Roshidere

"Roshidere" is a term for a character who only acts deredere towards their love interest when they are speaking Russian in order to hide their true feelings of affection. When they are speaking a shared language they will act indifferent towards their love interest, but will do things like call them a cutie or compliment them in Russian while fawning over them.
== Etymology ==
=== Meaning of the Term ===
Roshidere (ロシデレ) is a combination of "Roshia-go" (ロシア語), meaning "Russian language", and "deredere" (デレデレ), a mimetic word for "being lovestruck".
=== Origin ===
The term originates from the 2021 light novel series Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian , which is officially abbreviated as Roshidere.
== History ==
The first instance of the roshidere archetype is seen in the light novel series Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian , where the main protagonist Alisa Kujou would speak in Russian whenever she was feeling affectionate to hide her true feelings from her Japanese classmates. However, unbeknownst to her, her love interest Masachika Kuze could understand Russian all along and just played along with it.
== Personality ==
Roshidere is a term for a character who is only lovey-dovey when they are speaking Russian in order to hide their true feelings.
While speaking Japanese (or any other shared language), roshidere will act indifferent towards their love interest. They will pretend they have no interest in them romantically while secretly wanting to be in a relationship with them. So they don't have to hold their feelings in, while at the same time not wanting to let them be known, they will simply say them out loud in Russian instead so that nobody can understand what they are saying. They will stare at their love interest and call them a cutie in Russian, or compliment something they did in Russian. 
== Differences From Other Archetypes ==
Roshidere are similar to tsundere in that they both try to hide their true feelings, but the difference is that tsundere will hide their feelings through a cold and stuck-up attitude, while roshidere disguise their true feelings by speaking another language.
== Similar Japanese Archetypes ==
* Tsundere: A term for characters who can't be honest with their feelings of love towards their love interest so they act distant, standoffish, and stuck-up to conceal them.
== List of Characters ==
See Roshidere/Japanese Characters to see characters from Japanese media.
See Roshidere/Non-Japanese Characters to see characters from non-Japanese media.
== Gallery ==
Roshidere Gallery.png|link= Roshidere/Gallery
Alisa Kujou from Roshidere 2.jpg|Alisa Kujou from Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san
Alisa Kujou from Roshidere 3.png|Alisa Kujou with Masachika Kuze from Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san
alisa roshidere ln.png
== References ==
Category:DistantCategory:KindCategory:Arrogant