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She prefers to keep her distance out of fear of being disliked. She never makes the first move. But if you approach her... GRAHH!!
"Tsuntere" (JP) 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.
Etymology
Meaning of the Term
Tsuntere (ツン照れ) is a combination of "tsundere" (ツンデレ), meaning "a character who acts cold 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.[1]
Origin
The name originates from the 2007 audio drama CD series Good Night with Sheep (JP). In the series, many popular voice actors would act out popular character tropes, with volume eight of the series He~ Nemuritainda? (JP) having a "tsundere" theme.[2] In this volume, the voice actor Mamoru Miyano portrayed a bashful tsundere character named Taniyama Kisho who was referred to as a tsuntere. Taniyama Kisho was described as a character who is actually very timid and deliberately adopts a cold and indifferent tsun attitude to hide his embarrassment. He's actually honest with his feelings, but he acts tsun to hide his embarrassment. He's a tsundere type who is really cold before he opens up to you, but becomes gentle and kind with a passionate love once he does.[3]
History
In the 2021 yuri manga series Umehara-san and Komomo-chan (JP), the character Komomo is introduced as a tsuntere.[4]
Personality
Tsun Period
Tomo Ebizuka from Girls Band Cry
Tsuntere are characters who become timid and embarrassed around their love interest and then act cold and indifferent to hide it. They are not as cold as a normal tsundere and are more likely to be honest about their feelings, they just become embarrassed by them and try to hide because of it. They have difficulty expressing their feelings towards their love interest due to their embarrassment, as opposed to pride or arrogance, which causes them to become distant and cold.
Dere Period
However, once they finally open up they will become extremely kind, gentle, and passionate about their love.
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.
- Hajidere: A character who gets embarrassed around their love interest. Tsuntere characters may be considered a combination of a hajidere 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.
List of Characters
See Tsuntere/Japanese Characters to see characters from Japanese media.
See Tsuntere/Non-Japanese Characters to see characters from non-Japanese media.
Gallery
 Chiyo Sakura from Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun  Maki Nishikino from Love Live! School idol project  Umi Sonoda from Love Live! School idol project  Mio Akiyama from K-ON!  Isaku Senagaki with Keiya Uto from Ojou to Banken-kun  Amu Hinamori from Shugo Chara! |
References
- ↑ Tsuntere. Japanese Slang Dictionary.
- ↑ Hitsuji de Oyasumi Series Vol. 8 "He- Nemuritainda?". MyFigureCollection (11/30/2007).
- ↑ Good Night with Sheep - All Series Digest Edition. Mobile Suit League (2008/06/20).
- ↑ 【Yuri】Umehara-san and Komomo-chan. Shounen Jump (2021/02/02).
| v • eDere Types | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | Standard |
Bakadere ♥ Biridere ♥ Bokodere ♥ Butsudere ♥ Dandere ♥ Darudere ♥ Deredere ♥ Dorodere ♥ Erodere ♥ Gandere ♥ Goudere ♥ Gundere ♥ Hajidere ♥ Himedere ♥ Hinedere ♥ Kamidere ♥ Kichidere ♥ Kiridere ♥ Kuudere ♥ M Dere ♥ Nyandere ♥ Onidere ♥ Rindere ♥ Roshidere ♥ S Dere ♥ Shindere ♥ Shundere ♥ Tsundere ♥ Tsuyodere ♥ Undere ♥ Usodere ♥ Utsudere ♥ Uzadere ♥ Wandere ♥ Yandere (Yanderu) ♥ Yandere (Yankii) ♥ Yoidere ♥ Zondere ♥ | |
| Variations |
Deretsun ♥ Tsun-Aho ♥ Tsun-Ama ♥ Tsunbaka ♥ Tsundora ♥ Tsunneko ♥ Tsun-Pure ♥ Tsunpuri ♥ Tsunshun ♥ Tsuntere ♥ | ||
| Western | Standard |
Bocchandere ♥ Byoukidere ♥ Kanedere ♥ Kekkondere ♥ Nemuidere ♥ Oujidere ♥ Oujodere ♥ Smugdere ♥ Teasedere ♥ Thugdere ♥ | |
| Variations |
Ahodere (Western) ♥ Kamidere (Western) ♥ Kidere ♥ Mayadere (Western) ♥ Megadere (Western) ♥ | ||
| Other | |||