History HeterosexualLifePartners / AnimeAndManga

* Kudo Shinichi and Hattori Heiji in ''DetectiveConan'' certainly seem to fit this trope, to the point where Hattori is willing to die for Kudo.

* Many of the doubles pairs in ''{{The Prince Of Tennis}}''. (Some ''might'' be pushing it more towards HoYay: Koharu and Yuuji, maybe Ohtori towards Shishido and Eiji towards Ooishi. YourMileageMayVary, of course)

* Dio and Luciola from LastExile seem to be this, although YourMileageMayVary on [[HoYay the "heterosexual" part.]]

* ''Manga/Whistle'' Has Sho w/Shigeki (Josui). Shigeki takes it to a level higher. Which he attacks uppclassmen that may diss sho.

* ''IrisZero'': Mizushima Toru and Hijiri Shinozuka are best friends and confidants in each other. Even before Toru was involved with Sasamori, he established a bond with Hijiri after [[spoiler: saving his friend.]]

* [[HaruhiSuzumiya Kyon and Koizumi Itsuki]] are slowly turning into this, whether Kyon [[VitriolicBestBuds admits/likes it or not.]]

* ''MobileSuitGundamWing'': Most everyone came with a strong pairing: Trowa and Quatre, Trowa and Heero, Quatre and Heero, Duo and Quatre, and to a lesser extent Heero and Duo.

* ''GokujouSeitokai'' has two such couples, Kanade and Nanaho plus Sayuri and Rein. Both groupings were brought together thanks to major events from their respective childhoods.

** Their {{spiritual successor}}s in that respect are ''KiddyGrade'''s Eclair and Lumiere.

** Which gets a little creepy when you remember that Kudo spends most of his time in the series looking like a [[OlderThanTheyLook six year-old boy]]. Rein in the [[{{Shotacon}} pedo-vibes]] there, Heiji.

* For Kiddy Grade, Eclair and Lumiere have already been said, but there's also Dextera & Sinistra, who I heard were apparently twin brothers. O.o

** While Captain Tezuka is also very close with Oishi, his most significant relationship is with Fuji. They're friendly rivals, and confidants in each other.

* ''Anime/LuckyStar'' has Yutaka and Minami. While they do not consider themselves anything more than best friends, their friend Hiyori draws them in yuri.

* ''Anime/SailorMoon'' has a whole mess of them: there's Ami and Makoto, Chibiusa and Hotaru, Rei and Usagi (anime), and Rei and Minako (manga).

-->'''Kotetsu:''' ''[Speaking to [[spoiler:a partially-amnesiac Barnaby in episode 23]]]'' Were the times we spent together [[spoiler:that easy to forget]]!? You and I...we were the best team ever!

* ''{{Bleach}}'' has two main examples involving long-term relationships between men that the fandom enjoys [[ShippingGoggles pairing]] [[HoYayShipping together]].
** [[BaldOfAwesome Ikkaku]] and [[{{Bishonen}} Yumichika]] were together long before they became shinigami (only briefly mentioned in the manga but [[{{Filler}} expanded]] in an anime [[WholeEpisodeFlashback episode]]). [[AlmightyJanitor Yumichika]] even hides his [[CoverBlowingSuperpower true power]] so that he can remain in the same division as Ikkaku and their loyalty to each other is extremely strong. The fandom loves the pairing and the anime loves creating ShipTease but there is no evidence in the manga that they want to be anything other than HeterosexualLifePartners. They are therefore text-book examples of this trope.

* [[HaruhiSuzumiya Kyon and Koizumi Itsuki]] are slowly turning into this, whether Kyon [[VitrolicBestBuds admits/likes it or not.]]

* Johnny and Yosaku of ''{{One Piece}}'', a bounty hunter pair who have the slightly hetero suspect position of following at Zoro's heels like lost puppies and idolizing him to a deeply heartfelt degree.

* Asakura and Sayo of ''MahouSenseiNegima'', though for a change, it's the ''"life"'' aspect that's a bit questionable due to one of them being a [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghost]]. The two have been practically inseparable after Sayo became visible to Asakura. They go on scoops together, get lost in the Magic World together, take baths together with Sayo's possessed voodoo doll resting between Asakura's breasts...

* ''DeathNote'''s Mello and Matt might be this. Matt's not around enough for it to be certain. The [[YaoiFangirls fangirls]] however, see their relationship as being [[HoYay something else...]]

