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Dere Type	Fluctuating Gap Gap Moe (Sickness cured)
Japanese Name	ヤンデレ ヤンでれ 病んデレ
Romanized Name	Yandere
Origin	2005
Personality
Lovestruck, loving, kind, affectionate, sweet, spoiled, clingy, obsessive, possessive, devoted, dedicated, loyal, overprotective, scared, lonely, lovesick, mentally ill, emotionally unstable, paranoid, close-minded, selfish, controlling, manipulative, deceptive, extreme, angry, violent, murderous, insensitive, aggressive, vengeful, crazy, twisted, dramatic, dark, intense, resentful

I'm crazy?! What's crazy is this world that refuses to let me be with you! —Yuno Gasai, from Mirai Nikki

"Yandere" <sup>(JPJapanese: ヤンデレ

Romaji: Yandere

Translation: Mentally Sick + Lovestruck)</sup> is a term for a character who at first is very sweet, loving, innocent, and overly affectionate like a normal deredere character, but over time begins exhibiting signs of being mentally sick as a result of having a too strong love. Yandere is a sickness born from too much love. They are the kind of character who will act all deredere and lovey-dovey when their relationship with their romantic partner is going well, but when something triggers jealousy or possessiveness they act impulsively in a way that makes them seem mentally sick.

Their love is expressed as a pathological obsession towards their love interest, and their infatuation and devotion to their love interest is so strong that it causes them to gradually develop an unstable mental state and become "sick". They become so attached to their love interest that it's impossible to let go and they may begin doing immoral things to improve their relationship, such as stalking their love interest or even using violence as a last resort towards anyone who "threatens" their relationship. They entrust themselves to their love interest, trusting in their love interest's kindness. They probe the deepest recesses of their love interest's heart to more perfectly form their greatest self within their love interest.

For the second meaning of yandere for yankii characters who become lovestruck see Yandere (Yankii).

Etymology

Meaning of the Term

Yandere (ヤンデレ) is a combination of "yanderu" (病んでる), meaning "mentally ill", and "deredere" (デレデレ), a mimetic word for "being lovestruck".

It refers to someone who is deredere and develops pathological (extreme in a way that is not normal or that shows an illness or mental problem) obsession (a thought that continually preoccupies or intrudes on a person's mind) with their love interest. They are characters who are initially very sweet and innocent, but who's love is so strong that it makes them sick.

Origin

Sekai Saionji and Kotonoha Katsura from School Days

The origin of the term yandere is the character Kotonoha Katsura from the 2005 erotic visual novel School Days. The visual novel has grown infamy online due to its shocking turn of events, which lead to Kotonoha becoming known on the Japanese internet as the yandere queen. While Kotonoha starts as an intelligent, gentle, polite, well-educated, and reserved young lady, she starts to reveal a darker and more unstable side after falling in love with Makoto Itou and being emotionally toyed with by him. Whenever she starts to think that Makoto is leaving her, she quickly spirals into tremendous sorrow and desperation that drives her berserk. She falls into a destructive mental state where she will do absolutely anything to get him back, including killing those she believes are stealing Makoto away from her or having sexual relations with him to win him back despite being scared of being touched by the opposite gender caused by her reserved social life.

However, Kotonoha can also completely avoid ever acting crazy if she is treated kindly, not cheated on repeatedly, and toyed with emotionally by Makoto which is driven by player choice. This aspect is something that is often overlooked when people talk about yandere. This is not a state they start with, but a state they slowly become over time after being driven to insanity by their love.

Alternate Spelling

While yandere is most commonly spelled as "ヤンデレ", using entirely katakana, it is occasionally written as ヤンでれ with "dere" written in hiragana instead of katakana.

It is also sometimes spelled as "病んデレ" using the kanji for "sickness" to differentiate between this type and yan(kii)dere, but this is much less common and has not been used in professionally published media.

Localization

The term is romanized as "yandere".

The term is localized as "bìng jiāo" (病娇) in Chinese. This comes from the word "bìng" (病), meaning "sickness", and "jiāo" (娇), meaning "to love and cherish too much; to dote on; to pamper".

Usage

• In 2007, the Ketai Watch moe character creation contest stated: "A yandere is a character in anime, games, etc., who acts all deredere as if they are mentally ill."
• In 2009, Japanese Dictionary stated: "A person with an unhealthy romantic obsession. It refers to a character who is initially sweet and loving, but becomes increasingly unstable or violent as their obsession with someone grows."
• In 2021, the romance advice site Zexy stated: "It is a situation when in which a person's affection for the person they love grows too strong that their expressions of love become out of control."
• In 2023, the dating advice site GirlsWalker stated: "It means a mental state where one person's feelings for the person they love are so strong that it causes them to become "sick". The word is often used to describe girls who act all deredere when their relationship with their romantic partner is going well, but when something triggers jealousy or possessiveness they act impulsively and hurt the other person."
• In 2023, the dating advice site MyNavi stated: "This term refers to men and woman who are so in love with someone that their mental health becomes unstable."
• In 2024, the dating advice site Note stated: "A person who is pathologically infatuated with their partner and becomes deredere.
• In 2024, the Yandere Cafe stated: "This term refers to a person who is so in love with their romantic partner that they become crazily in love and often commit violent acts."

Note: Yandere was originally defined as a "heroine" (female character) with these traits but it has since started being used for male characters as well on occasion, though it is much less common.

Misuse

As the term "yandere" grew in popularity so too did the misconceptions regarding what the archetype actually entailed. Because it is common for people to show others only the endings of yandere media, which are often very shocking and violent, it has led to the false impression that the entire yandere genre is only about grotesque scenes, insanity, and bloodshed, when this is actually one of the least important aspects of what makes a yandere character. If you only look at those final scenes it tends to give the impression of being grotesque and aggressive, which makes yandere one of the most easily misunderstood archetypes.

A true yandere character at the start of the series is very kind, cheerful, loving, sweet, and affectionate, and not at all pretending, just as any other deredere character who's in love would behave. They are completely ordinary people, maybe even a bit shy and timid. But over the course of the story they start to face terrible situations and hardships, such as feelings of jealousy, loneliness, or insecurities about their relationship. They will start to struggle with their feelings and the reality in front of them, and as a result only their feelings of love become stronger causing them to become more and more distorted. They gradually start becoming mentally ill and acting eratic and crazy. By the end of the story the character has lost sight of reality so much that they often end up acting in a gruesome way creating what could only be referred to a "bloody ending". But what is important for the yandere genre is not the bloodshed itself, but rather the process behind the final depiction of the character being driven to the brink and breaking down mentally, and the love, conflict, and possesiveness that are so strong they destroy the character. This slow and gradual process can create a lot of sympathy for the character that can make viewers feel sorry for the character and their gradual descent into insanity. Therefore, it does not necessarily have to be bizarre or aggressive and it does not necessarily have to end in knife attacks to be considered yandere. It can also be said that one truly won't understand the appeal of yandere by only watching the final part of the final episode. The appeal of yandere lies rather in the process of becoming sick and the ending that takes place because of this backdrop.

