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Seth: This sounds like a good entry but i cant think of a single example.

Kat Kit: Does Sousuke from FMP! count? He definitely doesn't get romance and flirtation (the whole Raised by Wolves thing and all) but the girls don't know that, so he gets beaten up a lot by them.

osh: He's in a special situation, but functionally I think he'd fit in the entry.

Scrounge: Okay, we have heroes that don't undestand the whole "romance" thing, heroes that have sworn off it (see Celibate Hero), but is there a trope for those who dodn't fit into either category... Those who either are too busy as a hero to have a love life, or those who just haven't found anybody but are open to a relationship if they happen to stumble across someone? Other than Shipper Bait, that is. ;)

Lale: The former is also covered under Celibate Hero, and the latter I think is covered by Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places and Girl of the Week. Or, if they don't fit a trope then... they just don't fit a trope.

perileh: I'm thinking Allen from DGM doesn't fit here. He's not exactly "oblivious" to romance: plenty of blushing around Lenalee from time to time, it's not clear with Roufa whether he's ignorant or just ignoring her, and Road is his enemy. Also, he knows General Cross.

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Donaldthe Potholer: Ash Ketchum is definitely oblivious to romantic concerns even among Pokemon, if recent episodes are anything to go by. Quote his comment when Dawn's Piplup shows a definitive crush on another trainer's Marill

He also derided an Elekid's accuracy when said Elekid deliberately missed the aforementioned Marill while being spot on against Piplup.  ^@

^{And I have to call the writers out here, since Electabuzz and Marill are ''not'' in a common egg group.}

Perhaps he excused his first-hand encounters as a case of said Pokemon being very friendly (and not in that way). I mean, we get 2-3 minutes of his parting with Misty, but zero seconds of his parting with Bayleaf, who would have been equally as crushed to hear that Ash was leaving her behind, that very same episode. Pokeshippers can claim a shipping-related Heroic BSoD, but we all know the truth; he just doesn't care about that sort of love. Then again why should he? He's already married; to the quest To Be a Master.