If a character is stated by themself someone who was told by the character in question an omnipotent reliable narrator or a reliable supernatural/sci-fi being/machine with advanced knowledge to be asexual, then that character is confirmed within the media. Confirmed is when a character is directly stated by an accurate source to be explicitly asexual, think of Jughead Jones and Todd Chavez for examples of where they are explicitly mentioned to be asexual. However none of these characters are confirmed.
We have had a few characters like these in video games like Psycho Mantis from Metal Gear, who in all canonical iterations has no sexual desire. This especially excludes characters that have an epiphany and are suddenly sexually attracted to others Their asexual likeness cannot be mental conditioning, powers, HSDD, Depression, PTSD, etc. naming Link "Steve" in Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, or simple headcanons that either have not enough support or are disproven This excludes those tiny offshoot parallel dimensions where a character has different morals/values/genders/orientations/etc., Player choices i.e. Their asexual likeness must be fixed in place for the main continuity. This excludes robots or species that typically do not have sexual attraction Human or of a species that mirrors our sexual orientation spread. To pass this, the character must be/have: Canonical is simple, it essentially asks if the character is described in the true continuity as something that fulfills the criteria of asexuality. In terms of representation for asexuality, there are two defining criteria: confirmed and canonical. Before I announce this, I should first explain a few vital details.
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