Erodere

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Ayame Kajou from "Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn't Exist"

### Personality

Erotic, perverted, lewd, flirtatious, teasing, seductive, dirty-minded, teasing, mischievous, shy, embarrassed, kind, playful, charming, brave, funny, caring, loving, distant

***Erodere*** (*JP*Japanese: エロデレ

Romaji: Erodere) is a term for a character who will act erotic at first to hide their feelings, but will become extremely embarrassed after experiencing true affection. They will pretend to be very lewd people, but in reality they are a lot more vulnerable and romantic than they let on.

They could be described as a "pretend *sukebe*".

## Meaning of the Name

*Erodere* (エロデレ) is a combination of "eroi" (エロい), meaning "erotic" or "to arouse sexual desire or excitement in others", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "lovey-dovey".

### Origin

The name of the archetype comes from the title of the erotic light novel *Erodere: When the Erotic Lady Feels Embarrassed* (*JP*Japanese: エロデレ 誘惑お嬢さまが恥じらう時

Romaji: Erodere: Yuwaku Ojou-sama ga Hajirau Toki).

## History

The first mention of *erodere* was in the 2013 light novel series *Erodere: When the Erotic Lady Feels Embarrassed* (*JP*Japanese: エロデレ 誘惑お嬢さまが恥じらう時

Romaji: Erodere: Yuwaku Ojou-sama ga Hajirau Toki). In this series, a girl named Akari, following the proposal of her grandfather, decides to enter a relationship with the protagonist, using erotic and sexual means for it since the beginning. However, during her first experience, her feelings change and she suddenly becomes ashamed of her perverted actions when she really begins to fall in love with the protagonist, embarrassed of her only lustful methods and interactions with him instead of more romantic ones.

The archetype of *erodere* would gain widespread popularity following the release of the anime series *Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn't Exist* in 2015. In this story, the Japanese government banned all mention of lewd or erotic things, so to rebel against this the main protagonists Ayame Kajou and Tanukichi Okuma joined up to become "dirty joke terrorists". They would run around town wearing women's panties as face masks while spreading obscene images and yelling/acting out lewd phrases. Despite all of this, Ayame would become extremely embarrassed anytime she was alone with Tanukichi in any kind of remotely romantic setting.

## Characteristics

*Erodere* characters are typically female, but male characters can sometimes fall under this too. Male characters tend to just be perverted *sukebe* characters.

## Personality

*Erodere* characters will act erotic at first, but when they get to know the love interest more they become lovey-dovey and will grow a more pure and sweet love towards them.

They will act erotic and seductive in front of others, mostly their love interest, to hide their real feelings of love. They will pretend to be only lustful and lewd, but they are more vulnerable and romantic than what they let on. *Erodere* will tease their love interests by suggesting naughty things hoping they won't actually take them seriously. If the love interest does take their suggestions seriously and tries to act lewd back, the *erodere* character will become extremely embarassed and try to change the subject or make excuses.

*Erodere* characters will act like they are "experienced", while typically having no romantic experience whatsoever.

## Differences From Other Archetypes

*Erodere* is a more extreme and erotic version of *teasedere*. While *teasedere* characters will only try to flirt with their love interest, the *erodere* will be much more direct and suggest or talk about more intimate or embarrassing acts and situations. *Erodere* characters will be more dirty when talking, while *teasedere* characters will be more charming instead; usually just trying to be seductive enough to tease the love interest a little bit or gain their affection.

## Similar Japanese Archetypes

* ***S Dere***: A term for a character who enjoys playing with the feelings of their love interest, often in an erotic way.
* ***Sukebe***: A term for a character who is very lecherous or perverted.
* ***Teasedere***: A character who is playful or flirtatious and enjoys teasing those that they like.

## Characters with this Personality

See Erodere/Anime Characters to see characters from anime media

See Erodere/Western Characters to see characters from western media

## References

1. ↑ Erodere: When the Erotic Lady Feels Embarrassed. Bookmeter.
2. ↑ What is Erodere. Nico Nico Pedia (2009/02/25).

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