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F-Fall for me? This is hardly the time for that kind of thing! But if you want to keep going, I guess I could force myself to listen...
"Tsundere" (JP) is a term for a character who can't be honest with their feelings of love towards their love interest so they act distant, standoffish, and stuck-up to conceal them. They can't be honest with the person they like so they will pretend not to be interested in them at first and act distant to hide their embarrassment. 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 openly loving deredere side towards them. They will start behaving in cute ways and wanting their love interest to be intimate with them or tell them that they love them, actively seeking their affection.
Etymology
Meaning of the Term
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), a mimetic word for "being lovestruck" which describes an attitude that is "infatuated (fawning over their love interest), affectionate (desiring close contact), and cute (having qualities that attract affection)".[5][6][7][8]
A close approximation to the meaning of "tsuntsun" might be the English onomatopoeia "hmph" which is a sound that expresses "annoyance, disapproval, or indignation" and is usually followed by the person sticking their nose up to suggest they're too good for the other person and 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 goes "hmph" to show they don't like them. When applied to a person, tsuntsun refers to "being cold (intentionally) to someone you have feelings for", "keeping someone at a distance", "being dishonest with your feelings", "turning away in disgust", "giving someone the cold shoulder", "acting pretentious (attempting to impress by affecting greater importance than is actually possessed), or "being hard to handle".[9][10]
To be tsundere is to act distant to hide one's embarrassment, even though one is secretly in love.
Origin
The term "tsundere" was created to describe the character Ayu Daikuuji from the 2001 video game The Eternity You Want (JP). 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).[11]
Alternate Spelling
Although tsundere is almost always written in Japanese with katakana as "ツンデレ" it is occasionally written as "つんデレ" using hiragana for "tsun" instead, but this is much less common.[2][3][12]
Useage
Originally the term "tsundere" referred exclusively to female characters (and this is largely still true). This can be seen in the Imidas Dictionary entry for the term "tsundere" published by Shueisha, the largest manga and anime publishing company in Japan: "A girl who acts tsuntsun towards a boy she likes in public, but becomes deredere when they are alone." This also established the definition of a tsundere being someone who acts cold specifically because they have feelings for someone, as opposed to just being someone who acts cold to anyone or for any other reason. When an anime or manga company decides to create a "tsundere character" this is the formula they follow.[13]
A male tsundere character is referred to as an "oranyan" (オラニャン).[14] This can be seen in its dictionary entry in the same Imidas Dictionary: "This term refers to a man who usually acts strong-willed and manly, but meows and acts amae like a cat when he's alone with his girlfriend. The male version of tsundere."[15] The Weblio dictionary similarly states: "A male version of tsundere, who usually shows a strong-willed attitude (oraora), but becomes amae when he is alone with his lover (nyannyan)".[16] It refers to the fact that even though they usually put up a false front they show their amae side in front of you in private and desire to be spoiled with affection in a way that stimulates your maternal instinct. Which is why oranyan characters are said to be popular with women.[17]
There have been a few instances of the term "tsundere" being used in official media to refer to a male character since this term became more popular than "oranyan", but this is not very common.
History
Early Inspirations
Although the opinion of who the "original tsundere character" is differs depending on the source, Excite News in Japan claims that the character of Ataru Moroboshi from the 1978 manga Urusei Yatsura (JP) is rumored to be the first tsundere character. Although he clearly has feelings for his love interest Lum, he cannot admit it and treats her very coldly. As the story goes on he can be seen getting worried when she disappears, getting jealous when she's with other guys, and blushing when she gets close to him, showing that he clearly cares deeply for her even if he won't admit it. He even goes out of his way to protect the timeline where him and Lum get married after getting a glimpse into the future.[18]
Another character considered to possibly be the first tsundere by Japanese fans is the character of Akane Tendo from the 1987 manga series Ranma ½ (JP) (from the same author as Urusei Yatsura) who was told by her father to become engaged to her eventual love interest Ranma Saotome. Although as the story goes on she starts to develop feelings for him she struggles to admit them so she hides it by acting cold towards him instead.[19][5]
Meanwhile, American manga critic Jason Thompson cited the character Madoka Ayukawa from the 1984 manga Kimagure Orange☆Road (JP) as being the root of the tsundere archetype.[20]
Widespread Recognition
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. It perhaps reached its peak in recognition when it was included as a new term in the 2006 edition of the Imidas (JP) 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.[11]
Tsundere Maid Cafes
One of the first instance of the entertainment capitalizing on the popularity of tsundere 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.[21][22] Over the years the concept of a tsundere maid cafe continued to grow in popularity with even more being created.[23]
Official Media
Anime companies also soon capitalized on this popularity, with the first known use of the term being used in an anime found in episode 10 of the 2007 series Lucky☆Star (JP) 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.[24]
Since then the archetype of tsundere has become extremely popular and has been used in many anime and manga series.[2][4]
Characteristics
Tsundere characters are almost always depicted as being female since the term was originally defined as such with male characters having a different term, but there are still some male examples of the type as well.