* Nezumi and Shion of ''No.6'', who are aware of how important they are to each other, in a platonic way— honest. [[spoiler:Even if they have kissed. On the lips. Twice.]]

* Huey Laforet and Elmer C. Albatross from ''Literature/{{Baccano}}''. The relationship just becomes more and more suspect as more of their backstory comes into the clear (Elmer, for example, seemed to have a tendency to make bets with himself to see if he could make Huey smile within a certain time period). And some of the quotes from Huey, such as the ones below, make him seem very Tsundere towards Elmer.

* America and Japan in ''AxisPowersHetalia.'' They're on opposing sides during the WWII storyline, but are depicted as having become close friends in the modern-day strips and have virtually no HoYay moments between them despite being featured together in a good number of strips, in contrast with their more ambiguous relationships with England and Greece, respectively.

** Yzak and Dearka are a strong example of this, especially in "MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny" because [[spoiler:some real strings must have been pulled for Dearka to constantly stand beside the almighty Commander Joule the way he does.]]

* Sven and Train in ''BlackCat'', who travel around together as sweepers all the time, and even adopt a "kid" (although they're not really daddy figures to her). Their Heterosexual Life Partnership is so strong that [[StalkerWithACrush Creed]] [[spoiler:tries to turn Sven into a monster so Train [[MurderTheHypotenuse will join up with him instead]]]].

* ''AhMyGoddess'' has Dai-Chan and Den-Chan (as they call each other), Keiichi's seniors in the Auto Club. Considering the cutesy nicknames and an apparent willingness to dress up in drag, this is again debatable. ...Just not as pleasantly so. Yikes, they're huge!

