Kiredere

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• Kiredere
• Anime Characters
• Western Characters
• Gallery
• Quotes

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Kiredere
Germany with North Italy from "Hetalia Axis Powers"
Japanese Name	キレデレ
Personality	Harsh, mean, aggressive, hot-blooded, dramatic, insensitive, irritable, kind, brutal, rude, loving, caring, distant, cold, bossy

Not to be confused with "Kitikudere", "Sadodere" or "Tsundere".

"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) comes from the words “kire” (キレ), meaning “sharp”, and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "lovey dovey".

Origin

The term is used for a genre of hentai and erotic manga.

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 they are 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 because they aren’t strong enough to properly defend themselves.

Kiredere characters don’t act harshly towards their love interest out of arrogance like a himedere, kamidere, or a kitikudere might, nor out of malice or playfulness like a sadodere or hiyakasudere. Rather, they do it to be kind, even if it doesn’t come across very well.

Kiredere characters can be considered to be a type of tsundere that have an excess of both "tsun"' and "dere".

Characters with this Personality

See Kiredere/Anime Characters to see characters from anime media.
See Kiredere/Western Characters to see characters from western media.

Gallery

Kaname Chidori with Sousuke Sagara from Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu Rin with Hayato from Heion Sedai no Idatentachi Germany with North Italy from Hetalia Axis Powers Sakonji Urokodaki with Tanjiro Kamado from Kimetsu no Yaiba Nekomaru Nidai from Super Danganronpa 2: Sayonara Zetsubou Gakuen Lucius with Schwartz von Liechtenstein Lohengramm from Fantasy Bishoujo Juniku Ojisan to