Bokodere

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Mahiru Inami from "Working!!"

### Personality

Embarrassed, shy, aggressive, timid, apologetic, impulsive, self-denying, violent, paranoid, nervous, mean, self-loathing, cowardly, anxious, meek, quiet, lovestruck

***"Bokodere"*** (*JP*Japanese: ボコデレ

Romaji: Bokodere) is a term for a character who lashes out with their fists when they get embarassed from their love interest in order to hide their shyness and feelings of love. They go into fight-or-flight mode when flustered despite not really wanting to hurt their love interest. After some time as they get more used to being affectionate with their love interest they will feel less flustered and will gain control over their aggressive impulses.

## Meaning of the Name

*Bokodere* (ボコデレ) is a combination of "bokoru" (ボコる), meaning "to beat up" or "assault someone by hitting, kicking, or punching them", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "lovey-dovey".

### Origin

The origin of this dere type is Mahiru Inami from the 2005 manga series *"Working!!"*. This dere type was created after her in Japan due to her reactions and habit of punching her love interest.

Inami suffers from severe androphobia (fear of men), which was built up by her father during her childhood. Due to her fear, she often punches immediately and with massive strength any man that tries to interact with her. Despite her androphobia, she is aware that men are not necessarily to be feared and often struggles with her impulse to punch men she encounters. She feels especially bad when hurting her love interest Souta Takanashi after getting extremely flustered over something he says or does, but he helps her get over her androphobia as their relationship grows.

Although the term "bokodere" does not appear in the original manga series, they did release official "bokodere" themed merchandise, such as a *bokodere* Mahiru Inami collector's figurine.

## Personality

*Bokodere* characters don't know how to handle their embarrassment, and use their fists instead of their words, sometimes unconsciously so, to avoid awkward and uncomfortable situations they think they are in.

They are similar to the dere type *tsundere* in that aspect, the main difference is the usual lack of dialogue and the unintentional reactions of a *bokodere*, while *tsundere* characters are very aware of their harsh treatment towards the love interest. *Tsundere* characters will purposely treat badly their love interest at first, while a *bokodere* would only react like that once embarrassed as a knee-jerk reaction, trying to get away as fast as possible with the only resource they have, that being their fists, body and voice.

They are similar to a combination of *tsundere* and *teredere*. They usually behave like *dandere* or *teredere* characters until someone makes them blush, which will make them respond aggressively like a *tsundere*. While a *teredere* would try to hide from the love interest, maybe hiding their face or running away, a *bokodere* would also try to hide but in a more aggressive and harmful way, hitting, kicking and loudly telling the love interest to get away from them.

*Gandere* and *biridere* characters are pretty similar to *bokodere* characters, but with more extreme reactions, using guns and electricity instead of their fists like a *bokodere* would do. It could be said that *bokodere* is a more realistic, weaponless and powerless form of these other two dere types.

## Differences From Other Archetypes

*Bokodere* is similar to *tsuntere*, or a shy *tsundere*, but the difference is *bokodere* lash out with their fists, while *tsuntere* lash out with their words.

## Similar Japanese Archetypes

* ***Teredere***: A term for a character who gets really nervous and embarrassed around their crush.
* ***Thugdere***: A term for a character who often mistreats, bullies and hits their love interest to hide their true feelings.
* ***Tsuntere***: A term for a shy character who lashes out with their words rather than their fists.

## Characters with this Personality

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

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

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 WORKING!! - Bokodere Set of 6. Hobby Stock (2012/02/09).
2. ↑ What is Bokodere. Pixiv Enyclopedia (2015/06/08).
3. ↑ What is Bokodere. Nico Nico Pedia (2010/04/28).
4. ↑ The Much-Talked-About Bokodere Heroine. Livedoor (2010/08/07).
5. ↑ The Innocent and Pretty Bokodere Girl "Mahiru Inami" Joins the "Kyarameni Series"!. Hobby Search (2012/02/09).

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