I see this a lot in the asexual community, this "I can't imagine thinking anyone is hot, but characters? Who aren't even real? Especially if they're not even live action? Off the charts weird! I realized I was ace when my friends started talking about wanting to bang anime characters!"

That really confused me when I was figuring out my aceness because I can ONLY imagine wanting to bang drawings and pixels. And sometimes do want to. And if they turned into a live action person I'd stop wanting to.