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* The manga ''Manga/SevenDays''. Yuzuru is older, but Seryou is taller and black-haired, and tends to treat Yuzuru a bit like a girl when they're going out. However, Yuzuru is the colder one who demands (not always jokingly) that Seryou not cheat on him, while Seryou is the one who gets easily flustered, especially when it comes to anything sexual. The idea of Seme and Uke never comes up at all - there isn't even a clear 'pursuer' and 'pursued'.

* In the US ''Series/QueerAsFolk'', Brian Kinney is the complete embodiment of this trope, particularly with regard to his relationship with ({{Uke}}) Justin.

* On ''Series/GreysAnatomy'', Dr. Nico Kim is a tall, athletic, extremely handsome and self-confident orthopedic surgeon who is also a mentor to his boyfriend, the short, boyish and nerdy intern Dr. Levi Schmitt.

* The most standout examples in ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' to fill this role are Raven of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe'' and Ike of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius''. Both are big muscly PerpetualFrowner mercenaries who are accompanied by devoted effeminate-looking magic users.

Since [[BoysLoveGenre Boys Love]] is a sub genre of {{Shoujo}} manga. Expect to see the Seme and {{Uke}} written with tropes common to that genre. Such as [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys hot bad boy]] with a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold heart of gold]] to the [[TheStoic ice king]] whose heart can only be [[DefrostingIceQueen tha]][[{{Kuudere}} wed]] by ThePowerOfLove to the KnightInShiningArmor who's always there to [[RescueRomance rescue]] or protect his beloved. See UsefulNotes/BoysLoveNotes for a list of standard seme and uke types. One of the attractions of Boys Love works, however, is that since the uke is male, and thus a legitimate object of desire, it's easier for the female reader to place herself in the dominant role than it is in a heterosexual romance.

** In [[WebVideo/MedukaMeguca Meduka Meguca]] fan video series, [[BigEater Kyoko]] [[FieryRedhead Sakura]] proudly says that she is the seme in every pairing that includes her. Judging by [[PortmanteauCoupleName how the fan base naming the pairings that include her in fanfictions and fanarts as KyoSaya, KyoMami, KyoHomu, etc]], maybe this is [[JustifiedTrope justified]].

* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' fanart often portrays Homura as being a brooding, aggressive seductress who is totally in control of her love life. This is not congruent with [[ShellShockedVeteran her]] [[LoveHurts canon]] [[ShrinkingViolet personality]].

* Nagisa is this in ''WebAnimation/FiftyPercentOff''. He even has a tattoo on his chest that says "Swim Seme".

* [[DepravedBisexual Father]] of ''{{Literature/Touch}}'' Exists as a walking talking critique of this trope. He is an older, wealthier, and significantly more powerful man than Casper, and appears blissfully unaware of how much of a creep he's being about his attraction to a significantly younger male who has said no repeatedly. WordOfGod is that he was written with some of the more unsettling yaoi tropes in mind.

* [[DepravedBisexual Father]] of ''{{Literature/Touch}}'' Exists as a walking talking critique of this trope. He is an older, wealthier, and significantly more powerful man than Casper, and appears blissfully unaware of how much of a creep he's being about his attraction to a significantly younger male who has said no repeatedly. WordOfGod is that he was written with some of the more unsettling yaoi tropes in mind.

* [[DepravedBisexual Father]] of ''{{Literature/Touch}}'' Exists as a walking talking critique of this trope. He is an older, wealthier, and significantly more powerful man than Casper, and appears blissfully unaware of how much of a creep he's being about his attraction to a significantly younger male who has said no repeatedly. WordOfGod is that he is an intentional deconstruction of some of the more unsettling yaoi tropes.

* [[DepravedBisexual Father]] of ''{{Literature/Touch}}'' Exists as a walking talking critique of this trope. He is an older, wealthier, and significantly more powerful man than Casper, and appears blissfully unaware of how much of a creep he's being about his attraction to a significantly younger male who has said no repeatedly. WordOfGod is that he is an intentional deconstruction of some of the more unsettling yaoi tropes.

* [[DepravedBisexual Father]] of ''{{Literature/Touch}}'' Exists as a walking talking critique of this trope. He is an older, wealthier, and significantly more powerful man than Casper, and appears blissfully unaware of how much of a creep he's being about his attraction to a significantly younger male who has said no repeatedly. WordOfGod is that he is an intentional deconstruction of some more unsettling yaoi tropes.

* [[DepravedBisexual Father]] of ''{{Literature/Touch}}'' Exists as a walking talking critique of this trope. He is an older, wealthier, and significantly more powerful man than Casper, and appears blissfully unaware of how much of a creep he's being about his attraction to a significantly younger male who has said no repeatedly. WordOfGod is that he is an intentional deconstruction of some more unsettling yaoi tropes.

* [[DepravedBisexual Father]] of ''{{Literature/Touch}}'' Exists as a walking talking critique of this trope. He is an older, wealthier, and significantly more powerful man than Casper, and appears blissfully unaware of how much of a creep he's being about his attraction to a significantly younger male who has said no repeatedly. [[WordOfGod]] is that he is an intentional deconstruction of some more unsettling yaoi tropes.

