Toukadere

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Unofficial Work Ahead! This article depicts an archetype that is not official and was mostly created by other users just for fun. None of the following content can be considered official until mentioned in a manga/anime or another reliable source.

Pastry Mille Morteln from "Okashi na Tensei"
Archetype Information
Dere Type	Gapless
Japanese Name	糖菓デレ
Personality Traits
Sweet, passionate, lovestruck, loving, romantic, kind, excited, optimistic, creative

But for me, I guess it's about wanting to cook for them every day. Don't they say cooking can be an expression of love? When you cook for someone, you invest your time and effort into it because you want them to enjoy it. —Momoka Satomiya on what it means to be in love with someone, from Whisper Me a Love Song

"Toukadere" is a term for a deredere character who shows their love and affection by giving sweets to their love interest. They have a sweet personality and a passion for desserts and enjoy sharing that experience with their love interest.

Etymology

Meaning of the Term

Toukadere (糖菓デレ) comes from the word "tou" (糖), meaning "sugar", "ka" (菓), meaning "confectionary", and "deredere" (デレデレ), a mimetic word for "being lovestruck and overly affectionate". Altogether the word "touka" refers to "sweets, desserts and candies".

History

Although not an official dere type, the concept of gourmet romance series is very popular in Japan. One of the most notable being the 2015 romance light novel series Sweet Reincarnation <sup>(JPJapanese: おかしな転生

Romaji: Okashi na Tensei)</sup>. The series followed the character Pastry Morteln in his dream of creating a paradise of sweets. Pastry was a chef with a passion for all things sweet and would regularly create new sweets for his friends and family to try. After becoming engaged to his fiance Licorice, he moved all of his attention to making sweets for her. He would make sweets for her any chance he got to show her how much he loved her or to cheer her up when she was feeling sad. Licorice would also enjoy just watching him make sweets because she loved seeing the passion on his face while he was cooking.

Characteristics

Toukadere characters are often chefs and enjoy making sweets from scratch for their love interest.

Personality

Toukadere are characters who show their love and affection by giving sweets to their love interest. They have a passion for all things sweet and have a sweet personality to match it. They enjoy sharing their passion with their love interest and try to win their affection through sweets.

Toukadere who are chefs will make all kinds of different sweets to give to their love interest, ranging from simple candies to chocolates, to cakes, and so on. Toukadere who are not chefs may still enjoy learning to make basic sweets on special occasions, such as Valentine's Day, to give to their love interest. Others may simply buy a lot of sweets to share with their love interest.

They will give sweets to their love interest because they love seeing their face enjoying the sweets they gave them. They may also give them sweets to cheer them up when they're feeling down.

Often, toukadere may enjoy eating sweets by themselves at first until they find that special someone they want to share their passion with.

Similar Japanese Archetypes

• Kuishinbou: A term used for a character that likes to eat a lot.

List of Characters

• Characters from Japanese media
  
• Characters from non-Japanese media

Gallery

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Pastry Mille Morteln with Licorice Mille Hubarek from Okashi na Tensei Pastry Mille Morteln with Licorice Mille Hubarek from Okashi na Tensei Pastry Mille Morteln with Licorice Mille Hubarek from Okashi na Tensei Stocking Anarchy from Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt Adelheid from Isekai Shokudou Kusuo Saiki from Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan

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