"Bakadere", also known as "Ahodere" , is a term for a character who lacks common sense and is generally unaware of their surroundings, but sometimes acts deredere to their love interest. They have a child-like sense of wonder and often do things that most people consider weird or silly. They are very kind and innocent at heart and will often do these weird things to try to win the affection of their love interest.What is Bakadere - Nico Nico Pedia Meaning of the Name Bakadere (バカデレ) is a combination of "baka" (バカ), meaning "foolish (having a lack of good sense, judgment, or discretion)", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck". Origin The term was created on the Japanese internet to describe the character Fuko Ibuki from the 2009 anime series Clannad ~After Story~.What does "Bakadere" mean? - Yahoo Answers Fuko was a character who Fuko was a very hyperactive and childish girl who was obsessed with starfish. She would spend all day making small wooden carvings of starfish with a carving knife to give to her friends as presents and would even daydream about starfish all the time. This hobby completely drains her concentration and awareness of the people around her leading to her acting very silly all the time. She also referred to herself exclusively in the third person when talking to other people. She was a kind and nice girl, but because of her unusual behavior she was often referred to by her friend Ushio as "the weird girl". Alternate Name Bakadere is also widely known on Japanese social media as Ahodere (アホデレ). This uses the word "aho" (アホ) in place of "baka". Both of these words have the same meaning and are considered as synonyms by most Japanese dictionaries, however, use of the word "baka" is more widespread in standard Japanese while use of the word "aho" is more common in the Kansai dialect of Japanese.Ahodere Slime Girl - March Eel However, the existence of this alternate name has caused some confusion in the Western community. The use of two separate spellings for the dere type likely lead Western fans to think they were two different types, when in fact they were not, resulting in a Western version of "ahodere" with a completely different definition. The Western definition could be described as a fool at love, while the Japanese definition is a fool in love. History Although the term was created on the internet, it was eventually used in an official media when it was a featured topic in the 90th episode of the Maji Pon! radio show in 2013.Maji Pon! Public Radio Report - Gintamakaman Personality Baka Side Bakadere are characters who are very innocent and sweet, but their cluelessness outshines their other attributes. They are basically a ditzy girl or boy in love. They also act like children who must be looked after and taught about life by their love interest. Most tend to be overly carefree and optimistic due to their lack of awareness. Bakadere also act childish and air-headed, usually rushing into things without logically thinking them through first which often results in embarrassing situations. They tend to bring a smile to their love interest, though sometimes unintentionally. Deredere Side Although they usually act in a more silly manner, they are sometimes deredere. They will behave in a more serious and affectionate way towards their love interest. Differences From Other Archetypes Bakadere are usually described as moe due to their cute and child-like innocence. It is also similar to dojikko—characters who are very clumsy—since lack of awareness can sometimes cause a person to be clumsy, though many dojikko are highly intelligent and don't necessarily behave in a silly way outside of their clumsy moments. Bakadere are also not inherently clumsy, though some characters may be both types. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Dojikko: A term for characters who are cute and clumsy. - Moe: A term for a character who is the embodiment of being "cute" and innocent. - Tsun-Aho: A term for tsundere characters who try so hard to look uninterested in their love interest that they just end up making themselves look like a fool. "Biridere", also known as "Zingdere" in Western media, is a term for a tsundere character who expresses their feelings towards their love interest with electricity, usually in a violent and hostile way. They will shock their love interest when they embarrass them too badly or do something that makes them very upset. Meaning of the Name Biridere (ビリデレ) comes from "biribiri" (ビリビリ), an onomatopoeia for an "electric shock", and "tsundere" (ツンデレ), meaning "a character who acts harsh towards their love interest to hide their feelings of being lovestruck". Origin The term came from the character Misaka Mikoto from the light novel series A Certain Magical Index . In the series, she was given the nickname of "biribiri" by her love interest Toma Kamijo because of her habit of constantly shocking him.What is Biridere - Pixiv Encyclopedia Because of her electric-themed nickname combined with her tsundere attitude, fans of the series nicknamed her biridere starting in 2009.What is Biridere - Nico Nico Encyclopedia The term was later used as the title of a popular fan doujin manga based off the series in 2010.Doujinshi - Toaru Majutsu no Index (ビリデレっ!) - Otaku Republic The first known use of "biridere" in an official media was in chapter 2 of the 2020 romance comedy manga series The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You . When the tsundere character Karane Inda said she was 'only holding hands with Rentarou in the event she got hit by random static electricity so she could shock him too', he remarks "that'd make you a biridere not a tsundere".100 Girlfriends - Chapter 2 - 100 Kanojo Alternate Name In the official English subtitles by Crunchyroll for episode 2 of The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You the term "biridere" was translated as "zingdere".The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You (Episode 2, 3:03) - Crunchyroll This name comes the English word "zing", which means full of energy. History The first instance of the biridere archetype was in the 1978 manga series Urusei Yatsura . In this series, an alien named Lum becomes betrothed to a human named Ataru Moroboshi after a misunderstanding made her think he proposed to her. After this, she follows him around everyone calling him her "darling" and does everything she can to be a perfect wife. However, despite this, Ataru continued flirting with other women at school, including in front of her, which causes her usually sweet demeanor to change and unleash a violent shock of electricity to punish him for "cheating". This would become fully established as an official archetype after the release of the 2004 light novel series A Certain Magical Index and its multiple spin-offs. In this, the character of Misaka Mikoto develops feelings for Toma Kamijo after he saves her leading to her trying to get into a relationship with him. However, she is unable to properly express her feelings of love to him and would shock him instead, being more in line with a typical tsundere reaction compared to the more deretsun behavior of Lum. This led to Misaka Mikoto giving her the nickname of "Biribiri". Personality Biridere have a personality similar to tsundere or bokodere characters, except they use electric powers instead of their words or fists. They will also have regular tsundere-like reactions without using their powers. Biribiri Period Biridere are characters who express their feelings towards their love interest with electricity, usually in a violent and hostile way. They can, and will, shock their love interest when the love interest embarrasses them too badly or when their love interest makes them very upset. This is almost always just used for comedic affect, so their love interest is fine by the next scene. Biridere characters also don't actually want to harm their love interest, they just do it out of impulse when their love interest pushes them too far. Deredere Period During the times when they aren't shocking their love interest, they are usually very sweet to them. For some this sweet side may take a longer time to come out if they're also a tsundere, as opposed to a deretsun, but once it does they will be very nice and cheerful to them. However, if their love interest makes them upset again they may still shock them from time to time. Differences From Other Archetypes Gandere is a very similar term to biridere. However, gandere characters use guns to express their feelings, rather than electricity. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Gandere: A term for characters who lash out at their love interest by shooting guns at them when they get embarrassed in order to hide their feelings of love. - Tsundere: A term for a character who acts harsh towards their love interest to hide their feelings of being lovestruck. Biridere is a variation of this type. - Tsungire: A character who is filled with aggressive annoyance and has violent tendencies. Biridere could be considered an elecricity-themed variation of this type. Biridere are tsundere characters who express their feelings towards their love interest with electricity, usually in a violent and hostile way. They will shock their love interest when they embarrass them too badly or do something that makes them very upset. This is not to be confused with: - Birigire - A character who uses electricity to fight or harm other people in a loveless or lethal way. "Bokodere" is a term for a character who lashes out with their fists when they get embarrassed from their love interest in order to hide their shyness and feelings of love. They go into fight-or-flight mode when flustered despite not really wanting to hurt their love interest. After some time as they get more used to being affectionate with their love interest they will feel less flustered and will gain control over their aggressive impulses. Meaning of the Name Bokodere (ボコデレ) is a combination of "bokoru" (ボコる), meaning "to beat up" or "assault someone by hitting, kicking, or punching them", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck".What is Bokodere - Pixiv EnyclopediaWhat is Bokodere - Nico Nico Pedia Origin The origin of this dere type is Mahiru Inami from the 2005 manga series "Working!!". This dere type was created after her in Japan due to her reactions and habit of punching her love interest.The Much-Talked-About Bokodere Heroine - Livedoor Inami suffers from severe androphobia (fear of men), which was built up by her father during her childhood. Due to her fear, she often punches immediately and with massive strength any man that tries to interact with her. Despite her androphobia, she is aware that men are not necessarily to be feared and often struggles with her impulse to punch men she encounters. She feels especially bad when hurting her love interest Souta Takanashi after getting extremely flustered over something he says or does, but he helps her get over her androphobia as their relationship grows. Although the term "bokodere" does not appear in the original manga series, they did release official "bokodere" themed merchandise, such as a bokodere Mahiru Inami collector's figurine.WORKING!! - Bokodere Set of 6 - Hobby StockThe Innocent and Pretty Bokodere Girl "Mahiru Inami" Joins the "Kyarameni Series"! - Hobby Search Personality Bokodere characters don't know how to handle their embarrassment and will use their fists (or even their feet), sometimes unconsciously so, to avoid awkward and uncomfortable situations they think they are in. They are similar to a combination of tsundere and teredere. They usually behave completely normal until someone makes them blush, which will make them respond aggressively by punching that person to avoid the embarrassing situation. While a teredere would try to hide from the love interest by hiding their face or running away, a bokodere would also try to hide but in a more aggressive and harmful way by hitting, kicking, and loudly telling the love interest to get away from them. Differences From Other Archetypes Bokodere is similar to the dere type tsundere, but the main difference is the usual lack of dialogue and the unintentional reactions of a bokodere, while tsundere characters are very aware of their harsh treatment towards the love interest. Tsundere characters will purposely treat badly their love interest at first, while a bokodere would only react like that once embarrassed as a knee-jerk reaction, trying to get away as fast as possible with the only resource they have, that being their fists. Bokodere is an even more extreme version of tsuntere, or an embarrassed tsundere, but the biggest difference is bokodere lash out with their fists to hide their embarrassment, while tsuntere only lash out with their words. Gandere and biridere characters are pretty similar to bokodere characters, but with more extreme reactions, using guns and electricity instead of their fists like a bokodere would do. It could be said that bokodere is a more realistic, weaponless/powerless form of these other two dere types. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Teredere: A term for a character who gets really nervous and embarrassed around their love interest. - Thugdere: A term for a character who often mistreats, bullies and hits their love interest to hide their true feelings. - Tsuntere: A term for a character who becomes bashful around their love interest and then acts verbally harshly towards them because of it. Bokodere are characters who lash out with their fists when they get embarrassed from their love interest in order to hide their shyness and feelings of love. They go into fight-or-flight mode when flustered despite not really wanting to hurt their love interest. After some time as they get more used to being affectionate with their love interest they will feel less flustered and will gain control over their aggressive impulses. This is not to be confused with: - Tsuntere - A shy character who has difficulty expressing their feelings of affection to their love interest so they lash out with their words instead of their fists. "Butsudere" is a term for a character who is the embodiment of the teachings and principles of Buddha. They follow a very peaceful and calm zen lifestyle and are wise, moral, selfless, compassionate, and loving towards their love interest. They can be said to be peacefully in love. Meaning of the Name Butsudere (仏デレ) is a combination of "butsu" (仏), meaning "Buddha" or "enlightened", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck". These characters follow the principles of being "zen" or "a state of calm attentiveness in which one's actions are guided by intuition rather than by conscious effort". Origin The term "butsudere" comes from the manga series Mission! School to describe the character Ayane Hazuki.Mission! School 3 - Dragon Age ComicsMission! School Volume 3 - Book LiveMission! School 3 - KadokawaMission! School 3 - K-Manga Alternate Name Although Mission! School has never been officially released in English, the most popular fan releases unofficially translate the name as "Buddhere". Characteristics Many Butsudere will live inside a Buddhist temple, especially ones that are priests/priestesses who manage the temple or are related to someone who is, but this is not necessarily always the case. Personality Butsudere are characters who are the embodiment of the teachings and principles of Buddha. They will follow a very peaceful and calm zen lifestyle and are considered to be very wise, moral, helpful, compassionate, and loving towards others. Butsudere will often spend a lot of time meditating to clear their thoughts in an effort to obtain the path of enlightenment. They will try to rid themselves of negative emotions and become the best person they possibly can be. They enjoy helping others and are people that others look up to when they need advice. Butsudere will try their hardest to stay on this lifestyle, but they may stray from the path from time to time if they let their worldly desires get the best of them. However, they will always get back on track and not let their progress stop. Differences From Other Archetypes Butsudere can be considered as similar to miko characters, but the main difference is that miko follow the Shinto religion and not Buddhism. However, because of the close similarities in the teachings and practices between both religions it is very common for the more dedicated miko to fall under this archetype anyway, though many also do not. Both characters are also typically responsible for managing their place of worship; for miko this is a Shinto shrine while for butsudere it's a Buddhist temple. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Miko: A term for a female character who is Japanese shrine maiden. Butsudere are characters who are the embodiment of the teachings and principles of Buddha. They follow a very peaceful and calm zen lifestyle and are wise, moral, selfless, compassionate, and loving towards their love interest. They can be said to be peacefully in love. "Darudere" is a term for a character with a dull personality who never wants to do anything fun. They live a very mundane life and lack a sense of excitement, which causes them to always be bothered by their love interest wanting to spend time with them. When their love interest asks them to do something fun they will complain, but will do it anyways because they love them even though they'd rather be doing anything else. After enough time, they will realize that they do enjoy spending time with their love interest and will start being more up-front with their feelings and showing a more happy caring side. Meaning of the Name Darudere (ダルデレ) is a combination of the English word "dull" or "daru" (ダル), which means "boring" or "lacking interest and excitement", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck".What is Darudere - Pixiv EncyclopediaWhat is Darudere - Nico Nico Pedia Origin The term comes from the 2008 doujinshi manga series Darudere + Seraa + Kaade + Ponite + Niiso + Tsurupeta + Shimapan = Kyonko . The series was a parody of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and the term "darudere" was used to refer to the gender-swapped version of Kyon known as Kyonko.Darudere + Seraa + Kaade + Ponite + Niiso + Tsurupeta + Shimapan = Kyonko - SurugayaDarudere + Seraa + Kaade + Ponite + Niiso + Tsurupeta + Shimapan = Kyonko - Summer! - SurugayaDarudere + Seraa + Kaade + Ponite + Niiso + Tsurupeta + Shimapan = Kyonko - Final! - Surugaya The gender-swapped parody spawned numerous fan projects and internet threads of people recreating the entire original series. It was so popular that it even received coverage on Japanese news shows.The Gender-Flip of Haruhi Suzumiya - Know Your Meme The term referred to how Kyonko had a nonchalant dull personality and was never excited about anything. This caused her to always be bothered by Haruhiko asking to hang out or participate in his elaborate plans. She would complain and want to do something else instead, but would do everything Haruhiko asked anyway. Her feelings of love for Haruhiko outweighed her own dull personality and she started to enjoy spending time with him.Darudere!! - Mixi Personality Daru Period Darudere are characters who have a dull, boring personality and never want to do anything exciting. They live a very mundane life and lack a sense of excitement about anything, rarely showing a happy or smiling side. They will usually ignore others and do whatever they want unless their love interest asks them to do something. They have a nonchalant attitude toward their love interest and show little interest towards them unless they are the one who initiates the conversation. They do still express emotions, just with an overtone of being bored or not caring. This causes them to always get bothered when their love interest wants to go do something fun. They would rather do things that are simple or just be left alone to do what they want, but somehow always get brought along to do things by their love interest. This is usually exemplified even more if their love interest is full of energy like a genkikko and is very excited and constantly wants to hang out with them. When their love interest asks them to do something, they will start complaining and talk about how they'd rather do anything else but will do it anyway because their love for them outweighs their lack of interest. They will say things such as "Ugh, this is a pain but fine". Even if they don't want to admit it, they greatly enjoy spending time with their love interest. Some may even complain and act like they were forced, even though they truthfully wanted to all along. Derekake Period Darudere have the kind of personality that will always keep their love interest company anyway no matter what. They have a strong desire to be with their love interest (dere) rather than being dull (daru). It's about wanting to be with that person more than the dullness.What is a Girl's "◯◯dere"? - AppBank For example, a conversation with their love interest might go: - Example 1 - Example 2 Deredere Period After spending enough time with their love interest, they will start enjoying it more and complaining less. If their love interest stops asking them to do things, they will start to miss spending time with them. Eventually, they will realize that they do love spending time with their love interest more than anything and will start to be more up-front with their feelings and show a more happy affectionate side. Differences From Other Archetypes Darudere shares some similarities with hinedere due to both types tending to complain a lot, but the main difference is hinedere are far more arrogant and a lot more cynical in their complaints, saying things like "there is no such thing as true love". A hinedere is also more likely to snap in rage if their intelligence is questioned or asked to do something, while a darudere will complain but do it anyway. Darudere are just dull people who lack a sense of excitement about anything, while hinedere are angry at the world. Darudere also has some similarities to kuudere due to both being distant and uncaring to what others have to say to them, but the main difference is kuudere keep their cool and show little emotion while darudere still show emotions, just with a bored tone to them. A kuudere may also enjoy going out and having fun, even if they don't always show it on their face. Darudere are characters with a dull personality who never want to do anything fun. They live a very mundane life and lack a sense of excitement, which causes them to always be bothered by their love interest wanting to spend time with them. When their love interest asks them to do something fun they will complain, but will do it anyways because they love them even though they'd rather be doing anything else. After enough time, they will realize that they do enjoy spending time with their love interest and will start being more up-front with their feelings and showing a more happy caring side. This is not to be confused with: - Unofficial:Taidere - A character who is normally very lazy, but still spend time with their love interest. "Dere Type" is a term for a concept that describes how different types of characters behave towards their love interest and how they react differently before/after falling in love and becoming lovestruck (deredere). Meaning of the Name These dere types are the result of a compound word of some variable adjective "__" and the word "deredere" (デレデレ).What is a Girl's "◯◯dere"? - AppBank Origin The concept of dere types originates from tsundere. The term "tsundere" was coined on August 29, 2002 for a character who's behavior differed drastically when it came to how they treated their love interest. They sometimes acted "tsuntsun" towards them and they sometimes acted "deredere" towards them. These two words were then conjoined to create a term that described someone who's behavior was both "tsun" and "dere"; they are tsun-dere.What is Tsundere - Nico Nico Pedia The rise in popularity of tsundere, resulted in a fad on Japanese social media where people would create many new combinations of what is now known as "dere types" (◯◯デレ). Naming Convention These compounds always follow the format of "__dere", or "◯◯デレ" in Japanese. This takes the first two kana of the first adjective and conjoins it with the first two kana of "deredere" to create a compound. For example, a character who starts "kuuru" (クール) and then later becomes "deredere" (デレデレ), would be "kuu" (クー) + "dere" (デレ), or "kuudere" (クーデレ).Kuudere - Japanese Slang Dictionary History Early Inspirations Although tsundere is the archetype that started the fad of creating many new "dere types" and is widely considered to be the original dere type, it is actually 'not' the first time a compound was created with deredere to create an original meaning. This honor actually belongs to undere, which originates from the 1905 novel Memories of Soseki written by Kyoko Natsume, 97 years prior.The Original "Tsundere"?! 100 Years Ago, A Conversation Between Natsume Soseki And Terada Torahiko Called "Undere" - Hoshi Biyori Characteristics Initial Behavior When it comes to a character behaving deredere, it is a very common practice to add some sort of differing personality trait that conceals this more romantic and loving side of them. This involves creating a state "__" that is at first apparently unfavorable or unromantic to a love interest, but then becomes deredere due to the passage of time or the occurrence of some situation.What is Dere - Nico Nico PediaWhat does Yandere, Kuudere, Tsundere, and Kiridere mean? 〇〇dere Surge! - Yotsuba Derekake The point at which a character is in the transition period from going from their "__" state to their deredere state is known as "derekake" (デレかけ), which means "almost dere" or "becoming dere". This comes from a combination of the word "deredere" and the suffix "kake", meaning "to be partway" or "to begin but not complete". This is the point at which a character is showing brief glimpses of their deredere side but is still attempting to hide it. For example, when a tsundere character gets lost in the moment and starts acting lovestruck (deredere), but then quickly catches themselves and insults their love interest to act like it never happened (tsuntsun). They are not fully deredere yet, but they are starting to become it.Derekake - Japanese Slang DictionaryDerekake - Mixi Dere-ki The point at which a character finally becomes deredere is known as "dere-ki" (デレ期), meaning "dere period".What is Dereki - Pixiv EncyclopediaMy Dere Period - Rakuten Books It is also common to see other related phrases such as "tsun-ki" (ツン期), or "tsun period", to describe the starting state of a character.The Tsundere Princess Who Has Passed Her Tsun Period Turns Red Today - Dengeki Online Categories of Dere Types Dere types can be broken down into three main categories: Gap Moe These kinds of dere types rely heavily on on the concept of "gap moe", or the idea that moe (feelings of strong affection) can come as a result of a gap between two seemingly opposite personalities. They are the result of a compound word of some variable adjective that hides their loving side "__" and the word "deredere" creating a gap in their personality. In these cases, the value of deredere is raised by the fact that the process of releasing the initial "__" state happens over time and opening the heart, and the fact that deredere is glimpsed for a moment in the usual "__" period. It is a case where if you are in love with the other person, you will inevitably become deredere. For example: - Dandere: A character who starts off being silent and shy (danmari), but becomes deredere around their love interest. - Kuudere: A character who starts off acting cold and unemotional (kuuru), but then becomes deredere around their love interest. - Tsundere: A character that starts off acting cold, distant, and stuck-up (tsuntsun) towards their love interest, but eventually becomes deredere to them. This is the original dere type and also the most well-known. In each of these examples, the character starts with a personality that is seemingly unfriendly or unromantic and then grows over time to become loving and affectionate. This differs from a standard deredere character whose feelings of love and affection are always on full display and is never hidden. Fluctuating Gap Other times, however, dere types are created as exceptions to the original formula. Rather than the gap in their personality disappearing over time to create an effect of moe, the variable "__" instead becomes the focus of their personality and impacts their deredere state. For example: - Onidere: A character who will be ruthless and mean to their love interest in public (oni), but deredere to them in private (dere). Rather than losing their ruthless (oni) side after becoming deredere they will continuously switch back-and-forth between the two behaviors. - Yandere: A character whose deredere is so strong that it causes them to become mentally unstable (yanderu). Instead of starting off mentally unstable (yanderu) and then later becoming deredere, as is the case with the gap moe types, they are so deredere at the start that it causes them to become mentally unstable (yanderu). With this type, the character continuously fluctuates between acting mentally unstable (yanderu) and deredere rather than having straightforward progress from one state to becoming deredere over time. Gapless There are also several variations that are purely deredere the entire time, just like the standard type, and don't rely on a gap in personality. In these cases, the variable "__" simply describes 'how' they are being deredere with both adjectives applying simultaneously to describe the character. These types of characters openly show off their affection and love, but in different ways. For example: - Nyandere: A character who expresses their deredere by getting intimate with their interest in the same way a cat (nyan) does. They are very affectionate and openly loving the entire time, in the same way a standard deredere is, but they show this loving side in a cat-like (nyan) way by rubbing against their love interest or making them pet their head. - Yoidere: A character who expresses their deredere when they are drunk (yoi). They become very open and affectionate which causes them to show their deredere in a playfully drunk (yoi) way. Rather than having a drunk side (yoi) and then later becoming deredere, they are deredere because they are drunk (yoi) with both sides occuring at the same time. "Deredere" is a term for a character who is lovestruck and does not hide their romantic feelings towards their love interest. They will be very openly affectionate and loving towards their love interest the entire time and will behave in cute ways that make their love interest want to spoil them with affection. Unlike other dere types, they don't have another side that they hide their feelings behind. Meaning of the Name The word "deredere" (デレデレ) is a Japanese onomatopoeia for the "slovenly or messy appearance due to romantic feelings in front of the person you are attracted to". It is used to describe the act of "fawning on your love interest (giving lots of affection and attention towards them to please them and receive their love)", or most commonly as "being lovestruck (experiencing intense feelings of romantic love for someone to the point that it is difficult to behave as usual or even think of anything else except the person you love)". The word is used when you say or do something that you don't show to others in front of your lover (恋人). If someone is described as being "deredere" for someone it means they are visually showing their romantic attraction to them in a cute way.What Kind of a State is "Deredere" in the First Place? - Oggi JPWhat is Deredere - Pixiv Encyclopedia The behavior of someone who is being deredere has been described in official media as: rabu-rabu (ラブラブ), meaning "head-over-heels in love (being completely enamored with another person where you can't get them out of your mind)", kawaii (かわいい) meaning "acting cute, adorable, and loveable (having qualities that attract affection)", ama-ama (甘々), meaning "excessively sweet, affectionate, and heartwarming behavior in a romantic relationship (the tender and loving feelings between two people, such as sharing a warm hug, holding hands, or exchanging sweet words)", and icha-icha (イチャイチャ), meaning "lovey-dovey (how a couple intimately fools around; amorously affectionate behavior between two people in romantic interactions, such as kissing a lot, holding each other tightly, touching each other, or looking at each other lovingly for a long time)". Origin The origin of the term "deredere" can be traced as far back as 1889, from the Rakugo theater play Sumida's Familiarity by San'yutei En'yuu III. This comes from the passage: ""I'm in love with you, but ah it's not possible?" he said, acting all deredere.", where it was used to describe the behavior of a man confessing his love.Deredere - Koto Bank The word "deredere" itself is an adverb that was derived the verb "dereru", which dates back even further to 1867 from the Kabuki theater play, The Child of Good and Evil .Dereru - Koto Bank Alternate Name The word "deredere" is often written as its verb form "dereru" (デレる) when used in the title of anime or manga series, and describes the act of "being" deredere (i.e., acting lovestruck).Tokidoki Bosotto Roshiago de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san - Pixiv Encyclopedia It is also very commonly referred to as simply "dere" (デレ).What is Dere - Nico Nico Pedia Terminology Although the term "deredere" as a word has been around for a very long time in the Japanese language, the use of "deredere" as a so-called "dere type" is derived from tsundere. The popularity of tsundere caused the meaning of deredere to shift from a simple adverb to a character archetype that described something akin to "a tsundere character without a tsun side". Whereas a tsundere starts off being tsun and later becomes dere, a deredere starts off being dere and later becomes dere, or, in other words they are always dere. This term is used to describe someone who does not hide their liking towards someone, unlike a tsundere who hides their romantic lovestruck deredere feelings behind their tsuntsun side.What is Deredere - Nico Nico Pedia Since this is the only "dere type" that doesn't have any additional prefix with the base "deredere" word, it means that they are the perfect definition of being "lovestruck" and do not have another side that they hide their feelings behind.Trait: Deredere - Visual Novel DatabaseTrait: Deredere Heroine - Visual Novel Database History The deredere archetype is very popular and has been used in many series. The earliest currently known usage in official media is the 2008 romance light novel "Affectionate Love" Complete Encyclopedia: A Collection of Deredere Girls!! , a collection of romantic short stories about lovers who are very intimate and affectionate with each other, such as kissing a lot, holding each other tightly, or looking at each other lovingly for a long time."Affectionate Love" Complete Encyclopedia: A Collection of Deredere Girls - Amazon It was later used in the 2018 harem romance light novel series I Opened a Nursery School in Another World: The Strongest Loli Spirits with Paternity Skills Are Deredere about a guy who was reincarnated into another world and ran a nursery school surrounded by many girl spirits who were all deredere for him.I Opened a Nursery School in Another World ~The Strongest Loli Spirits with Paternity Skills Are Deredere~ - Amazon It was also used in the 2021 harem romance light novel series Only MOB characters can WIN! Is it true that one of you is going to become my deredere wife? about a guy who dreamt of living a happy marriage with a cute bride who would be very spoiled by him. The series follows his story with three girls who are bride candidates to see which one will become his wife.Only MOB characters can WIN! Is it true that one of you is going to become my deredere wife? - Amazon A popular series that used it was the 2023 romance manga series The Reason Why My Strict Female Boss Will Deredere to Me When