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"Kiredere" (JP) is a term for a character who loses their temper and becomes angry when they are embarrassed by their feelings of love, but overtime starts to show a more cute and affectionate deredere side. They are someone who wants to confess their feelings of love to their love interest, but are unable to properly express their feelings so they become angry with themself and start yelling. Their anger can even cause them to have a bad attitude and up accidentally taking it out on their love interest and saying mean things they don't actually mean to hide their embarrassment. After they work up the courage to confess they may even angrily confess their feelings of love for their love interest in a fit of rage and love. However, after they confess they will start to show a more cute and honest side towards their love interest. They will start going on dates and being very lovey-dovey and overly affectionate towards their love interest, telling them they love them without getting angry.
Etymology
Meaning of the Term
Kiredere (キレデレ) is a combination of "kireru" (キレる), meaning "to get angry or lose one's temper", and "deredere" (デレデレ), a mimetic word for "being lovestruck (overly affectionate, lovey-dovey, not hiding one's romantic feelings)".
Origin
Sekaiichi Kawaii Kiredere Dotei Kohai-kun by Rifuru
The term originates from the 2019 romance manga series Sekaiichi Kawaii Kiredere Dotei Kohai-kun (JP) by Rifuru to describe the character Kaname.[1][2][3]
The series follows Sana, a beautiful college girl who just got dumped by the guy she really liked. When Sana was crying over her break up, she is approached by a junior named Kaname. Kaname starts annoying her and calling her ugly for crying, until she gets so annoyed that she decides to kiss him as a way of teasing him back. She assumes that since he hates her so much, he'd be furious over the kiss. However, suddenly he turns extremely red, starts stumbling over his words and he tells her to meet him by the fountain this weekend.
When Sana meets up with Kaname she expects him to make fun on her outfit, but instead he takes her out to see a new movie she really wanted to see. When she asks him what he thought he said it was okay, which she found strange that he'd go see a movie he wasn't interested in. After the they went to an amusement park and played games together until it started raining. In order to seek shelter from the rain they both decide to go to Kaname's apartment. After each taking a shower, Sana decides to help Kaname blow dry his hair but he starts to get angry that she's so close to him so they switch roles. After he blow dries her hair instead, when she turns around and looks at him with a loving smile she starts blushing uncontrollably and gets angry that she suddenly looked at him.
Thinking that Kaname only did all of this to cheer her up after her break-up, Sana thanks him and apologizes for hurting him with the kiss. Confused, Kaname asks Sana if she likes him to which Sana apologizes for causing a misunderstanding with the kiss. After hearing this Kanama becomes devastated because he thought the kiss meant they both liked each other, which confused Sana because she thought he hated her, when suddenly Kaname started getting angry. After noticing his feelings, Sana got close to his face and asked Kaname if he liked her when suddenly he bursts into an intense rage loud enough to make Sana flinch and he started angrily confessing his love. He yelled that he loved her more than anything in the world, he yelled that she was super cute, he yelled that he got angry that she grew her hair out for another guy, he yelled that she's so cute that it's making him so angry. Until eventually he started to break down and calling himself an idiot for being too shy to tell her how he really felt. Seeing his true feelings, Sana started to realize that the reason for his bad attitude was that he wanted her to notice him but he couldn't properly express his feelings so he starts getting angry with himself. She realized that the entire time, he was always by her side, always listening to what her favorite things were, which is how he knew what movie she wanted to see. Kaname apologized to Sana saying that he was angry that her boyfriend broke up with her, but he was also really happy, and that his anger caused him to say a lot of bad things to her. Hearing this, Sana kisses him which causes him to become extremely red. With his heart beating extremely fast and being so happy over the kiss, he asks Sana to be his girlfriend which she accepts and the two start becoming intimate with each other. Following this point, Kaname completely changes the way he behaves and is completely loving and affectionate towards Sana, and they go on another date.
History
Official Media
Pretty Max volume 4.
Although the term was fully developed as a character archetype in Sekaiichi Kawaii Kiredere Dotei Kohai-kun, it was actually first mentioned as a hypothetical dere type three years earlier in the 2015 manga series Pretty Max (JP). In volume 4 of the series released in 2016, one character asks the question "Is this what they call kiredere?" after witnessing another character's behavior, to which another character responds "There's no such thing.", and a third character adds "There is no dere."[4]
Personality
Kiredere characters lose their temper and become angry (kireru) when they are embarrassed by their feelings of love, but overtime start to show a more lovey-dovey and affectionate side (deredere).
Kire Period
Kana Kojima getting angry at Ichiro Sato from Nande Koko ni Sensei ga!?
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They are characters who get embarrassed about their romantic feelings and to hide their shyness they become angry. If their love interest were to suddenly get close and look them in the face they would get so embarrassed that they immediately become angry and yell at them to look away.