It's for this reason that even if a character has an aggressive or pathological personality, if there are other reasons for this rather than their affection for their love interest (such as trauma, loss, bullying) then it is not considered under the meaning of the term "yandere". There are also those characters whose underlying personality is extremely dangerous to begin with, so being insane does not necessarily mean being yandere. Because the above misuse has become so widespread, people have started calling characters "yandere" by imitating only the superficial insanity or using the term to refer to any mentally ill character who happens to show affection for another character.

Other Meanings

Main article: Yandere (Yankii)

A page from Yandere Kanojo explaining the two types of yandere.

Although the term "yandere" is widely recognized to have the meaning of "yanderu" (sick) + "deredere", there are actually two entirely different dere types that share the name "yandere". This second meaning comes from the 2008-2015 romance comedy manga series Yandere Kanojo <sup>(JPJapanese: ヤンデレ彼女

Romaji: Yandere Kanojo

Translation: My Girlfriend is a Lovestruck Delinquent)</sup> released through Square Enix and is instead a combination of "yankii" (delinquent) + "deredere". In this series, rather than being about a girl who is mentally sick it is about a girl who is a yankii delinquent leader who falls in love with guy and starts becoming deredere for him.

Although this second meaning is not well-known in the Western community, it is widely recognized in Japan that yandere has two meanings, with many people even only knowing about the yankii meaning due to the popularity and 8 year run of the Yandere Kanojo manga. While the yandere meaning of "sick dere" was created as far back as 2005 online, the "yankii dere" meaning was actually was used first in an official manga series premiering in 2008. The reason for the double use of the name was likely because the meaning of "sick dere" was still a very niche internet forum term at the time.

History

Early Inspirations

The first "yandere character" in Japanese literature is said to be the character of Lady Rokujo from the 1021 novel The Tale of Genji. Lady Rokujou is a mistress of Hikaru Genji, with whom she becomes infatuated with and jealous of his other lovers. Genji begins his affair with Lady Rokujou, but eventually loses interest in her and delays the intervals between their meetings which upsets Lady Rokujou who wishes to be his only lover. Her jealousy subconsciously causes her wandering spirit to become a vengeful wraith that attacks and murders multiple other mistresses and wives of Genji. When Lady Rokujoy notices Lady Aoi is pregnant with Genji's child, she becomes jealous and Her spirit rushes out of her body as a wrathful ghost and possesses Lady Aoi. Lady Aoi becomes extremely ill, and rumors spread that a jealous lover of Genji must be possessing Lady Aoi. Lady Rokujou denies rumors that it is her spirit torturing Genji’s mistress, but later becomes distraught at the revelation that it is her spirit. Her negative feelings strengthen the wandering spirit and Lady Aoi dies as a result.

Lady Rokujou is frightened by her jealous wandering spirit so she leaves with her daughter Akikonomu to purify and contain her spirit. When Lady Rokujou returns to the capital 6 years letter, she falls very ill. Still being madly in with Genji, she begs him not to take her daughter as a lover and soon after she passes away. Genji later states how he found Lady Rokujou difficult to be with, but unknown to Genji, Lady Rokujou's spirit is bound to him through her jealousy and overhears the conversation. Lady Rokujō's spirit is so humiliated she possesses Genji's new wife Lady Murasaki causing her to fall ill. After several weeks, Lady Rokujou's possession causes Lady Murasaki to stop breathing. Genji and others pray, causing Lady Rokujou's spirit to jump out of Lady Murasaki's body. Lady Rokujō speaks to Genji through a medium and dhe admits she wants Genji to suffer because of her unrequited feelings and jealousy. Lady Rokujou states now that she has died she wishes Genji would forgive her wrongdoings and defend her name. When Genji apologizes, Lady Murasaki begins breathing again and Lady Rokujō's spirit disappears for good. Upon hearing of the hauntings, Lady Rokujō’s daughter became sad that her mother had still not found peace in death and performed the necessary memorial services to finally put her ghost at ease.

Although the term "yandere" had not yet been created, the originator of the modern day yandere archetype is widely considered to be Yuna Sasai from the 2000 erotic visual novel Silver <sup>(JPJapanese: 銀色

Romaji: Giniro

Translation: Silver)</sup>. The story follows Yuna Sasai and her younger sister Asana, who inherited a restaurant left behind after the death of their parents. As time passes, Yuna starts to become unhappy as a woman and with all things related to love which causes her to make a wish on a "Silver Thread" entrusted to her by her mother. This wish leads to her suddenly growing in admiration for a young man who comes to the store named Shiro Nabeshima, however, due to the negative power of the "Silver Thread" that can fulfill any wish, Yuna suddenly changes, and the relationship between the sisters heads towards an irreparable end. The concept of yandere is said to have risen and gained acceptance around 2005, when the violent acts of Kotonoha Katsura in School Days and Kaede Fuyou in the anime version of Shuffle! took the industry by storm. However, Yuna Sasai appeared five years earlier and became known as the "originator of yandere." There was even some people saying things like "The times have finally caught up with Yuna!"

Yandere Four Heavenly Queens

The concept of yandere would increase in popularity between 2005—2007 largely because of four characters. During a radio show, the author of the Yandere Encyclopedia book asked viewers to vote for their favorite yandere characters. The top four characters were then given the label "Yandere Four Heavenly Queens" <sup>(JPJapanese: ヤンデレ四天王

Romaji: Yandere Shi-Tennou

Translation: Yandere Four Heavenly Queens)</sup> for their instrumental impact on making the yandere genre popular.

The four characters responsible for making yandere popular are as follows:

1. Kotonoha Katsura from School Days
2. Yuno Gasai from Future Diary
3. Kaede Fuyou (anime version) from SHUFFLE!
4. Shion Sonozaki from Higurashi When They Cry

The 2005 anime adaptation of SHUFFLE! of the character of Kaede Fuyou was considered one of the first mainstream yandere characters. Kaede would exhibit violent behavior whenever her childhood friend and love interest, Rin Tsuchimi, blew her off to hang out and get closer to another girl named Asa Shigure. After Asa and Rin returned from their first date, Kaede lost it, slamming Asa against a wall resulting in Asa suffering a heart attack and being hospitalized. Despite her romantic feelings for Rin, however, she considered herself unworthy to be loved by Rin or to stay by Rin's side forcing her to have to come to terms with her feelings.

