Yoidere

"Yoidere" is a term for a character who is normally calm and collected and only shows their deredere side towards their love interest when they are drunk. After drinking they will start acting very cutely and will be very clingy and overly affectionate towards their love interest.
== Etymology ==
=== Meaning of the Term ===
Yoidere (酔いデレ) is a combination of "yoi" (酔い), meaning "drunkeness", and "deredere" (デレデレ), a mimetic word for "being lovestruck".
=== Origin ===
The term originates from the 2015 romantic comedy manga series Love Is Like a Cocktail to describe the character Chisato Mizusawa. Chisato was a girl who appears to be calm and collected, but when she starts drinking turns into a cute and clingy girl. The term "Yoidere" served as a nickname for the series, which was described as "the drunken comedy cocktail about Japan's most lovey-dovey couple."
== History ==
Although not as common as other dere types, it was later used in a popular doujinshi manga based on Azur Lane in 2019 called Yoidere Laffy which featured the character Laffy, who was notorious for becoming playful when drunk.
It was also used in the 2021 web doujin Yoidere BL , about a strict boss named Sakai who only acted amae when he was drunk.
== Personality ==
Yoidere are characters who are normally calm and collected, but become very playful, cute and affectionate towards their love interest when they are drunk.
Yoidere don't necessarily drink all the time, but when they do decide to get drunk they become very flirtatious and cute. The alcohol makes them put their normally strict barriers down and all of their pent-up lovey-dovey feelings come out. Yoidere are typically lightweights when it comes to consuming alcohol and often even only a couple sips turns them into a playful overly flirtatious person.
Characters who don't become flirtatious while drunk, but instead get aggressive, grumpy, or depressed after drinking do not fall under this archetype.
== List of Characters ==
See Yoidere/Japanese Characters to see characters from Japanese media.
See Yoidere/Non-Japanese Characters to see characters from non-Japanese media.
== Gallery ==
Yoidere Gallery.png|link=Yoidere/Gallery
Cana Alberona from Fairy Tail.png|Cana Alberona from FAIRY TAIL
Yasuko Takasu Cheers.jpeg|Yasuko Takasu from Toradora!
Rangiku Matsumoto from Bleach.jpg|Rangiku Matsumoto from Bleach
Yor Forger from Spy x Family.jpg|Yor Forger from SPY×FAMILY
Tsunade Senju Drunk.jpg|Tsunade Senju from NARUTO
Nia Honjou.jpg|Nia Honjou from Date A Live
== References ==
Category:Romantic
Category:Kind