Hinedere

"Hinedere" is a term for a character who has a nihilistic world view and at first appears to have a very negative, apathethic, and cynical personality, but is actually very caring, loving, and deredere on the inside. They are someone who has been wronged by the world somehow in the past causing them to create a cold-hearted and apathetic facade to hide their sensitive and caring feelings. They will get easily annoyed by other people and prefer to be alone out of fear of getting hurt again. They have distorted ways of thinking, often in ways that aren't based on fact or reality, thinking everything is pointless, including love, or that everyone who tries to be nice to them has some kind of an agenda. However, after spending time with their love interest they will start to realize that their way of thinking is wrong. Their love interest will show them that there is more to life and that there is someone who truly loves and cares about them. They will start to enjoy spending time together with them, completely letting go of their past beliefs and revealing the caring and sensitive personality that was hidden underneath their cold-hearted facade. They will start being more openly loving and affectionate towards their love interest and doing things that they previously thought were pointless, such as going on dates or spending time alone together.
== Etymology ==
=== Meaning of the Term ===
Hinedere (捻デレ) is a combination of "hinekure" (捻くれ), meaning "to become distorted (having negative, habitual, and biased thoughts that influence how you interpret the world)", "to become contrary (being so different as to be at opposite extremes)", or "to grow bitter (exhibiting intense animosity)", and "deredere" (デレデレ), a mimetic word for "being lovestruck".
The word "hinekure" is used to describe a person who has a difficult personality. Someone who is always looking for problems or thinks and behaves in an unusual or unexpected way. They have distorted ways of thinking, often in ways that aren't based on fact or reality, and have difficulty getting along with people.
=== Alternate Spelling ===
It is also sometimes written as "ヒネデレ" using katakana instead, but this is less common.
=== Origin ===
The term comes from the 2011 light novel series My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU to describe the character Hachiman Hikigaya. The term "hinedere" is said to be coined by his younger sister Komachi Hikigaya after she noticed the way he behaves.
In the series, Hachiman is initially a cynic, nihilistic, stoic loner. He is quite prideful; he does things by himself and has claimed to have never relied on anyone. He refuses to accept anything he considers pity, sympathy, or charity. However, he is slowly revealed to be very caring and sensitive to the feelings of others throughout the series, and eventually lets go of his past beliefs due to his relationship with his love interest.
== History ==
The archetype of hinedere has been used in many self-published doujin manga series.
== Personality ==
Hinedere are characters who at first have a nihilistic world view and a very negative and cynical personality (hine), but over time reveals their true nature as a caring, loving, and overly affectionate person towards their love interest (deredere). They are characters who go from being extremely negative and bitter, to extremely positive and loving.
=== Hine Period ===
Hinedere characters have distorted worldviews, having negative, habitual, and biased thoughts, often in ways that aren't based on fact or reality, that influence how they interpret the world. They have a nihilistic personality, believing that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence itself is senseless and useless. They believe that things such as "kindness" and "love" are a lie and hold no value, which causes them to grow bitter and show intense animosity towards anyone who tries to convince them otherwise. If someone tries to be nice to them they are sure to be given an earful about how there's no such thing as kindness.
Because of their difficult personality as someone who is always looking for problems they have tremendous difficulty getting along with other people, including their love interest. They appear as cold-hearted and apathetic and get easily annoyed by other people, instead preferring to be alone. Most of the time they will keep their face stiff and can be seen with a bored or annoyed look on their face so people generally don't want to approach them.
However, underneath this all they are truly a caring and loving person at heart. It will be revealed over time that their cold-hearted attitude is nothing more than a cheap facade to hide their sensitive personality under. Most typically they are someone who has been wronged by the world somehow which has caused them to lose all faith in it. They may have been a victim of psychological bullying which causes them to choose to remain alone and develop an avoidant and pessimistic attitude to keep themselves safe. They might consider their existence as a hindrance to others and avoid being with them, believing that that they are insignificant. They will likely turn down all invitations and avoid engaging in all social activities as the first reflex of a loner. They are very distrustful of others so they assume and fear that there must be some ulterior motive to any invitation they receive because of their experiences of being wronged in the past and will create a barrier between themselves and everyone else to keep them at a distance. It is hard for them to open themselves up to being vulnerable towards another person because of their trauma.
