sexuality question (this seems ridiculous tho)

you identify yourself as asexual but is attracted to fictional characters, are you still asexual even if your still not sexually attracted to real living people? also, are our feelings towards fictional character doesn't count such as to our sexuality attraction and stuff?

a friend of mine who is also asexual asked me this and i got confused too. im not well-versed in this type of subject, so pardon me if this sounds dumb and ridiculous to you.