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** [[HeroWorshipper Farnese]] has been romantically involved with at least three other characters, being her nice-looking [[SurpriseIncest half-brother]] Serpico, something she isn't aware; her [[ArrangedMarriage fiancé]] Roderick, who is a handsome prince from another land; but the one who makes her [[GreenEyedMonster feel jelous]] due to his loyal attention to Casca and the one who gives her TearsOfJoy with any compliment is the [[BloodKnight violent]] Guts, who isn't actually bad, but the story puts him always in a very bad position. He was even chased at first by the Holy Iron Chain Knights, commanded by none other than Farnese herself. Later in the story, she finds that following him in his journey would help her to truly understand the world.

** Integra does get awfully flustered at the exploits of her BodyguardCrush, the mass murdering sociopathic super vampire VillainProtagonist Alucard. Although he’s ironically for the most of the series, Alucard is on his best behaviour when directly in her presence due to UndyingLoyalty to her family. [[spoiler: In the epilogue she consents to him turning her into a vampire.]]

** In the Wano FlashBack resident bad boy Kozuki Oden gathers a massive harem of women from the capital to utter fury of their husbands, causing a conflict known as the “Harem War”. Subverted later though as Oden becomes more good natured later and settles down with good girl Toki.

* ''Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Jotaro Kujo]] gets [[ChickMagnet far more female attention]] than he's comfortable with. He tries to rectify this by bluntly telling any girl who approaches him to piss off. This has worked exactly zero times.

** Tenshinhan and Launch in [[Manga/DragonBall the original manga]]. Launch falls in love with him because of how ruthless he was in fights.

** In a gender-inversion, Krillin, an all-around good guy, married Android 18, a killer {{cyborg}} and someone who stated she wanted to kill his best friend, simply for giving him a kiss on the cheek.

* In ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'', every female in the class swoons over cigarette-smoking, dynamite-throwing, foul-mouthed juvenile delinquent Gokudera Hayato, including main love interest Sasagawa Kyoko --much to TheHero, Sawada Tsuna's chagrin... Ironically, Gokudera spends time fanboying ''[[HoYay over Tsuna himself]]''.

* Gender-flipped in ''Anime/MoribitoGuardianOfTheSpirit'', when softhearted healer Tanda pines after fierce female bodyguard Balsa. And she likes him too!

** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Josuke Higashikata]] looks like the archetypal Japanese delinquent and is just as much a ChickMagnet as his nephew Jotaro. {{Subverted}} in that he only looks that way for street-cred, and is very much a NiceGuy ([[BewareTheNiceOnes unless you manage to piss him off]]).

** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Josuke Higashikata]] looks like the archetypical Japanese delinquent and is just as much a ChickMagnet as his nephew Jotaro. {{Subverted}} in that he only looks that way for street-cred, and is very much a NiceGuy ([[BewareTheNiceOnes unless you manage to piss him off]]).

* ''Manga/{{Shigurui}} deconstructs thoroughly this trope with what becomes of Lady Iku, a beautiful high-class woman who had the misfortune of being [[VillainousCrush loved by the ruthless and murderous Kogan who was entranced by her beauty]]. She eventually becomes his concubine after he had her 2 previous fiancés murdered. What are the results for her? Her reputation as Kogan's concubine might ensure her protection...but Kogan treats her like a whore and is just as violent and ruthless to her as he is to his men. What's more, everybody in town hate her and shun her everywhere she goes, not even talking to her unless necessary and children made a song about her, mocking her status as the mistress of a "tiger", the tiger being Kogan who is identified as a bloodthirsty predator. Plus, with Kogan's sanity slipping, it goes even more downhill for her.

** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Josuke Higashika]] looks like the archetypical Japanese delinquent and is just as much a ChickMagnet as his nephew Jotaro. {{Subverted}} in that he only looks that way for street-cred, and is very much a NiceGuy ([[BewareTheNiceOnes unless you manage to piss him off]]).

** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Josuke Higashika]] looks like the archetypical Japanese delinquent and is just as much a ChickMagnet as his nephew Jotaro. {{Subverted}} in that he only looks that way for street-cred, and is very much a NiceGuy, if a little greedy.

* ''Manga/DeathNote'': Light Yagami, a sociopathic KnightTemplar. In series, he has both kinds of girls that like him. The type that is infatuated with his goody-two-shoes Mr. Perfect personality on the outside, and the type that is obsessively in love with him ''because'' he's the brutal, condescending killer Kira.