* ''Anime/LuckyStar'' has Yutaka and Minami. While they do not consider themselves anything more than best friends, their friend Hiyori draws them in yuri.
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* Batman and Robin. [[http://files.sharenator.com/gay_comic_6_Batman_and_Robin-s249x348-41616-580.jpg Wait]], [[http://mycomrade.com/images/556.png never]] [[http://nihilobstat.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/ambiguously_gay_batman.jpg mind]].
* Comicbook/{{Cable}} and {{Deadpool}} in, well, ''CableAndDeadpool'' (although many fans perceive this as going straight into HoYay). They are extremely close despite Deadpool's personality being obnoxious even at the best of times, and Deadpool was the first person Cable pictured/made psychic contact with while trying to decide whether to [[spoiler: blow himself up. They were genetically commingled, so that "one phone call" would have happened even without intent....And Cable needed to make that contact to manipulate Deadpool into Doing The Right Thing.]]
** Deadpool is pretty much an omnisexual due to his mental instability, but there is not enough evidence to prove anything more than this trope.
*** Deadpool and Weasel could also fall under this trope.
** Both C and D are well aware of their Life Partner status, especially evidenced when they both regularly called the time during a small falling out between them [[spoiler: ("Small falling out" in this case being Deadpool's new membership in a mercenary group hired to destabilize Cable's fictional country Providence. Said membership was revealed when 'Pool shot Cable in the back of the head.)]] a "divorce".
* [[LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]] and [[ImmortalIronFist Danny Rand]], also of Marvel Comics, with Luke going so far as to name his daughter after Danny.
** Their close friends Misty Knight and Colleen Wing also are considered Heterosexual Life Partners, with Luke Cage going so far as to recommend the two get "gay married."
** When Danny is asking Luke to join his new non-profit, he says 'I love you with every fiber of my being'.
* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational''
** BoosterGold and the BlueBeetle (hereafter "[[PortmanteauCoupleName Boostle]]") of JLI fame are probably the most prominent HeterosexualLifePartners in TheDCU. One storyline in Booster's comic involves [[spoiler:Booster time-travelling to keep Beetle from being killed; when he is told this has the potential to destabilize the entire multiverse, he decides Beetle is worth the risk.]]
** When encountering former (dead) Flash Barry Allen while cruising through the time stream, this exchange occurs:
--->'''Beetle''' You 'rear-ended' Barry Allen?
--->'''Booster''' Oh grow up!
** There's also the scene where, after one of their "break-ups", Booster trails Ted in a public place and begs Ted to take him back.
--->'''Beetle''' Get a grip, Booster. You're acting like some jilted lover.
--->'''Booster''' Well, that's what it FEELS like!
** Beatriz "Fire" [=DaCosta=] and Tora "Ice" Olafsdotter. Heck, it was even in-canon -mistaken- for gay when Tora was temporarily dead and her replacement, who (for some reason) looked a lot like her, misunderstand Bea's mourning. Admittedly, Bea was really off the deep end but still. The way it was written it did seem to indicate that Bea's close friendship towards Tora had sapphic undertones and that the resultant subconscious sexual jealousy was a big reason for Bea's sometimes extreme antipathy towards Tora's boyfriend, Guy Gardner. Once Icemaiden made her face up to that, Bea could learn to appreciate Guy's good qualities, and for a time the two found solace in each other's arms.
* Absolutely endemic in classic Franco-Belgian comics, whenever they [[StrictlyFormula followed the formula]]: a young, [[AlwaysMale male]] hero, without any personality beyond some vague benevolence, going on adventures with an older, more emotional, sarcastic and morally flawed [[OddCouple lifelong companion]]. The two would live in the same house; the young hero would never show or be shown any interest for/by the opposite sex, and, while the older one could sometime get involved in a [[ShallowLoveInterest romantic C-plot]], the girl [[GirlOfTheWeek rarely reappeared in subsequent books]] and the romance would never go beyond a kiss on the cheek or [[{{Asterix}} the nose]]. The formula went [[DeadHorseTrope out of fashion]] a while ago, and is now either [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded to death]] or exploited to [[HoYay its logical conclusion]].
* ''{{Tintin}}'', of course. The eponymous hero started his adventures alone, but was soon joined by Captain Haddock. It's debatable whether the two are heterosexual or {{asexual}}, though they're both definitely {{Celibate Hero}}es. This is probably due to Herge being a devout (liberal in later years) Catholic who didn't believe in including any romance in his works.
** The detective duo [[ThoseTwoGuys Thomson and Thompson]] (Dupont and Dupond in the original French) probably count; though they look like twins, we're never given any indication that they're actually related.
* ''BlakeAndMortimer'': together they fight pseudo-scientific crime...then go home to their house in London.
** Not really: they don't live together, although Blake does sleep over at Mortimer's place from time to time.
* In the American Civil War-set adventure comic ''TheBluecoats'', patriotic and often naive Chesterfield tends to consider Corporal Blutch to be an defeatist coward while cynical and pragmatic Blutch considers Sergeant Chesterfield to be an obnoxious blowhard, but are virtually inseperable from the other.
* ''SpirouAndFantasio'', in which the two eponymous [[IntrepidReporter intrepid reporters]] live together in some incarnations of the series. Recently, [[WordOfGod one of the (many) writers]] went out of his way to mention that Fantasio was obviously gay and pining for Spirou.