Yuno Gasai from Mirai Nikki

The popularity of yandere would reach its peak the next year following the release of the 2006 manga series Future Diary <sup>(JPJapanese: 未来日記

Romaji: Mirai Nikki)</sup> and the character Yuno Gasai. Yuno became incredibly popular and even to this day is considered the face of the yandere archetype.

While around her love interest Yukiteru Amano, Yuno is sweet, feminine, and even sometimes shy, however, this is masking a much darker and mentally unstable personality. Her mental health issues stem from abuse inflicted by her mother and the absence of her father, which finally ended with their deaths two years prior. She later became quite lonely and sorrowful and even developed a morbid habit of talking to her parents' dead bodies, telling them about her day and claiming she would bring Yukiteru to meet them. She wanted them to be a happy family, but because of their neglectful behavior and their deaths, she felt like her life had no purpose. When Yukiteru told her they would get married when they grew up, he unwittingly became a pillar of support that gave her much-needed stability. Her obsession with Yukiteru would then grow to escalating proportions to the point where she was willing to harm those who she believed would take Yukiteru away from her, be they friends, rivals, or relatives, even being prepared to resort to violence if Yukiteru's mother ever opposed her. Despite her insanity, however, Yuno has shown some reservedness to killing, such as letting a girl go after Yukiteru calls Yuno his girlfriend, when she intended to slit her throat, suggesting that she doesn't actually enjoy killing; she merely does it because she sees no other option and because she's scared of losing him again. Yuno is deeply insecure and feels her life would not be worth living if she could not be the center of Yukiteru's world. Her crippling fear of losing him is notably the only thing that can cause her usually disturbing composure to crack.

2010 Redefinition of Yandere

As detailed earlier in the misuse section, a lot of early works (2005-2010) greatly misunderstood the meaning of "yandere". The rapid increase in the number of works due to the radicalization gradually took on the appearance of mass production of "just a knife fight", and original yandere fans began to question this trend. They said that all they were seeing was the self-satisfaction of a madman, and that they could no longer feel any genuine "dere". Originally, "yandere" was a moe element that, like tsundere, could be turned into "deredere" depending on how you treat it, and a backlash arose that the focus should not be on violent acts, which are the last resort in the direction of "sickness." As a result, the definition was reorganized as follows, involving "menhera", which existed as a partially overlapping concept at the time.

Yandere

1. They love a specific person and don't care about others (sometimes even themselves).
2. They will do anything for the specific person they love, based on the act of "protecting and devoting themselves".
3. They fear more than anything that the person they love will turn their back on them, but don't care what other people think of them.
4. In a word, "If you don't love me, I'll kill that person who gets in the way!"

Menhera

1. They want someone to show them affection and they love themselves more than anything.
2. They will do anything to get someone to pay attention to them, based on the act of "attention-seeking".
3. They fear more than anything that their existence will turn their back on them, but don't care what happens to other people.
4. In a word, "If you don't love me, I'll die here!"

This resulted in many of the self-centeredness and aggressiveness that "yandere" had being dumped onto "menhera", and some characters that were previously considered "yandere" were prompted to reconsider their character. Alternatively, it could be considered a process of purifying "yandere" as a moe element. There are many cases where it is difficult to draw the line between "yandere" and "menhera" since there is no clear definition, so if you are unsure it may be easier to understand if you interpret it as "yandere" if you act for your partner and "menhera" if you act for yourself. A menhera character is extremely selfish and puts themself first, while a yandere character is extremely devoted and puts their love interest first.

Following this establishment and now that yandere is better understood, several early works that were once considered to be "yandere" are no longer considered as such (including works that used the term "yandere" in their title). For example, I Can't Sleep So A Yandere Girl Loves Me To Death was once one of the most well-known works of the "yandere" genre, but nowadays it alongside the inability to listen is considered to be "menhera". The pattern of "being sick from the beginning" has also drastically decreased. This is because those who have "sickness" that arises without any influence from the love interest are "menhera", even if they are involved in love. It can be said that the required depiction has shifted from "sickness" to "blind obedience and devotion" as a result, and actions that have a negative impact on daily life, especially on the love interest, have become shunned. On the other hand, "menhera", which was originally a general term for various "illnesses", is increasingly being interpreted as a premise of "nymphomaniac" or "narcissistic personality disorder", and there is an increase in discourse that even hints at a preemptive attack on women, such as "I won't be loved anyway, so I don't need to give love either".

There is also a different genre known as "kyouai" (mad love) that was created for characters who show an obsessive kind of love towards someone, similar to a yandere, but without the "dere" aspects of the character. Kyou ai is word that refers to "a character who loves someone so much that they go insane". It has almost the same meaning as yandere, but the biggest difference is that the person who is loved is often forced to endure pain through confinement or other means. Characters with the mindset of "I love you so much I want to kill you" or "I'll make you love me even if you're barely alive" would fall under the genre of kyou ai, not yandere. In comparison, with a yandere character the love interest is the top priority and the yandere character would do absolutely anything to keep them safe, even if it means killing other third parties. Yandere is to be deredere in a mentally ill way, while kyou ai is more horror driven from the perspective of the love interest. So that is an easy way to tell the difference between the two types.

Characteristics

Changes in Behavior

The mental state of a yandere character is a very fragile thing. They could easily lean into becoming more sick or more deredere depending on how they're treated. They are the kind of character who will act all cute and lovey-dovey (deredere) when their relationship with their romantic partner is going well, but when something triggers jealousy or possessiveness they act impulsively in a way that makes them seem mentally ill (yan).

A yandere character whose love interest loves them back, whose reassured of their insecurities, and is taken care of is likely to be more on the sweet loving side and may even overcome their mental health issues altogether. In comparison, a yandere who gets cheated on by their love interest or is otherwise treated poorly is more likely to become extremely sick and act in crazy ways.