** In a gender-inversion, Krillin, an all-around good guy, married Android No.18, a killer cyborg and someone who stated she wanted to kill his best friend, simply for giving him a kiss on the cheek.
* Christie from ''{{Manga/Dramacon}}'' falls for [[TallDarkAndSnarky Matt]]. A subversion, as he's really not a bad guy at all -- just socially inept and very cynical.

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* Bad boy Yusuke in ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' is the object of good girl Keiko's desires. It helps that they are childhood friends. Being a {{Tsundere}}, Keiko also isn't really attracted to his bad boyness, never hesitating to bitch slap him when he acts bad in her presence. Keiko is the ''only'' girl attracted to Yusuke. The other girls in Sarayashiki are afraid of him, and more than once, they ask her "Keiko-chan, just [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim what do you see in him]]?!" It helps that (delinquent rebelliousness aside), Yusuke is actually surprisingly nice most of the time, especially as he matures as the series goes on.
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** Bulma: Yamcha was a former bandit, until his AntiHero streak reached its expiry date. She also went head over heels when she first saw General Blue from the Red Ribbon Army and Zarbon from Frieza's army in Namek Saga of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', ''before'' breaking up with Yamcha. Vegeta, the mass-murdering, [[KiManipulation ki-blast happy]] [[HumanAliens alien]] and SociopathicHero of the group actually managed to get Bulma knocked up, and she gave birth to their son Trunks (she eventually married Vegeta and they had a second child).

** Bulma: Yamcha was a former bandit, until his AntiHero streak reached its expiry date. She also went head over heels when she first saw General Blue from the Red Ribbon Army and Zarbon from Freeza's army, ''before'' breaking up with Yamcha. Vegeta, the mass-murdering, [[KiManipulation ki-blast happy]] [[HumanAliens alien]] and SociopathicHero of the group actually managed to get Bulma knocked up, and she gave birth to their son Trunks (she eventually married Vegeta and they had a second child). Even after that, when Dr. Gero attacked her, Vegeta, instead of tending to them like [[FutureBadass Future Trunks]] requested, said he doesn't care so much about "that foolish woman and her blasted child" before he punched him. The only two moments where he showed any substantial love for his family came during the Cell Games, when he witnessed Cell kill Future Trunks with a Death Beam and [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge promptly went crazy on]] BeamSpam, and in the Buu Saga, [[RedemptionEqualsDeath when he killed himself to try to destroy Buu on their behalf]]. [[HopeSpot Both]] [[SenselessSacrifice failed]].
** ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': In a gender-inversion, Krillin, an all-around good guy, married Android No.18, a killer cyborg and someone who stated she wanted to kill his best friend, simply for giving him a kiss on the cheek.

* Tomoya from ''VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}}'' is a bad boy who is often outright nasty towards the girls he meets, confronting them with his sarcastic attitude and making snide remarks at their expense. He also loves to play pranks on them (especially on Fuko), but that doesn't stop most of the girls from swooning over him toward the end of the series. He ends up with the good girl, Nagisa. Though he starts like this ([[ChickMagnet with girls falling for him left and right]]), he gets considerable character development in the anime.

* Played with in ''Anime/PrincessTutu''. When [[spoiler:Mytho, former ExtremeDoormat]], goes through a FaceHeelTurn in the second season, he picks up a new girl almost every episode, but it's because he's casting a spell on them so he can manipulate them into being a sacrifice for the BigBad, not because they're suddenly attracted to him now that he's a Bad Boy.

** Sonia, the resident MissionControl of the Neo-Hawks, is childishly infatuated with [[WhiteHairBlackHeart Griffith]], and later with Irvine. The first is the story's BigBad. The other is an Apostle, which means a member of TheLegionsOfHell.

