The Crusher

Not to be confused with someone who physically crushes things.

The guy who's vulnerable to falling for a girl, most likely the Cute Girl or Edge. He's hopelessly in love with his interest of choice and might make multiple attempts to get closer to her, but usually fails. Some of these attempts might not even get the girl's attention, having the Crusher feel worse about himself and wonder why he even tries to have her notice him. The Crusher has a few ways of discovering the Crush: an immediate feeling of "love" for her, starting to dislike her but then slowly warms up to her, or feels neutral towards her, then starts to like her as time goes on. This is the moment when a terrible thing is born. At least in one person.

The Crusher is likely to be the Loser or Main. If he is, his Buddy might agree to be his wingman to help get closer to his love interest. The best that this would do most of the time is get So Close, Yet So Far where the Crusher, even after going through so much to get the Crush to love him, is either ultimately turned down, decides his efforts aren't enough to win her over, or finds a new girl he wants to crush on. If he is denied access to the Crush, the Crusher will often fall into depression and contemplate why he made all of his attempts at getting with a girl who he says is far beyond him. This is a possible end or scene that is found near the end of a Rise and Fall of a Heart plot.