Development to Yandere

Eiko Houzuki being cute and deredere from Dark Gathering

Yandere is unique when compared to most dere types in that it does not start as "__" (an unromantic state) and then becomes "dere" over time resulting in the more traditional tsundere formula: "sick at the start" and "dere at the end". Rather a yandere is already deredere from the very start. They are openly affectionate, romantic, and legitimately kind, loving, innocent, and sweet just like a regular deredere character is, however, over time they begin exhibiting signs of extreme jealousy, outbursts of rage, or strong feelings of possession. They are a character who is so deredere (lovestruck) that it causes them to become mentally sick (yan) and to express their love in unhealthy ways. It is a sickness born from too much love.

The transformation process of going from "normal dere" to "yandere" is often referred to as "sickening"(病み化), "darkening" (闇化), or "blackening" (黒化).

The point of yandere is that they aren't yandere from the beginning and that they don't realize they are sick. When a boy they like is talking to another girl, they feel a little jealousy. It's rare to start getting sick just because of that event, but they'll gradually become yandere over time. The more they think about the person they like, the more they "like" them, and their desire to monopolize becomes very strong. The reason for this is that they always think that they are the same because they are always delusional about becoming a lover or being married. "But he's mine..." and out of love, their possessiveness becomes very strong. As the sickness further accelerates, the person will have insane thoughts such as, "I would rather kill them than have him be with a girl who isn't me." or other insane thoughts. Many people have the image that yandere are scary, but there are also many cases where they realize the magnitude of the love and become obsessed, thinking, "I can't believe she cares about me that much!" It's important for a yandere girl to love as much as she can!

Eiko Houzuki's love for Keitaro Gentoga causing her to start to act insane from Dark Gathering

Their love is expressed as a pathological obsession towards their love interest. They become so attached to their love interest that it's impossible to let go and they may even use violence as a last resort towards anyone who "threatens" their relationship. They are not characters who want to do this crazy actions or to commit violent acts, but they be become so scared of losing their love interest that they act out of impulse.

Much of the time this resulting sickness develops because of an insecurity within the yandere character themself. They may not be able to stop their bad imagination due to their worrying nature and may become depressed without their love interest's knowledge. Sometimes the imaginations come from a lack of self-confidence, such as, "they'll find a better lover than me someday", or "What if they fall out of love with me?" causing them to torment themselves and make themself sick. This fear may be compounded even further if they suffer from delusions and sit at home all day constantly worrying about their partner leaving them.

A yandere character may have some pre-existing feelings, such as loneliness or loss, that explain why they hold on so tightly to the first person to make them love again. Those feelings they had prior to falling in love are then made even worse by their strong feelings towards their love interest and they develop a strong desire to never go back to that feeling that way so it causes them to become scared of anything that threatens to disrupt their happiness. In many cases though they were simply a perfectly normal healthy person prior to falling in love. Their may not have been any warning signs that their love will develop into an unhealthy obsession, but overtime their love starts to become too strong and it causes a change in the character. Whatever the case may be, the main action that causes a yandere character to develop an unstable mental state and change from "dere" (lovestruck and overly affectionate) to "yan" (lovestruck and mentally sick) is their excessive love. They are a mentally sick character who harbors deredere feelings towards their love interest and they will do anything it takes to be with them.^{[citation needed]}

Development to Deredere

Sakuna Memoir becoming less unstable after being accepted by Terakomari Gandesblood from Hikikomari the Vampire Countess no Monmon

While the too strong feelings of a yandere character drive them to express their love in an out of control way, it is also possible for them to go back to being deredere again depending on how the character is treated. Just like a character who is deredere can become a yandere if their love is too great, it is also possible for a character who is yandere to become deredere again. Yandere is not a bad thing, but if they have a strong dependency on their lover it can be painful for them. If they realize they are struggling and want have an easier life there are ways they can improve their mental attitude.

• They will start to try to act for someone other than their lover. When someone has a strong yandere tendency, they are extremely unconfident, so they tend to try to get their love interest's attention by being excessively devoted to them. They can improve if they try doing something for people outside of love, such as friends or work relationships. They may start with small things like "give a heartfelt greeting" or "try to keep a smile". When they are more appreciated by those around them, they can reaffirm that they can be useful to others without overdoing it and they will not gain affection by serving others.
• They will start to open up to friends they trust. People who cling excessively to their lover often have no one to feel safe with other than their lover. Opening up to friends and other people they trust and trying to create more places where they feel safe and can be themself will help them realize they don't need their lover to feel safe.
• They will take a look at a happy couple. It is also common for people who are prone to yandere feelings to know only love affairs that are overly dependent on the other person. Instead they can start to observe how happy couples communicate and learn to immitate their behavior and learn more healthy ways of showing love and affection.

Personality

General Behavior

Love is a powerful force, both in fiction and reality. Yandere characters are created with this notion in mind to show how far the power of love can go and how it can this affect a character's mental state. A yandere is conceived to bring love to its maximal and utmost potential, which results on driving the yandere character to act in ways that are seen as mentally unstable and unorthodox. This is caused due to the great amount of candid love they feel towards someone that goes beyond what is seen as normal in society. The strong emotions a yandere feels and their strange behavior will usually just be added the right amount to provide some drama to the narrative or to show to the audience how far love can go and how in love is the yandere to reach such lengths.

Love

Yuno Gasai with Yukiteru Amano from Mirai Nikki

Yandere characters take what one would call love to an extreme in an attempt at building a stronger, closer, and permanent bond with their love interest.

But yandere isn't all bad. People with a yandere temperament are pure in their love for the other person. They want to know everything about the person they love and feel a strong desire to help them. For a yandere the person they love is the top priority and they will act for the sake of their love interest.

Fearing not caring enough for their love interest, yandere characters will never entertain cheating, or divorce, and will not take an interest in explicit materials. Their love interest, if not already perfect for them, can be perfected through their complementary love. A yandere character needs no romantic beach, nor music. Their love interest is romance itself, and the love interest's voice is music to their ears. They don't need a sports car or large house. Their love interest's smile takes them to the moon, and their love interest's heart is their home. It pleases yandere characters to chose a variety of methods to cause their relationships with their love interests to excel. These methods intertwine with, and build off of, each other, ensuring the success of their relationship, and subsequent marriage.

Being loved and accepted by their love interest is the top priority for a yandere character and because of the fragile state of their mind, if their love interest were to ever tell the yandere character that they hate them there is a strong chance they will no longer be able to live with themself and will kill themself.