Moe Factor
Chizuru Ichinose from Kanojo, Okarishimasu
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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.[25] 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.[26]
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 shows that even the toughest characters have a soft side.[1]
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.[27]
Personality
General Behavior
Claire François being embarrassed about her feelings for Rae Taylor from I'm in Love with the Villainous
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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.[28]
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".[29]
Their character development has four main steps:
- Tsuntsun (ツンツン) - Their default personality. They will act distant towards their love interest, completely hiding any feelings they have for them.
- Confused (困惑) - 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 (照れ) - 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.
- Deredere (デレデレ) - 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. 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
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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 to hide their feelings, 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".[30]
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 ___ 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.
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.
Dere-kake Period
Rin Tohsaka starting to accept her feelings from Fate/stay night
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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 "dere-kake" (デレかけ), meaning "almost dere" or "becoming dere".[31]
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.[14]
- 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
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Eventually a tsundere will fall in love to the point where they will completely lose their "tsun" behavior entirely and become 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.[32]
There is often a misconception that a tsundere is a character who continuously fluctuates between acting "tsun" and "dere", however, this is not actually the case as those characters are simply still in their dere-kake phase where they have not truly come to terms with their feelings yet. Once a tsundere enters their true deredere phase they do not go back to acting distant. This is what is known as their "dere-ki" (デレ期), or "dere period", and is the final stage in their character development.[33]
Sub-Types
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 (ツンデレ): Tsundere are cold by default and are the type described in this article. They will hide their feelings and act distant towards their love interest at first. Only after becoming very close to their love interest and learning to be honest with their feelings will they enter their loving and affectionate dere period.
Deretsun (デレツン): 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 by 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 denying them.
Variations
See the main pages for full details.
- Biridere (ビリデレ): A tsundere who shocks their love interest with electricity when being "tsun". This is usually done in a gag comedy manner.
- Gandere (ガンデレ): A tsundere who starts shooting guns at their love interest when being "tsun". This is usually done in a gag comedy manner.
- Gundere (軍デレ): A tsundere who turns into a drill sergeant and berates their love interest for not being good enough when being "tsun".
- Tsun-aho (ツンアホ): 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.
- Tsun-ama ( ツン甘): A tsundere who acts "tsun" while spoiling and pampering their love interest
- Tsunbaka ( ツツンバカ): A tsundere who is extremely airheaded and forgetful.
- Tsundora (ツンドラ): 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.
- Tsunneko (ツンネコ): A tsundere who is a nekomimi and shows their affection in a cat-like way.
- Tsun-pure (ツンピュア): A tsundere who is brutally honest with their love interest when being "tsun" but rarely honest with themself.
- Tsunpuri (ツンプリ): A tsundere who is a princess and acts "tsun" in a dignified and ladylike manner.
- Tsunshun (ツンしゅん): A tsundere who acts "tsun" with their love interest and then becomes sad because of their actions caused by it.
- Tsuntere (ツン照れ): 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 (JP) 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.[34]
- 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.
- Otenba Musume: A term for a female tomboy character who is energetic and has a boyish personality. 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 tsundere's 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. There is often a misconception that these types of aggressive and violent moments fall under the umbrella of "tsundere", but this is not the case and a character who is purely tsundere will not act in a violent manner since neither "tsun" nor "dere" encompass that behavior. These types of characters are instead called "tsungire" since the term for becoming extremely angry and aggressive is "gire". However, many of the more extreme tsundere end up being both types so they follow a development pattern of "tsun → gire → dere".
