Gundere

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Ayane Hazuki from "Mission! School"

***"Gundere"*** (*JP*Japanese: 軍デレ

Romaji: Gundere) is 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. With time, they will slowly start to be able to reveal their true feelings of affection and overcome their drill sergeant reflex.

## Meaning of the Name

*Gundere* (軍デレ) is a combination of "gun" (軍), meaning "army", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "lovey-dovey".

### Origin

The term *gundere* comes from the 15th chapter in the manga series *Mission! School* (*JP*Japanese: Ｍｉｓｓｉｏｎ！すくーる

Romaji: Mission Sukuuru) released in 2011, also titled "Gundere", to describe the character Ayane Hazuki. After falling in love with her subordinate Takuya Ishikawa, Ayane becomes embarassed to reveal her feelings to Takuya so instead she yells army commands. For example, one day when he said "Good morning, Hazuki-san!" to her, she replied back saying "Don't talk to me like you know me, private!" and then called him a "phimosis private" for addressing a superior officer by name (whereas internally she was blushing because he said her name).

It is described by another character as "the soldier's version of a tsundere".

## Personality

### Gun Side

*Gundere* are commanding officer characters who are 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.

*Gundere* desperately want to show their affection to and have a loving relationship with their subordinate, but they are unable to be honest with themselves so they fall back into old habits and start yelling commands at them. They will verbally berate their love interest for daring to have the audacity to address their superior in a casual or friendly way. They will tell them they are worthless, that they need to train harder, or even curse insults at them.

### Deredere Side

When a *gundere* insults their love interest instead of telling them how they really feel they will become very embarrassed with themself and start questioning why they are doing this. They will wonder why they can't just be honest.

A *gundere* will also display typical *tsundere* behavior such as saying "Why don't you go train if you have that sort of time! B-but... if a person like you insists, i-it can't be helped, I'll go with you." when asked on a date. They will make excuses for why they are doing it so they don't look like they are being friendly with them.

With time, a *gundere* will slowly start to be able to reveal their true feelings of affection and overcome their drill sergeant reflex.

## Differences From Other Archetypes

*Gundere* could be thought of as a mix of *tsundere*, someone who can't be honest with their feelings, and *kiredere*, someone who yells at their love interest because they want to do better. The difference is a *gundere* doesn't yell because they want their love interest to improve, and they don't do it on purpose either, they yell as an involuntary reflex because they are too embarrassed to just be honest and tell their subordinate they're proud of them. They get angry at themselves for not being able to be honest and take it out on their love interest.

The other difference between *tsundere* is that there is a power dynamic between the *gundere* and the love interest, where the *gundere* is a superior of their love interest.

## Naming Confusion

*Gundere* is not to be confused with *gandere*, which is a character who expresses their love with guns. "Gandere" comes from a katakanization of the English word "gun", spelled in Japanese as "gan" (ガン), while "gundere" comes from the native Japanese word "gun" (軍, pronounced like "goon") meaning "army". However, *gandere* is sometimes incorrectly spelled as "gundere" in the Western community to more closely match the English spelling of "gun" leading to confusion.

## Similar Japanese Archetypes

* ***Gandere***: A term for a character who expresses their love with guns.
* ***Kiredere***: A term for characters who act rude and harsh towards their love interest in hopes that they will better themselves.
* ***Thugdere***: A term for a character who often mistreats, bullies and hits their love interest to hide their true feelings.
* ***Tsundere***: A term for characters that are harsh and irritable, but have a hidden loving side.

## Characters with this Personality

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

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

## References

1. ↑ What is Gundere. Nico Nico Pedia.
2. ↑ Mission! School 3. Dragon Age Comics (2011/05/06).
3. ↑ Mission! School Volume 3. Book Live (2012/08/03).
4. ↑ Mission! School 3. Kadokawa (2012/09/02).
5. ↑ Mission! School 3. K-Manga (2012/09/02).

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