Kiredere

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### Personality

Harsh, mean, aggressive, hot-blooded, dramatic, insensitive, irritable, kind, brutal, rude, loving, caring, distant, cold, bossy, temperamental, vengeful, blunt

***"Kiredere"*** is a term for a character who acts rude and harsh towards their love interest in hopes that they will better themselves.

## Meaning of the Name

*Kiredere* (キレデレ) comes from the words "kireru" (キレる), meaning "to get angry" or "to lose your temper", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "lovey-dovey".

### Origin

The exact origin of this dere is unknown, but mentions of it can be seen on Japanese forums as far back as 2008. [1] The earliest known use of this dere in an official media was in the 2017 manga series *Primax*. [2] It was later also used in the title of the 2019 manga series *Sekaiichi Kawaii Kiredere Doutei Kouhai-kun*. [3][4]

## Personality

*Kiredere* characters are characters who try to get their love interest to improve themselves by acting very harshly towards them, like an overly critical personal trainer. They figure that making rude comments will make their love interest reflect upon themselves, but it usually just makes them feel hurt.

A *kiredere* can target a number of different factors that they find unpleasant in their love interest and will act accordingly. For example, if they think that their love interest is unfit, they might make them start lifting weights or will limit their diet. Even though their love interest will probably think that they do these things because they hate them, they do it because they don't want to see them get sick or hurt, or because they aren't strong enough to properly defend themselves.

## Differences From Other Archetypes

*Kiredere* characters don't act harshly towards their love interest out of arrogance like a *himedere*, *kamidere*, or a *thugdere* might, nor out of teasing or playfulness like an *S dere* or *teasedere*. Rather, they do it to be kind, even if it doesn't come across very well.

## Similar Japanese Archetypes

* ***Gundere***: A term for a commanding officer character who is unable to express their feelings of affection to their love interest subordinate so they turn into a drill sergeant and berate them for not being good enough.
* ***Tsundere***: A character who acts hostile towards their love interest to hide their loving feelings. *Kiredere* characters can be considered to be a type of *tsundere* that have an excess of both *"tsun"'* and *"dere"*.
* ***Tsundra***: A term for a character who acts so *"tsun"* around their love interest that they make it seem like they seriously hate them. They are quite harsh with their love interest, much like *kiredere* characters are.

## Characters with this Personality

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

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

## Gallery

Biridere ♥
Bokodere ♥
Butsudere ♥
Darudere ♥
Deredere ♥
Dorodere ♥
Erodere ♥
Gandere ♥
Goudere ♥
Gundere ♥
Himedere ♥
Hinedere ♥
Kamidere ♥
Kichidere ♥
**Kiredere** ♥
Kiridere ♥
Kuudere ♥
Megadere ♥
Nyandere ♥
Onidere ♥
Ojoudere ♥
Rindere ♥
Roshidere ♥
S Dere ♥
Shindere ♥
Teredere ♥
Tsundere ♥
Undere ♥
Usodere ♥
Utsudere ♥
Uzadere ♥
Wandere ♥
Yandere ♥
Yoidere ♥
 Variations
Tsun-Aho ♥
Tsundora ♥
Tsun-Pure ♥
Tsunshun ♥
 Western
Byoukidere ♥
Dandere ♥
Kanedere ♥
Kekkondere ♥
Masodere ♥
Nemuidere ♥
Oujidere ♥
Smugdere ♥
Teasedere ♥
 Variations
Dorodere (Western) ♥
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