List of Characters
See Tsundere/Japanese Characters to see characters from anime media
See Tsundere/Non-Japanese Characters to see characters from western media
Gallery
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Heroine Charm Survey: Kuudere & Tsundere Heroine. V-Storage (2023/09/13). “The biggest charm of both kuudere and tsundere is the gap moe! The charm that kuudere and tsundere have in common is the cuteness that comes from the gap between their usual personality and when they become dere! The tsundere heroine Karane is usually full of tsun. - She can't be honest and ends up acting tsun without thinking, but the fact that she acts tsun even towards things other than humans is her unique charm. However, she can also be dere when it's time to be dere, and the wide range between tsun and dere adds to the gap moe.”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pre-Painted, Finished PVC Figure: Seishiro Tsugumi. Nisekoi (2015/10/01). “Despite her boyish appearance, the "girlish" side she occasionally shows captures the hearts of tsundere fans.”
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Itocho - Sukune Inugami. Shogakukan (2016/01/29).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte. Amazon Prime Video (2023/01/05).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 What is Tsundere. Pixiv Encyclopedia (2009/11/12). “She's one of those characters that has both tsuntsun and deredere traits! I won't forgive you if you don't remember it properly!”
- ↑ Meaning of Tsundere. JLearn (2024/05/01). “Normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck.”
- ↑ What is Tsun. Pixiv Encyclopedia (2010/04/25). “An onomatopoeia that expresses turning away.”
- ↑ Tsundere: Understanding Anime's Obsessions With the Cold/Warm Archetype - Also Kuudere, Dandere, Yandere, and Every Other Type of Dere. ToFuGu (2015/11/24). “Tsun tsun refers to someone who acts cold, blunt, or curt. The onomatopoeia itself is actually the sound of someone sticking their nose up in the air, or turning away in disgust. Ignoring someone is a great way to show you're tsun tsun. In fact, it's the very definition of the word.”
- ↑ What is Tsuntsun. Pixiv Encyclopedia. “A word used to describe someone who is being blunt and pretentious. Being cold (intentionally to someone you like).”
- ↑ Tsundere Meaning in Japanese. Japan Luggage Express (2023/04/29). “When a character is described as being "tsundere," it usually means that they have shed their cold, aloof exterior in the beginning and are now acting warm, loving, and caring towards another character, often their love interest. It's a sign that the character has become more comfortable and vulnerable with their feelings, and is now more willing to express them openly.”
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 What is Tsundere. Nico Nico Pedia (2008/05/14). “The word "tsundere" originated from "Ayashii World"! On August 29th, 2002, a poster on "Ayashii World @ Provisional" described the personality of the character "Ayu Ozoradera" from the PC game "Kimi ga Nozomu Eien" as "tsuntsunderedere"! From there, Ayu Ozoradera started to be called "tsuntsunderedere" within Ayashii World, and on 2chan, the "tsuntsunderedere" characters from erotic games started to be called "tsundere"!!”
- ↑ Tsundere CHANGE!. Suruga-ya (2015/05/01).
- ↑ Tsundere. Imidas Dictionary (2024/08/21). “A girl who acts tsuntsun towards a boy she likes in public, but becomes deredere when they are alone.”
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 What is Tsundere? Characteristics of Men, Women and Love Strategies. Zexy (2019/09/02).
- ↑ Oranyan. Imidas Dictionary (2024/08/21). “This term refers to a man who usually acts strong-willed and manly, but meows and acts amae like a cat when he's alone with his girlfriend. The male version of tsundere.”
- ↑ Oranyan. Weblio Dictionary (2024/08/21). “A male version of tsundere, who usually shows a strong-willed attitude (oraora), but becomes amae when he is alone with his lover (nyannyan)”
- ↑ What's the Difference Between "Tsundere" and "Oranyan"?. Yahoo (2008/11/30).
- ↑ "Urusei Yatsura" Ataru Moroboshi's "Literary Tsundere" is Irresistible ...!. Excite News (2022/10/13).
- ↑ Why Are Tsundere Anime Girls So Great?. JList (2022).
- ↑ House of 1000 Manga. Anime News Network (2014/09/11).
- ↑ What's Wrong With Rude and Abusive Language in Customer Service? Tsundere Cafe Is Here!?. Livedoor News (2006/03/22). “What is tsundere? Simply put, it is a character who usually acts tsuntsun and speaks in a cold and rude manner, but when you are alone with them they become clingy and deredere. They are the polar opposite of maids who always serve you in a sweet voice, calling you "master."”
- ↑ When The Girls Are Mean, The Customers Are Happy. Kotaku (2011/04/22). “Enter the tsundere cafe, where folks pay money to be treated like dirt. "Tsundere" characters are cold, even mean at first, but gradually become clingy.”
