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* ''Manga/HisAndHerCircumstances'': Yukino Miyazawa, the main character, puts on the facade of being a perfect honor student because she loves being praised and told she's special. Only her parents and sisters know that at home she's hilariously selfish and vain, while devoting herself so completely toward perfecting herself that she doesn't have a life. She was like that ever since kindergarten, when she discovered that adults would pay attention to her and her peers would look up to her if she excelled in school. Her LoveInterest Arima is the first person outside her family who finds out what she's really like and accepts her anyway, causing her to start dropping her act in front of other people as she becomes more comfortable in her own skin.

** Charlotte Flampe prides herself in being the most popular of Big Mom's children, and dreams of being praised by Katakuri, the family's [[TheAce most powerful warrior]]. [[spoiler:In an attempt to get his approval, she interferes in his fight with Luffy by shooting the latter with darts while he's trying to dodge Katakuri's attacks, leaving him wide open to Katakuri [[{{impal|edWithExtremePrejudice}}ing him. After Katakuri realizes what happened, he skewers himself with his own spear as Flampe tries to glomp him and splatters blood on her face, angrily telling her not to interfere. In response to seeing her brother's mouth on top of all that, Flampe swears to make him pay for humiliating her and for not living up to her standards. Not that either Luffy or Katakuri give a rat's ass what she thinks, if them shutting her up with a clash of [[AwesomeonessIsAForce Conqueror's Haki]] is any indication.]]

* ''Manga/OnePiece'' gives us "White Horse" Cavendish, a Bishounen pirate who was all the rage and loved every minute of it. That is, until the antics of Luffy and the rest of the Eleven Supernovas at Sabaody and Marineford overshadow him. Now he wants to kill them for making him old news. [[IdiotHero Luffy]] himself points out how stupid this grudge is. Even possessing a [[spoiler:SuperpoweredEvilSide]], normally considered a bad thing, doesn't bother Cavendish because it results in even more attention coming to him. In spite of all of that, however, he's an overall good guy, [[spoiler:especially after Usopp saves his life, resulting in him giving up his grudge and becoming Luffy's ally.]]

** [[LoveFreak America]], who is not only afflicted with a case of ChronicHeroSyndrome and is obsessed with AmericaSavesTheDay, but who has a particular CatchPhrase: "I'LL BE THE HERO, OF COURSE!" or "I'M THE HERO!" In fact, when he's not the center of attention, he tends to lose the will to act completely.

* Kyouka from ''LightNovel/KyouranKazokuNikki'' who wants, no ''demands'', to be worshiped as a god.