Ordinary Japanese schoolboy (JaSh)- He most often wears glasses, and large round or square ones. His appearance is the most standard: dark hair, dark eyes, character - even, age - puberty.

An ordinary Japanese student can be in any genre - in shonen, mysticism, harem or fantasy, and what is most offensive for unusual Japanese students is that an ordinary Japanese student is most often the main character. He is forced to save the world, or fight off a crowd of girls drying over him (and what do they find in him?), He can be mega-strong, but he doesn’t look like that - glasses and an even, expressionless character interfere. HE blushes at the sight of women's breasts and stutters when he needs to confess his love.

Kawaii/Kawaii- “cute”, “charming”, “pretty”, “glorious”, “amiable”. In Japanese, "kawaii" can also refer to anything that looks small, sometimes having the double meaning of "adorable" and "small". The word can also be used to describe adults displaying childish or naive behavior.

Bishōjo- a term usually referring to the young beautiful girls, more often for high school students. In anime and manga, especially among Western otaku, the term can be used to refer to a stereotypical female character - a beautiful young girl, a plot with such characters, a certain style of portraying such characters.

Moe- kawaii characters that cause not just tenderness, but attraction. The term "Moe" itself means adoration (sometimes in the literal sense of the word), almost fetishization, of something or someone from anime manga games. The moe section includes some types, such as meganekko - girls with glasses, pettanko - characters who make a strong accent (or the emphasis is from the side) on their flat chest, dojikko - clumsy girls, and in general, the names of the types of appearance and behavior can not be counted.

Bishonen- a word denoting an ideally handsome young man. Outside of Japan, otaku is commonly used to refer to a stereotypical template male characters manga and anime, which is used mainly in the shojo, shounen-ai, or yaoe genres.

A character that falls under the definition of a bishōnen is usually young, femininely beautiful, and does not have pronounced muscles. Often dresses in underlined elegant and impractical clothes, has hair of an unusual color. The nature of bisyonen can be different depending on the plot of the work.

The bishōnen stereotype is very popular among girls, partly due to the emancipation and identification of a feminine man with a free and independent woman, and partly due to the unique concept of beauty in Japanese culture.

Meganekko is a typical anime girl whose difference is that she wears glasses. Quite often there is such a development: if she switches to contact lenses, then everyone and everyone suddenly realizes her beauty.

Megane-kun(Megane-kun) is a boy with glasses.

Bakunyu(bakunyuu) - a design feature that consists in the fact that the heroine of an anime or manga is depicted with intentionally exaggerated (and often beyond the realities of life) breast sizes. The richest artistic techniques erotic genres of anime.

Maid(maids, meido) - a maid. One of the typical designs for anime heroines, designed to go with the "sexy handmaid" look. This phenomenon eventually became so widespread in the anime industry that entire series devoted entirely to maids began to appear (for example, He is My Master and Hanaukyo Maids Team), thereby making meido almost a full-fledged subgenre of anime and manga.

Chibi(Chibi) - a style depicting people in a reduced, compared to normal, form. An integral feature of the style is disproportion - an enlarged head and eyes, shortened arms and legs, sometimes without hands and fingers. Drawing the emotions of such characters is also greatly simplified. Chibiks are very similar to children, as a result of which just children are also called chibis.

Kemonomimi(Kemonomimi) - literally "animal ears". A drawing style in which people have ears (sometimes a tail, less often paws, noses, etc.) of a certain animal. For example, Nekomimi is a girl (or guy) with cat ears, Kitsunemimi is with fox ears, etc.

tsundere(Tsundere) - the word comes from tsuntsun (tsuntsun), which means disgust, and deredere (deredere), which means love. Such characters initially appear as unpleasant, often narcissistic and selfish (have you ever seen the so-called “princesses”, ojou-sama, girls from wealthy families in the anime) types, but throughout the plot they reveal a “bright”, good side character, in most cases - under the influence of the object of love. They initially eschew this very object and in every possible way make it clear their disgust for him, but the disguise sooner or later collapses. This is the classic definition of a tsundere. Non-classical tsunderes can be similar to ordinary, unremarkable people, but they give out a type, abruptly losing their temper at the slightest incitement, or upon contact with the notorious object of love.

