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Alisa Kujou from "Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san"

***"Roshidere"*** (*JP*Japanese: ロシデレ

Romaji: Roshidere

Translation: Russian Love) is a term for a character who only acts lovey-dovey towards their love interest when they are speaking Russian in order to hide their true feelings of affection. When they are speaking a shared language they will act harshly or indifferent to their love interest.

## Meaning of the Name

*Roshidere* (ロシデレ) is a combination of "Roshia-go" (ロシア語), meaning "Russian language", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "lovey-dovey".

### Origin

The term originates from the 2021 light novel series *Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian* (*JP*Japanese: 時々ボソッとロシア語でデレる隣のアーリャさん

Romaji: Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san), which is officially abbreviated as *Roshidere*.[1]

## History

The first instance of the *roshidere* archetype is seen in the light novel series *Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian* (*JP*Japanese: 時々ボソッとロシア語でデレる隣のアーリャさん

Romaji: Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san), where the main protagonist Alisa Kujou would speak in Russian whenever she was feeling affectionate to hide her true feelings from her Japanese classmates. However, unbeknownst to her, her love interest Masachika Kuze could understand Russian all along and just played along with it.

## Personality

*Roshidere* is a term for a character who is only lovey-dovey when they are speaking Russian in order to hide their true feelings.

While speaking Japanese (or any other shared language), *roshidere* will act indifferent, or sometimes even harshly, towards their love interest. They will pretend they have no interest in them romantically while secretly wanting to be in a relationship with them. So they don't have to hold their feelings in, while at the same time not wanting to let them be known, they will simply say them out loud in Russian instead so that nobody can understand what they are saying.

## Differences From Other Archetypes

*Roshidere* are similar to *tsundere* in that they both try to hide their true feelings. The difference is that *tsundere* will hide their feelings through harsh words or violence, while *roshidere* disguise their feelings by speaking another language.

## Similar Japanese Archetypes

* ***Tsundere***: A term for characters that are harsh and irritable, but have a hidden loving side.

## Characters with this Personality

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

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

## **References**

1. ↑ TV Anime『Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san』. Twitter (2023/11/07).

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