each other, though Sakuya is more extreme about it.
* In ''[[Hana Kimi]]'', Nakao stated to Ashiya Mizuki that he wasn't actually gay, he just had a [[Single-Target Sexuality]] for Nanba Minami.
* Despite being in a harem manga, and clearly [[Genre Savvy]] about it, Miki of ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler (Manga)|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.
* ''[[B Gata H Kei]]'' is filled with many characters who have this. Both Kosuda and Keiichi are Yamada-sexual, Kyoka is [[Brother-Sister Incest|Keiichi-sexual]], and Mayu (and eventually Yamada) is Kosuda-sexual.
* In ''[[Kimi Nini Todoke]]'', Sawako and Shota are both like this for each other.
** Ryuu seems to be one, since he says to Sawako that he "can only love Chizuru" and is a [[Patient Childhood Love Interest]] to her.
* Naoi from ''[[Angel Beats (Anime)|Angel Beats]]'' is obsessed with [[Ho Yay|Otonashi]].
* Sweden from ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' could be interpreted as either "Finnsexual" towards Finland or [[If It's You It's Okay|making an exception for him.]] It's an [[Official Couple]], either way.
** Apparently, the author actually dubbed Sweden as "homosexual for Finland" [[Word of God|in his old notes]]. They were ''very'' old notes though, and aren't around anymore, so the situation might be different now.
** Spain could, from an angle, be viewed as "Italiasexual". He's proposed to both of them, is extremely affectionate to Romano and thinks Veneziano is adorable, and yet doesn't show much of this to any other characters. Could be because he's not shown very often, or because not many of his relationships have been shown, but as of now it looks like this...
** Belarus is "[[Brother-Sister Incest|Russia-sexual]]". [[Mad Love|So]] '''[[Yandere|very]]''' [[Stalker Withwith a Crush|much]].
** One joke/explanation for Germany/Italy shippers is that the usually stoic Germany is Ita-sexual.
** Come on, you guys forgot that Holy Roman Empire is Ita-sexual? {{spoiler|Some fans will tell you this doesn't count because of the Germany-is-HRE theory, making this a double-submisson.}} If I recall correctly:
{{quote| '''Holy Roman Empire''': No matter how many hundreds of years go by, I'll always love you more than anyone in the world!}}
* In ''[[Bakuman｡ (Manga)|Bakuman｡]]'', Miho Azuki has never been interested in anyone other than her classmate Moritaka Mashiro, as she has been attracted to him since fourth grade.
* From all indications, Firo from ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano]]'' seems to be Ennis-sexual, despite the fact that she [[Artificial Human|takes a long time]] [[Asexual|to catch on]]. And even though they're both immortal and have plenty of time, there's still something to be said for the fact that Firo waited ''fifty years'' for her to agree to marriage, and even though they're now living together hasn't tried anything.
* Illsaide from ''[[Vampire Game]]'' seems very much to be this way towards Ci Xeneth's princess Falan, even after {{spoiler|it's discovered that he's her half-brother via her father Jened and the Lord of the Sea's daughter, making him half sea monster as well.}}
** However, Illsaide shows some attraction towards Duzzel in his Ishtar form for a little while. Even going as far as kissing Duzzel.
* Lum of ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' is Ataru-sexual, having eyes for only her "Darling" in spite of him being literally the biggest lech in the galaxy and constantly running away from her to hit on other girls, and every single other male around her age being enamored with her.
* ''[[Togainu no Chi]]'': Keisuke to [[Ho Yay|Akira]].
* Belldandy of ''[[Ah! My Goddess (Manga)|Ah My Goddess]]'' towards Keiichi. Especially applicable in that Keiichi was once gender-flipped into a woman, and Belldandy didn't care a whit (except caring in that Keichii himself was somewhat dismayed).
* [[Fountain of Youth|Conan Edogawa/Shinichi Kudo]] and Ran Mouri of ''[[Detective Conan]]'' are like this to each other.
* Randoll of ''[[Future GPX Cyber Formula (Anime)|Future GPX Cyber Formula]]'' has no interest in anyone other than Asuka, though he tries to flirt with Rena in the PlayStation game (but ultimately fails).