Maho-shojo- "Magic Girl" Basic plot feature maho-shoujo is main character- a girl, or a young girl, who has some kind of supernatural abilities that she uses to fight evil, protect the Earth, the weak, and similar actions. Sometimes there are several girls with different abilities and usually working in the same team. The most characteristic representatives of this subgenre of manga and anime are Sailor Moon (the first series where there are several such characters), Cardcaptor Sakura, Tokyo Mew Mew, Magic Knight Rayearth, Pretty Sammy and Futari wa Pretty Cure . The first mahou shoujo anime series was Mahou Tsukai Sally, released in 1966. Magical girls are also known in Japan as majokko or "witch girls".

There is also a similar sub-genre maho shonen ("youth magicians"), where similar lines are used, with a changed gender focus, that is main character- a young man (as an example, you can call "DNAngel"), however, he is much less often used as a main storyline.

It is also necessary to distinguish the maho-shojo genre from the subgenre maho kanojo (“magic girlfriend”), where the main character is a boy or a young man whose girl has supernatural abilities.

yandere(Yandere) - short for yanderu deredere, "yandere" means, to be as precise as possible, "sick" (on the head). In general, "crazy (th) deredere." I’ll ask you to immediately understand that it’s not hysterical (th), but crazy (th)! These are different things.

Actually, the essence of the yandere lies in excessive attachment to the object of love, reaching fanaticism. So to speak, the reverse side of the tsundere. Such characters in their normal state (in the classical definition) are quite cute and indistinguishable from deredere, but when they try to get them into romance, they start going crazy, chasing the object of love and being jealous of him/her for everything that moves. Well, of course, try to please him / her in everything. In general, classic yandere are paranoid sticks. And do not let Yami-sama try to change them - in their classic definition, they will immediately pull their hands to sharp objects.

The non-classical definition of a yandere is a little (or a lot) crazy deredere. They may consider themselves non-humans, behave in a strange way, but it all revolves around the opposite sex. If a girl shies away from guys and does not miss a chance to beat them in self-defense, then this is also a yandere.

tsunaho(Tsunaho), alternatively called tsunbaka (Tsunbaka) or more neutrally - tsundoji (Tsundoji), is a special kind of tsundere, which can be briefly described as "tsundere poseur". This type is really trying to be bad, but due to the innate clumsiness and stupidity, he always confuses everything, drops things and generally behaves more than comically. It's not good, of course, to laugh at other people's problems, but there's nothing you can do about it, really.

Zuntere(Tsuntere) is a more overt form of tsundere. "Tereru", tereru means "shy". In other words, a tsundere, which (and sometimes, and which!) Can't be cold until the very end and no, no, yes, it will give out your feelings. It happens because the type has shyness enough to open the deredere side.

Tsundora(Tsundora) literally means "tundra", which is with snow and forest. This is a more closed and negative type of character, inhospitable, like a tundra. Awakening the deredere side of this type is very, very difficult.

Tsungire(Tsungire) - an even more dangerous type of tsundere, called by analogy with "kireru" (kireru), which means - a short circuit. It is dangerous because if you do not bring it to the tsuntsun side, then you are better off. Because if you bring it, it can break loose and make a tantrum. They should not be confused with the subsequent type of yandere, because hysteria and half-wit are two different things. Opening the dereder side of this type is not difficult - you just need to calmly do it without unnecessary movements, and then the problems will go away by themselves. If you do not do this - the hysteria is guaranteed. Sekai from School Days fits the description even though she is larger than a yangire.

tsuntsun(Tsuntsun) in this interpretation will mean an uncommunicative misanthrope who is not really going to become kind. Such characters rarely come across, but, which is typical, all villains who have not gone over to the side of good (Lawful - Neutral - Chaotic Evil) fall under the definition with amazing accuracy.

Deredere(Deredere) respectively will mean a kind and sweet character, a little modest and moderately optimistic. There are many of them, at least one bishojo game will have one like this. Yes, and among the guys such a dime a dozen. You just have to be careful in the classification, or you will be in for an unpleasant surprise in the form of a slow type or the same tsundere.

