History Main / LonersWillStayAlone

* ''Manga/AngelDensetsu'': [[TheMessiah Kitano-kun]] starts off like this because of his fearsome appearance, but then someone finds out his true nature, and things sort of snowball from there.

** Kisame Hoshigaki is revealed to have had this enforced on him as part of a black-ops section of the military, charged with murdering the intelligence members of a team were the team to be captured.

* ''Manga/AngelDensetsu'': [[TheMessiah Kitano-kun]] starts off like this because of his fearsome appearance, but then someone finds out his true nature, and [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters things sort of snowball from there.]]

!!Examples

[[folder: Anime and Manga]]

[[folder: Comics]]
* The Forever Alone themed [[MemeticMutation Raeg Comics]] are practically the TropeNamer: they're BlackComedy jokes that usually follow the pattern "Lonely person tries to stop being lonely, and, for reasons completely outside of their control, fails ''miserably''." There's also "We are shown a happy moment that turns out to have been a delusion or roleplay or fiction of some sort, enacted by the lonely person to feign escape from their loneliness, highlighting it even more." They also name the facial expression itself, which is a representation of a person with a disproportionate, ugly chin, and small, beady eyes from each of which a single, thin stream of tears flows, only to stumble on their fissured, thin lips which are curved in a painful rictus that seems to be a sincere, heartfelt, but heartwrenchingly/hilariously failed attempt at a smile. There are traces of [[TakeThatMe self-derision]] among the writers. [[http://images6.cuantocabron.com/ccs/2011/02/CC_60631_forever_alone_san_valentin.jpg Some can be fairly touching]].
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' is trapped in one of these due to [[JerkAss his own inability]] to [[TheStoic maintain]] a [[DatingCatwoman relationship]] with [[KidSidekick anyone]].

[[folder: Film]]

[[folder: Live Action TV]]
* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': Subverted by [[JerkAss Sheldon Cooper]]: he has no interest whatsoever in making friends and ''no redeeming personal qualities whatsoever'', yet people keep talking to him.

** Kurt is the only openly homosexual kid in his entire high-school. He appears to only have ''one'' friend, Mercedes, but he doesn't have much in common with her, and their friendship is true, but definitely not deep. Even his step-brother basically ignores him most of the time. [[spoiler:At least until [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Wild]] [[MemeticMutation Dapper]] {{Love Interest}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E46BhMIRujI appears]][[hottip:*:It's SUPER EFFECTIVE on both]] [[LoveAtFirstSight Kurt]] ''and'' [[EnsembleDarkhorse the Public]]]], but as the boy in question is ObliviousToLove, the battle is not won. Or is it? (DAMN THAT [[MemeticMutation COCKBLOCKING PIANO]]) But this is just the beginning...

** [[AlphaBitch Santana]] alienates herself from everyone else by being a complete jerkass. Even with her many, many male lovers, she never shares any meaningful interaction with them, and doesn't even look them in the eye while having sex. Her one female lover, Brittany, is also her one friend. [[spoiler:Turns out Santana's a {{closeted gay}} and is head-over-heels in love with Brittany]].

[[folder: Visual Novels]]

[[folder: Web Original]]
* Discussed by ''WebVideo/BennettTheSage'' at the end of his review of ''Manga/VideoGirlAi''.
-->'''Sage''': Some of you might remember me talking briefly about the documentary, ''Otaku'', and [[LonersAreFreaks the way the rest of society views the culture]]. It comes as no surprise that otakudom has always been synonymous with social pariahs, even 20 years ago. (''Plays a clip from [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110747/ 1994's "Otaku"]]'') And you know what? [[HypocrisyNod I’m kind of guilty of this too]]. I’ll fully admit that I have made my fair share of jokes about the fandom and I’ll even cop to the fact that a lot of them can be construed as mean spirited. If it means anything, I never meant any of my jokes to be an attack on anyone and that… I understand. I understand that being around people in general can be scary and that it’s made worse when it seems like everyone around you has you pegged as a socially inept loser. I understand the need and want to make a real connection with another person, be it platonic or romantic, especially romantic. I understand that no man is an island, but when there’s no one around you, you can feel like you’re drowning. I understand that in this day and age where talking with someone who is thousands of miles away from you is only a keystroke away, still can’t replace a friendly pat on the shoulder to help lighten the burden of life. I understand that women can seem difficult and demanding and I also understand that men can seem scary and threatening and I also understand that in the absence of this connection, what might temporarily meet this need is a figurine of your favourite character. Or a poster of your favourite character. Or even a body pillow. And I also understand that purchasing these things can make you feel ashamed. Like you’re admitting that yes, you ARE a socially inept loser because who else would buy it? But I want to tell you, not just the people who purchased a body pillow or a full length figurine or even just the otakus out there, but anyone who feels like they have no friends or anyone who can feel alone in a crowded room or anyone who just wants one person to say they care about them, I want to say: [[YouAreNotAlone you’re OK]]. You ''are'' OK. You’re not a freak, you are not worthless and you are not hopeless. You are much stronger than you think you are and nothing you can ever feel can ever stop you from being happy. But first and foremost, you have to know that you ''are OK''.

