S Dere

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Hayase Nagatoro from "Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san"

### Personality

Sadistic, dominating, flirtatious, teasing, cruel, controlling, manipulative, rough, selfish, antisocial, dramatic, mean, scary, aggressive, overprotective, loving, perverted

***"S Dere"*** (*JP*Japanese: Ｓデレ or えすでれ

Romaji: Esu Dere

Translation: S Dere) is a term for a character who enjoys playing with the feelings of their love interest by teasing them. They will playfully humiliate or talk down to their love interest in a teasing manner because they enjoy the pleasure they get from having control over them and enjoy seeing their reactions. However, they still greatly care for their love interest and want to be loved by them.

They are the counterpart and compatibility of *masodere*.

## Meaning of the Name

*S Dere* (Ｓデレ) is a combination of "S", an abbreviation of the word "sadisuto" (サディスト) meaning "a person who derives pleasure from inflicting humiliation on others", and "deredere" (デレデレ), which means "lovey-dovey".

In Japan, mentions of the word "sadisuto" (サディスト) are almost always replaced with the letter "S", either for censorship reasons or to be more eye-catching.

### Origin

The term *S Dere* originates from the 2008 eroge visual novel fittingly titled *New Genre S Dere!!* (*JP*Japanese: 新ジャンル えすでれっ!!

Romaji: Shin Genre Esu Dere!!

Translation: New Genre S Dere!!). In this game, the main protagonist moves to a formerly all-girls boarding high school that recently became coed, however, he is the only boy at the school. The story follows his new school life of being surrounded by "a little bit sadistic" girls.

### Alternate Name

*S Dere* is also sometimes unofficially known by the name "sadodere" (サドデレ). While usage of this full name is rare in Japan, it is the predominant name in the Western community.

## History

### Popularization of Nagatoro

The term *S Dere* was later, and most popularly, used to describe the character Hayase Nagatoro from the 2011 web manga series *Nagatoro-san* (*JP*Japanese: 長瀞さん

Romaji: Nagatoro-san).

The manga was later rebooted in 2017 under the title *Please Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro* (*JP*Japanese: イジらないで、長瀞さん

Romaji: Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san). The manga had the tagline "the story of the S Dere Girl" and it gained massive popularity inspiring a whole new wave of teasing-based romance manga. Hayase Nagatoro was a girl who loved messing with and teasing her Senpai who she had a crush on. She would enjoy teasing any him chance she got, even at one point dubbing Senpai "her pet", but also had a sweet loving side that would apologize whenever she accidentally went too far. She liked him and would never truly want to hurt him.

Since then Nagatoro has become the face of *S dere* in Japan. The manga series was so popular it even inspired a line of "S Dere" perfume in Japan in 2023.

### Other Series

Although not having the same level of impact, it was used in the title of the 2014 manga series *A Junior Girl Who Is S Dere Tries To Train Me* (*JP*Japanese: Ｓデレな後輩女子が俺を調教しようとしてきます

Romaji: S Dere Kouhai Hoshi ga Ore o Choukyou Shiyou to Shite Kimasu

Translation: A Junior Girl Who Is S Dere Tries To Train Me). The story is about a girl named Yuto who decides to "train" her kohai Shina Saeki to be submissive to her after learning he has a crush on her.

It was also later used for the 2018 erotic manga series *Don't Manage ××, Kouhai Let's Fall in Love with the Strongest S Dere Girl* (*JP*Japanese: ××管理しないで、後輩さん　最強Ｓデレ少女と恋をしよう

Romaji: ×× Kanri Shinaide, Kouhai-san Saikyou S Dere Shoujo to Koiwoshiyou), which was similarly about a guy falling in love with his senpai who was dubbed "the strongest S Dere girl".

## Personality

### S Side

An *S dere* is a person who enjoys and takes pleasure from toying with and teasing their love interest. They will play with their love interest's emotions in a teasing manner and sometimes humiliate them as well. They are often referred to as a "mean *teasedere*".