Couderet(Kuudere), which is an abbreviated anglicism cool deredere (cool meaning "cool") - this is not such an old word, meaning a cold-blooded and indifferent type. Have you ever seen characters sitting with a book in the corner, not communicating with anyone, or vice versa, inserting their weighty “fi” into everything that is happening around them, and always in the right place? This is what kudere is. Often smart (although due to the characteristics of the type, they are not very - but only because they suffer from chronic laziness) and the deredere side is revealed only if such a character likes you. Again, this type is not devoid of emotions, but it firmly holds them in itself and does not show them outwardly. However, if these fetters are loosened, the coudere may burst into tears or laugh quite calmly. Couderé is often painted with blue hair, this is a kind of stamp.

Dandera(Dandere) - abbreviated danmari deredere, which means "shy / th deredere." Danmari itself means "silence", but the reasons for the silence of the dandere are different from those of the kuudere. Dandere is silent only because he is shy. Yes, this is a type of sociophobes who are closed in on themselves only because they are shy, but would like to be sociable. Usually, upon contact with a certain character, for the most part - with an object of love, they become quite ordinary derederes, but even in this case, stiffness and shyness will remain. But do not think that a dandere cannot be angered, no - if you do this, you can even regret it, since the accumulated emotions can go wrong and with unpredictable consequences.

Yangir(Yangire) is built by analogy with tsungire. But here hysteria is superimposed on half-wittedness, and it turns out walking Armageddon. Senseless and merciless maniacs who can turn their minds absolutely from scratch. Characters such as often yandere come with a dark past. But if you try hard, you can endure communication with such a type, only the game in this case is not worth the candle, and it is nowhere easier to close such a type. It's best not to touch it at all.

In general, by the same analogy, one can observe the yanbaku, which will do everything awry. But that's a little non-canonical. However, who cares about the canons?

genki(Genki) are optimistic and hyperactive characters. As a rule, they are the center of the company, make friends quickly, are extroverts and again are divided into two branches. The first type of genk is a more or less quick-witted type, we will simply call them "smart genks", who, in addition to being hyperactive, manage to think at the speed of action. And as for the second type, we will call them “tanks-genks”, then you have all seen them - these are crazy lumps of energy blowing everything in a row. However, tanka-genks do not always have to be really idiots, some of them have a very good mind, but they just think, to put it mildly, especially.

kawaii

Kawaii - "cute", "charming", "pretty", "glorious", "amiable". In Japanese, "kawaii" can also refer to anything that looks small, sometimes having the double meaning of "adorable" and "small". The word can also be used to describe adults displaying childish or naive behavior.

Bishōjo is a term usually referring to young beautiful girls, more often high school girls. In anime and manga, especially among Western otaku, the term can be used to refer to a stereotypical female character - a beautiful young girl, a plot with such characters, a certain style of portraying such characters.

Moe - kawaii characters that cause not just tenderness, but attraction. The term "Moe" itself means adoration (sometimes in the literal sense of the word), almost fetishization, of something or someone from anime manga games. The moe section includes some types, such as meganekko - girls with glasses, pettanko - characters who make a strong accent (or the emphasis is from the side) on their flat chest, dojikko - clumsy girls, and in general, the names of the types of appearance and behavior can not be counted.

Meganekko

Meganekko is a typical anime girl, with the difference being that she wears glasses. Quite often there is such a development: if she switches to contact lenses, then everyone and everyone suddenly realizes her beauty.

Bakunyu (bakunyuu) - a design feature, which consists in the fact that the heroine of an anime or manga is depicted with deliberately exaggerated (and often beyond the realities of life) breast sizes. The erotic genres of anime are richest in such artistic techniques.

Maid (maids, meido) - a maid. One of the typical designs for anime heroines, designed to go with the "sexy handmaid" look. This phenomenon eventually became so widespread in the anime industry that entire series devoted entirely to maids began to appear (for example, He is My Master and Hanaukyo Maids Team), thereby making meido almost a full-fledged subgenre of anime and manga.

