Undere

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Misa Amane from "DEATH NOTE"

### Personality

Passive, agreeable, people pleaser, clingy, nice, kind, close, loyal, serving, helpful, encouraging, enabler, follower, sympathetic, oversensitive, illogical, annoying, foolish, indecisive, cowardly, selfish, fake, distant, naive

***Undere*** (*JP*Japanese: ウンデレ

Romaji: Undere) is a term for a character who says "yes" or "I agree" to almost everything their love interest says. They will follow everything they are told to do by their love interest because they are very dependent on them and would not know what to do without them.

## Meaning of the Name

*Undere* is a combination of "un" (ウン), meaning "yes", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "lovey-dovey".[1]

### Origin

The term "undere" originates from the 1905 novel *Memories of Soseki* written by Kyoko Natsume. The story was a biography about her real-life husband Soseki Natsume who is widely regarded as one of the most influential authors in Japanese history. In the novel, the term is used to describe the philosphy of her husband as his key to a healthy marriage. This actually makes it the first known usage of a "dere type", even predating *tsundere* by nearly 100 years.[2][3][4][5][6]

The term comes from the following passage: "It's confined to human **undere**. Isn't it better to just listen to everything your wife has to say and just be **lovey-dovey** about it? If it weren't for **undere** there would be constant quarrels between husband and wife." (*JP*Japanese: 人間**ウンデレ**に限りますよ。なんでも細君の言うことをウンウンと聞いてやって、そうして**デレデレ**していればこれに越したことはないじゃありませんか。**ウンデレ**でなけりゃ夫婦喧嘩の絶え間がないわけでしょう。

Romaji: Ningen **undere** ni kagirimasu yo. Nandemo saikun no iu koto o un'un to kiite yatte, soushite **deredere** shite ireba kore nikoshitakotohanai jaarimasen ka? **Undere** denakerya fuufu kenka no taema ga nai wakedeshou.)

## Personality

*Undere* characters agree as much as possible to become as close as they can to their love interest out of fear of being abandoned. It's even possible that they would fear that they would become unable to take care of themselves independently.

They do pretty much whatever their love wants. This always leaves them open for voluntary manipulation, due to not thinking about the negative consequences of always saying "un, un, un" (yes, yes, yes) to their love interest no matter what.

There are a few similarities between an *undere* and a *megadere* when it comes to being so much in love with their crush that they never want to let go. On the other hand, a *megadere* will almost always adore their love interest but still will question their motives to some degree if they do something wrong. An *undere* will act almost like a cultist, blindly following their love interest even if their love interest treats them badly in return and their love interest commits morally incorrect actions. *Undere* characters do this at the cost of their well-beings and the well-beings of others just to please the *undere's* masters so as to fulfill their purpose in life.

There are a few similarities between an *undere* and a *teasedere* when it comes to attempting to gain the love of their crush and not respecting their crush's social boundaries. However, an *undere* is not confident to seek attention from their love interest and to approach their crush, due to their moderate anxiety issues. A *teasedere* refuses to be enslaved by their love interest, they are very sociable and they are very confident to approach their love interest and others in public without feeling nervous or shame.

There are a few similarities between an *undere* and a *deredere*, since they love their crush so much they're super happy around them. However, an *undere* usually fakes their happiness to cling on to their love interest everywhere their love interest goes, often times annoying them greatly in the process. A *deredere* will respect the social boundaries of their love interest, and they will never easily submit to being enslaved by their love interest, making them more rebellious, honest and selfless than an *undere*.

## Characters with this Personality

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

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

## Gallery

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