He has a crush on his crewmate Norba Shino but is too shy to confess this. He's an unassuming, technically-inclined teenager who happens to be gay.
Yamagi Gilmerton from Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans.
He might be bisexual, but The Reveal of his unrequited love for the main character is not revealed until the last few episodes, so there's not much time to investigate the possibility. Guin Sard Lineford from ∀ Gundam, the first character in the entire Gundam franchise with an openly stated same-sex attraction.There's also Morinaga, who is in silent, unrequited love with clueless rabid homophobe Souichi for four years until he finally spills the beans. Kurokawa from Challengers, contrasted with flamboyantly gay American Rick.
Everybody, even the readers, is taken by surprise when they find out. Kajiwara in Chiho Saito's Kanon is a textbook case.Masculine≯eminine Gay Couple occurs when his lover is more feminine than him. Manly Gay can overlap with Straight Gay depending on the context, but Manly Gay is more entangled with old stereotypes about gay men. Also compare Armored Closet Gay and The Whitest Black Guy. Arguably a Spear Counterpart to Lipstick Lesbian, though the "Chapstick" type (not particularly butch or femme) mentioned in its description fits more under this trope. May be associated with Have I Mentioned I Am Gay? in cases where the writing isn't nuanced enough to support a gay character sans constant explanations. The trope itself isn't necessarily harmful, but applying it to real people can be. Gay men exhibiting masculine tendencies or preferring masculine hobbies isn't necessarily a problem it's when it is used to vocally differentiate the individual from " those gays" that it becomes an issue. One thing’s for sure, though: Qaltaqa doesn’t need any help in the bedroom, as he knows exactly what to do.In some cases especially Soap Operas this may be because of the writers changing their minds about an originally heterosexual character.Ī lot of gay people object to the term itself (especially with the term Straight-Acting), arguing that gender presentation and sexual orientation are unrelated, and that the term is unnecessarily divisive. Still, it’s really cute seeing that proud tribe man following Ryou around like a scared puppy. It takes some time for Ryou to get used to his new guest’s presence, especially because Qaltaqa needs help and assistance to do the most basic things. We all love a good enemies-to-lovers story, and if you make both of the characters good looking men, then that’s even better! Well, Ryouichirou and Qaltaqa are not exactly enemies, but they don’t start off with the right foot. Qaltaqa is a skilled warrior and devilishly good looking, but he doesn’t know how technology-or anything modern-works, and it’s making Ryouichirou lose his mind! If only he didn’t start feeling weird after hearing Qaltaqa call his name… But he doesn’t have much choice, since it was the chairman from the university he works at who asked him for the little favor.
There are plenty of things Ryouichirou would rather be doing than looking after a native from a developing country who doesn’t even speak Japanese.