I Go Back to High School: Redoing The High School Life of Two Unrequited Loves about two coworkers who unknowingly had unrequited love for each other in the past and got a chance to redo their high school life. This time around the female boss was determined to make her love interest fall for her by being very openly affectionate and loving towards him from the start.The Reason Why My Strict Female Boss Will Deredere to Me When I Go Back to High School - Square-EnixThe Reason Why My Strict Female Boss Will Deredere to Me When I Go Back to High School - Volume 1 - Amazon The 2023 romance light novel A Beautiful Scandinavian Girl Classmate Was So Deredere When She Became My Fiancée That She Became Extremely Sweet was about a cool Scandinavian girl who became so lovestruck after meeting her fiancée that she became very sweet and wanted to be very spoiled with affection by him.A Beautiful Scandinavian Girl Classmate Was So Deredere When She Became My Fiancée That She Became Extremely Sweet - Amazon Characteristics Traits of a person who is deredere include: Fawning Over Their Love Interest Usagi Tsukino fawning over Tuxedo Mask from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Someone who is deredere will constantly be doing or saying things to make their love interest feel loved by them: - Praising even the smallest things: Feeling tempted to treat with excessive generosity or consideration the person you're deredere for. Someone who is deredere will constantly be praising their love interest, including things like telling them they did an amazing job on something or that they look cute. - Prioritizing their love interest over themself: A person who is deredere to the other person shows that they value the other person over themself by prioritizing the other person over themself, such as giving them the larger piece of a sliced cake or doing things they want to do. It can be said that people who do these kinds of things with an expression that makes their love interest happy are quite deredere. - Bragging to their friends: People who are deredere do not hide their feelings for the person they like. Not only do they tell their love interest, but they also brag about them to their friends and family. They want to appeal to the feelings of their love interest regardless of what others think. - Acting in ways that shows the love interest they love them: Frequent expressions of affection are also characteristic of people who are deredere. They will behave in ways where their love interest can feel that they are loved by them. Wanting To Be Spoiled By Their Love Interest Tohru Honda acting cute to get Kyo Sohma's affection from Fruits Basket People who are deredere act very cute, because their feeling of "I love you!" is expressed in the foreground. It's nice to be loved by the people you like, so they will also behave in ways that make their love interest be involuntarily deredere towards them: - Honestly expressing their feelings: A person with a lot of emotion looks quite attractive, so they will honestly express what they are seeing and feeling. They will confide in their love interest which will cause them to want to be deredere towards them, such as being affectionate with them if they are feeling down. - Being honest about wanting to be spoiled: Someone who is deredere will be honest about the things they want their love interest to do for them and want them to cutely indulge them. They will be honest about wanting their love interest to spoil them with affection, saying things like "I would be happy if you would _____. Isn't it okay?" - Pampering their love interest: A person who is deredere will not only ask their love interest to spoil them but will also pamper them with affection as well. They feel it is important for both people's desire to be spoiled with affection to be met. This can cause the love interest to feel loved and accepted and cause them to want to do it back. - Depending on their love interest: Someone who is deredere will rely on their love interest. If there is something they cannot do or need support with, they will rely on their love interest and then praise them for doing an amazing job to make them feel happy. - Telling their love interest they're special: They will tell their love interest in words how they feel about them and verbalize their feelings. Even if it may feel embarrassing, they are people who will always tell them their true feelings, such as telling them how much they mean to them or how much they love them. - Giving surprises: They will plan surprises or gifts because they want to see their love interest's happy face. Personality General Behavior Miyako Shikimori looking at Yuuki Izumi from Miss Shikimori Is Not Just Cute Deredere differs from the other dere types in that it does not have another personality side that is used to conceal the warm and loving feelings. They are deeply in love and their romantic feelings towards their love interest are completely out in the open and very apparent to anyone who sees them. This does not necessarily mean that a deredere must confess the instant they develop these feelings (although this is very often true), but it is very obvious when they love someone. Deredere characters are unafraid to show their feelings of affection to their love interest. They are very loving and affectionate towards their love interest the entire time. They will become noticeably happy whenever they are around them and may even start blushing from how much they love them. In some cases during these moments, they may even be visually depicted as having heart eyes. At the same time, if things aren't going the way they want they may start to become sad because of it. Their love interest will constantly be on their mind and they will always want to being around them. They will do their best to gain the attention of their love interest. They may invite them over to their house or try to spend as much alone time with them as possible. They will do different things to show their affection towards their love interest, such as complimenting them or verbally telling them that they love them. They'll often get physically close to their love interest and flirt with them. When it comes to verbally confessing their love for them, they are either completely open about it or somewhat hesitant at first about sharing those feelings with them directly. If they're too embarrassed to say the words out loud they will show their love in other ways, such as giving them heart-shaped food on Valentine's Day, to try to make their love interest get the hint. If their love interest doesn't get the hint, they will slowly start getting more and more intimate with them and do things that make it very obvious they are more than just friends. If they are currently in a relationship then they will perform even more intimate acts such as hugging on them and physically loving them. Amae Rae Taylor being spoiled by Claire François from I'm in Love with the Villainous Deredere is closely associated with the concept of "amae" (甘え), which means "to depend on", "to want to be spoiled", or "to desire for close contact and affection". It is the state where a character wants their love interest to fawn on them and give them lots of affection. They will act super cute and want their love interest to pamper them with love and affection. This could include things like leaning towards them and wanting them to cuddle, tilting their head down because they want their love interest to pat their head, opening their mouth to say "ahh" because they want their love interest to feed them, and so on. It is often used to describe people who seek physical or emotional comfort from others, especially when feeling vulnerable or insecure. This is why deredere is often described as someone "being amae".What is Amaeru - Pixiv EncyclopediaExploring the True Meaning of Kawaii - Keio University This is also true for other dere types like tsundere or kuudere who may have insecurities and want their love interest to comfort them by cuddling with them or telling them they love them when they are in their deredere period. Another aspect to this is finally letting yourself be dependent on another person, which is often a huge struggle for someone like a kuudere. A kuudere will keep up their cold walls locking nearly everyone out from their vulnerable side, but will become even more spoiled than most once they finally let another person in.What is Dere - Pixiv Encyclopedia Other Traits People who are deredere are generally very easy to get along with. Because they are someone who knows how to communicate their feelings, they generally can get along with everyone. They are people who do not have two sides and can treat everyone equally. Maybe it's because they're honest with their emotions and don't have two sides that it's easy for them to be deredere. Derivatives Aside from the standard deredere archetype, there is also a concept known colloquially as "dere types". When it comes to a character behaving deredere, it is a very common practice to add some sort of differing personality trait that conceals this more romantic and loving side of them. This involves creating a state that is at first apparently unfavorable or unromantic to a love interest, but then becomes deredere due to the passage of time or the occurrence of some situation. These dere types describe how different types of characters show their deredere side and how they react differently before/after falling in love and becoming lovestruck.What is a Girl's "◯◯dere"? - AppBank Similar Japanese Archetypes - Dere Types - Deretsun: A term for a character who is normally affectionate and loving like a deredere, but has a hidden stuck-up and cold side that comes out around their love interest. - Nyandere: A term for a character who expresses their love for their love interest by getting intimate with them in the same way a cat does. - Western:Kekkondere: A term for a character who wants to get married to their love interest right away. - Western:Megadere: A term for a character who has a strong adoration for their love interest and will not be afraid to give them large displays of affection and tell them how much they love them. - Other Types - Idol: A term for a character that is a popular performer that many people look up to and idolize. They often want to spread love to everyone watching them and may imitate the behavior of a deredere while on stage. - Moe: A term for characters that are the embodiment of being "cute" and give off feelings of strong affection. Deredere are characters who are lovestruck and do not hide their romantic feelings towards their love interest. They will be very openly affectionate and loving towards their love interest the entire time and will behave in cute ways that make their love interest want to spoil them with affection. "Deretsun" is a term for a character who is normally deredere but gradually adopts a more standoffish tsun attitude over time. At the start of the relationship, they are very affectionate and openly loving to their love interest like a deredere, but a certain trigger causes them to act tsun towards them instead. This happens because they sometimes become overwhelmed by their love interest which causes them to turn away from them. They may also act this way if someone points out their overly lovey-dovey, affectionate behavior causing them to become embarrassed. Meaning of the Name Deretsun (デレツン) comes from the words "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "a character who is lovestruck and does not hide their romantic feelings towards their love interest", and "tsuntsun" (ツンツン), an onomatopoeia for "turning away (to turn one's back on someone, to ignore someone, or to refuse to accept)" which describes an attitude that is "aloof (distant), standoffish (somewhat cold), and stuck-up (high-and-mighty)".What is Deretsun - Pixiv EncyclopediaWhat is Deretsun - Nico Nico PediaWhat is Tsun - Pixiv Encyclopedia Origin Lucky☆Star - Episode 10 The first instance of "deretsun" can be found in episode 10 of the 2007 anime series Lucky☆Star during the "Lucky Channel" segment at the end of the episode. In the segment, the character Kagami Hiiragi is introduced as a "tsundere" by Akira Kogami to which another character Minoru Shiraishi retorts that she isn't, prompting the question "then what term is she?". After thinking for a bit, Minoru questionably suggests "deretsun" as a possible term to describe Kagami.Lucky Channel Ep 10 - Tsundere - Lucky☆Star Romanization In the English subtitled version of episode 10 of Lucky☆Star by FUNimation, the term was officially romanized as "dere-tsun".Lucky☆Star - Episode 10 - FUNimation History The term was used in the 2016 light novel series Would You Like To Sign a Lovers Contract? -The Deretsun Young Lady and Me the Company Slave- .Would You Like To Sign a Lovers Contract? -The Deretsun Young Lady and Me the Company Slave- - BookmeterWould You Like To Sign a Lovers Contract? -The Deretsun Young Lady and Me the Company Slave- - AmazonWould You Like To Sign a Lovers Contract? -The Deretsun Young Lady and Me the Company Slave- Volume 2 - AmazonWould You Like To Sign a Lovers Contract? -The Deretsun Young Lady and Me the Company Slave- Volume 3 - Amazon Personality Deretsun are the exact opposite of tsundere. At the start of the relationship, they are affectionate, sweet, and openly loving to their love interest like a deredere, but a certain trigger causes them to adopt a more defiant (tsun) attitude towards them. This happens because they sometimes become overwhelmed by their love interest and lash out because of it. This can happen for various reasons, such as getting into an argument over something, getting jealous they're around other people, being annoyed by something they do, or even just getting complimented and lashing out from embarrassment.Meaning and Explanation of Deretsun - Weblio DictionaryTsundere Is Already Old! Now Deretsun Men Are Popular! - Mens Over Unlike a tsundere, they do not hide their feelings for their love interest since they are deredere from the start. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Deredere: A term for a character who is lovestruck and does not hide their romantic feelings towards their love interest. They will be very openly affectionate and loving towards their love interest the entire time. - Tsundere: A term for a character who acts cold, distant, and stuck-up towards their love interest in order to conceal their feelings of love for them. Deretsun are characters who are normally deredere but gradually adopt a more standoffish tsun attitude over time. At the start of the relationship, they are very affectionate and openly loving to their love interest like a deredere, but a certain trigger causes them to act tsun towards them instead. This happens because they sometimes become overwhelmed by their love interest which causes them to turn away from them. They may also act this way if someone points out their overly lovey-dovey, affectionate behavior causing them to become embarrassed. "Dorodere" is a term for a character who acts cute and sweet on the outside as a disguise to hide their true intentions but is full of disturbed thoughts and feelings of hatred towards their love interest on the inside. They will act behind the scenes using their love interest for their own gain or even trying to crush their love interest. They can be said to have a confused "love-hate" relationship with their love interest. Once they inevitably realize they do actually love them, they will force them to be with them no matter if they want to or not. They want total ownership of their love interest and will manipulate them to make it happen. They will act behind the scenes, trying to crush the other party, sometimes including the love interest, who is likely to be an obstacle or distraction to the doroderes objective. In front of others and even their considered enemies, the dorodere will act all lovey-dovey at first, hiding their true feelings of hatred. Similar to an extreme version of yandere, once their true nature is revealed, they will force their love interest to fall in love with them and join them. They want the love interest to be loyal to them and do anything for them, even if it means dying for the dorodere. They want total ownership of their love interest and use them however they want. This dere type can be even more dangerous than yandere and yangire, as more extreme examples of dorodere characters can eventually act exactly or similar to them, but they will also act with malicious intentions towards their own love interest, making it the most dangerous dere type that could be created. Meaning of the Name The word is derived from the terms "dorodoro" (ドロドロ), meaning "muddled or confused", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck". Origin The dere type was created on the Japanese internet based on the character Luca Trulyworth from "Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica", because of how she surprised both the characters and the audience. This dere type was created after her in Japan to describe a character that at first seems sweet on the outside but inside they feel hatred and resentments and will force the love interest to understand and follow their ways later on. As of 2024, dorodere has not been used officially in any media. History The first instance of dorodere was in the 2007 video game Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica. In the beginning of the game, Luca is shown as a sweet and very kind girl who is in a loving relationship with the protagonist, Croix. While at first dorodere was just created as a variant of yandere that's more possessive and controlling of their love interest, that forces the love interest to fall in love with them and that takes down the competition behind the screen, this dere type has had different interpretations online and has grown to be more than just a yandere type. The complex characterization and personality of Luca, the only character that was declared dorodere at first, has created different interpretations of what dorodere truly means in Japan. Some depict dorodere as just someone who seems sweet but isn't deep down, not only with a love interest but with everyone else, like how it's revealed and shown with Luca. Some others think that it's just as the origin, an extreme example of yandere that's more possessive of the love interest, like how Luca does later in the game when she begins to really fall in love with the protagonist. Others interpret it as someone who fakes being in love with someone else but actually aren't. It can also be seen as a combination of all or several of these definitions. The West also misinterpreted its meaning during translation, thinking that dorodere was a yandere variation for characters that have yandere thoughts but never act on them, and was quickly popularized widely with this incorrect definition online. Personality Dorodere characters, similar to yandere, appear to be sweet and lovable at first, but are actually really twisted or disturbed on the inside. Unlike most other dere types and similar to yandere, these will show their lovey-dovey side at first but later show their more aggressive side, rather than the other way around like most of these archetypes. There are two types of dorodere, those who don't like or even hate the love interest, and those who feel a mix of hatred and love towards the love interest. A character can also show signs of both dorodere types, and while at first they can act "dere" despite hating the love interest, with time they can gain actual feelings of love that will confuse them as to whether they should still see the love interest as an enemy or follow their new feelings of love. With the first type, the "doro" side is hidden by a false "dere", but is still there tainting the "dere" side from inside. In the second type, "doro" refers to the "dere" side being confusing and unclear because of the mix of oppossite feelings. In both it could be said that the "doro" in dorodere is corrupting the "dere" side with hatred. In the first type, this lovable side of them is a facade. They will act kind and friendly to everyone, while bottling up their real feelings. They will act as if they are in love with someone despite not really liking them. Dorodere characters hide the loathing they feel towards others, sometimes including their own love interest, and will slowly or unexpectedly show their violent side and true colors to their love interests and people. They are very unpredictable and can strike at any moment. They can also be characters who have an obsessive grudge or feeling of ownership towards their love interest, which can make them even more dangerous than a yandere, due to them acting on their grudge instead of their lovey-dovey feelings. They are full of bitter feelings, like grieving, and can become all crazy so that they get what they want. They will only act "dere" to gain something from the love interest or as part of their plan. Some will see the love interest as a tool for them to use. They can even use their love interest and force their love interest to go to unimaginable lengths for them, even if it means dying for them. They will simultaneously avoid doing heavily romantic things with the love interest by using excuses, but will try to still act like they are in love with them. Some also sneakily sabotage or even try to kill the love interest, making it seem like an accident or misfortune instead. The second type will feel a combination of hatred and love towards their love interest. How these contradictory feeling affect the dorodere can vary, sometimes hatred gaining more power than love and vice versa, but due to the hatred side, these feeling tend to become dangerous to the love interest and people around them. Despite their apparent true contempt towards their love interest at first, they will gradually realize that they are really falling in love with the love interest. This not only will confuse others, but the own dorodere themself, which can sometimes lead to more dangerous reactions towards the love interest if the dorodere decides to deal with such feeling during their plan or even get rid of such romantic feelings to not distract them of their main goal. Differences From Other Archetypes Unlike mayadere (Western), instead of being redeemed after falling in love, they will do the opposite. When a dorodere's true intentions are revealed, they will try to convince their love interest to join them and force their beliefs and ways of thinking on their love interest. If their love interest refuses, it's common of the dorodere to go into a rage and force these notions onto them or even decide that their love interest is not worth it at all. A dorodere will then get rid of their love interest. Despite its resemblance to yandere, dorodere focuses more on their feelings of hatred or ownership than love towards their own love interest, which will make it even dangerous towards their love interest, while a yandere is usually more dangerous towards the people around their love interest at first in favor of their feeling of love. That's why dorodere characters are really similar to yandere types like the "Manipulative Type", "Training Type", "Restraints Type" or "Domestic Violence Type", where the dangerous behavior is directed at their love interest instead of other people. Despite this, a yandere character will only harm their love interest in benefit of their romantic feelings, while a dorodere will harm their love interest when their feelings of hatred or ownership gain more strength than their feelings of love. Sources with some extreme dorodere characters usually end in tragedy if the dorodere achieve what they wanted. They will only bring misfortune towards their love interest and those around them. All who opposed the dorodere in the past, possibly even love interest, will end up being killed or used by the dorodere, who will even make them believe that they are nothing without the dorodere. Misinterpretation - Main article: Unofficial:Doromuga In the West, however, possibly due to a translation error or misinterpretation, dorodere initially gained popularity with a completely different meaning from the original meaning in Japanese. While the meaning in Japanese shows that an extreme version of dorodere can be even more dangerous than yandere, the opposite has been believed for a long time in the West. It was thought that dorodere characters are a non-dangerous version of yandere, with disturbed thoughts but not acting on them, and that all dorodere characters are sweet, despite their abnormal behavior and thoughts. Even if more mild examples of Japanese dorodere characters are similar to this interpretation, it was believed that for a character to be considered dorodere they should never act on these thoughts and inside feelings. It's possible that during the translation the part that describes dorodere as a "variation of yandere who keeps their muddy feelings inside" was interpreted literally. Even if this part is true, it wasn't considered that dorodere characters will actually act on these thoughts behind the scenes and, in time, even in front of their love interest once those feelings have been uncovered. Dorodere are characters who act cute and sweet on the outside as a disguise to hide their true intentions but are full of disturbed thoughts and feelings of hatred towards their love interest on the inside. They will act behind the scenes using their love interest for their own gain or even trying to crush their love interest. They can be said have a confused "love-hate" relationship with their love interest. Once they inevitably realize they do actually love them, they will force them to be with them no matter if they want to or not. They want total ownership of their love interest and will manipulate them to make it happen. Erodere is a term for a character who will act erotic at first to hide their feelings, but will become extremely embarrassed after experiencing true affection. They will pretend to be very lewd people, but in reality they are a lot more vulnerable and romantic than they let on. They could be described as a "pretend sukebe". Meaning of the Name Erodere (エロデレ) is a combination of "eroi" (エロい), meaning "erotic" or "to arouse sexual desire or excitement in others", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck". Origin The name of the archetype comes from the title of the erotic light novel Erodere: When the Erotic Lady Feels Embarrassed .Erodere: When the Erotic Lady Feels Embarrassed - Bookmeter History The first mention of erodere was in the 2013 light novel series Erodere: When the Erotic Lady Feels Embarrassed . In this series, a girl named Akari, following the proposal of her grandfather, decides to enter a relationship with the protagonist, using erotic and sexual means for it since the beginning. However, during her first experience, her feelings change and she suddenly becomes ashamed of her perverted actions when she really begins to fall in love with the protagonist, embarrassed of her only lustful methods and interactions with him instead of more romantic ones. The archetype of erodere would gain widespread popularity following the release of the anime series Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn't Exist in 2015. In this story, the Japanese government banned all mention of lewd or erotic things, so to rebel against this the main protagonists Ayame Kajou and Tanukichi Okuma joined up to become "dirty joke terrorists". They would run around town wearing women's panties as face masks while spreading obscene images and yelling/acting out lewd phrases. Despite all of this, Ayame would become extremely embarrassed anytime she was alone with Tanukichi in any kind of remotely romantic setting. Characteristics Erodere characters are typically female, but male characters can sometimes fall under this too. Male characters tend to just be perverted sukebe characters. Personality Erodere characters will act erotic at first, but when they get to know the love interest more they become lovey-dovey and will grow a more pure and sweet love towards them.What is Erodere - Nico Nico Pedia They will act erotic and seductive in front of others, mostly their love interest, to hide their real feelings of love. They will pretend to be only lustful and lewd, but they are more vulnerable and romantic than what they let on. Erodere will tease their love interests by suggesting naughty things hoping they won't actually take them seriously. If the love interest does take their suggestions seriously and tries to act lewd back, the erodere character will become extremely embarrassed and try to change the subject or make excuses. Erodere characters will act like they are "experienced", while typically having no romantic experience whatsoever. Differences From Other Archetypes Erodere is a more extreme and erotic version of teasedere. While teasedere characters will only try to flirt with their love interest, the erodere will be much more direct and suggest or talk about more intimate or embarrassing acts and situations. Erodere characters will be more dirty when talking, while teasedere characters will be more charming instead; usually just trying to be seductive enough to tease the love interest a little bit or gain their affection. Similar Japanese Archetypes - S Dere: A term for a character who enjoys playing with the feelings of their love interest, often in an erotic way. - Sukebe: A term for a character who is very lecherous or perverted. - Teasedere: A character who is playful or flirtatious and enjoys teasing those that they like. Erodere are characters who will act erotic at first to hide their feelings, but will become extremely embarrassed after experiencing true affection. They will pretend to be very lewd people, but in reality they are a lot more vulnerable and romantic than they let on. "Gandere" is a term for a tsundere character who lashes out at their love interest by shooting guns at them when they get embarrassed in order to hide their feelings of love. They go into "fight-or-flight" mode when flustered despite not really wanting to hurt their love interest. After some time as they get more used to being affectionate with their love interest they will feel less flustered and will gain control over their aggressive impulses. Meaning of the Name Gandere (ガンデレ) is a combination of "gan" (ガン), meaning "gun", and "tsundere" (ツンデレ), meaning "a character who acts harsh towards their love interest to hide their feelings of being lovestruck". Origin The term was created on Japanese social media as a tsundere variation that snaps at their love interest with a gun based on the character Misato Tachibana from the 2006 gag comedy manga series Nichijou . Misato was an extreme tsundere who would violently shoot guns at her love interest Koujirou Sasahara in an attempt to hide her crush on him in an over-the-top comedic way.Gandere - Aniwota WikiWhat is Gandere? - Pixiv EncyclopediaWhat is Gandere - Nico Nico Pedia The first use of "gandere" in an official media was in the 2011 doujin manga series Gandere Nukashi Oru .Gandere Nukashi Oru - Suruga-yaComic Market 80 New Issue - Panic Carnival Alternate Name This is sometimes incorrectly spelled as "gundere" in the Western community, however, this is actually a completely unrelated type. Personality Gandere have a personality similar to regular tsundere characters, except they use guns instead of their words or fists. They will also have regular tsundere-like reactions without using their guns as well. Gan Period Gandere are characters who lash out at their love interest by shooting guns at them when they get embarrassed to hide their shyness and feelings of love. They go into "fight-or-flight mode" when flustered despite not really wanting to hurt their love interest. When they get embarrassed or think their love interest might start realizing they're in love with them, they will pull out a gun and start shooting at them. They will also often shout things like "baka!" (dummy!) at them while blushing to hide their feelings, however, this is always done in an extremely over-the-top comedic way so the love interest is fine by the next scene. Gandere will almost always carry some type of gun with them so they can pull it out any time they become embarrassed or annoyed around their love interest. The type of gun that is used will differ depending on the character. Some might use only one type of gun while others may use a wide variety of different guns, as is the case with Misato Tachibana who comedically pulled out guns ranging from a handgun, a rifle, and a minigun, to an oversized rocket launcher and a cannon from seemingly nowhere. Others may simply use harmless ones such as airsoft guns like Umiko from NEW GAME!. Deredere Period Despite their seemingly aggressive and hateful behavior, they actually do really and truly love their love interest. They only become violent because of a knee-jerk reaction to hide their emotions. After some time as they get more used to being affectionate with their love interest, they will feel less flustered and will gain control over their aggressive impulses. Differences From Other Archetypes Gandere is similar to bokodere and biridere, but with more extreme reactions and using guns instead of their fists or electricity. Alternate Meaning There is also another "gandere" type that has shown up on Japanese social media as an unofficial dere, however, it is significantly less popular. This other "gandere" is a combination of "Gandamu" (ガンダム), meaning "Gundam", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck", and is used to describe a character who is in love with Gundams. This other "gandere" type was created due to the character Graham Aker from the Mobile Suit Gundam 00 anime series because of his obsession with giant robot mecha suits known as Gundams. In particular, his self-admittance that he was deeply in-love with a Gundam suit named Gundam Exia. Other than sharing the same spelling, these two dere types are completely unrelated. Naming Confusion Gandere is not to be confused with gundere, which is a character who turns into a drill sergeant because they can't be honest with their feelings. "Gandere" comes from a katakanization of the English word "gun", spelled in Japanese as "gan" (ガン), while "gundere" comes from the native Japanese word "gun" (軍, pronounced like "goon") meaning "army". However, gandere is sometimes incorrectly spelled as "gundere" in the Western community to more closely match the English spelling of "gun" leading to confusion. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Biridere: A term for a character who expresses their feelings towards their love interest with electricity. - Gundere: A term for a commanding officer character who is unable to express their feelings of affection to their love interest subordinate so they turn into a drill sergeant and berate them for not being good enough. - Tsundere: A term for a character who acts harsh towards their love interest to hide their feelings of being lovestruck. Gandere is a variation of this type. - Tsungire: A character who is filled with aggressive annoyance and has violent tendencies. Gandere could be considered a gun-themed variation of this type. Gandere are tsundere characters who lash out at their love interest by shooting guns at them when they get embarrassed in order to hide their feelings of love. They go into "fight-or-flight" mode when flustered despite not really wanting to hurt their love interest. After some time as they get more used to being affectionate with their love interest they will feel less flustered and will gain control over their aggressive impulses. Goudere characters will stop at nothing to obtain whatever they think or want their love interest to have. They are unstoppable forces that do whatever they please for their special someone, out of their love for them. The goudere have an idealized notion of their love interest, believing that they deserve the world or that they should be treated as gods, even if the love interest explains to the goudere that this is not necessary at all. Due to their insane devotion to them, they will go to unimaginable lengths to give to their love interest what they believe is the best for them creating uncomfortable and comical situations that even can put the love interest in trouble. Meaning of the Name Goudere (豪デレ) is a combination of "gou" (豪), meaning "magnificent (having more importance than others)" or "powerful (having great influence)", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck". This refers to the fact that they see their love interest as a perfect magnificent powerful being. Origin The type originates in the 2008 ecchi romance comedy manga series Goudere Bishoujo Nagihara Sora to describe the titular character Sora Nagihara.Goudere Bishoujo Nagihara Sora - HakusenshaGoudere Bishoujo Nagihara Sora - CmoaGoudere Bishoujo Nagihara Sora - Amazon The story is about a student who manages to bring his fictional crush Sora Nagihara into the real world. She immediately sees the protagonist as a god because of this and as someone who must rule the world. When the protagonist mentions how bad he is with women, Sora automatically decides to create a harem just for him despite the other's protests. Due to Sora's questionable and extreme methods, the protagonist, who is not okay with what Sora is trying to do, always gets into trouble and is comically blamed for everything Sora does, despite not being the one who really starts any of these uncomfortable and even illegal situations.Goudere Bishoujo Nagihara Sora - Wikipedia JP Personality Goudere characters are excitable overachievers that will try to get all they think their love interest wants or deserves; even forcing everyone who crosses their path to give or contribute to what the goudere believes is the perfection and happiness for their master. Without the other saying anything or misinterpreting an innocent comment, they will decide on their own what their crush would appreciate to have in their lives. Normally, they will go to extreme cases and transform something simple into a monumentous goal. For example, their love interest wanting some candy drives them to buy or steal the entire candy shop, or even stealing all the candy they find in their path, regardless of whether the love interest really wants that—which they usually don't. The goudere does not necessarily take the wishes of their special someone into account, rather, they decides for the love interest what they want. This makes for sometimes awkward and uncomfortable situations. Even if their master tries to convince the goudere not to do it, they will probably do it anyway. They are usually portrayed as characters with a strong and tough personality. They have great confidence in their beliefs and in their own advantage in power and strength, which can be supernatural. They will use said abilities to please and help their master. They can also be overprotective towards their love interest, taking control of the situation most of the time. Differences From Other Archetypes Due to their loyalty to their love interest to the point that they may view them as worthy of being treated like gods, goudere can be seen as the counterpart and compatibility of kamidere. They are somewhat similar to a yandere since they both have abnormally large amounts of love for their love interest and will try to achieve the best for them regardless of the consequences that happen to the love interest from their actions. They are similar to a mix of worship, wrong idea, and delusional yandere types. The main difference between these types is mostly the reason and motivation for them to do this. Goudere characters don't usually let their romantic emotions cloud their objective judgement, although their obsession with their master certainly will, while yandere are dictated by their unstable mental state caused by their too strong love. Goudere genuinely appreciate their notion of their love interest and will try to achieve all this for them. They typically don't even want the same in return and don't do this for their own gain. Goudere characters have an idealized notion of their love interest, believing that they deserve the world or that they should be treated as gods. "Gundere" is a term for a tsundere commanding officer character who is unable to express their feelings of affection to their love interest subordinate so they turn into a drill sergeant and berate them for not being good enough. With time, they will slowly start to be able to reveal their true feelings of affection and overcome their drill sergeant reflex. Meaning of the Name Gundere (軍デレ) is a combination of "gun" (軍), meaning "army", and "tsundere" (ツンデレ), meaning "a character who acts harsh towards their love interest to hide their feelings of being lovestruck".What is Gundere - Nico Nico Pedia Origin The term gundere comes from the 15th chapter in the manga series Mission! School released in 2011, also titled "Gundere", to describe the character Ayane Hazuki. After falling in love with her subordinate Takuya Ishikawa, Ayane becomes embarrassed to reveal her feelings to Takuya so instead she yells army commands. For example, one day when he said "Good morning, Hazuki-san!" to her, she replied back saying "Don't talk to me like you know me, private!" and then called him a "phimosis private" for addressing a superior officer by name (whereas internally she was blushing because he said her name).Mission! School 3 - Dragon Age ComicsMission! School Volume 3 - Book LiveMission! School 3 - KadokawaMission! School 3 - K-Manga It is described by another character as "the soldier's version of a tsundere". Personality Gun Period Gundere are commanding officer characters who are unable to express their feelings of affection to their love interest subordinate so they turn into a drill sergeant and berate them for not being good enough. This is nornally done in an over the top tsundere way. Gundere desperately want to show their affection to and have a loving relationship with their subordinate, but they are unable to be honest with themselves so they fall back into old habits and start yelling commands at them. They will verbally berate their love interest for daring to have the audacity to address their superior in a casual or friendly way. They will tell them they are worthless, that they need to train harder, or even curse insults at them. Deredere Period When a gundere insults their love interest instead of telling them how they really feel they will become very embarrassed with themself and start questioning why they are doing this. They will wonder why they can't just be honest. A gundere will also display typical tsundere behavior such as saying "Why don't you go train if you have that sort of time! B-but... if a person like you insists, i-it can't be helped, I'll go with you." when asked on a date. They will make excuses for why they are doing it so they don't look like they are being friendly with them. With time, a gundere will slowly start to be able to reveal their true feelings of affection and overcome their drill sergeant reflex. Differences From Other Archetypes Gundere could be thought of as a mix of tsundere, someone who can't be honest with their feelings, and kiredere, someone who yells at their love interest because they want to do better. The difference is a gundere doesn't yell because they want their love interest to improve, and they don't do it on purpose either, they yell as an involuntary reflex because they are too embarrassed to just be honest and tell their subordinate they're proud of them. They get angry at themselves for not being able to be honest and take it out on their love interest. The other difference between tsundere is that there is a power dynamic between the gundere and the love interest, where the gundere is a superior of their love interest. Naming Confusion Gundere is not to be confused with gandere, which is a character who expresses their love with guns. "Gandere" comes from a katakanization of the English word "gun", spelled in Japanese as "gan" (ガン), while "gundere" comes from the native Japanese word "gun" (軍, pronounced like "goon") meaning "army". However, gandere is sometimes incorrectly spelled as "gundere" in the Western community to more closely match the English spelling of "gun" leading to confusion. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Gandere: A term for characters who lash out at their love interest by shooting guns at them when they get embarrassed in order to hide their feelings of love. - Kiredere: A term for characters who act rude and harsh towards their love interest in hopes that they will better themselves. - Thugdere: A term for a character who often mistreats, bullies and hits their love interest to hide their true feelings. - Tsundere: A term for characters who acts harsh towards their love interest to hide their feelings of being lovestruck. Gundere is a variation of this type. Gundere are tsundere commanding officer characters who are unable to express their feelings of affection to their love interest subordinate so they turn into a drill sergeant and berate them for not being good enough. With time, they will slowly start to be able to reveal their true feelings of affection and overcome their drill sergeant reflex. "Himedere" is a term for a female character of noble status who starts out wanting their love interest to constantly give them lots of attention and to spoil them, but eventually starts fawning over them as well and doing nice things to make them also feel taken care of. They are very prim, proper, and ladylike which makes them feel like they are deserving to always be the center of their love interest's attention. At first, they will be very demanding and selfish, wanting their love interest to pamper them and do things that make them feel loved, not considering how their love interest might feel. However, eventually they will realize that they have been being too hard on their love interest and feel a powerful desire to do affectionate things for them to show them that they are loved also. They will start behaving in cute ways and showing a more considerate and intimate side to their love interest, realizing that it doesn't matter where they go or what they do as long as the two of them are together. Meaning of the Name Himedere (姫デレ) is a combination of "hime-sama" (姫様), meaning "young lady of noble birth", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck". The term "hime-sama" is often translated into English as "princess", however, it is actually an honorific used as a sign of respect to address all women of nobility (including the princess). The Japanese word for a princess specifically is "oujo" (王女). Origin Himedere♡ by Emi Hinahara The term originates from the erotic manga series My Sweet♡Devil which contained a collection of short stories by Emi Hinahara, with the third story titled Himedere♡ being released in June 2016.My Sweet♡Devil - Mecha ComicMy Sweet♡Devil - Himedere Part 1 - Handy ComicMy Sweet♡Devil - Chapters - MyAnimeList The term was used to describe the character Shoko Saionji, a noble lady who was dating a man named Satoshi. The story starts with her getting upset and yelling at Satoshi over the phone for missing their first anniversary and thinking his job was more important than her. Her friends then tell her that she will lose him if she doesn't show him her cute side. They then mocked her for making Satoshi be the one to ask her out even though she really liked him because she was too prideful to ask him first. When Satoshi apologizes and tries to make up for it by taking her out to eat at her favorite place or offering to buy her new shoes, Shoko asks for nothing more than a makeup kiss. She realizes at that moment that he has always devoted himself to her, that she was always the one who got angry or recommended places to go, and the thought started to make her cry. She then told him "Because you usually devote yourself to me... sometimes I'll give you a reward." and then she started to get intimate with him. Afterward, when he tries to apologize again and asks her where she wants to go, she tells him "Anywhere is fine... If you stay with me." showing that she has changed. Characteristics Nobility Himedere are female characters who are of noble status. They are the daughters of a noble family or sometimes even the daughter of a king. Design Most typically himedere are presented as having blonde hair with curls at the bottom. Personality Himedere are female characters who start out wanting their love interest to constantly give them attention and spoil them (hime), but eventually starts fawning over them as well and doing nice things to make them also feel taken care of (deredere). They will go from demanding attention from their love interest and wanting to feel loved, to giving their love interest all 'their' attention and making 'them' feel loved. This creates a gap in their personality leading to strong amounts of affection for the character. Hime Period Saki Tenjouin demanding attention from To LOVE-Ru Himedere are very needy when it comes to being loved by their love interest. They will be very demanding at first and want their love interest to pamper and take care of their every need, not considering how their love interest might feel. They want their love interest to always give them lots of attention and constantly tell them that they're the cutest or do things that make them feel loved. However, they are also quite selfish and want their love interest to spoil them. This could include things such as buying new things for them, only going to places they choose, or only doing things they want. They are also very prideful and will not be the first person to ask their love interest out or admit their feelings, even if they have a huge crush on them. Instead, they will make their love interest ask 'them' out saying things like "ahem, isn't there something you have to ask me." and trying to get their love interest to notice them. Due to their noble status, himedere present themselves as very prim, proper, dignified, and ladylike. They enjoy going to high-class establishments, such as drinking tea at fancy restaurants with their other noble friends. However, this noble status also goes to their head causing them to feel like they deserve to always be the center of their love interest's attention and to get their way. They will demand their love interest pay attention to them and will get angry if they don't, even if they have legitimate reasons such as having to work at their job. They are far too prideful to entertain any excuses for anything that doesn't make them feel loved. Dere Period Saki Tenjouin fawning over Zastin from To LOVE-Ru However, at the same time, they also have a much softer and cuter side. Eventually, they will realize that they have been being too hard on their love interest and that their love interest has always devoted themselves to them and done everything they could to make them happy. They will realize just how loved they have been and start to feel guilty about their behavior. After this point, they will be more honest in telling and showing their love interest how much they genuinely love and appreciate them. They will feel a powerful desire to do affectionate things for their love interest to show them that they are loved also. They will want to do romantic or intimate things that their love interest wants to do, or things that they turned down in the past out of selfishness, like going to their love interest's favorite restaurant instead of theirs. They will start behaving in cute ways and fawning over their love interest, being more considerate of want they want from this relationship as well. They will realize that it doesn't matter where they go or what they do as long as the two of them are together. They will become much more considerate to their love interest's needs and will feel more comfortable letting themselves be vulnerable and openly intimate around their love interest. Differences From Other Archetypes Himedere is similar to tsundere since both types can be harsh on their love interest, but the main difference is that a tsundere is someone who can't be honest with the person they like and will try to push them away, while a himedere will do the inverse and demand their love interest give them lots of attention. A tsundere will insult their love interest to make it seem like they don't like them, while a himedere will only do it if their love interest doesn't pay attention to them. Additionally, the superiority complex of a tsundere is often just a disguise to hide their true feelings, whereas a himedere genuinely believes they should be the center of attention due to their noble status. Kamidere can seen as a more extreme and gender-neutral version of himedere. The difference is, that instead of just wanting their love interest to give them lots of attention like a himedere, they will actively look down on their love interest and want their love interest to treat them like a god. They will be even more bossy than a himedere and also do not carry themselves in a prim and proper or ladylike manner. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Western:Bocchandere: A term for a character of high status who is spoiled and thinks they are better than everyone else. - Western:Oujidere: A term for a male character who wishes to be treated like a prince by their love interest. This is an unofficial Western variation of himedere for male characters. - Western:Oujodere: A term for a female character who has a strict dignified exterior and behaves with perfect ladylike manners like a true princess in public but turns cute and affectionate when alone with their love interest. Similarly to himedere, they are very prim and proper with a dignified ladylike presentation, but instead of being demanding and attention-seeking they are gentle and have a sweet kind nature all the time. A himedere could be thought of as an "entitled oujodere". Himedere are female characters of noble status who start out wanting their love interest to constantly give them lots of attention and to spoil them, but eventually starts fawning over them as well and doing nice things to make them also feel taken care of. They are very prim, proper, and ladylike which makes them feel like they are deserving to always be the center of their love interest's attention. At first, they will be very demanding and selfish, wanting their love interest to pamper them and do things that make them feel loved, not considering how their love interest might feel. However, eventually they will realize that they have been being too hard on their love interest and feel a powerful desire to do affectionate things for them to show them that they are loved also. They will start behaving in cute ways and showing a more considerate and intimate side to their love interest, realizing that it doesn't matter where they go or what they do as long as the two of them are together. "Hinedere" is a term for a character who has nihilistic world views and is very cynical. They are cold-hearted and highly arrogant, thinking everything is pointless. They will get easily annoyed by other people at first, including their love interest. However, after spending enough time with their love interest they will eventually learn to enjoy life and will change their views. Meaning of the Name Hinedere (捻デレ) is a combination of "hinekure" (捻くれ), meaning "to become distorted (having negative, habitual, and biased thoughts that influence how you interpret the world)", "to become contrary (being so different as to be at opposite extremes)", or "to grow bitter (exhibiting intense animosity)", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck". The word "hinekure" is used to describe a person who has a difficult personality. Someone who is always looking for problems or thinks and behaves in an unusual or unexpected way. They have distorted ways of thinking, often in ways that aren't based on fact or reality, and have difficulty getting along with people. Alternate Spelling It is also sometimes written as "ヒネデレ" using katakana instead, but this is less common.Kuroko's Basketball - Hinedere! - SurugayaDoujinshi - Hinedere! - OtakuRepublic Origin The term comes from the 2011 light novel series My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU to describe the character Hachiman Hikigaya. In the series, Hachiman is shown to be very apathetic and has a nihilistic view of the world, getting easily annoyed by everyone around him. The term "hinedere" was coined by his younger sister Komachi Hikigaya after she noticed the way he behaves.What is Hinedere - Pixiv EncyclopediaWhat is Hinedere - NicoNico Pedia Personality Hinedere characters, despite their exasperate and arrogant personality, have a soft side deep down that may reveal itself once their love interest breaks through.What is Hinedere? - hXcHector A hinedere will turn hostile and annoyed towards a few people around them because of their ego, mostly when they are acknowledged and trusted by those who are closest to them. When other people call out a hinedere for their behavior or turn out to be a burden for the hinedere, they will be given the silent treatment and they will get cut off entirely by the hinedere. Differences From Other Archetypes Although a hinedere is considered to be distinctly related to a tsundere due to being prompted to get annoyed easily with others, a hinedere is wiser about controlling their rage and hatred than a tsundere and they are much more overconfident than a tsundere is. A tsundere will also only act this way towards their love interest, while a hinedere will act this way towards everyone. There are some similarities between a hinedere and a kuudere when it comes to both dere types being quiet, not liking large crowds and being distant from others. However, unlike a kuudere who keeps their emotions in check, a hinedere shows much more emotions, although usually the more arrogant and fed-up ones. Other Variations and Similar Japanese Archetypes - Megane: A term for a stoic and intelligent male character who wears glasses. Hinedere are characters who have nihilistic world views and are very cynical. They are cold-hearted and highly arrogant, thinking everything is pointless. They will get easily annoyed by other people at first, including their love interest. However, after spending enough time with their love interest they will eventually learn to enjoy life and will change their views. "Kamidere" is a term for a character who wants to be treated as a god by their love interest. Their god complex makes them self-centered and arrogant towards those they see as inferior to them and who do not deserve of their time. They will demand to be treated like the perfect being they think they are, but will eventually open up and show a more respectful and loving side towards their love interest. Meaning of the Name Kamidere (かみデレ) is a combination of "kami" (かみ), meaning "god", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck".What is Kamidere? - hXcHector It is also sometimes written as "カミデレ" using katakana for "kami" instead of hiragana, but this is less common.Mimiko Kaming! (MF Comics Flapper Series) - Bookwalker Origin The archetype comes from the 2012 eroge visual novel Kamidere . The story follows the character of Shinya, a 2nd year student at Nijiuki Gakuen, who one day awakened as one of the Seven Gods of Fortune. The other six gods were all beautiful girls who looked down on him, calling him a monkey and shaming him endlessly. However, after working together they slowly began to grow closer and started showing a more loving side to him.Kamidere Official Site - CandysoftKamidere - Visual Novel Database History The most notable example of a kamidere in media, is the character of Haruhi Suzumiya from the 2003 light novel series The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Although she was not aware of it, Haruhi was a god that had the ability to reshape reality to fit her desires. Haruhi had a strong dislike for all things boring and was only interested in the supernatural. One day she met a fellow student named Kyon, who suggests they form a club to research the occult. As the story progresses Haruhi slowly started letting her cold bossy persona down when she was around Kyon. Although Haruhi had a massive god complex and would boss around everyone else in the school, because of her romantic feelings towards Kyon she would listen to him, even when his ideas went against hers. Characteristics In official media, kamidere are usually actual gods but there have also been official uses where a character just acts like one. Personality Kami Period Kamidere characters believe that they are a god or superior being and want to be worshipped as such by those around them, especially their love interest. They feel that they are in a higher position, compared to others, even if they aren't actually a deity and are just humans or of the same species as the other characters. They are also highly arrogant and proud, and aren't afraid to speak their minds and show everyone how right they are. They believe that they are the most perfect and infallible beings, and think they should get special attention and priority. Their pride makes them highly arrogant, overconfident, and stubborn. Kamidere characters think that they are better than everyone and that they are always right. They will be even more arrogant and proud if they are an actual deity and the other characters are not. Those who act like gods but are not deities usually live in their own fantasy world where they see themselves as the most powerful creature, which can confuse the other characters. Some kamidere will act lordly, pridefully, selfishly, arrogantly, over-confidently, and oftentimes, narcissistic. Deredere Period Despite their arrogant exterior, kamidere do still have a loving soft side. When a kamidere gets closer to their love interest, they will start to let down their cold bossy exterior. They will lower their superiority complex and will genuinely care about what their love interest has to say (even if they pretend it was suddenly their idea all along). For some, this may extend to other people around them too as they grow less prideful, but for others they will only listen to their love interest. When a kamidere shows their "dere" side, they will no longer view their love interest as an inferior being or look down on them. They will start to view their love interest as an equal, or in some cases, they may even start to view their love interest as being above them. The sweeter kamidere will show a somewhat prideful personality, thinking they are amazing, powerful, and admired by others, while at the same time, they will show respect towards other characters and beings. It is very likely that this type of kamidere actually has the wrong idea of their true power or the real view of others towards them, usually shown in a comical way. Sometimes this is just an act; where the character is afraid to show their true personality. Therefore, the kamidere will eventually show their more "dere" side when their "kami" exterior is broken. Differences From Other Archetypes Kamidere can be considered an extreme version of himedere and oujidere. Due to the god-complex of these characters to the point where they see themselves as gods, kamidere can be seen as the counterpart and compatibility of goudere who view their love interest as the ultimate being and think they deserve the entire world. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Chuunibyou: A term for a character who has delusions of grandeur. - Onidere: A term for a character with who treats their love interest badly around other people to maintain a reputation of being feared. Could be considered a darker kamidere who wants to be feared rather than idolized. Kamidere are characters who want to be treated as a god by their love interest. Their god complex makes them self-centered and arrogant towards those they see as inferior to them and who do not deserve of their time. They will demand to be treated like the perfect being they think they are, but will eventually open up and show a more respectful and loving side towards their love interest. Kichidere is a term for a character who acts like a crazy lunatic, but whose feelings of love toward their love interest are surprisingly normal. They act dangerous and insane most of the time, but when it comes to their love interest they will show a more pure and cute side and be very loving and affectionate toward them. Meaning of the Name Kichidere (キチデレ) is a combination of "kichigai" (キチガイ), meaning "madness, insanity (exhibiting a severely disordered state of mind), mentally ill, or lunatic (mentally ill and dangerous)", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck".What is Kichidere? - Pixiv Encyclopedia While kichigai is usually translated as "lunatic", it is generally a lot more offensive in Japanese, so much so that it was banned from being mentioned on Japanese television because it can be considered discriminatory against people with mental illnesses. The use of this word makes this dere type rarely used and mentioned in Japanese media. Origin The exact origin of this dere type is unknown, but use of it can be found on various Japanese websites as far back as 2006.Kamakura Diary - Snow-Man The first (and currently only) known use of this dere type in official media was in the 2013 manga series Megumarenai Adults, which had the tagline "Yandere vs Kichidere: The Ultimate Love Battle, War Begins!!!!".Megumarenai "Yandere vs Kichidere" The Ultimate Love Battle, War Begins!!!! - Edge Comix History Charlotte Pudding's difference in personality when looking at Sanji from One Piece Although not officially labeled as a kichidere in the series, one of the best examples of this archetype is the character Charlotte Pudding from the manga series One Piece. Pudding was a hybrid human from the Three-Eye Tribe who was constantly shamed by others while growing up, including by her own mother, for being a disgusting monster. This caused her very early on in her life to develop mental health issues and a severe complex about her third eye, which she would hide away in shame. Later in the story, she is given an arranged political marriage with the character Sanji, a thought she despised. The idea of having to be with someone who would find her repulsive started to drive her insane, to the point she even tried to assassinate him before the wedding. However, when Pudding shows Sanji her third eye and tells him this is the monster he is marrying, to her surprise he calls her eye beautiful which causes her to break down into tears. Following this point, Pudding would start to develop a personality disorder, struggling to maintain control of her feelings. She constantly switched between acting insane (kichi) and extremely cute and lovestruck (dere) over him. Characteristics Kichidere are characters suffering from mental health issues. Most of the time this tends to present itself from trauma suffered during childhood, such as from abuse or bullying. Many also suffer from forms of personality disorders and may struggle with dealing with this side of them. Often their love interest will end up changing them, or showing them happiness for the first time which causes them to fall in love. In some cases, with the help of their love interest, they will be able to overcome their mental health issues and become a purely deredere and normal person. Personality They are characters that will show two completely different sides; their usual crazy and dangerous side (kichi) towards others, and their pure and sweet cute side (deredere) towards their love interest. They are people who act crazy, but who are in a normal and loving relationship or want to be in one. Differences From Other Archetypes This dere type seems similar to yandere, but they are not the same. The main difference is a yandere is normal at first but will turn crazy after falling in love because their love is too strong, whereas a kichidere will be crazy from the beginning and won't show their crazy side when it comes to love. They act surprisingly normal in any kind of relationship. They won't hide this darker side of themselves, they can't help it, but this part of them won't get in the way of their relationship with their love interest.About Kichidere and Yandere - Ameblo Unlike mayadere (Western), they will not always turn to a morally outstanding character after experiencing love, though it is fairly similar because the love interest often changes the kichidere for the better and after experiencing true affection for the first time. They will not immediately change and will continue to act insane even after falling in love, but they may start to struggle with trying to keep that side of them under control for the sake of their love interest. In some cases, they may even be able to completely cure their mental health illness. Kichidere are characters who act like crazy lunatics, but whose feelings of love toward their love interest are surprisingly normal. They act dangerous and insane most of the time, but when it comes to their love interest they will show a more pure and cute side and be very loving and affectionate toward them. "Kiredere" is a term for a character who acts rude and harsh towards their love interest in hopes that they will better themselves. Meaning of the Name Kiredere (キレデレ) is a combination of "kireru" (キレる), meaning "to get angry", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck". Origin The origin of this archetype is the 2019 romance manga series Sekaiichi Kawaii Kiredere Doutei Kouhai-kun. However, although the archetype was fully developed in that series it was actually first mentioned as a hypothetical dere type two years earlier in the 2017 manga series Primax. In the series, one character suggests the term "kiredere" as a way to describe someone's behavior, to which another character responds "there's no such thing", and another character adds "they have no dere". Personality Kiredere characters are characters who try to get their love interest to improve themselves by acting very harshly towards them, like an overly critical personal trainer. They figure that making rude comments will make their love interest reflect upon themselves, but it usually just makes them feel hurt. A kiredere can target a number of different factors that they find unpleasant in their love interest and will act accordingly. For example, if they think that their love interest is unfit, they might make them start lifting weights or will limit their diet. Even though their love interest will probably think that they do these things because they hate them, they do it because they don't want to see them get sick or hurt, or because they aren't strong enough to properly defend themselves. Differences From Other Archetypes Kiredere characters don't act harshly towards their love interest out of arrogance like a himedere, kamidere, or a thugdere might, nor out of teasing or playfulness like an S dere or teasedere. Rather, they do it to be kind, even if it doesn't come across very well. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Gundere: A term for a commanding officer character who is unable to express their feelings of affection to their love interest subordinate so they turn into a drill sergeant and berate them for not being good enough. This is similar to an involuntary kiredere who berates their love interest to hide their feelings rather than to get them to improve. - Tsundora: A term for a character who acts so "tsun" around their love interest that they make it seem like they seriously hate them. They are quite harsh with their love interest, much like kiredere characters are. Kiredere are characters who act rude and harsh towards their love interest in hopes that they will better themselves. "Kiridere" is a term for a character that has a serious reliable side when they're working and an unreliable emotional side when they're around their love interest. Meaning of the Name Kiridere (キリデレ) comes from "kiri" (キリッ), a mimetic word for "crisp", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck". The word "kiri" (キリッ) is derived from the word "kirito" (きりっと), meaning "having a crisp appearance", "stiffly", or "in a manner that is not relaxed". This term is used to refer to someone who has a serious or sharp expression. Origin The term originated in 2009 during a let's play for the game Dream Club to describe how differently the character Nao acted versus when she's working and when she's not.What is Kiridere - Pixiv EncyclopediaWhat is Kiridere - Nico Nico Pedia The first known use of "kiridere" in an official media was in the 2018 web novel series Police Department・Haruka Izumi where it was used to refer to the titular character Haruka Izumi.Security Department・Haruka Izumi - E Star Personality Kirdere characters have two distinct sides to them. The first is the side they show around most people. They are enthusiastic about their work or schoolwork. This most often means that they act very responsibly and mature, and are often regarded as good, strong, serious leaders. They are usually in some position of authority, such as being a member of the student council.What is the Meaning of Kiridere - YotsubaAnd What is the Topical "Kiridere"? - Da Vinci Web (Kadokawa) Their other side is one that they only show in private to people they're very close to, especially their love interest. This side of them is more irresponsible and emotional. They may become embarrassed easily around their love interest and become anxious and shy like a teredere, or they may became clumsy like a dojikko. Some may even act like a deredere, letting loose when they feel like they don't have to be perfect around others. Differences From Other Archetypes Kiridere characters are similar to usodere characters. Usodere characters lie in order to trick their love interest, while kiridere characters only show the people they're close to their hidden personality. Kiridere characters do not lie like usodere characters since both sides of a kiridere character is a part of their true personality, they just want to act professionally while at work or school. Kiridere are characters that have a serious reliable side when they're working and an unreliable emotional side when they're around their love interest. "Kuudere", also known as "Cool-dere" in Western media, is a term for a character who appears calm and expressionless most of the time, but becomes cute and loving around their love interest. They don't talk much and have a cold uninterested attitude towards people who are not their love interest, often making blunt ice-cold statements. Although it might not appear like it at first, they are hiding a deep inner love inside that will come out after becoming close to their love interest. They will start behaving in cute ways when around their love interest and have a more loving side than most, wanting their love interest to give them lots of affection. Meaning of the Name Kuudere (クーデレ) is a combination of "kuuru" (クール), meaning "cool (calm and unemotional, showing great control over your feelings)", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck".Kuudere - Wikipedia JP They are characters that have a cool personality (kuu) at first glance but start acting cute and affectionate (deredere) after you get to know them.Coo-dere - Japanese Slang DictionaryWhat is Dere - Pixiv Encyclopedia Romanization The term is most commonly romanized directly as "kuudere" using the traditional Japanese method of romanized spelling. It can also be written as "kūdere" using the method since the long "u" sound can be romanized as either "uu" or "ū". It is also sometimes alternatively romanized as "coo-dere", using the English spelling of the word "cool" instead of the Japanese spelling "kuuru".Coo-dere - WordPress In the subtitled version of episode 10 of the 2007 anime series Lucky☆Star by FUNimation, the term received an official localized English name for the first time as "cool-dere".Lucky☆Star - Episode 10 - FUNimation It is also sometimes unofficially romanized as "coodere" without a hyphen.Trait: Kuudere - Visual Novel Database Origin The concept of kuudere originates as far back as October 10, 2005 from the archetype known as sunao kuuru (素直クール), or honest cool. Sunao kuuru originated on the Japanese forum 2channel as an opposite of tsundere.What is Kuudere - Hatena Rather than someone who let their emotions get the better of them and was dishonest with their feelings, a sunoa kuuru was always cool and always honest with what they are feeling.What is Sunao Kuuru - Pixiv EncyclopediaWhat is Sunao Kuuru - Nico Nico Pedia Over time the concept grew and led to the creation of kuudere, for characters who start out acting sunao kuuru but eventually become deredere for a certain person. The difference between the two archetypes is that a sunao kuuru does not change their attitude for another person and is always cool with no gap in personality, whereas a kuudere loses their cool attitude and becomes cute and loving when around a certain person.What is Kuudere - Pixiv EncyclopediaWhat is Kuudere - Nico Nico PediaHow did "Kuudere" Stop Being Sunokuuru and Become a Normal Dere? - Hatena History The archetype of kuudere is very popular in manga and anime and has been used in several series. The first currently known usage in official media comes from episode 10 of the 2007 anime series Lucky☆Star during the "Lucky Channel" segment at the end of the episode. During the segment, the character Minoru Shiraishi briefly mentions "kuudere" when discussing the concept of tsundere.Lucky Channel Ep 10 - Tsundere - Lucky☆Star A more prominent example is the 2020 romance manga series Yatara to Sasshi no Ii Ore wa, Dokuzetsu Kuudere Bishoujo no Chiisana Dere mo Minogasazu ni Guigui Iku and the character Shirokane Koyuki. Koyuki was known around the school as the "venomous Snow White" due to her sharp tongue, snow-white hair, and cold demeanor. This was until Naoya Sasahara saved her one day resulting in both of them falling in love with the other at first sight. Naoya soon learns that underneath her cold demeanor, Koyuki is nothing more than a weak girl armed with bravado and lies, and the two begin to communicate little by little to confirm that they like each other.Yatara to Sasshi no Ii Ore wa, Dokuzetsu Kuudere Bishoujo no Chiisana Dere mo Minogasazu ni Guigui Iku - Amazon Other examples include: Tonari no Kuuderella o Amayakashitara, Uchi no Aikagi o Wtasu Koto ni Natta Tonari no Kuuderella o Amayakashitara, Uchi no Aikagi o Wtasu Koto ni Natta - Amazon and Bishoujo to Buraritabi .Bishoujo to Buraritabi - Beautiful Kuudere Girl - Amazon Characteristics Moe Factor A depiction of Noel Izumi showing the difference in her demeanor when talking with random classmates versus her love interest, from Studio Apartment, Good Lighting, Angel Included The moe appeal of kuudere comes from the large gap between the cool expressionless "kuu" side and the cute loving "dere" side. The idea of a character who appears cold and completely emotionless that is actually cute and loving gives off strong amounts of adoration towards that character. This is especially true for kuudere who simply have a hard time expressing their emotions. The moment when they finally realize their true feelings of affection can bring strong amounts of satisfaction to the audience like they watched them grow as a person and feel happy for them for finally making it to that point. Design Kuudere characters are most often depicted as having white or silver hair, possibly as a reference to their "cold as snow" personality. They will typically wear lots of blue or purple since these colors tend to evoke vibes of calmness. Blue is also fairly common as a hair color as well. Personality Kuudere are characters who appear calm and expressionless most of the time (kuu), but become cute and loving around their love interest (deredere). The idea of a character that starts off "colder than most" but is actually "more loving and affectionate than most" creates a very intense gap in their personality.What is a Girl's "◯◯dere"? - AppBank Kuu Period Fiona Frost's demeanor towards people she doesn't like from SPY×FAMILY At first a kuudere will always be seen keeping a "cool" attitude, remaining very calm, confident, expressionless, unemotional, and showing great control over their feelings. They always keep their emotions in check and have a rigid stance, appearing stiff and unyielding at all times. They are also typically very mature characters. They are often characters who are not in the mood to deal with others. They don't talk much and take a cold uninterested attitude towards people who are not their love interest, most often speaking in a calm monotonous voice. They are also not shy about saying what is on their mind and are sometimes even a little 'too' honest, speaking their opinions without much regard for other people's feelings. This comes out in the form of them making brutally blunt ice-cold comments when they don't like someone or something, which is why they are often described as "sharp-tongued". Generally, this cold demeanor causes most other people to avoid being around them so they will typically be seen by themselves and not have many friends, if any at all. This is a fairly big reason they tend to develop feelings for their love interest: they will be one of the only people trying to spend time with them and talk with them. Derekake Period Before they have become entirely lovestruck, they will often be seen blushing at their love interest while trying to keep their cool composure. Even if their mind tells them they want to stay calm, their body tends to react to their feelings on its own and they come to the surface anyway. They may start questioning their feelings and their love interest will be constantly on their mind. They may also do things like smiling at their love interest when no one is looking. Many times they are not good at expressing their feelings and may become embarrassed by the thought of falling in love with someone, sometimes even directing their sharp tongue toward their love interest to hide it.Yatara to Sasshi no Ii Ore wa, Dokuzetsu Kuudere Bishoujo no Chiisana Dere mo Minogasazu ni Guigui Iku (Volume 2) - Amazon Dere Period Eiai Nano thinking about her love interest alone in her room from Kimi no koto ga Daidaidaidaidaisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo While it might not appear like it, kuudere are characters whose inner affection is hotter than others. They are hiding a deep inner love that will come out after becoming close to their love interest, at which point they will begin to show them their cute side. They will become transcendentally spoiled and want their love interest to give them lots of affection when they are alone together, acting very cute towards them. They are usually people who don't want others to see them in this state, which may be a form of a defense mechanism. When they are first falling for their love interest they may even be able to keep themselves composed in public, but when they get home they start frantically blushing and going on about how they love them to themself. It's for this reason they will only show this cute side of themselves when they are alone with their love interest. They will start to do things like coming up and silently holding their love interest's hand when they are alone or wanting to receive their affection and become intimate when nobody is looking. They will feel more comfortable just being themselves and relaxing in the presence of their love interest. They will feel happy that they finally have someone they can depend on for emotional and physical support, or even just to talk to. They are usually very thankful to their love interest for showing them that there is more to life and that even someone like them can have fun and become loved. After enough time passes they will even start to feel comfortable behaving this way out in public and doing things like going on dates or being cute with their love interest even when other people are looking.Yatara to Sasshi no Ii Ore wa, Dokuzetsu Kuudere Bishoujo no Chiisana Dere mo Minogasazu ni Guigui Iku (Volume 6) - Amazon Differences From Other Archetypes The archetype that most closely resembles a kuudere is dandere, due to both types appearing as quiet and unemotional on the surface. The main difference, however, mostly comes down to their 'reason' for acting like way. Kuudere are quiet by choice because they are very calm and confident, whereas a dandere is the complete opposite being quiet because they are shy and unconfident in speaking. Kuudere are also very uninterested and uncaring in others and will choose to be a loner, while dandere typically want to talk with others, they just can't because they are too shy. When spoken to by someone who is not their love interest, a kuudere is likely to make some harsh comment and hurt their feelings, while a dandere would either just not respond at all from embarrassment or stutter when trying to reply. Utsudere is another type that can appear similar to kuudere on the surface, but the biggest difference is that for utsudere this cold and uncaring demeanor is nothing more than a way to hide their depression and feelings of sadness. While a kuudere keeps their emotions in check, an utsudere can often be found crying and letting their emotions take control of them. It also quite similar to tsundora, which can be seen as a mix of a kuudere and a tsundere. Similarly to a tsundere, a tsundora is in denial of their own feelings and will act defiant towards their love interest in the same way a tsundere would, but rather than acting flustered and stuck-up they say it a cold bitter way like a kuudere. The biggest difference is that a tsundora only does this to hide their feelings, while kuudere are just brutally honest to a fault. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Megane: A term for a stoic and intelligent male character who wears glasses. - Rindere: A term for a female character with a cool reserved exterior who is mature and dignified. - Tsundora: A term for a tsundere character who acts so icy cold towards their love interest that they make it seem like they actually hate them. - Western:Kidere: A term for a kuudere character who possess ice powers. This is an unofficial Western variation of kuudere. Kuudere are characters who appear calm and expressionless most of the time, but become cute and loving around their love interest. They don't talk much and have a cold uninterested attitude towards people who are not their love interest, often making blunt ice-cold statements. Although it might not appear like it at first, they are hiding a deep inner love inside that will come out after becoming close to their love interest. They will start behaving in cute ways when around their love interest and have a more loving side than most, wanting their love interest to give them lots of affection. "M Dere" is a term for a character who likes being humiliated and teased by their love interest. They want their love interest to playfully toy with them or force them to do humiliating acts because they enjoy the pleasure they get from being submissive and letting them have control. They are the counterpart and compatibility of S Dere. Meaning of the Name Do M Dere by Summer Cherry Blossom M Dere (えむデレ) is a combination of "M", an abbreviation of the word "mazohisuto" (マゾヒスト) meaning "a person who derives pleasure from their own humiliation", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck". In Japan, mentions of the word "mazohisuto" (マゾヒスト) are almost always replaced with the letter "M", either for censorship reasons or to be more eye-catching. Origin The term originates from the 2019 erotic manga series Petal Maiden by Summer Cherry Blossom, from the 10th chapter titled "Do M Dere" where it was used to describe the character Nanano Nanase. In the chapter, Nanano asks her love interest to humiliate her in various erotic ways.Petal Maiden - Wani MagazinePetal Maiden - Manga OhPetal Maiden - BookLive Alternate Name M Dere is also unofficially known by the name "masodere" in the Western community. Personality M Period An M dere is a submissive character who enjoys and takes pleasure in being humiliated and teased by their love interest. They want them to talk down to them or toy with them because they enjoy the pleasure they get from being submissive and letting their love interest have control. They love being told what to do by their love interest. The level of masochistic traits can depend on the individual. Some just like the feeling of their partner taking control. They like the feeling of their body being in the hands of someone else and being dominated by the one they love. Some like to be verbally humiliated, while others like physical humiliation as well and gain pleasure from the embarrassment. M dere want their love interest to talk down to them in a teasing manner and force them to do humiliating acts, such as licking their feet or being used as a chair. On the more extreme end, some M dere want to be a pet slave to their love interest and want to hand total control over to them. They will call their partner their "master" and may even wear a dog collar for them. M dere do not hate themselves nor do they want to be badly harmed, they just enjoy the feeling of being controlled by the one they love. While they do enjoy being toyed with by their love interest, they still deeply care about them and want them both to have a safe experience while doing these acts. Deredere Period While some may like any form of humiliation, the majority of M dere only like it when it comes from their love interest and they won't let anyone else do this to them. They want to be loved by them and to feel them having complete control over them. To them, this is a way of showing their affection and their loyalty and they won't do it for anyone else. They may even hide this side of themselves away because it can be considered very vulnerable, so they may only share this side with their love interest after gaining complete trust in them to care of them while doing these acts. M dere are the perfect match with S dere characters. While both love humiliation, S dere enjoy inflicting this "on" their love interest, while M dere enjoy when this is inflicted on themselves "by" their love interest. M dere are all about relinquishing control to their love interest, while S dere are all about taking control over their love interest. If their love interest is not already an S dere they may even playfully tease them by constantly asking them to "punish them", often to the embarrassment of their love interest. They may tease their love interest by calling them their "master" or may even bend over and flirtatiously ask them to spank them. Most typically, if their love interest loves them enough they will "pretend" to be an S dere to please them. Because of their submissive nature, an M dere will lean on their love interest to protect and take care of them. Differences From Other Archetypes Some M dere will pretend to be wandere, but to a more extreme literal sense. The difference is wandere pretend to be dogs in a playful, overly happy, and affectionate sense, while M dere want to be "treated" like a dog. They want to be forced to wear a leash and be told what to do by their love interest/master. They want to let total control over their self be in the hands of the one they love. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Erodere: A term for a character who will act erotic at first, but will become extremely embarrassed after experiencing true affection. - S Dere: A term for a character who enjoys playing with the feelings of their love interest. - Wandere: A term for a character who acts like a dog toward their love interest. M Dere are characters who like being humiliated and teased by their love interest. They want their love interest to playfully toy with them or force them to do humiliating acts because they enjoy the pleasure they get from being submissive and letting them have control. "Nyandere" is a term for a nekomimi character who expresses their love for their love interest by getting intimate with them in the same way a cat does. They will be highly affectionate towards their love interest and will rub against them in a similar manner as a cat or ask them to pet their head. They will also bat their "paws" to get the attention of their love interest and will often add "meow/nyaa" to their sentences to make themselves sound cuter. Meaning of the Name Nyandere (ニャンデレ) is a combination of "nyan" (ニャン), an onomatopoeia for "the sound a cat makes" or in other words "meow", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck". Alternate Spelling A Cat-Like Girlfriend by Chazu It is also sometimes alternatively written as "" using hiragana for "nyan" instead but this is less common. Origin The exact origin is currently unclear, but the term has been used in the title of several doujinshi fan manga series dating back to at least 2010, including Nyandere Imasu and Tsundere and Nyandere's Equation .Nyandere Imasu - Suruga-yaNyandere Imasu - Otaku RepublicTsundere and Nyandere's Equation - Suruga-ya The first known use in an official media was the 2023 manga series A Cat-Like Girlfriend by Chazu which was described as "a cute romantic comedy about a nyandere cat girl".A Cat-Like Girlfriend - BookLive Characteristics Nyandere characters in official media are always nekomimi, or someone who is part cat and part human. They have cat ears and a cat tail while otherwise looking like a normal human. Characters who aren't part cat and just act like one might also count, but this has never been shown in official media. Some characters like this may choose to dress up and cosplay as a nekomimi when they are being affectionate with their love interest. It is also fairly common for characters who aren't actual nekomimi to be temporarily depicted as one as a visual gag during scenes where they mimic a cat, even if this isn't happening in the actual story. Personality Nyandere show their affection towards their love interest by getting intimate with them in the same way a cat would. They will be highly affectionate towards their love interest and will often rub against them in a way similar to a cat. They also greatly enjoy when their love interest pets their head or rubs behind their ears and they may even start purring as a sign of their love. They will constantly try to get the affection of their love interest and will often bat their "paws" at them when they want to get their attention. When they are expressing love, they might say "meow~/nyaa~" to show their loving feelings. They will also often add "meow/nyaa" to their regular sentences as well to make themselves sound cuter to their love interest. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Juujin: A term for a hybrid humanoid animal character. - Kemono: A term for an animal character that has human traits. - Kemonomimi: A term for a human character with animal ears. The most common of which is cat ears. - Wandere: A term for a character who expresses their affection for their love interest by acting like a dog towards them. Nyandere are characters who express their love for their love interest by getting intimate with them in the same way a cat does. They will be highly affectionate towards their love interest and will rub against them in a similar manner as a cat or ask them to pet their head. They will also bat their "paws" to get the attention of their love interest and will often add "meow/nyaa" to their sentences to make themselves sound cuter. Onidere is a term for a character who treats their love interest badly around other people to maintain a reputation of being feared, but will be really cute and loving to them when others are not looking. They will hide their love life and relationship from everyone else at first because they fear it will make them look "weak", however, they do still genuinely love and care about them more than anyone. They may even come to express their loving side in public after some time with their love interest. Meaning of the Name Onidere (オニデレ) is a combination of "oni" (オニ), meaning "ogre", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck". In Japanese folklore, an oni is an evil supernatural creature who is said to live deep within the mountains or caves. They are portrayed as a type of demonic-like ogre, often of gigantic proportions, who possess monstrous strength and a fearful appearance. Because of this, the word "oni", much like the English word "ogre", can be used as a metaphor to describe "a cruel or terrifying person". The term is a reference to the street name "Oni Head" given to the character Saya Ikushima, who possesses oni-like traits. Origin Onidere by Crystal na Yousuke The name for the archetype comes from the 2008 romantic comedy manga series Onidere by Crystal na Yousuke.Onidere Vol. 1 - ShogakukanOnidere - Wikipedia JP In this series, Saya Ikushima is in a secret love relationship with Tadashi Imamoto despite being known as one of the biggest delinquents of the school. She even possesses superhuman strength and two oni-like horns, which granted her the street name of "Oni Head" by others. Due to her position and reputation, every time they are outside she treats her love interest with disgust. She hates being seen with her love interest despite loving him and she hides their relationship from everyone else to keep her gang under the impression that she is the strongest and biggest man-hater of them all. She even states that if their secret love is found out, she will kill him and then herself. Despite this fact, she is madly in love with Tadashi, so much so that even merely looking at him has been known to make her faint in happiness. Whenever Saya is alone with Tadashi she acts really affectionate and cute with him and she usually asks to be punished in return for harming him earlier when trying to keep up her image. She loves him a lot despite how she treats him in front of others and only treats him badly due to a combination of her "oni" reputation and hiding her more loving side from other people.What is Onidere? - Pixiv EncyclopediaWhat is Onidere - Nico Nico Pedia Characteristics In official media, onidere are presented as humans who just have traits that resemble an oni. Personality Onidere are characters who treat their love interest badly around other people to maintain a reputation of being feared. Oni Period Onidere possess several oni-like traits, such as being fierce, powerful, relentless, and unforgiving. They think they are the strongest being who should be feared and respected. They feel that they are in a higher position compared to others but their sense of reason devolves into megalomania, or an obsession with the exercise of power and domination of others. Some onidere may act like this because they confuse cruelty with strength, but when their "oni" exterior is broken by someone they fall in love with they will show their deredere side. Deredere Period Due to their reputation, onidere will hide or deny their feelings of love as they think they have a reputation to uphold and that someone in their position should not love. They think it makes them look weak and will pretend to hate romance despite secretly being completely head over heels for their love interest. When in public they will be rude to their love interest and pretend like they don't know them, let alone have feelings for them, but behind the scenes when no one is looking they will show their loving side to their love interest. Some may even feel bad about having to treat them so poorly in public to maintain their reputation and try to make up for it by being extra sweet when they're alone. Onidere do genuinely care for their love interest, but they feel that maintaining their feared reputation is even more important. They do not want to be seen as weak for letting someone get intimate with them. With enough time, however, they may eventually realize that being with the person they love is more important than their reputation and will start to act more loving toward them in public. Other Types Characters that are normally kind but still act like they want to be feared might also count as a type of "onidere", but this has never been shown in official media. Often these types of "onidere" are seen more like bakadere because nobody actually takes their threats seriously. They will almost always suffer from chuunibyou, or delusions of grandeur, thinking they are feared when they aren't. Differences From Other Archetypes Onidere characters are very similar to kamidere characters, but instead of thinking that they are a god and wanting to be worshipped, they think that they are like a powerful oni and should be feared. This makes them far more dangerous than kamidere characters. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Chuunibyou: A term for characters that have delusions of grandeur. - Kamidere: A term for characters who want to be treated as a god by their love interest. - Monster Musume: A term for beautiful female characters who share traits with a monster, often of which is an oni. Onidere are characters who treat their love interest badly around other people to maintain a reputation of being feared, but will be really cute and loving to them when others are not looking. They will hide their love life and relationship from everyone else at first because they fear it will make them look "weak", however, they do still genuinely love and care about them more than anyone. They may even come to express their loving side in public after some time with their love interest. "Rindere" is a term for a female character with a cool reserved exterior who is mature and dignified. They have a lot of confidence and will rarely lose their cool, but once you get to know them and they open up they will become very affectionate and loving.Takizawa Risa - Visual Novel Database Meaning of the Name Rindere (凛デレ) comes from "rin" (凛), which can mean both "dignified" or "cold" depending on the context, and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck".Meaning of 凛 in Japanese - Romaji Desu Origin Rindere was a nickname for Risa Takizawa in the 2018 visual novel eroge Custom Order Maid 3D2 . Personality Rindere are characters who are mature and dignified. They have a strict cool side normally, but once you get to know them and they open up they will become very affectionate and loving.Custom Order Maid 3D2 - It's a Night Magic - COM3D2 Rindere are mature and independent. They are very dependable characters that other people look up to and possess an "older sister" like quality to them. They may scold others for acting out or doing something they feel isn't in their best interest, but they will almost never lose their cool or get angry. Rindere will not be afraid to speak their own opinions and have a strong sense of confidence in both their looks and their personality. Because they aren't quick to open up to others, many people view them as mysterious. Differences From Other Archetypes Rindere are similar to oujodere in that they both act dignified and ladylike, however, oujodere don't have a cool exterior that hides their sweet and caring side. Rindere are also more reserved and will not be as openly cheerful. Rindere have a similar vibe to the cool nature of a kuudere, however, unlike a kuudere they will still show emotions, just with a mature, calm, and strict attitude. Kuudere characters also don't necessarily follow a strict lifestyle, they just keep their emotions in check and are sometimes completely emotionless in extreme cases. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Kuudere: A term for a character who appears calm and unemotional most of the time, but becomes cute and loving around their love interest. - Onee-san: A term for a female character who is either an older sister or acts like one. - Oujodere: A term for a female character who is well-mannered and acts like a proper young lady. Rindere are female characters that have a cool reserved exterior and are mature and dignified. They have a lot of confidence and will rarely lose their cool, but once you get to know them and they open up they will become very affectionate and loving. "Roshidere" is a term for a character who only acts lovey-dovey towards their love interest when they are speaking Russian in order to hide their true feelings of affection. When they are speaking a shared language they will act harshly or indifferent to their love interest. Meaning of the Name Roshidere (ロシデレ) is a combination of "Roshia-go" (ロシア語), meaning "Russian language", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck". Origin The term originates from the 2021 light novel series Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian, which is officially abbreviated as Roshidere.TV Anime『Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san』 - TwitterAlya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian - Pixiv Encyclopedia History The first instance of the roshidere archetype is seen in the light novel series Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian , where the main protagonist Alisa Kujou would speak in Russian whenever she was feeling affectionate to hide her true feelings from her Japanese classmates. However, unbeknownst to her, her love interest Masachika Kuze could understand Russian all along and just played along with it. Personality Roshidere is a term for a character who is only lovey-dovey when they are speaking Russian in order to hide their true feelings. While speaking Japanese (or any other shared language), roshidere will act indifferent, or sometimes even harshly, towards their love interest. They will pretend they have no interest in them romantically while secretly wanting to be in a relationship with them. So they don't have to hold their feelings in, while at the same time not wanting to let them be known, they will simply say them out loud in Russian instead so that nobody can understand what they are saying. Differences From Other Archetypes Roshidere are similar to tsundere in that they both try to hide their true feelings. The difference is that tsundere will hide their feelings through harsh words or violence, while roshidere disguise their feelings by speaking another language. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Tsundere: A term for characters that are harsh and irritable, but have a hidden loving side. Roshidere are characters who only act lovey-dovey towards their love interest when they are speaking Russian in order to hide their true feelings of affection. When they are speaking a shared language they will act harshly or indifferent to their love interest. "S Dere" is a term for a character who enjoys playing with the feelings of their love interest by teasing them. They will playfully humiliate or talk down to their love interest in a teasing manner because they enjoy the pleasure they get from having control over them and enjoy seeing their reactions. However, they still greatly care for their love interest and want to be loved by them so after becoming closer they will start to show a more sweet and affectionate side. They are the counterpart and compatibility of M Dere. Meaning of the Name S Dere (Ｓデレ) is a combination of "S", an abbreviation of the word "sadisuto" (サディスト) meaning "a person who derives pleasure from humiliating others", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck".Sumire Uesaka Becomes an "S Dere" Girl - The TV In Japan, mentions of the word "sadisuto" (サディスト) are almost always replaced with the letter "S", either for censorship reasons or to be more eye-catching. Origin The term S Dere originates from the 2008 eroge visual novel fittingly titled New Genre S Dere!! . In this game, the main protagonist moves to a formerly all-girls boarding high school that recently became coed, however, he is the only boy at the school. The story follows his new school life of being surrounded by "a little bit sadistic" girls who all take turns humiliating and teasing him in different BDSM scenarios.Shin Genre S Dere Official Home Page - Kur-Mar-TerShin Genre S Dere!! - Visual Novel Database Alternate Name S Dere is also sometimes unofficially known by the name "sadodere" (サドデレ).What is Sadodere - Nico Nico Pedia While usage of this name is rare in Japan, it is the predominant name in the Western community. History Popularization of Nagatoro The term S Dere was later, and most popularly, used to describe the character Hayase Nagatoro from the 2011 web manga series Nagatoro san .Nagatoro san - Pixiv The manga was later rebooted in 2017 under the title Please Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro . The manga had the tagline "The Story of the S Dere Girl" and it gained massive popularity inspiring a whole new wave of teasing-based romance manga.Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: 2nd Attack "The Story of the S Dere Girl" - Mixa Animation Hayase Nagatoro was a girl who loved messing with and teasing her Senpai who she had a crush on. She would enjoy teasing him any chance she got, even at one point dubbing Senpai "her pet", but also had a sweet loving side that would apologize whenever she accidentally went too far. Despite her teasing nature, she would express genuine loving feeling towards Senpai, such as getting concerned if he didn't show up to school, taking care of him while he was sick, or getting sad when he didn't pay attention to her.We Have Collected Miss Nagatoro's Precious Dere Scenes - Shonen MagazineWhat Is the True Intention of the Senpai Who Is Loved By the "S Dere" Gyaru? - Kodansha"S Dere Girl" Nagatoro san - Animate Times Since then Nagatoro has become the face of S dere in Japan. The manga series was so popular it even inspired a line of "S Dere" perfume in Japan in 2023.Which Do You Prefer, S or Dere? Two Perfumes Inspired by Miss Nagatoro - Animage Plus Other Series Although not having the same level of impact, it was used in the title of the 2014 manga series A Junior Girl Who Is S Dere Tries To Train Me . The story is about a girl named Yuto who decides to "train" her kohai Shina Saeki to be submissive to her after learning he has a crush on her.A Junior Girl Who Is S Dere Tries To Train Me - Yondemill It was also later used for the 2018 erotic manga series Don't Manage ××, Kouhai Let's Fall in Love with the Strongest S Dere Girl, which was similarly about a guy falling in love with his senpai who was dubbed "the strongest S Dere girl".Let's Fall in Love with the Strongest S Dere Girl - Toranoana JP Personality S Period An S dere is a person who enjoys and takes pleasure from toying with and teasing their love interest. They will play with their love interest's emotions in a teasing manner and sometimes humiliate them as well. S Dere characters will talk down to their love interest by calling them names or forcing them to do humiliating acts, such as licking their feet or being used as a chair. They enjoy embarrassing their love interest because they enjoy the pleasure they get from having total control over them. They are also usually quite perverted and enjoy doing these lewd acts with their love interest. They may even go as far as to physically punish their love interest by playfully spanking or being rough with them. Some S dere even want to treat their love interest like a pet and may force them to wear a leash. While some of this form of teasing may cause slight discomfort to their love interest, it will never escalate to seriously harming them because the S dere still loves them greatly. If an S dere notices they're starting to go too far with their teasing they will quickly take it back and apologize since they don't want to actually upset their love interest and just wanted to play with them a little bit. Additionally, while some may be mean to all people, the majority of S dere only act sadistic towards their love interest. They enjoy seeing the reactions of their love interest and have no desire to mess with anyone else because they will not get the same satisfaction as this is their way of flirting. However, because of their strong feelings an S dere will become very angered if 'other people' try to pick on or toy with their love interest. To them, their teasing is a form of affection that only they can do and they will become very protective if other people try to mess with their love interest. While they normally don't have any interest in acting sadistic towards other people, if they see someone picking on their love interest they will have no problem turning that side onto them to make it clear no one else is allowed to mess with them. Deredere Period Despite their teasing nature, S dere still greatly care for their love interest and want to be loved by them, they just enjoy the pleasure that comes from having control over the one they love. This fact, however, is not always known by the love interest at the time, who may just think the S dere hates them. Some S dere may even do this at first to hide their romantic feelings towards their love interest. They will make suggestive comments like talking about going on a date with them and then pass it off as just a tease by saying they'd never date them when in actuality they want it to happen and are hoping their love interest will insist. They may reveal their more soft and loving feelings when thinking about their love interest while they aren't around. After their romantic feelings become known, the teasing may become consensual on behalf of the love interest, as is the case with M dere characters (who sometimes didn't even realize they 'were' one until meeting an S dere character). S dere are the perfect match with M dere. While both love humiliation, S dere enjoy inflicting this "on" their love interest, while M dere enjoy when this is inflicted on themselves "by" their love interest. M dere are all about relinquishing control to their love interest, while S dere are all about taking control over their love interest. S dere who aren't in a relationship with an M dere will just drop the teasing entirely to become more loved by their love interest. They will start to soften over time completely becoming an affectionate and loving person. They will start wanting their love interest to pamper them and give them affection, taking a complete turn from their former behavior. Other Types of S Dere Some "S dere" characters may not even have any inherent sadistic personality traits of their own, but if their love interest is an M dere and asks them to do this for them, they will pretend to be one and put on an act because they love their partner. Differences From Other Archetypes A less harsh version of this dere would be teasedere characters, who don't like toying with their love interest's emotions to feel good and only want attention from their love interest which they extract in a seductive and teasing manner. S dere are often unofficially referred to as a "mean teasedere". While an S dere might seem similar to a verbal-only thugdere, the difference is an S dere won't do these things to hide their feelings (and it's usually rather obvious they have these feelings) but rather simply because they enjoy teasing their love interest. A thugdere will also just yell straight insults and won't try to playfully humiliate them like an S dere, and they may even resort to violence. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Erodere: A term for a character who will act erotic at first, often in the form of teasing, but will become extremely embarrassed after experiencing true affection. - M Dere: A term for a character who likes being humiliated by their love interest. - Teasedere: A term for a character who is playful or flirtatious and enjoys teasing their love interest. S Dere are characters who enjoy playing with the feelings of their love interest by teasing them. They will playfully humiliate or talk down to their love interest in a teasing manner because they enjoy the pleasure they get from having control over them and enjoy seeing their reactions. However, they still greatly care for their love interest and want to be loved by them so after becoming closer they will start to show a more sweet and affectionate side. "Shindere" is a term for a character who has died and become a ghost, but still has a love interest. Often their strong feelings of affection for their love interest and the regret of leaving them alone make them stick around instead of passing onto the afterlife. They may have also been revived, but with ghost-like powers which may have drawbacks. Meaning of the Name Shindere (死ンデレ) comes from the words "shinu" (死ぬ), meaning "to die," and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck". Origin The first use of the term "shindere" was in the manga "Ushiro no Shindere-san" (うしろノしんでれさん), published in 2010. In the manga, Miki is a ghost who wants to become human again. She decided to play a shinigami's game where she must get the person she likes to return her feelings before an hourglass pendant she wears runs out of time, or she and that person will be sent to hell. The protagonist is the only person who is able to see her in the beginning, and she falls for him after he saves her from being hit by a truck. Later on in the manga, he encounters another ghost who is the double of a living girl, Kozonoi Kurotama and Kozonoi Shirotama, respectively. Kurotama appeared when Shirotama had a near-death experience because of her illness, which seemed to grant Shirotama another chance at life. Kurotama also falls for the protagonist. This series was put on hiatus over 10 years ago, so it's unlikely to reach a conclusion. Another, more popular manga that was published around the same time used the term "shindere", called "Shindere Shoujo to Kodoku na Shinigami" (シンデレ少女と孤独な死神). In this series, Wakanae Akira gets a transfer student in her class who claims to be a shinigami, and warns everyone to stay away from him, or they will die. However, the two of them end up becoming the class presidents, so they are forced to interact. At first, she doesn't like him, since he threatened her friend, but she feels sorry for him after she hears of the people who have died in front of him. They both go to a shrine to get some food, and after an altercation, the boy accidentally pushes her off the railing, killing her. Her ghost stays around for a moment in the physical world and she sees him despair over her death, blaming himself because he developed a crush on her. She is taken to the god of the island, who gives her a choice: she can die, or she may be revived, but her soul will shatter if she ever leaves the island, since the god's powers cannot extend past the island's radius. She chooses to come back to life, inhabiting her body once more. In the next chapter, she is killed again, but learns that the god is able to revive her as many times as she wishes, basically making her immortal. Types of Shindere There are two kinds of shindere characters: those who died and were reanimated as a ghost, and those who were brought back to life with ties to the supernatural. Type 1: Ghost Shindere characters who are ghosts usually cannot be seen by most people, thus living very lonely lives. When they find someone who can see them, they will follow that person around, since they want someone to interact with. These types of shindere may not remember their life as a human. They can also either become human again by the end of the story, or, more commonly, ascend to the afterlife. Type 2: Revived Shindere characters who have been brought back to life but still have some ties to the supernatural. This can manifest in many ways, such as the ability to see ghosts and other supernatural beings, immortality, or powers related to spirits. These powers usually come with drawbacks, such as being unable to do certain things, or having to stay in a certain area, since they did cross the barrier of life and death. These character can have any type of personality and can have any reaction to reaction to feeling in love. However, these characters usually fall for someone who knows of their power and of their past, of which the shindere told them after getting really close to that other person. This dere type does not apply to those who died and were sent to another world, since they did not return to their own life, rather, they started a new one. Differences From Other Archetypes Shindere is similar to zondere, since they are both dere types who have been revived. However, shindere characters are brought back as ghosts or humans, while zondere characters are brought back as zombies. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Mayadere: A term for a someone who puts up a scary act in order to conceal their warm and loving side. - Monster Danshi: A term for a beautiful male character who share traits with a monster, often which is a ghost. - Monster Musume: A term for a beautiful female character who share traits with a monster, often which is a ghost. - Zondere: A term for a character who has become a zombie, but still has a love interest. Shindere are characters who have died and become a ghost, but still have a love interest. Often their strong feelings of affection for their love interest and the regret of leaving them alone make them stick around instead of passing onto the afterlife. They may have also been revived, but with ghost-like powers which may have drawbacks. "Teredere" is a term for a character who gets really embarrassed around their love interest. They get extremely lovestruck by their love interest which causes them to become very bashful around them. They may also become even more embarrassed if they get complimented by their love interest. After spending enough time with their love interest they may be able to get used to being affectionate with them and can overcome their embarrassment. Meaning of the Name Teredere (照れデレ) is a combination of "tere" (照れ), meaning "to feel embarrassed", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck". Tere is the feeling of being both happy and embarrassed when someone draws attention to one's existence or actions. When a teredere is around their love interest they are both happy to be near them or to be complimented by them, but also extremely embarrassed by it at the same time.What is Tere - Pixiv Encyclopedia Origin The term comes from the 2013 erotic manga series Teredere♡Santa Claus by Kazuki Hiro. The story follows the romance of a young girl dressed in a Santa Claus outfit who gets easily embarrassed in front of her love interest.COMIC Penguin Club Bandit Edition January 2013 - CMOA Alternate Name This type is widely known in the Western community unofficially as "Hajidere". This comes from the word "haji" (恥), meaning "shame", "dishonor", or "an embarrassment". However, this etymology incorrectly refers to the act of "being an embarrassment (to the people around you)", as opposed to getting embarrassed from social situations. Personality Teredere characters will become bashful (such as blushing, sweating, stuttering, being somewhat passive, and having trouble breathing) around their love interest. However, when they are around other people that are completely fine. The feeling of embarrassment only comes from how much they love their love interest. Some teredere will avoid being in close proximity with their love interest and keep any conversations with them very short. They will usually always make an effort to at least say "hi" to them every time they see them. Some may even spy on their love interest from afar without them noticing. They will constantly blush very near their love interest and might even faint from being so bashful. They have a ton of trouble confessing, so the love interest should make the first move, although if they do, the teredere might even faint before they answer. Some characters may not behave like a teredere in front of their love interest at first, but may became more bashful around them as they start falling more in love with them. It's also possible that getting a compliment from their love interest can suddenly make them very bashful and they will start having difficulty looking them in the face when they didn't have this problem before. Types of Teredere There are several variations of teredere that have a slightly different formula from the original kind: - Tsuntere: A term for a character who gets very embarrassed around their love interest and then acts harshly towards them because of it. While a regular teredere will try to "physically" hide from their love interest when they become embarrassed, a tsuntere will become aggressive as a way to hide it. This could be thought of as a mix of teredere and tsundere. -- Bokodere: A term for a character who gets very embarrassed around their love interest and then lashes out by punching them to hide it. This is an even more aggressive form of tsuntere. Differences From Other Archetypes Teredere is very similar to dandere, but also quite different in that they have seemingly inverted personalities. Dandere are shy and quiet in front of people they don't know but become talkative around their love interest, whereas teredere are fine talking to people they don't know but become bashful around their love interest. Teredere get easily embarrassed around their love interest from how much they love them, while dandere do not get embarrassed when talking to their love interest but may get embarrassed when having to speak in public. Some characters have both types and will be very shy all the time like a dandere and then get even more shy and bashful around their love interest. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Dandere: A term for a character who is silent almost to the point of coming across as emotionless most of the time, but will suddenly become talkative and sweet when they are around their love interest. - Tsundere: A term for a character who acts harsh and irritable towards their love interest in order to conceal their warm and loving feelings. Tsundere often get extremely embarrassed from being around around their love interest when they are still in their denial phase. Teredere are characters who get really embarrassed around their love interest. They get extremely lovestruck by their love interest which causes them to become very bashful around them. They may also become even more embarrassed if they get complimented by their love interest. After spending enough time with their love interest they may be able to get used to being affectionate with them and can overcome their embarrassment. "Tsun-aho" is a term for a tsundere character who tries so hard to look uninterested in their love interest that they just end up making themselves look like a complete fool.What is Tsun-aho - Pixiv Encyclopedia Meaning of the Name Tsun-aho (ツンアホ) is a combination of "tsundere" (ツンデレ), meaning "a character who acts harsh towards their love interest to hide their feelings of being lovestruck", and "aho" (アホ), meaning "foolish" or "lacking good sense and judgment". Origin The term Tsun-aho originates from the 2014 light novel series Tsun-aho no Maid wa Saikyouiku suru Shikanai, a love story about a boy and his maid, the latter being the titular Tsun-aho character. Personality Tsun-aho are characters who try so hard to look uninterested in their love interest that they just end up making themselves look like a fool. When they talk with their love interest, they will start saying random nonsense to act like they don't like them which just ends up making themselves look bad. When they get too flustered, they may even accidentally hit their love interest or start to cry, which only makes them look more air-headed. Because Tsun-aho characters say and do so many foolish things to hide their "secret" feelings that everyone already knows about, people will start to think that they're actually a fool. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Bakadere: A character who lacks common sense and is generally unaware of their surroundings. Tsun-aho could be considered a tsundere version of this type. - Tsundere: A character who acts hostile towards their love interest to hide their loving feelings. Tsun-aho is a variation of this type. Tsun-aho are tsundere characters who try so hard to look uninterested in their love interest that they just end up making themselves look like a complete fool. "Tsun-pure" is a term for a tsundere character who is brutally honest with their love interest, but rarely honest with themself. Meaning of the Name Tsun-pure (ツンピュア) is a combination of "tsundere" (ツンデレ), meaning "a character who acts harsh towards their love interest to hide their feelings of being lovestruck", and the English word "pure" (ピュア), meaning "uncontaminated" or "clean". Origin The term originates from the anime Shomin Sample to describe the character Aika Tenkubashi across the whole series. Aika finds it difficult to tell lies, so she is overly honest by nature.Who is Aika Tenkubashi - Pixiv Encyclopedia The seventh episode of the anime was even titled "The Tsun-Pure in Her Element" after Aika.The Tsun-Pure in Her Element - Apple TV Alternate Spelling While the name is officially romanized in English as "tsun-pure", it could also be written as "tsunpyua".Miss Tsunpyua's True Nature - Shomin Sample Official SiteMiss Tsunpyua's True Nature - Rakuten Personality Tsun-pure are characters who are overly honest around others, but quite dishonest with themselves. They act sensitive and temperamental, but only end up expressing their true feelings when they explode. They will act rudely one moment, but act with honesty and kindness the next. Tsun-pure characters are kind, easily fooled, and pure-hearted people who truly want to protect those they love, even if they aren't always honest about it. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Tsundere: A character who acts hostile towards their love interest to hide their loving feelings. Tsun-pure characters are a variation of this trope. Tsun-pure are tsundere characters who are brutally honest with their love interest, but rarely honest with themself. "Tsundere" is a term for a character who acts distant, standoffish, and stuck-up towards their love interest in order to conceal their feelings of love for them. They can't be honest with the person they like and will pretend not to be interested in them at first. However, after becoming closer to their love interest and falling in love to the point that they can no longer deny their feelings, they will start to show a more honest and loving affectionate side towards them. They will want their love interest to be intimate with them or tell them that they love them, actively seeking their affection. Meaning of the Name Mao Amatsuka turning her head away and demonstrating "tsuntsun" from GJ-bu Tsundere (ツンデレ) is a combination of the words "tsuntsun" (ツンツン), an onomatopoeia for "turning away (to turn one's back on someone, to ignore someone, or to refuse to accept)" which describes an attitude that is "aloof (distant), standoffish (somewhat cold), and stuck-up (high-and-mighty)", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck" which describes an attitude that is "infatuated (fawning over their love interest), affectionate (desiring close contact), and cute (having qualities that attract affection)".What is Tsundere - Pixiv EncyclopediaWhat is Tsun - Pixiv EncyclopediaMeaning of Tsundere - JLearn A close approximation to the meaning of "tsuntsun" would be the English onomatopoeia "hmph" which is a sound that expresses "annoyance, disapproval, or indignation" and is usually followed by the person turning their head away. This can be seen when a tsundere makes their trademark pose of turning their head away from their love interest and often goes "hmph". When applied to a person, tsuntsun refers to "being uncooperative", "keeping someone at a distance", "being dishonest with your feelings", "turning away in disgust", "giving someone the cold shoulder" or "being hard to handle".Tsundere Meaning in Japanese - Japan Luggage Express Alternate Spelling Tsundere is occasionally written in Japanese as "" using hiragana for "tsun" instead, but this is much less common.Itocho - Sukune Inugami - ShogakukanTsundere CHANGE! - Suruga-ya History Early Inspirations Comiket organizer Koichi Ichikawa described Lum from the 1978 manga Urusei Yatsura as being the first tsundere character.Love in the Moe Realms – A Concise 'Dere' Guide - Otaku Lounge Meanwhile, manga critic Jason Thompson cited the character Madoka Ayukawa from the 1984 manga Kimagure Orange☆Road as being the root of the tsundere archetype.House of 1000 Manga - Anime News Network With both in mind, it could be said that Lum was the model for the deretsun type while Madoka was the model for the standard tsundere type. Origin The term "tsundere" was created to describe the character Ayu Daikuuji from the 2001 video game The Eternity You Want . The term was first coined on August 29, 2002, when a user on the Japanese forum site Suspicious World made a post referring to Ayu's personality as being "tsuntsunderedere" (ツンツンデレデレ). The term tsuntsunderedere began circulating on the site as a popular term and many people on Suspicious World started using the term to refer to her. Eventually, the term spread to another Japanese forum site 2channel where it was soon after shortened to simply "tsundere" (ツンデレ).What is Tsundere - Nico Nico Pedia Widespread Popularity Although the term "tsundere" had been semi-popular on the internet since 2002, it was not until 2006 that it began to gain widespread popularity as a recognized term in the entertainment industry. The first instance of this was when a maid cafe known as Nagomi starting to have tsundere events in March 2006, along with the release of several tsundere-themed products.What's Wrong With Rude and Abusive Language in Customer Service? Tsundere Cafe Is Here!? - Livedoor NewsWhen The Girls Are Mean, The Customers Are Happy - Kotaku Over the years the concept of a tsundere maid cafe continued to grow in popularity with even more being created.The 4 Best Tsundere Maid Cafes in Japan - Anime Impulse It perhaps reached its peak in recognition when it was included as a new term in the 2006 edition of the Imidas dictionary released by the largest manga publishing company in the world, Shueisha. It was also nominated for the Ryukougo Taisho (Buzzword of the Year) award later that same year. Anime companies also soon capitalized on this popularity, with the first known use of the term being used in a series found in episode 10 of the 2007 anime series Lucky☆Star during the "Lucky Channel" segment at the end of the episode. In the segment, the character Kagami Hiiragi is introduced as a "tsundere" by Akira Kogami which prompts a discussion and explanation of the definition of "tsundere" by Minoru Shiraishi. During his discussion he passionately exclaims that the definition of a tsundere is someone who starts tsuntsun and then becomes deredere and therefore Kagami is 'not' a tsundere. After being prompted with the question "then what term is she?" he begins thinking and suggests "deretsun" as a possible term to describe characters who start deredere and then become tsuntsun.Lucky Channel Ep 10 - Tsundere - Lucky☆Star Personality General Behavior Claire François being embarrassed about her feelings for Rae Taylor from I'm in Love with the Villainous Tsundere are characters who have an antagonistic and defiant attitude toward a specific person (tsun), but take a pampered or favorable behavior (dere) after a certain trigger. The key point here is that it is "only for a specific person". Tsundere always smile at their classmates or friends, however, they can't be honest with the person they are interested in. They're a little embarrassed about their feelings and they take it out on their love interest. They will pretend not to be interested in them at first and try to push them away, even though their liking is obvious.What is a Girl's "◯◯dere"? - AppBank Tsundere are not characters who play hard to get. Characters who act like that deliberately 'choose' not to get with their love interest until they know for sure that they love them, whereas a tsundere is simply in denial. They are not honest with themselves and will hide their already existing feelings to protect their pride. This often plays out in the form of the tsundere acting defiantly towards their love interest and being overcritical of them to hide their romantic feelings towards them. However, when they eventually fall in love to the point they are unable to deny their feelings, they will start acting affectionately with them. Development A way to show that a tsundere has accepted their feelings despite their pride is to have them shift from acting tsuntsun to acting deredere. They may still retain many of their typical tsuntsun traits, such as acting evasive about their newfound relationship with others, but it will be in a more mellow and infrequent way. As they start trying to come to terms with their feelings they will go through a process that changes their personality from "tsun" to "dere".Tsun → Confused → Embarrassed → Dere - Nico Nico Pedia Their character development has four main steps: - Tsun - Their default personality. They will act harshly towards their love interest, completely hiding any feelings they have for them. - Confused () - As they start to fall in love they will begin to act kinder towards their love interest but will try and hide their true intent, even trying to convince themselves that they don't really feel that way. - Embarrassed () - Eventually their feelings will become so strong that they start to break through their harsh shell. They will start to worry about their love interest more openly if they don't show up for class or try their best to do something nice for their love interest. They will continue to deny their feelings for their love interest, but it won't be to the same level of harshness as before. - Dere () - Once their feelings of love have become too strong to contain their feelings towards their love interest will start to mean more to them than their pride and they will come to accept their feelings. If their love interest says something romantic to them, they will be too overwhelmed by the feeling of being loved by someone who means so much to them to hide their feelings any longer. They will start openly blushing, telling their love interest how much they mean to them or even saying romantic things back, though they will often quickly revert to hiding their feelings once they realize what they were doing since this is still new to them. Though they might still use harsh-sounding words on occasion their actual emotions are now obvious. As time progresses, they will start caring less and less about keeping up the ruse and will just be honest with their feelings all the time. When their development is first happening a tsundere might temporarily regress to previous steps, but they will always get back on track and eventually become deredere. Tsun Period Eriri Spencer Sawamura from Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata At first tsundere will refuse to be honest with their love interest. They will refuse to hear what their love interest has to say often saying things like "hmph!" or "tch!" and turning away in disgust, but they will eventually turn back out of love for the other person. This behavior is what is known as their "tsun-ki" (ツン期), or "tsun period".The Tsundere Princess Who Has Passed Her Tsun Period Turns Red Today - Dengeki Online Tsundere are very prideful, carrying themselves with a stuck-up attitude towards their love interest at most times. They might act like this because they come from a legitimate place of power, such as being a part of a rich family or the student council, but many of them do not have a good reason for their ego aside from simply being unable to be honest with their feelings. When a tsundere is first starting to develop feelings for their love interest, they will often do things such as: - Cold Shoulder: They will act very cold towards their love interest, ignoring what they have to say or only talking in short snappy sentences to make them feel unwanted and unloved. This is usually followed by them going "hmph!" and then turning their head away in disgust. - Self-Denial: They will deny their feelings and tell their love interest they don't like them even when they do. They often say things like "It's not like I did ___ because I like you!" or "Don't get the wrong idea!" to hide their feelings. - Superiority: They will act superior and stuck-up toward their love interest. They will put down their love interest to make themselves feel like they are above them. This may stem from them wanting to rid themselves of their feelings, believing they shouldn't be in love with someone who is beneath them. - Taunting: They will hurl insults at their love interest, usually when they become embarrassed, such as calling them a "dummy" or telling them to "shut up" to enunciate their point. They sometimes even insult their love interest in their most sensitive areas, making them feel terrible and causing conflicts within their relationship. As they become even more fond of their love interest, these tactics will start to be used less often and be replaced by their derekake period. Derekake Period Rin Tohsaka starting to accept her feelings from Fate/stay night As they fall more and more in love a tsundere will start wanting to be affectionate and do something nice for their love interest, allowing their deredere to start to peak out. This is a period that is known as "derekake" (デレかけ), meaning "almost dere" or "becoming dere".Derekake - Japanese Slang DictionaryDerekake - Mixi Even though their deredere is starting to peak out, they are still often too embarrassed or prideful to be outright with their feelings so they will instead try to hide them. They will do things for their love interest, but will insist that they don't still like them and make up cheap excuses to try to save face.What is Tsundere? Characteristics of Men, Women and Love Strategies - Zexy - Defending: They will help their love interest out if they are in a dangerous situation and defend them. Even though it's obvious they did this purely out of a genuine concern for the well-being of their love interest, they will often deny any real involvement such as claiming they "just happened to be passing through". - Gifts: They will give their love interest a gift, such as chocolate on Valentine's Day or White Day, but will often claim that they only did it because they "felt sorry for them" or "they happened to have extra and didn't want it to go to waste", desperately trying to deny any romantic undertones. In reality, they feel incredibly happy when their love interest says they loved the gift and may even start blushing when they are next in private. - Helping: They will help if their love interest is struggling with something, such as homework or cooking, but will often try to justify it by saying things like "If you're going to be around me anyways then I might as well help you, so you don't embarrass me". Secretly, they love helping their love interest but would never dare to admit it. - Nursing: They will get very worried about their love interest when they fall ill or hurt themselves. They will sit by their bedside and help however they can make them recover faster, though they will make cheap attempts to hide their worry, usually by making fun of their love interest for getting hurt or sick in the first place. If their love interest falls asleep while they are helping, they will drop the harsh exterior altogether and express their feelings openly, saying things they couldn't bring themself to say to their love interest's face. They may even get lost in the moment at times and start fawning over their love interest (dere), but then quickly catch themselves and insult their love interest to act like it never happened (tsun). They are not fully deredere yet, but they are starting to become it. Dere Period Claire François after finally accepting her feelings for Rae Taylor from I'm in Love with the Villainous Eventually a tsundere will fall in love to the point where they will completely lose their "tsun" behavior entirely and be completely honest with their feelings. They will no longer feel a need to hide their love and will become a purely deredere and affectionate person. They will let down their harsher walls and let themselves depend on another person for comfort and intimacy. They will start to want their love interest to be intimate with them or tell them that they love them, actively seeking their affection. This is what is known as their "dere-ki" (デレ期), or "dere period", and is the final stage is their character development.What is Dereki - Pixiv EncyclopediaWhat is Dere - Pixiv Encyclopedia Characteristics Tsundere characters are almost always depicted as being female, but there are some male examples of the trope as well. Moe Factor Manga artist Ken Akamatsu says that