* Andre Grandier of ''[[Rose of Versailles (Manga)|Rose of Versailles]]'' loves Oscar and nobody else. Likewise, Rosalie is also this towards [[Les Yay|Oscar]], although at the end of the series {{spoiler|she hooks up with Bernard, but she still has some longing for Oscar}}.
* ''[[Okane ga Nai]]'': Kanou is attracted to Ayase and nobody else.
* Possibly Chiba from ''[[Wandering Son]]''. In the several years from 5th grade to high school she has shown no signs of liking anyone but the protagonist, whom she likes no matter his [[Transsexual|gender]] (though she seems to prefer him as a boy).
* 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.
* Shirai Kuroko from ''[[To Aru Kagaku no Railgun (Manga)|A Certain Scientific Railgun]]'' is obviously Onee-sama-sexual, she doesn't even look anywhere else!
* 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.
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* ''[[Silver Diamond]]'' 's [[Accidental Pervert|Chigusa]] will forever be Rakan-sexual. (And considering he's immortal, that is ''very'' literal.)
* Luka from ''[[Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru]]'' is this way towards Yuki. The fact that the pretty girl he fell in love with is now reincarnated into a male body does nothing to discourage him in his unflailing loyalty and devotion.
* Kubo of ''[[Baka to Test Toto Shoukanjuu]]'' is Akihisa sexual.
* Faust VIII from [[Shaman King]] is most decidedly Eliza-sexual.
* Haruka from ''[[Honey Hunt]]'' is Yura sexual and so is Q-Ta possibly. Also, in chapter 21 Nanase outright admits to Yura that [[Ho Yay|he's in love with Mizorogi]] and only Mizorogi.
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* ''[[To Love Ru]]'': Momo ignores all the guys who hit on her at school and only looks at Rito. Even when he changes gender, Momo doesn't seem to mind.
* Gokudera of ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'' is [[Ho Yay|Tsuna-sexual]] and Tsuna is Kyoko-sexual.
* Tatsuya of ''[[Hekikai no Ai ON (Manga)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}}.
* ''[[Medaka Box]]'': Besides [[Rule of Funny]], Zenkichi Hitoyoshi has been Medaka-sexual for nearly his entire life.
* [[Shout-Out|Oscar]] in ''[[Lupin III: theThe Woman Called Fujiko Mine]]'' is all about [[Inspector Zenigata]]. Up to [[Yandere]] levels.
* ''[[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.
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== Comic Books ==
* In ''[[Fables]]'' volume 3: Storybook Love, Bigby says Snow White is the only one he can't ignore, making him kind of a Snow-sexual.
* Katchoo in ''[[Strangers in Paradise]]'' only has eyes for Francine. Period. Oh, sure, she has a history of [[Really Gets Around|wild promiscuity]] covering [[Bi the Way|men and women]], and another history [[Rape Asas Backstory|of a slightly less amusing nature]], but when it comes right down to it Francine has always been the only one for her. [[Dogged Nice Guy|David grows to accept this]] and, eventually, [[If It's You It's Okay|so does Francine]]. The entire series is a lead up the realization that, for these two people, [[They Do|they are simply meant to be together]].
* 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.
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== Fan Fiction ==
* 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: theThe 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.
* A lot of ''[[South Park]]'' fanfics portray Kyle as being [[Slash|Stan-o-sexual.]] Yes, really.
* ''[[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.
* [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|Subaru]] is described by Nove as "Teana-sexual" in ''[[Relationships Series (Fanfic)|Relationships Series]]'', and her older sister Ginga asks if she'd be attracted to Teana even if she were male.
* In the ''[[Naruto]]'' fanfic ''[[The Girl From Whirlpool (Fanfic)|The Girl Fromfrom 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!
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6931679/1/Whisper_to_a_Scream This Scream fanfic] as an OC that 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
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== Film ==
* Jamal from ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' spends ''years'' looking for Latika after they are separated as children.
* ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Filmfilm)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'': Arguably, Mrs. Lovett is Benjaminsexual, even when he becomes Sweeney, and even when they were both married to different people.
* Edward Bloom of ''[[Big Fish]]'' for his wife. Another character says of him: "There are two women in Edward's life. His wife, and those that aren't his wife."
