Now Viewing: yandereTag type: General A character who alternates between a dangerously obsessive and a loving (deredere) personality. Yandere (ヤンデレ) is a character type that is alternately loving and homicidal. The homicidal feelings differ from character to character. Some direct their attacks to the one whom they desire, while others direct it to anyone who gets too close to the person they love. A fictional character who fits the archetype of being genuinely romantic, loving, kind, merciful, sparing, sweet and gentle, but is at the same time brutal, psychotic or deranged in behavior. The psychotic tendency can be both sudden and ever-present. Often used for both comedic and dramatic displays of character. Yandere is a portmanteau of two Japanese words yanderu (病んでる), meaning to be sick, and deredere (デレデレ), which is defined as strongly and deeply exhausted, infatuated, moonstruck, head-over-heels, or lovestruck, but in this case used for "lovestruck." The word was developed from tsundere which describes a character who is both hard-nosed or moody tsuntsun (ツンツン) and the aforementioned lovestruck. The sick portion was added when a new layer of romantic obsession came about beyond normal tsundere (where cool emotions were warmed and nurtured towards awkward, romantic or sexualized tension) where seemingly normal displays of strong and deep romantic love and affection become mentally dilapidated (i.e. kidnapping crushes, poisoning food that is to be eaten by a romantic rival, or forcing the romantic love interest to commit shinju (心中)) A great example of a Yandere is Yuno Gasai This tag is for characters displaying this personality trait through their words or actions. Do not use it simply because the character is canonically yandere. Examples: * post #8101907 * post #12221476 * post #13968250 Notable characters: * Gasai_Yuno from Mirai_Nikki, an example of aggression against anyone getting too close to her love interest. * Katsura_Kotonoha from School_Days, an example of aggression towards a love interest. * Yamagishi_Yukako from JoJo_no_Kimyou_na_Bouken, a character that is often described as the progenitor of the archetype. See also: * male_yandere * jealous * nata_(tool) * tsundere * yandere_trance External links: * Wikipedia: Obsessive love: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive_love * TVTropes: Yandere: tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Yandere Other Wiki Information Last updated: 07/12/26 9:05 PM by doopaboop This entry is not locked and you can edit it as you see fit. |
     
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