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"Narudere" is a term for character who at first is very narcissistic and thinks they're more beautiful than everyone else, but changes to become selfless and put their love interest above even themselves after falling in love and becoming deredere.
Etymology
Meaning of the Term
Narudere (ナルデレ) is a combination of "narukissosu" (ナルキッソス), meaning "narcissist (a person who is overly concerned with their physical appearance)", and "deredere" (デレデレ), a mimetic word for "being lovestruck and overly affectionate".
Personality
Naruki Period
Kokomi Teruhashi from Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan
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Narudere have an inordinate sense of their own beauty and a deep need for attention and admiration from others.
They usually think that they are perfect and more beautiful than everyone else. They deeply admire their own beauty, but they may also brag about their intelligence, powers, or skills.
They will constantly brag about this "high quality beauty" of themselves so that everyone can admire them, including their love interest who they will want to impress even more. In front of their love interest, they will be more arrogant and more annoying than with others. They will do this, despite their love interest's feelings, just to impress them and look beautiful.
Deredere Period
Boa Hancock fawning over Monkey D. Luffy from ONE PIECE
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Eventually, they will learn to lose the arrogant attitude and start presenting themself in a more humble manner. They will make a serious effort to put their love interests feelings above even their own and start to be kind, loving and affectionate towards them. They will adopt a cute and fawning deredere attitude where they admire their love interest more than even themself.
Differences From Other Archetypes
It is similar to bocchandere, but the main difference is that narudere characters don't have to be rich kids and they also don't have to be spoiled. However, bocchandere characters do tend be rather narcissistic and self-important but it is not a requirement as long as they are spoiled rich kids.
It is similar to himedere, but the main difference is that they don't have to be a noble and they don't necessarily have to demand constant affection and attention from their love interest. Himedere also don't have to be narcissistic, they just have to be entitled and demanding. Another difference is that narudere characters don't have to act elegant and ladylike, though their ego tends to cause them to act as perfect as possible. The same is true for its male counterpart oujidere.
It is also very similar to kamidere (Western), but the main difference is that narudere are narcissistic regarding their self-beauty while kamidere (Western) are more generally narcissistic to the point that they seem themselves as an actual god.
Similar Japanese Archetypes
- Bocchandere: A term for a young male character who is the son of a wealthy and high-class family who at first is very spoiled and entitled, before eventually becoming deredere for their love interest.
- Himedere: A term for a female character of nobility who starts out wanting their love interest to constantly give them lots of attention and affection, but adopts a deredere attitude and starts fawning over their love interest and doing loving things to make them also feel taken care of.
- Kamidere (Western): A term for a character who sees themself as a god and at first wants to be worshipped by their love interest, but eventually adopts a cute, selfless, and affectionate deredere side towards their love interest.
- Ojoudere: A term for a young female character who is the daughter of a wealthy and high-class family who starts out a little spoiled but becomes deredere for their love interest.
- Oujidere: A term for a male character who at first is very selfish and wants to be treated like royalty by their love interest, but after truly falling in love and becoming deredere acts like a selfless and gentlemanly true prince who pampers their love interest.
List of Characters
Gallery
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| v • eUnofficial Archetypes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dere | Standard |
Borodere ♡ Bosudere ♡ Bureidere ♡ Fuandere ♡ Fushidere ♡ Hikadere ♡ Jendere ♡ Kahodere ♡ Kondere ♡ Kumadere ♡ Narudere ♡ Nisedere ♡ Pyondere ♡ Sattodere ♡ Shijidere ♡ Taidere ♡ Tekidere ♡ Toubodere ♡ Toukadere ♡ Utadere |
| Variations |
Dandoro ♡ Danredere ♡ Dereutsu ♡ Doromuga ♡ Erohaji ♡ Kamikan ♡ Kuutsun ♡ Kuuyan ♡ Megaun ♡ Tsun-utsu ♡ Utsudan ♡ Yanheat ♡ Yanmeta | |
| Gire |
Akugire ♡ Birigire ♡ Bucchagire ♡ Gangire ♡ Haigire ♡ Hajigire ♡ Hihangire ♡ Himegire ♡ Hinegire ♡ Houkagire ♡ Kamigire ♡ Kanegire ♡ Karugire ♡ Kawagire ♡ Kichigire ♡ Kuugire ♡ Masogire ♡ Mekagire ♡ Metagire ♡ Narugire ♡ Nyangire ♡ Oujigire ♡ Sadogire ♡ Smuggire ♡ Tabegire ♡ Utsugire ♡ Yoigire ♡ Yukigire ♡ Zengire ♡ Zongire | |
| Standalone |
Eiyuucon ♡ Fumin ♡ Genkanmat ♡ Inochishirazu ♡ Jikowa ♡ Kawaiiko ♡ Keikenna ♡ Kimuzukashii ♡ Koubutsu Chararacter ♡ Kusai ♡ Mekanikku ♡ Meta Character ♡ Saijaku ♡ Saishoku Shugisha ♡ Shizen Aikou ♡ Sunao Chill ♡ Ungaii Taishitsu | |
| Lists | ||
| v • eDere Types | |||
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| Overview | |||
| Japanese | Standard |
Bakadere ♡ Biridere ♡ Bokodere ♡ Butsudere ♡ Dandere ♡ Darudere ♡ Deredere ♡ Dorodere ♡ Erodere ♡ Gandere ♡ Goudere ♡ Gundere ♡ Hajidere ♡ Himedere ♡ Hinedere ♡ Kamidere ♡ Kichidere ♡ Kiridere ♡ Kuudere ♡ Kuzudere ♡ M Dere ♡ Nyandere ♡ Ojoudere ♡ Onidere ♡ Osadere ♡ Rindere ♡ Roshidere ♡ S Dere ♡ Sashidere ♡ Shindere ♡ Shundere ♡ Sunao Cool ♡ Sunao Heat ♡ Sunao Surreal ♡ 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 | ||
| Related | |||
| Western | Standard |
Bocchandere ♡ Byoukidere ♡ Kanedere ♡ Kekkondere ♡ Nemuidere ♡ Oujidere ♡ Oujodere ♡ Smugdere ♡ Teasedere ♡ Thugdere | |
| Variations |
Ahodere (Western) ♡ Kamidere (Western) ♡ Kidere ♡ Mayadere (Western) ♡ Megadere (Western) | ||
| Other | |||