* ''Anime/SailorMoon'':
** The anime version of Mamoru plays with this dynamic, since he's given a motorcycle and an AgeLift from high-schooler to college student while dating a middle-schooler. He's a snarky jerk to Usagi for a long time, ''but'' they don't progress beyond BelligerentSexualTension until he shapes up.
** Played straighter with Naru and [[spoiler:Nephrite]]. Naru knows he isn't a good person and is aware that he has tried to use her, particularly since he tells her as much. Yet she admits to a worried Usagi that she can't help loving him. [[spoiler:Then Nephrite turns out to not be a monster... [[RedemptionEqualsDeath only to die in her arms]].]]
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** Even after everything he's done, [[SingleTargetSexuality Sakura still loves Sasuke]]. In her case though, it's {{Deconstructed|Trope}}: she's aware that he's broken and ruined beyond belief, and that the gruff yet inwardly kind-hearted boy she fell in love with is long gone... yet still can't help having feelings for him. In Chapter 693, [[spoiler:Sasuke mocks Sakura for this. He states that he isn't the least bit interested in her and admits that he has no idea why she has feelings for him, given everything he's said and done. Which is {{iron|y}}ic, as they end up married with a daughter, years after said lost kindness was restored by Naruto, their teammate whom they both had been neglectful towards]].
** [[DarkChick Karin]]. [[StalkerWithACrush Dear God]], [[{{Yandere}} Karin]]. Although at the end of the Kage Summit arc Karin ditched Sasuke after he tried to kill her, [[spoiler:in Chapter 574, we see her torn between fawning over and bashing a hand-made portrait of him. Sasuke [[EasilyForgiven needs only make the briefest of apologies to get her back on his side]]. She does vent her angst by pounding the snot out of Suigetsu, though]].
* Bad boy Yusuke in ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' is the object of good girl Keiko's desires. It helps that they are childhood friends. Being a {{Tsundere}}, Keiko also isn't really attracted to his bad boyness, never hesitating to bitch slap him when he acts bad in her presence. Keiko is the ''only'' girl attracted to Yusuke. The other girls in Sarayashiki are afraid of him, and more than once, they ask her "Keiko-chan, just [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim what do you see in him]]?!" It helps that (delinquent rebelliousness aside), Yusuke is actually surprisingly nice most of the time, especially as he matures as the series goes on.

* ''Manga/DrSlump'': Tsururin has an attraction for Taro, who is a rebellious teenager, troublemaker, and proud of it ([[spoiler:although later he happens to be a police officer]]).
** Gender inverted. Tsukutsun falls in love with Akane, who like Taro is a rebellious girl, breaks rules for fun and play pranks on many of the residents of Penguin Village.
* ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' parodied this in a chapter where otaku fangirl Renge attacked nearly every club member for not being angsty enough, and declared that filming all of them wallowing in some form of angst would increase their appeal. She was crazy but apparently right, as evidenced by the huge demand for the video.
* Tomoya from ''VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}}'' is a bad boy who is often outright nasty towards the girls he meets, confronting them with his sarcastic attitude and making snide remarks at their expense. He also loves to play pranks on them (especially on Fuko), but that doesn't stop most of the girls from swooning over him toward the end of the series. He ends up with the good girl, Nagisa.
** Though he starts like this ([[ChickMagnet with girls falling for him left and right]]), he gets considerable character development in the anime.
* ''Manga/LovelyComplex'': Koizumi's love interest, Otani, has a real attitude problem and Koizumi often has to endure quite a bit of verbal abuse. It doesn't prevent her from [[DoggedNiceGuy pursuing him relentlessly]], competing with the other girls who like him -- which includes his neighbor Mimi, a fashion model. Then again, she is [[{{Tsundere}} not always lovey-dovey herself]].
* In ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'', every female in the class swoons over cigarette-smoking, dynamite-throwing, foul-mouthed juvenile delinquent Gokudera Hayato, including main love interest Sasagawa Kyoko --much to TheHero, Sawada Tsuna's chagrin... Ironically, Gokudera spends time fanboying ''[[HoYay over Tsuna himself]]''.
* Played with in ''Anime/PrincessTutu''. When [[spoiler:Mytho, former ExtremeDoormat]], goes through a FaceHeelTurn in the second season, he picks up a new girl almost every episode, but it's because he's casting a spell on them so he can manipulate them into being a sacrifice for the BigBad, not because they're suddenly attracted to him now that he's a Bad Boy.
* ''Manga/ParadiseKiss'': This is Hiroyuki Tokumori's curse. When he was a kid, [[spoiler:Miwako chose Arashi instead of him]]. Series heroine Yukari was in love with him for who knows how long, until she met [[{{Jerkass}} George]] and fell for him on the spot. [[spoiler:In the end, it's subverted when Yukari ends up marrying him, since both she ''and'' George realized that [[TheMasochismTango their relationship wasn't going anywhere]].]]
* Sousuke Sagara of ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' is a {{subver|tedTrope}}sion. A highly-skilled military specialist who works for a mercenary company, who knows half-a-dozen ways to kill you before you hit the floor, and who's been an assassin since he was ''eight'', with enough of a DarkAndTroubledPast for two or three protagonists, is prime bad-boy material. And yet the qualities for which he's best loved, both in the series and in real life, are his loyalty, dedication to duty, determination, stalwart protectiveness (in a good way), {{chast|eHero}}ity, and frequently naive earnestness. Furthermore, his tendency to seek violent solutions whether or not they are appropriate drives off prospective matches (except [[VillainousCrush Gauron]], but that's because [[StalkerWithACrush he's]] [[InLoveWithYourCarnage Gauron]]).
* ''Anime/CoyoteRagtimeShow'': This is essentially Angelica Barnes's reason for chasing the rogue Mister.
* Both played straight and inverted in ''Manga/AngelDensetsu'', with the ''same character''. More than one girl falls for the main character, who is exactly everything a Bad Boy is NOT. He is, however, seen as one by everyone else in the cast. ''Also'' either played straight or inverted with most other cast members. At one point, king of the IdiotBall Kuroda tries to "save" Ryoko from Kitano, because he ''thinks'' she's suffering from this trope, and sees himself as the good guy. Ryoko, of course, likes Kitano because he's a AllLovingHero and despises Kuroda (who ''poses'' as a bad boy). Oh, and Ryoko is quite the bad girl herself, but poses as mostly harmless. Confused yet? Because that's just the start of it.
* Good lord, Freya from ''Manga/ImmortalRain''. She has no interest in Rain, who stays by her side to comfort her, plants a garden of beautiful flowers to cheer her up, and generally does everything chivalrous and gentlemanly when it comes to her. And just to add to how horrible her taste is, she goes after Yuca, who is not actually all that friendly towards her, and [[spoiler:is actually ''jealous'' of how Rain liked her, being [[HoYay unhealthily obsessed with Rain himself]]]]. (Seriously, [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/immortal_rain/v03/c013/8.html how could she not notice?]]) This ends ''very'' badly for Freya, as Yuca [[spoiler:ends up murdering her-presumably as a form of MurderTheHypotenuse, and ''feeds her flesh to a paralyzed, unconscious Rain'']].
* ''Manga/ShugoChara'' milks this trope for all it's worth with Ikuto, the NotEvilJustMisunderstood[=/=]TroubledButCute[=/=]TallDarkAndSnarky[=/=]JerkWithAHeartOfGold[=/=]PunchClockVillain who has [[MrFanservice hordes of swooning fangirls]] in the real world and manages to [[LuminescentBlush fluster the heck]] out of the heroine, even though she officially has a crush on [[BettyAndVeronica another boy]].
* Van of ''Anime/GunXSword'' is rude, lazy, and oblivious to other people most of the time. He still gathers an UnwantedHarem. One suspects that his harem members like him at least in part because of this trope. (In the series' comic {{omake}}, the puppet version of Wendy explicitly invokes this trope, claiming that "girls are more attracted to bad boys.")
* Karim of ''Manga/JyuOhSei'' is madly in love with her superior, Zagi, despite his role as the psychotic murdering bastard with not a hint of respect for either his opponents or his allies. He hits her, manipulates her emotions, and completely rejects her when she disobeys a single order.