Chibi (Chibi) - a style depicting people in a reduced, compared to normal, view. An integral feature of the style is disproportion - an enlarged head and eyes, shortened arms and legs, sometimes without hands and fingers. Drawing the emotions of such characters is also greatly simplified. Chibiks are very similar to children, as a result of which just children are also called chibis.

Kemonomimi

Kemonomimi literally means "animal ears". A drawing style in which people have ears (sometimes a tail, less often paws, noses, etc.) of a certain animal. For example, Nekomimi - a girl with cat ears, Kitsunemimi - with fox ears, etc.

Tsundere is derived from tsuntsun, meaning disgust, and deredere, meaning love. Such characters initially appear as unpleasant, often narcissistic and selfish (have you ever seen the so-called “princesses”, ojou-sama, girls from wealthy families in the anime) types, but throughout the plot they reveal a “bright”, good side character, in most cases - under the influence of the object of love. They initially eschew this very object and in every possible way make it clear their disgust for him, but the disguise sooner or later collapses. This is the classic definition of a tsundere. Non-classical tsunderes can be similar to ordinary, unremarkable people, but they give out a type, abruptly losing their temper at the slightest incitement, or upon contact with the notorious object of love.

Maho-shojo

Maho-shojo - "magic girl". The main plot feature of maho-shojo is the main character - a girl, or a young girl who has some kind of supernatural powers, which she uses to fight evil, protect the Earth, weak and similar actions. Sometimes there are several girls with different abilities and usually working in the same team.

Yandere (Yandere) - short for yanderu deredere, "yandere" means, to be as precise as possible, "sick" (on the head). In general, "crazy (th) deredere." I’ll ask you to immediately understand that it’s not hysterical (th), but crazy (th)! These are different things.

Actually, the essence of the yandere lies in excessive attachment to the object of love, reaching fanaticism. So to speak, the reverse side of the tsundere. Such characters in their normal state (in the classical definition) are quite cute and indistinguishable from deredere, but when they try to get them into romance, they start going crazy, chasing the object of love and being jealous of him/her for everything that moves. Well, of course, try to please him / her in everything. In general, classic yandere are paranoid sticks. And do not let Yami-sama try to change them - in their classic definition, they will immediately pull their hands to sharp objects.

Tsunaho, alternatively called tsunbaka or more neutrally tsundoji, is a specific type of tsundere that can be briefly described as "tsundere poseur". This type is really trying to be bad, but due to the innate clumsiness and stupidity, he always confuses everything, drops things and generally behaves more than comically. It's not good, of course, to laugh at other people's problems, but there's nothing you can do about it, really.

Tsuntere is a more overt form of tsundere. "Tereru", tereru means "shy". In other words, a tsundere, which (and sometimes, and which!) Can't be cold until the very end and no, no, yes, it will give out your feelings. It happens because the type has shyness enough to open the deredere side.

Tsundora (Tsundora) literally means "tundra", which is with snow and forest. This is a more closed and negative type of character, inhospitable, like a tundra. Awakening the deredere side of this type is very, very difficult.

Tsungire (Tsungire) - an even more dangerous type of tsundere, called by analogy with "kireru" (kireru), which means - a short circuit. It is dangerous because if you do not bring it to the tsuntsun side, then you are better off. Because if you bring it, it can break loose and make a tantrum. They should not be confused with the subsequent type of yandere, because hysteria and half-wit are two different things. Opening the dereder side of this type is not difficult - you just need to calmly do it without unnecessary movements, and then the problems will go away by themselves. If you do not do this - the hysteria is guaranteed. Sekai from School Days fits the description even though she is larger than a yangire.
Couderet

Kuudere, which is an abbreviated anglicism cool deredere (cool meaning "cool") - this is not such an old word, meaning a cold-blooded and indifferent type. Have you ever seen characters sitting with a book in the corner, not communicating with anyone, or vice versa, inserting their weighty “fi” into everything that is happening around them, and always in the right place? This is what kudere is. Often smart (although due to the characteristics of the type, they are not very - but only because they suffer from chronic laziness) and the deredere side is revealed only if such a character likes you. Again, this type is not devoid of emotions, but it firmly holds them in itself and does not show them outwardly. However, if these fetters are loosened, the coudere may burst into tears or laugh quite calmly. Couderé is often painted with blue hair, this is a kind of stamp.

