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Content Warning! Content Warnings: Mention of insanity, obsessive behavior, manipulation, confinement, horror themes, and murderous behavior. |
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"Kyouai" (JP) is a term for a character who loves someone so much that they go insane. It is similar to yandere in that they show an obsessive kind of love towards someone, but unlike yandere their love becomes mad and distorted and they do not have the sweet and affectionate "deredere" aspects of the character. It has almost the same meaning as yandere, but the biggest difference is that they don't care if their love interest suffers because of their love and the person who is loved is often forced to endure pain through confinement or other means. They are so mad that they may even kill their love interest because they "love" them so much. It could be seen as a horror version of yandere which lacks the cute and doting deredere aspects and only has the dark and obsessive ones.
Characters from Anime, Manga & Light Novels[]
- Aishite Kudasai, Sensei
- Akudama Drive
- Cross Ange: Tenshi to Ryuu no Rondo
- Embryo ♥
- Kyoai Triangle
- ⭐ Akari's Husband ♥ [1]
- ⭐ Arashi ♥ [2]
- Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
- Sword Art Online
- Tensei Gotoki De Nigerareru To Demo, Niisan?
- Aneli ♥
- Tokyo Babylon
- Tokyo Ghoul
- Eto ♥
- Rize Kamishiro ♥
- Roma Hoito ♥
- Shu Tsukiyama ♥ (formerly)
- Tooru Mutsuki ♥ (formerly)
- Tokyo Mew Mew
- Undead Unluck
Characters from Video Games & Visual Novels[]
- AMNESIA
- Toma ♥
- DEAD or LOVE ~Kyouai no Mujintou~
- Escalation ~Kyouai no Fugue~
- ⭐ Midori Omamori ♥ [4]
- ⭐ Naomi Hayakawa ♥ [5]
- DRAMAtical Murder
- Virus ♥
- Ore wa Jukujo Kyouai Shugi ~Yokkyuu Fuman na Hitozuma Hodo Ochiyasui~
- ⭐ Satoru Murakami ♥ [6]
Characters from Live-Action & Novels[]
- Kyouai: Shinu Made ni Shitai 4-tsu no Koto
- Kyouai: Violent Love
- ⭐ Businessman ♥ [8]
Characters from Other Sources[]
- Kyouai Catharsis
- ⭐ Morimura Seiji ♥ [9]
- Kyouai Gakuen Online ― Koukan-do 0 = Dead End ―
- Kyouai to Jun'ai
- Songs
- Yandere no Onna no ko ni Shinu hodo Aisarete Nemurenai
Official Characters
Characters who have been officially labeled as Kyouai in their source material will appear here with a ⭐ preceding their name indicating that they are an official example of this archetype. To make a character show up in this list, add a character to one of the above lists and use the {{Official}} template alongside a citation to where the character is referred to as this type: whether its in the series title, description, manga panel, anime/game screenshot, or author comment.
- ↑ Akari's Husband (Kyoai Triangle)
- ↑ Arashi (Kyoai Triangle)
- ↑ Several characters (DEAD or LOVE ~Kyouai no Mujintou~)
- ↑ Midori Omamori (Escalation ~Kyouai no Fugue~)
- ↑ Naomi Hayakawa (Escalation ~Kyouai no Fugue~)
- ↑ Satoru Murakami (Ore wa Jukujo Kyouai Shugi ~Yokkyuu Fuman na Hitozuma Hodo Ochiyasui~)
- ↑ Miwa (Kyouai: Shinu Made ni Shitai 4-tsu no Koto)
- ↑ Businessman (Kyouai: Violent Love)
- ↑ Morimura Seiji (Kyouai Catharsis)
- ↑ Several characters (Kyouai Gakuen Online ― Koukan-do 0 = Dead End ―)
- ↑ Camille (Kyouai to Jun'ai)
- ↑ Mai (Kyouai: Happy End by Izun)