Darudere

"Darudere" is a term for a character who has a dull personality and never wants to do anything fun, but will always keep their love interest company anyway no matter what. They live a very mundane life and lack a sense of excitement, which causes them to always be bothered by their love interest wanting to spend time with them. When their love interest asks them to do something fun they will complain about it being a bother but will do it anyways because they love them and want to spend time with them despite their dull personality. For them it's about wanting to be with the person they love more than the dullness.
== Etymology ==
=== Meaning of the Term ===
Darudere (ダルデレ) is a combination of "daru" (ダル), meaning "dull (lacking interest and excitement), lifeless (lacking vigor, vitality, or excitement), boring (so dull and uninteresting that they make people tired and impatient)", and "deredere" (デレデレ), a mimetic word for "being lovestruck".
=== Origin ===
The term comes from the 2008 doujinshi manga series Darudere + Seraa + Kaade + Ponite + Niiso + Tsurupeta + Shimapan = Kyonko . The series was a parody of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and the term "darudere" was used to refer to the gender-swapped version of Kyon known as Kyonko. The gender-swapped parody spawned numerous fan projects and internet threads of people recreating the entire original series under the label Suzumiya Haruhi Seitenkan. It was so popular that it even received coverage on Japanese news shows.
The term referred to how Kyonko had a nonchalant dull personality and was never excited about anything. This caused her to always find it bothered when Haruhiko asked her to hang out or participate in his elaborate plans. She would complain and want to do something else instead, but would do everything Haruhiko asked anyway. Her feelings of love for Haruhiko outweighed her own dull personality and she started to enjoy spending time with him.
== History ==
=== Official Media ===
The term was also later used as the title of the 2011 erotic romance manga Darudere.
== Personality ==
=== Daru Period ===
Darudere are characters who have a dull, boring personality and never want to do anything exciting. They live a very mundane life and lack a sense of excitement about anything, rarely showing a happy or smiling side. They will usually ignore others and do whatever they want unless their love interest asks them to do something. They have a nonchalant attitude toward their love interest and show little interest towards them unless they are the one who initiates the conversation. They do still express emotions, just with an overtone of being bored or not caring.
This causes them to always get bothered when their love interest wants to go do something fun. They would rather do things that are simple or just be left alone to do what they want, but somehow always get brought along to do things by their love interest. This is usually exemplified even more if their love interest is full of energy like a genkikko and is very excited and constantly wants to hang out with them.
When their love interest asks them to do something, they will start complaining and talk about how they'd rather do anything else but will do it anyway because their love for them outweighs their lack of interest. They will say things such as "Ugh, this is a pain but fine". Even if they don't want to admit it, they greatly enjoy spending time with their love interest. Some may even complain and act like they were forced, even though they truthfully wanted to all along.
=== Dere-kake Period ===
Darudere have the kind of personality that will always keep their love interest company anyway no matter what. They have a strong desire to be with their love interest (dere) rather than being dull (daru). It's about wanting to be with that person more than the dullness.
For example, a conversation with their love interest might go:
;Example 1
;Example 2
=== Deredere Period ===
After spending enough time with their love interest, they will start enjoying it more and complaining less. 
If their love interest stops asking them to do things, they will start to miss spending time with them. Eventually, they will realize that they do love spending time with their love interest more than anything and will start to be more up-front with their feelings and show a more happy affectionate side.
== Differences From Other Archetypes==
Darudere shares some similarities with hinedere due to both types tending to complain a lot, but the main difference is hinedere are far more arrogant and a lot more cynical in their complaints, saying things like "there is no such thing as true love". A hinedere is also more likely to snap in rage if their intelligence is questioned or asked to do something, while a darudere will complain but do it anyway. Darudere are just dull people who lack a sense of excitement about anything, while hinedere are angry at the world.
Darudere also has some similarities to kuudere due to both being distant and uncaring to what others have to say to them, but the main difference is kuudere keep their cool and show little emotion while darudere still show emotions, just with a bored tone to them. A kuudere may also enjoy going out and having fun, even if they don't always show it on their face.
== List of Characters ==
See Darudere/Japanese Characters to see characters from Japanese media.
See Darudere/Non-Japanese Characters to see characters from non-Japanese media.
== Gallery ==
Darudere Gallery.png|link=Darudere/Gallery
Kyon with Haruhi Suzumiya from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.gif|Kyon with Haruhi Suzumiya from Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu
Gabriel Tenma White Table.gif|Gabriel Tenma White from Gabriel DropOut
Tanaka-cover.png|Tanaka from Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge
Hikari Sakishima Boring.gif|Hikari Sakishima from Nagi no Asukara
Oreki Hōtarō from Hyouka.gif|Houtarou Oreki from Hyouka
Gintoki Sakata from Gintama.gif|Gintoki Sakata from Gintama
== References ==
Category:Distant