Depiction

Yandere characters are sometimes depicted with a favorite weapon, such as an axe or knife. They may also be depicted without their pupils or eye highlights drawn, or single color eyes, and possibly swirling lines in them when they are going "crazy" for their love interest. They may also have hearts or stars in their eyes when they are focused on their love interest. Yandere characters also tend to quickly choose. Most yandere characters in anime are female, although there are some males.^{[citation needed]}

Shock Tropes

Despite their seemingly insane personality they are not characters who like to, or even want to, commit violent acts. They are simply characters who are deeply insecure and prone to negative thoughts so feel they have no other choice so they act entirely on impulse. At the same time they are characters that can be stopped and brought back to their senses by their love for their romantic partner. If their love interest were to ensure them or say they love the yandere it can make them snap back to their senses and switch back to "dere" mode, dropping their weapon in the process even when they completely intent on using it just moments prior. They may also stop themselves from committing violent acts because they don't want their love interest to dislike them for it.

As a rule, the anger is directed at a third party, not the love interest or themselves. Rather, they may pretend to turn a blind eye to the love interest's sins, even if there was actually an affair. The difference between this and other types is that even if they are satisfied with the situation on the surface, they unconsciously continue to develop a "sickness" within themselves.

Although yandere characters don't ever intend to hurt anybody, if they are continuously treated poorly it is possible that a yandere character will be driven further into insanity and can end up doing something they regret in the spur of the moment. They may begin to blame other people for their relationship issues and try to take it out on them. These scenes typically come at the end of visual novels routes in the so-called "BAD ENDING". However, it is usually possible to avoid ever getting the yandere character to that point by loving them well and achieving the "GOOD ENDING".

Kotonoha Katsura stabbing someone over jealousy from School Days

If we look at the origin character Kotonoha Katsura, it's not like she is crazy at the start. In fact, she's one of the nicest people in the entire series. Even when her love interest Makoto Itou cheats on her repeatedly with multiple girls (including her own younger sister) she still tries to win him back because she can't live without his love. She gradually begins acting in irrational ways and stalking him, but it is not until she is driven past the point of repair that she snaps and kills the people who Makoto was intimate with. However, in the routes where she is treated well, she never hurts anybody. In fact, in at least one of the routes she shares Makoto with her love rival.

Even if we look at arguably the most infamous yandere character Yuno Gasai, while she is one of the most violent characters in the entire yandere genre she is not violent for no reason. Much of her destructive wake comes as a result of being forced to partake in a life or death survival game by a god, and not actually directly because of her love or mental illness. This can be seen most prevalently when Yuno drops the knife when Yuki assures her of his love for her. She listens to him. Another aspect that is also often overlooked, is that episode 1 is not actually the beginning of Yuno's character development and she was not actually sick and violent from the very start. Rather this mental sickness came from having already gone through one Future Diary survival game and losing Yuki prior to the start of the series, so on her second time through starting in episode 1 she has already made a significant amount of progress on her developing sickness.

Yandere is a gradual process and the most important aspect of this type is the process of the sickness taking over. These shock tropes are not the requirement for yandere, they are the extremes of yandere that happen at the end of their sickness' development.

Sub-Types

Yandere can be broken down into several different sub-types based on their behavior and state of mind. Yandere characters will generally fall under a few different predominant sub-types, but may also have smaller traits from other types.

Delusional

Anna Nishikinomiya from Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai

After all, this is love. —Anna Nishikinomiya not being able to tell the difference between "love" and lewd things, from Shimoneta

"Delusional-Type Yandere" <sup>(JPJapanese: 妄想型のヤンデレ

Romaji: Mousou-gata no Yandere

Translation: Delusional-Type Yandere

Translation Notes: The term "mousou" refers to delusions or unrealistic fantasies. It can describe a variety of mental states, including paranoia, grandiosity, and hallucinations.)</sup> are the type who have a tendency towards paranoia or who cannot accept the current reality and create a fantasy in their head.

They have a tendency of over-glorifying their partner or thinking in a bad way. The delusional yandere is characterized by intense assumption. At times, they have a hard time distinguishing between reality and delusion. For example, when they don't hear from the person they like or their lover, they tend to think negatively, "Maybe they don't like me". They may also fall into paranoia by thinking in the wrong direction, for example, creating in their minds the image of their lover as an unfaithful boyfriend or girlfriend. When they notice a gap between their ideal image and the one they have created, they may become disappointed and try to forget the unsatisfactory or cruel reality to what they want to believe in terms of their real relationship, as well as the feelings and state of their love interest.

In extreme cases, in the event they are unable to accept the death of their love interest they will deny it completely which leads to the delusional yandere rebuilding a new perfect reality in their head where their love interest is still alive. They may even begin talking and living with their "spirit" or corpse as if they were still alive. Sometimes they will even think that they can achieve something impossible to fix their current reality, trying to replicate or obtain this ideal life of theirs. They can also get lost in their own mind and fictional world. They may know that this world they created is not actually real, but they prefer experiencing their perfect reality rather than the actual imperfect true reality. This is a more extreme representation that a delusional yandere will still love and be loyal to their love interest even after their death.

Dependent

Satou Matsuzaka depending on Shio Koube for emotional stability from Happy Sugar Life

I was always alone. Always numb. Something was always missing. I was always sad. I thought I would end up dying alone. But I was wrong. Shio-chan found me and proved me wrong! —Satou Matsuzaka, from Happy Sugar Life

"Dependent-Type Yandere" <sup>(JPJapanese: 依存型のヤンデレ

Romaji: Izon-gata no Yandere

Translation: Dependent-Type Yandere)</sup>, also sometimes referred to as the "Attachment-Type Yandere" <sup>(JPJapanese: 執着型のヤンデレ

Romaji: Shuuchaku-gata no Yandere

Translation: Attachment-Type Yandere)</sup>, are the type who depend on the person they live and rely on them for nearly everything.

Dependent-type yandere have a strong desire to be with the person they love anytime and anywhere and have a strong feeling of attachment. They do not want their partner to go anywhere and may even try to follow them to gatherings that are unrelated to them. When this is not possible, they resort to constantly calling them. When they are unable to contact their partner or when they are alone, they become anxious and unable to do anything.

They also characterized by the fact that they do everything at their partner's behest. They do not want to be disliked by their lover, so they do not assert themselves and go along with everything the other person says. They may feel as if they do not have their own opinions. Another characteristic is that once they have a lover, they change their life to one that is centered completely around that person. They may not see anything else but the person they love, and may neglect other people. They are willing to put other people and even themselves on the back burner for the sake of being with their lover.

