History Main / LovableSexManiac

* ''VideoGame/MasterDetectiveArchivesRainCode'': Desuhiko's an excitable boy with a lot of genuine talents and a zest for life. He's also girl crazy to the point he tries to flirt with almost every female he comes across, always failing.

** Miu Iruma from ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' is a female example, spouting lewd jokes every chance she gets and being very open about her own kinks and sexual habits. Her perversions are a source of a lot of comedy in the game and she's also a dorky science geek who makes amazing inventions that are as perverted as she is. On the other hand, it is strongly suggested that despite her bluster and acting like a slut, Miu is actually a virgin [[IJustWantToBeLoved who wants actual love and not just sex]], as she would insist on being offered a romantic gesture before going further. In addition, her Love Suite Event shows Miu nervously allowing Shuichi to have his way with her, further indicating that Miu had never been in a serious opportunity to have sex before.

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The ethics of TV land are fluid and lackadaisical, and nowhere is this more evident than in the case of the Lovable Sex Maniac. This form of TheCasanova goes above and beyond the average sleaze, engaging in the full spectrum of perversion -- from dabbling in pornography to blatant sexual (or in some cases, bisexual) advances. May also come with an ExtremeLibido. The only thing that keeps the Lovable Sex Maniac from being a truly disturbing AntiHero is that his antics are always played for laughs... and the odd thing is, it usually works.

!!Examples

** Teruteru Hanamura from ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair''. He makes a lot of suggestive comments, sometimes using culinary metaphors ([[BusmansVocabulary what with him being the Ultimate Cook and all]]), and spends most of his time on the island perving on the girls (and sometimes the boys, he's not picky). He even lampshades it:

* ''VideoGame/MasterDetectiveArchivesRainCode'': Desuhiko's an excitable boy with a lot of genuine talents and a zest for life. He's also girl crazy to the point he tries to flirt with almost every female he comes across, always failing.

** [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] with female example Mikan Tsumiki in ''2'', a ReluctantFanserviceGirl and CovertPervert who often acts provocatively [[AttentionWhore for attention]] as a result of being severely abused her whole life. She's a much straighter example in [[Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool the anime]] where she's far more open, coming onto [[BodyguardBabes Peko]], "Byakuya", and even Teruteru,

* The title character of ''Manga/IonoTheFanatics'', whose favorite pastime involves enthusiastically trying to make [[GirlsLove her large lesbian harem]] even larger.

** Miu Iruma from ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' is a female example, spouting lewd jokes every chance she gets and being very open about her own kinks and sexual habits. Her perversions are a source of a lot of comedy in the game and she's also a dorky science geek who makes amazing inventions that are as perverted as she is. On the other hand, it is strongly suggested that despite her bluster and acting like a slut, Miu is actually a virgin [[IJustWantToBeLoved who wants actual love and not just sex]], as she would insist on being offered a romantic gesture before going further. In addition, her Love Suite Event shows Miu nervously allowing Shuichi to have his way with her, further indicating that Miu had never been in a serious opportunity to have sex before.

The methods to succesfully soft-sell such a character are many, from making them a ChivalrousPervert, to them being [[KavorkaMan mysteriously successful at romance]], to their perversions [[ADateWithRosyPalms not requiring other people]], to them just being unusually and extremely frank about sex, to them not minding striking out and just moving on to the next potential partner, to just having committment issues. Regardless, he (or more rarely she) is not interested in uninterested partners, thus making the "Lovable" part somewhat reasonable.

A HardDrinkingPartyGirl can double as the Lovable Sex Maniac with, interestingly, very little change just because she's female. Compare the ChivalrousPervert. Contrast HandsomeLech.

* Quark from ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' is a Ferengi, and wears the dual Ferengi [[PlanetOfHats hats]] of avarice and lechery, but he's good-natured enough to mainly be one of the heroes.

The ethics of TV land are fluid and lackadaisical, and nowhere is this more evident than in the case of the Lovable Sex Maniac. This form of TheCasanova goes above and beyond the average sleaze, engaging in the full spectrum of perversion -- from dabbling in pornography to blatant sexual advances. May also come with an ExtremeLibido. The only thing that keeps the Lovable Sex Maniac from being a truly disturbing AntiHero is that his antics are always played for laughs... and the odd thing is, it usually works.