* ''[[Forrest Gump]]'' never seems to notice any women other than Jenny, from when he was a kid.
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* This is common in racy romance novels. If the heroine is not [[The Ingenue|a virgin]], all her sexual experience before the hero will have been extremely lame to horrible. When she and the hero have sex, on the other hand, it will [[Did the Earth Move For You, Too?|move mountains and cause tidal waves]]. This is used to underscore how perfect they are for each other, but they often feel a strong attraction well before they acknowledge the romance.
** It's the same for the hero. She's [[A Man Is Not a Virgin|usually not his first]], but she's the first/only one he loves and sex with her is the best sex ever for him too.
* In ''[[Flowers for Algernon (Literature)|Flowers for Algernon]]'', when all of Charlie's sexual experiences are passionless, confusing, or painful until he has sex with Alice Kinnian, the only woman he's truly loved.
* Edward Cullen of ''[[Twilight (Literaturenovel)|Twilight]]'', despite having lived for over 100 years as a teenage vampire at the age when males should be at their most sexually curious, has never been interested in any girls. Then he meets Bella, gets a whiff of the delicious scent of her blood, and becomes a committed Bella-sexual.
** Also occurs with Jacob Black, who follows Bella around and remains in love with her no matter how many times she tries to let him down or how married she might become. He insists to Bella that he will never imprint on anyone because he never even sees anyone but her. Jacob even drives around town trying to interest himself in other girls but it does not work. Switched up later, with the birth of Renesmee, when he imprints on here, and becomes Renesmee-sexual instead of Bella-sexual.
*** 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.
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* Locke Lamora from Scott Lynch's [[Gentleman Bastard]] series is so in love with Sabetha that he's [[The Loins Sleep Tonight|unable to perform with anyone else]], even a hooker he specifically selected because she looked like her.
{{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 Dede 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.
* Alec in Lynn Flewelling's [[Nightrunner|Nightrunners]] - he has quite a narrowed taste. Before he and Seregil achieve the [[Official Couple]] level he sleeps only with women (one precisely) who remind him of Seregil. If you're not dark brunette, slender and blessed with a face that at least vaguely resembles Seregil you either stand no chance - or you need magic to get into Alec's pants.
* 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.}}
* Derek of the web-novel ''[[Domina (Literature)|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 (Literature)|Count and Countess]]''.
 
== Live Action TV ==
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* Dick Solomon of ''~3rd Rock From The Sun~'' seems to be "Mary-sexual". Subverted in the third season when they broke up and he noticed other women for the first time.
** 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 (TV)|Torchwood]]'' seems only capable of having infatuation with one person at time, which (might?) explain why he doesn't actually consider himself bisexual.
{{quote| '''Ianto:''' It's not men. It's just him. It's only him.}}
* ''[[Oz]]'''s Chris Keller is very much [[Ho Yay|Beecher-sexual]].
** And Ryan is Dr. Nathan sexual. [[Stalker Withwith a Crush|To a very]] creepy [[Yandere|extreme]].
* As far as Hal from ''[[Malcolm in Thethe Middle]]'' is concerned, his wife Lois '''is''' the only woman on the planet.
* Mel from ''[[Flight of the Conchords]]'' is double target-sexual to the titular band.
* If you meet Mango from ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' you will probably become a raging Mangosexual.
** With the possible exception of the strip club audience of the first sketch, the only people ever shown being attracted to Mango are people normally attracted to women (otherwise-straight men, and Ellen [[De Generes]]). So... [[Wild Mass Guessing|maybe he produces female pheromones?]]
* Harper, from ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' is Justin-sexual. [[Stalker Withwith a Crush|Justin-sexual-obsessed,]] actually.
** Except not, she's now with Zeke, and her Justin-sexual behavior has toned down greatly.
* Willow from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]],'' a lesbian, comments that she didn't first discover herself attracted to "women," but to one "woman" -- her first girlfriend, Tara. (Indeed, some fans were a bit annoyed at first by their relationship, as before this Willow had always been shown attracted to men.) After Tara's death, Willow eventually shows attraction to other women and gets a new girlfriend.
