Gundere

"Gundere" is a term for a tsundere commanding officer character who is unable to express their feelings of affection to their love interest subordinate so they turn into a drill sergeant and berate them for not being good enough. With time, they will slowly start to be able to reveal their true feelings of affection and overcome their drill sergeant reflex.
== Etymology ==
=== Meaning of the Term ===
Gundere (軍デレ) is a combination of "gun" (軍), meaning "army", and "tsundere" (ツンデレ), meaning "a character 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".
=== Origin ===
The term gundere comes from the 15th chapter in the manga series Mission! School released in 2011, also titled "Gundere", to describe the character Ayane Hazuki. After falling in love with her subordinate Takuya Ishikawa, Ayane becomes embarrassed to reveal her feelings to Takuya so instead she yells army commands. For example, one day when he said "Good morning, Hazuki-san!" to her, she replied back saying "Don't talk to me like you know me, private!" and then called him a "phimosis private" for addressing a superior officer by name (whereas internally she was blushing because he said her name).
It is described by another character as "the soldier's version of a tsundere".
== Personality ==
=== Gun Period ===
Gundere are commanding officer characters who are unable to express their feelings of affection to their love interest subordinate so they turn into a drill sergeant and berate them for not being good enough. This is normally done in an over the top tsundere way.
Gundere desperately want to show their affection to and have a loving relationship with their subordinate/love interest, but they are unable to be honest with themselves so they fall back into old habits and start yelling commands at them. They will verbally berate their love interest for daring to have the audacity to address their superior in a casual or friendly way. They will tell them they are worthless, that they need to train harder, or even curse insults at them.
=== Deredere Period ===
When a gundere insults their love interest instead of telling them how they really feel they will become very embarrassed with themself and start questioning why they are doing this. They will wonder why they can't just be honest.
A gundere will also display typical tsundere behavior such as saying "Why don't you go train if you have that sort of time! B-but... if a person like you insists, i-it can't be helped, I'll go with you." when asked on a date. They will make excuses for why they are doing it so they don't look like they are being friendly with them.
With time, a gundere will slowly start to be able to reveal their true feelings of affection and overcome their drill sergeant reflex.
== Differences From Other Archetypes ==
Gundere could be thought of as a mix of tsundere, someone who can't be honest with their feelings, and someone who yells at their love interest because they want them to do better. The difference is a gundere doesn't yell because they want their love interest to improve, and they don't do it on purpose either, they yell as an involuntary reflex because they are too embarrassed to just be honest and tell their subordinate they're proud of them. They get angry at themselves for not being able to be honest and take it out on their love interest.
The other difference between tsundere is that there is a power dynamic between the gundere and the love interest, where the gundere is a superior of their love interest.
== Similar Japanese Archetypes ==
* Gandere: A term for characters who lash out at their love interest by shooting guns at them when they get embarrassed in order to hide their feelings of love.
* Thugdere: A term for a character who often mistreats, bullies and hits their love interest to hide their true feelings.
* Tsundere: A term for a character 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. Gundere is a variation of this type.
== List of Characters ==
See Gundere/Japanese Characters to see characters from Japanese media.
See Gundere/Non-Japanese Characters to see characters from non-Japanese media.
== Gallery ==
Gundere Gallery.png|link= Gundere/Gallery
Ayane Hazuki from Mission School 2.jpg|Ayane Hazuki from Mission! School
Ayane Hazuki from Mission School 3.jpg|Ayane Hazuki from Mission! School
Ayane Hazuki from Mission School 4.jpg|Ayane Hazuki from Mission! School
Ayane Hazuki from Mission School 5.jpg|Ayane Hazuki from Mission! School
Ayane Hazuki from Mission School 6.jpg|Ayane Hazuki from Mission! School
Ayane Hazuki from Mission School 7.jpg|Ayane Hazuki from Mission! School
== References ==
Category:Arrogant
Category:Distant