tsundere is a unique case for moe characters, or characters who make the reader feel affection and adoration towards them.The World and Mind of the Tsundere: Moe and the Gain-loss Effect - Animents In his article, he defines three conditions for moe: - No suggestive actions or messages. - The person feeling moe must be stronger. - The moe feeling must make the current state desirable. While at first the definition of tsundere might seem to be at odds with moe due to tsundere characters almost always being in a position where they are seen as "stronger" than their love interest, the moe traits come when they start to enter their dere period. A tsundere character's tendency to switch between moods is often an expression of internal turmoil and most people have a natural tendency to feel sorry for those who are insecure, which instills the "protection" feeling of moe toward these characters. The development of a tsundere also acts as a source of wish fulfillment. The idea of a character who seems very cold at first but becomes affectionate and loving when you manage to crack their shell can make someone feel satisfied as if they had a hand in their personality change.Why Do Boys Drool Over Tsundere Girls? - Crunchyroll The attractiveness of a tsundere has two sides to its appeal. On one side, they are strong and independent characters who refuse to back down while on the other side, they are awkward and insecure about their relationship, hiding any weakness with aggressive language and actions. Tsundere show that even the toughest characters have a soft side. In harem media, the author wants to include as many types of moe characters as possible to widen the scope of their audience. Tsundere girls are among the typical lineup of these characters since the conflicts that arise from their arrogance are good proponents for both comedic and dramatic moments.Tsundere is Popular With Both Men and Women! Features and Charm That You Will Be Addicted To - Wedding Park Magazine Types of Tsundere There are several variations of tsundere that have a slightly different formula from the original kind: Default Mood Different characters have different levels of "tsun" and "dere". Characters can be divided into two main types based on their default mood: Tsundere (): Tsundere are harsh by default and are the type described in this article. They will hide their feelings and act cold towards their love interest at first. Only becoming very close to their love interest will they enter their loving and affectionate dere period. Deretsun (): Deretsun are affectionate by default and are the exact opposite of tsundere. They will be very affectionate and loving towards their love interest from the start, but have a suppressed tsun side that only comes out when they are embarrassed or annoyed with their love interest. They sometimes feel awkward around feelings and conversations about love or when receiving compliments, acting self-conscious about their own feelings and lashing out because of it. They may also just be overprotective of their partner, lashing out if they feel like their love interest or relationship is threatened. Variations See the main pages for full details. - Biridere (): A tsundere who shocks their love interest with electricity when being "tsun". This is usually done in a gag comedy manner. - Gandere (): A tsundere who starts shooting guns at their love interest when being "tsun". This is usually done in a gag comedy manner. - Gundere (): A tsundere who turns into a drill sergeant and berates their love interest for not being good enough when being "tsun". - Tsun-aho (): A tsundere who tries so ridiculously hard to act "tsun" towards their love interest that they just end up making themselves look like a fool instead. - Tsundora (): A tsundere who acts so dry and emotionless when being "tsun" that they make it seem like they are serious, showing a complete rejection of their own feelings. - Tsun-pure (): A tsundere who is brutally honest with their love interest when being "tsun" but rarely honest with themself. - Tsunshun (): A tsundere who acts "tsun" with their love interest and then becomes sad because of their actions caused by it. - Tsuntere (): A tsundere who becomes embarrassed around their love interest and then acts "tsun" towards them because of it. Common Templates Although not being a variation on the formula, there are several common templates or backstories that tsundere characters often fall into. - Basic: The most stereotypical and cliched type of tsundere is the one that refuses to be honest about their own feelings. They will judge their love interest over everything and verbally attack them at any provocation. They will call their love a dummy for not being able to understand their feelings even though they aren't honest with them in the first place. - Disciplinarian: A tsundere who has been put in a position of power, such as becoming the student council president or the assistant to their company's boss. They will be extremely strict about enforcing rules. Whenever their love interest does anything even a little bit wrong, they will be quick to punish them for it. This often makes their love interest feel singled out, causing them to develop a dislike of the tsundere, however, behind the scenes they will protect their love interest when it truly matters. If their love interest gets falsely blamed for something they will go out of their way to stand up for them, revealing their honest and loving side. - Shana Clone: Because of the popularity of the character Shana from the 2002 light novel series Shakugan no Shana many subsequent tsundere characters were modeled after her. They are designed as high school girls with child-like bodies, long waist-length hair that is either unkempt or tied into pigtails, who wear gothic lolita dresses and thigh-high leggings. They are quite harsh and bossy with a noticeable temper. If they carry a weapon it will be a katana or another type of sword. They will refer to their love interest without any Japanese honorifics, which is often a sign of superiority and coldness but also might suggest they feel close to their love interest upon initially meeting them.Shana Clone - All The Tropes - Tragic Past: Many tsundere characters act temperamental because of a dark past, which makes it difficult for them to properly express their feelings in an understandable and calm manner. They don't want to get hurt by revealing their vulnerable side so they act harshly, either regretting it terribly afterwards or trying to justify it in their head because of how bad they were treated in the past. As time passes, their hurtful past and romantic feelings will slowly come to the surface after they develop a greater bond and trust with their love interest. Differences From Other Archetypes Acting Tsundere Since the tsundere archetype is so recognizable, there are many parodies of their stereotypical attitude and phrases resulting in characters sometimes "acting tsundere". A character might say something like "it's not like I like you or anything!" as a short gag, but the character will not be tsundere outside of that specific moment. These characters are not actually tsundere, they simply parody it for a joke. Other Dere Types Tsundere served as the basis and inspiration for most future "dere types". Because of this, many dere types have a harsher side that is used to hide their romantic feelings from their deredere side. Although there are many similarities in this fact, there are also quite a few differences in how this harsher side is presented. Tsundere is similar to himedere since both can be quite arrogant, however, the main difference is himedere want their love interest to pamper them and doing everything they ask. They want their want their love interest to constantly pay attention to them, whereras in contrast, a tsundere often acts like they want nothing to do with their love interest because they don't want it to seem like they want their affection. Himedere also have a very prim and proper ladylike side when they are spending time with people they consider equals. However, it is a fairly popular combination to have a character that is both a tsundere and a himedere. Tsundere is similar to kamidere as well, but the main difference is kamidere act harsh to their love interest because they think they're superior to them and will also look down on them as a lesser being. They aren't rude because they want to hide their feelings, they are rude because of their ego and massive god complex. BST The western term "BST", might be confused with tsundere but the key difference between the two is that BST is a situation, while a tsundere is a character. BST occurs when two characters like each other but don't realize it. They will act like they don't like each other by insulting each other to try and alleviate the tension, since they don't want to embarrass themselves by admitting their feelings and have the other party turn them down. Tsundere characters are often put into BST situations, but not every character who is put in one automatically becomes a tsundere. Many characters in BST situations only act rude in that specific moment, acting much more agreeably in most other situations, while a tsundere will act irritable in other situations where they feel embarrassed. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Bokodere: A term for a character who gets embarrassed around their love interest and will lash out to hide their feelings. - Bokukko: A term for a female character who is a tomboy and acts boyish. Many female tsundere fall under this. - Roshidere: A term for a character who is only lovey-dovey when they are speaking Russian to hide their true feelings. - Teredere: A character who gets embarrassed around their love interest. Step 3 of a tsunderes character development involves going through the tere stage, though it's usually less pronounced than with teredere. - Tsungire: A character who is quick to get angry and pushes others away when they try to be affectionate with them. While a tsundere pushes people away by acting standoffish or ignoring them, a tsungire pushes them away in a harsh and ruthlessly direct way. Many of the more extreme tsundere are also this type. Tsundere are characters who act distant, standoffish, and stuck-up towards their love interest in order to conceal their feelings of love for them. They can't be honest with the person they like and will pretend not to be interested in them at first. However, after becoming closer to their love interest and falling in love to the point that they can no longer deny their feelings, they will start to show a more honest and loving affectionate side towards them. They will want their love interest to be intimate with them or tell them that they love them, actively seeking their affection. Sub-lists for specific types of tsundere can be found below. If you add a character to a sub-list, please also add the character here and mark in parentheses which specific type of tsundere they are. - Deretsun - A tsundere who is normally affectionate and loving, but has a hidden irritable side that comes out around their love interest. - Tsun-aho - A tsundere who tries so hard to look uninterested in their love interest that they just end up making themselves look like a fool. - Tsundora - A tsundere who acts so dry and emotionless that they make it seem like they are serious, showing a complete rejection of their own feelings. - Tsun-pure - A tsundere who is brutally honest with their love interest, but rarely honest with themself. - Tsunshun - A tsundere who acts cold to their love interest and then becomes depressed because of their actions caused by it. - Tsuntere - A tsundere who becomes bashful around their love interest and then acts harshly towards them because of it. Characters that act "tsun" but don't also have an affectionate and loving "deredere" side should only be added to one of the following: - Tsungire - A character who is quick to get angry and pushes others away when they try to be affectionate with them. While a tsundere pushes people away by acting standoffish or ignoring them, a tsungire pushes them away in a harsh and ruthlessly direct way. - Unofficial:Tsuntsun - A character who is exceptionally grumpy and difficult to talk to. "Tsundora" is a term for a tsundere character who acts so dry and emotionless when being tsun that they make it seem like they are serious, showing a complete rejection of their own feelings. At first glance they appear to have no deredere side whatsoever, however, there are times when their icy exterior will start to melt and their more loving affectionate side will slowly show through over time. Meaning of the Name Tsundora (ツンドラ) is a combination of "tsundere" (ツンデレ), meaning "a character who acts distant, standoffish, and stuck-up towards their love interest in order to conceal their feelings of being lovestruck", and "dorai" (ドライ), meaning "dry (tone of voice; a delivery of words that sounds cold and lacking in emotion)".What Is Tsundora - Pixiv Encyclopedia It is also a pun on the word "tsundora" (ツンドラ), which is the Japanese word for "tundra (an arctic region that has a permanently frozen layer below the surface)". Because these two words sound so similar it is easy to make a pun that a tsund-ere is so cold that they are actually a tsund-ora. This is in reference to the cold dry delivery of their words.What Is Tsundora - Nico Nico Pedia Origin Hitagi Senjougahara with Koyomi Araragi from Bakemonogatari The archetype originates from the 2009 anime series Bakemonogatari . In the first episode, Hitagi Senjougahara claims that she would be considered a tsundere to which Koyomi Araragi retorts that someone like her should be called a tsundora (tundra) instead, comparing her icy nature to the permafrost found in a tundra.Bakemonogatari: Tsundora Girlfriend - TCG Republic Alternate Name Since the pun doesn't quite translate into English, the archetype is often unofficially written as "tsundra" in an effort to make the pun make more sense in English, though perhaps "tsun-dry" would make more sense. However, in all official media for Bakemonogatari, this pun is translated as simply "tundra". History Although the use of the word "tsundora" as a variation of tsundere appears to originate from Bakemonogatari, there are earlier instances of characters being called "tsundora" in reference to having an ice-cold personality. In the 2005 light novel series Watashitachi no Tamura-kun, the character of Hiroka Soma is officially introduced as "the beautiful Tsundora Queen" (translated in the English release as "Ice Queen") due to her cold and standoffish personality. Personality Tsundora are characters who act so cold and uninterested towards their love interest that they come off as completely serious in their rejection of their own feelings. They act tsuntsun as dry as possible, rarely showing any deredere side and making it seem like they are only tsun.What does "tsundora" mean in the moe attribute? - Yahoo Japan While a regular tsundere will call their love interest childish names in a flustered fashion—hinting at the fact that they don't actually believe in their own words—a tsundora on the other hand will make brutal, ice-cold comments about their love interest making it seem like they really 'do' hate them. This makes it very difficult for their love interest to understand that they like them. However, eventually, the ice-cold exterior will melt and their more loving side will slowly show through over time. Alternate Meanings There is also another "tsundora" type that showed up on Japanese social media as an unofficial nickname for the character Veldora from the series That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime in 2018. This "tsundora" is an abbreviation of the phrase "tsundere doragon/dragon" and is a reference to how Veldora, the evil and scary powerful dragon, suddenly started acting cute and tsundere in his introduction in the first episode. This surprised audiences and made him a huge hit thanks to the gap between his scary appearance and adorable tsundere personality. After the episode aired, Japanese social media became flooded with mentions of "tsundere doragon" and later simply "tsundora".Is the Huge Success of "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime" Thanks to the Tsundere Dragon? - Kodansha Similar Japanese Archetypes - Kiredere: A term for a character who acts rude and harsh towards their love interest in hopes that they will better themselves. They are quite harsh with their love interest, much like tsundora characters are. - Kuudere: A term for a character who is calm and collected on the outside, though has loving feelings deep down. - Tsundere: A character who acts hostile towards their love interest to hide their loving feelings. Tsundora characters are a variation of this trope. Tsundora are tsundere characters who act so dry and emotionless when being tsun that they make it seem like they are serious, showing a complete rejection of their own feelings. At first glance they appear to have no deredere side whatsoever, however, there are times when their icy exterior will start to melt and their more loving affectionate side will slowly show through over time. "Tsunshun" or "Tsunheko" is a term for a tsundere character who acts standoffish and disinterested in their love interest and then becomes sad because they couldn't be honest with their feelings. Meaning of the Name Tsunshun (ツンしゅん or ツンシュン) is a combination of "tsundere" (ツンデレ), meaning "a character who acts distant, standoffish, and stuck-up towards their love interest in order to conceal their feelings of being lovestruck", and "shun" (しゅん or シュン), an onomatopoeia for "becoming sad". Origin The term "tsunshun" comes from the Japanese light novel author Ryogo Narita (author of series like Durarara!!) to describe the character Hime Yarizakura from the 2006 manga series Yozakura Quartet. Hime was a 16-year-old girl who was forced to become mayor at the age of 9 after the previous mayor her grandmother passed away. Due to the strong sense of pressure from this responsibility, Hime often found herself overwhelmed by her own failures and decisions she made to the point of bursting into tears.What is Tsunshun - Pixiv Encyclopedia Alternate Name Although the term "tsunshun" was coined first, the author of Yozakura Quartet himself Suzuhito Yasuda (who also worked on Durarara!! with Ryogo Narita) described this archetype as being called "tsunheko" (ツンヘコ) instead.What is Tsunshun/Tsunheko - Pixiv Encyclopedia"Yozakura Quartet" Will Be Made Into a TV Anime This Fall - My Navi This term comes from the word "hekomu" (ヘコむ), meaning "sad, disappointed, or feeling bad". Hime Yarizakura is often referred to in official media as "Mayor Tsunheko".Yozakura Quartet - KodanshaYozakura Quartet - Amazon History Popularity of Ririchiyo Shirakiin While the term tsunheko is synonymous with the origin character Hime YarizakuraSynonymous With "Tsunheko", Hime Yarizakura is a Figure - Natalie, the alternate name tsunshun has instead become synonymous with the character Ririchiyo Shirakiin from the 2009 manga series Inu×Boku SS . Although the term was never used in the actual series itself, several pieces of official media from the series used the term to refer to Ririchiyo, such as the Prism Connect trading card game or several collector's figures which coined her the "Heroine of Tsunshun".Prism Connect - Inu × Boku SS Booster Pack: Tsunshun Ririchiyo Shirakiin - Suruga-yaA Figure of Tsunshun's Ririchiyo-sama! - Taito"Tsunshun" Inu × Boku SS - Ririchiyo Shirakiin Product Version Introduction - AmebloPainted Finished Product - Inu × Boku SS Ririchiyo Shirakiin - Bic Camera Ririchiyo was so popular as the face of tsunshun that she even spawned several doujinshi fan manga based on her, including So What? It's a Marriage Between Princess Tsunshun and the Bitter & Sweet Prince released in 2010 and Tsunshun × Natural Black released in 2012.Inu x Boku SS - So What? It's a Marriage Between Princess Tsunshun and the Bitter & Sweet Prince - Suruga-yaInu x Boku SS - So What? It's a Marriage Between Princess Tsunshun and the Bitter & Sweet Prince - Otaku RepublicInu x Boku SS - Tsunshun × Natural Black - Suruga-ya Other Series The term was also later used in the 2017 video game Haruoto Alice*Gram Snow Drop which came with a bonus drama CD called Kazuha's Sweet-Sweet Tsunshun Lover's Situation .Haruoto Alice*Gram Getchu-ya Bonus Original Drama CD - Video Game Music DatabaseHaruoto Alice*Gram Gecchu-ya Bonus Drama CD "Kazuha's Sweet-Sweet Tsunshun Lover's Situation" - Mandarake Personality Like a tsundere, tsunshun will act stuck-up and reject or act uninterested in something, but whereas a tsundere would go "I'm doing it, but it's not like I like you or anything!" and try to accept what the other person has to say while trying to keep their "I'm not interested" mask, a tsunshun will not try to find a way to make things work. Instead, they will say "no" and then get sad because they couldn't say "yes". Example: "No, I'm not going to the festival" words out of their mouth = "Why didn't I say yes and go to the festival!? Why!?" words inside their mind a few minutes later. It doesn't need to be a straight "no"; it can be any tsun or standoffish expression. A tsunshun will reject others and act like they are above them, but then get upset with themselves for being rude and not being sincere. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Shundere: A term for characters who get sad when their love interest doesn't pay attention to them. Could be considered an inverse of tsunshun. - Tsundere: A term for characters that are harsh and irritable, but have a hidden loving side. Tsunshun are tsundere characters who act standoffish and disinterested in their love interest and then become sad because they couldn't be honest with their feelings. "Tsuntere" is a term for a tsundere character who becomes embarrassed around their love interest and then acts harshly towards them because of it. They have difficulty expressing their feelings of affection due to their embarrassment so they verbally lash out at their love interest instead. Meaning of the Name Tsuntere (ツン照れ) is a combination of "tsundere" (ツンデレ), meaning "a character who acts harsh towards their love interest to hide their feelings of being lovestruck", and "tere" (照れ), meaning "to be embarrassed". A tsuntere is the type of character who becomes embarrassed when they are alone with their love interest and then start acting "tsun" towards them.Tsuntere - Japanese Slang Dictionary Origin The name originates from the 2007 audio drama series Good Night with Sheep . In the series, many popular voice actors would act out popular character tropes, with volume eight of the series having a "tsundere" theme. In this volume, the voice actor Mamoru Miyano portrayed a bashful tsundere character who was referred to as a tsuntere.Good Night with Sheep - All Series Digest Edition - Mobile Suit League History In the 2021 yuri manga series Umehara-san and Komomo-chan, the character Komomo is introduced as a tsuntere.【Yuri】Umehara-san and Komomo-chan - Shounen Jump Personality Tsuntere are characters who become embarrassed around their love interest and then act harshly towards them because of it. They are not as harsh as a normal tsundere and are much more likely to betray their feelings. They have difficulty expressing their feelings towards their love interest due to their embarrassment, as opposed to pride or arrogance, which causes them to lash out. Tsuntere characters are less aggressive than tsundere characters, limiting themselves to only using offensive words when showing their "tsun" side. When they become too upset, they often begin to tear up from their own complicated feelings, similar to a tsunshun. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Bokodere: A character who gets embarrassed easily and will lash out to hide their embarrassment, much like tsuntere characters do, however, bokodere characters resort to violent actions while tsuntere characters just use their words. - Teredere: A character who gets embarrassed around their love interest. Tsuntere characters may be considered a combination of a teredere and a tsundere. - Tsundere: A character who acts hostile towards their love interest to hide their loving feelings. Tsuntere characters are a variation of this trope. Tsuntere are tsundere characters who become embarrassed around their love interest and then act harshly towards them because of it. They have difficulty expressing their feelings of affection due to their embarrassment so they verbally lash out at their love interest instead. If you add a character to this sub-list, please also add the character on the main tsundere page and mark in parentheses that they are this specific type. Undere is a term for a character who says "yeah" or "I agree" to almost everything their love interest says so they don't upset them. Instead of saying "no" and causing a potential conflict, they will simply say "yeah" and pretend like they agree with them so they can stay being lovey-dovey. Meaning of the Name Undere is a combination of "un" (ウン), a casual sound meaning "mhm, uh-huh, yeah" and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck". Although it is spelled as "un" it is pronounced like "nn" with a closed mouth mumble, similar to the English "mhm". Origin The term "undere" originates from the 1905 novel Memories of Soseki written by Kyoko Natsume.Undere - SeiguraMemories of Soseki - Amazon The story was a biography about her real-life husband Soseki Natsume who is widely regarded as one of the most influential authors in Japanese history. In the novel, the term is used to describe the philosophy of her husband as being his key to a healthy marriage. This makes it the first known usage of a "dere type", even predating tsundere by nearly 100 years.The Original "Tsundere"?! 100 Years Ago, A Conversation Between Natsume Soseki And Terada Torahiko Called "Undere" - Hoshi Biyori The term comes from the following passage: "It's confined to human undere. Isn't it better to just listen to everything your wife has to say and just be lovey-dovey about it? If it weren't for undere there would be constant quarrels between husband and wife." Undere - Sirimasenyo Personality Undere are characters who say "yeah", "mhm", "uh-huh" or "I agree" to almost everything their love interest tells them so they don't start an argument with them or upset them. Instead of saying "no" and causing a potential conflict, they will simply say "yeah" and pretend like they agree so they can stay being lovey-dovey with them. They are very dishonest with themselves and don't want to express their opinions openly to their love interest. This can cause them to become distant from their love interest on an emotional level and they may feel uncomfortable sharing an opinion if they think it might upset their love interest. An undere could be best summed up in one phrase as being a "people pleaser". Differences From Other Archetypes Undere is probably most similar to usodere since both types are dishonest with sharing their true thoughts and feelings with their love interest, but the main difference is an usodere goes out of their way to tell a lie while an undere simply lies by omitting the truth. If for example, their love interest asked the undere if they were "okay with having ramen for dinner" they would simply say "yeah" and leave out the part where they would rather not have it to not upset their love interest who might be looking forward to eating ramen. On the other hand, an usodere will make up intricate lies to win the heart of their love interest but will eventually come to be honest with them. There are a few similarities between an undere and a deredere since they both always try to be happy and sweet to their love interest to please them, however, an undere fakes their happiness and agreement as not to start a conflict whereas deredere are genuinely happy with their love interest and are willing to call their love interest out if they disagree with something they say or do. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Usodere A term for a character who lies and uses tricks to win the heart of their love interest. Undere are characters who say "yeah" or "I agree" to almost everything their love interest says so they don't upset them. Instead of saying "no" and causing a potential conflict, they will simply say "yeah" and pretend like they agree with them so they can stay being lovey-dovey. "Usodere" is term for a character who lies and uses tricks to win the heart of their love interest. They will cover up the truth to gain their affection. Meaning of the Name Usodere (嘘デレ) comes from the combination of "usotsuki" (嘘つき), meaning "liar", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck". Origin The name comes from the title of the 2009 visual novel eroge Usodere! .Brain Girlfriend: Usodere! - NoukanoUsodere! - Visual Novel Database In this game, the main protagonist transfers to an all girls school despite him being the only male student. Due to the wealth of his grandfather, every girl is interested in him because they think he will inherit his grandfather's property in the future. All the girls then try to gain the love of the protagonist to the point of making it a competition where they use lies and tricks to be the chosen one, sabotaging the other girls behind the protagonist's back and acting innocent and perfect in front of him with lies. Some of these girls also hide something about themselves that they only reveal when they have gained a lot of trust with the protagonist.Usodere! Impressions - Bishoujo Games Personality They are compulsive liars who want to appeal to others and their love interest by faking their real personality and hiding their feelings. To gain the affection of others, they make decisions and take action based on logical and practical considerations that can gain the acceptance and trust of other people. You can never trust an usodere, as they will likely find a way to look good with lies. They will make people think that they are sincere and trustworthy because of the way they speak with such confidence. Some can also use dirty tricks to win over the love interest and leave other rivals as the bad guys instead even if this is not really true.Usodere! - Wikipedia JA It is also possible that they are lying about something they want to keep a secret because they think that knowing this aspect of them will make people hate them, so they hide it with lies so that they look normal and will be accepted. Similar to dorodere, they will use lies and good acting to look good in front of others and their love interest. They may even try to get rid of rivals behind the scenes with tricks and deceptions. The difference is that usodere characters really want to win the affection of their love interest, while dorodere characters only act like this at first to hide their true nature and feelings of hatred, which will be destructive once revealed. Contrary to this, an usodere will probably feel more vulnerable but luckily accepted once revealing the truth. An usodere can be seen as a more sweet version of a dorodere. Over time, and after the love interest gains their trust, they will finally reveal the truth and be honest with them. They will finally represent and accept themselves as who they really are. Usodere are characters who lie and use tricks to win the heart of their love interest. They will cover up the truth to gain their affection. "Utsudere" is a term for a character who is normally depressed and gloomy all the time but becomes cheerful and loving when around their love interest. They will depend on their love interest to put a smile on their face and motivate them to improve their life. With enough time after meeting their love interest, they will gradually begin to become happier as a whole and build relationships again to help them move on from their prolonged sadness. Meaning of the Name Utsudere to Purin no Ginen by Kingdom Come!! Utsudere (鬱デレ) is a combination of "utsu" (鬱), meaning "depression, gloom or melancholy", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck".What is Utsudere - Nico Nico Pedia Origin The exact origin is not currently known, but uses of it can be seen as far back as early 2007.Summary of the New Genre "Utsudere" - @Wik! The first use in an official media was in the 2009 doujinshi romance manga series Utsudere to Purin no Ginen by Kingdom Come. The series was described as "A school love story featuring a girl who is always gloomy yet becomes modest and loving before the boy she loves."Utsudere to Purin no Ginen - DL SiteUtsudere to Purin no Ginen - Suruga-ya Personality Utsu Period Utsudere are characters who are depressed and appear gloomy all the time. They will often have a very negative personality and be very pessimistic about their outlook on life. They tend to keep to themselves and will ignore or avoid most other people because of their apprehensive mindset. Utsudere characters have usually experienced a traumatic event or series of events that caused their depression. This could be from several different reasons, such as being part of a devastating accident, having a chronic illness, having a loved one die, or it could even just be lots of smaller factors such as not having any friends, being bullied at school, not getting a job they wanted, being overwhelmed by responsibilities, etc., that have caused their life to not go the way they wanted it to. It is for this reason that utsudere characters likely had another, happier personality before the events that caused their prolonged sadness. Utsudere may also try to hide this from others. They might put on a brave face and pretend everything is cheerful and okay until one day their shell cracks and they suddenly have a breakdown. On the extreme end some utsudere characters may even display signs of being suicidal as a result of their depression. Deredere Period Contrary to their normal gloomy state, when they are with their love interest they become cheerful and loving. Their love interest is their beacon of light in all of the darkness and is often the only thing they find joy in. They will depend on their love interest to put a smile on their face and motivate them to improve their life. Their love interest will help them start to open up and feel happy again. Talking about their life experiences with their love interest can help them accept and deal with the past. Spending time with their love interest will raise their spirits and they will start to act more and more cheerful and loving over time, even when their love interest is not around. They will begin making new friends and finding joy in life as a whole. With enough time after meeting their love interest, they will become a happy person again and be able to move on from their prolonged sadness. Differences From Other Archetypes In the Western community, this dere type is often mixed with and confused with shundere. It was thought that a "shundere" was simply an utsudere who didn't have a reason for being sad, however, this is incorrect. The difference between these two types is that utsudere have a prolonged sadness while shundere get temporarily sad because their love interest doesn't pay attention to them. In this regard, it's a lot more harmless type of sadness in comparison to the depression of an utsudere. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Hikikomori: A term for characters who shut themselves away from the outside world by staying at home. - Menhera: An aesthetic used to represent depression in a more innocent and cutesy way to normalize these dark themes and problems in Japan. Utsudere are characters who are normally depressed and gloomy all the time but become cheerful and loving when around their love interest. They will depend on their love interest to put a smile on their face and motivate them to improve their life. With enough time after meeting their love interest, they will gradually begin to become happier as a whole and build relationships again to help them move on from their prolonged sadness. "Uzadere" is a term for characters who are very loud and like annoying their love interest. They are often very passionate about a topic and get overwhelming joy from sharing it with their love interest. Meaning of the Name Uzadere (ウザデレ) comes from the words "uzai" (うざい), meaning "annoying or noisy", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck". Origin The term was created on the internet to describe characters who were loud and annoying. Use of this term unofficially can be seen on Japanese websites as far back as 2009. The first use of the term in an official media was in the 2016 manga series Secret Reptiles, which described the character Naga Nagara as "a beautiful uzadere clerk". In the story, Naga is a clerk who runs a pet shop and has a deep passion for reptiles. At first Naga comes across as rather laidback, or even intimidating to approach, but when Iruka Unabara expresses interest in reptiles she suddenly became very cheerful and loud. After that moment every chance she got she wanted to talk with him about reptiles and their shared interest lead her to develop a crush on him.Secret Reptiles - Shogakukan ComicSecret Reptiles - Rakuten History This archetype gained a lot of popularity following the release of the 2017 manga series Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! . In this series, the titular character Hana Uzaki forces her introverted classmate Shinichi Sakurai to hang out with her by constantly, and very loudly, teasing him because she doesn't want him to be lonely, which he finds extremely annoying. Despite their polar opposite personalities, the two would end up growing closer together. Personality Uzadere are characters who are very loud and boisterous. They are often very passionate about a topic and get overwhelming joy from sharing it with their love interest. Most uzadere do not have any social awareness about their actions and will be as noisy as possible when they are talking. They may not even realize they are being annoying while doing it. Their love interest is usually annoyed by their antics as well but finds a certain charm in it and may even eventually grow to appreciate it. Other uzadere characters, however, consciously choose to be annoying to embarrass their love interest and may even combine traits of a typically uzadere with a smugdere or teasedere. Some uzadere may be loud and annoying all the time, but most only do it when discussing something they are passionate about with their love interest. Differences From Other Archetypes The difference between an uzadere and a deredere is that a deredere is cheerful, but not necessarily annoying. Even if deredere characters are loud, they know to quiet down during somber situations. A lot of uzadere have traits of genkikko, who are cheerful but also very hyper. The difference between an uzadere and a bakadere is that uzadere are don't necessarily lack common sense, they are just socially dense. Uzadere who are annoying on purpose could be considered a variation of smugdere since they are being annoying in order to get a reaction out of others. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Genkikko: A term for a character who is full of energy and is very cheerful. Uzadere are characters who are very loud and like annoying their love interest. They are often very passionate about a topic and get overwhelming joy from sharing it with their love interest. "Wandere" is a term for a character who acts like a dog around their love interest. They will be very affectionate and playful and may do things like wagging a part of their body to get the attention of their love interest. They are also very loyal to their love interest, like a dog is to its master. Meaning of the Name Wandere! by Ai Fujio Wandere (ワンデレ) is a compound of "wan wan" (ワンワン), which is a Japanese onomatopoeia for a dog sound, and "deredere" (デレデレ), which means "to be lovestruck". In other words, "wan" in Japanese means "woof", the sound a dog makes.What Is Wandere? - Nico Nico Pedia Origin The term comes from the 2007 manga series Wandere! by Ai Fujio.Ai Fujio - NautiljonHana to Yume 2008 #2 - Hakusensha Alternate Name This is also sometimes unofficially known as "inudere" on Japanese social media. Inudere (犬デレ) comes from the words "inu" (犬), meaning "dog," and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "lovey-dovey." Characteristics Wandere characters in official media are always actual dogs. Characters who aren't part dog but simply act like a dog may count too but this has never been shown in official media. Personality Wandere are characters that act like dogs. Many are actual dogs, while others are an inumimi (part human and part dog). When attempting to express their love, they may try to "wag" a part of their body, such as their hair if they don't have a tail. They will also tend to add "wan" in their sentences. Wandere characters are usually energetic, or at least generally happy. They may also be depicted as being somewhat dense or single-minded. Those traits may be their default personality, or they may only act excited or airheaded when they are showing their dere side. Wandere characters are commonly depicted as having a bit appetite. They can eat a lot of food in one sitting and are almost always hungry. They are usually loyal to their love interest, like a dog with their master. Wandere who are an actual dog or inumimi who is dere for their master tend to be very protective of their master. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Juujin: A term for a hybrid humanoid animal character. - Kemono: A term for an animal character that has human traits. - Kemonomimi: A term for a human character with animal ears. - M Dere: A term for a character who likes being humiliated and teased by their love interest. They will often pretend to be a dog as part of this. - Nyandere: A term for a character who expresses their affection for their love interest by acting like a cat towards them. Wandere are characters who act like a dog around their love interest. They will be very affectionate and playful and may do things like wagging a part of their body to get the attention of their love interest. They are also very loyal to their love interest, like a dog is to its master. Yandere is a term for a character whose love, admiration, and devotion to their love interest is so strong that it causes them to become mentally unstable. Their love is expressed as an excessive obsession and possessiveness towards their love interest. They become so attached to their love interest that it's impossible to let go and they may even use violence towards anyone who "threatens" their relationship. They entrust themselves to their love interest, trusting in their love interest's kindness. They probe the deepest recesses of their love interest's heart to more perfectly form their greatest self within their love interest. Some will go so far as to behave in immoral and troubling ways. They will not care about the negative effect their behaviors can have on others, including their love interest, because they only care about their feelings. Meaning of the Name Yandere (ヤンデレ) is a combination of "yanderu" (ヤンデル), meaning "mentally unstable", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck".What is Yandere? - Pixiv EncylopediaYandere Origin and History - Dictionary Alternate Spelling Yandere could also be spelled in Japanese as "病んデレ" using Kanji for "yan" instead of katakana but this is significantly less common. Another alternate spelling is "病ンデレ" using katakana with the kanji. History Early Inspirations Although the term "yandere" had not been created yet, the first yandere character in media is widely considered to be Yuna Sasai from the 2000 erotic visual novel Silver .Yandere - Wikipedia JP The story follows Yuna Sasai and her younger sister Asana, who inherited a restaurant left behind after the death of their parents. As time passes, Yuna starts to become unhappy as a woman and with all things related to love which causes her to make a wish on a "Silver Thread" entrusted to her by her mother. This wish leads to her suddenly growing in admiration for a young man who comes to the store named Shiro Nabeshima, however, due to the negative power of the "Silver Thread" that can fulfill any wish, Yuna suddenly changes, and the relationship between the sisters heads towards an irreparable end.Yuna Sasai - Nico Nico Pedia Origin The origin of the term yandere is the character Kotonoha Katsura from the 2005 erotic visual novel School Days.What is Yandere - Nico Nico Pedia The visual novel has grown infamy online due to its shocking turn of events, which lead to Kotonoha becoming known on the Japanese internet as the yandere queen.Kotonoha Katsura - Nico Nico Pedia While Kotonoha starts as an intelligent, gentle, polite, well-educated, and reserved young lady, she starts to reveal a darker and more twisted side after falling in love with Makoto Itou. Whenever she starts to think that Makoto is leaving her, she quickly spirals into tremendous sorrow and desperation that drives her berserk. She falls into a destructive mental state where she will do absolutely anything to get him back, including killing those she believes are stealing Makoto away from her or having sexual relations with him to win him back despite being scared of being touched by the opposite gender caused by her reserved social life. Rise in Popularity The concept of yandere would increase even further later that same year following the release of the 2005 anime adaptation of SHUFFLE! with the character of Kaede Fuyou being considered one of the first mainstream yandere characters. Kaede would exhibit violent behavior whenever her childhood friend and love interest Rin Tsuchimi blew her off to hang out and get closer to another girl named Asa Shigure. After Asa and Rin returned from their first date, Kaede lost it, slamming Asa against a wall resulting in Asa suffering a heart attack and being hospitalized. Despite her romantic feelings for Rin, however, she considered herself unworthy to be loved by Rin or to stay by Rin's side forcing her to have to come to terms with her feelings. Popularity of Yuno Gasai The popularity of yandere would reach its peak the next year following the release of the 2006 manga series Future Diary and the character Yuno Gasai. Yuno became incredibly popular and even to this day is considered the face of the yandere archetype. While around her love interest Yukiteru Amano, Yuno is sweet, feminine, and even sometimes shy, however, this is masking a much darker and mentally unstable personality. Her mental health issues stem from abuse inflicted by her mother and the absence of her father, which finally ended with their deaths two years prior. She later became quite lonely and sorrowful and even developed a morbid habit of talking to her parents' dead bodies, telling them about her day and claiming she would bring Yukiteru to meet them. She wanted them to be a happy family, but because of their neglectful behavior and their deaths, she felt like her life had no purpose. When Yukiteru told her they would get married when they grew up, he unwittingly became a pillar of support that gave her much-needed stability. Her obsession with Yukiteru would then grow to escalating proportions to the point where she was willing to harm those who she believed would take Yukiteru away from her, be they friends, rivals, or relatives, even being prepared to resort to violence if Yukiteru's mother ever opposed her. At one point she even kidnapped Yukiteru and held him hostage because she was so terrified someone else would take him away from her. Despite her insanity, however, Yuno has shown some reservedness to killing, such as letting a girl go after Yukiteru calls Yuno his girlfriend, when she intended to slit her throat, suggesting that she doesn't actually enjoy killing; she merely does it because she sees no other option. Yuno is deeply insecure and feels her life would not be worth living if she could not be the center of Yukiteru's world. Her crippling fear of losing him is notably the only thing that can cause her usually disturbing composure to crack. Personality There are two classes of yandere characters, those who are designed as romantic love interests, and those who are designed to shock and awe the audience. Both can, and do, perform the same actions, but with different results due to their very different motivations and applications of said actions. Love is a powerful force, both in fiction and reality. Yandere characters are created with this notion in mind to show how far the power of love can go, how can this affect a character or simply to mess and play with it inside the narrative of a story. A yandere introduced in media centered in love tropes is conceived to bring love to its maximal and utmost potential, which results on driving the yandere character to act in ways that are seen as unstable and unorthodox. This is caused due to the great amount of candid love they feel towards someone that goes beyond what is seen as normal in society. Instead, a yandere present in shock tropes is created to use love just as a tool in a narrative to give a motivation to the wrongdoings of characters and justify the causes of their dangerous mindset. In shocking narratives, the behavior of a yandere would result in the great trauma, injury and death of innocent characters, included the love interest and even the same yandere in some cases. In romance media and tropes, the strong emotions a yandere feels and their strange behavior will usually just be added the right amount to provide some drama to the narrative or to show to the audience how far love can go and how in love is the yandere to reach such lengths. A single yandere character can perfectly be used for both trope types in media, acting differently or more aggressively under specific circumstances. A yandere that appears in romance media will usually have a more strong "deredere" (lovey-dovey) side, while one shown in horror and drama will have a more strong "yanderu" (mentally unstable) side, but they can perfectly change the balance of every side at specific times and scenarios. Generally, a yandere will show more love tropes at first before these developing to more strong shock tropes, but not always. Love trope Yandere characters take what one would call love to an extreme in an attempt at building a stronger, closer, and permanent bond with their love interest. The idea may have originated exaggerating the behaviors of the "Yamato Nadeshiko", the personification of an idealized Japanese woman. However, there are also several male yandere characters. Unlike megadere characters, yandere characters are never satisfied with simply feeling in love, for feelings will change with time. Instead, they intentionally chose to be in love, as, to them, love is far stronger and far more durable than any feeling. Utilizing their reasoning skills, they boost their bond with their love interest, more often than not, to an almost maniacal degree. Unwilling to let go, they wait as long as it takes for their love interest to fall completely in love with them. Love trope yandere characters usually don't have an on/off switch to their nature, nor are they simply lonely or have too many hormones in their bodies. Rather, they are yandere at all times, but can only express themselves fully some of the time. That is why they appear to be normal until their take on a love interest. Their behavior is more romantic than practical. That is to say, just as a ninja treats their blade as an extension of their body, so do yandere characters, treating their mind and body as an extension of their soul. Thus they are amorous, highly expressive in their features, and driven to care deeply—for all time. Fearing not caring enough for their love interest, yandere characters will never entertain cheating, or divorce, and will not take an interest in explicit materials, unlike the pervert-dere types. Their love interest, if not already perfect for them, can be perfected through their complementary love. A love trope yandere character needs no romantic beach, nor music. Their love interest is romance itself, and the love interest's voice is music to their ears. They don't need a sports car or large house. Their love interest's smile takes them to the moon, and their love interest's heart is their home. Like most of the other dere types, love trope yandere characteristics are not the product of mental illness(es), although such characters may appear to be a bit crazy. It pleases yandere characters to chose a variety of methods to cause their relationships with their love interests to excel. These methods intertwine with, and build off of, each other, ensuring the success of their relationship, and subsequent marriage. Shock trope Yandere characters that are the "shock trope" are very similar to their love trope brethren, with the exception that they have a differing motivation, and subsequently, differing results. Most of their behaviors can be attributed to insecurity in their feelings for their love interest or insecurity with their relationship. Other motivations can include, selfishness, loneliness, wanting to feel a certain way, having major mental problems, being insanely jealous, etc. Some yandere characters are also designed just to make their love interest's life more painful or dramatic to the amusement of the audience. Contrary to the love trope, these are usually conceived as antagonists or in media that focuses more on horror and thriller. Some of these examples may even be a parody of the yandere archetype entirely, displaying the most extreme and negative aspects and stereotypes of a yandere. Shock tropes usually care more about themselves and their own feelings, and don't really care about the love interest. The love trope shows an unadulterated immense form of love towards someone, while a shock trope only acquires a dangerous obsession towards a person and will make sure to obtain what they want from them, no matter how the love interest gets affected in the end. Depiction Yandere characters are typically depicted with a favorite weapon, such as an axe or knife. They are also typically depicted without their pupils or eye highlights drawn, or single color eyes, and possibly swirling lines in them when they are going "crazy" for their love interest. They may also have hearts or stars in their eyes, like megadere characters, when they are focused on their love interest. This is because in some depictions, yandere characters are an even more extreme form of megadere. Yandere characters also tend to quickly choose (kekkondere), or already have, a love interest when they are introduced to the audience. Most yandere characters in anime are female, although there are some males. Yandere characters are typically depicted as having suffered some form of trauma growing up. This is almost always related to losing someone who is close to the yandere, like a family member. The person, or persons, might not actually have died; they could just have rejected the yandere, and thus they are dead to the yandere, although very much alive in the story line. Or, they may suffer an impending death, or be too ill to interact with anyone. This may partially explain the overzealous love of the yandere. Types of Yandere Yandere can be broken down into several different sub-types. By Obsession Harmless | Mugaigata | (無害型) Love trope Seeking to bring joy and fulfillment to the lives of their love interests, they take care of all of their love interest's needs and see to the perfection of their education, emotions, and soul with the greatest care. They might even give up marrying their love interest, so that their love interest can peruse whomever they wish to.Yandere Type 8: Harmless Type - My Navi They will value more the likes and needs of the love interest than their own. They can even change their ways, tastes and life plans to that of the love interest to bring them happiness and understand them better instead. They aim to turn into the idealized most perfect individual to be beside the love interest in life, be it as a romantic partner or as another person of great significance in the life of the love interest, and do everything in their power to achieve this and no matter how they are treated in return. They will forget about their own hobbies and will instead partake in activities the love interest is interested in to feel and appreciate the same joy this action brings to the love interest. They will try to learn how to do everything the love interest likes or needs in their life, like in cooking. They might even change their own way of doing things, their speech, their physical appearance and personality to what the love interest prefers, because they don't mind changing just for them. Although they are still very much harmless, they can still get ignored and rejected. They tend to gain sympathy from the audience by how much they put into the life of their love interest vs. how much they receive in return. Oftentimes depicted as having their kindnesses and devotion being taken advantage of, they really just need their love interest to look out for their best interests in order to form a great relationship. Shock trope A harmless shock yandere character may have the same amount of obsessiveness as other yandere types would, though won't do anything violent towards those that also like their love interest, and will leave them alone. They will think and fantasize about things a stereotypical yandere would do, but they will never really act on those thoughts. They can still look threatening around others if they can't control their expressions during these meditative moments, surrounding them in an aura of negativity that can still scare other characters and take the audience by surprise. Even if harmless, this yandere can be used in media centered in shock tropes at first to later lead to a future shocking reaction more typical of the other yandere types. They are not aggressive or dangerous during the story or much of it, but in hypothetical scenarios and under certain circumstances, they would become this way, they just didn't have the chance to do so. Obsession | Shuuchakugata | (執着型) Love trope Unwilling to entertain the possibility that anything else is more worthy of their attention than their love interest, they always want to know what their love interest is doing, how they're doing, what they're thinking, what they need or want, and so on. If they can't find out these things, they may daydream about their love interest or plan their future together. They will almost always think, ask and talk about their love interest. Everything they do and see will also remind them of their love interest. They will wonder if the love interest has done the same things as they do, if their love interest will agree or disagree with their actions, if they are okay or if their love interest would like or dislike something. A yandere of this type might let their love interest talk to others if wanted, but will still constantly want to know what they did, and what happened when they were with them. They might want to go with their love interest whenever they decide to do this as well, or ask or try to discover what happened when they couldn't be present themselves. Although they may seem like they'll never amount to anything because of their level of single minded devotion, once they're happily married, they'll need to assist their love interest with other things and so their horizons will broaden a bit. These are the most common type of yandere characters used in media and they are also the type closest to megadere if seen in isolation of other yandere types. This type is almost always present in a yandere character. Shock trope They focus on their love interest to the detriment of the rest of their life. They stick out from love trope yandere characters because of their inability to even see in front of their noses the consequences of their obsessive actions. Some can have an entire room full of things related to their love interest, like photos of them, drawings of them, writings about them, have their favorite things and even obtain some belongings stolen from the love interest. They can even have a doll, statue or some other object that represents their love interest in their possession. They can even dress up like their love interest and try to act like them with obsessive fanaticism. The obsession type is pretty common in yandere characters. In and of themselves, they aren't really all that shocking; it's when you add in the other types on top of their obsessive behavior that a shocking narrative unfolds. Here is when the potential dangerous nature of a yandere is revealed or noticed by the other characters and escalates further as the story progress or when the evidence and strange past occurrences begin to make more sense. Stalker | Sutookaagata | (すとーかーがた) Warning: Mention of stalkerish behavior, harassment and invasion of privacy. Love trope Wishing to know everything possible about their love interest, they pursue their love interest learning what they like, where they go, what they do, and who they associate with.Yandere Type 7: Stalker Type - My Navi If they are in the same location, they will secretly observe the love interest from afar. They will prefer to look at their love interest and take more attention to what the love interest is doing than anything else in the room, listening closely to what the love interest is saying to other people and what others answer in return. If they actively seek the love interest, stalking will give them the thrill of being near their love interest all the time and of knowing if their love interest is being honest with them or if they are okay. In knowing all that their love interest likes, they can better align their likes with that of their love interest. In knowing where their love interest goes, they can surprise their love interest, they can locate destinations for dating and other activities nearby, etc. In knowing what they do, a stalker yandere can chose activities that they and their love interest would like and be able to do together. In knowing who they associate with, a stalker yandere will know who's important to their love interest in their lives and who the stalker yandere's competition is. If they can't be present themselves, they can ask someone else to take track of their love interest or use cameras and hidden microphones so they can keep the love interest observed 24/7. This way they can be notified if something bad occurs to the love interest or a danger appears to their relationship at any moment. Although they are seen by many as creepy, baring that they have other problems, they just want to be in as glorious a relationship as possible. Given the choice between stalking and their love interest sharing more, they'll chose sharing as it's more personal than watching from a few meters away. Shock trope They follow their love interest around constantly, even if their love interest really doesn't want them to. They tend to be rather creepy and may go to great lengths to ensure that they can continue to stalk their love interest. Their stalking will affect greatly the daily life of the love interest, messing with their head. Stalking their love interest will be their favorite hobby. They can even take photos of the love interest without them knowing, and even observe them in moments of privacy, like when the love interest sleeps, undress or shower, just for their own amusement. Those who want to make their presence known to the love interest will leave clues or little messages so the love interest can know that they are being observed by the stalker yandere non-stop. Self-Sacrifice | Jiko-giseigata | (自己犠牲型) Love trope Desiring to save their love interest from bullets, or even just their children's dirty diapers, these yandere characters will give of their time, their desires, and work for whatever their love interest wants. They are willing to do almost anything for the good of their love interest and the relationship. They see self giving and self sacrifice as essential to a relationship and they, better than any other dere type, push themselves to do it more and better. Although they are seen by many as being "a doormat" or having their desires and feelings walked on, they really just want to give the ultimate gift to their love interest, that is themselves. For money can always be earned again, and time is impersonal, but there is only one lover and love interest in the couple. With such devotion, a love interest may start to take advantage of their generosity or became complacent, leaving the yandere to do everything that the love interest finds distasteful. Therefore, a love interest must be careful to ensure that their self-sacrifice yandere doesn't give too much of themselves or devote themselves too heavily. Shock trope Sacrificing one's self for love is undoubtedly, the biggest sacrifice someone can make. This type of shock trope yandere character takes it a step further by sacrificing themselves for their love interest even though the love interest doesn't need it at all. This often comes at the expense of the yandere's life or well-being. Unlike an actual hero, the shock trope version ends up badly injured without reason or dies a pointless death. Dependent | Izongata | (依存型) Love trope Wishing for their love interest to be able to know that they make a difference in the lives of their dependence yandere partner/spouse, they seek to be vulnerable around their love interest by depending on them. This can range from stupidly simple things, like constantly dropping or forgetting something, behaving like an idiot—oftentimes subconsciously so, to claiming that they'd die without their love interest (although that's obviously false).Yandere Type 1: Dependent Type - My Navi Choosing to lack the words "self protection" in their vocabulary and their hearts, they fail to have a backup plan if their love interest fails them for whatever reason. They can, and often do, have a traumatic experience if their love interest is harsh or very unfeeling towards them. Although they are seen by many as being "on the edge of a cliff," they just want to give their love interest opportunities to devote themselves with the expectation of having their hopes and dreams of wedded bliss fulfilled. Shock trope These shock trope yandere characters depend on their love interest like a fish does water quickly drying up and blowing away without them. The yandere will only ever be able to function with their love interest around. Monopoly | Dokusengata | (独占型) Love trope Believing that there's nothing their love interest wants in the world more than them, they give their love interest constant and unending attention. Believing that it's not enough to just have a love interest, they focus on being with them at every possible movement and maximizing the amount of time they can spend together, even reducing the time the love interest has with other people so they can spend that time with them instead. Although they are seen as pests by many, they are quite harmless if their love interest is willing to devote themselves. Shock trope They get in the way of their love interest to the extent that the love interest can't carry on in their daily life. They don't give their love interest a moments peace and follow them around almost at all times. They will cling to their love interest, trying to be with them every moment of the day. They will try to be with them in everything they do, which can affect the daily life of the love interest and their interactions with other people. In extreme cases, they might not let their love interest talk to others at all, and only let them be with them. Worship | Suuhaigata | (崇拝型) Love trope Having an aggrandized opinion of their love interest, these yandere characters see themselves as insignificant compared to their love interest. They may even compare themselves to inanimate objects, such as tools for their love interests use.Yandere Type 4: Worship Type - My Navi They, along with the "harmless" yandere character type, may allow their love interest to marry someone else, for they see themselves as unworthy of their love interest's attentions and affections. Almost all worship type yandere characters are also like the self-sacrifice type yandere. They react negatively, perhaps even aggressively so, to those who do not respect their love interests greatness. Although they are seen by many as slaves to their love interest, they really just feel they are not enough for their love interest. They take the natural tendency to think well about one's love interest to an extreme. If their love interest works to lift their self-confidence from the ground and marry them, they can grow to believe that they really are good enough for their love interest. Shock trope They treat their love interest like a god, not caring how they are treated in return. They act like someone who, and actually might, owe their love interest their life. They don't care if their love interest loves them back or not. They will kill for their love interest and may even kill those who think badly of their love interest. By Target: The Love Interest Manipulative | Sousatekigata | (操作的型) Love trope Seeking to get their love interest to react positively to their presence and to care about them, they manipulate their love interest's feelings and world perception. Some might see their love interest as incapable of caring about them. Others might think that their love interest wants to feel "in love" or "happy" around them so they try to address their emotional state so that they frequently feel "in love" or "happy." A real difficulty for these yandere characters is balancing being overt, to help their love interest to intentionally care more about them, while also being suitably covert to work on their subconscious. They prey on their love interest's weaknesses while simultaneously building (in a non-manipulative way) on their strengths. They also protect their love interest's weaknesses, as their love interest's feelings are theirs and theirs alone. Any games that they play with their love interests head are not to harm them, and never would be. Rather, they are always designed to have both themselves and their love interest come out as wedded winners. Usually mixed with usodere, they will try to look perfect around the love interest using lies and manipulating the truth. Although they are seen by many as, well, manipulative, they just want to be 100% certain that their love interest is totally devoted to them and only them. They would rather their love interest cut off their right arm than leave them. If their love interest actually wants to spend more time feeling than thinking in the relationship, then such a yandere could be ideal for the love interest, as they will spur them on to feel more and more. Shock trope Their only goal is for their love interest to do everything they want and for the love interest to stay and be loyal to them, and they will use manipulation, gaslighting and even direct threats against the love interest to accomplish so, using the own morals and weaknesses of the love interest against them so they are forced to choose what the yandere really wants of them. Contrary to the love trope, they usually do not hide that they are the ones influencing the ways of thinking of the love interest, or they don't genuinely want the love interest to end up deciding on their own to truly want being with the yandere. If the love interest ends up not having another choice but to be with the yandere because not being with the yandere could cause more harm, is enough, even if the love interest is forced to do so and doesn't feel any kind of affection for the yandere. If they're capable and have such abilities, they can even use mind manipulation or brainwashing so the love interest would "love" them in return, even if these feelings are fabricated by the yandere. They don't care if the feelings of the love interest are genuine or if this changes the personality of the love interest in the process and leave them as just blank husks. Their only objective is for the love interest to love and be loyal to them in any form possible. The shock manipulative yandere type don't usually just stop with preying on their love interest's weaknesses, they pry apart their love interest's psyche from within. They think love is manipulation, and so they manipulate more and more. Soon, love no longer exists in the