- ↑ The 4 Best Tsundere Maid Cafes in Japan. Anime Impulse (2019/02/28). “Tsundere cafés are a sub-genre of maid cafés where customers go to be treated like absolute dirt. The maids do their best to show you that you are completely annoying them just by being there, and they do not in any way enjoy serving you.”
- ↑ Lucky Channel Ep 10 - Tsundere. Lucky☆Star (2007/06/10).
- ↑ The World and Mind of the Tsundere: Moe and the Gain-loss Effect. Animents (2014/09/21). “The important point is that moe (and the tsundere) is not associated with sexual desire; it is more related to a natural feeling of "protection". Thus, it is my hypothesis that the tsundere gets moe points because its behavior shows signs of emotional insecurity or instability. The tsundere's tendency to switch between moods is often an expression of internal turmoil, and most people have a natural tendency to feel pity for those who are insecure.”
- ↑ Why Do Boys Drool Over Tsundere Girls?. Crunchyroll (2012/03/04). “This is due to the gain-loss effect. That feeling of getting more than the baseline behavior, that you've somehow advanced the relationship, is a huge psychological plus sign.”
- ↑ Tsundere is Popular With Both Men and Women! Features and Charm That You Will Be Addicted To. Wedding Park Magazine (2016/11/30). “It seems that this tsundere is now attracting both men and women of the opposite sex! Contrary to their usual cold attitude, there are many people who are captivated by the gap between their usual cold attitude and the dere they show at unexpected moments.”
- ↑ What is a Girl's "◯◯dere"?. AppBank (2016/07/06). “A girl who takes a defiant and rebellious attitude (tsun) towards a certain person, but then becomes clingy and friendly (dere) after a certain trigger. The key point is "only with a certain person." Tsundere girls are always smiling with their classmates, but they can't be honest with the boy they like and act cold towards them.”
- ↑ Tsun → Confused → Embarrassed → Dere. Nico Nico Pedia (2009/04/18). “Tsundere personalities can be broadly divided into four types. At first they're tsuntsun, then a little confused, then they start to get embarrassed, and finally they become deredere.”
- ↑ The Tsundere Princess Who Has Passed Her Tsun Period Turns Red Today. Dengeki Online (2020/05/13).
- ↑ Dere-kake. Japanese Slang Dictionary (2005/08/26). “Dere-kake is an abbreviation of "almost becoming deredere" and "almost entering a dere state," and refers to the moment when a tsundere character is almost becoming deredere before completely transforming into dere.”
- ↑ What is Dere. Pixiv Encyclopedia (2021/09/29).
- ↑ What is Dereki. Pixiv Encyclopedia (2011/04/06).
- ↑ Shana Clone. All The Tropes (2022/07/11).
| v • eDere Types | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | Standard |
Bakadere ♥ Biridere ♥ Bokodere ♥ Butsudere ♥ Darudere ♥ Deredere ♥ Dorodere ♥ Erodere ♥ Gandere ♥ Goudere ♥ Gundere ♥ Himedere ♥ Hinedere ♥ Kamidere ♥ Kichidere ♥ Kiridere ♥ Kuudere ♥ M Dere ♥ Nyandere ♥ Onidere ♥ Rindere ♥ Roshidere ♥ S Dere ♥ Shindere ♥ Shundere ♥ Teredere ♥ Tsundere ♥ Tsuyodere ♥ Undere ♥ Usodere ♥ Utsudere ♥ Uzadere ♥ Wandere ♥ Yandere ♥ Yoidere ♥ Zondere ♥ | |
| Variations |
Deretsun ♥ Tsun-Aho ♥ Tsun-Ama ♥ Tsunbaka ♥ Tsundora ♥ Tsunneko ♥ Tsun-Pure ♥ Tsunpuri ♥ Tsunshun ♥ Tsuntere ♥ | ||
| Western | Standard |
Bocchandere ♥ Byoukidere ♥ Dandere ♥ Kanedere ♥ Kekkondere ♥ Nemuidere ♥ Oujidere ♥ Smugdere ♥ Teasedere ♥ Thugdere ♥ | |
| Variations |
Kamidere (Western) ♥ Kidere ♥ Mayadere (Western) ♥ Megadere (Western) ♥ Oujodere (Western) ♥ | ||
| Other | |||