Tsuntere

"Tsuntere" is a term for a tsundere character who becomes embarrassed around their love interest and then acts harshly towards them because of it. They have difficulty expressing their feelings of affection due to their embarrassment so they verbally lash out at their love interest instead.
== Etymology ==
=== Meaning of the Term ===
Tsuntere (ツン照れ) is a combination of "tsundere" (ツンデレ), meaning "a character who acts cold towards their love interest to hide their feelings of being lovestruck", and "tere" (照れ), meaning "to be embarrassed". A tsuntere is the type of character who becomes embarrassed when they are alone with their love interest and then start acting "tsun" towards them.
=== Origin ===
The name originates from the 2007 audio drama CD series Good Night with Sheep . In the series, many popular voice actors would act out popular character tropes, with volume eight of the series He~ Nemuritainda? having a "tsundere" theme. In this volume, the voice actor Mamoru Miyano portrayed a bashful tsundere character named Taniyama Kisho who was referred to as a tsuntere. Taniyama Kisho was described as a character who is actually very timid and deliberately adopts a cold and indifferent tsun attitude to hide his embarrassment. He's actually honest with his feelings, but he acts tsun to hide his embarrassment. He's a tsundere type who is really cold before he opens up to you, but becomes gentle and kind with a passionate love once he does.
== History ==
In the 2021 yuri manga series Umehara-san and Komomo-chan , the character Komomo is introduced as a tsuntere.
== Personality ==
=== Tsun Period ===
Tsuntere are characters who become timid and embarrassed around their love interest and then act cold and indifferent to hide it. They are not as cold as a normal tsundere and are more likely to be honest about their feelings, they just become embarrassed by them and try to hide because of it. They have difficulty expressing their feelings towards their love interest due to their embarrassment, as opposed to pride or arrogance, which causes them to become distant and cold.
=== Dere Period ===
However, once they finally open up they will become extremely kind, gentle, and passionate about their love.
== Similar Japanese Archetypes ==
* Bokodere: A character who gets embarrassed easily and will lash out to hide their embarrassment, much like tsuntere characters do, however, bokodere characters resort to violent actions while tsuntere characters just use their words.
* Hajidere: A character who gets embarrassed around their love interest. Tsuntere characters may be considered a combination of a hajidere and a tsundere.
* Tsundere: A character who acts hostile towards their love interest to hide their loving feelings. Tsuntere characters are a variation of this trope.
== List of Characters ==
See Tsuntere/Japanese Characters to see characters from Japanese media.
See Tsuntere/Non-Japanese Characters to see characters from non-Japanese media.
== Gallery ==
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Chiyo Sakura from Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Tsuntere.gif|Chiyo Sakura from Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
Maki Nishikino Recording.gif|Maki Nishikino from Love Live! School idol project
Umi Sonoda Recording 2.gif|Umi Sonoda from Love Live! School idol project
Mio Akiyama Hajidere.gif|Mio Akiyama from K-ON!
Isaku tsuntere.gif|Isaku Senagaki with Keiya Uto from Ojou to Banken-kun
Amu Hinamori No.gif|Amu Hinamori from Shugo Chara!
== References ==
Category:Shy
Category:Kind
Category:Distant
Category:Melancholic