Elimination

Renner Theiere Chardelon Ryle Vaiself from Overlord

I was able to realize my dream by merely selling out a single kingdom. Climb, let's spend eternity together in happiness. —Renner Theiere Chardelon Ryle Vaiself after selling out her entire kingdom to be with Climb, from Overlord

"Others Eliminating-Type Yandere" <sup>(JPJapanese: 他者排除型のヤンデレ

Romaji: Tasha Haijo-gata no Yandere

Translation: Others Eliminating-Type Yandere

Translation Notes: This could also be translated as the "Exclusionary-Type" or the "Removal-Type". The word "haijo" means to "eliminate something", especially something that is not wanted or needed.)</sup>, usually shortened to simply "Elimination-Type Yandere" <sup>(JPJapanese: 排除型のヤンデレ

Romaji: Haijo-gata no Yandere)</sup> and also sometimes referred to as the "Isolation Inducing-Type Yandere" <sup>(JPJapanese: 孤立誘導型のヤンデレ

Romaji: Koritsu Yuudou-gata no Yandere

Translation: Isolation Inducing-Type Yandere

Translation Notes: The word "yuudou" means "guidance" or "leading" and refers to the act of leading or directing someone towards a particular course of action, belief, or behavior.)</sup>, are the type who try to exclude the presence of others and make their love interest aware of only them.

They want to immerse themselves in a private world with the person they love and tend to exclude other people from their lives. The exclusion may even extend to the love interest's friends and family members. Even though it may be difficult to actually eliminate them, they may try to do so by directing their strong jealousy toward others. The main characteristic of a yandere who excludes others is that they try to monopolize their partner by isolating them. They believe that if their love interest is isolated, their love interest will be forced to rely on them.

In extreme cases, they may even resort to permanently eliminating others by killing them.

Harmless

Eiko Houzuki from Dark Gathering

I never, ever want you to get hurt, but... but I can't help how much I love spooky stuff. The closer I get to the darkness, the harder you try to protect me from it. Then I get to have the two things I love: spooky stuff AND you. I just can't stop. Not when I can feel how much you love me. Kei-kun... I'm so addicted to you! —Eiko Hozuki talking about her love for Keitaro Gentoga, from Dark Gathering

"Harmless-Type Yandere" <sup>(JPJapanese: 無害型のヤンデレ

Romaji: Mugai-gata no Yandere

Translation: Harmless-Type Yandere)</sup> are the type who do not behave negatively towards others. However, a major characteristic of them is that they tend to be emotionally unstable due to the strength of their love. Basically, they do not cause problematic behaviors that are likely to bother their love interest. They won't over-monopolize them or exclude others from their life. However, it is easy for them to accumulate jealousy and dissatisfaction with their love interest and the mind tends to be unstable. They are not good at communicating their jealousy and anxiety to others, so even if they do not cause any particular problematic behavior they are likely to suffer quite a bit in their hearts.

However, yandere tend to lose sight of their surroundings when they fall in love. They will forget about their own hobbies and will instead partake in activities the love interest is interested in to feel and appreciate the same joy this action brings to the love interest. They will try to learn how to do everything the love interest likes or needs in their life, like in cooking. They might even change their own way of doing things, their speech, their physical appearance and personality to what the love interest prefers, because they don't mind changing just for them.

Although they are still very much harmless, they can still get ignored and rejected. They tend to gain sympathy from the audience by how much they put into the life of their love interest vs. how much they receive in return. Oftentimes depicted as having their kindnesses and devotion being taken advantage of, they really just need their love interest to look out for their best interests in order to form a great relationship. At the same time it is also possible that a harmless yandere may accumulate frustration because their desires for their love interest are not satisfied and as a result their emotions may explode and they may take unexpected actions. There is a possibility that their emotions will explode and they will become like a violent or monopolistic yandere. They will accumulate negative emotions until they explode.

Possessive

Ren Yamai with Hitohito Tadano and Shouko Komi from Komi-san wa, Komyushou desu.

"Possessive-Type Yandere" <sup>(JPJapanese: 独占型のヤンデレ

Romaji: Dokusen-gata no Yandere

Translation: Possessive-Type Yandere

Translation Notes: This could also be translated as the "monopoly-type" or "exclusive-type".)</sup>, also sometimes referred to as the "Restriction-Type Yandere" <sup>(JPJapanese: 束縛型のヤンデレ

Romaji: Sokubaku-gata no Yandere

Translation: Restriction-Type Yandere

Translation Notes: Sokubaku refers to a controlling partner who constantly checks and monitors their partner's activities, whereabouts, and interactions with others.)</sup>, are the type who are very possessive and have a strong desire to have their love interest exclusively for themself. They want to monopolize their love interest's attention and not let anybody else have it.

The possessive type of yandere tries to limit and restrict the behavior of their lover. They focus on being with their love interest at every possible movement and reducing the time their love interest has with other people so they can spend that time with them instead. If their love interest is getting along with others, they may become angry or try to interfere. In some cases, this jealousy may even be directed at the family and friends of the person they love. They may feel unable to stand still when the other person is spending time with others. Frequent contact by phone is another characteristic of the possessive type of yandere and they will feel insecure if they are not in constant contact. If they are not in touch, they may continue to contact even more intensely because they suspect or feel insecure about cheating.

Stalker

Yuno Gasai from Mirai Nikki

I'm selfish, I know. But to keep you only mine, I will do everything I need to do, even if it's illegal. —Yuno Gasai, from Mirai Nikki

"Stalker-Type Yandere" <sup>(JPJapanese: すとーかーがたのヤンデレ

Romaji: Sutookaa-gata no Yandere

Translation: Stalker-Type Yandere)</sup> are the type who wMt to know everything possible about their love interest and will constantly be pursuing their love interest to learn what they like, where they go, what they do, and who they associate with.

The stalker-type yandere constantly monitors their partner's activities and tries to know what they are doing every step of the way. If they are in the same location, they will secretly observe the love interest from afar. They will prefer to look at their love interest and take more attention to what the love interest is doing than anything else in the room, listening closely to what the love interest is saying to other people and what others answer in return.

If escalated, they may even begin following their partner around. If they actively seek the love interest, stalking will give them the thrill of being near their love interest all the time and of knowing if their love interest is being honest with them or if they are okay. They may also check their partner's social media sites frequently to see what they are doing. If they are not satisfied with this alone, they may even look into their partner's phone or computer without their permission. They also tend to persistently try to contact their partner. They want to know everything about what their partner is doing, and they want to know in detail what happened today and what they plan to do tomorrow. If they can't be present themselves, they can use cameras and hidden microphones so they can keep the love interest observed 24/7. This way they can be notified if something bad occurs to their love interest or if a danger appears to their relationship at any moment.

