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* [[LoveableSexManiac Miu Iruma]] from ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony''. She may act like a crude perverted loudmouth, but she is also very lonely at heart. She clearly wants people to like her because of her beauty and genius, but her attempts to get people to like her very frequently backfire, leading Miu to shrink back to her meek self. There are also hints that in spite of generally acting like a slut, Miu is actually a virgin who wants actual love and not just sex, as she would insist, even jokingly, that she be offered a romantic gesture before going further. Her Love Suite Event with Shuichi is a ChildhoodFriendRomance; he has cared for her and been by her side since they were kids, and he is the only one who can see past her loudmouthed persona. Lastly, her fourth Free Time Event shows Miu becoming lovesick for Shuichi because he stopped her from disembowelling herself and returned to check on her, suggesting that Miu would fall in love with anyone who is at least somewhat affectionate towards her.
-->'''Shuichi:''' You should get some rest. You're clearly not feeling well.\\
'''Miu:''' Huh...? D-Don't spring that on me all of a sudden...\\
'''Shuichi:''' What do you mean?\\
'''Miu:''' C-Cuz, I mean, y'know...we should at least go on a date before we hit the sheets...\\
'''Shuichi:''' What?

** [[Characters/TheOwlHouseAmityBlight Amity Blight's]] motivations at the beginning of the series are for acclaim, power, and status. [[SpannerInTheWorks And then Luz entered her life.]] This burgeoning romance helps her realize that what she's really wanted has been [[spoiler:freedom from the expectations set by her mother, and to be with people who love her for who she is, not as a tool for their own gain.]]

* ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'' reveals this to be inherent to the Viltrumites. Their culture demands they be ruthless and bloodthirsty to their lessers, but many of those who infiltrate the societies of intended targets of invasion and end up raising a family end up GoingNative because, after being free from Viltrumite culture's EmotionalSuppression, they find that they really ''like'' being liked by their would-be victims. Nolan, in particular, was hit with this so hard that it would later become an inciting incident in the Viltrumite civil war.

* ''VideoGame/BlueArchive': [=V3C4=]'s episode ''Another Me'' reveals that, deep down and despite all her rhetoric on how irredeemable she is, Mika really does want to have a second chance and find her own happy ending, even admitting that she admires fairy tales where the princess is saved and gets to have a RescueRomance with her saviour. It's just that she doesn't feel like a [[IAmAMonster "witch" like her]] is going to get a chance like that.