They are someone who wants to confess their feelings of love to their love interest, but who can't properly express their feelings so they become angry with themself which causes them to have a bad attitude. They get so angry that they might even say mean things that they don't actually mean as a way to try to get their love interest's attention, such as calling their love interest "ugly" even though they think they're the cutest in the world and want to be with them.
Even if they're being rude because of their anger, they are still watching their love interest and taking notice of the things they like so they can impress them later on.
Almost Dere Period
Kaname with Sana from Sekaiichi Kawaii Kiredere Dotei Kohai-kun
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As they start to work up the courage to confess they may even confess in an angry manner, with a mixture of rage and love. They will angrily confess that they're in love, angrily yell about everything they love and appreciate about their love interest, or about how they are so cute that it makes them so mad. They are simply someone who doesn't know how to properly express their feelings and are too shy to confess that it causes them to get angry at themselves and take it out on their love interest, which they will apologize for after confessing.
Dere Period
Kana Kojima cutely hugging Ichiro Sato from Nande Koko ni Sensei ga!?
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After confessing to their love interest that they're in love with them, they will start to act more lovey-dovey and affectionate with them. Rather than being angry, they can finally show their cute side. They will honestly tell their love interest that they love them or that they're the cutest in the world. They will be openly affectionate and intimate with their love interest and go on cute dates with them.
They may even pinch their own cheek to make sure they're not dreaming and their dream is actually reality.
Differences From Other Archetypes
Kiredere is a mix of dere types and gire types, so it differs from all other gire types in that over time they lose their angry personality and become cute and lovey-dovey as they learn to express their true feelings. Their reason for getting angry is also related to love, as opposed to the other types which can have any reason. They also do not have any violent impulses since the anger is mostly directed towards themself and they wouldn't want to hurt the person they care for.
It is also similar to tsundere in that they get shy and try to hide their feelings, but instead of giving their love interest the cold stuck-up treatment they get angry. The additional difference from tsungire is simply that they aren't trying to push their love interest away and that they aren't violent.
It is also somewhat similar to megadere in that they get easily angered, but the biggest difference is a megadere character doesn't ever hide their feelings or get angry at their love interest.
Similar Archetypes
- Buchigire: A term for a character who suddenly becomes furiously angry.
- Hangire: A term for a character who looks like they're about to lose their temper by the look of disgust on their face towards the person who made them angry.
- Majigire: A term for a character who becomes seriously angry when they are pushed to their limits.
- Megadere: A term for a female goddess character who is initially cold, hostile, violent, and feared by others as an angel of death or goddess of destruction, but is actually a very innocent girl and becomes purely deredere for their love interest.
- Tsundere: A term for a character who has loving deredere feelings for their love interest but is unable to be honest with them so they end up acting distant, standoffish, and stuck-up to conceal them
- Tsungire: A term for a character who is quick to get angry and push others away when they try to be affectionate with them.
List of Characters
Gallery
 Kana Kojima from Nande Koko ni Sensei ga!?  Kana Kojima from Nande Koko ni Sensei ga!?  Kana Kojima from Nande Koko ni Sensei ga!?  Kaname with Sana from Sekaiichi Kawaii Kiredere Dotei Kohai-kun  Kaname with Sana from Sekaiichi Kawaii Kiredere Dotei Kohai-kun  Kaname with Sana from Sekaiichi Kawaii Kiredere Dotei Kohai-kun |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sekaiichi Kawaii Kiredere Dotei Kohai-kun. BABY G-Side (2019/04/30). “Sana is a beautiful female college student who was dumped by a senior she had always liked. While Sana is in the depths of despair, her annoying junior Kaname approaches her. He is like an elementary school kid who has a lot of unnecessary things to say, but when he is quiet, he is actually very popular with the girls as an ikemen! Sana teases him with a kiss, and Kaname asks her out on a date. She knows she did something that would make him dislike her, so why...? Kaname's intentions are unclear, but Sana obediently heads out on the date. Her heart just keeps pounding at his clumsy kindness and his unusual boyish expression! The two of them have a great time, but a sudden heavy rain means they have to take refuge at Kaname's house... A love comedy about the misunderstandings between a kiredere virgin and a defenseless girl☆”
- ↑ Sekaiichi Kawaii Kiredere Dotei Kohai-kun. Fupro Comics (2019/04/30). “I love you more than anything in the world, you idiot!”
- ↑ Sekaiichi Kawaii Kiredere Dotei Kohai-kun. CMOA (2019/04/30).
- ↑ Premax: Discussing Volume 4 for 6 hours - Kiridere. Manba (2016/03/18). “A: Is this what they call "Kiredere"? B: There's no such thing. C: There is no "dere".”
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