* ''Manga/HanaNoNamae'' has Mizushima Kei, who is a famous writer of depressing, nihilistic works and won two very prestigious awards for them. He himself has a tragic past and struggles with deep depression, and before the start of the story pretty much has one, singular, friend who he 'claims' to hate. The story resolves around him and the distant relative he took in, Chouko, and her desire to love and save him from his depression and his feeling that he doesn't deserve it, or can never bring himself out of it enough to do anything but drag her down with him.

May overlap with IntelligenceEqualsIsolation, at least until the character [[DefiedTrope figures out how to]] ''[[DefiedTrope use]]'' [[ScrewDestiny their intelligence for social manipulation]]. Even then, despite achieving shallow popularity, the lack of equals to share meaningful interactions with, even antagonistic ones, might doom them to BrokenAce status.

May overlap with IntelligenceEqualsIsolation, at least until the character figures out how to ''use'' their intelligence for social manipulation. Even then, despite achieving shallow popularity, the lack of equals to share meaningful interactions with, even antagonistic ones, might doom them to BrokenAce status.

* Dennis from ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'' is a loner nerd who developed many habits which make him considered a loser to guys and creepy to girls. He never really had much in the way of social connections, and he has severe trouble starting now, and they seem to evade him no matter how hard he tries

* The Forever Alone themed [[MemeticMutation Raeg Comics]] are practically the TropeNamer: they're BlackComedy jokes that usually follow the pattern "Lonely person tries to stop being lonely, and, for reasons completely outside of their control, fails ''miserably''." There's also "We are shown a happy moment that turns out to have been a delusion or roleplay or fiction of some sort, enacted by the lonely person to feign escape from their loneliness, highlighting it even more." They also name the facial expression itself, which is a representation of a person with a disproportionate, ugly chin, and small, beady eyes from each of which a single, thin stream of tears flows, only to stumble on their fissured, thin lips which are curved in a painful rictus that seems to be a sincere, heartfelt, but heartwrenchingly/hilariously failed attempt at a smile. There are [[{{Understatement}} traces]] of [[TakeThatMe self-derision]] among the writers. [[http://images6.cuantocabron.com/ccs/2011/02/CC_60631_forever_alone_san_valentin.jpg Some can be fairly touching]].

* In ''Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular'', this is a big problem for Tomoko - the more time she spends alone the worse she gets at interacting with people, as she becomes more anxious and more in a different world than the other people around her. Seeing how happy everyone else seems also fuels her bitterness, making her more mean and difficult. Sadly, what we see of the people around her seems to indicate that while they can be self-centered, they're generally decent people who sometimes do really want to be friends, but any attempted conversations tend to not work out well for anyone involved.

* The Forever Alone themed [[MemeticMutation Raeg Comics]] are practically the TropeNamer: they're BlackComedy jokes that usually follow the pattern "Lonely person tries to stop being lonely, and, for reasons completely outside of their control, fails ''miserably''." There's also "We are shown a happy moment that turns out to have been a delusion or roleplay or fiction of some sort, enacted by the lonely person to feign escape from their loneliness, highlighting it even more." They also name the facial expression itself, which is a representation of a person with a disproportionate, ugly chin, small, beady eyes from each of which a single, thin stream of tears flows, only to stumble on their fissured, thin lips which are curved in a painful rictus that seems to be a sincere, heartfelt, but heartwrenchingly/hilariously failed attempt at a smile. There are [[{{Understatement}} traces]] of [[TakeThatMe self-derision]] among the writers. [[http://images6.cuantocabron.com/ccs/2011/02/CC_60631_forever_alone_san_valentin.jpg Some can be fairly touching]].