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* Deconstructed and PlayedForLaughs in ''LightNovel/KoreWaZombieDesuKa''. Ayumu being a zombie who dries up in sunlight, well... ItsAGoodThingYouCanHeal.

* WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead sit in the middle of the back row in every class, with nobody else in that row and their desks out of line with the rest of the class. It saves a lot of trouble having to constantly animate people around them, presumably.

* ''EmuEmu'': Taro Sado is seen looking out the nearest window in a dreamy fashion from the second row in the back, along the side with the windows.

* In Manga/ItsNotMyFaultMyFaultImNotPopular, when the second semester starts and Tomoko loses her back row seat by the window, she [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it by commenting about how lucky she was getting the "anime protagonists seat" in the first period, lamenting [[NoSocialSkills that she now has to dwell in an awkward spot, surrounded by people]].

* ''AzumangaDaioh'': Sakaki is planted in the window seat and a majority of the main cast sits in the next row over, with Tomo situated on the opposite side of the room. Most conversations in the show tend to happen towards the back of the classroom, near Sakaki's desk.

* [[TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]] sits by the window, if not required otherwise by the plot.
* ''BatmanBeyond'' has a tendency to show Terry and any other important character (Max, Dana, Nelson, etc.) in the front row, no matter how improbable it is that they would choose to sit there. Perhaps assigned seating?

* In ''{{Bakuman}}'':

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* LampShaded in ''ElGoonishShive'' [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2005-03-16 March 16, 2005]] Read the line of text below the lowest panel...

* In ''CardcaptorSakura'', Sakura is in the ever-popular window seat, with Tomoyo next to her, Shaoran behind her, and Meiling and later Eriol behind Tomoyo.

** In first chapters, Mashiro's sits in a row behind Azuki's, which gives him an oportunity to observe her during the class and thus draw a sketch of her in his notebook.

* In ''Bakuman'':

* [[DeathNote Light]] also gets the symbolic window seat, and it also gives him a great view to the yard where the DeathNote gets dropped.

* ''BatmanBeyond'' has a tendency to show Terry and any other important character (Max, Dana, Nelson, etc.) in the front row, no matter how improbable it is that they would choose to sit there.

* Kyon from ''SuzumiyaHaruhiNoYuutsu'' ends up near Haruhi. In the ''SuzumiyaHaruhi'' novels they also keep changing seating positions (to ''keep things fresh'', to Kyon's scepticism), which doesn't stop him from being right by Haruhi. They both sit along the left-hand windows, in the last two rows of the class.

* BeavisAndButthead sit in the middle of the back row in every class, with nobody else in that row and their desks out of line with the rest of the class. It saves a lot of trouble having to constantly animate people around them, presumably.

In Japanese anime, the second seat from the back, along the side with the windows (which is always the left-hand side of the classroom) seems to be extremely popular.

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* {{Durarara}}'s [[MeaningfulName Meaningfully Named]] Mikado Ryugamine gets a window seat that's in the second-to-last row. A minor character, Rio Kamichika, also has a window seat from which she can stare out wistfully and contemplate the world and its many odd inhabitants.

* Keiichi, the main character of the anime ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' always sits in the second-to-last row, along the windows. The girls in the series all sit next to him as well.

* BatmanBeyond has a tendency to show Terry and any other important character (Max, Dana, Nelson, etc.) in the front row, no matter how improbable it is that they would choose to sit there.

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** [[CuteMonsterGirl Sayo]] near the left corner window-seat so she can stare whistfully at freedom; her friend Asakura so she has a good view of the room, giving her the [[CameraFiend best ability to take pictures]].

In Japanese anime, the second seat from the back, along the side with the windows (which is always the left-hand side of the classroom) seems to be especially popular.