Genki are optimistic and hyperactive characters. As a rule, they are the center of the company, make friends quickly, are extroverts and again are divided into two branches. The first type of genk is a more or less quick-witted type, we will simply call them "smart genks", who, in addition to being hyperactive, manage to think at the speed of action. And as for the second type, we will call them “tanks-genks”, then you have all seen them - these are crazy lumps of energy blowing everything in a row. However, tanka-genks do not always have to be really idiots, some of them have a very good mind, but they just think, to put it mildly, especially.


!Some characters combine several types of character at once.

The type of character is not always immediately clear.

Contrary to popular belief, the classification of character types does not apply only to female characters. Yes, there are MOEs for boys too!


Main character types:

1. Tsundere (ツンデレ). The word comes from tsuntsun (ツンツン), which means disgust, and deredere (デレデレ), which means falling in love. One of the most beloved otaku type of characters, often moei (more on that below). These characters are often harmful and narcissistic at first, sometimes even unpleasant personalities (more than half of the girls with rich parents, for example), but in the process of plot development it always turns out that a lot is hidden under harmfulness. good qualities. Most often they appear when the character is in love. At the same time, the very object of their love is rejected by them, but in the end they have to admit their feelings.
There are also several subspecies of the tsundere:

Tsunaho (ツンアホ), alternatively called tsunbaka (ツンばか) or more neutrally tsundoji (ツンドジ)
These characters really want to appear bad, but because of clumsiness, and often narrow-mindedness, they always confuse everything, drop things, fall themselves and generally behave comically.

Tsuntere (ツン照れ) is a more open (and moe-like) tsundere. "Tereru", tereru (照れる) means "shy". That is, a tsundere who tries to appear cold and unapproachable, but due to his own shyness (and moe) sometimes gives out real feelings. Thus, it becomes clear that the character is actually a deredere.

Tsundora (ツンドラ) literally means "tundra". This is the most reserved and gloomy type.
character, ice. It is very difficult to force such a character to show his "deredere-I".

Tsungire (ツン切れ) is the most dangerous type of tsundere, named after "kireru" (kireru, 切れる) - short circuit. If you make this character angry, then ... better not. At first glance, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish a tsungire from a yandere, but a flash of rage and madness are still different things.

2. Kuudere (くーデレ), comes from English cool and Japanese deredere, a word called cold-blooded and indifferent characters. Often they sit somewhere far away from the rest with a book and do not communicate with anyone. Often they can be distinguished by blue hair, but not always. So, the couderes are silent, but only because they do not want to talk to anyone, because of their arrogance.

3. Dandere (ダンデレ) - abbreviated danmari deredere (だんまりデレデレ), which means "shy/th deredere". Danmari (だんまり) means "silence", but the dandere is silent not because he (or she) wants to, but because he is terribly shy. These are real sociophobes, closed and distrustful. Most often, the "deredere-ya" is revealed upon contact with the object of love.

4. Yandere (ヤンデレ) - short for yanderu deredere (病んでるデレデレ), "yandere" (病んでる) means "sick". In short, this is a crazy "deredere". Yandere characters are as popular with otaku as tsundere.
Yandere are attached to the object of their love very strongly, to the point of idolatry. These are typical fans (and fangirls). In their normal state, yanderes are indistinguishable from derederes, but when they fall in love, they turn into psychos, and you should not get in their way at this moment, because they often pick up sharp objects.

5. Yangire (ヤン切れ) - A subspecies of the yandere, they are both insane and short-tempered. Such a character, in order to become a maniac, usually does not need a special reason in the form of love. Often they have some dark, unpleasant secret from the past hiding in their closet.

