Biridere

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Misaka Mikoto from "Toaru Kagaku no Railgun"

### Personality

Aggressive, hot-headed, irritable, angry, violent, extreme, harsh, rude, hostile, scary, grumpy, electric, dramatic, bittersweet, arrogant, distant, vivacious, energetic, annoying

***"Biridere"*** (*JP*Japanese: ビリデレ

Romaji: Biridere), also known as ***"Zingdere"*** in Western media, is a term for a *tsundere* character who expresses their feelings towards their love interest with electricity, usually in a violent and hostile way. They will shock their love interest when they embarrass them too badly or do something that makes them very upset.

## Meaning of the Name

*Biridere* (ビリデレ) comes from "biribiri" (ビリビリ), an onomatopoeia for an "electric shock", and "tsundere" (ツンデレ), meaning "a character who acts harsh towards their love interest to hide their loving feelings".

### Origin

The term came from the character Misaka Mikoto from the light novel series *A Certain Magical Index* (*JP*Japanese: とある魔術の禁書目録

Romaji: Toaru Majutsu no Indekkusu). In the series, she was given the nickname of "biribiri" by her love interest Toma Kamijo because of her habit of constantly shocking him. Because of her electric themed nickname combined with her *tsundere* attitude, fans of the series nicknamed her *biridere*. The term was later used as the title of a popular fan doujin manga based off the series.

The first known use of "biridere" in an official media was in chapter 2 of the 2020 romance comedy manga series *The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You* (*JP*Japanese: 君のことが大大大大大好きな100人の彼女

Romaji: Kimi no Koto ga Daidaidaidaidaisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo). When the *tsundere* character Karane Inda said she was 'only holding hands with Rentarou in the event she got hit by random static electricity so she could shock him too', he remarks "that'd make you a **biridere** not a tsundere".

### Alternate Name

In the official English subtitles by Crunchyroll for episode 2 of *The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You* (*JP*Japanese: 君のことが大大大大大好きな100人の彼女

Romaji: Kimi no Koto ga Daidaidaidaidaisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo) the term "biridere" was translated as "zingdere".

This name comes the English word "zing", which means full of energy.

## **History**

The first instance of the *biridere* archetype was in the 1978 manga series *Urusei Yatsura* (*JP*Japanese: うる星やつら

Romaji: Urusei Yatsura). In this series, an alien named Lum becomes betrothed to a human named Ataru Moroboshi after a misunderstanding made her think he proposed to her. After this, she follows him around everyone calling him her "darling" and does everything she can to be a perfect wife. However, despite this, Ataru continued flirting with other women at school, including in front of her, which causes her usually sweet demeanor to change and unleash a violent shock of electricity to punish him for "cheating".

This would become fully established as an official archetype after the release of the 2004 light novel series *A Certain Magical Index* (*JP*Japanese: とある魔術の禁書目録

Romaji: Toaru Majutsu no Indekkusu) and its multiple spin-offs. In this, the character of Misaka Mikoto develops feelings for Toma Kamijo after he saves her leading to her trying to get into a relationship with him. However, she is unable to properly express her feelings of love to him and would shock him instead, being more in line with a typical *tsundere* reaction compared to the more *deretsun* behavior of Lum. This led to Misaka Mikoto giving her the nickname of "Biribiri".

## Personality

*Biridere* have a personality similar to *tsundere* or *bokodere* characters, except they use electric powers instead of their words or fists. They will also have regular *tsundere*-like reactions without using their powers.

### Biribiri Side

*Biridere* are characters who express their feelings towards their love interest with electricity, usually in a violent and hostile way. They can, and will, shock their love interest when the love interest embarrasses them too badly or when their love interest makes them very upset. This is almost always just used for comedic affect, so their love interest is fine by the next scene.

*Biridere* characters also don't actually *want* to harm their love interest, they just do it out of impulse when their love interest pushes them too far.

### Deredere Side

During the times when they aren't shocking their love interest, they are usually very sweet to them. For some this sweet side may take a longer time to come out if they're also a *tsundere*, as opposed to a *deretsun*, but once it does they will be very nice and cheerful to them. However, if their love interest makes them upset again they may still shock them from time to time.

## Differences From Other Archetypes

*Gandere* is a very similar term to *biridere*. However, *gandere* characters use guns to express their love, rather than electricity.

## Characters with this Personality

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

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

## **References**

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Doujinshi - *Toaru Majutsu no Index* (ビリデレっ!). Otaku Republic (2010/12/31).
2. ↑ What is Biridere. Pixiv Encyclopedia (2020/7/15).
3. ↑ What is Biridere. Nico Nico Encyclopedia (2009/03/30).
4. ↑ 100 Girlfriends - Chapter 2. 100 Kanojo (2020/01/10).
5. ↑ The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You (Episode 2, 3:03). Crunchyroll (2023/10/15).

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