* ''{{Asterix}}'' came a few decades after the previous examples and subverts the character types, but not the dynamics.
* If you get away from the older/younger dynamic, "Tif & Tondu", "Johan & Peewit", "Quick Flupke"...
* Even, if you stretch it a little, ''LuckyLuke'' (with Jolly Jumper).
* Pol Pitron and Vic Video from Roger Leloup's ''YokoTsuno'', who form a PowerTrio with ActionGirl Yoko. [[spoiler: After some TimeTravel, Pol gets together with InnocentFlowerGirl Mieke, whereas Vic has quite the WillTheyOrWontThey with Yoko]].
* Cutter and Skywise from ''ElfQuest'' (at least the earlier volumes). [[EveryoneIsBi Although their relationship]] [[WordOfGod isn't entirely platonic]].
* Am I the only one who gets this vibe off of [[{{Sandman}} the Dead Boy Detectives?]] It helps that they're, y'know, dead, and also [[{{Shotacon}} really, really young.]]
* [[TheFlash Barry Allen]] and [[GreenLantern Hal Jordan]], especially as written by MarkWaid.
** And [[GreenArrow Oliver Queen]] and Hal Jordan - one Waid story had Barry ''jealous'' of the time Hal spent with Ollie.
** Heck, HardTravelingHeroes was full of this. And it was {{lampshaded}} by KevinSmith in his early run by Roy Harper (Red Arrow/Arsenal), saying that it was "typical Ollie, get a kid ward, train them, get close to Dinah then leave them both to go hang out with Hal". This is AFTER Queen had come back from the dead, and was brought to the afterlife to talk with Hal Jordan/Spectre to see what was up.
* [[TheFlash Jay Garrick]] and [[GreenLantern Alan Scott]], as well as their successors, Barry Allen and Hal Jordan and (to a lesser extent) Wally West and Kyle Rayner. Maybe it's just a [[TheFlash Flash]] and GreenLantern thing.
* MortadeloYFilemon. Definitely.
** It even gets lampshaded a couple of times.
* {{Spider-Man}} and the [[FantasticFour Human Torch]] definitely.
** This is more of a recent development; Torch and Spidey used to be [[TheRival friendly rivals]] and Daredevil was the closest thing to Spidey's HLP.
* Until recently, ''{{X-Men}}'' villains Black Tom Cassidy and the Juggernaut.
** Also until recently, Wolverine and Nightcrawler.
** Seriously, no mention of Magneto and Professor X yet? A tragic case of a broken life partnership, and DependingOnTheWriter Magneto especially regrets that their ideologies have driven them apart.
* [[Comicbook/TeenTitans Beast Boy and Cyborg]].
* Depending on the writer, Dick Grayson (Robin I/Nightwing/Batman II) had this with either Wally West (Kid Flash/Flash III) or Roy Harper (Speedy/Red Arrow/Arsenal).
* James "Biggles" Bigglesworth and Ginger Hebblethwaite in the ''{{Biggles}}'' comics. The BBC sitcom ''TheThinBlueLine'' makes a case that HoYay is in the air, but Inspector Fowler, who is a fan of the books, vehemently denies it.
* ''JillTrentScienceSleuth'': At least in the Internet-available (and public domain) [[http://sciencewomen.blogspot.com/2008/10/jill-trent-science-sleuth.html examples]] of this obscure [[TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] feature, Jill and her gal pal Daisy are almost always together. And [[LesYay no sign of boyfriends]] for either of them....
* [[{{Daredevil}} Matt Murdock]] and his law partner[=/=]{{cowardly sidekick}} Foggy Nelson.
* Supervillain example, Mentallo and the Fixer. Though they "broke up" when Fixer joined the {{Thunderbolts}}, Judging by the MODOK's 11 mini, Mentallo stills misses the Fixer.
* Guy Gardner and Kyle Rayner in [[GreenLantern Green Lantern Corps]]. So much so that [[spoiler: Kyle's death causes Guy to become a [[AxeCrazy Red Lantern]].]]
* CaptainAmerica gives us Steve Rogers and James "Bucky" Barnes, and Steve and The Falcon (and the Falcon and Bucky too).
* The Iron Man book gives us Tony Stark and his best buddy Jim Rhodes (War Machine).
** There's also Iron Man and Captain America, but a lot of fangirls [[HoYay have doubts about the "Heterosexual" prefix.]]
* Peppermint Patty and Marcie from {{Peanuts}}.
** and earlier, [[OneSteveLimit Patty]] and Violet.
* Rictor and Shatterstar of {{X-Force}} fame were this for a long time, along with that special touch of Ho-Yay, until finally the 'Heterosexual' part was thrown out.
* CalvinAndHobbes.
* {{Batman}} and {{Superman}}, more so in some incarnations than others.
** One of the major changes from PreCrisis to PostCrisis is the removal of this trope from Batman and Superman's relationship. The impact of ''TheDarkKnightReturns'', as well as CharacterDevelopment in the BronzeAge that had turned Batman back to his dark roots, set the stage for relatively little kerfuffle over the retcon, the reasoning being that their "true" personalities (friendly, laid-back reporter versus gruff, brooding vigilante) were too different to get along.
** And now it's back to Heterosexual Life Partners status, with the launch of the [[SlashFic Superman/Batman title]]. But with the incoming DC Reboot, who knows where the relationship is going?
* Robin/Red Robin (Tim Drake) and Superboy (Conner Kent)
** Add in Impulse/Kid Flash (Bart Allen) for a three way one.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Rudi}}'' and Freddy (German comic). Goes so far that they don't get an apartment because the landlady thinks they're really a gay couple, which she can't stand.
* The eponymous duo of ''QuantumAndWoody''. Enforced by the quantum bands they wear; if they fail to knock their bands together every 24 hours, they turn into energy and dissipate.
* [[SteelgripStarkeyAndTheAllPurposePowerTool Patrick "Steelgrip" Starkey and Flynn "Flyin'" Ryan.]]
* [[GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Rocket Raccoon and Groot]]. As the series went on, Rocket's relationship with Groot went from wanting TheBigGuy for back up to this. And it only became more apparent after the Timely Inc. mini-series as they're currently the only active members of the Guardians of the Galaxy.

* ''{{Mai-HiME}}'' has (at least) two such pairs, Chie/Aoi and Haruka/Yukino being the most visible. Amusingly, both pairs eventually join Natsuki and Shizuru in the ''{{Mai-Otome}}'' OfficialCouple pantheon.