6. Genki (元気) - optimistic, always happy and hyperactive
characters. Such a character is the "soul" of the company.
There are two types of genks - smart and not so smart. Smart genks think as fast as they act. Characters of the second type are also energetic, but at the same time they often do comical follies.

Oh yes, MOE!

The word "moe" (萌え) means "sprout", meaning a fragile girl who needs (and wants to!) take care of.
The word in culture means a fetish of appearance/behavior. All the character stereotypes described above also refer to the concept of "moe". For a long time it was believed (and is still often considered) that only girls can be moei. But! Moe can be a guy, although much less often. Isn't Italy-kun from Hetalia an example of this?
Moekko (萌え娘) is a girl with moei features. Moekko are again of several types.
Meganekko (メガネっ娘) is a girl with glasses.
Bokukko (ぼく娘) is an energetic tomboy.
Pettanko (ぺったんこ) is a child girl with a flat chest, which she usually suffers a lot from. Well, or not suffer.
Bakunyu (爆乳) - a girl with large breasts, the object of pettanko envy.
Dojikko (ドジ娘) is a clumsy girl.

Hello everyone, I want to tell you about all types of trees, there are only 18 of them. I’m sure that most of them didn’t even suspect that there were so many of them. I immediately say almost all the terms in the list are universal, some of them simply don’t fit the type of male because they are not often found, but the fact remains fact.

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2.Popular types

Deredere - Literally translated as madly in love, they seem to love and share it with others. They are cute, friendly and usually smile all the time.

Tsundere- it seems to me that everyone knows how it is translated; they hide their feelings with disgusting behavior to l.ch. The saying "beats means loves" fits this type.

Kuudere - at first glance, indifferent, cold-blooded and behave with restraint, although inside they are very caring. Can open a feeling for a loved one

Dandere-similar to ordinary silent ones. He wants to be more camouflage, but they are just afraid, but they can open up to a person who likes

Yandere are insane and for the sake of the object of their adoration they can kill an opponent and this is a common thing for them, although they seem ordinary

Unpopular Species

Boodere - they are very similar to tsundere but they are ashamed of their tsundere seizures, so to speak

Darudere- very similar to kuudere but they won't open even to l. no, they are not depressed, they just want to be like that

Hajidere - they are practically unable to open and in such situations with l. h. just run away as long as possible or pass out

Utsudere- they tend to be very beaten by the fate they suffer chronic depression school or some other bullying and closed in on themselves but can be opened for l. h

Hinedere - usually see the world from a negative perspective and are also critical and Socratic towards others. But they can change for l.ch.

Sadodere - likes to psychologically manipulate to manipulate the person or those who can interfere with their relationship

Kanedere - Kane translates to gold and I think it's worth it in the same way they plan their lives in advance and in love plan they are only interested in those who have proven their worth

Himedere - this type applies only to female gender and they want their loved ones to treat them like princesses, but they may not be royalty themselves.

Oujidere-ojui translated as prince is the male version of the previous type.

Those who are interested in modern Japanese pop culture at first have to deal with a large number of new terms, including when describing characters - tsundere, yandere, kudere, dandere, genki, moe. This article will help you understand the main archetypes of manga, games. The above classification is more concerned, therefore, we will talk mainly about girls. You will be able to understand what tsundere means and how it differs from others.

general information

Tsundere is one of the most common in modern anime. Almost no film or TV series is complete without this girl or guy, and most often in one of the central roles. As a rule, a tsundere is a young girl with a boyish figure. But the basis of the archetype lies not in appearance, but in character.

The very name tsundere is a combination of two words: "tsuntsun", which means sharp, closed, indifferent, and "deredere" - gentle, yearning for love. It is in the combination of these opposite properties that the character of the character consists.

Outwardly, the tsundere seems arrogant, cold, rude, irritable. This is an independent and completely independent person who can behave quite harshly with others.

But in relation to a lover or friend, another, softer side of the heroine appears. The tsundere tries to hide his feelings, often under the guise of anger, but with development love line begins to show "deredere" more and more often, realizing and accepting his own emotions.