In doing this, they can better align their likes with that of their love interest. They can surprise their love interest by locating destinations for dating by choosing activities that they know their love interest would like that they will now be able to do together. They will also learn who's important to their love interest in their lives and who their competition is. They may even just want to have as many candid photos of their love interest as possible so they can always be looking at them even when they're away. Although they are seen by many as creepy they just want to be in as glorious a relationship as possible. Given the choice between stalking their love interest and their love interest sharing more, they'll chose sharing as it's more personal than watching from a few meters away.

Worship

Misa Amane from Death Note

I'll work hard to make you love me. —Misa Amane, from DEATH NOTE

"Worship-Type Yandere" <sup>(JPJapanese: 崇拝型のヤンデレ

Romaji: Suuhai-gata no Yandere

Translation: Worship-Type Yandere

Translation Notes: This could also be translated as the "adoration-type". The word "suuhai" means "worship, adoration, or reverence".)</sup> are the type who have strong adoration for and worship their love interest.

Having an aggrandized opinion of their love interest, these yandere characters see themselves as insignificant compared to their love interest. They may even compare themselves to inanimate objects, such as tools for their love interests use.^{[citation needed]}

Seeking to bring joy and fulfillment to the lives of their love interests, they take care of all of their love interest's needs and see to the perfection of their education, emotions, and soul with the greatest care. They will value more the likes and needs of the love interest than their own. They can even change their ways, tastes and life plans to that of the love interest to bring them happiness and understand them better instead. They aim to turn into the idealized most perfect individual to be beside the love interest in life, be it as a romantic partner or as another person of great significance in the life of the love interest, and do everything in their power to achieve this and no matter how they are treated in return.^{[citation needed]}

They may allow their love interest to marry someone else, for they see themselves as unworthy of their love interest's attentions and affections. They react negatively, perhaps even aggressively so, to those who do not respect their love interests greatness.^{[citation needed]}

Although they are seen by many as slaves to their love interest, they really just feel they are not enough for their love interest. They take the natural tendency to think well about one's love interest to an extreme. If their love interest works to lift their self-confidence from the ground and marry them, they can grow to believe that they really are good enough for their love interest.^{[citation needed]}

Differences From Other Archetypes

The yandere archetype is often confused with/for several other archetypes that are also based on mental illnesses. It is most easily confused because of the misconception that "yandere" refers to "anyone who is sick and in love", when it actually it refers to someone who becomes sick specifically because of love and because their love becomes pathological. Characters who are already insane prior to finding love do not fall under the definition of "yandere" because they did not become "yan" as a result of having too much "dere".

It may be easier to picture if you think of "yandere" as a "love sickness". A character becomes a yandere when they catch this "love sickness" and their formerly healthy deredere becomes sick and pathological. Meanwhile a different character who has an unrelated sickness (i.e, menhera) that also has love is not "yandere" because they do not have "love sickness" and their love has no relation to their mental illness.

It is also worth pointing out that simply having some traits commonly found in yandere characters doesn't automatically make someone a "yandere" themselves. For example, a character worshipping their love interest and having deep admiration for them doesn't automatically make a character a "worship-type yandere", they may just be a goudere character who sees their love interest as a great and powerful lord. So what's the difference? It's simple, a worship-type yandere is mentally sick and a goudere isn't.

This is also true for other traits as well. For example, not all stalkers are yandere either. Even if they're stalking someone they have a crush on, if they do not have that cute and doting deredere side at the beginning then they are not a yandere. It's important to remember that a yandere is genuinely sweet and innocent at the start, and only after their strong love starts to make them sick do they begin exhibiting these immoral behaviors. So a character who just stalks their crush in a creepy way from the beginning, may just be a menhera with severe mental health problems or a kyoai character who doesn't care if they're being scary, and not actually a yandere. It's important to check the development of the character when determining if someone is a yandere rather than individual specific traits.

More specific details regarding more closely-related archetypes can be found in their respective sections below.

Dorodere

Characters who pretend to be a cute and innocent deredere character at the start, but are secretly full of muddy feelings and hatred fall under dorodere. This is very different from yandere in that a yandere character is not pretending but is actually sweet and innocent at the start and over time starts to break down and become sick. In fact, a yandere character doesn't even know that they are sick while a dorodere character is in full control of their actions.

The difference is yandere is a one-sided love, but dorodere forces the other person to love and desire them.

Kichidere

Kichidere is very similar to yandere since both types are for mentally ill characters who harbor deredere feelings for their love interest, but they are not the same. The main difference is that a yandere character is a completely normal sane person at first who is sweet and affectionate but will turn crazy after falling in love because their love is too strong and slowly eats away at their sanity. This is contrast to a kichidere character who will be crazy from the beginning as a result of chilhood trauma or something similar but will develop a surprisingly cute affectionate side after falling in love. A simpler way to think about this is a character falls under the archetype of "kichidere" if they develop a cute and fawning deredere side after developing a mentally ill state, but fall under the archetype of "yandere" if they develop a cute and fawning deredere side before developing a mentally ill state. So in that sense the two types act as inverted developments of each other. A yandere character is "deredere at the start" and "mentally ill by the end", while a kichidere character is "mentally ill at the start" and "deredere by the end".

Kichidere characters also act surprisingly normal in their romantic relationship, unlike a yandere character who is pathologically obsessive towards their love interest. A kichidere character is also more likely to suffer from more serious mental illnesses, such as being suicidal, which is unlikely to exist for a yandere character unless something were to happen to their love interest.

Kyouai

The archetype that is most commonly confused for yandere is kyouai (mad love), which is term for a character who loves someone so much that they go insane. While it is similar to yandere in that they show an obsessive kind of love towards someone and are driven insane because of love, the biggest difference is that unlike yandere they do not have the "deredere" aspects of the character. Kyouai has almost the same meaning as yandere, but the biggest difference is that they don't care if their love interest suffers because of their love and the person who is loved is often forced to endure pain through confinement or other means. They are so mad that they may even kill their love interest because they "love" them so much. It could be seen as a horror version of yandere which lacks the cute and doting deredere aspects and only has the dark and obsessive ones.

Several characters of this nature used to be considered as "yandere" before the type was fully understood, but now that yandere has a more established meaning they are considered to be separate archetypes.

Menhera

Yandere is very often confused with menhera. While yandere and menhera do have many aspects in common, they are also quite different.