hearts of either one. Training | Choukyougata | (調教型) Warning: Mention of torture. Love trope Wanting their love interest to devote themselves, ideally from the beginning, these yandere characters train their love interest to care about them, and how to care about them. Some would do it secrety without the love interest knowing, similar to a more physical and direct form of manipulative yandere type. They will consciously let the love interest know when they did something the yandere sees as positive by giving them gifts in return, showing great joy and appretiation, spoil them, do things for them in return, etc. However, they will also discreetly show disappointment and rejection to the love interest when they do something they don't see as correct. Maybe they do it by ignoring more the love interest that day or even by guilt tripping them. This way, the love interest can understand that what they did is wrong and that this action will only bring negative emotions to all, so they souldn't do it again in the future. Others might do it in the open with a training program that they propose to the love interest. They lead them, like a dog, from biscuit to biscuit, making even the densest love interest a devoted spouse. Although they are seen by many as power-hungry, they just want their love interest to be totally prepared for marriage and the difficulties that they'll face in marriage; both internal and external. Shock trope They will punish and torture their love interest if they think they did something they shouldn't or when they don't act like wanted to give them a lesson. The methods are usually pretty morbid and painful, some could even leave permanent damage to the love interest. They will then "reward" the love interest when they finally do something wanted of them. Unlike in the above yandere love trope description, these yandere characters treat the love interest as a dog or other animal. They mercilessly train and treat their love interest like an animal at all times. Their love interest isn't even human to them. They do this because they believe this will successfully acquire what they want of the love interest, force them to love them like wanted and be loyal to the yandere. Loneliness Induction | Koritsu yuudougata | (孤立誘導型) Love trope Seeking to have their love interest all to themselves, these type of yandere characters work from the opposite end compared to the removal type. They don't target their love interest's friends or other relations but rather their love interest. They sow mistrust and put other blocks in the way between their love interest and the rest of the world. They wait until their love interest is in need of someone and become that someone for their love interest. Overtime, as a result of having no one else to trust or rely on, the love interest devotes themselves fully to their yandere. It could be that the yandere believes that many, or most, if not all, of people are corrupt and untrustworthy, or it could just be that they wish to strengthen the bonds between themselves and their love interest to a disturbing degree. A love interest who goes along with this may end up behaving like a yandere because they are very isolated. Although this might appear as a good thing to the yandere character, or an other dere type they're in love with, it's only a temporary change. It doesn't reflect their true love type. Although they are seen by many as divisive, they really just want their love interest to trust and be open and vulnerable around them and them only. If those around the love interest support the relationship, they may decide that loneliness isn't really necessary for their blossoming love. Shock trope They induce mental trauma into their love interest's head in order to push them away from others. They make themselves out to be their love interest's best option, making the love interest believe that all the others will betray them and that the yandere is the only one who can be trusted, but they actually just want to isolate their love interest. They destroy relationships and ruin families to get their love interest as isolated and vulnerable as possible. They can also provoke the love interest to be the one people don't want to approach, rather than the other way around. They will be the ones responsible of the people around the love interest starting to fear or be disgusted by the love interest, spreading rumors or false evidence that make the love interest look horrible so no one else will want to be around them, not even family and friends, leaving the yandere to be the only person the love interest can rely on and feel accepted and loved by. By doing this, the people close to the love interest will eventually disappear from their lives by their own volition, and the only one around to show their "understanding" and "compassion" to the love interest will be the yandere, without anyone else getting in the way. Normally, the love interest will not know that the yandere is the culprit of their recent misfortune, many can even begin to hate themselves due to all the hate they receive from others, until the yandere comes to their aid to give them the love and support they need. Whether the love interest knows or discovers who their true enemy is, that being the yandere, they will have only the yandere in their life now, and therefore no choice other than to accept their love. Restraints | Sokubakugata | (束縛型) Warning: Mention of kidnapping, being tied up and dismemberment. Love trope Desiring their love interest to be with them literally always, these yandere characters make sure the love interest won't leave their side now or in the future. They can use promises, deals, contracts or just simply make sure the love interest is content where they are so they won't ever think about leaving. Thus their love interest can't see the bonds, but they're still tightly bound to their yandere. They will provide everything their love interest needs or wants so they stay beside the yandere: A place to live close by or even make sure they live in the same place together. A work position that's not far and that pays well, maybe even in the same place the yandere works at so they can be together during working hours. Give them everything they need or make it easily accessible so the love interest doesn't have to go anywhere else to find these things and go search for them. Although they are seen by many as insanely clingy, they just don't want to lose their love interest from their life. They're just never satisfied with the amount of time they spend with their love interest and/or they want their bond to be more intense opting for a physical method to achieve it. By broadening their possibilities for bonding, a love interest can enable them to express themselves in a more complete manner. Shock trope They will directly lock up the love interest, tie up or even kidnap and drug their love interest to keep them around and compliant. They want their love interest to never wander from their side. Many will even tie their love interest to themselves. Some might not actually use ropes or chains, some can also find a way for their love interest to be always bound to them, using unusual methods like magic or a curse to accomplish so. Extreme cases can even break or amputate their love interest's legs or feet so that they can't go anywhere else for the rest of their life and so they would need the yandere to survive entirely. Domestic Violence | DVgata | (DV型) Warning: Mention of abuse, forced intimacy and domestic violence. Love trope Believing that if words don't work, stronger methods must be employed, they don't fear to smack their love interest or even hit or kick them a few times just like a tsundere would. But unlike a tsundere, they don't hit their love interest out of a lack of emotional self-control, or because they don't know what else to do, or to conceal their true feelings. Domestic Violence yandere characters do so, having employed other methods, out of a belief that their relationship can be significantly improved as a result of that smack or a few punches or kicks, similar to a kiredere. With almost any physical contact being seen in our day as suspicious, if not grounds for social banishment, domestic violence yandere characters are seen as brutes and abusers. Unlike actually abusive spouses, domestic violence (again love type) yandere characters understand that they can't force their love interest to love them or force their love interest to change for the better for them. They chose to be violent to make the severity of the problem more apparent and to boost their love interests motivation in hopes of affecting change in their love interest. Failing this, they no longer have any motivation to be violent towards their love interest—even if they continue the undesired behavior. There's nothing more that the domestic violence yandere can do. Their love interest either doesn't care about them, or needs help beyond their yandere's current capabilities. Shock trope They attempt to control their love interest through violence. They want power over the love interest and force them to act and be just like they want, forcing loyalty and love on them with fear. This shock trope comprises all the worst things a yandere that targets their love interest can do. They can force their love interest to do things like a manipulative type. They will punish and hurt their love interest when they don't follow the wishes of the yandere so they can learn the hard way, like a training type. They will make the love interest think that no one else loves them and that they only need the yandere in their life, like a loneliness induction type. They won't let their love interest go out from the house or have any contact with the outside world, not even friends and family, like a restraints type. For this type of yandere, their love interest is only a possession of them. They don't care about the love interest's feelings and will use them however they want. They can kill the love interest if they don't accept to be with the yandere, if they become upset enough or when they feel betrayed by the love interest. Some would even force the love interest to have intimate acts with them. By Target: The Competition Protective | Hogogata | (保護型) Love trope This type of yandere cares deeply for the wellbeing and happiness of their love interest, and they fear what other, crueler people with bad intentions can do to their love interest. They will be on the lookout for anything that can cause any kind of discomfort to the love interest before taking action to get rid of it. They are willing to push away people who might be a bad influence or cause any kind of harm to the love interest, usually with threats or violence behind the scenes, without the love interest knowing about it, so they don't need to be bothered by it or fear the yandere because of their unorthodox methods. If someone is harassing the love interest, this person will suddenly stop bothering them the next day. If the love interest is a victim of bullying, the bully will suddenly keep their distance or even disappear the next day without a trace, never to be seen again. If someone has wronged the love interest in the past, the love interest will no longer have to worry about that person anymore. Similar to the loneliness induction or restraints type, they won't let the love interest go near anyone or anywhere after they see that the "danger" is too great or if they need to make sure the love interest is safe of harm ways before leaving them alone to destroy this danger. However, this is usually temporary until the threat is eradicated from their life. Although they are seen by many as overprotective, they genuinely care about their love interest, and just want the best for them. They just want the love interest to be safe of any harm, physical or psychological. Shock trope They see everything and everyone as a threat for the love interest. They will use extreme methods to get rid of other "dangerous" people permanently, and even punish and torture them for the harm they did to the love interest, even if they didn't really do all that much. Feeling that the love interest is fragile, pure or vulnerable, and that everyone else can taint or hurt them, they finally decide to take care of it themselves and protect the love interest, getting rid of all "bad people" near them for the sake of their love interest and at any cost. Removal | Haijogata | (排除型) Warning: Mention of animal harm. Love trope Believing that they are all their love interest needs, these yandere characters seek to remove other people from their love interest's life. To do this, a removal yandere character will destroy messages, both physical and virtual. They will interrupt conversations and lead their love interest away from the group. they will dissuade friendships and pull their love interest away from having time with their friends. A yandere character will probably not stop with just people though, phones, pets, and any other distractions are fair game for the yandere character to go after. They might do this secretly or allow their love interest to know. These types of yandere characters see the competition as a serious and intentional threat to their relationship. By removing those around their love interest, their love interest bonds with them by relying on them and only them. Without attachment to others, their love interest is free to pursue them, even moving to another country to be with their yandere. They are differentiated from the protective type because of their motivation. The removal type yandere gets rid of everything that gets in the way of their relationship, caring mostly about their own feelings, while the protective type will only do so to protect the love interest, caring about the feelings and wellbeing of their love interest more genuinely instead. Although they are seen by many as jerks, they really just want their love interest to be dependent on, and rely more, on them. They want their love interest's full attention similar to how a hermit gives their full attention to God and speaks to no one. Shock trope Knowing that some of those around their love interest would separate them, these yandere characters seek to drive them away by either threatening, hurting, or killing them outright. Unsatisfied with the excuses of "whores" and having marked their territory, these yandere characters defeat their competition outright by any means necessary. They remove everyone, oftentimes with threats or directly through killing them, so that they can have their love interest. They may do this in secret or in the open so that their love interest is persuaded that they must pay attention to, and be with the shock trope yandere character. They might not limit themselves to other members of the same sex. Bosses, friends, pets, and any other serious distraction must be eliminated from their love interest's life. They don't just remove those who are pursuing their love interest romantically, rather, they go after everyone attached or even remotely present in the life of the love interest. A total blood bath is the result. This one is the most used and known yandere type used in media and the one that is sometimes mistaken to be the one a character needs to perform to truly be considered yandere, mostly in the West. However, a character can be considered yandere without ever showing the traits of a removal type yandere. By Target: The Yandere Self-Harm | Jishougata | (自傷型) Warning: Mention of self-injurious behavior and mutilation. Love trope They will hurt themselves to show their true devotion to their love interest or to make it clear to anyone that they belong to their love interest alone. Their self-inflicted wounds and scars will represent their infinite and loyal love for their love interest, treating their own body like a canvas created just for the admiration of the love interest and a representation of their love towards them. Their self-harm behavior will be used to prove to their love interest that they would do anything for their love interest. They don't care if they themselves get hurt or end up dead, so they show this in front of the love interest inflicting that damage on themselves directly by their own hands. Shock trope If they see that they are not enough for their love interest or they see themselves having any physical "defects," they are also willing to modify their own body in order to become the ideal partner for the love interest, even if this heavily damages them forever. They can also try to get their love interest's attention by harming themselves. They will hurt themselves to gain something from the love interest. They manipulate them by threatening more harm to themselves if their love interest doesn't do what they want their love interest to do. But it is never the intent of self-harm yandere characters to hurt themselves. They're interested in love, not harming themselves. It is the lack of devotion, whether circumstantial or intentional, from their love interest, and the subsequent emotional pain, that leads them to harming themselves. Disappearance | Shoushitsugata | (消失型) Warning: Mention of self-injurious behavior and suicide. Love trope They think that their love interest will never care for them or that the love interest will be happier without the yandere in their life. They don't think they're enough for their love interest, so they decide to run far away where they can't be found. This is usually a combination of the self-sacrifice yandere with utsudere. Seeing their love interest blissfully with another person will also depress them, and so they can't bear to stay around anymore. They want to give the love interest the life and happiness they deserve, even if that means that the yandere is out of the equation. Although they are seen by many as dramatic, with some other outlet and/or a distraction from their troubles, a disappearance yandere can wait out the time before they are reunited again with their love interest. And then, having achieved greater emotional control and the support of their spouse, they can live out their lives without deciding to leave ever again. Shock trope They take their disappearance a step further by deciding to leave this world altogether. If they decide to commit suicide and their love interest is still alive, they can even request or provoke the love interest to be the one to end their life, as this will bring the most happiness to the disappearance yandere in their final moments. With their entire world revolving around their love interest, these yandere characters won't believe they can go on without the love interest if something happened to them. Everything has no value without their love interest as the one with whom they eat, drink, move, work, and live their lives. Without their love interest, they enter a deep depression and then the thoughts of suicide start to creep into their minds. Their last thought will be of their love interest. They never really want to commit suicide or hurt themselves, for love can never be equal to death or pointless injury. Rather, they just want to be in a position to care about their love interest and be cared for by their love interest. Double Suicide | Shinjuugata | (心中型) Warning: Mention of suicide and forced suicide. Love trope A utsudere love interest has committed suicide, the yandere then decides that they will follow on the steps of their love interest to be reunited by them or because they don't have anything else to live for now. If the love interest explains their plans of ending their own life, the yandere will try to stop them. If they can't, they will then accept their decision only if they do it together. Shock trope They believe that they will be with their love interest after death, or that by killing each other they will not be able to pursue or be pursued by other love interests. They then kill themselves. In the shock trope, the "suicide" of the love interest is usually a false suicide, as their death is forced or provoked by the yandere without the love interest's consent. To be a real double suicide, both characters in the relationship must be a double suicide yandere or the love interest must be first manipulated by the yandere to think the same way as them. The yandere can also purposely lead their love interest to commit suicide before doing the same themselves right after. It's also possible that after a fit of rage or confusion, the yandere kills their love interest and then regrets it. Not having their love interest by their side anymore, they then kill themselves, either to be reunited again with them or as a self-punishment. In this case, this would actually count as a murder-suicide instead of a double suicide. Final | Shuumatsugata | (終末型) Warning: Mention of mass murder and suicide. Love trope They didn't have much luck when it comes to love for one reason or another. Love is now dead to them and something that only brings them great emotional harm. They won't feel love again unless their status with their original love interest can be fixed and improved in some way. Seeing other people displaying love will also make them feel great discomfort and sorrow. They will avoid it as much as possible. They don't want to see love anywhere and in any kind of way unless the yandere is allowed to have it with their love interest as well. Shock trope Similar to the love trope, they don't believe in love anymore, but they also decide that no one else around them should or is allowed to experience love whatsoever. They will sabotage relationships or event directly kill anyone displaying any form of love. The only person who could possibly stop them is gone now, and so their slaughter continues. After their love interest dies or disappears, so does their sense of meaning in the world. They are emotionally broken for life. Nothing else matters to them. They might try to destroy the world that took their love interest or even destroy "love" so it can't cause more harm to other people. It could be possible that the love interest has been injured or even killed by someone or a group of people. The yanderes new objective in life will be to bring justice to their love interest and pursue and end any person or organization related to this calamity to prevent more in the future and for revenge. They feel that the death of their love interest has been caused by someone or something else. Whether this is true or not, they will try to avenge their death. They will not care about other people and even innocents that fall or get killed in the process. No matter if this mission ends as a success or a failure, having nothing else to live for, some will then kill themselves. If they don't end their own life, they will live the rest of it in misery. This type of yandere can also try to find a way to revive or bring their love interest to life again, no matter the consequences. By State of Mind Delusional | Mousougata | (妄想型) Warning: Mention of insanity. Love trope Their own mind transforms or tries to forget the unsatisfactory or cruel reality to what they want to believe in terms of their real relationship, as well as the feelings and state of their love interest. Unable to accept the rejection, absence or death of a love interest, they will deny it completely, which leads to the delusion yandere to rebuilding a new perfect reality in their head, sometimes even thinking that they can achieve something impossible to fix this, trying to replicate or obtain this ideal life of theirs.Yandere Type 3: Delusional Type - My Navi They can also get lost in their own mind and fictional world. The love trope usually knows at first that this world they created is not actually real, but they prefer experiencing this with their perfect version of love interest than the actual imperfect reality. Shock trope The shock trope delusion yandere will create a false happy life with their love interest in their mind despite the real absence of the love interest in it or bad conditions around them. They will imagine and truly believe that they are in a close relationship with their love interest, sometimes even in their ideal home and a family life of their own. The yandere would be the only character to believe in this fictional reality without knowing the real sad truth. They can also distort the world and everything around them in their head, which will affect negatively the love interest. If the love interest is real or is still alive, the yandere will act like if they have been in a relationship for a long time and that everything around them is perfectly fine despite this not being true. They can even see things one way when they are not, like mistaking something non-edible as food for the love interest and force them to eat it. If they are in the worst of situations, the delusion yandere will change the imperfect conditions in their head and act like they are both in their most happy and perfect moments of their life. This can even get the love interest and yandere in danger due to the yandere acting like everything is okay when this is not, doing certain actions of a normal routine that in this situation can lead to the death of either of them. In extreme cases, if their love interest died, they will still talk and live with their "spirit" or even their corpse like they were still alive. This is a more extreme representation that the delusional yandere will still love and be loyal to the love interest even after their death. Wrong Idea | Kanchigaigata | (勘違い型) Love trope Desiring to believe what is their ideal outcome is what their love interest wants, they will mistake what is wanted or requested, substituting it with their own desires for their love interest. Unwilling to see their mistake as one, they seek to fulfill their misunderstood love interest's every wish. Even difficult tasks are nothing for them to fulfill for the sake of their love interest. Although they are seen by many as insane, they just don't know what to do with their love interest. If they're given a way to express themselves by their love interest, they may even stop getting the wrong idea. Shock trope They misunderstand, or believe without evidence that their love interest wants something and then they act on that belief. They go to great lengths to obtain or accomplish what they misperceive their love interest desiring. They may just be played for laughs like goudere characters, or they may become an antagonist to those around them, including their love interest. Projection | Toueigata | (投影型) Warning: Mention of non-consensual body modifications. Love trope They project their ideal lover onto their love interest and expect their love interest to act just like their ideal lover, even forcing these notions onto them. They become upset if their love interest doesn't act or behave like their ideal love interest. This can be caused because of the disappearance or death of someone they really loved in the past, which results in them seeking someone who looks or acts similar to them, and will become obsessed with their new love interest for this reason alone. Shock trope If they had a past love interest, they will mistake the love interest with their past love interest and would get angry and dangerous when someone points out that they are not the same. Some can even modify the physical appearance of their love interest so that they look exactly like their ideal lover. They can do it simply by changing the love interest's clothes and hairstyles, while others will be more destructive and will try to modify body parts. Bizarre-Seeking | Kyoukigata | (猟奇型) Warning: Mention of mutilation, dismemberment and cannibalism. Love trope They desire very strange things that people wouldn't collect as memento of their love interest or to analyze them. This includes, but isn't limited to; hair, blood, saliva, cut fingernails, used tissues, bitten apples and other body parts or fluids that can be taken without really hurting or killing the love interest. The love interest might not even notice about the absence of these elements. Even if they want to gather everything they can of their love interest or something unusual, they still will try to not bring harm or discomfort to the love interest while doing so, contrary to the shock trope. They can still perform the same actions a shock trope would do but only if their love interest is already dead. After this tragic event, they will then collect the body of their love interest or a part of them to have them with them forever. Shock trope Instead of trying to not hurt the love interest like with the love trope, they don't care if they permanently injure or even kill them in the process to obtain these parts; whole fingernails, teeth, fingers, eyes, and other body parts that will cause immense pain and irreversible disfiguration and changes to the body of the love interest. They can even want their love interest's dead rotting corpse, turn them into a doll, or even want a vital part of their body, like their heart or head, which they will kill them to obtain. Some can even kill the love interest just because they think killing them equals love or even eat their love interest so they can be fully united as one. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Byoukidere: A term for a character who suffers from a serious illness. Unlike a yandere which suffer from a mental illness, this refers to a physical illness. - Yangire: A term for a character who seems innocent and caring at first, but shows their true violent and loveless nature when they snap. They don't seem dangerous or weren't at first, until they snap and turn dangerous for no romantic reasons. Yandere are characters whose love, admiration, and devotion to their love interest is so strong that it causes them to become mentally unstable. Their love is expressed as an excessive obsession and possessiveness towards their love interest. They become so attached to their love interest that it's impossible to let go and they may even use violence towards anyone who "threatens" their relationship. This is not to be confused with: - Kichidere - A character who is a crazy lunatic, but who's feeling of love are surprisingly normal. Unlike a yandere their mental illness is not caused by a too strong love, but rather they were crazy before falling in love. - Yangire - A character who seems innocent and caring at first, but shows their true violent and loveless nature when they snap. "Yoidere" is a term for a character who is normally calm and collected, but becomes very playful, cute, and flirtatious towards their love interest when they are drunk. Meaning of the Word Yoidere (酔いデレ) is a combination of "yoi" (酔い), meaning "drunkeness", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck". Origin The term originates from the 2015 romantic comedy manga series Love Is Like a Cocktail to describe the character Chisato Mizusawa. Chisato was a girl who appears to be calm and collected, but when she starts drinking turns into a playful and cute girl. The term "Yoidere" served as a nickname for the series, which was described as "the drunken comedy cocktail about Japan's most lovey-dovey couple.""Yoidere" cocktail comedy "Love Is Like a Cocktail" will be made into a TV anime - My NaviYoidere Cocktail Comedy "Love Is Like a Cocktail" Anime Production - GetNewsYoidere Chi-chan ♪ "Love Is Like a Cocktail" TV Anime Adaptation - Ota-SukeA "yoidere" comedy of a flirting couple! - TV LifeLove Is Like a Cocktail - Volume 4 - AmazonLove Is Like a Cocktail - CrunchyrollLove Is Like a Cocktail - Anime Characters DatabaseOsake wa Fuufu ni Natte Kara - Manga Updates Alternate Name Yoidere is also sometimes unofficially known as "yottadere" in the Western community. History Although not as common as other dere types, it was later used in a popular doujinshi manga based on Azur Lane in 2019 called Yoidere Laffy which featured the character Laffy, who was notorious for becoming playful when drunk.Yoidere Laffy - Doujins It was also used in the 2021 romance doujinshi manga series Yoidere BL .Yoidere BL - Alphapolis Personality Yoidere are characters who are normally calm and collected, but become very playful, cute and affectionate towards their love interest when they are drunk. Yoidere don't necessarily drink all the time, but when they do decide to get drunk they become very flirtatious and cute. The alcohol makes them put their normally strict barriers down and all of their pent-up lovey-dovey feelings come out. Yoidere are typically lightweights when it comes to consuming alcohol and often even only a couple sips turns them into a playful overly flirtatious person. Characters who don't become flirtatious while drunk, but instead get aggressive, grumpy, or depressed after drinking do not fall under this archetype. Yoidere are characters who are normally calm and collected, but become very playful, cute, and flirtatious towards their love interest when they are drunk. "Zondere" is a term for a zombie character who is lovestruck. Despite being turned into a zombie, they are still lovey-dovey and affectionate. Meaning of the Name Zondere♡ by Hatten Tojounin Zondere (ゾンデレ) is a combination of "zonbi/zombi" (ゾンビ), meaning "zombie," and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "to be lovestruck". Origin The term was initially created on Japanese social media as a joke after the release of the video game Dead Rising to describe a feature where if you are rescuing someone then the zombies will be less likely to attack you. Presumably this was their way of showing their "affection" towards the player (though in reality this was just a way to balance the game difficulty). This was described as zombies who "have lost their lives, but not their souls."What is Zondere - Nico Nico Pedia The term eventually grew into a proper archetype for zombie characters that are lovey-dovey. The first known use of "zondere" in an official media was in the 2020 erotic doujin manga series Zondere♡ which followed the romance story of a cute zombie girl.Zondere♡ - DiGiket Alternate Romanization This archetype could also be romanized as "zomdere". This is because the Japanese kana for the letter "N" (ン) is pronounced as an "M" when it precedes the letter "B" (as is the case with "zombi"). So by taking this spelling of "zombi" (instead of "zonbi") it could have a spelling that more closely resembles the English word "zombie". Characteristics Zondere characters typically have elements of body horror applied to them, such as being able to remove their limbs or even their heads and still be able to survive. Personality Zondere are zombie characters who are deredere. Despite being having been turned into a zombie, they are still lovey-dovey and affectionate towards their love interest. The appeal of this archetype is in the gap moe between a character who looks like a horrifying monster, but is actually cute and loving. Unlike typical mindless zombies, zondere still have full intelligence and control over their actions which they can use to win over the affection of their love interest. They may be insecure about the fact that they are a zombie and try to hide it until they discover someone who will accept them despite their outward appearance. Differences From Other Archetypes Zondere is similar to shindere, since they are both dere types who have been revived. However, shindere characters are brought back as ghosts or ghost-like humans, while zondere characters are brought back as zombies. Zondere is also quite similar to mayadere, someone who puts on a scary act to hide their loving and affectionate side, but the main difference is that zondere are visually scary rather than metaphorically scary. They also don't have any control over looking this way and look scary even when being deredere, unlike mayadere who drop the scary facade when being affectionate. Similar Japanese Archetypes - Mayadere: A term for a someone who puts up a scary act in order to conceal their warm and loving side. - Monster Danshi: A term for a beautiful male character who share traits with a monster. - Monster Musume: A term for a beautiful female character who share traits with a monster. - Shindere: A term for a character who has died and become a ghost, but still has a love interest. Zondere are zombie characters who are lovestruck. Despite being turned into a zombie, they are still lovey-dovey and affectionate.