Utsudere

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* This type has been completely merged with the old "Shundere" type and will now cover all characters who are **sad, depressed or gloomy** all the time regardless of whether there's a reason or traumatic experience that caused it. A new "Shundere" type will be created as soon as possible with the correct Japanese definition.

### Personality

Depressed, sad, gloomy, hopeless, sorrowful, unmotivated, lonely, withdrawn, distant, miserable, apathetic, suicidal, pessimistic, wary, cold, melancholic, impassive, hidden, downhearted, lovestruck

***"Utsudere"*** (*JP*Japanese: 鬱デレ

Romaji: Utsudere) is a term for a character who is normally depressed and gloomy all the time but becomes cheerful and loving when around their love interest. They will depend on their love interest to put a smile on their face and motivate them to improve their life. With enough time after meeting their love interest, they will gradually begin to become happier as a whole and build relationships again to help them move on from their prolonged sadness.

## Meaning of the Name

*Utsudere* (鬱デレ) is a combination of "utsu" (鬱), meaning "depression, gloom or melancholy", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "lovey-dovey".

### Origin

The exact origin is not currently known, but uses of it can be seen as far back as early 2007.

The first use in an official media was in the 2009 doujinshi romance manga series *Utsudere to Purin no Ginen* (*JP*Japanese: 鬱デレとプリンの疑念

Romaji: Utsudere to Purin no Ginen

Translation: Utsudere and Pudding's Doubts) by Kingdom Come. The series was described as "A school love story featuring a girl who is always gloomy yet becomes modest and loving before the boy she loves."

## Personality

### Utsu Side

*Utsudere* are characters who are depressed and appear gloomy all the time. They will often have a very negative personality and be very pessimistic about their outlook on life. They tend to keep to themselves and will ignore or avoid most other people because of their apprehensive mindset.

*Utsudere* characters have usually experienced a traumatic event or series of events that caused their depression. This could be from several different reasons, such as being part of a devastating accident, having a chronic illness, having a loved one die, or it could even just be lots of smaller factors such as not having any friends, being bullied at school, not getting a job they wanted, being overwhelmed by responsibilities, etc, that have caused their life to not go the way they wanted it to. It is for this reason that *utsudere* characters likely had another, happier personality before the events that caused their prolonged sadness.

*Utsudere* may also try to hide this from others. They might put on a brave face and pretend everything is cheerful and okay until one day their shell cracks and they suddenly have a breakdown. On the extreme end some *utsudere* characters may even display signs of being suicidal as a result of their depression.

### Deredere Side

Contrary to their normal gloomy state, when they are with their love interest they become cheerful and loving. Their love interest is their beacon of light in all of the darkness and is often the only thing they find joy in. They will depend on their love interest to put a smile on their face and motivate them to improve their life.

Their love interest will help them start to open up and feel happy again. Talking about their life experiences with their love interest can help them accept and deal with the past. Spending time with their love interest will raise their spirits and they will start to act more and more cheerful and loving over time, even when their love interest is not around. They will begin making new friends and finding joy in life as a whole.

With enough time after meeting their love interest, they will become a happy person again and be able to move on from their prolonged sadness.

## Differences From Other Archetypes

In the Western community, this dere type is often mixed with and confused with *shundere*. It was thought that a "shundere" was simply an *utsudere* who didn't have a reason for being sad, however, this is incorrect. The difference between these two types is that *utsudere* have a prolonged sadness while *shundere* get temporarily sad because their love interest doesn't pay attention to them. In this regard, it's a lot more harmless type of sadness in comparison to the depression of an *utsudere*.

## Similar Japanese Archetypes

* ***Hikikomori***: A term for characters who shut themselves away from the outside world by staying at home.
* ***Menhera***: An aesthetic used to represent depression in a more innocent and cutesy way to normalize these dark themes and problems in Japan.

## Characters with this Personality

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

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

## References

1. ↑ What is Utsudere. Nico Nico Pedia.
2. ↑ Summary of the New Genre "Utsudere". @Wik! (2007/02/14).
3. ↑ Utsudere to Purin no Ginen. DL Site (2009/08/04).
4. ↑ Utsudere to Purin no Ginen. Suruga-ya (2009/08/23).

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