* This is subverted in ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', where Mamiya falls for Rei only after Kenshiro redeemed his violent attitude by saving his long-lost sister, Airi, and revealing him as actually [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan a good person]]. Sadly... Rei dies before he can share the romance with her.
* [[Manga/HimechanNoRibon Hime-chan]], while disguised as Daichi (a boy with a huge fanbase in the school due to his dequilent nature), tries to tell Hikaru, his number one fan, to stop liking him because he's dangerous...which only makes her like him even more and declare that he is extremely "cool".
* In the "Cupid's Day" episode of ''Anime/CodeGeass'', Shirley says that it is her duty to [[ICanChangeMyBeloved "reform" Lelouch]] because she believes that he's "a failure as a person".
* In ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'', Weboshi admits to liking Nakanojou, the boy with the mohawk. What she doesn't know, nor believes when told, is that Nakanojou is actually a very sweet guy. His mohawk is simply his natural hairstyle.
* Christie from ''{{Manga/Dramacon}}'' falls for [[TallDarkAndSnarky Matt]]. A subversion, as he's really not a bad guy at all -- just socially inept and very cynical.

* Gender-flipped in ''Anime/MoribitoGuardianOfTheSpirit'', when softhearted healer Tanda pines after fierce female bodyguard Balsa. And she likes him too!

* Toyed with in ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}''. Marco from the Hakushu dinosaurs wants to impress his CuteSportsClubManager Maria badly enough that he's more than willing to use Gaou as a weapon, turn Kisaragi into a psycho, and break other team's quarterbacks in order to win... but she actually loves him for the NiceGuy he used to be, and is so conflicted over his "bad boy" attitude that she becomes an EmotionlessGirl [[spoiler: and is willing to secretly give tips to others so they can defeat Marco and Co., and knock him down his pedestal]]. It's only ''after'' Marco straights his act that Maria shows him her feelings for him.
* In ''Manga/KingOfThorn'', Kasumi develops a crush on Marco Owen, who is a [[PrisonsAreGymnasiums muscular]], [[SirSwearsALot foul-mouthed]], TattooedCrook. Several of the other survivors notice Kasumi's crush and comment on it, but it's hard to tell what Marco thinks, as he's somewhat hard to read. [[spoiler:Although he ''does'' come back from the dead in order to save Kasumi]]...
* In ''Manga/{{Beelzebub}}'', every male student of Ishiyama High who has a love interest counts.

* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'':
** Subverted when [[ActionGirl Casca]] becomes the love interest of the towering, brooding, rugged, and usually [[NoSocialSkills maladjusted]] [[BlackKnight Guts]]. However, Guts isn't really a bad guy, he just ''looks'' like one. You just have to get to know him to know that.
** Sonia, the resident MissionControl of the Neo-Hawks, is childishly infatuated with [[WhiteHairBlackHeart Griffith]], and later with Irvine. The first is the story's BigBad. The other is an Apostle, which means a member of TheLegionsOfHell.
* [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Jotaro Kujo]] of ''Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' gets [[ChickMagnet far more female attention]] than he's comfortable with. He tries to rectify this by bluntly telling any girl who approaches him to piss off. This has worked exactly zero times.
-->'''Girl:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint He talked to me!]]

* Subverted in ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}'' anime. Maria likes Brandon not because of his bad boy image; instead, she [[LoveAtFirstSight immediately falls for him]] when [[ChronicHeroSyndrome he saves her from some hoodlums]]. Brandon himself, too, is actually a loyal, caring man despite being a street punk who often gets in street brawls. Unfortunately, said profession becomes a problem when Uncle Jester (Maria's guardian/foster father) sees him walking home with Maria.
* Subverted in ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'' where the girls are discussing who is the most attractive boy in the class. Troublemaker and BullyHunter Karma comes up... only for them to declare he'd only be desirable if he wasn't such a delinquent.
* ''Manga/KamisamaKiss'' ''lives'' this trope. The lead male, Tomoe, is a snarky, rude, and conniving fox demon. His main rival, Kurama, is a narcissistic, manipulative, and perverted crow tengu. And yet, TheHeroine, Nanami, is involved in a complicated love story with these guys, primarily Tomoe. To be fair, in all cases, the boys are [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jerks With Hearts Of Gold]] and Tomoe in particular is quite kind and caring underneath his gruff and rude exterior.

* ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'' concludes that Lupin III, GentlemanThief that he is, has stolen the heroine's heart.
* In ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', while technically not a "bad boy", Dark Yugi's darker personality immediately attracts Anzu's interest, contrasting with her attraction to Yugi for being a NiceGuy.
* [[AggressiveSubmissive Hori]] from ''Manga/{{Horimiya}}'' really likes it when Miyamura abuses her. Being the NiceGuy he really is, he's more than a bit creeped out by it.

* Hori from ''Manga/{{Horimiya}}'' really likes it when Miyamura abuses her. Being the NiceGuy he really is, he's more than a bit creeped out by it.

** Even after everything he's done, [[SingleTargetSexuality Sakura still loves Sasuke]]. In her case though, it's {{Deconstructed|Trope}}: she's aware that he's broken and ruined beyond belief, and that the gruff yet inwardly kind-hearted boy she fell in love with is long gone... yet still can't help having feelings for him. In Chapter 693, [[spoiler:Sasuke mocks Sakura for this. He states that he isn't the least bit interested in her and admits that he has no idea why she has feelings for him, given everything he's said and done. Which is {{iron|y}}ic, as they end up as a couple with a daughter, years after said lost kindness was restored by Naruto, their teammate whom they both had been neglectful towards]].

** Even after everything he's done, Sakura still has feelings for Sasuke. In Sakura's case though, it's a DeconstructedTrope: she's aware that he's broken and ruined beyond belief, and that the gruff yet inwardly kind-hearted boy she fell in love with is long gone... yet still can't help having feelings for him. In chapter 693, [[spoiler:Sasuke mocks Sakura for this. He states that he isn't the least bit interested in her and admits that he has no idea why she has feelings for him, given everything he's said and done. Which is ironic, as both end up as a couple with a child, years after said lost kindness was restored by Naruto, their best friend they both had been neglectful towards]].
** [[DarkChick Karin]]. [[StalkerWithACrush Dear God]], [[{{Yandere}} Karin]]. Although at the end of the Kage Summit arc Karin ditched Sasuke after he tried to kill her, [[spoiler:in manga chapter 574, we see her torn between fawning over and bashing a hand-made portrait of him. Sasuke [[EasilyForgiven needs only make the briefest of apologies to get her back on his side]]. She does vent her angst by pounding the snot out of Suigetsu, though]].