Characters of this type are characterized by frequent mood swings, literally every second in critical situations. Typical representatives: Aisaka Taiga ("Toradora"), Shana ("Fire-eyed Shana"), Sanzenin Nagi ("Hayate, combat butler").

Subtypes

Tsundere is one of the six main character archetypes, but not all heroes fit into a strict classification. Characters, in many ways reminiscent of the tsundere, but significantly deviating from the canon, are attributed to subtypes, which can be up to ten. Let's consider some of them.

Tsunaho (tsundoji, tsunbaka) is a character who tries to look cold and restrained, but because of his natural absent-mindedness and clumsiness, this turns out badly. Often the tsunaho looks stupid and gets into ridiculous situations.

Tsuntere is a softer, shy version (here the second part of the word is derived from "tereru" - shy). Natural modesty does not allow the character to look frankly cold and arrogant, and the object of warm feelings can easily embarrass him.

Tsundora is the most cold, unemotional character in whom it is difficult to awaken the soft side. A good example is Senjougahara from Monster Story.

Tsungire - here the ending is formed from the word "kireru", which means a short circuit. Such a hero is seemingly indifferent, but he gradually accumulates emotions in himself, which over time can lead to a real explosion.

Tsunshun is the kind of character that has a splash negative emotions is replaced not by a manifestation of softness, but by depression.

yandere

Tsundere and yandere are significantly different despite the similarity in name. Yandere-type characters may appear sweet, unassuming, and quite peaceful at first.

But under the influence strong emotions yandere show aggression and cruelty, most often directed at others who can harm the hero’s loved ones or himself, rivals in love, ill-wishers who threaten friends. But in some cases, a lover can become a victim of a yandere. In an attempt to protect their interests, yandere can be cruel and will not hesitate to kill.

For a yangire, a sub-type of yandere, a push in the form of love is not needed, this character acts according to his own ulterior motives and is often mentally deranged. Typical yandere: Sonozaki Shion ("When Cicadas Cry"), Katsura Kotonah (" School days"), Ryoko Asakura ("The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya").

Couderet

If the tsundere sister is too harsh, then the kudere, on the contrary, is closed, silent, cold, phlegmatic, reserved. She does not demonstrate her emotions and completely controls them, often avoids communication, prefers solitude. Often, the coudere spends a lot of time reading books, is distinguished by intelligence, logical thinking, and objectivity.

Over time, the kudere opens up to her lover and close friends. Typical representatives: Nagato Yuki ("The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya"), Ayanami Misaki Mei ("Other").

Dandera

Representatives of this type are also silent and closed, but not at all because they are unemotional. On the contrary, dandere are overwhelmed by feelings, but such heroes are unnecessarily shy. They are often simply ashamed of their feelings, trying to hide them. Dandere may avoid the company of other people, prefer books to communicate. Their innermost thoughts are often trusted to the diary.

Dandere are often economic girls. Due to shyness, they experience great difficulties in communicating, especially with the opposite sex. Typical representatives: Hyuuga Hinata ("Naruto"), Shiomiya Shiori ("God Only Knows the World"), Onodera Kosaki ("Fake Love").

genki

The characters of this archetype are classic sanguine. They are friendly, active, energetic, always in a good mood, cheerful and carefree.

Cheerfulness and optimism are in full swing. Genks are sociable and do not hesitate to anyone. They are often characterized by excellent performance in sports. Genks are usually straightforward, but sometimes they hide problems behind their fun so as not to disturb loved ones.

Typical representatives: Suzumiya Haruhi ("The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya"), Sozonaki Mion ("When Cicadas Cry"), Minori Kushieda ("Toradora").

Moe

If tsundere are most often lively and active girls, then moe characters are most associated with the word "kawaii". They are incredibly sweet, charming and innocent, have an attractive appearance, shy, naive.

Some clumsiness and awkwardness give them a special attraction. Often they are not capable of physical activity, have a timid and indecisive character. Nevertheless, the purity and naivety of moe are so attractive that everyone around them seeks to take them under their protection.

Typical representatives: Asahina Mikuru ("The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya"), Takara Miyuki ("Lucky Star"), Towa Erio ("Radio signal from an eccentric").