Because you like Jason "J.D." Dean in Heathers
The vampire that killed Zero Kiryu's family also infected him, and he starts to crave blood, much to his horror. See them in Vampire Knight.
Eliot Waugh is the unspoken leader of his group of friends at a school for magic. See them in The Magicians.
Phoebe Caulfield is a wise-beyond-her-years 10-year-old with an empathetic spirit. See them in The Catcher in the Rye.
Howl puts the "tortured" in tortured artist. He just wants to be recognized for his work, but no one wants to trust a boy that sorta looks like a bird. See them in Howl's Moving Castle.
There are certain souls the surprisingly sensitive Death would rather not reap. See them in The Book Thief.
An obsessive schoolgirl, Yuno has two sides to her personality, and both are equally unnerving. See them in The Future Diary.
Lloyd Dobler is a kickboxer wearing his heart on his sleeve who would do anything for the woman he loves. See them in Say Anything.
Kiara Carrera is a hippie socialist who likes sea turtles more than people. See them in Outer Banks.
All the world's a stage, and Missy Piggy's never one to give up the spotlight. See them in The Muppet Movie.
A few millennia in the mortal realm have caused DEATH to be quite enamored of life. See them in Discworld.
Firo Prochainezo is swept up in a world of mysterious women, alchemists, and rumors of a wine that makes it drinkers immortal. See them in Baccano!.
Charlie Kelmeckis is a wallflower who's starting to blossom into something more. See them in The Perks of Being a Wallflower.