Hinedere

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Hachiman Hikigaya from "Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru."

### Personality

Nihilistic, cynical, apathetic, cold-hearted, arrogant, smug, poser, pseudo-intelligent, pessimistic, passive-aggressive, hypocritical, manipulative, mean, angry, hateful, jealous, vengeful, selfish, quiet, bossy, distrustful, harsh, edgy, withdrawn, lonely, strict, unforgiving, stern, austere, blunt, abrasive, cold, distant, bittersweet, prideful, stubborn, impatient, bored, grumpy

***"Hinedere"*** (*JP*Japanese: 捻デレ

Romaji: Hinedere) is a term for a character who has nihilistic world views and is very cynical. They are cold-hearted and highly arrogant, thinking everything is pointless. They will get easily annoyed by other people at first, including their love interest. However, after spending enough time with their love interest they will eventually learn to enjoy life and will change their views.

## Meaning of the Name

*Hinedere* (捻デレ) is a combination of "hineru" (ひねる), meaning "to twist", "to turn", "to puzzle over", or "to defeat easily", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "lovey-dovey".

It is also sometimes written as ヒネデレ, but this is less common.[1][2]

### Origin

The term comes from the 2011 light novel series *My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU* (*JP*Japanese: やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている

Romaji: Yahari Ore no Seishun Rabukome wa Machigatteiru) to describe the character Hachiman Hikigaya. In the series, Hachiman is shown to be very apathetic and has a nihilistic view of the world, getting easily annoyed by everyone around him. The term "hinedere" was coined by his younger sister Komachi Hikigaya after she noticed the way he behaves.[3][4]

## Personality

*Hinedere* characters, despite their exasperate and arrogant personality, have a soft side deep down that may reveal itself once their love interest breaks through. [5]

They are really similar to an *oujidere*, *himedere* and *kamidere* when it comes to fighting for power and status. The difference of these dere types with *hinedere* is that *oujidere*, *himedere*, and *kamidere* characters are big attention-seekers and a loudmouths when it comes to being praised by many people around them in a large crowd. As for a *hinedere*, they will only get attention from a few people in a small social circle behind close doors.

A *hinedere* will turn hostile and annoyed towards a few people around them because of their ego, mostly when they are acknowledged and trusted by those who are closest to them. When other people call out a *hinedere* for their behavior or turn out to be a burden for the *hinedere*, they will be given the silent treatment and they will get cut off entirely by the *hinedere*.

Although a *hinedere* is considered to be distinctly related to a *tsundere* due to being prompted to get annoyed easily with others, a *hinedere* is more wise about controlling their rage and hatred than a *tsundere* and they are much more overconfident than a *tsundere* is.

There are some similarities between a *hinedere* and a *kuudere* when it comes to both dere types being quiet, not liking large crowds and being distant from others. However, unlike a *kuudere* who has a hard time showing feelings to others due to their emotionless state, a *hinedere* shows much more emotions than a *kuudere*, although usually the more arrogant and fed up ones.

## Other Variations and Similar Japanese Archetypes

* ***Megane***: A term for a stoic and intelligent male character who wears glasses.

## Characters with this Personality

See Hinedere/Anime Characters to see characters from anime media.

See Hinedere/Western Characters to see characters from western media.

## Gallery

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