=== Dere-kake Period ===
Despite what they might say deep down they do truly care about others and they will make exceptions for those that make a genuine attempt to be friendly with them. They will usually end up surprising everyone when they show concern for another person. If they have a younger sibling, they might feel a desire to help those who remind them of their sibling, even if they have to break their cold-hearted facade to do it, because underneath their rotten exterior they are kind. They are people who want to love and be loved, but have been wronged too many times so they hide in the safety of their cold-hearted facade to not get hurt again.
Through experiences of interacting with people who genuinely want to be close to them, especially their love interest, they will begin to see that there are people who truly care about and love them. They will start to see that their beliefs were wrong causing them to slowly regain faith in the world. Their love interest will help their more loving and caring deredere side that deep down they had all along come to light. Their love interest will begin to show them that there is more to life than being bitter and miserable all the time and that even someone like them can find joy and happiness in it. They will start to enjoy spending time together with their love interest, as well as other friends, and finding themselves changing how they reply to people. They start feeling excited about attending the social situations when their love interest or those they care about invite them.
=== Dere Period ===
After spending enough time with their love interest they will heal from their past experiences and regain trust in others. They will completely let go of their past beliefs, fully revealing the caring and sensitive personality that was hidden underneath their cold-hearted facade the entire time. They will begin to go to very significant lengths to help those they care about, especially their love interest. They will start being more openly loving towards their love interest and showing their more vulnerable side that they were scared of showing before in fear of getting hurt again. They will learn to depend on their love interest for love and comfort.
They will also begin showing a more cute amae side and doing things that they previously thought were pointless, such going on dates with their love interest or spending time alone together. They will take up an overly affectionate deredere attitude towards their love interest, showing a complete change in their behavior.
== Differences From Other Archetypes ==
Hinedere shares some similarities with darudere due to both types tending to complain a lot, but the main difference is hinedere are far more cold-hearted 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 beliefs are 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 doing things but still want to keep their love interest company anyways, while hinedere are angry at the world and slowly over time let go of their distortd beliefs.
There are some similarities between a hinedere and a kuudere when it comes to both types being distant from others and on the more stoic loner side, but the biggest different is that a kuudere keeps their emotions in check while a hinedere will snap or make sarcastic remarks when someone tries to talk to them or says something they disagree with because they think they must have some ulterior motive for doing so. A hinedere has a very distorted worldview, while a kuudere does not. The look on the face of a hinedere is also more of a bored or fed-up annoyed expression, as opposed to a cool and calm one like a kuudere. A kuudere will also be honest and straightforward with their emotions, while a hinedere hides their true personality under a cold-hearted facade.
== Similar Japanese Archetypes ==
* Darudere: 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.
* Kuudere: A term for a character who appears calm and expressionless most of the time, but becomes cute, loving, and deredere around their love interest.
* Megane: A term for a stoic and intelligent male character who wears glasses. They will very often have a cold-hearted and cynical personality.
== List of Characters ==
See Hinedere/Japanese Characters to see characters from Japanese media.
See Hinedere/Non-Japanese Characters to see characters from non-Japanese media.
== Gallery ==
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Hachiman Hikigaya from OreGairu Season 1.jpg|Hachiman Hikigaya from Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru.
Ray from Yakusoku no Neverland.jpg|Ray from Yakusoku no Neverland
Naofumi Iwatani from Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari.jpg|Naofumi Iwatani from Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari
Kiyotaka Ayanokōji from You-Zitsu.jpg|Kiyotaka Ayanokouji from Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e
Tao Ren 3.jpg|Ren Tao from Shaman King
Shintaro Kisaragi from Mekakucity Actors.gif|Shintaro Kisaragi from Mekakucity Actors
== References ==
Category:Arrogant
Category:Distant