*S Dere* characters will talk down to their love interest by calling them names or forcing them to do humiliating acts, such as licking their feet or being used as a chair. They enjoy embarrassing their love interest because they enjoy the pleasure they get from having total control over them. Some *S dere* even want to treat their love interest like a pet and may force them to wear a leash.

*S Dere* characters may even go as far as to physically punish their love interest by playfully spanking or being rough with them. This may cause slight pain to their love interest, but it will never escalate to seriously harming them because the *S dere* still loves them.

Additionally, while some may be cruel to all people the majority of *S dere* only act sadistic towards their love interest. They enjoy seeing the reactions of their love interest and have no desire to mess with anyone else because they will not get the same satisfaction.

### Deredere Side

Deep down these *S dere* characters still greatly care for their love interest and want to be loved by them, they just enjoy the pleasure that comes from dominating and having control over the one they love. This fact, however, is not always known by the love interest at the time, who may just think the *S dere* hates them.

After this fact is known, these acts may become consensual on behalf of the love interest, as is the case with *masodere* characters (who sometimes didn't even realize they 'were' one until meeting an *S dere* character). *S dere* are the perfect match with *masodere*. While both love humiliation, *S dere* enjoy inflicting this "on" their love interest, while *masodere* enjoy when this is inflicted on themselves "by" their love interest. *Masodere* are all about relinquishing control to their love interest, while *S dere* are all about taking control over their love interest.

Because of their strong feelings, an *S dere* will become very angered if other people try to harm or toy with their love interest. To them, their behavior is a form of affection that only they can do and they will become very protective if other people try to mess with them.

Some *S dere* characters may not even have any inherit sadistic personality traits of their own, but if their love interest is a *masodere* and asks them to do this for them, they will pretend to be one and put on an act because they love their partner.

## Differences From Other Archetypes

A less harsh version of this dere would be *teasedere* characters, who don't like toying with their love interest's emotions to feel good. They only want attention from their love interest which they extract in a seductive and teasing manner.

While an *S dere* might seem similar to a verbal-only *thugdere*, the difference is an *S dere* won't do these things to hide their feelings but rather because they enjoy teasing their love interest. A *thugdere* will also just yell straight insults and won't try to playfully humiliate them like an *S dere*.

## Similar Japanese Archetypes

* ***Erodere***: A term for a character who will act erotic at first, often in the form of teasing, but will become extremely embarrassed after experiencing true affection.
* ***Masodere***: A term for a character who likes being humiliated by their love interest.
* ***Teasedere***: A term for a character who is playful or flirtatious and enjoys teasing their love interest.

## Characters with this Personality

See S Dere/Anime Characters to see characters from anime media.

See S Dere/Western Characters to see characters from western media.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 What Is the True Intention of the Senpai Who Is Loved By the "S Dere" Gyaru?. Kodansha (2018/06/07).
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shin Genre S Dere Official Home Page. Kur-Mar-Ter (2008/09/26).
3. ↑ Sumire Uesaka Becomes an "S Dere" Girl. The TV (2023/01/27).
4. ↑ Shin Genre S Dere!!. Visual Novel Database (2008/09/26).
5. ↑ What is Sadodere. Nico Nico Pedia (2009/02/10).
6. ↑ Nagatoro-san. Pixiv (2011/08/15).
7. ↑ Don't Toy With Me, Nagatoro-san 2nd Attack "The Story of the S Dere Girl". Mixa Animation (2023/01/14).
8. ↑ We Have Collected Miss Nagatoro's Precious S Dere Scenes. Shonen Magazine (2021/04/25).
9. ↑ "S Dere Girl" Nagatoro-san. Animate Times (2020/06/20).
10. ↑ Which Do You Prefer, S or Dere? Two Perfumes Inspired by Miss Nagatoro. Animage Plus (2023/01/16).
11. ↑ A Junior Girl Who Is S Dere Tries To Train Me. Yondemill (2014/01/24).
12. ↑ Let's Fall in Love with the Strongest S Dere Girl. Toranoana JP (2018/06/20).

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