When looking at the things they have in common:

• They both are not good at controlling their emotions and tend to get out of control. They get angry or cry over small things. The slightest thing or the casual words and actions of their love interest can quickly make them feel sad or moody.
• They often have a lack of self-confidence. Since the thought of "I don't ___ myself" is at the root, they tend to have a strong sense of inferiority with negative thinking.
• They have a tendency to think only of themself. There are times where they ignore other people's opinions and try to push their own opinions, or think that they are absolutely right.
• Romance and interpersonal relationships are easily strained. They are restrained, dependent, and emotionally unstable, so they often have a hard time with those around them. It's easy for relationships with both lovers and friends to go wrong or get strained.
• They are prone to dependency. When being lonely, it is easy to depend on lovers, friends, or family.

When taking a look at the differences between yandere and menhera, the characteristics of each are listed below:

Characteristics of Yandere

• Their love interest is the top priority.
• They have a strong desire to help their love interest.
• They want to know everything about their love interest.
• When they feel upset they tend to be aggressive towards others.

Characteristics of Menhera

• They put themself first.
• They have a strong desire to be cared for by others.
• They want people to understand them.
• When they feel upset, they tend to hurt themself and withdraw.

In contrast to the yandere character who acts for the sake of their love interest, the menhera character acts selfishly to satisfy their own desires. It may be easier to understand if you interpret it as "yandere" if you act for the other person and "menhera" if you act for yourself. The crucial difference between yandere and menhera is that "yandere" is targeted at others, while "menhera" is targeted at one's self.

Yangire

Those characters who snap for reasons other than too much love are instead what is referred to as yangire. The archetype of yangire was not created in Japan, but rather in the Western community to preserve the original meaning of yandere and later spread in usage to Japan.

A yangire is character with yandere traits, but whose mentally unstable (yan) state did not come as a result of too strong love. Similarly to a yandere, at first they are a very kind, sweet, loving, and innocent person, but then one day suddenly snap and start to become mentally unstable (yan) as a result of jealousy, loss, trauma, irritation, or something similar. This behavior is far different from that of a yandere in regard to the reason that sparked the change in the character. A yandere becomes mentally sick (yan) as a result of having a too strong for their love interest (dere) and their reasons for doing anything are motivated by their love. Whereas a yangire is a lot more dangerous because their sickness (yan) is not connected to feelings of love or attraction and they are driven entirely by selfish desires.

If a yangire character were to find love after snapping they would not care about their "love" interest's well-being because they care only about what they want, in comparison to a yandere who does everything for their love interest because they're more important than even themselves. While a yandere starts as innocent and romantic, a yangire no longer has any such attachments to that and rarely acts out of any true sense of love. A yangire is driven by the self-satisfaction of a madman.

It is also possible for a character to start out as yandere, but later turn yangire if their sickness becomes too strong and something happens that makes them snap. While a yandere would never harm their love interest because their love and devotion is far too strong, if they are rejected or their love interest chooses someone else it is possible they become extremely angry and show a darker kind of obsessive behavior towards their love interest. Rather than having an obsessive devotion of love, love is now dead to them and they have an obsession of hatred and anger and now want to kill them.

Similar Japanese Archetypes

• Byoukidere: A term for a character who is kind, affectionate, gentle, and deredere at heart but suffers from a serious illness. Unlike yandere which suffers from a mental illness, this refers to a physical illness.
• Deredere: A term for a character who is lovestruck and does not hide their romantic feelings towards their love interest.
• Dorodere: A term for a character who at first seems to be a cute, lovey-dovey, doting, and overly friendly deredere character, before it is revealed that this is nothing more than a disguise to hide their true intentions which is full of disturbed thoughts and feelings of hatred towards their love interest.
• Kichidere: A term for a character who has gone insane and acts like a crazy lunatic, but whose romantic feelings toward their love interest are surprisingly cute and deredere.
• Kyouai: A term for a character who loves someone so much that they go insane.
• Megadere (Western): A term for a character who has a strong adoration for their love interest and will not be afraid to give them large displays of affection and tell them how much they love them.
• Menhera: A term for a character who is emotionally unstable and in poor mental health.
• Yangire: A term for a mentally unstable character who snaps instantly without showing mercy for the victim of their angry outburst.
• Yandere (Yankii): A term for a yankii character who falls in love and becomes deredere.

List of Characters

See Yandere/Japanese Characters to see characters from Japanese media.
See Yandere/Non-Japanese Characters to see characters from non-Japanese media.

Gallery

Satou Matsuzaka from Happy Sugar Life Akane Hiyama from Renai Boukun Ako Tamaki from Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta? Ayase Aragaki from Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai Eiko Houzuki from Dark Gathering Sakuna Memoir from Hikikomari the Vampire Countess no Monmon

References

v • eJapanese Archetypes
Standalone	Burikko ♥︎ Charao ♥︎ Chuunibyou ♥ Dojikko ♥ Donkan ♥ Gag Character ♥ Genkikko ♥ Hanahaki Disease ♥ Hetare ♥ Hikikomori ♥ Idol ♥ Ijimekko ♥ Ikemen ♥ Kaiju ♥ Kuishinbou ♥ Kyouai ♥ Mahou Shoujo ♥ Megane ♥ Meganekko ♥ Menhera (Fashion) ♥ Miko ♥ Moe ♥ Otaku ♥ Sentou Kyou ♥ Siscon ♥ Sukebe ♥ Tennen S ♥ Yamato Nadeshiko ♥
Androgynous	Bishounen ♥ Bokukko ♥ Dansou no Reijin ♥ Futanari ♥ Ikemen Joshi ♥ Josou Danshi ♥ Nantaika ♥ Nekama ♥ Nyotaika ♥ Okama ♥ Orekko ♥ Otenba Musume ♥ Otoko Masari ♥ Otokonoko ♥
Criminal	Sukeban ♥ Yakuza ♥ Yankii ♥
Dere	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 (Deretsun ♥ Tsun-Aho ♥ Tsun-Ama ♥ Tsunbaka ♥ Tsundora ♥ Tsunneko ♥ Tsun-Pure ♥ Tsunpuri ♥ Tsunshun ♥ Tsuntere)♥ Tsuyodere ♥ Undere ♥ Usodere ♥ Utsudere ♥ Uzadere ♥ Wandere ♥ Yandere (Yanderu) ♥ Yandere (Yankii) ♥ Yoidere ♥ Zondere ♥
Gire	Buchigire ♥ Majigire ♥ Tsungire ♥ Yangire ♥
Hybrid	Juujin ♥ Kemono ♥ Kemonomimi ♥ Mecha ♥ Monster Danshi ♥ Monster Musume ♥
Other	Western ♥ Unofficial ♥

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	Dere Types ♥ Unofficial Dere Types ♥