Darudere

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Kyonko from "Suzumiya Haruhi Seitenkan"

### Personality

Dull, boring, indifferent, nonchalant, unexcited, unenthusiastic, mundane, lifeless, listless, uninterested, troublesome, complaining, annoyed, distant, apathetic, uncaring, inconsiderate, reticent, uncommunicative, reserved, taciturn, cold, blunt, aloof, loving, lovestruck

***"Darudere"*** (*JP*Japanese: ダルデレ

Romaji: Darudere

Translation: Dull Love) is a term for a character with a dull personality who never wants to do anything fun. They live a very mundane life and lack a sense of excitement, which causes them to always be bothered by their love interest wanting to spend time with them. When their love interest asks them to do something fun they will complain, but will do it anyways because they love them even though they'd rather be doing anything else. After enough time, they will realize that they do enjoy spending time with their love interest and will start being more up-front with their feelings and showing a more happy caring side.

## Meaning of the Name

*Darudere* (ダルデレ) is a combination of the English word "dull" or "daru" (ダル), which means "boring" or "lacking interest and excitement", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "lovey-dovey".

### Origin

The term comes from the 2008 doujinshi manga series *Darudere + Seraa + Kaade + Ponite + Niiso + Tsurupeta + Shimapan = Kyonko* (*JP*Japanese: {{{1}}}). The series was a parody of *The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya* and the term "darudere" was used to refer to the gender-swapped version of Kyon known as Kyonko. The gender-swapped parody spawned numerous fan projects and internet threads of people recreating the entire original series. It was so popular that it even received coverage on Japanese news shows.

The term referred to how Kyonko had a nonchalant dull personality and was never excited about anything. This caused her to always be bothered by Haruhiko asking to hang out or participate in his elaborate plans. She would complain and want to do something else instead, but would do everything Haruhiko asked anyway. Her feelings of love for Haruhiko outweighed her own dull personality and she started to enjoy spending time with him.

## Personality

### Daru Side

*Darudere* are characters who have a dull, boring personality and never want to do anything exciting. They live a very mundane life and lack a sense of excitement about anything, rarely showing a happy or smiling side. They will usually ignore others and do whatever they want unless their love interest asks them to do something. They have a nonchalant attitude toward their love interest and show little interest towards them unless they are the one who initiates the conversation. They do still express emotions, just with an overtone of being bored or not caring.

This causes them to always get bothered when their love interest wants to go do something fun. They would rather do things that are simple or just be left alone to do what they want, but somehow always get brought along to do things by their love interest. This is usually exemplified even more if their love interest is full of energy like a *genki* character and is very excited and constantly wants to hang out with them.

When their love interest asks them to do something, they will start complaining and talk about how they'd rather do anything else but will do it anyway because their love for them outweighs their lack of interest. They will say things such as "Ugh, this is a pain but fine". Even if they don't want to admit it, they usually enjoy spending time with their love interest after getting past the complaining phase.

### Deredere Side

After spending enough time with their love interest, they will start enjoying it more and complaining less, although this may be due to them just accepting the fact that they don't have a choice. Some may even complain and act like they were forced, even though they truthfully wanted to all along.

If their love interest stops asking them to do things, they will start to miss spending time with them. Eventually, they will realize that they do love spending time with their love interest more than anything and will start to be more up-front with their feelings and show a more happy caring side.

## Differences From Other Archetypes

*Darudere* shares some similarities with *hinedere* due to both types tending to complain a lot, but the main difference is *hinedere* are far more arrogant 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 intelligence is 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 anything, while *hinedere* are angry at the world.

*Darudere* also has some similarities to *kuudere* due to both being distant and uncaring to what others have to say to them, but the main difference is *kuudere* keep their cool and show little emotion while *darudere* still show emotions, just with a bored tone to them. A *kuudere* may also enjoy going out and having fun, even if they don't always show it on their face.

## Characters with this Personality

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

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

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Darudere + Seraa + Kaade + Ponite + Niiso + Tsurupeta + Shimapan = Kyonko. Surugaya (2008/06/15).
2. ↑ What is Darudere. Pixiv Encyclopedia (2016/01/22).
3. ↑ What is Darudere. Nico Nico Pedia (2008/05/23).
4. ↑ Darudere + Seraa + Kaade + Ponite + Niiso + Tsurupeta + Shimapan = Kyonko - Summer!. Surugaya (2008/08/17).
5. ↑ Darudere + Seraa + Kaade + Ponite + Niiso + Tsurupeta + Shimapan = Kyonko - Final!. Surugaya (2009/08/16).
6. ↑ The Gender-Flip of Haruhi Suzumiya. Know Your Meme (2012/01/19).
7. ↑ Darudere!!. Mixi (2008/03/06).

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