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* This happened with John Paul and Craig on ''[[Holly Oaks]]''. Also subverted with Max and OB, but they were just [[Heterosexual Life Partners]].
* The sum total of Naomi's sexuality in ''[[Skins]]'' is "she's completely in love with Emily".
* Cole Turner in ''[[Charmed (TV)|Charmed]]'' only has sex with women who [[Shapeshifting|look just like Phoebe]].
* Rory from [[Doctor Who]] is a raging Amy-sexual. So much so, that he is [[Mistaken for Gay]]... by Amy (she assumed he was gay because, though she'd known him since childhood, she'd never seen him show interest in girls. Turns out it was because from the beginning [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|he'd only wanted her.]])
** 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.
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== Visual Novels ==
* Unusually for a [[Visual Novel]] protagonist, Souta in ''[[Kira Kira (Visualvisual Novelnovel)|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 Nini]]'' 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?
* Miyako in ''[[Maji Dede Watashi Nini Koi Shinasai (Visual Novel)!|Maji De Watashi Ni Koi Shinasai]]'', to the point that in all of the endings where she doesn't end up with Yamato, she's still shown to be waiting for him even decades later.
 
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Grace from ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'' is "[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-12-19 Tedd-sexual]". To expand on this, it appears to be simply a result of her Uryuom heritage -- the Uryuom being a [[One-Gender Race]] of alien shape-shifters. Since they can change their external shape basically at will, they form relationships based primarily on concepts and mental connections. Grace, being 1/4th Uryuom (or so), has inherited this disposition. However, in one non-canon story where reality becomes altered so that Tedd is (and always was) female, Grace hooks up with a different character instead (way to go Sarah!). Although this might be explained by the way, like in every alternate universe where the two are of different genders, the female Tedd and Elliot are in a relationship.
* 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.)
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'': Thanks to [[Brainwashed|brainwashing]], Oasis is strictly Torg-sexual.
* 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 Asas 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.
** Subverted even more strongly in the book. Since Don's rape attempt back in grade school was partially successful, she no longer believes she has any purity left to defend. She won't let most men near her; but she does make exceptions for Denny and Jack. However, her obsession with Donte is still very strong. She makes it clear that Donte is allowed more ''positions'' with her than anyone else would be allowed. And she insists most of the time on not using any protection with Donte, whereas she nearly ''always'' used protection with Denny and Jack (at least for non-vaginal forms of sex.) She [[Pity Sex|takes pity on Jack]] for being a [[Stalker Withwith a Crush]], and lets Denny into her life because his gentlemanly treatment of her reminds her of Donte. When given the chance to live and let live and be with Jack or risk near-certain death saving Donte, Candi takes her chances with Donte. Maybe not ''single'' target, but her loyalty is very strong.
* 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 Withwith 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].
 
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* On ''[[Hey Arnold]]'', Helga doesn't even notice the presence of any boys except Arnold.
* 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 Onon 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.
** Apparently, it was decided early on to have Smithers be in love with Burns, but there was a lot of debate about whether it was a matter of [[Single-Target Sexuality]] or if he was just gay. The latter seems to have won out in recent years, with Smithers having ex-boyfriends and going to a gay resort on vacation. However, [[Depending Onon the Writer|some writers, like Al Jean, still stick to the "Burns-sexual" interpretation]].
* Panini is [[Chowder]]-sexual.
* This sums up Coach Stopframe's behavior towards Clay in ''[[Moral Orel]]''.
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'''Leela:''' Let's do it again sometime. }}
* Heloise of ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' only loves Jimmy and no one else.
* While Cody from ''[[Total Drama Island]]'' started off flirting with any girl he could find, he quickly settled into being [[Perky Goth|Gwen]]-sexual--he doesn't seem even the least bit interested in [[Loony Fan|Sierra]] when he first meets her, before she even has a ''chance'' to horrify him with her [[Stalker Withwith a Crush]] antics. Incidentally, she's pretty much Cody-sexual. So, since Gwen doesn't like Cody, we basically have an [[All Love Is Unrequited]] situation.
* 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]].
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* 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 Asas a Teenage Robot]]'' is definitely Jenny-sexual.
 
 
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