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Hahahaha! Listen to me and my total hero voice, guys!
"Uzadere" (JP) is a term for characters who are very loud and like annoying their love interest, but also have a cuter and more affectionate deredere side. They are often very passionate about a topic and get overwhelming joy from sharing it with their love interest.
Etymology
Meaning of the Term
Uzadere (ウザデレ) comes from the words "uzai" (うざい), meaning "annoying or noisy", and "deredere" (デレデレ), a mimetic word for "being lovestruck".
Origin
The term was created on the internet to describe characters who were loud and annoying. Use of this term unofficially can be seen on Japanese websites as far back as 2009.[citation needed]
The first use of the term in an official media was in the 2016 manga series Secret Reptiles (JP), which described the character Naga Nagara as "a beautiful uzadere clerk". In the story, Naga is a clerk who runs a pet shop and has a deep passion for reptiles. At first Naga comes across as rather laidback, or even intimidating to approach, but when Iruka Unabara expresses interest in reptiles she suddenly became very cheerful and loud. After that moment every chance she got she wanted to talk with him about reptiles and their shared interest lead her to develop a crush on him.[1][2]
History
This archetype gained a lot of popularity following the release of the 2017 manga series Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! (JP). In this series, the titular character Hana Uzaki forces her introverted classmate Shinichi Sakurai to hang out with her by constantly, and very loudly, teasing him because she doesn't want him to be lonely, which he finds extremely annoying. Despite their polar opposite personalities, the two would end up growing closer together.
Personality
Uzadere are characters who are very loud and boisterous. They are often very passionate about a topic and get overwhelming joy from sharing it with their love interest.
Most uzadere do not have any social awareness about their actions and will be as noisy as possible when they are talking. They may not even realize they are being annoying while doing it. Their love interest is usually annoyed by their antics as well but finds a certain charm in it and may even eventually grow to appreciate it.
Other uzadere characters, however, consciously choose to be annoying to embarrass their love interest and may even combine traits of a typically uzadere with a smugdere or teasedere.
Some uzadere may be loud and annoying all the time, but most only do it when discussing something they are passionate about with their love interest.
Differences From Other Archetypes
A lot of uzadere have traits of genkikko, who are cheerful but also very hyper.
The difference between an uzadere and a bakadere is that uzadere are don't necessarily lack common sense, they are just socially dense.
Uzadere who are annoying on purpose could be considered a variation of smugdere since they are being annoying in order to get a reaction out of others.
Similar Japanese Archetypes
- Genkikko: A term for a character who is full of energy and is very cheerful.
List of Characters
See Uzadere/Japanese Characters to see characters from Japanese media.
See Uzadere/Non-Japanese Characters to see characters from non-Japanese media.
Gallery
 Hana Uzuki from Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai!  Naga Nagara from Himitsu no Reptiles  Harumi Takeda from Senpai ga Uzai Kouhai no Hanashi  America from Hetalia Axis Powers  Issac Dian and Miria Harvent from Baccano!  Keisuke Itonokogiri from Gyakuten Saiban |
References
- ↑ Secret Reptiles. Shogakukan Comic (2016/09/16).
- ↑ Secret Reptiles. Rakuten (2017/02/17).
| 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 | |||