* [[DepravedBisexual Father]] of ''{{Literature/Touch}}'' Exists as a walking talking critique of this trope. He is an older, wealthier, and significantly more powerful man than Casper, and appears blissfully unaware of how much of a creep he's being about his attraction to a significantly younger male who has said no repeatedly. [[WordOfGod]] is that he is an intentional deconstruction of some more unsettling yaoi tropes.

** The first protagonist, Red, was usually written as a uke in Red/Blue works due to Blue being the cockier character. However, once ''Sun and Moon'' revealed that Red grew up into a muscular hunk while Blue is shorter and slightly curvy, the tables turned.
** This tends to be inverted in Ethan/Silver works. Silver is aggressive in Lyra/Ethan works, but his effeminate design and brash personality get him turned into Ethan's cutesy tsundere boyfriend. How much Ethan fits the seme stereotypes depends on the artist/writer.

* In Episode 3 of the {{Hentai}} ''The Boundary between Dream and Reality'', Neika ends up as this to Futaba's, her student's, {{Uke}}; the pairing looks like it's straight of a stereotypical BoysLove, only gender-swapped.

* In Episode 3 of the {{Hentai}} ''The Boundary between Dream and Reality'', Neika ends up as this to Futaba's, her student's, {{Uke}}; the pairing looks like it's straight of a stereotypical BoysLove, only gender-swapped.

* Creator/{{CLAMP}}'s [[BastardBoyfriend Seishirou Sakurazuka]] is ''very much'' the classic seme to long-suffering [[{{Uke}} Subaru Sumeragi]] with no exceptions. Seishirou is nine years older, he's TallDarkAndHandsome; he is the one who begins a MindGameShip with Subaru starting when ''[[PaedoHunt Subaru's a little nine year old boy'']]''. Subaru remains utterly unaware that his very life is being bet upon until Seishirou finally and brutally reveals his true nature at the end of ''Manga/TokyoBabylon'' - albeit in a rather touchy-feely way. Not to mention as further shown in the follow-up, ''Manga/{{X1999}}'', that Seishirou is extremely possessive, still extremely powerful, still touchy-feely and sadistic. His sophisticated, sensual and AffablyEvil nature is a great counterpart to the gentle, beautiful and broken [[{{Uke}} Subaru]] in every way.

* ''A Kiss for the Petals'' series: [[{{Tomboy}} Mai]] [[CovertPervert Sawaguchi]], to [[{{Tsundere}} Reo]] [[ShrinkingViolet Kawamura's]] {{Uke}}.

* Summer Roberts from ''Series/TheOC'' is officially the seme to her boyfriend Seth Cohen's {{Uke}}. Yes, you heard me right; a female het example of this trope ''does indeed'' exist.

* ''VisualNovel/{{Morenatsu}}'': If you're playing their respective routes, we have Kouya to Hiroyuki, Hiroyuki to Shin, and Hiroyuki to Shun.

* Chikane from ''Manga/KannazukiNoMiko'' is a yuri example. She's the cool, taller AloofDarkHairedGirl to the shorter and cuter Himeko.

* Tetsuo from ''Manga/{{Yuureitou}}'' is a [[{{transsexual}} trans man]] but plays this to his friend [[spoiler:and eventual boyfriend]] Taichi. He's a handsome, well-dressed, and reserved GuileHero while Taichi is {{adorkable}}, is DisguisedInDrag for a chunk of the series, and is a DistressedDude. Tetsuo also has heavy BrokenAce elements and has a buttload of problems, though Taichi becoming his OnlyFriend helps. Tetsuo being seme material is lampshaded when Taichi imagines them having sex, with Tetsuo on top and Taichi crossdressing and on the bottom.

** Expect a high probability that Selene will be this whenever she's paired up with Lillie.

* ''Manga/LuckyStar'': Expect a higher chance that Konata will be this if she's paired with Kagami. Part of this reasoning comes from the AnimalMotifs scene in the anime with Konata being a fox, and Kagami being a rabbit.

A character role associated with the [[BoysLoveGenre Yaoi genre]], the Seme (or "Tachi") makes up the "giving half" of the same-sex relationship and is often (though not always) more masculine than the {{Uke}} (whereas in real life, sex roles are generally not as rigid as that portrayed in Yaoi and are also not "assigned" according to perceived masculinity). In extreme cases this is signified by him being OneHeadTaller than the {{Uke}} though in more modern works this has become much rarer with the {{Uke}} and Seme being roughly the same height. If he wears glasses, they'll probably be thin-rimmed so it will make him look [[StoicSpectacles sophisticated, intelligent]] and/or [[ScaryShinyGlasses sinister]] (not to mention a lot more [[BespectacledBastardBoyfriend brutal]]). The Seme is often the aggressive pursuer in a relationship, and in the cases where the {{Uke}} takes up that role, the Seme will still [[IncrediblyLamePun come out on top]] when it comes to the lovemaking. [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence Sometimes violently]]. Can be a BastardBoyfriend.

** In regards to the game personas, Blue still tends to be more often Seme than Red, but he usually becomes more of a upbeat, arrogant and almost tsundere guy in contrast to quiet, reserved and serious Red.

** Expect a high probability that [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Moon]] will be this whenever she's paired up with Lillie.